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Between 17 and 21 August, the State Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) met in Geneva for the ninth session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the…
Read articleThe Pugwash Chemical and Biological Weapons Working Group (CBW WG) held its first event on 3rd October, drawing more than 75 persons from all continents, including the Middle East and North Africa,…
Read articleIn April 2025 the Iraq Pugwash Group organized a conference in Sulaymaniya to commemorate the use of chemical weapons against Kurdish Iraqis in 1988 and to discuss the present efforts to ban…
Read articleThe Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention still dynamic at 50
Read articleThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed on 27 September that the verified destruction of those chemical weapons possessed by the Russian Federation has been completed. Pugwash welcomes this…
Read articleBritish Pugwash member Richard Guthrie highlights how the lessons learned from the chemical weapons experience can be harnessed for those seeking a world free of nuclear weapons. “Over the past few decades…
Read articleIn addition to taking part in the public plenary sessions, following long-standing Pugwash tradition participants at the 60th Pugwash Conference in Istanbul also met in small working groups.
Read articleOn 3-4 December 2011 the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions held its 33rd Workshop, "Achieving Realistic Decisions at the Seventh BWC Review Conference in 2011".
Read articleThe Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions held its 32nd workshop from 30 April - 1 May 2011.
Read articleIn December 2009 the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions held its 30th Workshop in Geneva
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