30 January 2021 In early 2021 there is every reason to say that the global arms control and disarmament process, … More
Category: NPT
The preservation and strengthening of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the broader regime has consistently been a key focus of work in the Pugwash tradition.
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Pugwash Note on the Iran Nuclear Agreement and Middle Eastern Security
December 2020 This is a very short note addressing the issue of the Iran nuclear agreement and pointing out some … More
Former German disarmament diplomats call for increased efforts to reduce nuclear dangers
Berlin, 5 August 2020. Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The … More
Pugwash Delegation in Vienna for arms control meetings
On 21-23 June 2020, Pugwash Secretary-General Paolo Cotta Ramusino and Pugwash Council Member Sergey Batsanov visited Vienna and had meetings … More
Pugwash document on the NPT Review Conference Postponement and Risks after the Pandemic
6 May 2020 This is a Pugwash document concerning nuclear problems and tensions in the time of COVID-19. This document … More
Pugwash President interviewed about the NPT Review Conference
On 6 March 2020 the leading Brazilian daily Folha de São Paulo published a front-page article [in Portuguese] based on … More
UNGA Middle East WMDFZ Conference takes place in New York
From 19-22 November 2019 Pugwash President Sergio Duarte attended the opening of general debate of the conference convened in accordance … More
Pugwash President op-ed in The Bulletin
Ditch the Bomb, not the NPT On 18 November 2019 The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists published a piece by Pugwash … More
New York meeting on the Erosion of Arms Control
On 17 October 2019, Pugwash and the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations co-organized a side event in … More
Comment: “Resist Erosion of NPT to Rid the World of Atomic Bombs”
On 17 June 2019 Pugwash President Sergio Duarte published a commentary on the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty on the InDepthNews … More
New York meeting on the CTBT
On 7 May 2019 Pugwash co-organized a meeting with the CTBTO and the Mission of Brazil to the UN on … More
New York roundtable on the Middle East
On 6 May 2019 Pugwash convened a roundtable of experts and officials to discuss the non-proliferation landscape in the Middle … More
Statement to NPT 3rd PrepCom
On 1 May 2019 Sergio Duarte, President of Pugwash, delivered the following statement at the NGO session of the III … More
Article: “Unmet Promise: The Challenges Awaiting the 2020 NPT Review Conference”
In the November issue of the Arms Control Today journal, Pugwash President Sergio Duarte reviews the genesis of the multilateral … More
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs 