On 12 August 2022 Pugwash co-hosted a meeting with the Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in the sidelines … More
Category: Nuclear Weapons
The hallmark of Pugwash continues to be working toward the
reduction and elimination of the risk posed by nuclear weapons. In
practice, this translates to fostering dialogue on risk reduction,
arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament that will promote
and enhance cooperative security.
New York meeting on the NPT-TPNW relationship
On 4 August 2022, Pugwash co-organized a roundtable discussion with the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations. The … More
Pugwash President authors Afterword in new book on nuclear weapons and international law
9 June 2021The Pugwash President, Sérgio Duarte, has contributed an essay to a book Nuclear Weapons and International Law: Visions … More
High-Level Group Issues Appeal to Biden and Putin to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Dangers
8 June 2021 High-Level Group Issues Appeal to Biden and Putin to Reduce Nuclear Weapons DangersCall for Results-Oriented Dialogue to … More
Pugwash Note on Nuclear Weapon Announcements in the United Kingdom’s Integrated Review of Security
14 May 2021 The below text is the summary and conclusion of a commentary by Ambassador Peter Jenkins, Chair of … More
Pugwash Note on Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
30 January 2021 In early 2021 there is every reason to say that the global arms control and disarmament process, … More
Pugwash Note on the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
22 January 2021 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit … More
Pugwash Note on The Deposit of the 50th Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty on The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
25 October 2020 Pugwash notes with deep appreciation the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification of the Treaty on … More
75 years after
6 August 2020 The nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago on 6 and 9 August—where over 170,000 … 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
Shanghai meeting on arms control
On 4-5 December 2019 Pugwash and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences organized a discussion meeting in Shanghai as … More
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs 