3 November, PL12 – PLENARY SESSION: Risk of Civil Use of Nuclear Energy (Nagasaki University) Chair: Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki, Pugwash Council … More
Category: Pugwash International Conferences
Every 18-24 months Pugwash organizes large conferences with both plenary meetings and separate working groups. These conferences comprise up to 300 individuals gathered together to work on a range of issues. The first Pugwash International Conference was held in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in 1957.
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Video: Nagasaki Conference, “Moving forward the CTBT”
3 November 2015 – KEYNOTE: Moving Forward the CTBT (Ioujima) Chair: Amb. (ret.) Serguei Batasanov, Pugwash Council (Russia) Message from Dr. Lassina Zerbo, … More
Video: Nagasaki Conference, “Report of the Secretary-General”
2 November 2015: Report of the Secretary General, “Extremism, Dialogue, and the Pugwash Disarmament Agenda” Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino (Italy)
Video: Simons Symposium, part 1 at Nagasaki Conference
PL4 – OPENING ADDRESS (Nagasaki University) Chair: Dr. Steve Miller, Pugwash Executive Committee Chair (USA) Dr. Jennifer Allen Simons, … More
Video: Opening session of the 61st Pugwash Conference, Nagasaki
PL1 – Conference Overview and Messages (Nagasaki University) Welcome remarks: Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Pugwash Secretary General (Italy) Amb. (ret.) Jayantha … More
Video: Nagasaki Conference, “Ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Statue”
On 1 November 2015 the Pugwash Conference participants travelled to the Nagasaki Peace Park to lay a wreath at the … More
61st Pugwash Conference, Nagasaki
Nagasaki’s Voice: Remember Your Humanity 61st Pugwash Conference on Science & World Affairs Conference schedule and plenary presentations Videos of … More
Press coverage for Nagasaki 2015 – 61st Pugwash Conference
Media coverage: “Pugwash scientists demand Japan end troubled nuclear fuel recycling program“, Asahi Shimbun, 7 November “‘Iran’s perseverance changed West’s Approach’“, … More
Schedule and Presentations of the 61st Pugwash Conference
61st Pugwash Conference on Science & World Affairs Nagasaki’s Voice: Remember Your Humanity 1-5 November 2015 Nagasaki, Japan Available as … More
Bruce Blair, Nagasaki 2015
Dr. Bruce G. Blair is a research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University’s Woodrow … More
VIDEO: Jayantha Dhanapala: Vision of a world free of nuclear weapons
Pugwash President Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala promotes the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. “We can achieve the banning … More
VIDEO: Ali Asghar Soltanieh on the importance of track 2 dialogue
Former Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA Dr Ali Asghar Soltanieh explains how Pugwash contributes to understanding the technical roadblocks to … More
VIDEO: Rim Turkmani on the role of scientists and civil society in a peaceful future for Syria
Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Dr Rim Turkmani, on why civil society must be engaged in finding … More
VIDEO: Anissa E. Hassouna on how Pugwash can affect change at the grassroots level
Pugwash Council member Anissa E. Hassouna speaks about how the work of Pugwash has the potential to impact the everyday … More
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