We must regrettably inform you that the 63rd Pugwash Conference, re-scheduled for 6-10 March 2022, must once again be postponed,…
Canadian Pugwash member receives prestigious award
The American Physical Society 2022 Andrei Sakharov Prize has been awarded to John C. Polanyi, University of Toronto. The citation reads:…
Pugwash President receives Honorary Award from Film Festival
16 June 2021 The Rio de Janeiro International Uranium Film Festival 2021 has awarded Sergio Duarte, President of the Pugwash Conferences on…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Pugwash Note on Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
January 2021 Breaking a Deadlock to Denuclearization of the Korean PeninsulaNortheast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone (NEA-NWFZ) as the end…
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…
Iranian physicist killed in a terrorist attack
30 November 2020 The terrorist attack in Iran that killed the physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh had the main effect of increasing tensions…
Pugwash document on cyber security and warfare
November 2020 The document below is the result of several discussions inside Pugwash, including three specific workshops in 2018 (Geneva), 2019…
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…
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…
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