In November 2016, Pugwash Secretary-General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Pugwash Council Member Tatsujiro Suzuki travelled to Astana for further planning meetings…
Statement on 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Award to President Juan Manuel Santos
On 8 October 2016, Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize…
London meeting on Security Challenges & Nuclear Weapons in Europe
On 26-27 September 2016 Pugwash held a roundtable meeting to discuss “Security Challenges and Nuclear Weapons in Europe,” co-hosted with the…
Statement on DPRK Nuclear Test
On 11 September 2016, Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the nuclear…
Statement on US No First Use Policy
On 18 August 2016 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the adoption of a “no first use”…
Statement on the Recent UK Independent (Chilcot) Report on Iraq War
The bedrock document anchoring the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs – the London…
Moving towards Peace in Afghanistan
Building on the sustained engagement of previous years, Pugwash continues to hold meetings seeking a way forward on the future of…
Remembering George Rathjens (1925-2016)
George Rathjens: 1925-2016 Friends and colleagues of George – Jeffrey Boutwell, Francesco Calogero, and Paolo Cotta-Ramusino – reflect on his…
Statement by Japanese Pugwash on President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima
What we expect from the US President’s visit to Hiroshima Pugwash Japan May 15, 2016 We, members of Pugwash Japan,…
Pugwash Delegation Visits Kazakhstan
From 31 January – 2 February 2016 the Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Executive Director Sandra Ionno Butcher…
Second Doha Meeting on Peace and Security in Afghanistan
Pugwash meeting on “Peace and Security in Afghanistan” 23-24 January 2016, Doha, Qatar (Report by Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General of…
Statement on DPRK Nuclear Test
On 6 January 2016 Pugwash President Jayantha Dhanapala and Pugwash Secretary General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino issued a statement on the nuclear…
London Symposium – 20th Anniversary of the Pugwash/Rotblat Nobel Peace Prize
On 18 December 2015 Pugwash explored our current themes and honored past achievements with a special event, “Addressing Extremism, Regional…
An appeal from the Pugwash Council to the 2015 Paris Climate Conference
Avoiding threats to human civilization Since the middle of the 20th century, scientists have consistently raised alarm about the risks…
