On 6 May 2019 Pugwash convened a roundtable of experts and officials to discuss the non-proliferation landscape in the Middle…
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…
Statement on Sri Lanka attacks
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, Sri Lanka suffered horrific terrorist attacks on churches and hotels across the country. Former…
Palestine Consultations
On 3 and 4 March 2019 a small team from Pugwash held a number of consultations and meetings in Ramallah…
Israel and Iran in the Age of Trump: Israeli Perspectives
On 2 March 2019 Pugwash held a roundtable in Tel Aviv in cooperation with the Israeli Pugwash Group and the…
Comment on the situation in South Asia
2 March 2019: The recent escalations along the Line of Control separating Indian- and Pakistan- administered Kashmir pose a grave…
Council member Karen Hallberg wins prestigious award
14 February 2019: Pugwash Council Member Prof. Karen Hallberg of Argentina was awarded the L’Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science for…
Washington consultation on arms control
On 1 February 2019 Pugwash held a consultation in collaboration with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Washington,…
Pugwash recognizes award for SESAME scientists
1 February 2019: Pugwash congratulates the SESAME scientists awarded the 2019 Award for Science Diplomacy by the American Association for the…
Pugwash delegation in Moscow to discuss arms control
From 27-29 January a Pugwash delegation comprising the Secretary General, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Chair of British Pugwash Group, Peter Jenkins, and…
Remembering Sir Michael Atiyah (1929-2019)
The Pugwash community is saddened by the loss of Sir Michael Atiyah, who died on 11 January 2019. He had…
Geneva workshop on Cyber Security and Warfare
On 19-20 December 2018 Pugwash held a workshop in Geneva, co-sponsored and hosted by the Geneva Center for Security Policy…
Moscow meetings on Avoiding Nuclear Destabilization
On 6-7 December 2018, Pugwash organized a seminar, “Avoiding Nuclear Destabilization”, and other side meetings in Moscow in cooperation with…
ICRC Commemorative Conference on the use of certain weapons in war
On 30 November 2018 the Pugwash Council member and Director of the Geneva Office, Amb. Sergey Batsanov, participated in the…
