Sulaymaniya conference on chemical weapons
In April 2025 the Iraq Pugwash Group organized a conference in Sulaymaniya to commemorate the use of chemical weapons against Kurdish Iraqis in 1988 and to discuss the present efforts to ban…
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In April 2025 the Iraq Pugwash Group organized a conference in Sulaymaniya to commemorate the use of chemical weapons against Kurdish Iraqis in 1988 and to discuss the present efforts to ban…
Read articleThe Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed on 27 September that the verified destruction of those chemical weapons possessed by the Russian Federation has been completed. Pugwash welcomes this…
Read article61st Pugwash Conference on Science & World Affairs Nagasaki’s Voice: Remember Your Humanity 1-5 November 2015 Nagasaki, Japan Available as PDF: 2015 Nagasaki Schedule Speaker bios/photos Full conference participant list Talks and…
Read articleOn 28 January 2014 Pugwash convened a meeting in Geneva to discuss possible contributions to resolving the ongoing conflict in Syria. The meeting was co-hosted by Green Cross International, which kindly provided meeting facilities.
Read articleBritish Pugwash member Richard Guthrie highlights how the lessons learned from the chemical weapons experience can be harnessed for those seeking a world free of nuclear weapons. “Over the past few decades…
Read articleIn addition to taking part in the public plenary sessions, following long-standing Pugwash tradition participants at the 60th Pugwash Conference in Istanbul also met in small working groups.
Read article[wpvideo L6QK0IpA] Q&A Session with Amb. Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (Egypt), Amb. Wael Al-Assad, Representative of the Secretary General for Disarmament and Regional Security, League of Arab States (Jordan), and…
Read articleAmb. Jaakko Laajava, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Security Policy in the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)addresses the audience on the topic of “Eliminating nuclear weapons and other WMD from the Middle East:…
Read articleAmb. Wael Al-Assad, Representative of the Secretary General for Disarmament and Regional Security, League of Arab States (Jordan) addresses the audience on the topic of “Eliminating nuclear weapons and other WMD from the Middle…
Read articleAmb. Rolf Ekeus, Chair Swedish Pugwash, introduces the panel on “Eliminating nuclear weapons and other WMD from the Middle East: what next?” at the Third Simons Symposium, 60th Pugwash Conference, Istanbul, 1 November 2013.
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