The Pugwash community is deeply saddened to hear of the sudden passing of Bruce Blair, a tireless and effective advocate … More
Tag: Disarmament
Pugwash Delegation in Vienna for arms control meetings
On 21-23 June 2020, Pugwash Secretary-General Paolo Cotta Ramusino and Pugwash Council Member Sergey Batsanov visited Vienna and had meetings … More
New York meeting on the Erosion of Arms Control
On 17 October 2019, Pugwash and the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations co-organized a side event in … More
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 … More
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 … More
Article: “Unmet Promise: The Challenges Awaiting the 2020 NPT Review Conference”
In the November issue of the Arms Control Today journal, Pugwash President Sergio Duarte reviews the genesis of the multilateral … More
Statement on the future of arms control
On 28 October 2018 the Pugwash President and Secretary-General issued the following statement: The Demise of Arms Control? President Trump’s … More
Conference on South America in the Nuclear Age
On 20-21 August 2018 the seminar “South America in the Nuclear Age” was held under the joint sponsorship of Pugwash … More
Paper on the NPT, the Nuclear Ban Treaty and the CTBT
15 June 2018 – The following text is a paper prepared by the Secretary-General of Pugwash, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, for three … More
Statement to the NGO session of the 2nd PrepCom to the 2020 NPT Review Conference
On 25 April 2018, Pugwash President Sergio Duarte delivered a statement on behalf of Pugwash to the Preparatory Committee of … More
Nuclear risks and non-proliferation
On 10-11 November 2017, Pugwash Secretary-General Paolo Cotta-Ramusino participated in the conference Perspectives for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and … More
Pugwash congratulates ICAN for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Pugwash sends its warmest congratulations to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on the announcement that it has … More
Video: “Conference Opening”, 62nd Pugwash Conference
0m “The Noble Goal” Conference Opening 10m30s Introduction, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, Secretary General of Pugwash 18m10s Jayantha Dhanapala, President of Pugwash … More
Statement on Avoiding a Re-Start of the Nuclear Arms Race
1 January 2017 The Pugwash Conferences for Science & World Affairs and its co-founder Joseph Rotblat were awarded the Nobel … More