From 1-5 November 2025, Hiroshima hosts the 63rd Pugwash Conference. We are honoured to be meeting in Hiroshima to commemorate … More
Tag: Disarmament
British Pugwash webinar on China’s approach to nuclear disarmament
On 8 October 2024, the British Pugwash group held an online seminar with Zhou Bo, Senior Fellow at the Centre … More
Brasilia seminar on arms control and disarmament
On June 20, 2023, the seminar “The Crisis of the Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control Regimes and the Role of … More
Pugwash President interview on the history of nuclear non-proliferation
An interview with the President of Pugwash, Ambassador Sergio Duarte, was conducted by PIR Center, a Russian NGO that specializes … More
New York meeting on the NPT-TPNW relationship
On 4 August 2022, Pugwash co-organized a roundtable discussion with the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations. The … More
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
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
Interview with Tilman Ruff, founding chair of ICAN
The Humanity at a Crossroads – Prohibition or Continued Reliance on Nukes? Pugwash Council Member Katariina Simonen interviewed Dr. Tilman … More
Brasilia meeting on a world without nuclear weapons
On 7-8 December 2017, Pugwash President Sergio Duarte participated in a seminar, “Towards a world without nuclear weapons: challenges and … 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
Statement on the opening for signature of the Nuclear Ban Treaty
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons leading to their elimination will be open for signature on September 20, 2017, … More
62nd Pugwash Conference, Astana
Sixty years after convening its first meeting, Pugwash held its 62nd conference in Astana, Kazakhstan on August 25-29. Confronting … More
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs 