Pugwash Note on the Entry into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

22 January 2021 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit … More

Pugwash Note on The Deposit of the 50th Instrument of Ratification of the Treaty on The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

25 October 2020 Pugwash notes with deep appreciation the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification of the Treaty on … More

Pugwash President op-ed in The Bulletin

Ditch the Bomb, not the NPT On 18 November 2019 The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists published a piece by Pugwash … More

New York meeting on the future of the multilateral nuclear disarmament process

On 9 October 2018, Pugwash held a side-event during the UN General Assembly First Committee co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission … 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

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: “The Ban Treaty”, 62nd Pugwash Conference

Opening of the 5th Simons Symposium: Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament 12m0s Jennifer Allen Simons (Canada), President of The Simons Foundation … More