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Invitation: All-Party Parliamentary Forum on Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, 20/10/26

If you would like to attend this meeting please contact: Tim Street, office@britishpugwash.org Developments in UK and European Nuclear Weapons Policy 5.00pm to 6.30pm, Tuesday 20th October, House of Commons SPEAKERS: Lord Kim Darroch, Member of the Lords’ International Relations and Defence Committee and former UK Ambassador to the US (INVITED) Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Strategic Adviser to the Defence Secretary and […]

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Rome Declaration: Humanity at the Threshold: A Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons

ADOPTED BY THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE GLOBAL NOBEL LAUREATES ASSEMBLY Borgo Laudato Si’, Vatican – July 2026 PREAMBLE Humanity stands at a defining moment in its history. More than eighty years after the dawn of the nuclear age, and at the threshold of the age of artificial intelligence, we are presented with an unprecedented challenge. […]

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European Student and Young Pugwash Conference / SYP-UK training programme

We have two exciting new opportunities for 18-35 year olds interested in international peace and security. European Student / Young Pugwash Conference 2026 The inaugural European Student / Young Pugwash Conference (EuSYPC), is taking place from 25–27 September 2026 at the University of Pisa, Italy. Europe is confronting a rapidly deteriorating security landscape. Debates over […]

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Review: All-Party Parliamentary Forum on Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, 29 June

After the 2026 NPT Review Conference: Where next for international nuclear weapons treaties and nuclear risk reduction? Read the summary of this meeting here 4:30pm to 5:45pm, Monday 29th June, Houses of Parliament  SPEAKERS: David Riley OBE, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva Jane Kinninmont, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Association-UK Dr […]

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Looking back at the 2026 NPT Review Conference

The Eleventh Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT RevCon) ended on 22 May. The UN have produced materials explaining what happened at the conference. Whilst the RevCon appeared to have failed as it ended without an agreement on outcomes- resulting from the extremely challenging political context- there were also […]

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Review of the 9th Annual SYP Conference: ‘How can we control and eliminate weapons of mass destruction over the next decade?’

The venue for our conference, held on 20 March 2026, was London Metropolitan University. The conference theme was ‘How can we control and eliminate weapons of mass destruction over the next decade?’ The aim of the event was to encourage critical discussion of the legal, political and technical questions associated with nuclear weapons and other WMD, with […]