1 December 2009. Welcome: Lord Rees of Ludlow, President of the Royal Society; Speaker: Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala former UN Under-Secretary General; Chair: Baroness Williams of Crosby, special advisor to the Prime Minister
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Ending War
18 November 2009. A CCAD Event presenting British Pugwash President Robert Hinde’s book Ending War: A Recipe.
The Middle East and the quest for a nuclear weapon-free world
On 5 October 2009 Pugwash President Amb. Jayantha Dhanapala addressed the 4th London Conference on A Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone, organised by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS, and co-sponsored by British Pugwash.
Ashdown’s Third Law
On 25 May 2009 Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon delivered the annual Rotblat lecture at the Hay Festival, co-sponsored by British Pugwash and the WMD Awareness Programme. Paddy Ashdown was leader of the Liberal Democrats (1988-1999) and International High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (2002-2006).
British Pugwash Annual Report 2009
Top issues: UK related nuclear weapons issues, particularly government’s decision to proceed with renewing Trident; non-proliferation and disarmament issues.
Progressing the nuclear disarmament agenda – Policy, diplomacy and science
Honouring the centenary of Joseph Rotblat’s birth, this seminar, held on 10 December 2008, explored concrete suggestions for creating and developing the political and technical environments conducive to the eventual attainment of a nuclear weapons free world.