Pax Christie organized a public event on the evening prior to the opening of the Article VI Forum. The event featured Baronness Shirley Williams, UN High Representative Sergio Duarte, and MPI Chairman Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. The event was expertly moderated by Joe Little of RTE.

Moderator Joe Little

From L-R: Williams, Little, Duarte, Roche

High Representative Sergio Duarte

Baronness Shirley Williams, MP (UK)

Nearly 100 citizens from Irish and international civil society attended. Pictured here, from right to left, is Alexa McDonough, MP (Canada), Xanthe Hall of IPPNW, Susi Snyder of WILPF and Elizabeth Schafer of LCNP.

Alexa is a Co-President of PNND. Both Susi and Xanthe serve on the International Steering Committee of MPI.

The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.

Opening session, from left to right:
Amb. Abe (Japan), Jim Wurst (MPI), Foreign Minister Ahern, Chairman Doug Roche, Baronness Williams, Amb. Duarte, Amb. Yulchenko (Ukraine) and GSI President Jonathan Granoff.

H.E. Mr. Dermot Ahern, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Ireland, delivered the keynote presentation at the opening session of the Article VI Forum.

The Foreign Minister (far left) continued to offer substantive contributions throughout the morning session.

From left to right: Tariq Rauf (IAEA), Amb. de Alba (Mexico), Amb. Fiori (Italy), Geoff Gartshore (Canada), Werner Bauwens (Belgium) and MP Uta Zapf (Germany), Co-President of PNND

From right to left: Amb. (ret.) Robert Grey (BSG), Mr. Bruce Roth, Amb. (ret.) Richard Butler, Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Saja Majali (Jordan)

Ambassador Richard Butler (ret.) former head of the UN Special Commission on Iraq.

Ambassador Bernhard Brasack directs his intervention to Senator Roche

Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation at the
International Institute for Strategic Studies

Amb. Thomas Graham (ret.) is Chairman of the Bipartisan Security Group.

MPI Chairman Douglas Roche, GSI President Jonathan Granoff and PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware held an additional, private meeting with Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern

MPI Program Director Jim Wurst

Dr. Rebecca Johnson,
Executive Director of the Acronym Institute and
Editor of Disarmament Diplomacy

Panel I focused on "Reducing and De-alerting Nuclear Forces."
From left to right: Amb. Brasack, Amb. Abe, Dr. Steven Miller, Dr. Johnson (Chair), Baronness Williams, Amb. Duarte, Amb. Yulchenko and Mr. Granoff