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hosted by the Middle Powers Initiative and Pugwash Peace Exchange
Thinkers Lodge, Pugwash
Nova Scotia, Canada
July 10-12, 2008
Legislators from around the world will join with disarmament experts at the Thinkers Lodge in Pugwash in an unprecedented meeting to develop strategies for building the political will necessary to take bold steps for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament leading to the abolition of nuclear weapons and the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world.
Leadership changes in the Nuclear Weapon States are providing new opportunities for progress, provided that effective action is taken and sufficient political will is generated by legislators working in conjunction with experts, officials and key constituencies in civil society.
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, with over 500 legislators from 70 countries, is well placed to make a significant contribution to advancing the nuclear abolition agenda. This conference and board meeting will provide an opportunity to develop concrete and effective plans.
Participants include:
Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala
President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
PNND Co-Presidents: Marian Hobbs MP (New Zealand); Alexa McDonough MP (Canada); Mikyung Lee MP (Korea); Uta Zapf MdB (Germany); Senator Abacca Anjain Maddison (Marshall Islands)
Senator Romeo Dallaire: PNND Special Representative, Former Commander of the UN Forces in Rwanda
Senator Douglas Roche, Chair Middle Powers Initiative
Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
For more information contact alyn@pnnd.org
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