Co-Presidents

	Saber Chowdhury MP, Bangladesh Saber Chowdhury chairs the Bangladesh Parliament All Party Group on Climate Change and Environment, is Vice President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union's Standing Committee on Peace and International Security and is an active member of the Commonwealth Parliamentarian Association. He has introduced legislation on prohibition of Torture and Custodial/ Extra-judicial killings in Bangladesh, rights of slum dwellers, a code of conduct/ethics for members of parliament, and repeal of Leprosy Act which had promoted segregation. He has introduced resolutions on nuclear disarmament and jointly authored an inquiry of the Bangladesh and UK Parliaments on Climate Change Equity.
	Hon David Coltart, Zimbabwe   David Coltart, MDC Senator, has been a human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe since his return to the country in 1983. He was first elected to represent the Bulawayo South House of Assembly constituency in June 2000, and was re-elected in March 2005. In March 2008 he was elected as a Senator to represent the Khumalo Senatorial constituency in Bulawayo. Senator Coltart was sworn in as Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in February 2009.
	Senator Rosario Green, Mexico Senator Rosario Green is the Chairperson of Foreign Affairs in the Mexican Senate. She is also the President of Mexico’s delegation as an Observer in the Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe.  From 1994-2000, she was Mexico’s first female Secretary of Foreign Affairs.  Senator Green has been a faculty member of UNAM, Colegio de México and the Universidad Iberoamericana and director of the Matías Romero Institute of Diplomatic Studies at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs as well as president of Fundación Colosio. She has been an Ambassador to East Germany, Ambassador to Argentina, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, and sub-secretary for Political Affairs of the United Nations.
	Sergei Kolesnikov, Russia Sergei Kolesnikov is a renowned specialist in the field of human embryogeny, he is a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. In 1999 he was elected to the RF State Duma of the RF Federal Assembly and re-elected for another term in 2003. Currently he is the Deputy Chairman of the RF State Duma Committee for Science and Education. He is the Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize for Scince in 1984, he was awarded with the Order of Peoples Friendship (1985) and Order of Honor (1996). In 1994 he was elected as IPPNW Co-President, re-elected in 1996. Since 1998 he has been the IPPNW Vice-President for CIS countries. He is also the President of the Russian national affiliate of IPPNW.
	Mikyung Lee, Republic of Korea Mikyung LEE is a leading figure in the South Korean National Assembly and in North East Asia advancing cross-party and regional initiatives to advance denuclearization in the region including the Six Party process and proposals for a North-East Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.
	Ed Markey, United States Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-MA) is one of the most senior members of several key committees of the US Congress, including Energy and Commerce Committee, the Committee on Homeland Security and the Natural Resources Committee. He is also Chair of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. In addition, he is the co-chair of the bipartisan Caucuses on Nonproliferation, on Privacy, on Alzheimer's disease and on Cystic Fibrosis.
	Baroness Sue Miller, United Kingdom Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Home Affairs, and has also served as spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001-07), and Agriculture and Rural Affairs (1999-2001). She is a member of several all-party groups, including the Chairperson of the Street Children Group, Vice-chair of the Mexico Group, the Local Environmental Quality Group, Conservation and Wildlife Group and others. She is a member of the LibDem Federal Policy Committee and the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
	Marit Nybakk MP, Norway Marit Nybakk has been Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Defense of the Norweian Parliament since 2001. She was a member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee from 1997 to 2001. She is also currently a member of the Norwegian Delegation to the European Union. Ms Nybakk has been a member of the Storting for Oslo on behalf of the Labour Party since 1987, and has been re-elected on four occasions. She previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1985-1989.
	Uta Zapf, Germany Uta Zapf is the Chair of the Bundestag (German Parliament) Sub-Committee on Disarmament Arms Control and Nonproliferation, and is the Deputy Spokeswoman for Foreign Policy of the Social Democrats in the Bundestag. She has been a leader internationally on non-proliferation issues including most recently a parliamentarians’ initiative to ensure that nuclear technology assistance to countries is conditional on their integration into non-proliferation and disarmament measures and mechanisms.

Honorary Member

Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, New Zealand Helen Clark is the head of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position. Clark was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008 and led the Labour Party from 1993 until 2008. Before resigning from Parliament in April 2009, Clark was Labour's foreign affairs spokeswoman and MP for the Mount Albert electorate which she had held since 1981. Forbes magazine ranked her 20th most powerful woman in the world in 2006.

Special Representative

Senator Roméo Dallaire (Canada) Senator Dallaire is a former Lieutenant General who in 1994 commanded the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). His book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, was awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Since his retirement from the military, Senator Dallaire has pursued research on conflict resolution and the use of child soldiers; he has spoken to numerous audiences on conflicts, child soldiers and genocide; and he has served on the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention. Since joining the Canadian Senate in 2005 Roméo Dallaire has actively promoted nuclear disarmament. He introduced a resolution, adopted unanimously, calling on the Canadian government to lead a global effort to eradicate nuclear weapons. He is leading a collaborative effort on nuclear abolition with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.

Dennis Kucinich, United States

Since being elected to Congress in 1996, Kucinich has been a tireless advocate for civil rights, human rights and peace. Kucinich has authored and co-sponsored legislation to create a national health care system, preserve Social Security, lower the costs of prescription drugs, provide economic development through infrastructure improvements, abolish the death penalty, provide universal kindergarten availability, create a Department of Peace, regulate genetically engineered foods, repeal the USA PATRIOT Act, prevent an arms race in outer space, establish a federal Department of Peace, and provide tax relief to working class families. Kucinich has taking a leading role in the Progressive Caucus, is a member of the Bi-partisan taskforce on non-proliferation and co-chairs the bi-partisan Russia Caucus.

Mani Shankar Aiyar, India

Mani Shankar Aiyar is a member of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House). He began his career as a an Indian diplomat before becoming the Private Secretary for Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during which time he assisted Gandhi draft the Rajiv Gandhi Plan for Nuclear Disarmament and a Non-violent World Order. He then served as a member of Lok Sabha (Lower House) representing the Indian National Congress party until 2009. He served as Union Cabinet Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas from May 2004 through January 2006 and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports till 2008. Mani Shankar is author of a number of books including Remembering Rajiv (1992), Pakistan Papers (1994), Knickerwallahs, Silly-Billies and Other Curious Creatures (1995), Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist (2004) and A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st Century (2009).

Frieda Broepels MEP, Belgium

Frieda Brepoels has served as Vice-Chairwoman of the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie Party, Deputy Mayor of Bilzen, and Member of the Belgian Federal parliament, and has been a member of the European Parliament since 2003. She is a member of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, Delegation for relations with Japan and Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. Since 2008 she has been a Co-Chair of the European Parliament Section of PNND.

Jeremy Corbyn MP, United Kingdom

Jeremy Corbyn is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament for Islington North. He has been in the House of Commons since he won his seat at the 1983 general election. A long-time supporter of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, he is one of its three Vice-Chairs. Before his election to parliament he was an elected councillor in the London Borough of Haringey (1974-1983).

Senator Michelle Demessine, France

Senator Demessine is the current Secretary of the French Senate represents the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.  She is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces. She has been a fierce promoter of women's rights and is also committed to the dignity and citizenship of people with disabilities.  Michelle Demessine was first elected Senator in 1992. She left the office after having been appointed Minister of Tourism from 1997 to 2001. In March 2001 she was elected Deputy Mayor of Lille, and returned to the Senate. She is a member of the French Groupe Communiste Républicain et Citoyen .

Hideo Hiraoka MP, Japan

Hideo Hiraoka MP (DPJ, is serving his fifth term as a member of the Japanese House of Representatives. He is the Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and a senior advisor and the former Secretary General of the DPJ Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Disarmament and a member of the House Committee on Internal Affairs and Communications. He has led a number of nuclear disarmament initiatives including a joint Japanese/South Korean parliamentary declaration supporting a Northeast Asian nuclear-weapon-free-zone and a cross-party letter from 204 Japanese parliamentarians to US President Obama during the US Nuclear Posture Review supporting Obama’s vision for a nuclear-weapons-free world and initial steps including lowering the role of nuclear weapons in security doctrines.

Dr Paul Hutchison, New Zealand

Dr Hutchison has been a parliamentarian since 1999. Prior to that he was a health professional  with 30 years experience in both private and public practice. Dr Hutchison has worked as a Resident in Pathology at Metropolitan General Hospital in Cleveland (USA),  a lecturer for the University of London at St Thomas' Hospital and as Senior House Officer and Registrar at National Womens’ Hospital (New Zealand). Dr Hutchison currently holds the National Party spokes-person roles for the Accident Compensation Commission, Disability Issues, Food Safety, and Policy on Children.

Birgitta Jónsdóttir, Iceland

A member of Althingi for the Reykjavik South Constituency since, Birgitta Jónsdóttir is the Vice-Chairman of the parliamentary group of the Movement 2010, and member of committees dealing with education, general affairs, foreign affairs, environment, European affairs and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Roderich Kiesewetter MdB, Germany

Roderich Kiesewetter, (CDU/CSU) is Deputy-Chair of the Bundestag Sub-committee on Disarmament and Arms Control, leader of the German delegation to the Euro Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and member of the Parliamentarians’ Network on Conflict Prevention. Prior to entering parliament Mr Kiesewetter worked at the German defense ministry, EU Council and NATO headquarters where he was office manager of the chief of staff..

Dov Khenin, Israel

Dov Khenin is a member of the Knesset Internal Affairs and Environment Committee and the Committee on the Rights of the Child. He is chairman of the Chairman, Social-Environmental Lobby and the Civil Rights Lobby and a member of the Lobby for Jewish-Arab Coexistence.

Bill Kidd MSP, Scotland

Bill Kidd has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament for the Scottish Nationalist Party for two years. During that time he has introduced a number of motions supporting nuclear disarmament and critical of the British deployment and home-basing of nuclear submarines in Faslane, Scotland. Mr Kidd has also participated in international disarmament initiatives, and has assisted Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond in efforts for Scottish representation in international disarmament forums.

Taro Kono, Japan

Taro Kono has been a Member of the Japanese Parliament for the Liberal Democratic Party since 1996. He has held the position of Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee even though he has not always supported LDP policy on all issues, including the war against Iraq and the US-India nuclear technology deal. Kono has also served as Senior Vice Minister of Justice, and pioneered a change on law on organ donation after donating part of his liver to his father Yohei Kono (former Prime Minister and Parliament Speaker). Taro Kono was the inaugural Secretary-General of the Japan Section of PNND and is now its President.

Jonathan Granoff (GSI Representative)

Jonathan Granoff has for more than 20 years contributed his legal expertise, developed as a successful private attorney, to the movement to eliminate nuclear weapons. Mr. Granoff was elected President of the Global Security Institute after the death of the Institute's founding president, Senator Alan Cranston (1914-2000).

Richard Butler - Chairman MPI

Ambassador Butler was Australia’s first Ambassador for Disarmament, Permanent Representative to the UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva. (1983-88); Chairman of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (1995-96). He has served as Australian Ambassador to the United Nations, New York, (1992-95). During that time, he was the Chairman of the negotiations for the 50th Anniversary Declaration of the UN and was the Vice Chair of the World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen (1995). In 1997, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed him Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission to disarm Iraq (UNSCOM). From 1999-2001 he was Diplomat in Residence at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York. He is currently the Distinguished Scholar of International Peace and Security at Pennsylvania State University and Chair of the Middle Powers Initiative.

Alyn Ware, PNND Global Coordinator

Alyn Ware is the Global Coodinator of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and the UN Coordinator for the World Court Project, which led the effort to achieve a ruling from the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. In addition to his numerous leadership positions within the peace and security field, he is co-author with Merav Datan of "Security and Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention", and with Annie Doherty of "Our Planet in Every Classroom", and has written numerous articles.

Senator Abacca Anjain Madisson
(Marshall Islands)

Senator Abacca Anjain Madisson is from Rongelap – an atoll in the Pacific which had to be abandoned due to radioactive fallout from nuclear testing. She has led the efforts of the Marshall Islands to receive compensation from the United States for the loss of land, environmental destruction and health problems in the islands resulting from the tests.

Raphael Chegeni, Tanzania

Raphael Chegeni has a background in Financial Administration and a Docotrate from Washington International University.  He is Secretary General on the Amani Forum of The Great Lakes Reg. Parliamentary Forum and East Africa Chapter Representive on the Parliamentary Network of the World Bank.  He is a member of Chama Cha Mapinduzi - CCM, the governing party in Tanzania.

Hon Marian Hobbs
(Aotearoa-New Zealand)

Hon Marian Hobbs has held the positions of Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Minister for the Environment, Minister Responsible for Overseas Development Aid, Minister for Broadcasting and Associate Minister for Education. She has been active internationally in the Commission on Sustainable Development, United Nations General Assembly (Disarmament and International Security Committee), Conference on Disarmament and other bodies. She has also been active in the adoption and implementation of New Zealand’s pioneering anti-nuclear legislation.

Alexa McDonough
(Canada)

Alexa McDonough was the first woman Leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party and is currently the New Democratic Party Critic for International Development, International Cooperation and Peace Advocacy. She has also been a leader in numerous national and international social action groups and human rights organizations.

Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.
MPI Chairman Emeritus

The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., is an author, parliamentarian and diplomat, who has specialized throughout his 35-year public career in peace and human security issues. Mr. Roche was the founding Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, an international network of eight non-governmental organizations specializing in nuclear disarmament issues. He retired from the Senate in 2004.

Lyn Allison, Australia

Lyn Allison was an administrator, teacher and Director of the Employment and Economic Development Corporation before moving into local, and then national politics.   She has been an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate since July 1996 representing the state of Victoria.

She is the Leader of the Australian Democrats.

Angelika Beer, Germany

Angelika Beer was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009 during which time she served as Chair of the delegation for relations with Iran, Chair of the European Parliament Section of PNND and as a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the European Parliament delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Ms Beer now serves as Chair of the Parliamentarians’ Network for Conflict Prevention.

Edine von Herold, Costa Rica

Edine von Herold was a legislator in the Costa Rican Assembly. She is a doctor of medicine, during her tenure, she submitted a number of bills which were adopted by the Costa Rican legislature including making the assembly a smoke-free environment and prohibiting the manufacture of depleted uranium weapons in her country. She also originated the Costa Rican Assembly's unanimous support of a nuclear weapons convention.

Kimmo Kiljunen, Finland

Hon. Dr. Kimmo Kiljunen (born 1951), PhD Sussex, has been a member of the Finnish parliament since 1995. He is a member of the Parliament's Grand Committee and the Committee for Foreign Affairs, and was formerly the chairman of the city council of Vantaa. Dr Kiljunen is active on European integration and bringing a parliamentary dimension to the work of intergovernmental organizations. He served as a member of the European Convention that drafted a constitution for the EU, and currently serves as vice-chair of the OCSE parliamentary assembly. Prior to joining parliament Dr. Kiljunen worked for UNDP in New York , UNICEF in Nairobi and as Secretary-General of the International Peace Bureau.

Francesco Martone, Italy

Francesco Martone was a Senator from 2001-2008, representing Liguria in the Italian Senate, where he served on committees of foreign affairs, financing and others. Officially an independent, Senator Martone counted himself in the Green bloc of the parliament, and later, along with Antonello Falomi and Pietro Folena, he founded the Uniti a Sinistra (United Left) bloc.

Prior to entering national politics, Senator Martone was the President of Greenpeace Italia, where he worked from 1988-1995.

Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Philippines

Senator Pimentel is a long-time senator and human rights advocate. He president and founder of the PDP-Laban party, and has served as a member of the Philippines Constitutional Convention (1971), Mayor of Cagayan de Oro City (1980-84), Minister of Local Government (1984), Senate Minority Leader and Senate President. He has authored a number of landmark bills to reduce costs of medicines for the poor, establish cooperatives, devolve authority and establish peaceful relations between differing religious communities particularly in Mindanao.Senator Pimentel was imprisoned a number of times advocating for human rights and democracy during the Marcos regime, and currently serves as the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Human Rights Commission. Senator Pimentel has taught law as a professor at Far Eastern University and San Beda College and was dean of Law at Xavier University.

Rudolph Rechsteiner, Switzerland

Rudolf Rechsteiner is a Social Democrat Member of the Swiss Parliament representing Basel. He is a member of the Foreign Affairs Commission and the Commission on Energy and the Environment. Mr Rechsteiner is an expert in wind energy having written a number of articles and studies on the issue.

Juri Tamm, Estonia

Former USSR Olympic champion Juri Tamm established a cross-party group of Estonian MPs with the purpose ‘to join the initiative of the parliamentarians of the world, who are trying to solve the dangers accompanying the existence of nuclear weapons and move towards a nuclear weapon-free world within the limits of their parliamentary powers.’

A member of the Estonian parliament since 1999, he is a member of the Social Democratic Party.

Senator Patrik Vankrunkelsven, Belgium

Senator Vankrunkelsven is Co-Chair of PNND Belgian Section, a member of the Senate Commission on International Affairs, the mayor of Laakdal and a member of Mayors for Peace. He has been active for many years in nuclear disarmament issues, including actions against nuclear weapons bases in Belgium.