PNND has more than 500 members
in more than 70 countries. Membership is open to current members of
national and international parliaments.
**Please note: Links are made to
PNND members' Parliamentary websites, where available.**
Members are organized according to countries arranged alphabetically (in English): ABCDEFGHIJKLMN O P Q RSTUV W X
Y Z
Co-Presidents
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.
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.
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.
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.
LEE Mikyung
(South Korea)
LEE Mikyung 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.
Special Representative of the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament
Senator Dallaire has had a distinguished career in the Canadian military, achieving the rank of Lieutenant General. In 1994, General Dallaire commanded the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). His book on his experiences in Rwanda, entitled Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, was awarded the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2004. Since his retirement from the military, Senator Dallaire has worked to bring an understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder to the general public; he 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 on March 24, 2005 Roméo Dallaire has actively promoted nuclear disarmament publicly and in the Senate. He introduced a resolution, adopted unanimously, calling on the Canadian government to lead a global effort to eradicate nuclear weapons. He has made a number of powerful speeches on nuclear disarmament and is leading a collaborative effort on nuclear abolition with the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (the Nobel Peace Laureate organization established by Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and Joseph Rotblat).
As PNND Special Representative, Senator Dallaire is empowered to:
· engage parliamentarians in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament issues on a cross-party basis,
· educate parliamentarians, policy makers, media and the public on the genocidal aspects of nuclear weapons and the threats they pose to human rights, security and the environment
· promote approaches to security and peace that do not rely on nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction
· assist to raise funds for parliamentary work on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament
