Resources & Links">

“The pens which write against disarmament are made with the same steel from which guns are made.”

-Aristide Briand, French Statesman,

Nobel Peace Laureate, 1926

Dinner of Peace Keynote Address -- Now Available!">

Resources & Links

Resources

The Olive Branch Newsletter -- Spring 2008 (pdf)

Pugwash Peace Exchange 2008 Annual Report (pdf)

The Olive Branch Newsletter -- Winter 2007/2008 (pdf)

The Old and New Shapes of Nuclear Danger

by Jonathan Schell
The Nation
December 2007

"After I became an American citizen, the thing that stands
out so clearly in my mind is the Reagan/Gorbachev summit at Reykjavik,"
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said recently. "The
leaders of the two most powerful nations on earth were actually
discussing the elimination of nuclear weapons. Such a breathtaking
possibility. I still remember the thrill of it." (more…)

The Olive Branch Newsletter - Fall 2007 (pdf)

50th Anniversary Video, "Waging Peace -- The Story of Joseph Rotblat and 50 Years of The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs." (link)

The Olive Branch Newsletter - Summer 2007 (pdf)

"Call to Canadians", developed by the Canadian Pugwash Group during the 50th Anniversary Conference. (pdf)

Official Communique from the 50th Anniversary Conference, "Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament" (pdf)

Speeches from the 2nd Annual Dinner of Peace, July 7th, 2007

Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba (pdf) -- Nova Scotia Premier the Honourable Rodney MacDonald (pdf) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs the Honourable Peter MacKay (link)

Presentation to: The House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (FAAE)

May 31, 2007

By Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.

Chairman, Middle Powers Initiative (more...)

The Olive Branch Newsletter - Spring 2007

(more...)

Pugwash Peace Exchange Honourary Patron, Lieutenant-General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire urges Government of Canada to take leading role in matter of nuclear disarmament - April 17, 2007 (more...)

Pugwash Peace Exchange Annual Report - March 5th, 2007. (more...)

The Nuclear Threat
By MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2007; Page A13

The essay "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," published in this newspaper on Jan. 4, was signed by a bipartisan group of four influential Americans -- George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn -- not known for utopian thinking, and having unique experience in shaping the policies of previous administrations. It raises an issue of crucial importance for world affairs: the need for the abolition of nuclear weapons. (more...)

The Olive Branch Newsletter Winter 2006-2007 (more...)

Wall Street Journal letter in response to Shultz, Kissinger et al article, from Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima

Will 2007 be remembered as the year the world turned its back on nuclear weapons? If so, the remarkable Jan. 4 editorial-page commentary ("A World Free of Nuclear Weapons1" by George P. Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, William J. Perry and Sam Nunn may be pinpointed as the day the great change began. (more...)

A World Free of Nuclear Weapons

By GEORGE P. SHULTZ, WILLIAM J. PERRY, HENRY A. KISSINGER and SAM NUNN

The Wall Street Journal- January 4, 2007; Page A15

Nuclear weapons today present tremendous dangers, but also a historic opportunity. U.S. leadership will be required to take the world to the next stage — to a solid consensus for reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally as a vital contribution to preventing their proliferation into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately ending them as a threat to the world. (more...)

The Rome Declaration of Nobel Peace Laureates

We, Nobel Peace Laureates and Laureate Organizations, gathered in Rome,Italy, have for years been deeply disturbed by the lack of public attentionand political will at the highest levels of state paid to the need to eliminatenuclear weapons. (more...)

IN LECTURE AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PROGRESS ON BOTH NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION

Following is the text of today’s lecture by UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan at Princeton University: (more...)

56th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs

A Region in Transition: Peace and Reform in the Middle East

Conference Statement of the Pugwash Council, 18 November 2006, Cairo, Egypt

The Pugwash Council, meeting during the 56th Pugwash Conference held in Cairo, Egypt, from 10-15 November 2006, expresses its grave concern over the escalating violence in the Middle East, which tragically has grown more pervasive and deadly in recent months. (more...)

The Pugwash Peace Exchange's Business Plan (Executive Summary)

Prepared by: Gardner Pinfold Consulting Economists Ltd. (more...)

Pugwash Council Statement on the DPRK Nuclear Test

Strengthening the NPT after the DPRK nuclear test

9 October 2006

The Pugwash Council deeply regrets the announcement by the DPRK that it has conducted a nuclear test, and it urges the government of North Korea not to take further steps on the path toward acquiring nuclear weapon capabilities. (more...)

The Pugwash Peace Exchange Project Update (Aug 15, 2006)

(more...)

"On Sunday, July 20th, 2003, as 'Pugwashites' from around the world arrive in the Nova Scotia village from which their global movement takes its name, a circle becomes complete.

Members of the 'Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs', holding their 53rd World Conference in Canada, find themselves 'coming home'." (more...)

UK Tribute to Sir Joseph Rotblat

"Sir Joseph Rotblat, who died on 31 August in London at the age of 96, was a participant in the Manhattan Project, a pioneer in medical physics, and one of the towering figures of the 20th century in the domain of the social responsibilities of scientists. (more...)

Building Civil Society and Global Consciousness