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| − | '''Pugwash | + | The '''Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs''' is a series of conferences which began in 1955. It is an international organization that brings together scholars and public figures and was officially founded in 1957 by [[Joseph Rotblat]] and [[Bertrand Russell]] in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. Its founding followed the release of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto in 1955.<ref>[http://www.pugwash.org/about.htm About]</ref> |
==First Pugwash Conference== | ==First Pugwash Conference== | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 11 March 2010
The Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs is a series of conferences which began in 1955. It is an international organization that brings together scholars and public figures and was officially founded in 1957 by Joseph Rotblat and Bertrand Russell in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. Its founding followed the release of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto in 1955.[1]
First Pugwash Conference
The first Pugwash Conference was held July 9, 1955 in London at a Press Conference held in Caxton Hall.[2]
Pugwash Council 1988
The Pugwash Council in 1988, consisted of:[3]
- Maciej Nalecz - Chairman, Poland
- Angel T. Balevska, Bulgaria
- Denes Berenyi, Hungary
- Francesco Calogero, Italy
- Uburitan D'Ambrosio, Brazil
- Hans-Peter Durr, West Germany
- Bernard Feld, United States
- Shalheveth Freier, Israel
- Essam E. Galal, Egypt
- Virginia Gamba-Stonehouse, Argentina
- Vitali I. Goldanski, Soviet Union
- Lameck K. H. Goma, Zambia
- Anatoly Gromyko, Soviet Union
- Andrew Haines, United Kingdom
- Frank von Hippel, United States
- John Holdren, United States
- George Ignatieff, Canada
- Sergei Kapitza, Soviet Union
- Karlheinz Lohs, East Germany
- Peter Mark, Austria
- Samuel E. Okoye, Nigeria
- Joseph Rotblat, United Kingdom
- Jack Ruina, United States
- Philip B. Smith, Netherlands
- Bhalchandra M. Udgaonkar, India
- Miguel S. Wionczek, Mexico
- Zhou Peiyuan, China