Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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Pugwash Conferences

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs has been a series of conferences since 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]

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References

  1. About
  2. First Pugwash Conference
  3. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Nov 1988, page 11

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