The PNND Annual Forum will be held in Vancouver, Canada June 27 as part of the World Peace Forum, a major international meeting of individuals, groups and civic governments from cities and communities worldwide being held from June 23-28 and supported by the City of Vancouver .
The PNND annual forum will provide an opportunity to meet other members of PNND, learn about the latest developments in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, share ideas and information on parliamentary actions and discuss the development of the network. The Forum will consist of two sessions:
1:30 pm Roundtable on Mayors' and Parliamentarians Actions for Nuclear Disarmament
Venue: University of British Columbia, Student Union Ballroom
Description: An open forum for mayors, parliamentarians and NGO's which are working closely with mayors and parliamentarians to share examples of their actions.
4:00 pm Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament Annual Forum
Venue: University of British Columbia, Student Union Council Chambers
Description: This is a meeting for PNND members. PNND supporters may attend as observers (space allowing). The meeting will consider parliamentary initiatives for nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, and PNND development - including National Sections and the establishment of a PNND Council.
Please contact us if you would like to attend the roundtable and PNND Annual Forum, and if you have any items you would like raised at these events.
The World Peace Forum will also include other events relating to nuclear disarmament (see program excerpts below or full program at World Peace Forum Program ). Register at World Peace Forum . Accommodation options are available at http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca/forum/registration/accommodation
Excerpts from the World Peace Forum Program
Saturday, June 24th
9:35 am The International Legal Case Against Nuclear Weapons.
Judge Christopher Weeramantry, Former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice (World Court )
9:50 am Mayors for Peace Vision 2020 Campaign
Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, Pleasanton, California. Home of Livermore Laboratories – the main US nuclear weapons research facility
Sunday, June 25th
8:45 – 10:30am International Panel of Parliamentarians Supporting Departments of Peace
Senator Emeritus Doug Roche ( Canada )
Congressman Dennis Kucinich ( USA )
Hon Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans (Member of the NSW Legislature , Australia )
Elfyn Llwyd (Member of the House of Commons, UK )
2 – 4 pm Weapons in Space: Should We Extend the Arms Race into the Heavens?
Mel Hurtig (author of Rushing to Armageddon)
Rebecca Johnson (Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy).
7 – 10:00 pm Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: The Foundation for 21st Century Peace
Senator Doug Roche, Rebecca Johnson, Alyn Ware , Jackie Cabasso, Kate Hudson,
Mike Wallace, Dr. Victor Sidel, Trisha Pritkin
Monday, June 26th
9:00 am Taking the Bomb Back to Court: Prospects for a Return to the International Court of Justice
C.G. Weeramantry (former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice)
Peter Weiss (Vice-President of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms)
John Burroughs (Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy)
10:40 am Security and Hope through Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones
Alyn Ware – Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Hiro Umebayashi – Peace Depot ( Japan )
Pamela Meidell – Atomic Mirror
Jay Levy
1:15 pm Nuclear Weapons: Diplomatic Initiatives
Adele Buckley, Bev Delong, Dr. Walter Dorn, Sen. Douglas Roche
3:00 pm Nuclear Abolition: How to get there!
A discussion of possible legal and diplomatic opportunities which can be used to achieve abolition including strategies within UN institutions, the model Nuclear Weapons Convention, the Security Council Resolution 1540, and the development of model national legislation.
Tuesday June 27
10:40 am Keeping Fingers off the Nuclear Button:
Taking U.S. and Russian Nuclear Weapons off Hair-Trigger Alert
Dr. John Bury, Dr. Mike Wallace, Dr. Joseph Green
1:30 pm Roundtable on Mayors' and Parliamentarians Actions for Nuclear Disarmament
Venue: UBC, Student Union Ballroom
Description: An open forum for mayors, parliamentarians and NGO's which are working closely with mayors and parliamentarians to share examples of their actions.
4:00 pm Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament Annual Forum
Venue: UBC, Student Union Council Chambers
Description: This is a meeting for PNND members. PNND supporters may attend as observers (space allowing). The meeting will consider parliamentary initiatives for nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, and PNND development - including National Sections and the establishment of a PNND Council.
Wednesday, June 28th
All day Human Development Demands Nuclear Disarmament”
Sen. Doug Roche, Dr. Ashford, Jackie Cabasso