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PNND Event:
Parliamentary Measures for Nuclear
Non-proliferation and Disarmament

13:15-14:45, Thursday, May 10
NGO Room: Room M2, Vienna International Centre

An update on parliamentary actions since the 2010 NPT Review Conference on key non-proliferation and disarmament measures, plus recommendations for further action.

Chair:
Alyn Ware (Aotearoa-New Zealand)
PNND Global Coordinator

Speakers:
Marit Nybakk MP (Norway)
Vice-President of the Norwegian Parliament, PNND Co-President

Bill Kidd MSP (Scotland)
Deputy Whip Scottish Parliament, PNND Council Member

Rob van Riet (Netherlands/UK)
World Future Council Disarmament Programs and PNND UK Coordinator

Muna Makhamreh (Jordan)
PNND Coordinator for Arab Countries

Jean-Marie Collin (France)
PNND France Coordinator

The event will include a preview of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Handbook on Parliamentary Measures to Support Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament which will be released in October and sent to every parliament.

At a time when the international community is facing unprecedented global challenges, parliamentarians can take on leading roles in ensuring sustainable global security, while reducing the diversion of precious resources from human needs... I salute Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament for its related efforts and for its work towards building support for a nuclear weapon convention.

- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
Excerpt from a letter to every parliament in the world, February 2010

Contact: alyn@pnnd.org
+1 (646) 752-8702
archive.pnnd.org