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Events

Upcoming Events
For more information about our upcoming events, contact us.

May 10, 2012: Parliamentary Measures for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament; Vienna International Centre

For more information, contact Alyn Ware: alyn@pnnd.org; +1 (646) 289-5170.

Past Events

March 25th, 2010: Does security require nuclear arms? - sponsored by PNND-Italy and the Secretariat for the Nobel Peace Laureates. Featuring Hans Blix; PNND Council member Federica Mogherini presiding.
Italian parliament, camera dei deputati, Palazzo Montecitorio. Click here for more information.

April 29th, 2010: Civil Society Forum of the Conference of States Parties to Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, and Mayors for Peace.

United Nations, NY.

23 November, 2009: De-nuclearization in North-East Asia PNND Korea and Japan meeting

9-11 November, 2009: PNND joins Nobel Laureates to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

13 November, 2009: PNND Co-Hosts UN Diplomatic Roundtable on a Nuclear Weapons Convention

12 October, 2009:PNND Special Forum on Implementing the UN Secretary-General’s Five-Point Plan for Nuclear Disarmament

11-12 October, 2009: PNND Assembly, Meeting with the Secretary-General.

8 May, 2009: PNND panel at the NPT Prep Com: The role of parliamentarians in advancing a Nuclear Weapons Convention

1 July, 2008: Members of the European Parliament launch support of the Nuclear Weapons Convention

10-12, July, 2008: Pugwash, Parliamentarians and Political Will: Advancing the agenda for abolition, PNND International Conference and Council Meeting, co-hosted by Middle Powers Initiative and Pugwash Peace Exchange

25 May, 2008: NATO and the Future Role of Nuclear Weapons: Seminar at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

June 2006: PNND Annual Forum - Vancouver, Canada June 27

May 2006: PNND/Mayors for Peace Joint Statement on NPT

May 2005: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, United Nations, New York

May 2005: PNND/Mayors for Peace Joint Statement on NPT

April 2005: Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Conference - Mexico

December 2004: Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Weapon Free Zones - New Zealand Parliament, Wellington

April 2004: Roundtable for Parliamentarians and Mayors

December 2003: PNND Roundtable for Indian Members of Parliament - New Delhi

November 2003:

2nd Nagasaki Global Citizen' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

November 2003:  From Nuclear Dangers to Cooperative Security - Vancouver

April - May 2003: NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting - Geneva

August - September 2002 : Disarmament and the World Summit on Sustainable Development - Johannesburg

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PNND Annual Forum - Vancouver, Canada June 27, 2006

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

 

4:00 pm         

Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament Annual Forum

Venue: University of British Columbia, Student Union Council Chambers

 

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. For more information see PNND Annual Forum - Vancouver, June 27, 2006

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Mayors and Parliamentarians co-operating for nuclear disarmament

 On May 23, 2006the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and Mayors for Peace released a joint statement and parliamentarians calling on the States Parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to commence negotiations for nuclear disarmament and for the international control of all fissile materials. The statement was released at a forum and press conference at the United Nations in New York during the 2005 Review Conference of States Parties to the NPT.

Speakers included:

·   U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D, Ohio). Member and former Co-Chair of the US House of Representatives Progressive Caucus and lead sponsor of US House resolutions on nuclear disarmament and peaceful uses of outer space

·   Senator Douglas Roche, Chair of the Middle Powers Initiative and former Disarmament Ambassador for Canada

·   Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace International Campaign Manager

·   Alyn Ware, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament Global Coordinator

Joint statement

Endorsers

Speech given by Dennis Kucinich

                                                                                                                                                

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

United Nations, New York 2-27 May 2005

Nuclear and non-nuclear countries at this conference will consider and make decisions on implementation of the key objectives of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including the prevention of nuclear weapons proliferation and the achievement of nuclear disarmament.

Parliamentarians can attend either as members of their government delegations or as independent observers.

 

Mayors and parliamentarians cooperating for a nuclear weapons free world

                                     

 Roundtable discussion between mayors and national legislators

on initiatives for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament

On May 4, mayors and parliamentarians participating in the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, either as observers or members of their government delegations, participated in a roundtable to discuss initiatives they are taking orcould take for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

The roundtable, hosted by the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and Mayors for Peace, involved Senator Patrik Vankrunklesven (Belgium), Chris Balance (Member of the Scottish Parliament), Senator Abacca Anjain-Madison (Marshall Islands),Tetsushi Inoue MP (Japan), Tadatoshi Akiba (Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace), and a delegation of 15 – 20 mayors from around the world.

The meeting finalised a Joint statement by mayors and legislators on the NPT and a nuclear weapons free world. The statement is continuing to gather endorsers and will be released to the media and States Parties to the NPT in the final week of the review conference.

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Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Conference: Mexico April 26-28

The first ever Conference of States Parties to Nuclear Weapon Free Zones was held bringing together 108 States parties to NWFZs, observer States and civil society to establish a new and powerful forum for the delegitimisation and abolition of nuclear weapons.

The Conference adopted a declaration concerning the consolidation, strengthening and expansion of nuclear weapon free zones, the prevention of nuclear proliferation and the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world. 

In addition, the Conference established a process for continuing communication, cooperation and collaboration between the zones. Each of the four regional treaties will take turns at coordinating this work.

The Conference included a Civil Society Forum, organized by the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and including representation from mayors, parliamentarians, academics, scientists, government officials, media, nuclear survivors and non-governmental organisations from around the world.

For more information see the Conference of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones website

                                                                                                                                                  

Parliamentarians, Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Weapon Free Zones : New Zealand Parliament, Wellington

Sixty parliamentarians from 29 countries met with disarmament experts, diplomats and academics in the New Zealand parliament to discuss parliamentary actions to reduce current nuclear dangers, support the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty leading up to its review in 2005, and to promote the establishment of a Southern Hemisphere and Adjacent Areas Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.

» Report of December 8 Forum

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Roundtable for Parliamentarians and Mayors April 29, 2004 — United Nations, New York

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) undergoes a formal review every five years (1995, 2000, 2005, etc.). In the interim years, the United Nations organizes a Preparatory Committee meeting so that countries can work together on problems of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in preparation for the formal five-year reviews.

During the 2004 Prep Comm, PNND and Mayors for Peace will be organizing a roundtable discussion and briefing for parliamentarians and mayors.

» Invitation to Parliamentarians and Mayors

PNND Roundtable for Indian Members of Parliament:

December 18 , 2003 — New Delhi —

Hosted by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to introduce Indian Members of Parliament to the PNND and encourage discussion between parliamentarians across party lines on nuclear weapons issues.

» Report

2nd Nagasaki Global Citizen' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: November 22-24, 2003 — Nagasaki —

On Nov 23, 2003, PNND organized a Forum for Parliamentarians on Disarmament as part of the Nagasaki Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons hosted by Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh. Speakers included Senator Douglas Roche (Canada), Chair of the Middle Powers Initiative; Keith Locke MP (Green, New Zealand), Secretary of PNND New Zealand Section; Suzuki Tsunei MP (LDP, Japan), President of PNND Japan Section; and Masaharu Nakagawa MP (DPJ, Japan).

Key items of discussion were parliamentary support for the nuclear disarmament agenda promoted by the New Agenda Coalition, and parliamentary action for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament in North East Asia including the possibility of a North East Asia NWFZ.

» Report

From Nuclear Dangers to Cooperative Security: November 7-9, 2003 — Vancouver —

An international forum for Parliamentarians sponsored by PNND and the Simons Foundation.

» Photo Gallery
» Report

NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting: 

April 28-May 9, 2003 — Geneva —

» Photo Gallery

Disarmament and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: August 26 - September 4, 2002 — Johannesburg —

A number of parliamentarians, among them members of PNND, Parliamentarians for Global Action and Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment, attended the UN-sponsored World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg from 26th August to 4th September 2002.

Photo: Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace, and the Hon Marian Hobbs, New Zealand Minister for Disarmament and the Environment.

» www.johannesburgsummit.org