Welcome!
The
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND)
is a global network of parliamentarians from more than
40 countries working to prevent nuclear proliferation
and achieve nuclear disarmament.
The
work of PNND is made possible through the generous contributions
of The Ploughshares Fund, The Simons Foundation, Project
Ploughshares (Canada), the Disarmament Education United
Nations Implementation Fund (Aotearoa-New Zealand),
and the numerous individual supporters of the Global
Security Institute. Thank you!
Mayors
and Parliamentarians present nuclear disarmament call
to the United Nations
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Alexa
McDonough, Vice-Chair of PNND Canada, speaking
at the 60th anniversary of
the UN after presenting mayors and parliamentarians
joint statement.
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On
October 24, the 60 th anniversary of the founding of
the United Nations, the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear
Disarmament and Mayors for Peace presented a
joint nuclear disarmament statement by mayors and
parliamentarians
to the President of the United Nations General Assembly
and the Chair of the United Nations General Assembly
Disarmament C
ommittee,
and was distributed to every UN ambassador.
The
statement, which has been endorsed
by over 300 mayors and parliamentarians from around
the world, was presented to the UN in order to support
the adoption of key UN resolutions calling for the start
of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament negotiations.
The
statement will continue to be used to encourage such
negotiations until countries agree to their commencement.
To join
the list of endorsers please click here
or send your name, position and country to
alyn@pnnd.org.
See "What's
New" box on right for links to the statement in
other languages.
Further
information
New
Online: Parliamentarians and Nuclear Weapons: A Briefing
Book.
Now
you can access online briefing materials for parliamentarians
on nuclear weapons, how they work, their effects, who
has them, who could get them, policies for their use,
initiatives for their control and elimination, arenas
in which parliamentarians can exert an influence and
background documents. These materials are specially
designed for the busy parliamentarian who needs accurate
and easy to understand information quickly. To order
a hard copy contact alyn@pnnd.org
(Free to parliamentarians. $10 plus p&p for
others)
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Rt.
Hon. Helen Clark
Photo:
The Sydney Morning Herald
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Parliament
of New Zealand,
Wellington,
December 8, 2004
NZ Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, addressing an
international conference of parliamentarians in New
Zealand, called on parliamentarians globally to act
more vigorously to achieve a nuclear weapons free world,
and highlighted the special responsibility of Nuclear
Weapon States to take the lead in the abolition and
elimination of nuclear weapons.
The conference, sponsored by the Parliamentary Network
for Nuclear
Disarmament and Parliaments for Global Action (New Zealand),
brought parliamentarians from around the world to consider
ways to strenghten the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
and support a Southern Hemisphere and Adjacent Areas
Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.
Please
click here
for more information about the conference or here
for the Prime Minister's speech.
Please
note that PNND's website has recently had an upgrade.
Some content has not yet been transferred from the old
site, which remains available by clicking here.
We hope that
you find the new website a useful resource. Please email
your feedback so
we can continue to improve. |
