Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs is an international organization that brings scientists and public figures together to reduce the danger of armed conflict and seek cooperative solutions to global security and disarmament issues.

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instanceOf disarmament organization
international non-governmental organization
peace organization
approach Track II diplomacy
informal off-the-record discussions
awarded Nobel Peace Prize
basedOn Russell–Einstein Manifesto
cooperatesWith International Atomic Energy Agency
UNESCO
United Nations
countryOfOrigin Canada
field international security
peace and conflict studies
science and international affairs
firstConferenceDate July 1957
firstConferenceLocation Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada
focusesOn conventional arms control
ethics of science and technology
nuclear weapons
regional security
weapons of mass destruction
founded 1957
founder Albert Einstein
Bertrand Russell
Joseph Rotblat
foundingLocation Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada
hasConsultativeStatusWith United Nations
hasStatus non-governmental organization
influenced Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
surface form: Non-Proliferation Treaty

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
surface form: Partial Test Ban Treaty

nuclear arms control negotiations
membershipIncludes policy makers
public figures
scientists
membershipType individual members
motto Talking Reason to Power
name Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs self-link
NobelPeacePrizeYear 1995
organizes international conferences
study groups
workshops
purpose arms control
global security
nuclear disarmament
promotion of peaceful conflict resolution
reduction of the danger of armed conflict
recognizedFor efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics
efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons in the long run
sharedNobelPeacePrizeWith Joseph Rotblat
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Talking Reason to Power associatedWith Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Joseph Rotblat coFounded Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Talking Reason to Power describesMissionOf Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Russell–Einstein Manifesto inspiredCreationOf Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada knownFor Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Cecil F. Powell memberOf Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Dorothy Hodgkin memberOf Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Joseph Rotblat memberOf Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs name Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs self-link
Joseph Rotblat sharedNobelPrizeWith Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs shortName Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pugwash
Talking Reason to Power usedBy Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs