Peace, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in Africa and the World

Event Date: 3rd September 2020
Location: Internet 16.30 BST

If you missed this event live, you can see it again via this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/utObaFHO6QCCxRCNWN9yUIwdIyeuXOHWYVXWkv-yL3hEAtN9N0m1N5MM9-vD0PuC.938CRzanRH5ie_Id Passcode: @#A=8S^A;

We invite you to join an online event on September 3 (5:30pm CET) with Ela Gandhi and some special friends to discuss Peace, nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in Africa and the World, the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi for protecting current and future generations.

The event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the founding of the UN – the birth of hope for global peace and disarmament. It is being sponsored by the Gandhi Development Trust, Phoenix Settlement Trust, Religions for Peace South Africa and the World Future Council. Click here to register.

Program:

CHAIR:
Ela Gandhi (South Africa). Founder of the Gandhi Development Trust. Co-President of Religions for Peace.

SPEAKERS:

Maria Espinosa (Ecuador). Member, World Future Council. President of the UN General Assembly (2018-2019). Former Ecuador Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Nuriya Azamatova (Kazakhstan). Organizer of Youth Peace Week Kazakhstan. Member of the Youth Group of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation. Member of the Abolition 2000 Youth Network.
Divina Malloum (Cameroon). Founder of Children for Peace. Co-winner of the 2019 International Children’s Peace Prize.
Tamara Lorincz (Canada). PhD candidate, Balsillie School for International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University). Expert on the military impact on the environment. Board member of World Beyond War.
Alyn Ware (New Zealand/Czech Republic). Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. Consultant, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms. Author, Religions for Peace Guide on Nuclear Disarmament.

Event outline

Mahatma Gandhi, who lived in South Africa from 1893-1914, created a legacy for peace and justice that continues to inspire today, led in South Africa by the Phoenix Settlement Trust he established in 1904 and the Gandhi Development Trust established by his grand-daughter Ela Gandhi.

This webinar on September 3 will explore contemporary threats to peace and justice in South Africa, the African continent and globally, with a focus on the risks and impacts of nuclear weapons, nuclear energy and war. It will highlight the need to redirect resources from militarism to peace, public health and sustainable development, especially in this time of COVID-19. And it will provide inspiring examples of actions by youth, women, faith-based communities and the United Nations to address these issues.

Maria Espinosa, as President of the UN General Assembly in 2019, with Alyn Ware highlighting the massive nuclear weapons budgets and the sustainable development goals that this money could instead support.

Tamara Lorincz, with her sons, just before she ran the Bluenose Marathon in 2013 to promote peace and green jobs and to oppose Canada spending $70 billion for new warships