Parliamentary action for nuclear risk-reduction and disarmament in the emerging political environment

Event Date: 19th January 2022
Location: Internet 3:30pm - 5pm GMT

Event website and registrationDear Peter Gloyns,

Tensions and unresolved conflicts between nuclear armed and allied states, combined with an erosion of global governance and the collapse of some key arms control agreements, elevate the importance of parliamentary and civil society action to prevent nuclear war and help facilitate nuclear disarmament.

This event will explore how parliamentarians/legislators can contribute to key processes, such as adoption of nuclear risk-reduction measures, establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, advancing multilateral arms reduction, reversing the nuclear arms race, ensuring a successful 10th Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, phasing out the role of nuclear weapons in security doctrines and strengthening the reliance on common/human security instead of nuclear threat postures.

This is the third in a series of global events drawing upon Assuring our Common Future: a parliamentary handbook on disarmament for security and sustainable development. This event focuses in particular on the Chapter on Nuclear Weapons.

Participation

The event is designed primarily for legislators/parliamentarians, legislative assistants and representatives of parliamentary organizations, but is also open for participation by experts, officials and civil society representatives.

Session 1: Asia/Pacific session

7:00am – 8:30am Central Europe Time. Session is in English.

CHAIR:  Saber Chowdhury MP (Bangladesh). Honorary President, Inter-Parliamentary Union.

SPEAKERS:

• Tadashi Inuzuka (Japan). PNND Council Member. Former Senator from Nagasaki. Chair, 3+3 Coalition for a nuclear-weapons free North East Asia.
• Prof Andrew Leigh MP (Australia). Member of the Australian parliament. Author, lawyer and former professor of economics at the Australian National University.
• Chung-in Moon (Republic of Korea). Chairman of the Sejong Institute, Vice Chair of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (APLN). Former ROK presidential advisor for national security and foreign affairs (2017-2021).
• Manpreet Sethi (India). Distinguished Fellow and head of the Nuclear Security Project at the Centre for Air Power Studies. Member of APLN.
• Prof A H Nayyar (Pakistan). Member of the International Fissile Materials Control Panel. Board Member, Pugwash Conferences on Science and Global Affairs. Former Member of the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament. Former Physics Professor at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

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Session 2: Americas/Europe/Africa/Middle East

10:30 – 12:00 EST / 16.30 – 18:00 CET. Session is in English and French

CHAIR:  Brigitte Brenner (Austria), IPU Permanent Observer to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna.

WELCOME: Bill Kidd MSP (Scotland). PNND Co-President. Head of PNND Delegation to the NPT Review Conference.

SPEAKERS:

• Izumi Nakamitsu (United Nations) UN Under-Secretary General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
• Fabian Hamilton MP (UK). Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament.
• Paul Ingram (UK). Co-founder of the Middle East Treaty Organisation (METO).
• additional speakers to be confirmed

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