Event Date: 20th February 2022
Location: Internet 1 pm - 4:10 pm GMT
20 February – 1pm – Working for Peace in the Middle East – CND online conference
Join CND and guest speakers to discuss the current situation in the Middle East and how we can best campaign for peace in the region. Will the Middle East ever be nuclear-free? And what is the UK’s role in the region?
1pm – 2:10pm: Voices from the Middle East: can the region be nuclear-free?
Chair: Dave Webb, former CND Chair
Sharon Dolev, Middle East Treaty Organisation (Israel)
Emad Kiyaei, Middle East Treaty Organisation (Iran)
(Ten-minute break)
2:20pm – 3:30pm: Under scrutiny: the UK in the Middle East
Chair: Tom Unterrainer, CND Chair
Andrew Feinstein, Director of Shadow World Investigations
Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary
(Ten-minute break)
3:40pm – 4:10pm: Campaigning for peace in the Middle East – what next?
Chair: Jill Evans, CND Cymru Chair
Lindsey German, Stop the War convenor
Sara Medi Jones, CND Campaigns Director