- International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament
The International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament took place in
Oslo on 26th and 27th February, 2008. It was organized by The Government ofNorway , the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority in collaboration with theNTI (Nuclear Threat Initiative) and theHoover Institute . The Conference entitled "Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons" had the purpose of building consensus between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states and about the importance of all the actions in theNPT .The specific aims were two-fold:• To identify and formulate
disarmament ,non-proliferation and nuclear risk reduction proposals that can realistically be implemented in the mid-term (2-5 years)• To discuss long-term objectives and how progress can be made toward achieving them.
The conference focused on the discussion over several issues, some of them were: what
nuclear-weapon states andnon-nuclear-weapon states can do to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in national security policies, how regional conflicts impact efforts to reduce nuclear dangers, the role of treaties and ways of reconciling nuclear energy expansion with nonproliferation efforts.The panelists
The panelists were:
Dr. Alexei Arbatov Scholar-in-Residence, Carnegie
Moscow CenterMs.
Irma Arguello Founder and Chairwoman, NPS Global,Buenos Aires Dr.
Bruce Blair President, World Security Institute,Washington D.C. Dr.
Hans Blix Chairman, The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission,Stockholm Ambassador
Richard Butler Convenor, Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear WeaponsDr.
Shahram Chubin Director of Studies, Geneva Centre for Security PolicyMr.
Jayantha Dhanapala Visiting Professor,Vancouver University Dr.
Sidney Drell Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution,Stanford University Ambassador Sergio Duarte High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations,
New York Mr. Robert Einhorn Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies,
Washington D.C. Dr.
Mohamed ElBaradei Director General,IAEA ,Vienna Dr. Ali Fahmy El-Saiedi Executive Advisor to the Board, Power Generation Engineering and Services Co.,
Cairo Mr.
Gareth Evans President and Chief Executive, International Crisis Group,Brussels Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick Senior Fellow for Non-proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies,
London Ms. Annalisa Giannella Personal Representative to the High Representative for Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Council of the European Union,
Brussels Dr.
Pierre Goldschmidt Visiting Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,Washington D.C. Ambassador
James Goodby Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityMs. Rose Gottemoeller Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Dr.
Patricia Lewis Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research,Geneva Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty Deputy Director-General and Special Representative on Disarmament Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs,
Pretoria Ambassador Takeshi Nakane Director General, Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Tokyo Senator
Sam Nunn Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative,Washington D.C. Dr. George Perkovich Vice President for Studies–Global Security and Economic Development, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
Washington D.C. Sir
Michael Quinlan Consulting Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies,London Mr. Vasantha R. Raghavan Lt. Gen. (Ret.) and Director, Delhi Policy Group
Dr. Ramamurti Rajaraman Co-chair, International Panel on Fissile Materials
Ms. Joan Rohlfing Senior Vice President for Programs & Operations,
Nuclear Threat Initiative ,Washington D.C. Dr. Dingli Shen Professor, Center for American Studies, Fudan University,
Shanghai Secretary
George Shultz Distinguished Fellow,Hoover Institution ,Stanford University Mr.
Jonas Gahr Støre Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Norway ,Oslo External links
* [http://disarmament.nrpa.no/ International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament]
* [http://disarmament.un.org/wmd/npt/ Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons]
* [http://www.nti.org/ Nuclear Threat Initiative]
* [http://www.carnegieendowment.org/ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]
* [http://cns.miis.edu/ James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies]
* [http://www.nrpa.no/ Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority]
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