2013 News and Events

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May 24-26, 2013
Regional Meeting
Struga, Macedonia (FYROM)
This was the second time that  Macedonia hosted the participants from Germany, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia, all of them committed to the main IPPNW  goals. This meeting is an opportunity to share our stories and to look forward to future collaborative activities towards nuclear disarmament.

May 7, 2013
Discussion: "Nuclear Weapons, International Law and the Future of the Planet"
777 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York, USA
Discussion on the clmiate effects of nuclear war, with Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH, the former President fo PSR and John Burroughs, PhD, the Executive Director of the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy.

April 20-21, 2013
IPPNW Campaigners Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland
The ICAN Campaigners Meeting takes place immediately before the Second Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT PrepCom), from 22 April – 3 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. This ten-day diplomatic PrepCom provides an opportunity to build upon the successful outcome of the Oslo conference and continue to inspire, persuade and pressure policy-makers to support a treaty banning nuclear weapons.

April 12-14, 2013
IPPNW Germany's Annual Meeting
Bremen, Germany

April 15, 2013
Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Worldwide

April 5 - 7, 2013
European Student Conference
More info: IPPNW.student.conference2013@gmail.com
Belgrade, Serbia

March 27, 2013
Post-Oslo Conference Briefings
Wellington, New Zealand
Photos from the event on Facebook.

March 18 - 28, 2013
UN, New York, NY, USA
Arms Trade Treaty Diplomatic Conference

March 10, 2013
Patiala, Indias
Fukushima Day Seminar
More than 200 participants from local NGOs attended the event. Dr. Balbir Singh, coordinator of a local NGO told that in contrast to the natural and renewable resources of energy like solar, wind and water, the nuclear resources are neither safe nor economical and are fraught with danger of nuclear weaponisation with hazardous ill effects on human health which the world has already witnessed thrice with major accidents in nuclear power plants.

March 4-5, 2013
Oslo, Norway
Diplomatic Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

March 6, 2013
Oslo, Norway
ICAN Planning Meeting

March 4-5, 2013
Oslo, Norway
Diplomatic Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

March 2-3, 2013
Oslo, Norway
Civil Society Meeting (ICAN) on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons

February 23, 2013
Dr. Bernard Lown receives Dr. Jean Mayer Award
Boston, MA
Dr. Ira Helfand spoke at the ceremony at Tufts University on behalf of Dr. Lown.

February 15-17, 2013
9th National Conference of Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD)
Ludhiana, India
Dumra Auditorim, Dayanad Medical College and Hospital This included a peace march on February 15th from 6-8PM, an exclusive students' conference from 9AM-2PM, and main conference on the 16th and 17th. For more information, please contact IDPD.

January 24, 2013
2013 video on the medical, environmental and humanitarian consequences of nuclear war
"Once you know about this information you have an obligation to act. Fortunately there are things people can do. A movement is forming around the world to abolish nuclear weapons." ~Dr. Ira Helfand, PSR and IPPNW


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