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Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) is a non-partisan forum for parliamentarians nationally and internationally to share resources and information, develop cooperative strategies and engage in nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament issues, initiatives and arenas.

www.pnnd.org

PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT

Global Coordinator Alyn Ware alyn@pnnd.org

Arab countries Mona Makhamreh muna@pnnd.org

Canada Baria Ahmar baria@pnnd.org Antonio Seaboyer anthony.seaboyer@rmc.ca

Central Europe Jana Jedličková jana@pnnd.org

Costa Rica Alexandra Arce alexarcevh@yahoo.com

France Jean-Marie Collin jeanmarie@pnnd.org

Germany Xanthe Hall xanthe@pnnd.de

India Dr Vidya Shankar Aiyar sh.aiyar@gmail.com

Italy Lisa Clark lisa.clark@libero.it

PNND Head Office – Basel Peace OfficeUniversity of Basel, Petersgraben 27CH-4051 Basel, Switzerlandinfo@pnnd.org

PNND United Nations Office – Global Security Institute866 UN Plaza, Suite 4050, New York, NY 10017, USATel: +1-646-289-5170 | Fax: +1-646-289-5171general@gsinstitute.org

INTERNATIONAL ARENAS IN WHICH THE NETWORK IS ACTIVE

› United Nations General Assembly

› United Nations Security Council

› Conference on Disarmament

› Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conferences

› NATO Parliamentary Assembly

› Nuclear Weapon Free Zone bodies

› European Parliament

› Inter-Parliamentary Union

› OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

KEY ISSUES FOR THE NETWORK

› Terrorism and nuclear weapons

› Nuclear testing

› De-alerting, stockpile reductions and fissile material control

› Nuclear doctrines

› Disarmament obligations arising from treaties and other international law

› Weaponisation of space

› Missile proliferation and anti-ballistic missile programs

› Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

› Legal, technical and political requirements for the elimination of nuclear weapons, including possibilities for a Nuclear Weapons Convention

› Disarmament education

PNND recognises and affirms existing parliamentary activities, initiatives and networks, and aims to cooperate with and complement these.

CONTACT US

PNND was founded by the Middle Powers Initiative and is registered in the United States as a program of the Global Security Institute, a non-profit educational organization with tax deductible status, and in Switzerland as a program of the Basel Peace Office which serves as the head office for PNND.

www.pnnd.org

Japan Keiko Nakamura nakamurak@nagasaki-u.ac.jp

North-East Asia Dr. Hiromichi Umebayashi cxj15621@nifty.ne.jp Maria Kim maria@pnnd.org

Republic of Korea Huisun Kim hstrip@pspd.org

South Africa Greg Schneemann greg@pnnd.org

South-East Asia Matt Robson matt@pnnd.org

Sweden Josefin Lind josefin.lind@slmk.org

United Kingdom Rob van Riet rob@pnnd.org

US Abolition 2000 Outreach Alice Slater aslater@rcn.com

WHY WORRY ABOUT NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT?

Approx. 17,000 nuclear weapons are still deployed – thousands of which are on hair trigger alert. The potential for their use has if anything increased due to proliferation of nuclear weapons to other countries, the possibility of terrorists acquiring weapons, and continuing doctrines to use nuclear weapons in a wide variety of circumstances.

The global challenges of climate change, poverty, resource confl icts and erosion of human rights require cooperative action of governments and civil society. Such action cannot occur in a world divided into blocs which threaten each other with weapons of mass destruction.

WHAT DOES THE NETWORK PROVIDE?

› Information for parliamentarians on nuclear disarmament issues and on international events including United Nations disarmament meetings

› Samples of parliamentary resolutions, motions, questions and legislation from around the world

› Contacts with parliamentary colleagues in other countries with whom to share information and ideas

› A forum for developing joint strategy between parliaments on international initiatives such as implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty disarmament obligations, NATO Review and United Nations resolutions

› Links with non-governmental experts

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JOIN PNND

Membership is free, and open to current members of legislatures and parliaments at state, federal, national and regional levels. Fill in the form below and return to:Basel Peace Offi ce, University of Basel, Petersgraben 27, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland or e-mail details to info@pnnd.org.

PNND ACTS TO SECURE OUR FUTURE

We pledge to do our best to lead, encourage and support parliamentary actions around the world that can turn government rhetoric into positive action in order to remove the threat of nuclear weapons from our world and construct a cooperative peaceful global society.

We call on you to join us in these efforts.

PNND Council Meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Legislatures appropriate funds, hold offi cials accountable, debate policy, undertake investigations, ratify treaties, adopt implementing legislation, represent voices of public opinion, and some also work with legislatures in other countries, either directly or indirectly though organizations like the Inter-Parliamentary Union, or Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Parliaments help to give disarmament not only vision, but also some backbone, muscle, and teeth.

— Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament (2007 – 2012)

PNND LEADERSCO-PRESIDENTSMani Shankar Aiyar MP, India Saber H. Chowdhury MP, BangladeshTarja Cronberg MEP, FinlandPaul Dewar MP, CanadaBill Kidd MSP, Scotland Taro Kono MP, Japan Mi-Kyung Lee MP, Republic of Korea Senator Ed Markey, United States Baroness Sue Miller, United Kingdom Christine Muttonen MP, Austria Marit Nybakk MP, NorwaySenator Richard Tuheiava, France

COUNCIL MEMBERSMichael Arce Sancho MP, Costa RicaAytuğ Atıcı MP, TurkeySenator Byrganym Aytimova, KazakshtanUi-Hwa Chung MP, Republic of KoreaJeremy Corbyn MP, United Kingdom Senator Salwa al Damen Masri, Jordan

Senator Michelle Demessine, France Natalia Díaz Quintana MP, Costa RicaAbdullah Ensour MP, JordanAlain Ficini MP, MonacoSenator Alena Gajduskova, Czech Rep.Phil Goff MP, New ZealandBarbara Gysi MP, SwitzerlandSul Hoon MP, Republic of KoreaBirgitta Jónsdóttir MP, IcelandMarianne Malak Kamal MP, EgyptRoderich Kiesewetter MP, GermanyDov Khenin MP, IsraelTonis Koiv MP, EstoniaShoichi Kondo MP, JapanDirk van der Maelen MP, BelgiumChrista Markwalder MP, SwitzerlandFederica Mogherini MP, ItalyGhassan Moukheiber MP, LebanonHolger Nielsen MP, DenmarkSenator David Norris, IrelandState Senator Nan Orrock, Georgia, USAAlongkorn Ponlaboot MP, ThailandShane Reti MP, New Zealand

Viktor Rogalev MP, KazakhstanSenator Laura Rojas-Hernandez, MexicoFrançois De Rugy MP, FranceSenator Mushahid Sayed, PakistanMayeen U. Khan Badal MP, BangladeshJaroslav Walesa MEP, Poland

PNND HONORARY MEMBERSHelen Clark, New ZealandLaura Chinchilla, Costa Rica

ADVISER INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ORGANISATIONSUta Zapf, Germany, PNND Past-President

PNND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVESenator Roméo Dallaire, Canada

PAST PRESIDENTSAbacca A. Maddison, Marshall IslandsRaphael Chegeni, Tanzania David Coltart, Zimbabwe Rosario Green, Mexico

Hideo Hiraoka, JapanMarian Hobbs, New ZealandSergei Kolesnikov, Russia Alexa McDonough, CanadaDouglas Roche, Canada

ALUMNI COUNCIL MEMBERSLyn Allison, Australia Martin Monestel Contreras, Costa RicaEdine von Herold, Costa RicaHarry Jenkins, AustraliaIssam Makhoul, IsraelGiorgio la Malfa, ItalyTolegen Mukhamejanov, KazakhstanRudolph Rechsteiner, Switzerland Anwar El Sadat, Egypt

PARLIAMENTARY PARTNER NETWORKS Angelika Beer MP, Parliamentarians Network for Confl ict PreventionChrister Winbäck MP, Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons

WHY PARLIAMENTARIANS?

The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons create a moral imperative for parliamentarians to protect the lives and security of their constituents and those of future generations.