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The Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND)
is a global network of over 500 parliamentarians from more than 70 countries
working to prevent nuclear proliferation and achieve nuclear
disarmament. Membership is open to current members of legislatures and parliaments at state, federal, national and regional levels.
The work of PNND
is made possible through the generous contributions of the Disarmament
Education United Nations Implementation Fund (Aotearoa-New Zealand),
and the numerous individual supporters of the Global Security
Institute. Thank you!
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Christie Brinkley with panelist
Cora Weiss, President, Hague Appeal for Peace |
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Supermodel Christie Brinkley spoke emotionally at the United Nations on the need to abolish nuclear weapons in order to protect children of the world from the horrors of a nuclear disaster.
Christie was part of a panel hosted by the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and the Global Security Institute which included leading women parliamentarians Alexa McDonough (Canada) and Marian Hobbs (New Zealand) and leading disarmament advocate Cora Weiss.
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The Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament (PNND)
is tremendously shocked and saddened by the tragic murder of Nagasaki
Mayor Iccho Itoh on April 17. Mayor Itoh was a long-time peace and
anti-nuclear advocate with whom PNND has had a very close and
collaborative relationship. He was President of the Japanese
Association of Nuclear Free Local Authorities and the Vice-President of
Mayors for Peace, an international movement of over 1600 cities calling
for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh in October 2006 at unveiling of a Peace Sculpture from New Zealand, with Alyn Ware (PNND Global Coordinator), Barbara August (Christchurch City), Hon Phil Goff (PNND
member and the New Zealand Minister for Disarmament), HE Mr John
McArthur (New Zealand Ambassador to Japan) and Dr Kate Dewes (Peace
Foundation).
PNND worked with Mayor Itoh and
Mayors for Peace on a number of initiatives including the Nagasaki
Assemblies for Nuclear Abolition and the Mayors and Parliamentarians Appeal for a Nuclear Weapons Free World.
Mayor Itoh was a very dedicated and effective
leader, who worked locally, nationally and internationally to promote
an end to these inhumane weapons of mass destruction. In this he
represented not only the people of Nagasaki, including the survivors
and families of the victims from the nuclear bombing of his city in
1945, but he also represented all people in this world now, and for
future generations.
We remember Mayor Itoh fondly and will
continue to pursue the dream he shared with us of a world free from the
threat of nuclear weapons.
Senator Emeritus Douglas Roche O.C.
Chair of PNND Global Council
Parliamentarians from North East Asia and
around the world are responding to the shock announcement on October 9
by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea ( North Korea or DPRK) that
they had tested a nuclear weapon. The Japanese parliament adopted a
unanimous resolution (日本語)
condemning the nuclear test and installing a broad spectrum of economic
and travel sanctions to the DPRK. The Speaker of the South Korean
parliament toured Europe in late October to discuss ways to resolve the
North Korean nuclear issue.
PNND has invited legislators globally to endorse a parliamentary statement
which will be delivered to the leaders and chief negotiators of the
countries involved in the Six Party talks - China , DPRK, Japan,
Republic of Korea , Russia and the United States. The statement will
also be sent to United Nations ambassadors as all members of the UN are
required to implement Security Council Resolution 1718 adopted on October 14 condemning the nuclear test proclaimed by the DPRK.
See Invitation to
parliamentarians/legislators to endorse a joint statement on North
Korea 's nuclear test - English, - Espanol, - Français, - Deutsch
Parliamentary Statement on North Korean Nuclear Test also available in French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Korean and Arabic
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Alexa
McDonough, Vice-Chair of PNND Canada, speaking
at the 60th anniversary of
the UN after presenting mayors and parliamentarians
joint statement.
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On
October 24, 2005, the 60th anniversary of the founding of
the United Nations, the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear
Disarmament and Mayors for Peace presented a
joint nuclear disarmament statement by mayors and
parliamentarians
to the President of the United Nations General Assembly
and the Chair of the United Nations General Assembly
Disarmament Committee,
and was distributed to every UN ambassador.
The
statement, which has been endorsed
by over 300 mayors and parliamentarians from around
the world, was presented to the UN in order to support
the adoption of key UN resolutions calling for the start
of nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament negotiations.
The
statement will continue to be used to encourage such
negotiations until countries agree to their commencement.
To join
the list of endorsers please click here
or send your name, position and country to
alyn@pnnd.org.
See "What's
New" box on right for links to the statement in
other languages.
Further
information
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Rt.
Hon. Helen Clark
Photo:
The Sydney Morning Herald
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Parliament
of New Zealand,
Wellington,
December 8, 2004
NZ Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, addressing an
international conference of parliamentarians in New
Zealand, called on parliamentarians globally to act
more vigorously to achieve a nuclear weapons free world,
and highlighted the special responsibility of Nuclear
Weapon States to take the lead in the abolition and
elimination of nuclear weapons.
The conference, sponsored by the Parliamentary Network
for Nuclear
Disarmament and Parliaments for Global Action (New Zealand),
brought parliamentarians from around the world to consider
ways to strenghten the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
and support a Southern Hemisphere and Adjacent Areas
Nuclear Weapon Free Zone.
Please
click here
for more information about the conference or here
for the Prime Minister's speech.
Please
note that PNND's website has recently had an upgrade.
Some content has not yet been transferred from the old
site, which remains available by clicking here.
We hope that
you find the new website a useful resource. Please email
your feedback so
we can continue to improve.
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