Dear Friends,
The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace(CNDP) invites you to a seminar on “New Evidences of the Unacceptable Consequences of Nuclear Weapons: Time for a Nuclear Ban Treaty”, co-organised by Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, JNU.
In the Seminar in JNU, the speakers include some eminent experts and activists who have been part of the international initiative calling for a new nuclear ban treaty in the light of new evidences of inhuman and irreversible consequences of nuclear weapons:
Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Vice-President, CND(UK), Co-Chair ICAN
Mr. Akira Kawasaki, Peace Boat, JAPAN/ Co-Chair ICAN
Dr. Arun Mitra, Indian Doctors for Peace and Development,
Prof. Achin Vanaik, Founding Member, CNDP
In Chair: Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, SIS/JNU.
Last month, more than 140 governments and civil society organisations from 90+ countries mobilised by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons(ICAN) assembled in Nayarit, Mexico for the Second Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons and called for the development of new international standards on nuclear weapons, including a legally binding instrument. Calling for this process to conclude by the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Chair described Nayarit as “the point of no return”. The time has come, he noted, for a diplomatic process to reach this goal, within a specified timeframe, identifying the most appropriate forum and on the basis of a clear and substantive framework.
We cordially invite you to attend this discussion on April 4th, 2014, starting 2.30pm.
The Seminar will be held at Room No. 203, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
For Further details, Kumar Sundaram of CNDP can be contacted at pksundaram@gmail.com/+91-9810556134
