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NEWSLETTER issued by the Council of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs Nobel Peace Prize 1995 55th Pugwash Conference, Hiroshima, Japan, July 2005 Volume 42 ½ Number 2 ½ December 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE PUGWASH COMMUNITY: . 1 Special Tribute: The Life and Legacy of Sir Joseph Rotblat . 3 MEMORIAL PROGRAM, The Royal Society, 9 December 2005 . 3 RETROSPECTIVE, by John Holdren (Science, 28 October 2005). 4 REMEMBRANCES: Paolo Cotta-Ramusino and Tom Milne . 6 Select Quotations from Sir Joseph Rotblat . 8 Pugwash meeting no. 312 . 9 A Special Colloquium in Honor of Sir Joseph Rotblat London, UK, 10 December 2005 Pugwash Meeting no. 309. 27 55th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs: 60 Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima, Japan, 22–27 July 2005 THE HIROSHIMA DECLARATION OF THE PUGWASH COUNCIL . 27 CONFERENCE STATEMENT OF THE PUGWASH COUNCIL . 28 MESSAGES OF WELCOME by Hitoshi Ohnishi, M.S. Swaminathan, . 31 Joseph Rotblat, Yuzan Fujita, Yohei Kono, Nobutaka Machimura, Kofi Annan CONFERENCE SCHEDULE . 37 REPORT OF SECRETARY GENERAL, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino . 39 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, M.S. Swaminathan . 42 PLENARY SESSIONS DOROTHY HODGKIN MEMORIAL LECTURE, C.G. Weeramantry . 45 Reflections on Nuclear Weapons by Akihiro Takahashi, Lynn Eden, . 57 Masao Tomonaga WORKING GROUP REPORTS . 62 Pugwash List of Participants . 80 Volume 42 ½ Number 2 REPORTS ON RECENT PUGWASH WORKSHOPS December 2005 Pugwash Meeting no.310. 85 Editor: 3rd Pugwash Workshop on Science, Society and Ethics: The Ethical Dimensions of HIV/AIDS (held in conjunction with Jeffrey Boutwell the Pugwash Working Group on Threats without Enemies: The Security Aspects of HIV/AIDS) Research Assistant: Ajaccio, Corsica, France, 29 September–2 October 2005 Meghan Madden Design and Layout: NATIONAL PUGWASH GROUPS Anne Read Thinking with Einstein: The Responsibility of Science . 98 for Peace in the 21st Century Printing: German Pugwash Group, Berlin, Germany, 14-16 October 2005 Cardinal Press Fredericksburg, Virginia REPORT FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT/YOUNG PUGWASH . 99 OBITUARIES: Hermann Bondi, Philip Smith . 101 COVER: Hiroshima Industrial Exhibition Building, photo by Members of the Pugwash Council. 103 Goetz Neuneck Calendar of Future Meetings . inside back cover To the Pugwash Community Sir Joseph Rotblat on such topics as: weapons of mass destruction in the Following his death on 31 August 2005 at the age of 96, region; Islam and the West; and the future of Iraq, and will Sir Joseph Rotblat was remembered and honored at emphasize especially the participation of specialists from memorial events around the world. From Moscow to the Middle East and East Africa. Berlin, and Beijing to Washington, DC, Jo’s spirit was 50th Anniversary of the Pugwash Conferences manifestly with us as the Pugwash community gathered to July 2007 will mark the 50th anniversary of the founding pay tribute to his life’s work to eliminate nuclear weapons of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, and uphold the principle of science serving the good of all dating back to the 1st Pugwash Conference: Appraisal of humanity. Dangers from Nuclear Weapons, held at Thinkers’ Lodge These tributes culminated in the truly wonderful in Pugwash, Nova Scotia from 7-10 July 1957. That first memorial service held for Jo in London, at the Royal Soci- meeting comprised 22 participants from 10 countries ety, on 9 December 2005. Organized by Robert Hinde and (including seven from the United States and three from the Sally Milne, the service was a joyous blend of reminis- Soviet Union), the sole surviving participant of which is cences from friends, family and colleagues, and recordings Prof. Paul Doty of Harvard University. [Note: There were of Jo’s favorite music. The program for the memorial ser- two Pugwash conferences held in each of the years 1958, vice has been printed on page 3, followed by selected trib- 1959, 1961, 1964, and 1965; thus the 50th anniversary of utes to Jo from John Holdren, Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, and Pugwash in 2007 will mark the convening of the 57th Tom Milne, on pp. 4-8. Pugwash Conference, scheduled to be held in Italy.] The next day, a special colloquium in Jo’s honor was To commemorate the birth of Pugwash and the impor- held on the subject of Pugwash and eliminating nuclear tance of Thinkers’ Lodge in its history, the Canadian Pug- weapons. Held at University College, London, the collo- wash Group is in the process of organizing an Extraordi- quium featured papers from Douglas Roche, Hugh Beach, nary Workshop to be held from 5-7 July 2007 on the and John Finney, which can be found on pp. 9-25. subject, “Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament: Like-Minded There can be little doubt that, through all the years States Working Together for a Nuclear Weapons-Free ahead, Jo’s indomitable spirit will remain with us all. World.” Under the direction Sen. Douglas Roche, member 56th Pugwash Conference on Science and of the Pugwash Council, the steering committee for the World Affairs project will meet in Pugwash, Nova Scotia in July of this The 56th Pugwash Conference on Science and World year to discuss the 50th anniversary commemorative Affairs - A Region in Transition: Peace and Reform in the events. Middle East, will be held in Cairo, Egypt from 11-15 Also of note are plans for the realization of the Pug- November 2006. As usual, the Pugwash Council will hold wash Peace Exchange, a combination museum and confer- meetings before and after the conference, and Interna- ence center that would be built on the grounds of tional Student/Young Pugwash will hold its two-day inter- Thinkers’ Lodge. Canadian Pugwash and the board mem- national conference on 9-10 November, just prior to the bers of the Pugwash Peace Exchange are working together start of the 56th Pugwash Conference. Given the critical to stimulate interest in the project as the Pugwash Confer- role of the Middle East to international security, the Pug- ences approaches its 50th anniversary. wash Conferences will focus the work of the conference Pugwash Newsletter, December 2005 1 Addressing the Nuclear Weapons Threat: The wrote before his death (reprinted on page 87 of the June Russell-Einstein Manifesto Fifty Years On 2005 issue of the Pugwash Newsletter), the 50th anniver- The year 2005 marked the 50th anniversary of the Rus- sary of the 1955 Russell-Einstein Manifesto should be a sell-Einstein Manifesto, the founding document of the time of serious reflection on how far we have to go to Pugwash Conferences. In commemoration of the event, eliminate nuclear weapons and the sources of conflict. Pugwash recently published an Occasional Paper with Acknowledgments essays on the nuclear threat representing a diverse range of For continued support of the Pugwash Newsletter, we are perspectives. Among the contributors are Nobuysau Abe grateful to the Italian National Research Council, the Ger- (UN Under Secretary General for Disarmament), Hussain man Research Society, the John D. and Catherine T. Al-Shahristani (Iraq), Saideh Lotfian (Iran), Pervez MacArthur Foundation, and the Cyrus Eaton Foundation. Hoodbhoy (Pakistan), Douglas Roche (Canada), Rose Gottemoeller and Steven Miller (United States), and MS Jeffrey Boutwell, Editor Swaminathan, President of the Pugwash Conferences. As noted by Joseph Rotblat in one of the final articles he Cairo - Site of the 56th Pugwash Conference, November 2006. 2 Pugwash Newsletter, June 2005 SPECIAL TRIBUTE: The Life and Legacy of Sir Joseph Rotblat Memorial Service for Sir Joseph Rotblat The Royal Society, London, UK 9 December 2005 Programme Introductory music played by the Cranford String Ensemble, Adrian Charlesworth (violin), Susannah Pattinson (viola), and Simon Wagland (cello), with Donald Watson ( clarinet). Welcome and Introductions to speakers and music Ol’ Man River, Paul Robeson ROBERT HINDE, Chair, British Pugwash Group JUAN PABLO PARDO-GUERRA HALINA, KATHERINE AND HARRIET SAND International Student Pugwash Jo and family Where Have All The Flowers Gone? Joan Baez MACIEJ NALECZ Jo and Poland JACK HARRIS Jo and British Pugwash Polonaise in A Flat, Chopin Kol Nidrei, Max Bruch Op.47 BRUCE KENT Jo and the abolition of war JOHN MADDOX Jo and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream, Pete Seeger DOUGLAS ROCHE Jo and the abolition of nuclear weapons. FRANCESCO CALOGERO The Nobel Prize Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Paul Dukas A Rill will be a Stream, and a Stream will be a MICHAEL ATIYAH Flood – commissioned by IPPNW Working with Jo as President of Pugwash TOM AND SALLY MILNE PAOLO COTTA-RAMUSINO Working with Prof Jo and Pugwash Film: Jo talking with Michael Douglas, Hamburg, Beethoven, Ode to Joy 2003 PROFESSOR ROBERT HINDE HITOSHI OHNISHI Closing Remarks Jo, Hiroshima and Japan Wine Reception D.L.O. MENDIS Jo, Sri Lanka and Pugwash Pugwash Newsletter, December 2005 3 A Special Tribute to Joseph Rotblat RETROSPECTIVE Joseph Rotblat (1908-2005) John P. Holdren ir Joseph Rotblat, who died on 31 the Biological Weapons Convention, August in London at the age of and the Chemical Weapons Conven- S96, was a participant in the Man- tion, among others. Joseph Rotblat hattan Project, a pioneer in medical was the organization’s first and physics, and one of the towering figures longest serving Secretary-General of the 20th century in the domain of the (1957 to 1973), and later its Presi- social responsibilities of scientists. He dent (1988 to 1997). For its entire was the only scientist to leave the Amer- existence until his death this year, he ican-British atomic-bomb project on was its animating spirit and the moral grounds once it became clear that embodiment of its commitment to the Germans would not succeed in diminish the dangers from weapons developing the bomb. Thereafter, he of mass destruction and from war devoted the rest of a long career in sci- itself.