Nuclear Weapons, Violence and Health

IPPNW Symposium 24.4.2009, Helsinki Finland

 

 

Organisers: Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) – Finland,
IPPNW European and Russian/CIS Region,
Pugwash and International Peace Bureau (IPB)

 

Venue: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),
Lintulahdenkuja 4, Auditorium

 

Programme:

 

Opening Tarja Cronberg Minister of Employment and the Economy, peace researcher

An Overview of the Russian Nuclear Policies
                      Grigoriy Berdennikov, Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia

 

Nuclear Winter and Famine

                      Moderator: Gunnar Westberg

                      Speakers: Alexander Ginzburg (Russia)

                                      Steven Starr (US),
                                      Ira Helfand (PSR US),
                                      Steven Starr (US),
                                     

 

Nuclear Weapons in Europe

                      Moderator: Kati Juva, PSR Finland

 

                      Nuclear arms control – problems and prospects

                      Stefan Forss, Finnish Defence Academy

 

                      Nuclear weapons of NATO

                      Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Europe

                            

                      The nuclear strategy – Nato, bases, threat of use and resistance

                      Tomas Magnusson, IPB chair

 

Nuclear Weapons Convention

                      Moderator: Lars Pohlmeier IPPNW Germany

                      Diplomatic pathways towards nuclear weapons convention

                      Jayantha Dhanapala, Pugwash Chair

Verification of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons  

Tero arjoranta Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland