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Peace & Planet International Conference on the eve of the 2022 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review
July 30, 2022 | 11am-5pm
In person and on Zoom:
All Souls Church
1157 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10075
Peace & Planet’s July 30 Conference has been designed to provide a forum for the world’s peace movements, in order to:
- Share positions and observations on the dynamics of an increasingly dangerous world disorder, and
- Organize common strategies for peace, disarmament, and human survival.
The conference is structured with three panels and a breakout session (online and in-person).
We assume all in-person conference participants will respect our expectation that all participants be vaccinated against Covid. Masks will be required.
Agenda
11:00 – 11:15 | Gather & Welcome
11:15 – 12:30 | Panel 1: Geopolitical Contexts
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Dr. Jiang Tianjiao
- Reiner Braun
- Rev. Liz Theoharis
12:30 | Lunch break
1:00 – 2:30 | Panel 2: Ukraine War, Nuclear Weapons and Human Needs
- Oleg Bodrov
- Yurii Sheliazhenio
- Jackie Cabasso
- Owen Tudor
2:35 – 3:30 | Break out sessions
Participants can chose to join one of the three workshops (in parallel) or a facilitated discussion round
Workshops:
- The Ukraine War and the Path Ahead for Peace and Disarmament Work
- Global NATO Expands & Moves into the PACIFIC: The New Strategic Concept & the Largest PACIFIC Naval War Practice RIMPAC with NATO Ships
- Addressing the Twin Existential Threats of Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change in the Pacific and the Positive Obligations of the TPNW
3:35 – 5:15 | Panel 3: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and The Imperative of Disarmament
- Kunhikio Sakuma
- Anuradha Chenoy
- Ruth Mitchell
Closing words by organizers and presentation of the conference statement.
Conference Speakers:
Jeremy Corbyn – Member of Parliament, CND & Stop the War (UK)
Reiner Braun – Executive Director of the International Peace Bureau (Germany)
Owen Tudor – Deputy General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (UK)
Anuradha Chenoy –Jawaharlal Nehru University & Asia-Europe People’s Forum
Jackie Cabasso – Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation; North American Coordinator, Mayors for Peace (USA)
Oleg Bodrov – Chairman of The European Environment Foundation (Russia)
Kunhikio Sakima – Chairperson of Hiroshima Hidankyo (Japan)
Yurii Sheliazhenko – Executive secretary of Ukrainian Pacifist Movement (Ukraine)
Ruth Mitchell – International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Australia)
Tianjiao Jiang – Associate Professor at Development Institute, Fudan University (China)
Joseph Gerson – Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security (USA)
Rev. Liz Theoharis – Director of Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (USA)
