Building towards a nuclear weapons-free Middle East: civil society input for a new Helsinki process
CND International Conference,Saturday 13th October 2012
09.00–10.00 Tea and coffee served on arrival
10.00–10.15 Welcome – Dave Webb, CND Chair
10.15–11.45 Objectives for the 2012 Helsinki Conference on a Middle East Zone free of WMD
Keynote speech: Ambassador Pekka Huhtaniemi, Permanent Representative of Finland to the UK
Panel: Regional, Global and Humanitarian Dimensions of Disarmament
Rebecca Johnson – CND Vice-President, ICAN Co-Chair
Ahmed Saada –Egyptian physician and activist
Ghassan Shahrour–Syria
Elaheh Rostami-Povey – School of Oriental and African Studies
11.45–12.00 Tea break
12.00–13.15 Parallel workshops:
1. Linking Regional and International campaigns to abolish and eliminate nuclear
weapons: Arielle Denis, ICAN Campaigns Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa
Ernest Rodker, Campaign for a Nuclear–Free Middle East
2. NATO nuclear policies, the Gulf states, and the role of Middle East neighbours
Arife Kose, Turkey and Rae Street, CND
3. Peace, security and denuclearisation challenges in the Middle East
Sharon Dolev, Israeli Disarmament Campaign
Professor Abbas Edalat, Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran
4. Civil society input for the Helsinki Middle East Conference
Jasna Bastic, Peace Boat and Nasser Burdestani, Bahrain
13.15–14.30 Lunch
14.30–16.00 Reports from workshop and discussion of recommendations to be forwarded
to the Helsinki Conference, facilitated by Daniel Blaneyand Sarah Cartin, CND
16.15–17.30 Closing Plenary, chaired by Dave Webb
Our role in achieving a nuclear-weapons free Middle East
Kate Hudson, CND
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Sharon Dolev, Israeli Disarmament Campaign
Natalie Bennett, Green Party
Leanne Wood AM
17.30–19.00 Reception (sponsored by Gotham Erskine auditors)
1 comment:
Damn, I can't make it! I'm sure it will be covered on PRESS TV though for a grateful Iranian regime.
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