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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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International organization that brings together scholars and public figures to work toward reducing the danger of armed conflict and to seek solutions to global security threats. Founded by Joseph Rotblat and Bertrand Russell in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, following the release of the Russell–Einstein Manifesto in 1955.

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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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Sir Joseph Rotblat

Sir Joseph Rotblat, KCMG, CBE, FRS (1908 - 2005) one of Poland's finest sons,...

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J. Green

J. Green

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Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

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Jayaben Desai

Jayaben Desai

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Horst Dohm

Horst Dohm

Politician. District mayor of Berlin-Wilmersdorf from 1981 to 1996.

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