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Pugwash conferences
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Pugwash conferences [ˈpʌgˌwɒʃ]
pl n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) international peace conferences of scientists held regularly to discuss world problems: Nobel peace prize 1995 awarded to Joseph Rotblat, one of the founders of the conferences, secretary-general (1957-73), and president from 1988
[from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, where the first conference was held]


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Pugwash Conference, a noble NGO, involved in track-two diplomacy between Pakistan and India, has planned to organize a series of meetings on Pakistans role against terrorism, Pakistan and Afghanistan relations, US economic assistance and Pakistans vision of regional relations in South Asia.
Pugwash Conference, a noble NGO, involved in track-two diplomacy between Pakistan and India, has planned to organize a series of meetings on Pakistan's role against terrorism, Pakistan and Afghanistan relations, US economic assistance and Pakistan's vision of regional relations in South Asia.
Holdren led the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an international organization of prominent scientists that won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.
 
 
 
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