The Ninth and Tenth Pugwash Quinquennia 1997–2007

The meetings identified below with a serial number are
those organized directly by International Pugwash
(“Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs”).
In more recent years, there have been some meetings or
consultations that have not been given numbers (and their
participants are not indicated in the following list of
participants). Such meetings are indicated with the
following notation: ***. Other meetings are organized by
groups closely linked to International Pugwash, such as
the International School on Disarmament and Research on
Conflict (ISODARCO), which essentially coincides with
First Quinquennium (1957–1962)
26 Pugwash Newsletter SPECIAL EDITION, October 2007
LIST OF PUGWASH MEETINGS, 1957–2007
the Italian Pugwash Group, or by other National or
Regional Pugwash Groups; but only meetings organized
by International Pugwash are included in this list. When
viewing this list, please remember that in every case, it was
the dedicated work of Pugwashites in the host country,
working in cooperation with International Pugwash, that
made these meetings possible. Reports from Pugwash
meetings, as well as occasional papers, are now regularly
posted on the Pugwash website: www.pugwash.org. A
single asterisk (*) denotes special quinquennial conference.
1 July 1957 Pugwash, Canada. 1st Conference: Appraisal of Dangers from Atomic Weapons
2 Mar 1958 Lac Beauport, Canada. 2nd Conference: The Dangers of the Present Situation of the Atomic
Arms Race, and Ways & Means to Diminish Them
3 Sep 1958 Kitzbühel, Austria. 3rd Conference: Dangers of the Atomic Age & What Scientists Can Do
About Them
4 Mar 1959 Geneva, Switzerland. 1st meeting of European Group
5 Jun 1959 Baden, Austria. 4th Conference: Arms Control & World Security
6 Aug 1959 Geneva, Switzerland. 2nd meeting of European Group
7 Aug 1959 Pugwash, Canada. 5th Conference: Biological & Chemical Warfare
8 Jun 1960 Geneva, Switzerland. 3rd meeting of European Group
9 Nov 1960 Moscow, USSR. 6th Conference: Disarmament & World Security
10 Apr 1961 Geneva, Switzerland. 4th meeting of European Group
11 Sep 1961 Stowe,USA. 7th Conference: International Cooperation in Pure & Applied Science
12 Sep 1961 Stowe, USA. 8th Conference: Disarmament & World Security
13 Oct 1961 Geneva, Switzerland. 5th meeting of European Group
14 Aug 1962 Cambridge, UK. 9th Conference: Problems of Disarmament & World Security
Second Quinquennium (1962–1967)
15* Sep 1962 London, UK. 10th Conference: Scientists & World Affairs
16 Sep 1963 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. 11th Conference: Current Problems of Disarmament & World Security
17 Jan 1964 Udaipur, India. 12th Conference: Current Problems of Disarmament & World Security
18 Apr 1964 Geneva, Switzerland. Study Group on European Security (I)
19 Sep 1964 Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia. 13th Conference: Disarmament & Peaceful Collaboration among
Nations
20 Jan 1965 Geneva, Switzerland. Study Group on Biological Warfare (I)