The Ninth and Tenth Pugwash Quinquennia 1997–2007

Preamble
PRINCIPLES, STRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES OF PUGWASH
FOR THE TENTH QUINQUENNIUM (2002-2007)
The 1997 Pugwash Quinquennial Conference held in
Lillehammer, Norway adopted the document entitled Principles,
Structure and Activities of Pugwash which has
served as a guideline for the organization and activities of
the Pugwash Conferences for the past five years. Some
modifications to that document have been introduced
below, in light of experience and the changed political and
security conditions of the early 21 st century. While
grounded in the founding rationale of Pugwash, the
current document is intended only as a guideline. Traditions
of flexibility and unconventionality, built up over
several decades, should continue to be the hallmark of
Pugwash.
6 Pugwash Newsletter SPECIAL EDITION, October 2007
Principles
Participants at 2002 Pugwash Conference, La Jolla, California
The Pugwash Movement is an expression of the awareness
of the social and moral duty of scientists to help to prevent
and overcome the actual and potential harmful effects of
scientific and technological innovations, and to promote
the use of science and technology for the purpose of peace.
Its main objective is the elimination of all weapons of
mass destruction (nuclear, chemical and biological) and of
war as a social institution to settle international disputes.
More generally, its goals encompass all issues that lie at
the interface between science and world affairs, on which
the committed and competent intervention of scientists
can play a useful role (see the parallel document “Goals of
Pugwash”).