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Alyn Ware Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament pnnd

Engaging parliamentarians in the process to achieve a Middle East Zone free from Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction. Alyn Ware Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament www.pnnd.org. Vital role of parliamentarians.

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Alyn Ware Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament pnnd

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  1. Engaging parliamentarians in the process to achieve a Middle East Zone free from Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction Alyn Ware Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament www.pnnd.org

  2. Vital role of parliamentarians • Elected representatives of civil society • Help shape government policy • Parliaments as a public arena

  3. More freedom than governments • Don’t have to always focus on entrenched government positions • Able to put forward ‘smart’ approaches to provide possibility of success

  4. Varied arenas of action • Nationally – encourage good faith participation by their government • Regionally – demonstrate possibility of agreement between Middle East actors • Internationally – demonstrate global concern, importance of the issue and strength of global support

  5. Regional and Global • Middle East Zone as a diplomatic approach to preventing proliferation – a viable alternative to the use of force or to accepting proliferation

  6. Actions - National • Questions • Debates • Resolutions • Statements – party, individual

  7. Actions – Regional and International • Resolutions • Parliamentary Assembly for the Mediterranean • Inter Parliamentary Union • OSCE PA, NATO PA • Civil society meetings • Intergovernmental meetings • NPT, UN General Assembly • Joint statement

  8. Joint Parliamentary Statement for a Middle East Zone Free from Nuclear Weapons and all other Weapons of Mass Destruction • Drafted after consultations with parliamentarians and disarmament experts from Israel, Egypt, Iran and globally; • Based on UN General Assembly resolution and IPU 2009 resolution • Released at the PNND Assembly in Bern, Oct 2011 • Available in – Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Greek, Spanish • Opportunities to present at NPT, UN General Assembly etc… www.pnnd.org

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