On January 23, 2025, the 8th meeting of the PCK under KazNANS was held in Almaty, with the participation of members of the PCK and the Committee's Young branch, as well as invitees.
In pursuance of paragraph 4.2 of the Regulation on the PCK, the presence of a quorum was confirmed (62% of the presence is in a hybrid format, according to the list).
The meeting was opened by the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Shkolnik V.S., noting that thanks to the active participation of the members of the PCK and the Committee's Young branch, all activities were generally carried out in accordance with the "PCK Action Plan for 2024", adopted by us at the 7th meeting of the Committee.
He briefly touched on the current situation in the world, informing about changes in the board of the Pugwash leadership: the election of Dr. Hussein al-Shahristani as the new President and Dr. Karen Hallberg as the new Secretary General of the Pugwash.
He especially noted the extensive information work carried out in 2024 by members of the Committee by scientific specialists: NNC RK, INP ME RK, LPP "KAES", "VANEP", which are members of the Association "NSK" and others, who gave interviews to the republican media: "Khabar", "Informburo", "24KZ", "Kazakhstanskaya Pravda", as well as on television during the discussion of the issue of building a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan submitted to a referendum.
Information "On the implementation of the Action Plan of the PCK for 2024" and the draft "Action Plan of the PCK for 2025" were reported by the Secretary of the Committee - Professor Akhmetov T.Z.
During the discussion of the Agenda issues, the following spoke: Zhantikin T.M., Zeynullin A.A., Vityuk V.A., Miniyazov A.Zh., Ibrayev B.M. and Skakov M.K.
Professor Shkolnik V.S., summing up the results of the 8th meeting of the PCK, noted that it was held with the active participation of the Committee members in discussing the activities of the PCK for 2024 and the draft "Plan of activities of the PCK for 2025".
The proposals for the draft "Plan of activities of the PCK for 2025" were supported unanimously.
The summary of the draft "Plan of activities of the PCK for 2025", taking into account the proposals received earlier and during the discussion within the framework of the meeting of the Committee, will be finalized by the Secretariat.