Pugwash Secretariat:
June 23, 2022
Present Dangers
The present global situation is very dangerous. Not since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis have we had such a dangerous environment. But while the Cuban missile crisis lasted 13 days, the present situation has continued for over 100 days since February 2022. [...]
The war in Ukraine is marginalizing the other nuclear dangers and this is also a serious recipe for disaster. The whole architecture of security based on the Charter of the United Nations and on multilateral and bilateral treaties and other arrangements is endangered. Peace and security are common goods: no country can feel safe and secure unless all feel the same.
The entire Pugwash community should work to the maximum extent possible to promote the widest possible awareness and understanding of the present nuclear dangers.
Read the full note by Sergio Duarte (Pugwash President) and Paolo Cotta Ramusino (Pugwash Secretary-General) on the Pugwash website: http://pugwash.org/2022/06/23/pugwash-note-on-present-dangers/