From: Student Pugwash USA <uspugwash@igc.apc.org>
Newsgroups: alt.org.pugwash
Date: 23 Dec 92 13:57 PST
Subject: Re: *Tough Questions-Winter 93 News
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Nf-From: cdp.UUCP!uspugwash    Dec 23 13:57:00 1992


TOUGH QUESTIONS - WINTER 1993

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National Student/Young Pugwash groups across the world vary in 
scope, ranging from full-time staffed organizations with various 
programs and chapter support services (such as Canadian Student 
Pugwash and Student Pugwash USA) to an informal core of students 
and young professionals who independently organize seminars and 
attend international conferences (such as Finnish Young 
Pugwash).  National S/Y Pugwash groups are encouraged to orga-
nize frequent local events, such as roundtable discussions, lec-
ture series, conferences, recycling programs, and other activi-
ties which address critical global issues.  The S/Y Pugwash 
movement and network aims to stimulate dialogue and promote edu-
cation and awareness on issues at the juncture of science, tech-
nology and society.  Activities should be carried out in the 
spirit of Einstein and Russel`s Pugwash Manifesto and the 
Dagomys Declaration.  The following updates provide a sampling 
of issues and activities currently being addressed by National 
Student/Young Pugwash groups across the world.
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RUSSIAN YOUNG PUGWASH
RYP is attempting to initiate an exciting new project, Three 
Worlds in Transition:  Quest for New Leaders. Produced in con-
junction with International Student/Young Pugwash coordinators, 
the plan calls for a joint education and training project that 
will provide talented young professionals from different coun-
tries with opportunities to collaborate on interdisciplinary 
projects in Russian communities.  Projects will focus on a range 
of issues including urban/rural planning, technology transfer, 
public health, and environmental assessment.  By the end of 
November, RYP anticipated formalizing an initial list of short-
term projects and professional requirements.  Project topics for 
the first phase include `Field Monitoring of Critical 
Environmental Zones with Radiological Pollution in the Urals, 
Kazakhstan, and Siberia` and `New Economic, Legal, and Public 
Framework for the Establishment of the Pereslavsky National Park 
in North-Central Russia`.

EGYPTIAN STUDENT PUGWASH
Formed in 1988, Egyptian Student Pugwash is a small chapter com-
posed of post-graduate students who meet bi-annually to share 
ideas about various STS topics.  Presently, a group of Egyptian 
Puggers now living in Germany is extending the Egyptian Pugwash 
activities to Berlin, where they recently held a conference on 
the Values and Benefits of Our New Medical Technology for Egypt 
and the Third World.

GERMAN STUDENT PUGWASH (BdSP)
At the 42nd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in 
Berlin, the BdSP presented the Declaration of the German Student 
Pugwash Group on Sustainability.  The Declaration suggests that 
global sustainability demands a greater commitment from the in-
dustrialized countries than from the Third World.  According to 
the Declaration, the industrialized nations` attempts to re-
structure international development fail to question the root of 
the problem and only provide symptomatic solutions. Instead, 
sustainability requires an approach to encourage new, less-con-
sumptive social behavior, and restructuring of the international 
political and economic structures to reflect global interdepen-
dency.  Copies of the Declaration may be obtained from the BdSP 
c/o IANUS, Institut fur Kernphysik, Schlobgartenstr.  9, D-6100 
Darmstadt, Germany.

UK STUDENT PUGWASH
UK Student Pugwash held two meetings this fall, both at the 
University of London.  Dr. Joseph Rotblat, President of the 
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, discussed the 
Cold War and gave personal accounts of individuals involved in 
the nuclear weapons field. Dr. Rotblat pointed out the tendency 
of individuals who have grown up during the nuclear age to as-
sume nuclear weapons are a permanent threat to society.  As an 
alternative viewpoint, he introduced the `Senior` Pugwash pro-
ject examining the elimination of nuclear arsenals worldwide.  
The second meeting, led by Frank Blackaby, addressed European 
security issues.  Blackaby argued that current European armed 
forces remain unnecessarily large despite the dramatic changes 
in East-West relations.  In particular, he stressed the futility 
of Britain buying and developing new nuclear weapons.  

CANADIAN STUDENT PUGWASH
Canadian Student Pugwash hosted the 3rd International 
Student/Young Pugwash Conference, `Redefining Security in the 
Global Village,` in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, August 23-30.  
Students from all over the world gathered to focus on the  secu-
rity of the globe.  Participants concentrated on one of the fol-
lowing working groups: Meeting Basic Needs: Health, Nutrition, 
and Shelter; Violence and Human Rights; Assuming Responsibility 
for Education; Technology for Community Development; Managing 
the Global Commons; and After the Cold War: Regional Security 
and the Arms Race.

GHANAIAN STUDENT PUGWASH
As a result of a student from Ghana attending the 1992 
International Conference in Atlanta,  Ghana Student Pugwash is 
off and running at the University of Cape Coast!

STUDENT PUGWASH USA RESOURCE PACKET FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
In response to the many  inquiries and information requests from 
students around the world, which have arrived in Washington over 
the past year, Student Pugwash USA has developed the ISYP 
Resource Packet for interested individuals, containing materials 
designed to facilitate their introduction to and involvement 
with the International Student/Young Pugwash Network.  The ISYP 
Network is an informal relationship of the national S/Y Pugwash 
groups,  which aims to improve communication between groups 
around the world.  At present, the Network has no central base 
of operation, although many groups have discussed initiating an 
ISYP Network newsletter to promote regular and on-going communi-
cations.  Although Student Pugwash USA is not able to provide 
financial assistance to other national groups, the Resource 
Packet can help new S/Y Pugwash groups with many of the  topi-
cal, organizational and networking challenges they will face as 
they establish a new group.  The Resource Packet includes a sum-
mary of the ISYP Network, a Network contact list, a copy of the 
Pugwash Manifesto and the Dagomys Declaration, a country-spe-
cific contact list of individuals who are involved or have ex-
pressed interest in becoming involved in the ISYP Network, and 
much more!