The Pugwash Conferences of Science and World Affairs, after which
the Student Pugwash organizations are modeled, were initiated by Albert
Einstein and Bertrand Russell in response to the threat on global security
posed by the advent of the hydrogen bomb. The founding document, the
Pugwash Manifesto, calls on scientists, professionals, and the public to
consider the social, ethical, and global implications of technological
and scientific advances. In 1988 the Pugwash Council on Science and World
Affairs issued the Dagomys Declaration, which broadened the scope of
the Pugwash Council's mandate by including issues of environment and
international development in its definition of global security. In 1979,
Student Pugwash was founded to encourage young people to examine social,
ethical, and global concerns in their academic and professional endeavors.
The 1995 Nobel Peace Prize went to Physicist and Pugwash President Joseph
Rotblat for his work with the Pugwash Conferences of Science and World
Affairs.
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