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What does PPNW stand for?

Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War


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Peacekeeping Forces _ 1987: Oscar Arias Sanchez _ 1986: Elie Wiesel _ 1985: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War _ 1984: Desmond Tutu _ 1983: Lech Walesa _ 1982: Alva Myrdal, Alfonso Garcia Robles _ 1981: Office of the U.
It works globally through the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), a 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
This was to become the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) which went truly international with its links with clinicians in the USA and then the USSR.
Kiran Cheedella is the UK representative for International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
It evolved out of an organisation formed in the early 1980s - International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - following a chance meeting between two cardiologists - one Russian and one American.
Conference of Mayors, the European Parliament, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and other international NGOs, organizations and individuals worldwide, and will encourage all world citizens to awaken to their own responsibilities with a sense of urgency, ''as if the entire world rests on their shoulders alone,'' and work with new commitment to abolish nuclear weapons.
Signed: Mikhail Gorbachev, Kim Dae-Jung, Lech Walesa, Joseph Rotblat, Jose Ramos-Horta, Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, and Rigoberta Menchu Tum; and United Nations Children's Fund, Pugwash Conferences, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, International Peace Bureau, Institut de Droit international, American Friends Service Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Amnesty International, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labour Organization, International Campaign to Ban Land Mines, United Nations
IPPNW 2004 16th World Conference International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) will present the 16th World Congress at the Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China from September 16-19, 2004.

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