Middle Powers Initiative

The Middle Powers Initiative "is dedicated to the worldwide reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, in a series of well-defined stages accompanied by increasing verification and control."

Member Organizations


 * Global Security Institute
 * International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
 * International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility
 * International Peace Bureau
 * International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
 * Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

People
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Steering Committee

 * Douglas Roche - Chair - Former Canadian Disarmament Ambassador
 * Tadatoshi Akiba - Mayor of Hiroshima City, Japan
 * Kim Campbell - Former Prime Minister, Canada
 * Michael Christ - Executive Director, IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War)
 * Jonathan Granoff - President, Global Security Institute
 * Xanthe Hall - IPPNW
 * Graham Kelly
 * Karel Koster - Project on European Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Netherlands
 * David Krieger - Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Ron S. McCoy - President, IPPNW
 * Miguel Marín-Bosch - Former Deputy Foreign Minister, Mexico
 * Krishna Ahooja Patel - President, WILPF International (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom)
 * Michael Powles
 * Jean du Preez - Director, International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
 * Alice Slater - New York Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
 * Armin Tenner - Treasurer, INES
 * Aaron Tovish - Director, 2020 Vision Campaign; Mayors for Peace
 * Hiromichi Umebayashi - International Coordinator, PCDS; President, Peace Depot, Japan
 * Alyn Ware - Global Coordinator, PNND
 * Peter Weiss - President, LCNP - Vice President, IALANA

Country Representatives

 * Australia: Sue Wareham - President, MAPW Australia (IPPNW)
 * Egypt: Bahig Nassar - Coordinator, Arab Coordination Center of NGOs
 * Ireland: Tony D'Costa - General Secretary, Pax Christi (Irish Section)
 * Norway: Terje Stokstad - Former Chair, Nei til Atomvapen
 * Switzerland: Dr. Arthur Muhl - Board Member, IPPNW Switzerland

Expert Consultants

 * Jayantha Dhanapala
 * Rebecca E. Johnson - Executive Director, Acronym Institute

Contact
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