NEWS AND UPDATES
55th Pugwash Conference, 60 Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Japan, July 22-27,
2005
Israeli Pugwash members participated in this meeting. The Pugwash Council, meeting at the conclusion of the 55th Pugwash Conference in Hiroshima, extended an offer that
was accepted by Prof. Galia Golan-Gild of Israel to join the Council. Prof. Golan
is Professor of Government, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC),Herzliya, Israel,
and Professor Emerita of the Department of Political Science, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem. She was formerly the Darwin Professor of Soviet and East European
Studies, and Chair, Department of Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The President of Pugwash, Prof. MS Swaminathan,
and the Secretary General, Prof. Paolo Cotta-Ramusino, expressed their pleasure
with Prof. Golan having joined the Council, noting the depth of her experience
with the Arab-Israeli peace process and Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation efforts
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