Information from Lydie Koch Miramond, convenor of the "Ethics in Science" Working Group :

The threat of nuclear annihilation, by accident or design, remains the greatest threat to civilization confronting Europe and the World. The 480 US nuclear weapons based in Europe contribute to this threat. We call upon European and World leaders to take action in confronting and ending this threat. For the safety and security of the peoples of the World, we appeal: To the leaders of non-nuclear European governments, to move toward the elimination of the threat of nuclear weapons in Europe and the World by calling upon the United States to remove all its nuclear weapons from European soil and the adjoining waters and to have these weapons returned to the US for dismantlement; To the leaders of NATO countries, including the three NATO nuclear weapons states, the US, UK and France, to abandon the NATO policy of first use of nuclear weapons and to replace it with a clear and legally binding No First Use policy; To the leaders of all nuclear weapons states, declared and de facto, to initiate negotiations on the universal elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.

If you would like to see background documents and/or would like to sign the petition, see the www.pugwash.eu website.

John Avery,

The Danish Pugwash Group

www.pugwash.dk