Proceedings of the forty-eighth Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Jurica, Mexico, 29 September-4 October 1998 : the long roads to peace / editor, Joseph Rotblat
Part 1. : Statements an reports from the Conference -- Part 2. : Proceedings of the plenary session -- Proceedings of the second plenary session : Conflict negotiation and mediation : internal and international dimensions; Sovereignty and interdependence in the Caribbean region -- Proceedings of the special plenary session -- Proceedings of the third plenary session -- Proceedings of the fourth plenary session : Impasse in nuclear disarmament -- Proceedings of the closing plenary session -- Part 3. : Papers submitted to the Conference : A nuclear-weapon-free world; Non-nuclear threats to security; Building legitimate institutions for a new world order : challenges for the 21st century; Conflict resolution and the construction of peace; The environmental dimensions of peace; Public health and peace
Summary
In this book, scientists who are pre-eminent in their fields focus on the crucial role of science in the transition away from a culture of war towards the construction of peace based on a capacity to anticipate and prevent destructive conflicts. The subject matter, wide-ranging and of great concern to people everywhere, includes the progress and prospects for a nuclear-weapon-free world; non-nuclear threats to peace and security; the building of legitimate world institutions; conflict resolution and the construction of peace; the local and global environmental dimensions of peace; the health hazards of nuclear chemical and biological weapons; and the interactions between health problems and poverty
