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SUMMARY:An NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security Discussion: Spending to Increase Nuclear Danger
DESCRIPTION:Join the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security as we discuss how in the midst of an economic and public health crisis\, the US is set to spend hundreds of billions on new nuclear weapons which could never be used\, add nothing to national security\, and actually increase the risk of nuclear war. Funding for these extremely dangerous weapons systems will come up soon in Congress. The NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace and Security presents three leaders to clarify the key issues and discuss possible plans of action. \nRegister here! \nSpeakers: \nBruce Knotts has directed the Unitarian Universalist Office at the United Nations since 2008. Before that\, he served as a diplomat with the U.S. Department of State with notable service during the Nairobi Embassy bombing 1998\, Embassy Khartoum\, Sudan\, Regional Refugee Coordinator for West Africa and Deputy Chief of Mission in The Gambia. His final tour was in the Bureau of International Organization at the Department of State. \nDr. John Burroughs is Senior Analyst for the New York City-based Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy. He has represented LCNP in Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meetings and negotiations on the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons. His articles and op-eds have appeared in publications including Fordham International Law Journal\, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\, Arms Control Today\, Newsweek\, and Newsday. \nJackie Cabasso has been Executive Director of the Western States Legal Foundation\, based in Oakland\, California\, since 1984. In 1995 she was a “founding mother” of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons\, and she continues to serve on its Coordinating Committee. Since 2007 she has served as an Executive Advisor to Mayors for Peace. In the U.S.\, she is a National Co-convener of United for Peace and Justice. Jackie was the 2008 recipient of the International Peace Bureau’s Sean MacBride Peace Award. \n_____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nCoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Disarmament\, Peace\, and Security\, please visit ngocdps.wordpress.com. For more information on the NGO Committee on Financing for Development\, please visit ngosonffd.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Peace (Vienna)\, email its Chair\,  Helga Kerschbaum at helga.kerschbaum@aon.at
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