Activities for 2009
Government /intergovernmental engagement
- Promote commissioning of a 3rd World health Organisation report on "Effects of nuclear war on health and health services" and on WHO and the World Health Assembly contributing to removal of highly-enriched uranium from radiopharmaceutical production
- Attend nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee in May 2009 at UN in New York
- Ongoing engagement with and substantive submissions to International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
- Submissions to relevant government inquiries, including Joint Standing Committee on treaties Inquiry into Australia's role in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
Reducing proliferation dangers associated with use of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) in production of radiopharmaceuticals
- Promote medical association and World Health Assembly resolutions
- Continued monitoring and analysis, comment and networking on issues with key stakeholders including International Panel on Fissile Materials, Monterey Institute and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Input and support to AMSA Global Health Conference, July 09, Brisbane
- Prepare contributions to new UBS "Securing global health" subject and new UniMelb graduate subject on nuclear weapons and disarmament
- Host student appropriate interns/electives
Civil society engagement
- Australian Management Committee, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN);
- ICAN Working Group, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Continue and expand interactions with civil society organisations including health care professionals/ medical associations/hospitals
- Contribution to public education and debate on nuclear threat and eradicating nuclear weapons
- Continued involvement in production of EnergyScience Coalition briefing papers, op-eds and journal articles
Activities for 2008
Representations/submissions to government / intergovernmental for a on nuclear weapons and radiation and health issues:
- One of 2 civil society representatives invited to join Australian government delegation to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee in Geneva 28 April - 9 May 2008
- Ongoing engagement with and substantive submissions to International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, promoting commencement of negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention
- Reducing proliferation dangers associated with use of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) in production of radiopharmaceuticals
- Keynote speaker, Workshop on Eliminating HEU from Medical Isotope Production and Other Civilian Uses Washington DC, 5 June 2008
- Lecture: Uranium, Medical Radioisotopes and Nuclear Weapons, Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility, Thomas Jefferson University
Scholarly dialogue and collaboration
- Academic roundtable on nuclear disarmament hosted at Nossal Institute, 9-10 Oct 2008, establishing Australian Research Network on Nuclear Disarmament
Civil society engagement
- Chair, ICAN Working Group, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
- Chair, Australian Management Committee, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Contribution to public education and debate on nuclear threat and eradicating nuclear weapons
- Presentations to civil society, including professional and student, organisations, Op-ed pieces, radio programs