July 4 - 5
Basel, Switzerland
Hosted by Guy Morin, President of the Basel-Stadt Canton
Organised by the Basel Peace Office
Influential mayors, parliamentarians, academics, United Nations officials and representatives of disarmament organisations from Europe, North America and the Pacific met in Basel to discuss the cooperative security framework for peace, prosperity and nuclear disarmament.
The Forum included a specific focus on the Organistion for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which advances conflict resolution, diplomacy and the rule of law to build sustainable security and prevent war.
Public meeting of the OSCE Forum
Background information:
* Forum flyer - English, French, German
* Forum program - English, French, German
Articles and press reports:
- Telebasel report (from minute 4:15 to 7:49 in the program).
- Basel to host international forum on security and a nuclear-weapon-free world - English, German, French
- Basel OSCE Forum speaker on world bike ride for peace - English, German
- Basel OSCE Forum speaker hails from French nuclear testing ground! - English, French, German
- Basel OSCE speaker initiates nuclear abolition debate in Norwegian parliament - English
Speeches/presentations at the Forum:
- Andreas Nidecker, Switzerland - English
- Uta Zapf, Germany - English
- Reto Wollenmann, Switzerland - English
- Senator Richard Tuheiava, France - English
- Norbert Näf, Switzerland - German
- Ute Finckh-Krämer, German - English
Other conference documents:
- Inter Parliamentary Union resolution on Toward a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: The Contribution of Parliaments. - English, French
- Making sense of nuclear abolition initiatives - English
- US Conference of Mayors supports World Court Case against nuclear-armed States - English
- UNFOLD ZERO flyer - English
For information contact info@baselpeaceoffice.org