New Zealand Parliament Lauch of "Securing Our Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention"
The book "Securing our Survival: The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Converntion" was launched in the Grand Hall of Parliament on 17 August 2007 by Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace (ALP), the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament (PNND), and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
A gathering of parliamentarians, doctors, lawyers, city council members, civil society representatives and diplomats from New Zealand and around the world gathered for the event highlighting the proposal for a Nuclear Weapons Convention - a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons - and to hear presentations by Sir Paul Reeves (former Governor General), Hon Dr Nick Smith (Chair of PNND New Zealand), Hon Marian Hobbs (PNND Global Council Members), George Salmond (former Director-General of Health), and Alyn Ware (co-author of the book).