PNND Assembly 2014

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Senator Ed Markey introduces the SANE Act during the PNND Assembly

Senator Ed Markey, Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate on Friday 28 February, that would cut $100 billion over the next decade from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget. The Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures, or "SANE" Act, is co-sponsored by Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Jeff Merkley. Companion legislation has been introduced in the House by Representative Earl Blumenauer. Read more

Parliamentary Conference and PNND Assembly 2014
Climbing the Mountain: Legislators collaborating on bilateral, plurilateral and global measures towards a secure nuclear-weapons-free world

2527 February 2014 | USA, Washington DC

Hosted by Honorary Chair US Senator Ed Markey Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. Organised by Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and the Fredrick Ebert Foundation. Supported by The Simons Foundation and the Kazakhstan Embassy to the United States.

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