Current Signatories to the Statement on Nuclear Weapons

2 February 1998


Argentina

Raul Alfonsin-Former President

Australia

Malcom Fraser-Former Prime Minister

Gough Whitlam-Former Prime Minister, Former Foreign Minister

Kim C. Beazley-Leader of the Opposition, Former Deputy Prime Minister

Richard Butler-Ambassador to U.N.; Chair, U.N. Special Commission on Iraq; Chair, Canberra Commission

Gareth Evans-Former Foreign Minister, Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Member, Parliament

Bangladesh

A.D.M.S. Chuwdhury-Deputy Opposition Leader, Parliament; Former Deputy Prime Minister

Muhammad Yunus-Managing Director, Grameen Bank

Brazil

Jose Sarney-Former Prime Minister, Senator

Calso L.N. Amorim-Former Foreign Minister

Bulgaria

Nicolai Dobrev-Chair, National Security Committee, Parliament; Former Minister of Interior

Nicolai Kamov-Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee; Parliament

Dimitra Pavlov-Minister of Defense

Canada

Pierre Trudeau-Former Prime Minister

Douglas Roche-Former Ambassador for Disarmament

Chile

Juan Somavia-Ambassador to U.N.; Past President, UN Security Council

China

Qian Jiadong-Former Chinese Ambassador to U.N.

Chen Jifeng-Secretary General, Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament

Colombia

Misael Pastrana Borrero-Former President (Deceased Aug. 1997)

Costa Rica

Jose Figueres-President

Oscar Arias-Former President

Rodrigo Carazo-Former President

Rebeca Grynspan Mayufis-Second Vice President

Rodrigo Oreamuno B.-First Vice President

Cyprus

George Vassiliou-Former President; President, United Democrats

Egypt

Esmat Abdul Meguid-Secretary General, League of Arab States; Former Foreign Minister

Finland

Kalevi Sorsa-Former President

France

Michel Rocard-Former Prime Minister; Chair, Committee on Development and Cooperation, European Parliament

Jacques Attali-Former Special Advisor to President Mitterand

Georgia

Eduard A. Shevardnadze-President

Germany

Helmut Schmidt-Former Chancellor; Honorary Chair, International Council

Hans Modrow-Former Prime Minister, East Germany

Egon Bahr-Former Minister for Special Affairs

Angelika Beer-Spokesperson for Defense, Alliance 90/Green Party; Member, Bundestag

Alfred Dregger-Hon. Chair, Christian Democratic Party; Member, Bundestag

Hans Koschnik-Former Administrator, European Union; Mostar

Markus Meckel-Former Foreign Minister, East Germany; Member, Bundestag

Dr. Walter Romberg-Former Minister of Finances, East Germany

Lothar Speth-Former Minister; President, Baden-Wurttemberg

Hans-Jochen Vogel-Former Mayor, Berlin; Former Minister of Justice; Former Chair, Social Democratic Party

Hungary

Ervin Laszlo-Founder and President, Club of Budapest

Israel

Yael Dayan-Member, Kneset

Japan

Tsutomu Hata-Former Prime Minister; Member, Diet

Morihiro Hosokawa-Former Prime Minister; Member, Diet

Kiichi Miyazawa-Former Prime Minister; Member, Diet

Tomiichi Murayama-Former Prime Minister; Member, Diet

Noboru Takeshita-Former Prime Minister; Member, Diet

Takako Doi-Former Speaker, House of Representatives; Member, Diet

Masaharu Gotoda-Former Vice Prime Minister

Takashi Hiraoka-Mayor, Hiroshima

Iccho Ito-Mayor, Nagasaki

Yohei Kono-Former Vice Prime Minister

Hyosuke Kujiraoka-Former Vice Speaker, House of Representatives; Member, Diet

Kenzaburo Oe-Nobel Laureate

Kyrgyz Republic

Askar Akaev-President

Muratbek S. Imanaliev-Foreign Minister

Rosa Otunbaeva-Former Foreign Minister; Ambassador to U.K.

Lebanon

Sadim El.Hoss-Former Prime Minister

Malaysia

Ismail Razali-President, UN General Assembly

Mexico

Miguel de la Madrid-Former President

Mongolia

Punsalmaa Ochirbat-Former President

Jalbuu Choinhor-Ambassador to U.S.

Namibia

Sam Junoma-President

Nauru

Lagumont Harris-Former President

Ruben Kun-Member, Parliament; Former President

David Peter-Former Speaker, Parliament

Netherlands

Ruud Lubbers-Former Prime Minister; Minister of State

Andries van Agt-Former Prime Minister; Chair, Interaction Council

E. Korthals Altes-Former Ambassador to Madrid

J. van Houwelingen-Former Deputy Minister of Defence

J.G. Kraaijeveld-WoutersFormer Minister of Defence

Dr. D.J.H. Kruisinga-Former Minister of Defence

Mr. J. de Ruiter-Former Minister of Defence

Prof. Dr. J.C. Terlouw-Former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economic Affairs

New Zealand

David Lange-Former Prime Minister

Sir Geoffrey Palmer-Former Prime Minister

North Ireland

Mairead Maguire-Honorary President, Peace People; Nobel Peace Laureate

Pakistan

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan-Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees; President, Bellerive Foundation

Mahbub ul Haq-President, Human Development Centre; Former Minister of Finance; Principal Architect of UN's Annual Human Development Report

Panama

Ricardo de la Espriella-Former President

Philippines

Corazon Aquino-Former President

Portugal

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo-Former Prime Minister

Republic of Korea

Shin Hyon-Hwak-Former Prime Minister

Russia

Egor Gaidar-Former Prime Minister; Director, Research Institute for the Economy in Transition

Mikhail Gorbachev-Former President, S.U.

Georgi Arbatov-President, Governing Board, Institute of USA and Canada

Alexander Bessmertnykh-Former Soviet Foreign Minister; Former Soviet Ambassador to US; President, Foreign Policy Association

Vitaly Goldansky-President, Russian Pugwash Committee; Academician

Roland Timerbaev-Former Permanent Representative of the USSR and Russia in IAEA; President, Center for Political Studies of Russia

Euvgeny Velikhov-Member, National Security Council; Academician

Alexander N. Yakovlev-Chair, President's Commission on Rehabilitation of Repression Victims; Chair, Russian Public Television; Former Member, Politburo; Principal Domestic Advisor to President Gorbachev

South Africa

F.W. De Klerk-Former President; Member, Parliament; National Leader, National Party

Bishop Desmond Tutu

Spain

Enrique Baron Crespo-Member, European Parliament; Former President, European Parliament; Former Minister

Fernando Moran Lopez-Chair, Committee on Institutional Affairs, European Parliament; Former Foreign Minister

Sri Lanka

A.T. Ariyaratne-Leader, Sarvodaya Movement; Gandhi Peace Prize, 1996

Anura Bandaranaike-Member, Parliament; Former Minister of Education; Former Leader of Opposition

Jayantha Dhanapala-President, NPT Review and Extension Conference, 1995; Former Ambassador to U.S.

Suriname

I.M. Djwalapersad-Speaker, Assembly

Sweden

Goran Persson-Prime Minister

Ingvar Carlsson-Former Prime Minister

Maj Britt Theorin-Former Chair, UN Commission of Experts on Nuclear Weapons; Member, European Parliament

Tanzania

Al Hassan Mwinyi-Former President

Julius K. Nyerere-Former President; Chair, South Commission

Salim Ahmed Salim-Former Prime Minister; Secretary General, Organization of African Unity; President, U.N. General Assembly, 34th Session

Joseph Warioba-Former Prime Minister; Judge, International Tribunal on Law of the Seas

Thailand

Anand Panyarachun-Former Prime Minister

Uganda

Milton Obote-Former President

Dr. Paul Kaeanga Ssemogerere-Former Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister

Dr. Naphali Akena Adoko-Former Chief of State Security

Justice Emmanuel Oteng-Former Acting Chief Justice

United Kingdom

Lord James Callaghan-Former Prime Minister; Member, House of Lords

Lord Denis Healey-Former Secretary of Defense; Former Chancellor of Exchequer

John Edmunds-Former Chief Negotiator, CTBT; Former Head, Arms Control & Disarmament, Foreign Office

Betty Williams-Nobel Peace Laureate

United States

Jimmy Carter-Former President

Zimbabwe

Dr. Robert Mugabe-President


For more information on this current group of signatories, please contact Andrew Koch.

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