We invite you to join us as we celebrate the 77th anniversary of the United Nations
Spotlight on: The Abolishment of Nuclear Weapons
With Featured Speaker
Ira Helfand, MD, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
Sunday – October 23rd, 2022 from 12 – 2:30 PM – Free & Open to the Public
“We must keep the horrors of Hiroshima in view at all times, recognizing there is only one solution to the
nuclear threat: not to have nuclear weapons at all.” – UN Secretary General António Guterres Aug. 8, 2022
Dr. Helfand will discuss the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) report Nuclear Famine: 2 Billion at Risk?, which he co-authored. The report outlines the global health consequences of regional nuclear war.
Ira Helfand, MD is co-chair of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s (PSR) Nuclear Weapons Abolition Committee and is co-president of PSR’s global federation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). IPPNW was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Helfand has worked as an emergency room physician for many years and now practices internal medicine at an urgent care center. Dr. Helfand represents IPPNW at the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. He is also a member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)’s International Steering Committee. He was a leading medical voice in ICAN’s campaign for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. ICAN was recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.
Dr. Helfand addressed national delegations at conferences on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Oslo, Norway; Narayit, Mexico; and Vienna, Austria during the May 2016 UN Open-Ended Working Group on disarmament in Geneva and throughout the 2017 UN General Assembly negotiations.
Distinguished guests
Boy Scout Troop 400 Color Guard
Whitefish Bay High School Model UN
Matthew Haberkorn, Coordinator of the Whitefish Bay High School Model UN
In-person attendance is available for a small audience at the Whitefish Bay Public Library
5420 N. Marlborough Drive – Whitefish Bay, WI
Registration is required for in-person attendance at: https://www.wfblibrary.org/our_events/?eid=1313.
Join online at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86258275858
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Join Via Phone: 312.626.6799 Webinar ID: 862 5827 5858
For more information, contact Annette Robertson,
Education Chair of the United Nations Association of Greater Milwaukee
414.332.3303 (Phone) or annettejoanrobertson@gmail.com (email)
www.unamilwaukee.org (UNA-GM website)