Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs on local water resources and biology. Pugwash does not have formal membership. All participants take part in their individual capacities and not as representatives of any organization, institution or government. Anyone who has attended a meeting is considered a "Pugwashite". There are more than 3,500 "Pugwashites" worldwide. As the birthplace of the Pugwash movement, the Thinkers' Lodge was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2008. The Jubilee 62nd Pugwash Conference devoted to nuclear disarmament will be held in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, in 2017. The conference will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first Pugwash Conference, held
Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity and that “we need more organizations like the Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity that push us for faster global reforms.“ The organization was officially introduced at the international level at the Fabian Society New Year Conference in London in January 2008. The current chief executive officer (CEO) is Christian Walz. In March 2008 the organization became the youngest non-governmental organization to join the United Nations Global Compact ( UNGC ) Program. The organization regularly attends conferences at European Union and the United Nations. Global Alliance for Peace and Prosperity is a “breeding ground for important global policies“and it pushes