From 23-25 February, 2006, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation held its 2006 International Law Symposium entitled At the Nuclear Precipice: Nuclear Weapons and the Abandonment of International Law, in Santa Barbara, California. The 2006 Symposium brought together highly respected experts in the area of nuclear policy. In cooperation with the UCSB Division of Social Sciences and Westmont College. Papers authored by the participants are available below. Videos of the 2006 International Law Symposium are available. Please contact the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for more information, wagingpeace@napf.org.

Thursday, February 23, 2006
Public Forum

	Dr. David Krieger, Moderator - President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation - Welcome Message from Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima
	Dr. Daniel Ellsberg - Former Defense Department analyst and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Fellow
	Dr. Richard Falk - Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Global Studies at UC Santa Barbara - Statement by Dr. Falk
	Ambassador Thomas Graham - Former US Ambassador for Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament
	Mairead Corrigan Maguire - 1976 Nobel Peace Laureate from Northern Ireland - The Human Right to a Nuclear Free World
	Honorable Douglas Roche, O.C. - Chair, Middle Powers Initiative -Nuclear Weapons: The Voice of Religion

Friday, February 24, 2006

9:00 Welcome

Shirley Mullen, Provost of Westmont College
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President, Welcome

9:15 – 10:45 Panel I: Standing at the Nuclear Precipice
Moderator: Dave Dionisi

• Jackie Cabasso, Still Standing on the Nuclear Precipice After All These Years: Why? A Critical Look Back at the 1990s
• Col. Alan Parrington, US Defense Strategy at the Nuclear Precipice
• Jonathan Granoff, The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and its 2005 Review Conference - A Legal and Political Analysis
• Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, Out of the Nuclear Closet: Preventive War, Preemption and Selective Proliferation (video only)
• Dr. David Krieger, Turning Away From The Nuclear Abyss

11:00–12:30 Panel II: Consequences of the Abandonment of International Law
Moderator: Alice Slater

• Prof. Richard Falk, NPT Illusions and International Lawlessness (video only)
• Amb. Thomas Graham, Nuclear Weapons Policy and International Law
• Hon. Douglas Roche, Illegal In Any Circumstances Whatsoever
• Asli Bali, Standing at the Nuclear Precipice: Iran

2:00 – 3:30 Panel III: International Strategies for Changing US Nuclear Policy
Moderator: Amb. Thomas Graham

• Dr. Wade Huntley, Roadmaps to Disarmament: A Strategy for the Second Nuclear Era
• Matt Martin, NATO Nuclear Weapons: The International Face of US Nuclear Policy
• Dr. Juergen Scheffran, Strengthening International Security Through International Law: The Case of Nuclear, Missile and Space Weapons
• Alice Slater, The Inalienable Right To Peaceful Nuclear Power: A Recipe For Chaos
• Mairead Maguire, Personal Responsibility and Nuclear Weapon

4:00 – 5:30 Panel IV: Domestic Strategies for Changing US Nuclear Policy
Moderator: Jackie Cabasso

• Dr. David Cortright, Roadmaps to Nuclear Disarmament: A Policy and a Strategy (video only)
• Greg Mello, The Way is the Goal: Disarmament Now
• Pamela Meidell, Mayors for Peace Emergency Campaign
• Prof. Mike Intriligator, Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

Videos of the 2006 International Law Symposium will be available soon. Please contact the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for more information, wagingpeace@napf.org.