Programme for Tenth Anniversary National Convention of CNDP

Programme for Tenth Anniversary National Convention of CNDP
At
Constitution Club Lawns, V P House, Rafi Marg New Delhi-110001

December 10, 2010, Friday

 08:00 onwards Registration
 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Address by Admiral Ramdas
 09:15 - 10:00 Explanation of Programme and the functions of various Committees dealing with process of the Convention by Achin Vanaik
 Concise report on CNDP by Anil Chaudhary
 10:00 - 13:00 Morning Plenary Session: Global and Regional Nuclear Disarmament
 Chair : Ilina Sen
 Speakers : Mani Shankar Aiyar, John Hallam, Sukla Sen, Achin Vanaik

11:30 -12.00 Tea break
 13:00 -14:00 Lunch
 14:00 -17:00 Afternoon Plenary Session: West/Central/South Asia: War and Militarization
 Chair: Qamar Agha
 Speakers : Anuradha Chenoy, Amarjeet Kaur, Ritu Menon, Karamat Ali

15:30-16:00 Tea break

December 11, 2010, Saturday

10:30-13:00 Morning Plenary Session: Nuclear Energy and Climate Change
 Chair : Lalita Ramdas
 Speakers: Praful Bidwai, M V Ramana, Karuna Raina, S P Udayakumar

11:30-12:00 Tea break
 13:00-14:00 Lunch
 14:00-17:00 Afternoon Parallel Workshop Sessions:
Workshops Chair Persons and Lead Presenters
 1) Opposing DAE Ambitions: Demanding Transparency, Accountability and Safety
 Chair: Karuna Raina
 Lead Presenters : Suvrat Raju, M V Ramana
 2) Hazards of Uranium Mining in India Chair: Anil Chaudhary
 Lead Presenters : Ghanshyam Birulee, Samit Carr
 3) Health and Radiation Issues
 Chair: Dr. Jitendra Singh
 Lead Presenters : Shri Prakash, Representatives of Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD)
 4) Demilitarizing and Denuclearizing South Asia: Transforming the India-Pakistan Relationship
 Chair: Karamat Ali
 Lead Presenters : Dr. Tipu Sultan , Admiral Ramdas
 5) Nuclear Restraint and Non-Proliferation Measures: NPT, CTBT, FMCT, etc.
 Chair: N D Jayaprakash
Lead Presenters : Garimella Subramaniam, John Hallam
 6) Sharing Experience of Resistance /Struggles in the Ground.
 Chair : Dr. Saroop Dhruv
 Speakers: S P Udayakumar / Pradip Datta and Debasis Shyamal (Haripur) /Ratnagiri Reps/ Samuel Jyrwa (Meghalaya)
 15:30-16:00 Tea break

December 12, 2010, Sunday

09:30-12:30 Morning Parallel Workshop Sessions:
 Workshops Chair Persons and Lead Presenters
 1) Addressing Indian Energy Needs: Nuclear Power vs Renewable Sources
 Chair: Anil Chaudhary
 Lead Presenters : Praful Bidwai, Gopal Krishna
 2) The Global Arms Trade
 Chair: S P Udayakumar
 Lead Presenters : Binalakshmi Nepram, N D Jayaprakash
 3) The Tragedy of Palestine Chair: Amarjeet Kaur
 Lead Presenters : Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Bela Bhatia
 4) Peace Education Chair and Speaker: Sandeep Sethi
 Lead Presenters : Lalita Ramdas, Anuradha Sen
 5) US Imperialism in Iraq and Afghanistan Chair: Sukla Sen
 Lead Presenters : Qamar Agha, Pankaj Bisht
 6) Undermining Democratic rights in India and the World: The Terrorism Bogey
 Chair: Achin Vanaik
 Lead Presenters : Colin Gonsalves, Kavita Srivastava
 11:00-11:30 Tea break
 12:30-13:30 Lunch
 13:30-18:00 Afternoon Plenary: Building the CNDP
 13:30-14:45 Political Action Plan
 1) Unifying Struggles vis-à-vis the DAE
 2) Pushing for a South Asian NWFZ
 3) Solidarity against US Imperialism in West and Central Asia
 4) Demilitarizing and Democratizing South Asia
 5) Campaign for Global Nuclear Weapons Convention

14:45-15:00 Tea Break
 15:00-16:15 Organizational Plan / Chair : Anil Chaudhary
 1) Outlining state chapter plans by respective representatives
 2) Reconstituting the NCC by Nominations Commission
 3) Publications programme outline
 4) Outline of Schools/Colleges programme Lalita Ramdas
 16:15-17:00 Reports from rapporteurs of parallel workshops
 17:00-18:00 Discussion on Delhi Resolution based on draft of resolution circulated by Resolution Committee on the morning of the 3rd Day