Pacific Perspective on Disarmament

Christchurch anti-nuclear campaigner Kate Dewes is the first New Zealander to be appointed to the UN’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. “It is exciting,” she said in a Christchurch Press interview. “It is a real honour and a huge  responsibility. Issues from the Pacific often aren’t raised in a forum like that.” Dewes, 55, is the co-ordinator of the Peace Foundation Disarmament and Security Centre in Christchurch and a key player in the World Court Project, an international citizens’ network fighting for nuclear disarmament. She will attend her first UN session in New York next month.