Download or read book Confronting The Challenges Of The 21st Century - Proceedings Of The Forty-ninth Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs written by Joseph Rotblat and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2001-10-29 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1999, scientists and scholars from around the world, concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions to global problems, met under the auspices of the Pugwash conferences, the Nobel-Prize-winning organization. The proceedings deal with a broad range of issues, including: a nuclear-weapon-free world; emerging security threats; development; environment; and international governance.