Guest Lecture: Senator George Mitchell - Olof Palme Memorial Peace

The University, in association with Leeds City Council and Leeds Peace Links groups, recently hosted the Leeds International Olof Palme Memorial Peace Lecture.

CND Vice-President, Bruce Kent, delivered this year's lecture, The Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons - Possibilities & Practicalities, at the Banqueting Suite at Leeds Civic Hall.

Bruce Kent has been a life-long advocate for the campaign of total nuclear disarmament. At 80 years of age he remains dedicated to global peace being also the founder Chair for the Movement of the Abolition of War (MAW).

Previous lectures have been given by the former US Senator George Mitchell and visiting Professor at Leeds Met, actor Patrick Stewart, and the Nobel Peace Laureate, John Hume.

Dave Webb, Associate Director of the Praxis Peace Centre at Leeds Metropolitan University comments, "Bruce Kent's delivery of this year's peace lecture is crucial in bringing forward the issue of nuclear disarmament, especially in light of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2010 review next year. It highlights how it is as important as ever to get theses issues on the agenda in achieving the goal towards nuclear disarmament."

The Leeds International Peace Lecture is held in memory of the late Swedish Prime Minister, Olof Palme, a leader and campaigner for peace and human rights, who was assassinated in 1986.

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