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February 8, 2012

Costa Rica legislator joins Global Council

PNND welcomes Edine von Herold Duarte to its Global Council. Edine, a legislator in the Costa Rican Assembly, is a doctor of medicine who has been active in health and disarmament issues. She has submitted a number of bills which have been adopted by the Costa Rican legislature including one to prohibit Depleted Uranium weapons.

Pressenza San José, 2/20/10 Edine works closely with Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. Recently she secured his support for the World March for Peace and Nonviolence, participated at Punta de Vacas Park on the closing event of the World March, and facilitated a strategy meeting between PNND and the President on promotion of the Nuclear Weapons Convention at the United Nations, NPT Review Conference and amongst like-minded States in support of the UN Secretary-General’s five-point plan for nuclear disarmament. Edine also organized a recent meeting of Mayors for Peace in San Jose which resulted in an additional 40 mayors joining in support for the campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

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