Scottish Parliament Cross-Party Group on Nuclear Disarmament st 21 September 2022, 1.00 p.m. AGM Minute Present MSPs: Bill Kidd Ruth McGuire Mercedes Villalba Paul McLennan Maggie Chapman Jenny Olsen, Senior Researcher, Office of Bill Kidd MSP Hilary Brown, Office of Kaukab Stewart MSP Invited Guests Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University Mhair McClafferty, Secretary Scottish Branch, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Non-MSP Group Members Janet Fenton (ICAN Liaison in Scotland, and Secure Scotland) UN House Scotland - Clara Zhang Friends of the Earth Episcopal Church in Scotland - David Mumford Scottish CND - Lynn Jamieson Medact Scotland - Guy Johnson Soka Gakkai International - Carol Acutt Trident Ploughshares - Margaret Bremner Trident Ploughshares - Sheila McKay Nukewatch - David Mackenzie Edinburgh CND - Ann Milne SNP CND - Bill Ramsay Conscience Anne McCullagh-d'Lyske Edinburgh University Gender Studies - Luba Zatsepina Duncan Campbell (Free lance journalist) Apologies: Ross Greer MSP,Mark Ruskell MSP, Lesley Morrison (Medact Scotland), Michael Orgel (Medact Scotland), Melanie Scott (CAAT Scotland), Gari Donn (UN House, Scotland), David Somervell (Peace& Justice Scotland), Judith McDonald (Medact & Cromarty Peace Group) Richard Outram (NFLA) Agenda Item 1 Bill Kidd MSP welcomed the attendees to the AGM Agenda Item 2 th The Minute of the meeting on 15 December 2021 was approved The following Office-bearers were appointed: Convenor: Bill Kidd MSP Deputy Chair: Ross Greer Secretary: Janet Fenton Agenda Item 3 UN International Peace Day As co host, of the Ruth McGuire MSP and member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom introduced Mhairi McClafferty, Secretary of the Scottish branch of WILPF and recent graduate sponsored by WILPF to attend the 1st Meeting of State Parties to the TPNW and the Humanitarian Conference on Nuclear Weapons in Vienna in June.