of Woosong University, has been informed recently by Finnish and American sources that he has been nominated for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
This nomination is his second (2005) and is in recognition of his work and those involved in the process to realize a Limited Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in Northeast Asia (LNWFZ-NEA). Endicott is the Chairman of the Interim Secretariat for the LNWFZ-NEA which had its 12th plenary meeting in October 2008 at SolBridge International School of Business.
With former U.S. Ambassador Robert Gallucci as the keynote speaker, the conference included papers and presentations from the Korean Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, KORAIL, the Korean Forestry Service, many academics and researchers from Korea and the other states in the Zone (China, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, and the U.S.), and official observers from Argentina, Finland and France. The meeting was co-sponsored by the Korea Institute for Non-Proliferation and Control (KINAC), and Woosong University.
Endicott sees this concept as the follow-on regional security infrastructure once the 6-Party Talks has reached a successful conclusion for the de-nuclearization of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The total integrated concept includes a system for controlling nuclear weapons and settling disputes in Northeast Asia, a robust regional confidence building regime to realize a true "Neighborhood Asia,” and special economic incentives to insure active participation by North Korea.
The results of this year's Nobel competition will be announced in December 2009.
9 June, 2009