Name: Bo Gardner

Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, International Nuclear Disarmament

Date of Fieldwork: February 11, 2022

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Daniel Prins | United Nations | Chief, Security Sector Reform, Department of Peace Operations

Type of Fieldwork: Interview

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :

On Friday, the 11th of February, our group had the opportunity to speak with Daniel Prins. Daniel Prins has worked at the United Nations for 14 years, and currently is the Chief Security Sector Reform, Department of Peace Operations at the United Nations. He previously was the Chief, Conventional Arms Branch, Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Daniel Prins is incredibly knowledgeable on the topic of nuclear disarmament. During the duration of our hour conversation we discussed many topics relating to nuclear disarmament such as, nuclear terrorism, countries nuclear arsenals and agreements between nations. Edward and I learned a huge amount of new information, and Daniel Prins went into great detail.

One takeaway from the interview is that younger people need to think about the topic of nuclear disarmament. Nowadays, nuclear weapons are not viewed as a big threat by young people, but this is not the case. Nuclear tensions are still high, and countries are not taking away their weapons anytime soon.

Edward and I learned a lot of valuable information which was really helpful for our project. We are so thankful that we had the opportunity to interview Daniel Prins and we look forward to doing more research on nuclear disarmament.

Nuclear Disarment:
Bo Gardner
Edward Turbek