This collection features materials from the private papers of Benjamin Sanders, a former Dutch diplomat and United Nations official, concerning the Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PPNN). The PPNN was founded in 1986 by Ben Sanders and John Simpson to educate diplomats expected to take part in the 1995 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review and Extension Conference. The PPNN ceased to exist in 2002. The collection includes the correspondences of Ben Sanders, the minutes of PPNN meetings and workshops, and copies of the PPNN Newsbrief. For further information, see the introduction by Michal Onderco on the Sources & Methods blog "The Ben Sanders Collection."
The Ben Sanders Collection on the Wilson Center’s Digital Archive includes materials from the Programme for Promoting Nuclear Nonproliferation (PPNN) and offers a new look into civil society and non-governmental nonproliferation expert networks at the end of the Cold War.
