A list of speeches, articles and presentations
by GSI President Jonathan Granoff

GSI President Jonathan Granoff delivers a keynote address at the Millennium Development Goals Awards Ceremony, United Nations, March 17, 2009

Speeches

• December 5, 2009, Hiroshima, Japan: "For Reminding Us, Thank You, Hiroshima," presented at the symposium, "Hiroshima Strives for Nuclear Abolition: Pursuing measures to energize the 2010 NPT Review Conference," organized by the Hiroshima Peace Institute and Chugoku Shimbun.
  

• November 11, 2009, Berlin, Germany: "A Moment to Seize," presented at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Laureates.
  

• July 16, 2009, Puntarenas, Costa Rica: "Let Us All Be Peace Boats: Reflections on the UN, Article 26 and Costa Rica," prepared for the Article 9 and Article 12 Peace Constitutions for Global Disarmament conference.
  

• July 9, 2009, Marrakesh, Morocco: "Peace- the only way to Peace," address to the Sidi Shiker World Meeting of Tassawuf Affiliate, hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco.
  

• June 11, 2009, Camden, NJ: "Honoring Footsteps," remarks upon accepting the Rutgers University School of Law Arthur E. Armitage Distinguished Alumni Award.
  

• April 16-17, 2009, Rome, Italy: “Preserving and Strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Regime” delivered at the Overcoming Nuclear Dangers Conference, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, and World Political Forum  
  

• March 17, 2009, New York, NY: "The Millennium Development Goals: Real Family Values," address delivered at the Millennium Development Goals Award Ceremony, General Assembly, United Nations.

• January 30, 2009, Berlin, Germany: "The Justice They Deserve," transcript of remarks made at the sixth Article VI Forum meeting.
  
  
• December 11-13, 2008, Paris, France: Speaker at 9th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
  
  
• October 24, 2008, New York, NY: "Galvanizing the focus: A Nuclear Weapons Convention, " address delivered at the GSI Strategy Session on Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Convention, as part of the East West Institute conference "Seizing the Moment: A One-Day Consultation on Breakthrough Measures on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disarmament."
  
  
• October 18-20, 2008, Hyderabad, India:"Inclusive Concept of Global Security; Arms Race in Space; Nuclear Disarmament", address delivered at the World Academy of Arts and Science Global Assembly.
  
  
• October 3, 2008, New York, NY: "Nuclear Weapons and Law," address to New York University's Center for Global Affairs.
  
  
• July 10-12, 2008, Pugwash, Nova Scotia: "Pugwash, Parliamentarians and Political Will: Advancing the Agenda for Abolition,"speaker at the conference organized by Pugwash Peace Exchange.
  
  
• May 10, 2008, Philadelphia, PA: "Connecting the Dots on Nuclear Weapons, Poverty, and Environment," address delivered at the "Thinking Outside the Bomb" Project for Nuclear Awareness Conference.
  
  
• April 29, 2008, Northridge, CA: "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Religious, Ethical and Legal Dimensions of An Un-Ignorable Imperative," address delivered at the California State University Northridge.
  
  
• March 9, 2008, Tehran, Iran: "Go Up to Go Over," address delivered at the Institute for Political and International Studies, organized by the Foreign Ministry of Iran.
  
  
• March 30, 2008, Dublin, Ireland : "Moving Forward," delivered at Fifth Article VI Forum of the Middle Powers Initiative.
  
  
• December 14, 2007, Rome, Italy: “Freedom from the Scourge of War,” address delivered to the 8th Summit of Nobel Laureates.

• December 13, 2007, Rome, Italy: "The Axis of Responsibility," address delivered to the 8th Summit of Nobel Laureates.

• November 20, 2007, New York, NY: "The Axis of Responsibility. Addressing the Critical Global Issues of the 21st Century," an address to Inter-Parliamentary Union at the Chamber of the Economic and Social Council.
  
  
• November 1-4, 2007, Monterrey, Mexico: "Government, Participation, Human Rights and Justice," address delivered at the Universal Forum of Cultures.
  
  
• July 5-7, 2007, Washington, DC: "Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament" & "Negative Security Assurances," addresses delivered at the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs.

• June 28-29, 2007, Moscow, Russia: "The Middle Powers Initiative and other Alternative Multilateral Mechanisms," speaker at the Lesson Learned from Non-Proliferation Failures and Successes, International NATO Advanced Research Workshop.
  
• April 15, 2007, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: "Generosity Sunday," address delivered at Bard College.
  
  
• March 15, 2007, Washington, DC: "Cooperative Security," Jonathan Granoff prepared Remarks to the Organization of American States.
  
  
• March 4, 2007, Swarthmore, PA: "The Moral Imperatives of Security," guest lecture at Sunday Services at the Swarthmore United Methodist Church.
  
  
• January 28, 2007, Washingtion, DC: "Another World is Possible," Keynote address delivered at the Citizens for Global Solutions Brunch.
  
  
• December 7-9, 2006, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Speaker at the Human Forum 2006 hosted by the Alliance for a New Humanity.
  
  
• December 4, 2006, Haverford, PA: "The New United States Space Policy," address delivered at Haverford College.
  
  
• November 17, 2006, Rome, Italy: "A Call of Conscience: Nuclear Disarmament," address delivered to the 7th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
  
  
• November 13-15, 2006, New York, NY: "Coping Global with Fears and Threats," address delivered at the Global Creative Leadership Summit.
  
  
• October 21, 2006, Edmonton, Canada: "Nuclear Weapons: The Ultimate Evil," address delivered at the Building World Peace Summit.

• September 26, 2006, Washington, DC: "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges," Oral Testimony to House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations.
  
  
• June 16, 2006, Gwangju, Korea: "Ending War, Pursuing Peace," address delivered at Gwangju Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates hosted by the International Peace Bureau.
  
  
• June 13, 2006, Ottawa, Canada: Formal testimony before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
  
  
• June 2, 2006, Philadelphia, PA: "History of the NPT," address delivered at the World Affairs Council.
  
  
• March 25, 2006, West Chester, NY : "Alternative Approach and Perspective on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation," address delivered at Promoting Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: Exploring New Perspectives and Evolving Consensus hosted by the Mission of Indonesia.
  
  
• March 15, 2006, New York, NY: "The Present Crisis in Nuclear Weapons Policy." address delivered at the Spring 2006 Global Governance Series hosted by the Ralph Bunch Institute for International Studies, The City University of New York.
  
  
• February 9, 2006, New York, NY: "Modest Proposals For a Critical Moment: Address and Exhibits," address to United Nations Secretary General Advisory Board for Disarmament Matters.
  
• November 15, 2005, New York, NY: "2006 Biological Weapons Convention and UNSCR 1540," address delivered at the Symposium on Bio-Security and UN Security Council Resolution 1540.
  
  
• November 7-9, 2005, Amsterdam, The Neterhlands: "Human Rights, Human Responsibilities, and International Law," and "Multilateral Imperatives for Environmental and State Security,"delivered at the Earth Charter Summit.
  
  
• November 2, 2005, Philadelphia, PA: "International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and the United Nations," Keynote address delivered at the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference.
  
  
• October 28-29, 2005, Hamden, CT: "Reverence for Life Revised: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today," delivered at the Albert Schweitzer Institute's "Reverence for Life" Conference, Quinnipiac University.
  
  
• March 2, 2005, The Hague, The Netherlands: "The NPT and Review Conference," delivered at the Clingandael Center for Strategic Studies.
  

• January 25-28, 2005 , Atlanta, GA: "Foreword," Atlanta Consultations II: On the Future of NPT, hosted by Middle Power Initiative and the Carter Center.
  

• November 10-12, 2004, Rome, Italy: "Reflections on Humanity (with programmatic proposals)," address delivered to the 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
  
  
• August 7, 2004, Atlanta, GA: speaker at the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice Annual Meeting.
  
  
• May 17, 2004, Cleveland, OH: "What's at Stake in the 2004 National Election: Renewing America's Integrity," address delivered at the First National Conference of the Clergy Leadership Network for National Leadership Change.
  
  
• November 15, 2003, Bryn Mawr, PA: "Awakening Global Responsibility: Our Moment of Choice," address delivered at the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality.
  
  
• November 7, 2003, Vancouver, Canada: "From Nuclear Danger to Cooperative Security: Parliamentarians and the Legal Imperative for Nuclear Disarmament," address delivered at the Parliamentarians Network for Nuclear Disarmament Conference.
  
  
• October 9, 2003, Oxford, England: "A Lateral Approach to Multilateralism: New Thinking on Preventing the Further Spread of Nuclear Weapons," address delivered to the Oxford Research Group.

• May 30-31, 2003, Athens, Greece: "NATO and the NPT," address delivered at the Athens Conference on Nuclear Proliferation, (p 9-15) organized by the Center for Policy Analysis and Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens, Greece.
  
  
• April 23, 2003, Geneva, Switzerland: "Preventing Disease Weaponization: Strengthening Law Enforcement and National Legislation," Delivered to United Nations Biological Weapons Convention.
  
  
• April 3, 2003, San Francisco, CA: Speaker at the 2003 Alan Cranston Peace Award Ceremony hosted by the Global Security Institute.
  
  
• December 4-7, 2002, Mexico City, Mexico: Keynote address at the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission on Globalization.
  
  
• October 10, 2002, Washington, DC: address at Alternatives to War: Prominent Citizens Oppose War with Iraq held at the National Press Club by the World Policy Institute.
  
  
• July 18, 2002, Washington, DC: "Stop Smoking: Suggestions for Progress in South Asia," address delivered at the Symposium on South Asia held at the Cannon House Office Building by the Policy Institute for Religion and State.
  
  
• May 9, 2002, New York, NY: "Nuclear Weapons, Ethics, Morals and Law," address delivered at the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice 2002 Spring Meeting.
  
  
• April 16, 2002, New York, NY: Speaker at the 2002 Alan Cranston Peace Award Ceremony hosted by the Global Security Institute at the United Nations.

• April 9, 2002, New York, NY: "The Power Over the Ultimate Evil: In the Footsteps of Gandhi and King," address delivered at the Closing Ceremony, 2002 Gandhi and King Season of Nonviolence.
  
  
• February 21-23, 2002, Lyon, France: "Globalization and Sustainable Development: Is Ethics the Missing Link?" delivered to Earth Dialogues at the Congressional Palace.
  
  
• October 17, 2001, New York, NY: "Lessons for Today from the Cuban Missile Crisis," delivered at Luncheon with Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
  
  
• September 2001, Haverford, PA: Address at the Convening of the World Commission on Global Consciousness and Spirituality.
  
  
• January 2001, Philadelphia, PA: Address at the Conference on Values, Nuclear Weapons and National Priorities hosted by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese.
  
  
• April 6-8, 2000, New York, NY: "Building a Culture of Peace: Inner and Outer Peace," delivered at the Annual spring Seminar of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO) at the Church Center for the United Nations.
  
  
• December 1-8, 1999, Cape Town, South Africa: "A Moral Call to Eliminate the Threat of Nuclear Weapons," address delivered at the Parliament of the World's Religions.

Presentations

• November 19, 2009, Washington, DC: "Faith, Fear and the Future of Nuclear Weapons: An Interreligious Response to the Global Crisis," Rayburn House Office Building, co-sponsored by the Muslim-American Soicety and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
  
• November 1, 2009, Napa Valley, CA: "At the Tipping Point: Nuclear Disarmament Challenges and Opportunities Facing Our Global Community".
  
• October 12, 2009, New York, NY: "Advancing the UN Secretary-General's Five Point Plan for Nuclear Disarmament," presentation at the Annual Assembly of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
  
• May 7, 2009, New York, NY: "Voices from Experience," chairmanship of special panel event at the United Nations featuring UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, High Representative Sergio Duarte, former Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala and former Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe.
  
  
• April 3, 2009, New York, NY: "Achieving the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: What UN Member States Can Do Now," Presentation at the special briefing and startegy session, Contributions of the United Nations System in Advancing the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and the Global Security Insitute.

• March 26, 2009, Annapolis, Maryland: "The Imperative of Preserving and Strenghtening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," Presenatation at the Spring Conference organized and convened by the Center for Startegic and International Studies (CSIS), held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

• November 21, 2008, Presentation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union UN ECOSOC Chamber.
  

• June 9-10, 2008, New Delhi, India: “Beyond Deterrence,”Presentation at International Conference, "Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Indian Council for World Affairs.

• July 18, 2007, New York, NY:"A High-Level Panel For Peace in the Highest Places," Presentation to the Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

• May 3, 2007, Washington, DC: "Nuclear Weapons: Resolving Iran, Reviewing Iraq," briefing before the United States House of Representatives Taskforce on Non-proliferation.
  
  
• May 4, 2007, Washington, DC: Moderator of Special Showcase Presentation with Ambassador Thomas Graham and Dr. Hans Blix at the American Bar Association Section of the International Law Spring Meeting.
  
  
• February 21, 2007, New York, NY: Panelist on American Bar Association Panel on Nuclear Weapons.
  

• March 2-3, 2006, The Hague, The Netherlands: Participant at the Article VI Forum hosted by the Middle Powers Initiative, (p.17).
  

• March 17, 2004, Rome, Italy: "Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Missile Nonproliferation Instruments," Presentation at the NATO Defense College, conference co-sponsored by the NATO Defense College and Senior-Politico Military Group on Proliferation.

• February 26, 2003, New York, NY: "Is War Really the Only Option?" Press Conference held by the United Nations Correspondence Association and the Global Security Institute at the United Nations.

• February 5, 2003, New York, NY: Formal Briefing to Secretary General Kofi Annan's Advisory Group on Disarmament at the United Nations.
  

• October 29-30, 2002, Toronto, Canada: "Priorities for Preserving the Non-Proliferation Treaty in the New Strategic Context," Formal Testimony before Special Joint Parliamentary Session.

Video

• September 12, 2008, Stavanger, Norway to New York, NY: Speaker at the Millennium Development Goals Award Ceremony Uplink.
  
  
• March 28, 2007, Washington, DC: "Strengthening the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty,"delivered at Beyond Nuclear Weapons Conferences hosted by the Project for Nuclear Awareness.
  
  
• April 20, 2005, New York, NY: speaker at the 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award Ceremony hosted by the Global Security Institute at the United Nations.
  
  
• October 9, 2004, Philadelphia, PA: speaker at the Earth Charter Summit at the National Constitution Center.
  
  
• November 27, 2003, Rome, Italy: "Ethics in Politics, Economics and Science," address delivered at the Fourth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.
  

Articles

• December 2009, "The Process of Zero," World Policy Journal, Winter 2009.
  
• October 2009, "The Foundation of Dignity," Tikkun Magazine.
  
• September 2009, "One Small Step for the Council, One Giant Leap for Mankind," Huffington Post, co-authored with Rhianna Tyson Kreger.
  
• 2008/2009 edition, "Nuclear Weapons Free: It is Time and It is Necessary," Centerpoint Now, The World Council of Peoples for the United Nations: pp.30
  
• September 8, 2009, Spiritual Wisdom of the Week, published in Tikkun.org
  
  
• August 27, 2009, "Nuclear Weapons Free: Let's Support President Obama," published in The Huffington Post.
  
  
• January/February 2009, "Memo to Obama: Nuclear Weapons," published in Tikkun Magazine.
  
  
• September 24, 2008, "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Non-proliferation Challenges," written Testimony submitted to the UK House of Commons.
  
  
• Summer 2008, "Considering Iran and its Nuclear Intentions," published in Disarmament Times.
  
  
• December 19, 2007, "America Was Not Entirely Asleep at the Nuclear Switch," published in Embassy Magazine.
  
  
• November 7, 2007, "Addressing the nuclear threat," published in The Courier-Journal
  
  
• September 26, 2007, "The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and its 2005 Review Conference: A Legal and Political Analysis," published in the New York University School of Law Journal of International Law and Politics.
  
  
• February 10, 2007: "Time for US Values for the Heavens," published in CommonDreams.org.
  
  
• 2007, Munich, Germany: "Das Fundament die Wurde" in Quarch, C.W. (Ed.), Die Macht der Wurde pp. 235-239. Random House GmbH.

• 2007: "Reverence for Life" in Ives, D. (Ed.), Reverence for Life: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today. Cambridge Scholars Press.
  
  
• December, 2006: "Reflection on Realism and Security For Today: An Interview with Jonathan Granoff," puiblished in Publik-Forum.
  
  
• Summer 2006: "National Security," published in International Lawyer.
  
  
• April 30, 2006: "Congress Should Reject US-India Nuclear Deal," published in Santa Barbara Press.

• April 26, 2006: "Say No to the US-India Nuclear Deal," by Jonathan Granoff and David Krieger published in CommonDreams.org.
  
  
• 2006: Hamburg, Germany: "Peace and Security" in Towards a World in Balance pp. 125-133. Ebner & Spiegel GmbH.

• December 2005:"United States - Masters of Space? The US Space Command's "Vision for 2020," by Jonathan Granoff and Craig Eisendrath.
  
  
• June- August, 2005: "The Framework of Human Unity," published in Enlightenment Magazine.
  
  
• October 28, 2004: "The Iraq Inspections Worked, Lies Have Consequences," published in CommonDreams.org.
  
  
• October 2004, "Coherence Matters: Nuclear Policy Highlight," by Jonathan Granoff and John Burroughs, GSI and LCNP Policy brief on US Nuclear Policy.
  
  
• August 2004, "The Value of Human Being," published in What is Enlightenment?
  
  
• Summer 2004, "Interfaith Imperatives Post 9/11: Sovereign Value of the Golden Rule," published in Perspectives on 9/11, edited by Yassin El -Ayouty.
  
  
• Summer 2004: "Arms Control and National Security," by Jonathan Granoff, John Harrington and Bonnie D. Jenkins published in The International Lawyer.
  
  
• April 24, 2004: "Permission Slips," by Jonathan Granoff, Michael Doyle and Robert Grey Jr. published in CommonDreams.org
  
  
• Spring 2004, "Moment of Truth or Two Rules of Coexistence," published in The Green Cross Optimist.

• January 2004, "The Forgotten Why," published in Humanitad World Leadership Magazine.

• 2004, Philadelphia: "Nuclear Weapons, Ethics, Morals, and Laws" in Boss, J.A. (Ed.), Analyzing Moral Issues pp. 676-680, McGraw-Hill.

• 2004, Philadelphia: "Peace and Security" in Boss, J.A. (Ed.), Analyzing Moral Issues pp. 696-699, McGraw-Hill.

• 2004: "Sovereignty and Duty," in Alan Cranston, Author & Kim Cranston, Editor, The Sovereignty Revolution, Stanford University Press.

• November-December 2003, "Power over the Ultimate Evil," published in Tikkun Magazine.
  
  
• January 19, 2003:"Securing Iraq Doesn't Need Military Force," published in North Jersey Herald News.

• January 10, 2003: "The Iraq Dilemma. Robust Inspections Could Prevent War, Save Innocent Lives," published in San Diego Tribune.
  

• December 9, 2002: "Nuclear Weapons, Ethics, Morals and Law," published in Brigham Young University Law Journal.
  
  
• October 5, 2002: "Best Way to Build World Stability," by Jonathan Granoff and Douglas Roche published in Financial Times.
  
  
• Summer 2002: "Arms Control and National Security," with John R. Borroughs, John H. Harrington, Bonnie D. Jenkins, Barry Kellman and Mark S. Zaid in International Lawyer.
  
  
• March 12, 2002: "Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine," by Jonathan Granoff.
  
  
• August 11, 2001: "Missile Defense a Threat," by Jonathan Dean and Jonathan Granoff published in Chicago Sun Times.
  
  
• Spring 2000, "The 2000 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference with Some Suggestions for Success," published in the International Law News.

• January 2000: "Legal, Moral and Ethical Dimensions of Nuclear Weapons," published in Brigham Young Law Review.
  
  
• 2000: "The Forgotten Why," Imagine Tomorrow: Rethinking the Global Challenge, published by United Nations for the UN Millennium Assembly.
  
  
• September 5, 1997, Philadelphia, PA: "Global Ethics: Deep Foundation for International Legal Norms," report on United Nations Summits at XLI  Congress Union Internationale Des Avocats International Association of Lawyers.