Deepak Chopra Hosts "The Road to Nuclear Disarmament":
featuring Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan,
Valerie Plame Wilson, Lawrence Bender and
Jonathan Granoff
July 21, 2010
Deepak Chopra hosts "The Road to Global Nuclear Disarmament: The Origin, the Evolution and the Future," a special edition of his weekly SIRIUS XM show on which Queen Noor of Jordan, former CIA Covert Operations Officer Valerie Plame Wilson, Academy Award-winning producer Lawrence Bender and Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, join him for a personal, in-depth conversation about nuclear proliferation and the importance of nuclear abolition.
Sustainable Security for the 21st Century: Building Bridges between Disarmament and Development
co-hosted by the Department for Economic and Social Affairs and the Global Security Institute. Featuring UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, Assistant Secretary-General Thomas Stelzer, Professor Jeffrey Sachs and GSI President Jonathan Granoff.
At the 2010 NPT Review Conference, PNND and the Inter-Parliamentary Union co-sponsored several high-level events, including a May 6 lunchtime panel featuring Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
MPI Reception Honoring NPT Review Conference President Libran Cabactulan
May 5, 2010
At the reception hosted by the Middle Powers Initiative on May 5, 2010, PNND Members presented Ambassador Cabactulan with parliamentary declarations supporting a Nuclear Weapons Convention. Additionally, MPI Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche presented Ambassador Cabactulan with a declaration in support of an NWC signed by over 500 Order of Canada recipients.
PNND organized a one-day Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones Civil Society Forum to explore the lessons from the existing NWFZs, the possibility of establishing additional NWFZs, and the role that NWFZs can play in achieving a nuclear weapon-free world. The event was co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and Mayors for Peace.
A strategy and briefing session on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty brought together more than 75 representatives from the UN community, including ambassadors, their staff, NGOs and UN Secretariat staff. Speakers discussed the view of the NPT from Washington, DC, and the implications for the Review Conference.
MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and MPI Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche traveled to Seoul, South Korea, to participate in the Summit of Honor on Atoms for Peace and the Environment. Also on the agenda were meetings with the foreign ministry and parliament.
"Nuclear Weapons and International Law: A Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime for the 21st Century"
A one-day conference hosted by the Fordham International Law Journal and the Non-proliferation, Arms Control & Disarmament Interest Group of the
American Society for International Law. Speakers included Jonathan Granoff of GSI, John Burroughs of LCNP, Deepti Choubey of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, former US Ambassador to the IAEA Gregory Schulte,
High Representative Duarte and other noted experts.
Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT
The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia
January 20-22, 2010
The Middle Powers Initiative’s Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT was marked by openness in the deliberations and an eagerness to explore all options for fulfilling the Non-Proliferation Treaty – both at the May Review Conference and beyond.
Advisory Board member Mikhail Gorbachev, GSI President Jonathan Granoff, PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware, MPI ISC members Xanthe Hall and David Ives and others participated
In October-November, 2009, PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware held several high-level meetings in Costa Rica, with President Oscar Arias, Presidential candidate Laura Chinchilla and PNND Member Edine von Herald.
During the Preparatory Committee meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Global Security Institute held an array of events, including special panels and seminars, receptions and private meetings with high-level officials.
For the fourth year in a row, GSI President Jonathan Granoff actively participated in the summit of Nobel Laureates, held at the Campodoglio in Rome, Italy
A two-part event-- a panel at the UN followed by an informal workshop at the GSI office in New York-- co-sponsored by the Secure World Foundation, the Government of Russia, the Government of China and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research.
