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Max Kampelman, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and
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GSI's June eNewsletter reports on activities in Washington, at the United Nations, universities, parliaments and elsewhere, plus links to reports, op/eds, photo galleries, transcripts and video streams.
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UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas |
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Join GSI Board Member Christie Brinkley, UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, High Representative Sergio Duarte and the leadership of the Global Security Institute for a week of events at the United Nations to advance a nuclear weapons-free world.
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GSI President Jonathan Granoff speaking at the MDG Awards Ceremony in the General Assembly hall |
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On March 17, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Dr. Kevin Cahill, a world reknown physician and humanitarian, received lifetime achievement awards at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Awards Ceremony at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations. GSI President Jonathan Granoff co hosted and was privileged to give a presentation on the MDGs.
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MPI Chairman Henrik Salander and German Deputy Foreign Minister Gernot Erler |
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Transcripts of speeches, presentations, photographs and a summary report of the Sixth Article VI Forum, held in Berlin, January 29-30, 2009, is now available online.
A full report of the conference will be available in the coming weeks.
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Secretary-General Ban's proposal for disarmament, the Obama administration and the Inter-Parliamentary Union provide new opportunities for parliamentary action.
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The Middle Powers Initiative released the briefing paper for the sixth meeting of the Article VI Forum, to be held in Berlin, Germany January 29-30, 2009. "A Global Public Good of the Highest Order" discusses new imperatives and openings for a nuclear weapon-free world.
» Read the brief
Read the latest announcement from the Global Security Institute, highlighting the significant proposals for disarmament made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, including his proposal for a World Summit to negotiate a nuclear weapons convention.
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The morning plenary of the October 24 conference at the United Nations
(L-R:) Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency; Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak of Russia; Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations; and Dr. Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of State.
Photo credit: UN Photo # 202849 |
Read about GSI's strategy session on a nuclear weapons convention, efforts to promote a CTBT and more.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, former Secretary of Defense William Perry and the foreign ministers of Austria, the Netherlands, Australia and others gather at the United Nations to support the entry-into-force of the Comprehensive nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
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(L-R): Mr. Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former Secretary of Defense William Perry and Executive Secretary of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Mr. Tibor Toth. |
Read the report by the CTBT Organization...
Dr. Nancy Gallagher of the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland University is the newest expert member of the Bipartisan Security Group.
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Mayors of Aviano, Castenedolo and Ghedi signing petition for
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The newest update for the international network of parliamentarians is now online, with news and links to legislative actions to promote nuclear disarmament in parliaments and municipalities around the world.
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GSI and MPI sent an open letter to the Foreign Ministers of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, urging these countries to use the opportunity of the US/India deal to take a principled position to strengthen our global security regime.
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The latest publication from the global network of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament is now available online in English, Spanish and German.
To receive hard copies of the report, contact us.
On Tuesday, July 1, 2008 a cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament launched a Parliamentary declaration in support of the Nuclear Weapons Convention.
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L-R: Theo Kelchtermans, Belgian MP and Mayor of Peer; MEP Angelika Beer (Greens/EFA, Germany); MEP Annemie Neyts (ALDE, Belgium); MEP Ana Gomes (PSE, Portugal); MEP Girts Kristovskis (UEN, Latvia) MEP Frieda Brepoels (PPE-DE, Belgium)
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GSI reports on its activities with students, foreign ministers, legislators, Nobel Peace Laureates, celebrities, the American Bar Association, the media and ambassadors the world over. And we have a new office in New York, too.
» Read the Spring eNewsletter
The Middle Powers Initiative today released a summary report of its recent consultation of the Article VI Forum, held in Dublin with the co-sponsorship of the Government of Ireland.
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(L-R): Foreign Minister Ahern, MPI Chairman Roche, Baroness Williams, High Representative Duarte and NPT Chairman Yelchenko |
The final report will be issued in June, 2008.
» Read the report
» View a photo gallery of the conference
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GSI President Jonathan Granoff served as a representative of the Nobel Laureate Organization the International Peace Bureau to the 8th Summit of the Nobel Peace Laureate Summit in Rome, Italy.
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Closing press conference of the Nobel Laureate Summit (L-R):
Jonathan Granoff (Chair),
Betty Williams, HH Dalai Lama,
Mikhail Gorbachev, Mohammed Yunus,
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At the closing press conference (above), Laureates presented the Charter for a World Without Violence and Three Questions to Fulfill Our Duty to the Next Generation.
» Read Mr. Granoff's presentations, Axis of Responsibility and Freedom from the Scourge of War
» Read the IPB report of the Summit
» More information about the Summit
» More photos of the Summit
On October 26, the Global Security Institute delivered a speech on space security to the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. This was the second session ever dedicated to NGO participation and the first ever on issues relating to outer space.
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PNND Update No.18 is now online, with information on the upcoming PNND Global Council meeting (with Senator Roméo Dallaire), parliamentary actions on nuclear weapons and materials in the European, Australian, Israeli, New Zealand and Japanese parliaments, and more.
» Click here for PNND Update No. 18
» Also available en español and en français and in deutsch
» Click here for archived issues of the PNND Update
GSI, in collaboration with the Secure World Foundation and the Government of Sweden, hosted a panel on outer space security during the NPT PrepCom in Vienna, May 9, 2007.
» Click here to read the Event Report
» Click here for a photo gallery of the event
» Read transcript of remarks by Ambassador Robert Grey, Jr.
» Read transcript of remarks by Dr. Patricia Lewis
» Click here for the GSI Policy Brief on outer space
» Click here for the presentation by Dr. Detlev Wolter, made at a prior GSI/SWF consultation on space
» A transcript of Dr. Blix's remarks will be forthcoming.
The Middle Powers Initiative released the report from the fourth meeting of the Article VI Forum, held in Vienna, March 29-30, 2007.
» Read full report, "The Article VI Forum, Forging a New Consensus for the NPT" (1.86 MB)
» Executive Summary only
» Briefing Paper
» Click here for more resources, including texts of speeches, from the fourth A6F
On February 9, 2007, GSI hosted a consultation in its New York office, entitled “Advancing Cooperative Security in Space.” Over 25 nations participated in this first of a series of such consultations, which facilitate discussion amongst interested governments and experts on advancing a cooperative regime in outer space and preventing a celestial arms race.
» Read Event Report
» PDF Version
» The Rome Declaration
» Presentations delivered by Jonathan Granoff, Douglas Roche and Jayantha Dhanapala
» Secretariat of Nobel Laureate World Summit
» IPB Event Report
» Gwangju Declaration
» Mr. Granoff's Speech
» Report of Nobel Summits 2002-06
(Jonathan Granoff meeting His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI)
» Read January 2006 Report
» Read Previous GSI Newsletters
The Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) recently released a comprehensive programmatic report for 2005.
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Read 2005 PNND Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, addressing an international of parliamentarians in New Zealand organized by the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, called on parliamentarians globally to act more vigorously to achieve a nuclear weapons free world, and highlighted the special responsibility of Nuclear Weapon States to take the lead in the abolition and elimination of nuclear weapons.
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On the passing of Sir Joseph Rotblat
(1908-2005).
Click here to read special tributes from Jonathan Granoff, Sen. Douglas Roche, President Mikhail Gorbachev, and Dr. David Krieger.
» Tribute to Sir Joseph Rotblat
For a sustainable future where rainforests can thrive and provide homes for primates, and where hope and joy can shine in the faces of children who live without fear of war, higher levels of international cooperation are needed. Science and technology have granted us unprecedented power to alter the environment and build weapons of unimaginable destructive capacity. Yet we also have the ability to govern our own ingenuity with the reigns of law, guided by universally recognized human values.
Over the past several months, the two of us have engaged in at least nine public dialogues on the theme of Global Responsibility: A Reason for Hope.
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On June 24, BSG Chairman Hon. Thomas Graham Jr. testified at the United States Congressional hearing The July Summit and Beyond: Prospects for US-Russia Nuclear Arms Reductions, which was convened by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Also testifying at the hearing was The Hon. William J. Perry, and Keith B. Payne, Ph.D. The Hon. Howard L. Berman chaired.
» Watch the webcast of the hearing
» Coming soon: Full transcript of Ambassador Graham’s testimony, "Arms Control, Nuclear Non-proliferation, Russia and the United States – The Start Process".
The Charter for A World Without Violence, created and endorsed by the Nobel Peace Laureates, articulates humanity's highest aspirations in inspiring language and clarity of purpose.
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Jonathan Granoff, Betty Williams, Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Mohammed Yunus and Mairead Corrigan Maguire |
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It begins in the strongest possible terms: Violence is a preventable disease. GSI President Jonathan Granoff as a representative of the Nobel Laureate organization, the International Peace Bureau, was instrumental in the drafting process and urges everyone to read and contemplate the vision of the Charter.
» Read the Charter
» Watch the Press Conference with Betty Williams, the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Muhammed Yunus, and Mairead Corrigan Maguire.
In Tikkun magazine, GSI President Jonathan Granoff published a memo to US President-elect Barack Obama on the incompatibility of nuclear weapons with the cooperation needed to address 21st century problems.
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On November 13, PNND joined the Costa Rican Mission to the United Nations, the Simons Foundation, the International Network of Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation (INESAP) and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) in co-sponsoring a day-long diplomatic roundtable at the United Nations in Geneva (Palais des Nations) on Steps toward a Nuclear Weapons Convention: Exploring and developing legal and political aspects.
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H.E. Laura Thompson (Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United Nations in Geneva), Mohammed Bedjaoui and Lisa von Trapp (PNND Executive Officer – France) |
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Ambassador Henrik Salander, a Swedish diplomat and internationally-renowned expert on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, has been named the new Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), succeeding the founding chairman of MPI, former Senator Douglas Roche of Canada.
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Over the next several weeks and months, GSI, through our family of programs, has a host of activities already underway.
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President Kim Dae-Jung, President Mikhail and Jonathan Granoff |
From collaboration with Nobel Laureates at a historical conference in Norway to seminars for diplomats at the United Nations, GSI continues to advance a cooperative model of security for all.
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The Global Security Institute deeply mourns the loss of our friend, Dr. Alan F. Phillips, a committed, passionate activist and citizen who selflessly dedicated much of his intellectual and material resources towards the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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The Middle Powers Initiative today released the Final Report of the fifth meeting of the Article VI Forum, held March 27-28, 2008, with the co-sponsorship of the Government of Ireland.
» Read the full report
» Read the summary report
» Read the full texts of presentations
» View the photo gallery
» Read the briefing paper, Back from the Margins
** Now with video footage
The Prime Minister spoke at a conference, "Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," called to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan to eliminate nuclear weapons, presented to the
United Nations in 1988 when Rajiv Gandhi was India's Prime Minister.
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Jonathan Granoff, President, GSI; Hon. Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India: Hon Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman, MPI; Air Cmde Jasjit Singh, Director, CSIS |
The conference was sponsored by two of India's most prestigious bodies, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs. Among the invited presenters were Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, and Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute.
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PNND Member Ana Maria Gomes with Co-President Uta Zapf |
PNND and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation hosted a side event panel discussion at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Berlin on May 25, 2008 at the German Bundestag.
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The Middle Powers Initiative released Back from the Margins: The Centrality of Nuclear Disarmament, the briefing paper for the 5th meeting of the Article VI Forum, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, March 26-28, 2008.
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As NATO gears up for its 60th anniversary summit next year, MPI has published a brief, "Visible Intent: NATO's Responsibility to Nuclear Disarmament," arguing that a Strategic Concept that still includes nuclear weapons is contrary to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and irrelevant to modern strategic concerns.
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BSG Member Barry Kellman at the BSG Capitol Hill briefing |
GSI's December eNewsletter is now available online. Read about the myriad of MPI seminars and workshops, the evolution of PNND, the breadth of the DPE program and other activities of the Global Security Institute.
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Christie Brinkley spoke emotionally at the United Nations on the need to abolish nuclear weapons in order to protect children of the world from the horrors of a nuclear disaster.
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Christie Brinkley with GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Senior Officer
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Christie was part of a panel hosted by the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and the Global Security Institute which included leading women parliamentarians Alexa McDonough (Canada) and Marian Hobbs (New Zealand) and leading disarmament advocate Cora Weiss.
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UN High Representative for Disarmament H.E. Sergio Duarte, whom GSI is honoring at a reception October 11 |
GSI, through its four integrated programs, is organizing a variety of workshops, panels and strategy consultations throughout the months of autumn.
» Click here for a full listing of GSI's Upcoming Events
» Contact us for more information or to register for on any event
On May 3 and 4, 2007, a delegation comprised of Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Chairman of the Bipartisan Security Group, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, and Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, advocated timely policies on international security in the US Congress and to the International Law Section of the American Bar Association.
The Middle Powers Initiative will submit the paper, "Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus"as a contribution to the 2007 Preparatory Committee meeting of the NPT.
It is based on four meetings of the Article VI Forum, and specifies areas where progress can be made on a consensus basis.
» Read "Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus"
» Maintenant disponible aussi en Français
» Report on the follow-up to "Towards 2010"
» Report from the MPI panel at the PrepCom
The Middle Powers Initiative released the report from the Ottawa consultation, the third meeting of the Article VI Forum, entitled, Responding to the Challenges to the NPT.
» Read full report (3 MB)
» Briefing Paper
» Op/Ed by Hon. Douglas Roche
» Photo Gallery
» Text of Hon. Douglas Roche's opening statement
» Text of Speech by Foreign Minister Peter MacKay
» Text of speech by Dr. Hans Blix
The next meeting of the Article VI Forum will be held in Vienna, March 29-30.
On September 26, 2006, BSG Chairman Ambassador Thomas Graham and GSI President Jonathan Granoff testified at a Congressional Hearing on Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges, which was convened by the US House of Representatives Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations.
Dr. Hans Blix, Henry Sokolski, Dr. Frank von Hippel, and representatives of the Administration, also testified.
» Summary report
» Subcommittee Official Report
» Read unofficial transcript
» Testimony by Dr. Blix
» Testimony by Amb. Graham
» Testimony by Mr. Granoff
A webcast of the hearings is forthcoming.
(Dr. Blix, Rep. Shays, and Mr. Granoff)
During June 2006, GSI helped organize a high-level panel event featuring Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), at the National Constitution Center. In addition, GSI helped facilitate meetings for Dr. Blix with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Bipartisan Task Force on Non-Proliferation.
» Congressional Hearing on Nuclear Weapons
» WMDC Report
» Video of Constitution Center event
On June 12-13, 2006, the Middle Powers Initiative successfully sent its fifth high-level delegation to the government of Canada since 1998. The delegation was led by Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada and included MPI Chairman Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Bipartisan Security Group Chairman Ambassador Thomas Graham, and Global Security Institute President Jonathan Granoff.
Members of the delegation met with the Prime Minister, the Deputy Foreign Minister, the National Defence Minister, and also gave a formal testimony before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
For more information, please see here.
» Report
» Briefing Paper
» Formal Testimony
On March 2-3, 2006 the Middle Powers Initiative hosted the second meeting of the Article VI Forum in The Hague. A gathering of high-level representatives from 21 states examined ways to reinforce and revitalize the international commitments to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament as embodied in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The conference, co-hosted by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 'Clingendael,' was entitled, Securing the Future: Strengthening the NPT.
» Final Report
On February 9, 2006, GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Dr. Randall Forsberg, Director of the Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies (below), addressed the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
The Board advises the Secretary-General on matters within the areas of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.
» Mr. Granoff's Presentation
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