Events


Millennium Development Goals Awards Ceremony

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu The award ceremony was organized by the MDG Awards Committee in association with Humanitad. www.humanitad.org Highlight of the Humanitad produced event was the presentation of a Lifetime of Humanitarian Achievement Award to Archbishop...

Speech: The Justice They Deserve

By Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute Transcript of remarks made at the sixth Article VI Forum meeting, Berlin, Germany January 30, 2009   Click here for a printable PDF We should all be grateful for our host the Government of Germany in...

Iran Conference Report

Report by Jonathan Granoff President, Global Security Institute   Photo courtesy of Michael Collopy   The Institute for Political and International Studies of the Foreign Ministry of Iran held a high level conference in Tehran on March 9, 2008 titled...

UN Event: Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

Presentation by Rhianna Tyson Senior Officer of the Global Security Institute prepared for the Model United Nations conventionMarriot Marquis, New York CityApril 24, 2008 Thanks again to the organizers for inviting me back here to discuss nuclear disarmament and...

Kazakhstan hosts “Nuclear Weapons Free World Forum”

October 12-13, Astana Kazakhstan the Government of Kazakhstan convened the ‘Nuclear Weapons Free World Forum’ which hosted 400 scientists, experts politicians and representatives from different countries, and the heads and representatives of international...

Progress on Disarmament

UN Secretary-General’s Five-Point Proposal, Presentations at the UN by Dr. William Perry and Dr. Henry Kissinger Dear friends, The hopes of the world are focused on the US presidential election. It is probably the most important election in recent history. The...

MDG Awards Presentation by Jonathan Granoff

Millennium Development Goals Awards Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City, New York September 19, 2010 Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute Perspectives Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Friends,   World War I ended with a myopic...

Event: Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons  

GSI Event Report October 25, 2010       A stimulating panel, Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons, took as its theme the international community’s reaffirmation earlier this year that law governing the conduct of warfare applies in the nuclear...

GSI eAlert: Millenium Development Goals Awards

Dear friends, Please see below a special invitiation to the Millennium Development Goals Awards, held at the United Nations, March 17, 2009 at 6:30 PM. Vanessa Redgrave, GSI President Jonathan Granoff, Armand Assante and Sol Guy are co-hosting the event. The event is...

Event Report

Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework of Agreements: Exploring Proposals for Nuclear Disarmament Event Report by Rhianna Kreger October 24, 2011 Forty diplomats and civil society experts gathered at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations to...

UN Day 2011: Press Release

Ban Ki-moon To Call for Progress and Accountability on Nuclear Disarmament MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release Inquiries: Greg Austin, EWI (212) 824-4100 and Jonathan Granoff, GSI: (484) 620-4967 On the occasion of United Nations Day, Monday, October 24,...