Nov 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, United Nations
Events, reports, and analysis Mahatma Gandhi at the United Nations photo credit: Michael Greene A Message from the President On September 26, 2014, the United Nations commemorated the inaugural International Day for the Total...
Aug 3, 2012 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Events, Global Security Institute, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT
August 3, 2012: The former Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, has been appointed Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), David Krieger, Chairman of MPI’s Executive Committee, announced today. He hailed Akiba, one of the world’s foremost...
Jul 26, 2012 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Michael Douglas, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Recently, several members of GSI’s leadership have been in the media: Middle Powers Initiative Chairman Emeritus Douglas Roche, O.C., published an op/ed in Embassy magazine calling on Canada and other middle powers to support US President Barack Obama’s...
Jun 27, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
When the UN Security Council convenes its summit meeting on September 24 with US President Barack Obama presiding, the Council has a unique opportunity to pronounce itself on one of most vital issues before the international community: nuclear non-proliferation and...
Jun 14, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
The newest brief from the Middle Powers Initiative lays out the purpose and design of the newly inaugurated “Framework Forum” series: to help re-define the structure of a secure world without nuclear weapons and the means through which it can be built....
Jun 8, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
The inaugural meeting of MPI’s Framework Forum was held in Vienna on May 1 with the theme of “Building the Framework for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World: Laying Out the Map.” Held at the Vienna Diplomatic Academy with the support of the Austrian Federal...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
About MPI MPI Experts News Room Documents MPI Publications GSI eNewsletter MPI Home | Donate | Contact | Shortcuts GSI BSG DPE MPI PNND ——— BSG Experts Donors Glossary MPI Experts Newsletter Photos Publications Take Action Timeline Treaties Videos |...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
The Middle Powers Initiative released a summary report of the recent meeting of the Article VI Forum, held at the Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland, March 28-29, 2008. The Dublin consultation was the fifth meeting of the Article VI Forum, a unique project intended to...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
The Middle Powers Initiative, based on the results of the Atlanta Consultation III and the series of Article VI Forums, recommends the following policy options to the 2010 NPT Review Conference: 1. Disarmament: Reaffirm the unequivocal undertaking to accomplish...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative, Policy Briefs and Reports
Press Release March 22, 2004 Contact: Senator Douglas Roche, Ottawa, (613) 943-9559 or Zachary Allen, San Francisco, (415) 397-6760. NATO’s nuclear policies have put Canada in conflict with its goals for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the Middle Powers...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
MPI Panel at the Vienna NPT PrepCom MPI Event Report Vienna, Austria May 2, 2007 by Jim Wurst, MPI Program Director The Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) prepared a position paper for the NPT PrepCom entitled “Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus,” with...
May 22, 2012 | GSI News, Middle Powers Initiative
Salander Names Roche MPI Special Adviser Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. Ambassador Henrik Salander, Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, is pleased to announce the appointment of former Senator Douglas Roche of Canada as Senior Adviser to MPI. Amb....
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
New Brief and World Tour New York, May 26. “It is urgent to begin collective preparatory work leading to the enactment of a universal, verifiable, irreversible and enforceable legal ban on nuclear weapons,” declared the Middle Powers...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
When the UN Security Council convenes its summit meeting on September 24 with US President Barack Obama presiding, the Council has a unique opportunity to pronounce itself on one of most vital issues before the international community: nuclear non-proliferation and...
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
October 13, 2009 Event report by Rhianna Tyson Kreger It is an oft-repeated truism to assert that the 2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty must succeed if we are to meet the 21 st century threats posed by nuclear weapons....
May 22, 2012 | Middle Powers Initiative
Wednesday November 23, 2011 On November 23, Ambassador Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva hosted and chaired a diplomatic roundtable at the Palais des Nations on A Global Law to Ban Nuclear Weapons attended by...
Aug 6, 2010 | Hiroshima, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter
August 6, 2010 Today marks the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and the beginning of a new era for the human race. Our capacity for destruction must be met with our more powerful capacity to be truly human. As we commemorate this moment and take...
Jun 1, 2009 | Bipartisan Security Group, Disarmament and Peace Education, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Newsletter, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, U.S. Congress, UK, United Nations
Contents: A Message from the President GSI Activities – “Voices of Experience,” UN Panel Event – Meeting with the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – Briefing at the UN: Human Development is National Security – Book Launch at the United...
Jun 14, 2004 | Disarmament, Disarmament and Peace Education, DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NATO, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
Dear Friends: When I look into the eyes of my children, I remember why I am committed to working for a safer world, a world without nuclear weapons. Imagine a world without organizations like the Global Security Institute. Could we survive if the voices of...
Apr 25, 2004 | Global Security Institute, Iraq, Middle Powers Initiative, NATO, Newsletter, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation
April 7, 2004 Dear Friends: One of the goals of the Global Security Institute is to influence the nuclear weapons policies of NATO governments. We have had some recent progress in that regard. The Middle Powers Initiative recently prepared a policy paper for the...
Apr 24, 2004 | Disarmament, DPE, Global Security Institute, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Middle Powers Initiative, Weapons of Mass Destruction
Dear Friends: I am not an expert on nuclear weapons or global politics, but I do have enough common sense to know two things: First, nuclear weapons threaten the lives of billions of people. And second, my country will be unable to persuade others not to...
