Aug 6, 1999 | Denuclearization, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., U.S. Congress
August 06, 1999 Peace Declaration: Address on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Hiroshima A century of war, the twentieth century spawned the devil’s own weapons-nuclear weapons-and humankind has yet to free itself of their threat.Nonetheless, inspired by...
Aug 6, 1999 | Denuclearization, Japan, Media
August 6, 1999 A century of war, the twentieth century spawned the devil’s own weapons-nuclear weapons-and humankind has yet to free itself of their threat.Nonetheless, inspired by the memory of the hundreds of thousands who died so tragically in Hiroshima and...
Aug 5, 1999 | Media, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Ed Markey, U.S., U.S. Congress
106th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 177 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 5, 1999 Mr. MARKEY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for...
Jun 16, 1999 | Cold War, Disarmament, Human Rights, News and Updates, NPT, Russia, U.S.
Reprinted with permission BEIJING: For 50 years, hanging over our heads like a sword of Damocles, nuclear weapons have never ceased threatening humanity’s survival. The end of the Cold War has not brought about their disappearance. The nuclear reduction process...
Oct 1, 1998 | China, Denuclearization, Media, NATO, Russia, U.S.
October 1998 The following dialogue between General Lee Butler, Commander-in-Chief of the US Strategic Command until 1994 and Richard Butler, former Executive Chairman of the Canberra Commission on the elimination of nuclear weapons was moderated by former Senator,...
Jun 9, 1998 | India, Iraq, Media, NPT, Pakistan, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
June 9, 1998 India’s and Pakistan’s nuclear tests reveal the impotence of current policies intended to prevent proliferation. Moralizing appeals, threats of sanctions and offers of military and economic aid for not testing have done nothing to contain the...
Feb 14, 1998 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, Global Security Institute, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
AboutGSI Who We Are What You CanDo Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter SignUp \ The abolition statement by international civilian leaders, made public on 2 February 1998 by General Lee Butler and the State of the World Forum...
Feb 2, 1998 | Denuclearization, Europe, Media, Russia, U.S.
February 2, 1998 Thank you, and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Dorene and I are honored by your presence and gratified by your welcome. Although we are now proud residents of Nebraska — note the obligatory display of home team colors — Dorene and I...
Feb 1, 1998 | Ambassador Dhanapala, China, Cold War, Denuclearization, NATO, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S., United Nations
The end of the Cold War has wrought a profound transformation of the international political and security arena. Idealogical confrontation has been supplanted by burgeoning global relations across every field of human endeavor. There is intense alienation but also...
Jan 1, 1997 | Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Russia, Senator Alan Cranston, U.S.
Former senator Alan Cranston was one of the chief architects behind the recent statement by 60 generals and admirals calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons. Since his retirement from the Senate in 1991, Cranston has served as Chairman of the Gorbachev...
Dec 5, 1996 | China, Cold War, Denuclearization, France, Global Terrorism, India, Israel, Japan, Pakistan, Russia, U.S.
We, military professionals, who have devoted our lives to the national security of our countries and our peoples, are convinced that the continuing existence of nuclear weapons in the armories of nuclear powers, and the ever present threat of acquisition of...
Nov 1, 1996 | Biothreats, Denuclearization, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
November 01, 1996 As senior military officers, we have given close attention over many years to the role of nuclear weapons as well as the risks they involve. With the end of the Cold War, these weapons are of sharply reduced utility, and there is much now to be...
Oct 3, 1996 | Biothreats, Cold War, Nuclear Proliferation, Senator Alan Cranston
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I must say at the outset that this is a singular moment in my life after 37 years in uniform. I am honored to join you, to share the stage with such a distinguished group, and most particularly to stand next to the gentleman on my...
Aug 2, 1996 | Cold War, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation
The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was established as an independent commission by the then Australian Government in November 1995 to propose practical steps towards a nuclear weapon free world including the related problem of...
Aug 1, 1996 | Denuclearization, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation
August 01, 1996 The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was established as an independent commission by the then Australian Government in November 1995 to propose practical steps towards a nuclear weapon free world including the related problem...
Aug 1, 1996 | Biothreats, China, Cold War, Denuclearization, France, Global Terrorism, Media, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S.
August 1996 The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was established as an independent commission by the then Australian Government in November 1995 to propose practical steps towards a nuclear weapon free world including the related problem of...
