Jun 1, 2018 | Disarmament, News and Updates, Newsletter, United Nations
On May 24, 2018, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament. May 24 was also Women’s International Day for Peace and Disarmament. PNND women leaders used the occasion to release an appeal Common security...
May 15, 2018 | Iran, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates, Newsletter, Op Eds, U.S., United Nations
By Jonathan Granoff Published in The Hill The Trump Administration has just walked away from the United States’ commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known in the American media as “the Iran Deal.” But it’s not an...
Nov 21, 2017 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, NATO, News and Updates, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
Reposted from the Hill Times Last week’s papal speech is a reversal of a 35-year policy, which in the arcane world of Vatican diplomacy is not easy to do. VATICAN CITY—A new milestone in the moral rejection of nuclear weapons was reached at the Vatican last week when...
Oct 2, 2017 | Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Speeches & Presentations, United Nations
Today is Gandhi’s Birthday! Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute and one of the Peace Pledge Project initiators honors the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi at the UN Assembly with a message of non-violence and love that is relevant today. The...
Oct 2, 2017 | China, Denuclearization, Disarmament, France, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, North Korea, NPT, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
Presently, the entire world is hostage to a nuclear crisis expressed in the language of war and destruction by the leaders of North Korea and the United States We can look over the abyss and the reality of the consequence of the uses of nuclear weapons strikes...
Sep 27, 2017 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, News and Updates, Newsletter, North Korea, Photo Galleries, United Nations
Civil society addresses the UN General Assembly on nuclear disarmament Sep 27, 2017 | Movement News | Global citizens have the means and power today to end the threat from nuclear weapons, according to civil society representatives speaking at...
Apr 14, 2017 | Denuclearization, News and Updates, NPT, Op Eds, United Nations
By Sergio Duarte, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs* Originally posted on IndepthNews.net NEW YORK (IDN) – Despite being shunned by the nine possessors of nuclear weapons and most of their allies, the first part of the negotiations mandated...
Oct 1, 2015 | Denuclearization, Events, United Nations
The Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations cordially invites friends and supporters of the Global Security Institute to a special event titled, “Seeking Urgently Needed Effective Solutions.” The event will be held Wednesday, October 7,...
Sep 11, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
September 2015 A Message from the President Dear friends, One of the most inspiring and unique inclusions in this eNewsletter is a a short report about the first International Day of Yoga, held at the United Nations, where I had the profound pleasure of...
Aug 3, 2015 | Human Rights, Iran, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post, August 3, 2015. We should be grateful to the diplomats for ensuring no further proliferation of nuclear weapons in a volatile region. The Iran Deal demonstrates that when powerful nations identify a common...
Jun 21, 2015 | India, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Photo Galleries, United Nations, Video Blog
June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. The official Indian government estimate cites an audience size in India alone of at least 500 million people and global participation of nearly 2 billion in over 190 countries and more...
May 2, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
The below article, by Jonathan Granoff, was originally published in the Huffington Post on May 2, 2015. This month at the United Nations, 190 nations will gather to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which constrains the spread of nuclear weapons and...
Apr 28, 2015 | Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, United Nations
For Immediate Release April 28, 2015: (New York) Can nuclear possessor states reconcile their use of—and threat to use—nuclear weapons with the laws of war? If so, how? Concurrently, can these states reconcile the use—and threat to use—nuclear weapons within...
Apr 9, 2015 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Human Rights, NPT, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Rose Gottemoeller, U.S., United Nations
The below article, regarding Pope Francis’ recent statement and the April 9 event which GSI co-hosted with the Holy See to highlight it, was originally published by TIME on Friday, April 10. The original version can be found here. By Elizabeth Dias –...
Apr 9, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, Rose Gottemoeller, United Nations
Inspiration and Illumination at the United Nations A preliminary report on April 9, 2015 The Global Security Institute is profoundly honored to have co-hosted with the Holy See a remarkably inspirational event at the United Nations on April 9, 2015. Titled...
Jan 13, 2015 | Cold War, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Op Eds, United Nations
This op/ed, written by GSI President Jonathan Granoff, was published in the Huffington Post on January 13, 2015. Violence, war, catastrophes, and the personal affairs of celebrities pass for news these days, but we need more than that. In troubled times like these,...
Dec 30, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, United Nations
Open Letter sent to President Obama by GSI President Jonathan Granoff Dear Mr. President, Thanks to you, Mr. President, during your administration, the United States of America has made significant progress in numerous areas of immense importance: providing affordable...
Dec 10, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI News, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nagasaki, Op Eds, United Nations
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 2014 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. General Assembly to pass a resolution declaring nuclear strikes on cities to be a clear-cut violation of international humanitarian law. At the Dec. 8-9 Vienna Conference on the...
Nov 17, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, United Nations
Roundtable held at the United Nations on October 22, 2014 co-sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the Permanent Missions of Japan and the Netherlands to the UN On October 22, 2014, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Permanent Missions of...
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...
Sep 22, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI Programs, Middle Powers Initiative, NPT, Policy Briefs and Reports, United Nations
Far from extinguishing hopes for progress in nuclear disarmament, the violence-torn summer of 2014– televised killings in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, and Iraq– should remind us of the inarguable imperative of prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The...
Sep 19, 2014 | Douglas Roche, Human Rights, Middle Powers Initiative, Op Eds, United Nations
The failure of the major powers to overcome their narrow, short-term interests has crippled the UN’s ability to enforce the peace and security of the world. by Douglas Roche, O.C. This article was originally published in Embassy magazine, September 17, 2014. Special...
May 14, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
opening remarks by Jonathan Granoff at the event “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber April 30, 2014 Sometimes a...
Apr 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has 190 member States, more than any other treaty addressing weapons. From April 28-May 9, 2014 its members met in the Trusteeship Council chambers of the United Nations in New York City and failed to make progress on reducing no...
Dec 11, 2013 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, United Nations
On December 11, 2013, the Global Security Institute (GSI), in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), hosted an informal roundtable discussion with presentations by Ambassador Libran Cabactulan of the Phillippines, President of the 2010 Review Conference...
Dec 2, 2013 | 9-11, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, United Nations
On December 2, 2013, Harvard University Divinity School (HDS) convened a group of scholars, practitioners, and advocates to address “Religions and Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?” for a public panel followed by an in-depth evening discussion at HDS...
