Mar 28, 2005 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Biothreats, Cold War, DPE, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Gorbachev Expected to Call for a New Era of Glasnost and Perestroika for Addressing the Continued, Dangerous Existence of Nuclear Arsenals Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell To Preside Over United Nations Ceremony NEW YORK, March 28 2005-Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev...
Mar 25, 2005 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Dear Friend: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is essential to global security. It establishes a legal and moral norm to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and obtain their global elimination. Its future is at risk. The Global Security Institute is...
Feb 18, 2005 | China, Disarmament, DPE, Dr. Jane Goodall, France, Global Security Institute, India, Israel, Middle Powers Initiative, NATO, NPT, Pakistan, Rose Gottemoeller, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
Contact: Zachary Allen, Tel: 415-397-6760, zack@gsinstitute.org SAN FRANCISCO-Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter recently hosted a consultation of diplomats and government officials at The Carter Center. The Consultation sought to preserve and strengthen the Nuclear...
Jan 25, 2005 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Nagasaki, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Robert Grey, United Nations
Dear Friend: The Global Security Institute joins in offering condolences and support to the survivors of the recent tsunami. In the midst of an inspiring outpouring of caring for those injured by world’s worst natural disaster of modern times, where thousands...
Nov 12, 2004 | Cold War, DPE, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
From 10-13 November, twenty-three Nobel peace laureates and laureate organizations met in Rome, Italy for the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. As in previous years, their annual Summit was organized by the Gorbachev Foundation and co-hosted by former Soviet...
Nov 12, 2004 | Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, GSI News, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, News and Updates, North Korea, UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Final Statement of the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Rome, Italy November 12, 2004 Under the high patronage of the President of the...
Nov 11, 2004 | Cold War, Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, U.S., United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by Mary Ellen McNish Secretary General, American Friends Service Committee Before I begin my short remarks I feel I must, as an American,...
Nov 11, 2004 | China, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., UK, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Remarks by M S Swaminathan President, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World AffairsI. Guiding principles of ethical economics Spreading the concept...
Nov 11, 2004 | 9-11, DPE, Global Terrorism, GSI Programs, Human Rights, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., UK, United Nations
Dear Friends, On 11th September, people everywhere were shocked into the realization that we live in a dangerous world. Those who lost loved ones, and the American people, had our sympathy. But how did the American Administration respond? Tragically, very badly. There...
Nov 11, 2004 | Cold War, DPE, Global Terrorism, Hiroshima, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
International terrorism and nuclear weapons are two areas of the greatest concern to world security at the present time. President George W. Bush said the following about nuclear weapons: “They are the pre-eminent threat to international security.” With...
Oct 28, 2004 | Biothreats, Global Security Institute, GSI News, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
The inspection disarmament efforts through the UN system worked in Iraq. The invasion was not necessary. Billions of dollars have been squandered, thousands of lives and limbs lost, and the people of Iraq live in increasing poverty and insecurity. Did this happen...
Jun 30, 2004 | 9-11, DPE, Global Terrorism, Iraq, Senator Alan Cranston, United Nations
As we witness the transfer of sovereignty in Iraq, I wonder what my father, the late Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., would have thought about the situation there. A few days before he passed away in December 2000, he completed a book entitled “The Sovereignty...
Jun 14, 2004 | Biothreats, Cold War, DPE, Dr. Jane Goodall, Global Security Institute, Global Terrorism, Jonathan Granoff, Senator Alan Cranston, United Nations
Contact: Zachary Allen Tel: (415) 397-6760 “Senator Alan Cranston was a passionate public servant, a true citizen of the world and an inspirational force for peace. The Sovereignty Revolution, finished shortly before his death, gives voice to his...
Apr 21, 2004 | DPE, Global Security Institute, Iraq, Jonathan Granoff, News and Updates, Robert Grey, U.S., United Nations
People make mistakes. We should not be too surprised or dismayed at the failure of intelligence regarding weapons in Iraq. We now know that blood and treasure is being spent based on speculation or evidence ignored. David Kay’s testimony that Iraq did not pose a...
Dec 31, 2003 | Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Summit, U.S. Congress, United Nations
GSI December 31, 2003 A Message of Hope from Pierce Brosnan 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...
Dec 15, 2003 | Biothreats, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Hiroshima, Jonathan Granoff, Nagasaki, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Russia, U.S., United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up There are approximately 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world, 90 percent of which are possessed by Russia and the United States. The United...
Dec 13, 2003 | Bipartisan Security Group, Iraq, Media, Robert Grey, United Nations
December 13, 2003 In his memoir, A World Transformed, former President George Bush in discussing the Gulf War made the following observation: ”Trying to eliminate Saddam would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably...
Dec 1, 2003 | Ambassador Dhanapala, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Douglas Roche, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, Nuclear Proliferation, Senator Ed Markey, United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up This has been a year of struggle, war and extraordinary efforts by those who yearn for a world at peace. Despite many set backs,...
Oct 31, 2003 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Denuclearization, Dr. Jane Goodall, Jonathan Granoff, Media, United Nations
October 31, 2003 UN Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe to Engage Parliamentarians in Reducing Nuclear Dangers Vancouver…Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe, the recently appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament, will join Dr. Jennifer Allen...
Oct 31, 2003 | Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, United Nations
GSI October 31, 2003 UN Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe to Engage Parliamentarians in Reducing Nuclear Dangers Vancouver…Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe, the recently appointed United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament, will join Dr. Jennifer...
Oct 30, 2003 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Dr. Jane Goodall, Global Terrorism, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Media, Michael Douglas, NPT, United Nations
October 30, 2003 Washington, DC-On October 2, the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force on Non-Proliferation, in cooperation with the Bipartisan Security Group (BSG), hosted a special session titled, “Limits of Unilateralism.” Addressing an...
Oct 2, 2003 | Bipartisan Security Group, Denuclearization, Dr. Jane Goodall, Media, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Remarks Made by Dr. Jane Goodall DBE “The Limits of Unilateralism” Washington, D.C. October 2, 2003 Chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than any other animal, sharing approximately 99% of their DNA with ours. They are capable of...
Oct 2, 2003 | Biothreats, Global Terrorism, Media, Michael Douglas, Nuclear Proliferation, U.S., United Nations
“The Limits of Unilateralism” Washington, D.C. October 2, 2003 It is a great honor to be here with you, especially because of the example set by the Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation and its co chairs Congressman Chris Shays and Ed Markey. I...
Sep 17, 2003 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, Bipartisan Security Group, Dr. Jane Goodall, Media, Michael Douglas, Nuclear Proliferation, United Nations
Press Release September 17, 2003 On Thursday, October 2, actor, producer, and director Michael Douglas and noted primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall will speak on Capitol Hill. In separate keynotes, they will urge U.S. policy makers to pursue greater cooperation —...
Aug 22, 2003 | India, Iraq, Media, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Robert Grey, U.S., United Nations
August 22, 2003 In Memoriam: Sergio Vieira de Mello and Arthur Helton Two great men, Sergio Vieira de Mello and Arthur Helton, were among the 20 people who died in the explosion at the United Nations in Iraq this week. Sergio Vieira de Mello, United Nations High...
Aug 14, 2003 | Media, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Robert Grey, U.S., United Nations
August 14, 2003 The Bush administration and its critics agree that the viability of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is crucial to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear materials. Any actions to prevent nuclear proliferation must reinforce...