Douglas Roche


UN Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe to Engage Parliamentarians in Reducing Nuclear Danger / Conference’s List of Speakers

  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...

Nobel Peace Laureates Challenge Doctrine of Unilateral Militarism – Report of the Third World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – GSI Report – Rome, Italy

About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up   From October 19-20, 2002, the City of Rome hosted the 3rd World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global...

Former Canadian Prime Minister Joins the Middle Power Initiative – Did you Know? Facts About Nuclear Weapons?

SAN FRANCISCO–Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell has been appointed to the International Steering Committee of the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), Senator Douglas Roche, MPI Chairman, announced today. Ms. Campbell will chair an MPI Strategy Consultation...

The Middle Power Initiative and the Global Security Institute Link Arms for Disarmament – Activities and Categories

  In January 2002, the GSI Board of Directors and the MPI International Steering Committee unanimously endorsed a resolution accepting “the Middle Powers Initiative [www.middlepowers.org]as a program of the Global Security Institute.” GSI will now...

GSI on Voice of America: Analysis of the Bush-Putin Arms Treaty / Middle Power Institute Initiative Events – Alan Cranston Peace Award

  The Global Security Institute was pleased to provide analysis of the recently-signed nuclear arms agreement between the US and Russia during an interview with Voice of America Radio, which reaches a global audience. To listen to a brief audio clip, please visit...

Global Security Institute Supports and Informs Delegated at United Nations Nuclear Conference – Jane Goodall Presents First Alan Cranston Peace Award to Jayantha Dhanapala – Project Report

May 10, 2002 During the two weeks of the Preparatory Committee (April 8-19, 2002) for the upcoming 2005 Review of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty*, the Global Security Institute held several events at the United Nations for delegates, non-governmental...

Middle Power Initiative Strategy Consultation Report Respectfully Submitted to the States Parties of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

New York April 8, 2002 On April 8, 2002 the opening day of the 2002 NPT Review Conference Preparatory Committee, the Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute, hosted a Strategy Consultation at the United Nations in New York. The Strategy...

The NPT: Crisis and Challenge (Part l) – Report and Assessment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. Chairman, Middle Power Initiative – U.N. New York

Global Security Institute April 8-19, 2002 SUMMARY An exercise in frustration, the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty dashed the hopes raised at the 2000 Review for serious progress on nuclear disarmament....

Nuclear Weapons and Human Security: Ending the Conflict – An Address to the Middle Power Initiative Strategy Consultation by Senator Douglas Roche – U.N/N.Y.

About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Twenty years ago, in 1982, a world commission led by the Swedish diplomat Inga Thorsson published a report on the relationship between disarmament and...

Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine by Jonathan Granoff

March 12, 2002 Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a...

Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in U.S. Nuclear Doctrine / Rethink the Unthinkable – The Idea of Waging War is Taking Flight in Washington by Jonathan Granoff

Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate...

A)- Pentagon Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in U.S. Nuclear Doctrine B)- The Idea of Waging War is Taking Flight in Washington DC. Canada Must Protest, Says Douglas Roche, Former Chair of the UN Disarmament Committee

A)- Details of the US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) make explicit a dangerous shift that threatens to undermine US security by encouraging others to develop new nuclear weapons and use them, and would violate US political and legal obligations. The NPR is a political...

Experts Work to Keep Weapons Out of Space – Congressional Leaders Join Dialogue in Philadelphia – GSI Report

December 4, 2001 PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of missile...

Experts Work to Keep Weapons out of Space – Congressional Leaders Join Dialogue in Philadelphia / Future of Space, Weaponization or Cooperation – Conference Statement

PHILADELPHIA: On the eve of the Bush Administration’s December 3 test of an anti-ballistic missile interceptor, a group of experts gathered in Philadelphia’s Friends Conference Center for a conference addressing the implications of missile defense on the...

Global Security Institute Report: The NPT Atlanta Consultation

January 30, 2000 On January 26-27, 2000, the Middle Powers Initiative and The Carter Center co-sponsored the Atlanta Consultation on the Future of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The purpose was to serve as a forum for groups to share thoughts on the challenges facing...

The Middle Power Initiative: Helping to Move the U.S. Forward – An Address to the State of the World Forum by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C – Transcript

October 3, 1999 Transcript A few weeks ago, I returned to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to see once again the effect of atomic bombing. It was a profound experience to speak to some of the survivors and see the museum displays of the horror and suffering. It is a visit I...