Speeches & Presentations


The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a Strategy for Effective Non-Proliferation – Speech by Ambassador Thomas Graham – Chatham House

In 1958, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made clear the reason the United Kingdom acquired nuclear weapons. Referring to the British nuclear weapon program, Macmillan said in a television interview that “the independent contribution [i.e., British...

There Is Still Hope

Testimony by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE Washington, DC 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 intellectual behaviors once thought unique to us. They use and...

A Place to Work Together

Testimony by Michael DouglasWashington, DC 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 would also like to...