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A Promising Direction for G8 Leadership by Rose Gottemoeller
About BSG BSG Experts News Room BSG Publications Newsletter Sign Up At the close of the Gleneagles Summit this week, Russia will take over leadership of the Group of Eight, the "super club" of countries that in theory are driving the world economy and political...
GSI eNewsletter: June 8, 2004
CONTENTS 1. A MESSAGE FROM GSI'S MANAGING DIRECTOR 2. AN APPEAL FROM CHRISTIE BRINKLEY 3. NPT IN GRAVE DANGER, MPI REPORT CONCLUDES 4. NEW ZEALAND MINISTER MARIAN HOBBS CALLS FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, THANKS MPI 5. ARMS CONTROL EXPERTS MEET ON CAPITOL HILL TO...
The Framework of Human Unity by Jonathan Granoff – Enlightenment Magazine
Click here for the original article, published in Enlightenment Nobel Peace laureates have a right, an ability, and a responsibility to articulate a morally empowered vision for all people on the planet. Most leaders, when they say 'we,' are referring to their...
Kofi A. Annan: Break the Nuclear Deadlock by Kofi A. Annan – International Herald Tribune
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Regrettably, there are times when multilateral forums tend merely to reflect, rather than mend, deep rifts over how to confront the threats we...
Despite Danger, World Split on Nuclear Arms by Louis Charbonneau – Reuters
About BSG BSG Experts News Room BSG Publications Newsletter Sign Up The danger of a nuclear holocaust may never have been greater, yet the 188 signatories to the global pact against nuclear weapons have rarely been more divided, arms experts and diplomats said. Friday...
A Revolution in American Nuclear Policy by Jonathan Schell – Common Dreams
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up A metaphorical "nuclear option" - the cutoff of debate in the Senate on judicial nominees - has just been defused, but a literal nuclear option, called...
U.S. Under Fire at Nuclear Arms Control Meeting by Louis Charbonneau – Reuters
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up The United States is sending the wrong signal to signatories of the global pact against nuclear weapons by backing out of previous arms control...
U.S., NATO Nuclear Policies “Immoral” – McNamara By Louis Charbonneau
United Nations - U.S. and NATO nuclear policies are immoral, dangerous and destructive for the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, a former Defense Secretary from the Vietnam War era, Robert McNamara, said on Tuesday. McNamara, who spoke at a conference taking...
Ex U.S. Defense Chief Warns U.N. on Nukes by William M. Reilly
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said Tuesday he feared the U.N. nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference will...
McNamara Urges U.N. to Step Up Nuke Curbs by Charles J.Hanley – The Associated Press
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up The U.N. Secretary-General and Security Council should take on the job of blocking the spread of nuclear weapons if the troubled conference on the...
From the Crucible of Experience
May 24, 2005 The Global Security Institute presented a panel of outstanding experts whose unique experiences at the center of the nuclear weapons crisis qualify them to offer insights for the future. Robert McNamara, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Ted Sorensen,...
The 50-Year Shadow by Joseph Rotblat – New York Times
Fifty years ago, I joined Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and eight others in signing a manifesto warning of the dire consequences of nuclear war. This statement, the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, was Einstein's final public act. He died shortly after signing it. Now,...
United Nations Hold Press Conference on NPT – United Nations Press Release
"The United States could not preach temperance from a barstool", United States Congressman Ed Markey said yesterday at a Headquarters press conference, referring to the United States' interest in developing a nuclear "bunker-buster" weapon while seeking to...
U.S. Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Goals: Honoring the Balance – Event Report on Press Conference & Evening Panel by Matt Werner – United Nations
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Read the UN Press Briefing On May 9th, the Global Security Institute, in partnership with The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and the Simons...
Erosion of the Nonproliferation Treaty by Jimmy Carter – International Herald Tribune
As the review conference of the Nonproliferation Treaty convenes in New York this month, we can only be appalled at the indifference of the United States and the other nuclear powers. This indifference is remarkable, considering the addition of Iran and North Korea as...
Law of the Sea Opponents Hurt U.S. Security by Ambassador Thomas Graham and Ben Friedman – International HeraldTribune
April 21, 2005 WASHINGTON In spite of the Bush administration's recent calls for quick passage, some conservatives are campaigning vigorously to block ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention, a treaty governing the use of the world's oceans, in the U.S. Senate....
2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award Honoring Ted Turner
April 20, 2005 President Mikhail Gorbachev gave a keynote address, his first speech at the United Nations since his historic address in December of 1988, and then presented philanthropist and businessman Ted Turner with the Alan Cranston Peace Award on behalf of the...
Saving Nonproliferation by Jimmy Carter
Renewal talks for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are scheduled for May, yet the United States and other nuclear powers seem indifferent to its fate. This is remarkable, considering the addition of Iran and North Korea as states that either possess or seek...
Mikhail Gorbachev to Present 2005 Alan Cranston Peace Award to Ted Turner
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...
GSI eNewsletter: March 28, 2005
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...
Teens Adopt Global Focus at Mock U.N. Session by Mary Larocci, The Journal News
Eric Ersequn is spending this weekend resolving a hostage crisis in the Ivory Coast. The Hastings High School senior and other student delegates were given an hour yesterday to peacefully resolve the conflict as part of their participation in a model U.N....
“Survival” – Jonathan Granoff & Jane Goodall Interviewed on the Paula Gordon Show: Conversations with People at the Leading Edge
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Atlanta, GA -- When you hear "Jane Goodall," think of a growing worldwide movement to abolish nuclear weapons. Why? Because, Dr. Goodall believes, all...
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Facing a Tough Road Ahead – For Immediate Release –
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...
GSI eNewsletter: January 13, 2005
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 have...
Event Report: 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Takes Place in. Rome, Italy – By Jonathan Granoff (Head of Delegation), Alyn Ware (IPB Vive-President) and Urs Cipolat (Program and Technical Support)
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up From 10-13 November, twenty-five Nobel Peace Laureates and their organizations met in Rome, Italy to consider vital issues of multi-ethnicity, human...
Nobel Peace Summit 2004: A Call For Freedom – Rome Italy
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Nobel Peace Summit 2004: A Call For Freedom Rome, Italy November 12, 2004 Under the high patronage of the President of the Italian...
Nobel Peace Laureates Express Grave Concern About Nuclear Arms Race, Call for Strengthening of NPT and UN – Event Report by Dr. Urs Cipolat – Rome, Italy
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...
“Reflections on Human Unity” by Jonathan Granoff – Presented at the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – Rome, Italy
Introduction Saadi, the Persian poet of the 13th century, sang: The human family is one body with many parts Creations arising from one unseen essence Any harm to any part summons an awakening a dis-ease and a healing response from all parts You who fail to feel the...
Final Statement of the 5th Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates – “A United World or a Divided World” – Rome, Italy
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...
“Terrorism an Other Threats to Humanity” by Mary Ellen McNish – 5th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Session 3 – Rome, Italy
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,...