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The NPT: Crisis and challenge (Part IV) by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C.
14. Reducing Nuclear Danger: Priority Points 14.1A number of delegations referred to a recent report, "Reducing Nuclear Danger," published by the U.N.'s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters < http://www.un.org/documents/ga/docs/56/a56400.pdf>. Germany...
Lax Nuclear Security in Russia is Cited as Way for Bin Laden to Get Arms
VIENNA, Nov. 10 - In the last year, there have been dozens of violations of nuclear security rules in Russia and at least one loss of fissile material; Taliban emissaries have tried to recruit Russian scientists, and terrorists have tried to stake out a Russian...
A Leading Role for the Security Council by Mikhail S. Gorbachev – The New York Time
October 21, 2001 MOSCOW - In the past month, the world has witnessed something previously unknown: a common stand taken by America, Russia, Europe, India, China, Cuba, most of the Islamic world and numerous other regions and countries. Despite many serious differences...
A Leading Role for the Security council / Robert S. McNamara Calls for Nuclear Disarmament at United Nations
A Leading Role for the Security Council MOSCOW - In the past month, the world has witnessed something previously unknown: a common stand taken by America, Russia, Europe, India, China, Cuba, most of the Islamic world and numerous other regions and countries. Despite...
Robert S. McNamara Calls for Nuclear Disarmament at United Nations – Contributors: John Harrington, Esq. and Laura McGrath Moulton
AboutGSI Who We Are What You CanDo Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter SignUp UNITED NATIONS -- Delivering a clarion call for nuclear disarmament, former US Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara was the focal point of...
Statement Before the First Committee of the General Assembly by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs – United Nations
October 8, 2001 I begin by congratulating you, Mr. Chairman, upon your election to guide the work of this Committee. Your distinguished career equips you well for the tasks ahead -- a career that, in the disarmament area, features your prominent role in the historic...
The Secretary-General: Address to the General Assembly on Terrorism – U.N., New York
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up Mr. President, [Mayor Giuliani,] Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, On Friday night, the Security Council adopted unanimously a broad...
Disaster Spotlights Need for International Action – GSI Statement Following The Attack Against Humanity, New York and Washington DC
September 23, 2001 Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We can commit global suicide, too....
Disaster Spotlights Need for International Action by Kim Cranston and Laura Mcgrath Moulton – San Jose Mercury News – Perspective
Sunday, September 23, 2001 Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We can commit global...
Disaster Spotlights Need for International Action / GSI Statement Following Attack Against Humanity
Disaster Spotlights Need for International Action Since World War II, humanity has mastered extraordinary challenges. We can orbit the earth. We can transplant organs. We can travel faster than sound, and we can communicate across the globe almost instantaneously. We...
GSI Statement Following Attack Against Humanity
September 12, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO: Tuesday morning's attacks on the people of New York and Washington, DC are a stunning demonstration of humanity's capability to reduce the best of what we are to rubble, smoke, and death. In the aftermath of such horror, it is natural...
Did You Know? Nuclear Weapons Facts
September, 2001 Number of nuclear weapons in the world: 30,000 * 8 countries (US, Russia, China, Great Britain, France, Pakistan, India and Israel) posses nuclear weapons. Several thousand of these weapons can still reach the US within 30 minutes of launch. Number of...
Our Best Defense – Missile Defense, a Threat
Our Best Defense To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition's spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather than...
A)- Our Best Defense / To the Editor B)- Missile Defense a Threat
To the Editor: Conservatives and liberals alike should be wary of the alarmist rhetoric of Americans for Missile Defense (news article, Aug. 6). The coalition's spokesman, Jeffrey Baxter, suggests that we need a missile defense rather than diplomacy: "When I...
Missile Defense Threat by Jonathan Granoff – Chicago Sun Times – Commentary
Missile Defense a Threat By Jonathan Dean and Jonathan Granoff Chicago Sun Times Commentary August 11, 2001 In their July 22 meeting in Genoa, Italy, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to consider the topics of national missile defense and...
U.S. Mayors Ask Bush to Commit to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons / Anderson Anti-Nuke Challenges Bush, Putin / Democrats Criticize Missile Defense
June 25, 2001 U.S. Mayors Ask Bush to Commit to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons DETROIT: As President Bush addressed the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Detroit today, a statement from mayors of major cities in the U. S. and abroad was released, calling on him to reduce and...
Salt Lake City Mayor, Rocky Anderson, Anti-Nuke Resolution Challenges Bush, Putin by Kevin Cantera – The Salt Lake Tribune
Sunday, June 24, 2001 SALT LAKE CITY: Mayor Rocky Anderson -- known as a political maverick -- Stepped up to the international soapbox Saturday when he challenged President Bush and his Russian counterpart to lead the world in eliminating nuclear weapons. Home...
Activism Gets Results in Washington, D.C. – Project Report
June 15, 2001 WASHINGTON, D.C.--From June 10-13, 2001, Project Abolition, a coalition of non-profit organizations promoting security through nuclear disarmament, worked with the Nuclear Disarmament Partnership to organize a press conference, Congressional education...
Nuclear Weapons: Threat to Cities – Statement by International Mayors
About GSI Who We Are What You Can Do Documents GSI Publications News Room Multimedia Links Events Newsletter Sign Up We, who have been chosen as their leaders by the people who live in many of the great cities of the world, hereby join in the calls made by many past...
Bush’s First Trip to Europe/Spain: Democrats blast Bush’s Missile Plan by John Whitesides
Reuters June 12, 2001 WASHINGTON (Reuters): As President Bush opened his first trip to Europe with missile defense high on the agenda, congressional Democrats on Tuesday renewed their opposition to deploying a national missile defense before it is proven ready. At a...
Democrats Criticize Missile Defense by Jim Abrams – Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON: Democrats on Capitol Hill condemned as unneeded and unworkable the national missile defense system that President Bush is trying to promote to U.S. allies during his current tour of Europe. While lawmakers often mute their criticisms of a president when he...
Disarmament and Arms Control Objectives Part 1
April 11, 2001 TRANSCRIPT Panel discussion held April 11, 2001 in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, in cooperation with the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the UN Department of Public Information. Panelists: AMBASSADOR NORMAN WULF,...
Disarmament and Arms Control Objectives Part II – NGO Committee on Disarmament
NGO Committee on Disarmament April 11, 2001 The Program of Action on Nuclear Disarmament adopted by consensus at the Sixth Review Conference of the NPT contains thirteen practical steps for the systematic and progressive efforts to implement Article 6 of the Treaty....
Disarmament and Arms Control Objectives – Transcript (Part I) – NGO Committee on Disarmament
Panel Discussion April 11, 2001 TRANSCRIPT DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OBJECTIVES Panel discussion held April 11, 2001 in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, in cooperation with the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the UN Department of...
GSI Transcript – Disarmament and Arms Control Objectives Part I and Part II – Panelists: Ambassador Norman Wulf, Victor Vasiliev, Minister Maria Angelica Arce De Jeannet, Jonathan Granoff.
DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL OBJECTIVES Panel discussion held April 11, 2001 in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, in cooperation with the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs and the UN Department of Public Information. Panelists:...
The Global Security Institute Hosts a Screening of “Thirteen Days” (Cuban Missile Crises Film) at the United Nations
March 07, 2001 In order to stimulate discussion of past nuclear crises and current nuclear risks, the Global Security Institute hosted a screening of Thirteen Days, the critically acclaimed film about the Cuban Missile Crisis, on March 7 at the United Nations....
Interview with Ambassador Richard Butler about “Thirteen Days” by Jonathan Granoff
March 7, 2001 Jonathan Granoff (JG): We have the privilege of speaking with Ambassador Richard Butler. Why is Thirteen Days an important movie for the people to see? Richard Butler (RB): Jonathan, there have been two occasions which reveal the full power and horror of...
Interview with Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala about “Thirteen Days” by Jonathan Granoff
March 7, 2001 JONATHAN GRANOFF: We are privileged to have with us Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala who is the Under Secretary General of the United Nations with the special charge of Disarmament Affairs. Why is the movie Thirteen Days an important movie? AMBASSADOR...
Granoff Interviews Theodore Sorensen About “Thirteen Days” -Special Advisor to President Kennedy During the Cuban Missile Crisis
March 7, 2001 GRANOFF: We are privileged to have with us today Theodore C. Sorensen who was one of the key participants in helping to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. For eleven years, Mr. Sorensen served as a key policy advisor, legal counsel and...
Questions and Answers about “Thirteen Days” with Ted Sorenson, Richard Butler, and Jonathan Granoff
Questions and Answers About Thirteen Days with Ted Sorenson, Richard Butler, and Jonathan Granoff March 7, 2001 Q: I am a consultant from the United Nations. Do you think that the situation today has changed, and that we have reached a comfort zone with these weapons...