Oct 1, 2015 | Denuclearization, Events, United Nations
The Permanent Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations cordially invites friends and supporters of the Global Security Institute to a special event titled, “Seeking Urgently Needed Effective Solutions.” The event will be held Wednesday, October 7,...
Sep 11, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
September 2015 A Message from the President Dear friends, One of the most inspiring and unique inclusions in this eNewsletter is a a short report about the first International Day of Yoga, held at the United Nations, where I had the profound pleasure of...
Aug 18, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
The following excerpt originally appeared on TheWeek.com on August 7, 2015. […] As preachers, we know that the Bible’s Psalms tell us that “the days of our years are threescore and ten.” By that counting, then, the bomb has grown old, too. As...
Jun 24, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Advancing nuclear disarmament is the moral imperative of our time. The Global Security Institute is engaged in a campaign fusing the morality-based calls for nuclear abolition from respected religious leaders and faith-based organizations with the rising momentum...
Jun 21, 2015 | Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
On June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. Among the speakers at the commemoration was GSI President, Jonathan Granoff. In his remarks, Mr. Granoff stressed the importance of yoga and its wisdom as it relates to not...
Jun 21, 2015 | India, Inspiration, Jonathan Granoff, Photo Galleries, United Nations, Video Blog
June 21, 2015, the United Nations hosted the first ever International Day of Yoga. The official Indian government estimate cites an audience size in India alone of at least 500 million people and global participation of nearly 2 billion in over 190 countries and more...
Dec 18, 2014 | Video Blog
At the Vienna International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, the Permanent Mission of the Philippines, GSI, Religions for Peace, the United Religions Initiative, and the World Evangelical Alliance hosted an event “Nuclear Weapons and the...
Dec 10, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, GSI News, Hiroshima, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Nagasaki, Op Eds, United Nations
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 2014 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. General Assembly to pass a resolution declaring nuclear strikes on cities to be a clear-cut violation of international humanitarian law. At the Dec. 8-9 Vienna Conference on the...
Dec 1, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
MEDIA ADVISORY Religious Leaders Call for the Universal Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Vienna, December 1, 2014: Leaders from the World Evangelical Alliance, the United Religions Initiative, Religions for Peace, and the Global Security Institute...
Dec 1, 2014 | Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
The Permanent Mission of the Philippines, Religions for Peace, the Global Security Institute, the United Religions Initiative, and the World Evangelical Alliance invite you to a discussion on “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” ...
Sep 26, 2014 | Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Senator Alan Cranston, Speeches & Presentations
Presentation delivered on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations, New York, September 26, 2014, by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. President, Your Excellencies,...
Sep 25, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Human Rights, Jonathan Granoff, Op Eds, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Originally published in the Huffington Post, September 23, 2014 by Jonathan Granoff I had the privilege of joining with several hundred thousand people who love the planet and all its inhabitants on September 21, 2014, in New York City. We walked through Manhattan...
Aug 22, 2014 | Video Blog
The Global Security Institute is honored to have its president, Jonathan Granoff, nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his tireless pursuit of peace and security and a world without nuclear weapons. This week, Jonathan spoke intimately with...
Jun 9, 2014 | Newsletter
Events, reports, and analysis Spring, 2014 A Message from the President The Global Security Institute is an organization with physical and fiscal resources not commensurate with its mission to advance international cooperation, the rule of law, and the abolition of...
May 28, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Video Blog
Watch the full recording of the April 30, 2014 event “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass,” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute, held in the Trusteeship Council Chamber of the United Nations...
May 14, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, U.S., United Nations
opening remarks by Jonathan Granoff at the event “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute United Nations Trusteeship Council Chamber April 30, 2014 Sometimes a...
May 6, 2014 | Global Security Institute, Video Blog
Watch the presentations from the April 30, 2014 event “Nuclear Weapons and the Moral Compass,” co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute, held in the Trusteeship Council Chamber of the United Nations...
Apr 5, 2014 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, NPT, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence, United Nations
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has 190 member States, more than any other treaty addressing weapons. From April 28-May 9, 2014 its members met in the Trusteeship Council chambers of the United Nations in New York City and failed to make progress on reducing no...
Feb 3, 2014 | Ambassador Thomas Graham, France, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, NPT, Senator Ed Markey
February 3, 2014 The Global Security Institute (GSI) works to strengthen international cooperation based on the rule of law, with a particular focus on achieving the security of a world without nuclear weapons. You can support our work by sharing this eNews with...
Dec 2, 2013 | 9-11, Ambassador Thomas Graham, Events, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, United Nations
On December 2, 2013, Harvard University Divinity School (HDS) convened a group of scholars, practitioners, and advocates to address “Religions and Peace: Do Universities Have a Role?” for a public panel followed by an in-depth evening discussion at HDS...