PNND Assembly 2009

Jul 23, 2012 | Events

On 11-12 October 2009, PNND held its Annual Assembly in New York. This included a conference on The Role of Parliamentarians in advancing nuclear abolition, and the Annual PNND Council meeting. It also included a special PNND Council Dinner with guest of honour the Rt...

NATO and the Future Role of Nuclear Weapons

Jul 12, 2012 | Events

Seminar at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly German ParliamentPNND Event Report On May 25, 2008, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) held a seminar at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in...

Non-proliferation meets non-partisanship

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  Embassy by Douglas Roche December 15, 2010   Hansard recorded the event in the House of Commons under “Routine Proceedings,” but there was nothing routine about it. For the first time in the history of Canada’s Parliament, both the House...

Thinking the Unthinkable on Nuclear Policy

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  The Huffington Post by Alyn Ware November 9, 2009   In late September, President Obama chaired the UN Security Council as it adopted an unprecedented resolution on non-proliferation and global nuclear disarmament, vague on the details perhaps, but...

Japan’s Mistake at the NSG

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Far Eastern Economic Review Kono Taro, PNND Council January 2009 Every year, Japan submits a resolution on nuclear disarmament to the United Nations General Assembly. This year was no different; the 15th such resolution was submitted in October. As the only country in...

The Human Factor- Revising Einstein

Jul 5, 2012 | Op Eds

By PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware SGI Quarterly July, 2007 The original article can be found here On November 6, 1995, Lijon Eknilang, a quiet, unassuming woman from the Pacific island of Rongelap, made what is probably the longest trip in the world for a court...

GSI eNewsletter: Summer 2010

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

A Message from the President One could reasonably assert that the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is the third most important legal instrument of the 20th Century, standing behind the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Without...

GSI eNewsletter Event Report: December 10, 2007

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

      A Message from the President Those of us who vigorously advocate for a nuclear weapon-free world are often thought to ignore positive efforts of nuclear weapon states. Let us put that to rest. Here is a short list of several noteworthy...

Global Security Institute eNewsletter: December 15, 2006

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

December 15, 2006 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Recently the Nobel Peace Laureates gathered in Rome for the 7th World Summit, where they adopted “The Rome Declaration,” a very strong and clear statement on nuclear weapons.  Everyone working for disarmament...

Global Security Institute eNewsletter: January 2006

May 22, 2012 | Newsletter

Dear Friends: It is an honor to share the following report on the contribution of GSI and its programs during the last six months. I believe that GSI’s founder Senator Alan Cranston would be very proud of these accomplishments. First, however, is a report...