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 28, 2015 | Events, GSI Programs, Jonathan Granoff
The Global Security Institute is pleased to offer our very special friends and supporters an invitation to the United Nations’ celebration of the International Day of Non-Violence, sponsored by the Permanent Mission of India. On October 2, you are...
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...
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...
May 2, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Jonathan Granoff, NPT, Op Eds, Russia, U.S., United Nations
The below article, by Jonathan Granoff, was originally published in the Huffington Post on May 2, 2015. This month at the United Nations, 190 nations will gather to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which constrains the spread of nuclear weapons and...
Apr 28, 2015 | Douglas Roche, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, United Nations
For Immediate Release April 28, 2015: (New York) Can nuclear possessor states reconcile their use of—and threat to use—nuclear weapons with the laws of war? If so, how? Concurrently, can these states reconcile the use—and threat to use—nuclear weapons within...
Apr 14, 2015 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Video Blog
On April 24, 2015, GSI President Jonathan Granoff was invited to speak on behalf of civil society at the Third Conference of States Parties and Signatories to Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia. Watch his remarks: Third Conference of...
Apr 3, 2015 | Denuclearization, Disarmament, Events, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Nobel Summit, NPT, Photo Galleries, Religion and Nuclear Deterrence
Events, reports, and analysis A Message From the President The necessity of human solidarity must not be trumped by the divisiveness of nuclear weapons. This was part of the historic message expressing the ideas of His Holiness Pope Francis shared at the recent...
Sep 26, 2014 | Video Blog
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 Download the transcript
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 23, 2014 | Video Blog
The Global Security Institute is proud to support the UNFOLD ZERO campaign, a new platform for United Nations (UN) focused initiatives and actions for the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world. UNFOLD ZERO aims to unfold the path to zero nuclear weapons through...
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 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...
Sep 27, 2013 | Video Blog
September 27, 2013 More than 100 senior government officials gathered at the United Nations for a conference seeking the entry-into-force of the CTBT. GSI President Jonathan Granoff had the privilege of delivering a statement to the conference on behalf of all civil...
Jul 26, 2012 | Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, Newsletter, United Nations
Dear friends, This has been an historic week at the United Nations. The US President chairing a summit of the Security Council and its adoption of a far reaching resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation is extraordinary. Moreover, it is indicative that...
Jul 23, 2012 | Events
Special UN Panel Event Report By Jesse Zeigler Dr. Jeffrey Sachs and Dr. Jane Goodall – View the photo gallery On May 10, 2010, the Global Security Institute, with co-sponsorship by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs,...
Jul 23, 2012 | Events
Event report by Irfan Ahmed, Rhianna Tyson Kreger and Jesse Ziegler Over 75 ambassadors, experts and UN staff attended the event. On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, the Global Security Institute held a briefing for ambassadors, diplomats and non-governmental...
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...