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GSI, in collaboration with the Secure World Foundation and the Government of Sweden, hosted a panel on outer space security during the NPT PrepCom in Vienna, May 9, 2007.
» Click here to read the Event Report
» Click here for a photo gallery of the event
» Read transcript of remarks by Ambassador Robert Grey, Jr.
» Read transcript of remarks by Dr. Patricia Lewis
» Click here for the GSI Policy Brief on outer space
» Click here for the presentation by Dr. Detlev Wolter, made at a prior GSI/SWF consultation on space
» A transcript of Dr. Blix's remarks will be forthcoming.
The Middle Powers Initiative released the report from the fourth meeting of the Article VI Forum, held in Vienna, March 29-30, 2007.
» Read full report, "The Article VI Forum, Forging a New Consensus for the NPT" (1.86 MB)
» Executive Summary only
» Briefing Paper
» Click here for more resources, including texts of speeches, from the fourth A6F
On February 9, 2007, GSI hosted a consultation in its New York office, entitled “Advancing Cooperative Security in Space.” Over 25 nations participated in this first of a series of such consultations, which facilitate discussion amongst interested governments and experts on advancing a cooperative regime in outer space and preventing a celestial arms race.
» Read Event Report
» PDF Version
» The Rome Declaration
» Presentations delivered by Jonathan Granoff, Douglas Roche and Jayantha Dhanapala
» Secretariat of Nobel Laureate World Summit
» IPB Event Report
» Gwangju Declaration
» Mr. Granoff's Speech
» Report of Nobel Summits 2002-06
(Jonathan Granoff meeting His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI)
» Read January 2006 Report
» Read Previous GSI Newsletters
The Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) recently released a comprehensive programmatic report for 2005.
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Read 2005 PNND Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, addressing an international of parliamentarians in New Zealand organized by the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, called on parliamentarians globally to act more vigorously to achieve a nuclear weapons free world, and highlighted the special responsibility of Nuclear Weapon States to take the lead in the abolition and elimination of nuclear weapons.
» More
On the passing of Sir Joseph Rotblat
(1908-2005).
Click here to read special tributes from Jonathan Granoff, Sen. Douglas Roche, President Mikhail Gorbachev, and Dr. David Krieger.
» Tribute to Sir Joseph Rotblat
For a sustainable future where rainforests can thrive and provide homes for primates, and where hope and joy can shine in the faces of children who live without fear of war, higher levels of international cooperation are needed. Science and technology have granted us unprecedented power to alter the environment and build weapons of unimaginable destructive capacity. Yet we also have the ability to govern our own ingenuity with the reigns of law, guided by universally recognized human values.
Over the past several months, the two of us have engaged in at least nine public dialogues on the theme of Global Responsibility: A Reason for Hope.
» More.
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On May 3 and 4, 2007, a delegation comprised of Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Chairman of the Bipartisan Security Group, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, and Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, advocated timely policies on international security in the US Congress and to the International Law Section of the American Bar Association.
The Middle Powers Initiative will submit the paper, "Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus"as a contribution to the 2007 Preparatory Committee meeting of the NPT.
It is based on four meetings of the Article VI Forum, and specifies areas where progress can be made on a consensus basis.
» Read "Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT Consensus"
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» Report on the follow-up to "Towards 2010"
» Report from the MPI panel at the PrepCom
The Middle Powers Initiative released the report from the Ottawa consultation, the third meeting of the Article VI Forum, entitled, Responding to the Challenges to the NPT.
» Read full report (3 MB)
» Briefing Paper
» Op/Ed by Hon. Douglas Roche
» Photo Gallery
» Text of Hon. Douglas Roche's opening statement
» Text of Speech by Foreign Minister Peter MacKay
» Text of speech by Dr. Hans Blix
The next meeting of the Article VI Forum will be held in Vienna, March 29-30.
On September 26, 2006, BSG Chairman Ambassador Thomas Graham and GSI President Jonathan Granoff testified at a Congressional Hearing on Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges, which was convened by the US House of Representatives Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations.
Dr. Hans Blix, Henry Sokolski, Dr. Frank von Hippel, and representatives of the Administration, also testified.
» Summary report
» Subcommittee Official Report
» Read unofficial transcript
» Testimony by Dr. Blix
» Testimony by Amb. Graham
» Testimony by Mr. Granoff
A webcast of the hearings is forthcoming.
(Dr. Blix, Rep. Shays, and Mr. Granoff)
During June 2006, GSI helped organize a high-level panel event featuring Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), at the National Constitution Center. In addition, GSI helped facilitate meetings for Dr. Blix with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Bipartisan Task Force on Non-Proliferation.
» Congressional Hearing on Nuclear Weapons
» WMDC Report
» Video of Constitution Center event
On June 12-13, 2006, the Middle Powers Initiative successfully sent its fifth high-level delegation to the government of Canada since 1998. The delegation was led by Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada and included MPI Chairman Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Bipartisan Security Group Chairman Ambassador Thomas Graham, and Global Security Institute President Jonathan Granoff.
Members of the delegation met with the Prime Minister, the Deputy Foreign Minister, the National Defence Minister, and also gave a formal testimony before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
For more information, please see here.
» Report
» Briefing Paper
» Formal Testimony
On March 2-3, 2006 the Middle Powers Initiative hosted the second meeting of the Article VI Forum in The Hague. A gathering of high-level representatives from 21 states examined ways to reinforce and revitalize the international commitments to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament as embodied in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The conference, co-hosted by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 'Clingendael,' was entitled, Securing the Future: Strengthening the NPT.
» Final Report
On February 9, 2006, GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Dr. Randall Forsberg, Director of the Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies (below), addressed the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.
The Board advises the Secretary-General on matters within the areas of disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation.
» Mr. Granoff's Presentation
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