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India's Prime Minister Supports Nuclear Disarmament
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Jonathan Granoff, President, GSI; Hon. Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India: Hon Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman, MPI; Air Cmde Jasjit Singh, Director, CSIS |
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The Prime Minister spoke at a conference, "Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," called to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan to eliminate nuclear weapons, presented to the
United Nations in 1988 when Rajiv Gandhi was India's Prime Minister.
The conference was sponsored by two of India's most prestigious bodies, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs. Among the invited presenters were Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, and Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute.
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MPI releases summary report from the Dublin Article VI Forum
The Middle Powers Initiative today released a summary report of its recent consultation of the Article VI Forum, held in Dublin with the co-sponsorship of the Government of Ireland.
The final report will be issued in June, 2008.
» Read the report
» View a photo gallery of the conference
MPI Briefing Paper for Article VI Forum, Dublin
The Middle Powers Initiative releases Back from the Margins: The Centrality of Nuclear Disarmament, the briefing paper for the 5th meeting of the Article VI Forum, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, March 26-28, 2008.
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MPI Releases New Policy Brief: "Visible Intent: NATO's Responsibility to Nuclear Disarmament"
As NATO gears up for its 60th anniversary summit next year, MPI has published a brief arguing that a Strategic Concept that still includes nuclear weapons is contrary to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and irrelevant to modern strategic concerns.
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Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament
MPI, in partnership with the Pugwash Conferences, released the paper,"The Imperative of Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament," based on the Extraordinary Workshop convened by Pugwash Conferences and MPI July 5-7, 2007 in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.
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Senator Roche, Senator Dallaire and Paolo Cotta Ramusino at the Pugwash Conference, July 2007 |
This is a clear, comprehensive and lucid analysis of the present nuclear weapons problem along with practical recommendations, in part synonymous with the MPI Paper, “Towards 2010: Priorities for NPT
Consensus,” which emerged out of the Article VI Forum process. This paper was also distributed widely at the recent Preparatory Committee conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, held in Vienna, April 2007.
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MPI Releases its paper for the 2007 Preparatory Committee of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Since the 2000 Review Conference, the NPT has suffered a long winter of discontent. It is time for a springtime of hope. That hope must be based on realistic political prospects for progress. This paper, based on four meetings of the Article VI Forum, specifies areas where progress can be made on a consensus basis. Leadership by middle power states is essential in forging the consensus. The threat-reducing, security-enhancing aspects of that consensus should be compelling to security policy planners in nuclear weapon states.
» 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
MPI Convenes Fourth Meeting of the Article VI Forum, Vienna
The Middle Powers Initiative held the fourth consultation of the Article VI Forum, 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
» Photo Gallery
» Briefing Paper
» Text of opening remarks by Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., Chairman of the MPI
» Text of remarks by Jayantha Dhanapala, former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament
» Text of remarks by Amb. Choi, Foreign Ministry of Republic of Korea
» Text of remarks by Dr. John Burroughs, LCNP
» Text of remarks by Merav Datan, Greenpeace
» Text of remarks by Dr. Emily Landau, INSS
» Text of remarks by Adrian McDaid, Foreign Ministry of Ireland
» Text of remarks by Caroline McDonald, Foreign Ministry of New Zealand
» Conference Program
Fourth Article VI Forum Consultation
The fourth meeting of the Article VI Forum, "Forging a New Consensus on the NPT," will be held in Vienna, March 28-29.
» Read the Briefing Paper
Third Article VI Forum Report Released
The Ottawa Consultation, entitled, Responding to the Challenges to the NPT, was the third meeting of the Article VI Forum of the Middle Powers Initiative.
» Read full report (3 MB)
» Click here for more documents from the Ottawa Consultation
MPI Releases Statement on North Korea
The Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) deplores the nuclear test by North Korea and urges all parties to exercise restraint and place their faith in diplomacy rather than ratcheting up bellicosity. MPI is dedicated to the promotion of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation through diplomacy and the rule of law. We deplore the proliferation of nuclear weapons as well as the failure of the nuclear weapons states to demonstrate adequate leadership in fulfilling their legal duty to work for and obtain the universal elimination of nuclear weapons.
» Read full statement
MPI Convenes Third Meeting of Article VI Forum
Representatives from twenty-five states met in the Canadian capital on September 28-29 for a Middle Powers Initiative sponsored consultation on Responding to the Challenges to the NPT. This was the third meeting of the MPI’s Article VI Forum, an initiative designed to create an informal setting where diplomats, experts and NGOs can discuss ways to strengthen the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime through the NPT.
The Ottawa consultation centered on the premise that the next review conference in 2010 of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the central instrument that is supposed to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, not repeat the failure of the 2005 review.
Read interim report.
» Interim Report
» 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
MPI Sends High-Level Delegation to Canada
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. This was the second time Prime Minister Campbell led an MPI delegation to Ottawa.
The full report can be found here.
» Briefing Paper Presented to the Government of Canada
» Formal Testimony to House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee
MPI Hosts Second Meeting of
Article VI Forum
On March 2-3, 2006 a gathering of high-level representatives from 21 states, convened by the Middle Powers Initiative in an Article VI Forum, examined ways to reinforce and revitalize the international commitments to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament as embodied in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
The second meeting of the Article VI Forum was addressed by two former prime ministers – Ruud Lubbers of the Netherlands and Kim Campbell of Canada - and former UN Under Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, Ambassador Nobuyasu Abe, and Marian Hobbs, the former Disarmament Minister of New Zealand. Also participating at the Forum were distinguished nuclear physicists, Frank von
Hippel and Jose Goldemberg, co-chairs of the newly-formed International
Panel on Fissile Materials.
The conference, co-hosted by the Netherlands Institute of International
Relations “Clingendael,” was entitled, Securing the Future: Strengthening the NPT.
The first meeting of the Article VI Forum took place at the United Nations in October 2005.
The third meeting of the Article VI Forum is scheduled for September 28-29, 2006 in Ottawa, Canada.
A photo gallery is forthcoming.
» Final Report
» Interim Report
» Briefing Paper
» MPI Chairman's Opening Address
» Fmr. Prime Minister Campbell's Address
» Inaugural Article VI Report
28 States Participate:
Inaugural "Article VI Forum"
The Middle Powers Initiative was honored to inaugurate the "Article VI Forum" at the United Nations on October 3, 2005.
The Forum is a new and creative initiative intended to stimulate and shape effective responses to the crisis of the non-proliferation / disarmament regime manifested by the breakdown of the 2005 NPT Review Conference. The Article VI Forum takes its name from the article of the NPT in which the nuclear states commit themselves to the elimination of their nuclear weapons.
The Forum is conducting high-level meetings with key diplomats and leaders to examine the political, legal, and technical elements required for a nuclear weapons-free world.
The Forum will continue its work of advancing the imperative to uphold the core bargain of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty relating to the proliferation of nuclear weapons and ensuring steady progress toward their global elimination.
By Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.
Address to 60th Anniversary Observance
August 4, 2005
Hiroshima, Japan
A Political Analysis of the Seventh
Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
New York, May 2-27, 2005
The Middle Powers Initiative organized an Extraordinary Strategy Consultation on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) 2005 Review Conference in cooperation with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, January 26-28, 2005.
Entitled Atlanta Consultation II: On the Future of the NPT, the gathering involved high-level representatives of key governments and was modeled after the successful Atlanta Consultation I that MPI held at The Carter Center in 2000.
By Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C.
November 1, 2004
October 19, 2004
United Nations, New York
Address to 2004 Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations
Sponsored By Inter-Parliamentary Union
» Read the speech
October 8, 2004
Title: Towards a nuclear-weapon free world: Accelerating the
implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments
» Read the draft resolution
International Herald Tribune
September 22, 2004
Seven foreign ministers speak out Nuclear weapons, a legacy of the cold war, today give rise to dangerous new perspectives. Old and new threats converge, putting at risk the security of us all.
» Read the IHT Opinion / Editorial article
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is headed for disaster if current policies do not change, according to a recent report released by the Middle Powers Initiative.
"The present crisis is the worst in the 34-year history of the NPT," said the report's author, Senator Douglas Roche of Canada.
Entitled "Re-nuclearization or Disarmament: A Fateful Choice for Humanity," the report is a political analysis of the Third Preparatory Committee Meeting for the 2005 Review Conference of the NPT.
» Read the Text of the Treaty
» Learn about MPI's role at the NPT
On Monday, April 26, the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI), led by Senator Douglas Roche from Canada, held a Forum on "Ensuring Full Implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty." The public event, attended by 30 government and 40 NGO representatives, was chaired by Dr. Randy Rydell, Senior Political Affairs Officer in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations.
Keynote speaker Marian Hobbs, New Zealand's Minister for Disarmament, underscored the centrality of nuclear disarmament.
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