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New York City hearings pave the way for nuclear weapons divestment
On Tuesday last week (January 28), New York City Council held public hearings on two measures (draft Resolution 0976 and Initiative 1621) which if adopted would oblige the city to divest its city pension funds from the nuclear weapons industry and establish an...
The Pope and the Bomb: Beyond Deterrence
Conference: Georgetown University, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs January 31, 2020 At the conference, experts will address challenges and solutions to the current crisis in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, with reference to Pope...
JAN 29: TESTIMONY BEFORE NEW YORK CITY CITY COUNCIL
On January 28, 2020 GSI President will be presenting testimony before the New York City Council on behalf of Move the Nuclear Money campaign, of which GSI is a founding member, in support of the creation of an Advisory Committee to examine nuclear disarmament issues,...
GSI President in The Hill: Senator-jurors who may not be impartial? Remove them for cause
GSI President Jonathan Granoff in The Hill: As President Donald Trump's impeachment trial opened, Chief Justice John Roberts swore in all the members of the U.S. Senate who made an oath to "do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help me...
GSI President in The Hill: Senators, keep your oaths (‘so help you God’)
GSI President Jonathan Granoff in The Hill: On the divisive question of President Donald Trump’s Senate trial and whether it should or shouldn’t lead to his removal from office, it is important to remember something we risk forgetting: the oaths that senators take....
WORKING TO ACHIEVE A PEACEFUL SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FREE FROM THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Dear Friends, While the conduct of the reckless grab the headlines, serious people understand the value of ensuring that professional, diligent, principled advocacy for global...
Nobel Summit Meridá: Priorities for Nuclear Disarmament, and the Power of Law vs. the Law of Power
On September 21, 2019, Nobel laureates and experts gathered for a series of panels, as a part of the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá Mexico. The subject of our first featured panel is "four Priorities for Nuclear Disarmement," It was...
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Videos
Two of the prominent panel discussions of the 17th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá, Mexico were entitled The Power of Law vs. The Law of Power, and Four Priorities for Nuclear Disarmament. GSI President Jonathan Granoff was a speaker on the...
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: Panel, The Power of Law vs. the Law of Power
From September 19 - 22, the Nobel Peace Prize laureates gathered in Meridá, Mexico for the 18th annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates. In one of the many impactful panels of the weekend, GSI President Jonathan Granoff participated in a discussion on...
Gorbachev Message to Fellow Nobel Laureates at Meridá Summit
click image to watch Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev sent a very personal and...
Youth Declaration at World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
The World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, of which the Global Security Institute is a long-time associate, has a powerful element of youth participation, including special panels for youth with Nobel laureates, joint activities with youth organization,...
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates: A Culture of Peace
In additional to the Final Declaration of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá, Mexico, the Nobel laureates makde a special declaration about the establishment of a culture of peace: TEXT OF DECLARATION: The undersigned, gathered in Mérida,...
World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates: The Urgent Need to Prevent Nuclear War
As well as the Final Declaration of the Summit, this year the Nobel Peace Prize laureates issued a special Declaration on the use of nuclear weapons and the current state of nuclear disarmament.TEXT OF DECLARATION:Since August 1945, when the US detonated...
Make Your Mark For Peace. Final Declaration Of The 17th Nobel Peace Summit
Global Security Institute was proud to be a participant in this year's World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Meridá, Mexico, September 19-21. After a weekend of profound discussions and panels, the Nobel laureates issued the following final declaration:...
Jonathan Granoff Speech on Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings
The Power of Vision 26th Annual Interfaith Peace Gatheringin Commemoration of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic BombingsMonday, August 5, 2019 Japan Society AuditoriumNew York City Jonathan Granoff,President Global Security Institute; Representative to the...
Nuclear Weapons Free Zones and Advancing the Cause of Nuclear Disarmament
Report on Nuclear Weapons Free Zones and Advancing the Cause of Nuclear Disarmament, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United NationsProgress on advancing nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament is imperative for human survival. It is...
Speech: United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative (URI) is a global grassroots interfaith network that cultivates peace and justice by engaging people to bridge religious and cultural differences and work together for the good of their communities and the world. The purpose...
GSI Presentation at Oslo Peace Center
This week the Oslo Peace Center is hosting and event to address ways to advance greater levels of tolerance. I am pleased to be a speaker in a session with Nobel Peace Laureates Presidents Willem deKlerk and Lech Walesa. Below is the presentation that will be...
Granoff at Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento, CA.
On May 2 GSI President Jonathan Granoff delivered the keynote address to the...
Newsweek: Trump’s Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal Weakened the West and Unleashed Russia
A groundbreaking article was published by Newsweek today, authored by Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., a member of GGI's Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Nonpartisan Security group, and GSI President Jonathan Granoff, on the ramifications of the U.S....
Basel Appeal to Save the INF
The Basel Peace Office, Mayors for Peace, the World Future Council and GSI program Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament have issued a joint appeal from American and European Mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil...
Senator Markey, Congressman Lieu: Restrict First use of Nuclear Weapons
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Co-President, Senator Ed Markey, and Congressman Ted Lieu, re-introduced legislation today to curtail Presidential power over the use of nuclear weapons. We are very pleased to share this...
Newsweek: The Shutdown Crisis is Far Worse than Either Party Realizes
GSI President GSI in Newsweek: "In his recent Oval Office speech, President Trump invoked humanitarian motives, fears of beheadings, and even God to justify shutting down the government until he gets $5 billion for a wall to “protect” the U.S. border with...
World’s Parliament of Religions, Toronto
From November 1-7, 2018, The Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C., a long-time adviser to the Global Security Institute, and GSI President Jonathan Granoff met with other leading faith and disarmament leaders at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto,...
Statement from the Parliament of World Religions Calls for Elimination of Nuclear Threat
Published on The Parliament of the World's Religions, November 29, 2018.The following statement, developed by Jonathan Granoff of the Global Security Institute, with the supportive consultations of our esteemed Parliament presenters former Canadian Prime...
Jonathan Granoff and Angaangaq Angakkorsuaq in Greenland
Standing at the edge of the polar ice caps, it is clear that the destruction of our Earth by nuclear weapons and its degradation by the man-made factors of climate change are inextricably linked. Join us as GSI President Jonathan Granoff and Angaangaq...
Video: Bahrain Prime Minister Report on UN Bahrain Visions Forum
Video report from the office of His Royal Highness Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa bin...
‘Bahrain Visions Forum’ at UN
On September 27, 2018, the Kingdom of Bahrain and Global Security Institute hosted the 'Bahrain Visions Forum: Shared Vision Towards a Successful, Sustainable Future' at the United Nations in New York, on the side of the UN General Assembly 73rd...
Video: Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa on Conclusion of Nobel Laureates Visit
His Royal Highness Bahrian Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa speaks at the conclusion of a...
Bahrain: President F.W. de Klerk Speech
TEXT: SPEECH BY FORMER PRESIDENT FW DE KLERKAT THE NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE LECTURESMANAMA, BAHRAIN 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 MULTILCULTURALISM AND GLOBAL POLITICAL CHALLENGES Your Royal Highnesses, Fellow Nobel Peace Laureates, Your Excellencies, ladies and...