Millennium Development Goals Awards Ceremony at the United Nations

On March 17, 2009, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Dr. Kevin Cahill, a world reknown physician and humanitarian, received lifetime achievement awards at the Millennium Development Golas (MDGs) Awards Ceremony at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations. GSI President Jonathan Granoff co hosted and was privileged to give a presentation on […]

The United Nations and Security

Event Report by Adam Nester United Nations, New York October 11, 2006 United Nations, NY – On October 11, 2006 a panel convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York entitled The United Nations and Security. The purpose of the panel was to bring experts and practitioners in the fields of development, human rights, […]

Haverford College Plays Host to “Life Changing” Event Organized by the Global Security Institute – Global Leaders Offer Hope Through Responsibility

Event Report February 16-17, 2002 HAVERFORD, PA: In a two-day event, organized by the Global Security Institute, convened by primatologist and GSI Advisor Jane Goodall, and chaired by GSI President Jonathan Granoff, more than 800 people gathered at Haverford College, near Philadelphia, to focus on how awakening a sense of global responsibility can help us […]

Millennium Development Goals Awards Ceremony

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu The award ceremony was organized by the MDG Awards Committee in association with Humanitad. www.humanitad.org Highlight of the Humanitad produced event was the presentation of a Lifetime of Humanitarian Achievement Award to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu who serenaded the audience with his rendition of ‘Sentimental Journey‘ after bitterly criticizing governments who […]

In Memoriam: Hermann Scheer

(24 April 1944 – 15 October 2010)       PNND expresses our most profound sorrow for the passing of our good friend and long-time PNND member Dr Hermann Scheer. Dr Scheer was a dedicated and passionate leader in the movement to abolish nuclear weapons and the development of safe, renewable energies. A proponent of […]

GSI eNewsletter: Summer 2010

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 the NPT, dozens of states would have raised the hazard of nuclear weapons beyond the […]

Battle for the Planet: Report of the Third Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates

By Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. October 19-20, 2002 Rome SUMMARY: The 3rd World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates was held at Rome October 19-20, 2002, under the sponsorship of Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Gorbachev Foundation and the Nobel Peace Laureate of 1990. Under President Gorbachev’s leadership, a statement was issued, to be distributed throughout […]

Event Report: Global Ethics: Deep Foundation for International Legal Norms

Report on United Nations Summits   September 5, 1997  at XLI  CongressUnion Internationale Des Avocats  International Association of Lawyers Philadelphia, PA  By Jonathan Granoff United Nations Representative of Lawyers Alliance for World Security and Board Member Global Dialogue Institute Introduction   Colleagues, friends, ladies and gentleman, how good to be with an international community. Yet, […]

MDG Awards Presentation by Jonathan Granoff

Millennium Development Goals Awards Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York City, New York September 19, 2010 Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute Perspectives Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Friends,   World War I ended with a myopic vision that pressed crushing reparations upon Germany, causing poverty and resentment. Add to this the failure of […]