2009

• December 5, 2009, Hiroshima, Japan: “For Reminding Us, Thank You, Hiroshima,” presented at the symposium, “Hiroshima Strives for Nuclear Abolition: Pursuing measures to energize the 2010 NPT Review Conference,” organized by the Hiroshima Peace Institute and Chugoku Shimbun.
• December 2009, “The Process of Zero,” World Policy Journal, Winter 2009.
• November 19, 2009, Washington, DC: “Faith, Fear and the Future of Nuclear Weapons: An Interreligious Response to the Global Crisis,” Rayburn House Office Building, co-sponsored by the Muslim-American Soicety and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
• November 11, 2009, Berlin, Germany: “A Moment to Seize,” presented at the 10th World Summit of Nobel Laureates.
• November 1, 2009, Napa Valley, CA: “At the Tipping Point: Nuclear Disarmament Challenges and Opportunities Facing Our Global Community”.
• October 12, 2009, New York, NY: “Advancing the UN Secretary-General’s Five Point Plan for Nuclear Disarmament,” presentation at the Annual Assembly of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.
• October 2009, “The Foundation of Dignity,” Tikkun Magazine.
• September 2009, “One Small Step for the Council, One Giant Leap for Mankind,” Huffington Post, co-authored with Rhianna Tyson Kreger.
• 2008/2009 edition, “Nuclear Weapons Free: It is Time and It is Necessary,” Centerpoint Now, The World Council of Peoples for the United Nations: pp.30
• September 8, 2009, Spiritual Wisdom of the Week, published in Tikkun.org
• August 27, 2009, “Nuclear Weapons Free: Let’s Support President Obama,” published in The Huffington Post.
• July 16, 2009, Puntarenas, Costa Rica: “Let Us All Be Peace Boats: Reflections on the UN, Article 26 and Costa Rica,” prepared for the Article 9 and Article 12 Peace Constitutions for Global Disarmament conference.
• July 9, 2009, Marrakesh, Morocco: “Peace- the only way to Peace,” address to the Sidi Shiker World Meeting of Tassawuf Affiliate, hosted by the Kingdom of Morocco.
• June 11, 2009, Camden, NJ: “Honoring Footsteps,” remarks upon accepting the Rutgers University School of Law Arthur E. Armitage Distinguished Alumni Award.
• May 7, 2009, New York, NY: “Voices from Experience,” chairmanship of special panel event at the United Nations featuring UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas, High Representative Sergio Duarte, former Under-Secretary-General Jayantha Dhanapala and former Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe.
• Spring, 2009, “The Call to a New Moral Imperative,” published in Reflections, Yale Divinity School.
• April 3, 2009, New York, NY: “Achieving the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: What UN Member States Can Do Now,” Presentation at the special briefing and startegy session, Contributions of the United Nations System in Advancing the Entry-Into-Force of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and the Global Security Insitute.
• April 16-17, 2009, Rome, Italy: “Preserving and Strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament 
  Regime” delivered at the Overcoming Nuclear Dangers Conference, organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nuclear Threat Initiative, and World Political Forum  
• March 26, 2009, Annapolis, Maryland: “The Imperative of Preserving and Strenghtening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,” Presentation at the Spring Conference organized and convened by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), held at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
• March 17, 2009, New York, NY: “The Millennium Development Goals: Real Family Values,” address delivered at the Millennium Development Goals Award Ceremony, General Assembly, United Nations.
• January/February 2009, “Memo to Obama: Nuclear Weapons,” published in Tikkun Magazine.
• January 30, 2009, Berlin, Germany: “The Justice They Deserve,” transcript of remarks made at the sixth Article VI Forum meeting.
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