The Nuclear Security Project is an effort to galvanize global support for and action on the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and the urgent steps needed to reach that goal. Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, former Defense Secretary William J. Perry, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and former Senator Sam Nunn joined together to form the Project in the wake of a Wall Street Journal op-ed in 2007 which has reframed the terms of the global debate on nuclear issues.

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George Shultz and Sam Nunn Express Strong Support for New START Treaty
Former Secretary of State George Shultz and former Senator Sam Nunn have sent letters to Chairman John Kerry and Ranking Member Richard Lugar of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressing their strong support for the New START Treaty.
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"A road map for a nuclear free world"

Former South Korean Prime Minister and former Minister for Unification Lee Hong-koo, former South Korean Foreign Minister and former Ambassador to U.S. Han Sung-joo, former Speaker of the South Korean Parliament Park Kwan-yong and former South Korean Army Chief of Staff Paik Sun-yup fully endorsed the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons as proposed by the four U.S. statesmen in a JoongAng Daily op-ed. Read the Op-Ed

Statement of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Opening Statement of William J. Perry at the hearing on 'The Historical and Modern Context for U.S.-Russian Arms Control'
Dr. William Perry's statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding submission of the New START for consent and ratification. Read the Statement

Apr. 10: Swedish Declaration on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Former Prime Minister of SwedenIngvar Carlsson , former Foreign Minister of Sweden Karin Söder, former Foreign Minister of Sweden Hans Blix, SIPRI Chairman and Chairman of the Swedish Pugwash network Rolf Ekéus endorse the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and support concrete and practical steps towards achieving that aim. Read the Declaration

Nuclear Progress, but Dangers Ahead: Senior European statesmen and women call for renewed urgency in tackling problems of nuclear proliferation
Forty senior European leaders published an open letter in guardian.co.uk
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"How to Build on the Start Treaty"

An op-ed by William J. Perry and George P. Shultz, The New York Times
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Statement by George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn on START Follow-On Treaty
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(from left to right) William J. Perry, Senator Sam Nunn, George Shultz, Henry A. Kissinger, Helmut Schmidt, Richard von Weizsäcker, Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Source: Hans Glave.

"Reducing Urgent Nuclear Dangers"
George Shultz, Bill Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn participated in a panel and reception at the American Academy in Berlin on "Reducing Urgent Nuclear Dangers." The event facilitated a discussion on working toward a world free of nuclear weapons and meeting the current challenges and obstacles on that path.
Read the American Academy's summary of the event

"How to Protect Our Nuclear Deterrent: Maintaining Confidence in Our Nuclear Arsenal is Necessary as the Number of Weapons Goes Down"
by George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, The Wall Street Journal, 1/19/10

In this op-ed, the four authors reaffirm their support for a global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world, while focusing on the need to maintain the safety, security and reliability of the U.S. nuclear arsenal as we work to reduce nuclear weaponry and to realize the vision of a world without nuclear weapons.
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