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bulletStatement of Dr. Henry A. Kissinger Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 5/25/10. Read the Statement

 

bullet"Statement Regarding the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament," George Shultz, Bill Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn were invited by President Obama to attend the UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament and released a statement regarding the Summit's role in bringing much-needed global focus to these issues, 9/24/09. Read the Statement

 

bullet"Remarks by the President at the United Nations Security Council Summit on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament," President Obama speaks about UNSC Resolution 1887, 9/24/09. Read the Speech
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bulletNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn Speaks at SAIC on the Urgent Need to Address Nuclear Dangers
Senator Nunn outlines steps he has proposed with George Shultz, Bill Perry and Henry Kissinger to reduce nuclear dangers and lay the groundwork for building a world free of nuclear weapons and addresses issues raised by others to their Nuclear Security Project initiative., 06/23/09. Read the Speech

 

bulletAmerican Nuclear Society Annual Meeting

 

  • NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn speaks at the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting
    Senator Nunn describes the three security challenges — verification and enforcement, materials security and fuel cycle — that the technical community must help us meet before it is possible to significantly reduce the nuclear threat, while at the same time expanding the global role of nuclear energy, 06/15/09. Read the speech
  • "Securing the Nuclear Future," NTI Vice President Laura Holgate delivers a speech at the American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting in which she argues that nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation are mutually reinforcing and that the path toward a secure nuclear future must involve engaging all relevant voices and aligning the objectives of nuclear commerce and nonproliferation, 06/15/09.
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bullet"Remarks to the Senate Foreign Relation Committee," by Representative Ellen O. Tauscher, Nominee for Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, 06/09/09. View Statement

 

bullet"A World Without Nuclear Weapons," Senator John McCain delivered a Floor Statement in support of the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons, 06/03/09. View Statement

 

bulletJoint Statement by Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev at "Overcoming Nuclear Dangers" Conference, Rome, Italy, 4/17/09. Read the statement.

 

bullet"Remarks by President Barack Obama," Hradcany square, Prague, Czech Republic, 4/05/09. Read the speech.

 

bullet"Speech at the 45th Munich Security Conference," by former U.S. Secretary of State
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, 2/06/09. Read the speech.

 

bullet"Proliferation, Catastrophic Terrorism, and a New Security Paradigm," former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. William J. Perry speaks at the United States Institute of Peace "Passing the Baton" Conference, 1/8/09. Read the speech.

 

bullet"A new world order and transatlantic relations," Germany's Federal Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke at the Conference on Transatlantic Relations organized by the FAZ newspaper and the Federation of German Industries in Berlin, 7/4/08. Read the speech.

 

bullet"The Race Between Cooperation and Catastrophe," NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn speeks at the American Academy of Berlin about the need for NATO countries to work together and with Russia, to address the security threats posed by emerging new nuclear weapons states, proliferation of enrichment, poorly secured nuclear material and catastrophic terrorism , 6/12/08.
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bullet"Building a Better World Together," Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, delivers a speech at Kyoto University, 6/9/08. Read the speech.

 

bullet"A New Basis for Optimism," NTI President Charles Curtis addresses participants in the NPT Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference, 5/2/08. Read the speech.

 

bullet"The NPT and International Disarmament," Remarks by Right Honourable Professor Shirley Williams [Baroness Williams of Crosby] at “Working Toward A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” Geneva, 5/2/08. Read the speech.

 

bullet "Keynote address to the 2008 Oslo Conference on Nuclear Disarmament," by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, 2/26/08. Read the speech.

 

bullet "The Age of Diplomacy," by former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, 2/26/08.
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bulletThe Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, 2/27/08.
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bullet "Reviving Nuclear Disarmament," by International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, 2/26/08. Read the speech.

 

bulletLaying the Foundations for Multilateral Disarmament,” by the UK Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Des Browne MP at the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 2/5/08. Read the speech

 

bullet"Speech at the Chamber of Commerce in Delhi", by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, 1/21/08.
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bullet "Nuclear Disarmament Remarks," by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 10/24/07.

Note: Governor Schwarzenegger was scheduled to deliver this speech at the Hoover Institution on Oct. 24, 2007 but was forced to cancel due to the wildfires in southern California. Former Secretary of State George Shultz read the remarks on his behalf. Read the speech

 

bullet "Letter from Nancy Reagan to George P. Shultz," by former First Lady Nancy Reagan, 10/4/07. Read the letter

 

bullet "Testimony on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy," by Dr. Sidney D. Drell, House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, 7/18/07. Read the testimony

 

bullet Testimony of Dr. William J. Perry, at the House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, 7/18/07. Read the testimony

 

bullet "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons?" by former UK Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett, 6/25/07.
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bullet "The Mountaintop: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," by former Senator Sam Nunn at the Council on Foreign Relations, 6/14/07. Read the speech