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2009-06-30


The New York Times

  


  

   
	  
	  
	    

   Group Offers Plan to Eliminate Nukes by 2030  


   
	
	

	   
A group committed to eliminating nuclear weapons presented on Monday a four-step plan to achieve that goal by 2030, while acknowledging that Iran could be a ''show stopper.'' 
 
	      
 
 
	  

 
  







  

   


 






  

    
    
      
2009-06-10


The Toronto Sun

  


  

   
	  
	  
	    

   Putin: Russia might abandon nukes  


   
	
	

	   
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is willing to abandon nuclear weapons, if the United States and all other countries that have them do the same. 
 
	      
 
 
	  

 
  







  

   


 






  

    
    
      
2009-03-29


New York Times

  


  

   
	  
	  
	    

   International Leaders Urge Obama to Back Nuke Ban  


   
	
	

	   
President Barack Obama's first meeting next week with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is a historic opportunity to ... 
 
	      
 
 
	  

 
  







  

   


 






  

    
    
      
2009-03-11


International Herald Tribune

  


  

   
	  
	  
	    

   World leaders try to ban nuclear weapons  


   
	
	

	   
A new international group committed to eliminating nuclear weapons over the next 25 years has enlisted scores of world leaders... 
 
	      
 
 
	  

 
  







  

   


 






  

    
    
      
2009-03-01


PARADE Magazine

  


  

   
	  
	  
	    

   The End of Nuclear Weapons  


   
	
	

	   
Queen Noor of Jordan, born and educated in the U.S., is one of the 100 political and civic leaders behind Global Zero...
 
 
	      
 
 
	  

 
  







    

  
  
    


      


  
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Anthony Lake

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
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Chuck Hagel

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
The world would be far more secure if no one had nuclear weapons.... [I]t is so critically important that...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Desmond Tutu

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is an Anglican priest who became the first black General Secretary of the South African Council of...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Evgeny Maslin

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Colonel General (Ret.) Evgeny Maslin is the director of ANO “Aspect-Conversion” specializing in the upgrade of physical protection systems at...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Evgeny Velikhov

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Dr. Evgeny Velikhov is an accomplished Russian scientist and is the current president of the national research center, the Kurchatov...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Guangqian Peng 

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Peng Guangqian was a military strategist with the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Jack Sheehan

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
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Jehangir Karamat 

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
General (Ret.) Jehangir Karamat is a Pakistani military officer and diplomat. General Karamat graduated from the Pakistan Military Academy and...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Jianmin Wu

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Ambassador Jianmin Wu began his diplomatic career in 1960.  He worked as Second Secretary in the Chinese Mission to the...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Jiemian Yang

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Dr. Jiemian Yang is the President of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), a leading think tank advising the...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Jimmy Carter

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States of America. As a young man, he was a submariner...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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K. Shankar Bajpai

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Time and events have made it increasingly obvious that the only dependable way to prevent nuclear weapons from causing devastation...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Lee Hamilton

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Lee H. Hamilton is a former United States Congressman and is the President and Director of the Woodrow Wilson International...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Malcolm Rifkind

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Nuclear weapons helped ensure peace and security during the Cold War. We live in a different world. We do...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Mikhail Margelov

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
 For more than half of a century, nuclear weapons have coexisted with us and remained the most powerful means...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Queen Noor

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
The sheer folly of trying to defend a nation by destroying all life on the planet must be apparent...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Richard Branson

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Richard Branson is a British businessman and philanthropist. In 1970, he founded the now ubiquitous Virgin as a mail order...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Richard Burt 

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Ambassador Richard Burt is an accomplished American diplomat with special expertise in the area of nuclear weapons. He successfully concluded...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Shaharyar Khan

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Ambassador Shaharyar M. Khan is an accomplished former Pakistani diplomat. After serving as Pakistan’s ambassador to Jordan, the United Kingdom,...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Shashindra Pal Tyagi

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
I am committed to a nuclear weapons-free world not only for moral reasons, which are well known, but for...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Thomas Pickering

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Ambassador Thomas Pickering is a former American diplomat who held the personal rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Wolfgang Ischinger

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Wolfgang Ischinger is an experienced German diplomat with the current mandate as Chairman of the Munich Conference on Security Policy...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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Yukio Satoh

            
 
           
  
           

            

			
			
			
			
            			   
			   			   
			   
			   
              
 
Eliminating the threat of nuclear weapons is critically important for the future of all humanity. To this end, it...

			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
			 
            
 
           
  
           

            
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