Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute, speaking at the Article VI Forum hosted by the Middle Powers Initiative in Berlin, Germany, January 29–30, 2009
Granoff is a Senior Advisor of the American Bar Association's Committee on Arms Control and National Security and has served as Vice President of the NGO Committee on Disarmament at the United Nations. He serves on numerous governing and advisory boards including the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, the Jane Goodall Institute, the Bipartisan Security Group, and the Middle Powers Initiative.
Granoff has lectured worldwide on the legal, ethical and spiritual dimensions of human development and security, with a specific focus on the threats posed by nuclear weapons. As a screenwriter, Granoff has been featured in more than 30 publications.
He has practiced law in Philadelphia as an individual practitioner, in several medium-sized firms, and as in-house counsel in a public company. He chaired the special session on Terrorism and Threats to Humanity at the Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome in 2004, where he represented the International Peace Bureau, a Nobel Peace Laureate organization. Granoff has represented the International Peace Bureau at the Nobel Peace Laureate Summits in Rome every year since 2002.
Background
Granoff is the son of singer Kitty Kallen— widely known for her 1954 chart-topping solo recording '"Little Things Mean a Lot" —[1] and pioneering television syndicator Bernard "Budd" Granoff (1920-1996).[2]
Selected speeches and writings by Mr. Jonathan Granoff:
May 5, 2010, New York City: "A Good Framework for a Good Future"(PDF). presented at "Principles, Values and Global Security," seminar organized by Religions for Peace.
April 19, 2010, Tehran, Iran: "Everyone"(PDF). presentation delivered at the International Conference on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, sponsored by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
December 5, 2009, Hiroshima, Japan: "For Reminding Us, Thank You, Hiroshima"(PDF). 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.
October 24, 2008, New York, NY: "Galvanizing the focus: A Nuclear Weapons Convention"(PDF). speech delivered at the GSI Strategy Session on Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Convention, as part of the East West Institute conference "Seizing the Moment: A One-Day Consultation on Breakthrough Measures on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Disarmament."
June 9–10, 2008, New Delhi, India: "Beyond Deterrence"(PDF). Presentation at International Conference, "Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons," hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Indian Council for World Affairs.
March 9, 2008, Tehran, Iran: "Go Up to Go Over". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-13. delivered at the Institute for Political and International Studies, organized by the Foreign Ministry of Iran.
March 30, 2008, Dublin, Ireland: "Moving Forward"(PDF). delivered at Fifth Article VI Forum of the Middle Powers Initiative.
May 4, 2007, Washington, DC: Moderator of Special Showcase Presentation with "Ambassador Thomas Graham and Dr. Hans Blix"(PDF). at the American Bar Association Section of the International Law Spring Meeting.
2007: "Reverence for Life"(PDF). in Ives, D. (Ed.), Reverence for Life: Albert Schweitzer's Relevance Today. Cambridge Scholars Press.
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↑ "Kitty Kallen". The L.A. Times, Jonny Whiteside, June 24, 2010.
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