Speeches
Read speeches by NTI board members, officers and staff.
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Remarks by Sam Nunn at the Launch of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
Jan. 8, 2001 | Sam NunnRemarks by Sam Nunn at the launch of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, National Press Club, January 2001
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Remarks to the InterAction Council, 28th Annual Plenary Meeting, Hiroshima, Japan
April 18, 2010 | Sam Nunn"The world has to build trust, cooperation, technical capability and political will over time to have a realistic prospect of ultimately ending nuclear weapons as a threat to the world," said NTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn.
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Remarks to the Pacific Health Summit
June 11, 2007 | Sam NunnSam Nunn, Co-Chairman of NTI, speaks at the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle.
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Russia's Role in Combating Catastrophic Terrorism
Feb. 3, 2003 | Charles B. CurtisIn this speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Mr. Curtis offers eight steps to a more effective U.S./Russian security relationship, moving from suspicious competitors to cooperative partners.
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Sam Nunn Accepts Hessian Peace Prize
June 11, 2008 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn was honored with the Hessian Peace Prize for his "long-standing involvement and strong engagement in avoiding nuclear conflicts and his work toward nuclear disarmament." In his acceptance remarks, he spoke about the need to reduce global nuclear dangers.
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Sam Nunn Discusses Need for New Public-Private Partnership to Reduce the Threat of Bioterrorism
Dec. 9, 2004 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn says that active leadership of the scientific community is essential to develop norms of scientific behavior that will secure dangerous biological materials without suffocating scientific research.
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Sam Nunn's Statement Regarding the Report of the UN High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change
Dec. 2, 2004 | Sam NunnNTI Co-Chairman Sam Nunn commends the panel for recognizing that "we need to do more, faster" to reduce the threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials.
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Securing the Nuclear Future
June 15, 2009 | Laura HolgateNTI 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.
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Seizing the Opportunity to Make a Safer World
June 18, 2001 | Charles B. CurtisMr. Curtis spoke at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Nonproliferation Conference in Washington D.C.
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Senator Nunn's Remarks at the CNN World Report Conference
Senator Nunn, Ted Turner and General Habiger (U.S. Air Force, Ret.) participated in a panel on the global nuclear threat at the CNN World Report Conference, which brings together journalists from around the world.
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Senator Nunn's Remarks at the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C.
Oct. 22, 2002 | Sam NunnSenator Nunn discussed the need to immediately secure nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and materials wherever they are vulnerable around the world.
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Speech on Social Courage by Sam Nunn
March 15, 2011 | Sam NunnReceiving Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, Senator Nunn asks whether America will pass the test of leadership and social courage. He emphasizes the importance of civility and compromise to build a world of promise and avoid a world of peril.
