Daisy Alliance to Host Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Panel Discussion at UN
Daisy Alliance will host a panel event at the United Nations on May 7, 2010 during the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Experts on Middle East proliferation issues, Dr. Avner Cohen, Dr. Michael Yaffe, and Dr. Gawdat Bahgat will present their ideas on “Getting to a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (NWFZ),” discuss the current regional challenges to a Middle East NWFZ, and provide policy recommendations and confidence building measures to encourage success in implementing a Middle East NWFZ Treaty.
Atlanta, GA: April 13, 2010 -- Daisy Alliance will host a panel event at the 2010 NPT Review Conference on May 7, 2010, 10am-1pm. The panel’s topic, “Getting to a Middle East Nuclear Weapons Free Zone,” will be held at the UN, in NGO Room A in the Temporary North Lawn Building. Panelists will be Dr. Avner Cohen, Dr. Michael Yaffe, and Dr. Gawdat Bahgat. Holly Lindamood, Daisy Alliance Program Director for Nonproliferation and Disarmament, will moderate the panel.
The goal of the panel is to bring together delegates to the NPT Review Conference to hear recommendations that will facilitate progress on implementing a Middle East NWFZ. The panel will discuss the current regional challenges to establishing a NWFZ and provide security and confidence building mechanisms and policy recommendations to guide policymakers in initiating serious negotiations. This topic is particularly timely because the 1995 Middle East Resolution was key to the indefinite extension of the NPT. Failure to resolve this issue potentially threatens the NPT as the cornerstone of the nonproliferation and disarmament regime. According to Bruce A. Roth, Executive Director of Daisy Alliance and author of No Time to Kill, “A Middle East NWFZ is widely supported in principle, but numerous regional challenges have prevented successful negotiations resulting in a treaty since it was first proposed to the UN General Assembly in 1974. Our panelists will present fresh ideas that may help to break this historical impasse.”
The panelists have extensive experience and expertise on Middle East proliferation issues. Dr. Avner Cohen, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland, is an internationally recognized expert on nonproliferation issues. He also authored Israel and the Bomb and the forthcoming The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bargain with the Bomb. Dr. Michael Yaffe, Professor of International Relations at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, was a career Foreign Affairs Officer, specializing in Middle East security and nuclear proliferation. He also served on the U.S. delegation to the multilateral Arms Control and Regional Security Working Group of the Madrid Peace Process and as the senior advisor and a U.S. negotiator on Middle East issues as several NPT Review Conferences and Preparatory Committees. Dr. Gawdat Bahgat, Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University, was previously the Director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has authored numerous books and articles on nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, including his most recent book, Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East.
The NPT is the sole multilateral agreement on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament and the cornerstone of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. Multilateral NPT Review Conferences, aimed at improving the NPT, are held at five-year intervals to ensure continued cooperation and coordination on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. The 1995 Review Conference extended the treaty indefinitely and reinforced nonproliferation and disarmament commitments by states parties. The upcoming NPT Review Conference is particularly crucial to the viability of the nonproliferation regime, which is at a precipice due to the failure of states parties to even agree on an agenda at the 2005 Review Conference.
ABOUT DAISY ALLIANCE—Daisy Alliance was founded by Bruce A. Roth in 2006 as a nonpartisan grassroots peace organization. It works to improve global peace and security by reducing the threat or use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and by promoting the rule of international law. Daisy Alliance raises funds from the sale of its products—lapel pins, pendants, and the book, No Time To Kill—in order to educate the public about the devastation nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons are capable of inflicting and the threat they pose to civilization. No Time To Kill is a holistic guide to WMD, terrorism, and genocide, written for the layperson and scholar alike. More than just discussing these problems, it presents a reasonable solution to make the planet safer—an approach never tried before. The Daisy Alliance logo symbolizes the globe at its center and its petals represent people of the world. The inspiration for the name Daisy Alliance came from the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson presidential television campaign ad.
CONTACT:
Bruce A. Roth
Daisy Alliance
990 Hammond Drive, Suite 830
Atlanta,GA 30328
770-804-5578 (phone)
http://www.daisyalliance.org
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Daisy Alliance Represented at “Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT”
Bruce A. Roth, founder of
Daisy Alliance and author of No Time To Kill, attended a three-day event hosted
by the Middle Powers Initiative at the Carter Center.
The event, “Atlanta Consultation III:
Fulfilling the NPT” was held in Atlanta,
GA, from January 20-22, 2010. The
goal of the meeting was to coordinate strategies to achieve success at the
upcoming NPT Review Conference in May 2010.
Atlanta, GA: January 30, 2010 -- Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance and author of "No Time To Kill," and
Holly Lindamood, Program Director, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament,
attended a three-day conference hosted by the Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) at
the Carter Center in Atlanta, from January 20-22, 2010. The conference,
“Atlanta Consultation III: Fulfilling the NPT,” brought together
around eighty diplomats, parliamentarians, and representatives of
nongovernmental organizations from about thirty countries. The goal of the
meeting was to coordinate strategies to achieve success at the upcoming NPT
Review Conference in May 2010.
The event commenced with a reception and banquet featuring
keynote speakers Gareth Evans, Co-Chair of the International Commission on
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) and Tomosaburo Esaki,
Principle Deputy Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Japan.
Mr. Evans addressed ICNND’s recently published report, “Eliminating
Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers.” The basic
themes of the report are delegitimizing the role and utility of nuclear weapons
and achieving a nuclear weapons free world via a phased approach to
disarmament.
The conference featured a series of panels with the goal of developing
global strategies towards fulfilling the NPT and advancing global disarmament.
The opening plenary, “Compass Point of Elimination,” included
speeches by President Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global
Security Institute, the Honorable Douglas Roche, OC, Chairman Emeritus of the
MPI, and H.E. Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative of Disarmament Affairs.
Additional panels throughout the conference focused on President Obama’s
vision of achieving the global elimination of nuclear weapons, advancing
international cooperation in the nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament
arena, and strategies for the NPT Review Conference.
Afternoon breakout sessions focused on more specific
challenges to the upcoming review conference, and included panels on
“Advancing the CTBT,” “The Middle East Resolution,” and
“Security Doctrines and Extended Deterrence.” Dr. Nancy Gallagher,
Associate Director for Research at the Center for International and Security
Studies, presented a keynote speech detailing the tradeoffs between nuclear disarmament
and international security, and provided a view of the bigger picture. She
suggests that a singular focus on nuclear disarmament to the exclusion of
global security is doomed to fail, because the former cannot occur without the
latter.
The NPT (the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the sole
multilateral document on nuclear nonproliferation) is the cornerstone of the
nuclear nonproliferation regime. Multilateral review conferences, aimed at
improving the NPT, are held at five-year intervals to ensure continued
cooperation and coordination on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. The
1995 Review Conference extended the treaty indefinitely and reinforced
nonproliferation and disarmament commitments by state parties. In preparation
for the upcoming review conference, the MPI brings together international civil
society and “middle power” governments to build consensus prior to
the review. This forum provides opportunities to educate and develop strategies
to encourage nuclear weapons states to take practical steps towards nuclear
disarmament.
The upcoming review conference is particularly crucial to
the viability of the nonproliferation regime, which is at a precipice due to
the failure of state parties to even agree on an agenda at the 2005 Review
Conference. Preparatory meetings such as the conferences organized by the MPI
are a vital step in coordinating policy and ensuring success at the 2010 Review
Conference.
ABOUT DAISY ALLIANCE—Daisy Alliance was founded by
Bruce A. Roth in 2006 as a global grassroots peace organization which promotes
the non-proliferation, disarmament, and the elimination of nuclear weapons,
biological weapons, and chemical weapons—all types of Weapons of Mass
Destruction, or WMDs. Daisy Alliance raises funds from the sale of its
products: lapel pins and the book "No Time To Kill," in order to
educate the public in all walks of life about the threat that WMDs pose to civilization.
"No Time To Kill" is a holistic guide to WMDs, terrorism, and
genocide, written for the layperson. More than just discussing these problems,
it presents a reasonable solution to make the planet safer—an approach
never tried before. The Daisy Alliance lapel pin symbolizes the globe at its
center and its petals represent people of the world. The inspiration for the
name Daisy Alliance came from the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson presidential television
campaign ad.
CONTACT:
Bruce A. Roth
Daisy Alliance
990 Hammond Drive, Suite 830
Atlanta,GA 30328
770-804-5578 (phone)
http://www.daisyalliance.org
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Daisy Alliance Represented at UN Panel Events
November 3, 2009 -- Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance and author of No Time To Kill, and Holly Lindamood, Program Director, attended a three day panel event hosted by Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and the Middle Powers Initiative (MP) at the United Nations during the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security meetings in New York, from October 12-14, 2009.
The first panel, “Advancing the UN Secretary General’s Five-Point Plan on Nuclear Disarmament” was chaired by Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute. Speakers included Uta Zapf MP, Chair of the German Parliament Sub-committee on Disarmament and Arms Control, Mikyung Lee MP, Secretary-General of the South Korean Democratic Party, Senator Tadashi Inuzuka, Member of Parliament representing Nagasaki, Japan, and Representative Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congress. The panel reported on initiatives to advance UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s agenda for a nuclear weapons free world.
Panel two, “Defining Success at the NPT Review Conference,” was chaired by Ambassador Henrik Salander, Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative. Speakers included Swiss Ambassador Jurg Streuli, Swiss Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, U.S. Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Mexico Ambassador Pablo Macedo, Director-General for United Nations, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The third panel, “Strengthening Space Security,” included presentations by Dr. John Steinbruner and Dr. Nancy Gallagher of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of their report “Reconsidering the Rules for Space Security.” Mr. Cesar Jaramillo also presented the 2009 edition of Space Security Index, a publication of Project Ploughshares. GSI Senior Officer Rhianna Tyson Kreger chaired the panel.
The United Nations General Assembly is a consensus-building body, where issues of international peace and security are collectively discussed among all UN member states. The General Assembly's work on disarmament is conducted through its First Committee on Disarmament and International Security.
The First Committee provides a forum for each state to discuss its positions on disarmament-related matters, and to work together to come up with compromises or to propose language to better understand and approach the issues. It offers the opportunity for states to build consensus on the issues, to reach common understandings and principles, and to agree on norms of behavior. Thus rather than ensuring “security” through the size of their arsenals, governments can discuss how to best arrive at cooperative security arrangements that minimize spending on weapons, reduce arms production, trade, and stockpiles, and increase global security. This consensus can subsequently be used in other disarmament for a, such as the Conference on Disarmament, where disarmament treaties are negotiated.
According to Roth, "These meetings are vital to the process of nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) contains the only binding commitment to nuclear disarmament in a multilateral treaty. At the 2005 Treaty Review Conference, states parties could not agree on a final document, and the five week long conference was considered to be a failure. 2010 is the next chance to move forward."
ABOUT DAISY ALLIANCE—Daisy Alliance was founded by Bruce A. Roth in 2006 as a global grassroots peace organization which promotes the non-proliferation, disarmament, and elimination of nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons—all types of Weapons of Mass Destruction, or WMDs. Daisy Alliance raises funds from the sale of its products: lapel pins and a book written by its founder, No Time To Kill, in order to educate the public in all walks of life about the threat that WMDs pose to civilization. No Time To Kill is a holistic guide to WMDs, terrorism, and genocide, written for the layperson. More than just discussing these problems, it presents a reasonable solution to make the planet safer—an approach never tried before. The Daisy Alliance lapel pin symbolizes the globe at its center and its petals represent people of the world. The inspiration for the name Daisy Alliance came from the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson presidential television campaign ad.
CONTACT:
Bruce A. Roth
Daisy Alliance
770-804-5578 (phone)
www.daisyalliance.org
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Daisy Alliance Announces $1,000 Student Scholarship/Essay Contest "The Role of NATO in the 21st Century"
Atlanta, GA August 21, 2009
Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance and author of No Time To Kill, will award cash prizes to the students who submit the best original papers. The essay topic for 2010 is "The Role of NATO in the 21st Century." The 1st Place prize is $1,000, 2nd Place is $500, and 3rd Place $250. The scholarship contest is open to undergraduate and graduate level students and is being promoted at more than 200 universities around the world.
The United States' role in extending a nuclear security guarantee
to allied nations in Europe has diminished since the Cold War, and
several new nuclear security threats have emerged-North Korea has nuclear
weapons, Iran may have them soon, and there are terrorist organizations
who aspire to using weapons of mass destruction against the US and its
allies. Russia and the U.S. are no longer on the brink of nuclear war,
but tensions still exist from disagreements over missile defense, NATO
expansion, and the Russian invasion of Georgia.
Students should address all of the following questions:
- How has the deterrent usefulness of the U.S. nuclear umbrella changed since the end of the Cold War?
- What effect, if any, has this had or is it likely to have on nonproliferation and disarmament efforts? How important are these efforts for the security of all NATO partners?
- Is NATO still needed to provide a nuclear security guarantee to its non-nuclear members?
- Should NATO decrease, or end its reliance on nuclear weapons?
This essay should be at least 2,500 words and not more than 3,000 words
excluding footnotes and bibliography. Papers must be submitted in a Word
file no later than January 26, 2010 to Daisy Alliance using the email
link on the "Contact Us" page of the Daisy Alliance website. Students
should be sure to include their name, mailing address, phone number,
school name, and grade.
For more information about the 2010 scholarship, Daisy Alliance,
Bruce Roth, or the book, "No Time To Kill," visit the website.
Daisy Alliance is a nonpartisan grassroots peace organization seeking
global peace and security through nuclear nonproliferation, disarmament,
and the elimination of all Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) - whether
nuclear, chemical, or biological. It raises funds in order to educate
the public about the devastation that WMDs are capable of inflicting
and the threat they pose to civilization.
Bruce Roth Attends United Nations Panel Events
Atlanta, Georgia October 10, 2008
Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance and author of No Time To Kill, attended a two day panel event at the United Nations in New York, NY, from October 8-9, 2008.
The first panel, "The Middle East: Nuclear Future or Nuclear Free" was chaired by Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, and featured Mr. Jonathan Granoff, President, Global Security Institute, Ms. Merav Datan, Mideast Political Advisor, and Ms. Sharon Dolev of Green Peace Mediterranean. The panel discusses current security challenges in the Middle East and the implications for global security, and addressed questions about Iran, Israel, the nuclearization of the region, and the goal of a WMD-free zone.
Panel two, "Removing Nuclear Weapons from the Security Equation: The Responsibilities of the United States, Russia and NATO" was chaired by the Honorable Douglas Roche, OC, Chairman of the Middle Powers Initiative, and included panelists Mr. Jean du Preez of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, and Dr. Roald Sagdeev, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Maryland. The second panel examines the prospects for the strategic balance between the U.S. and Russia and the role nuclear weapons play in NATO strategy. For more information on "Bruce Roth Attends United Nations Panel Events," contact Bruce A. Roth.
Daisy Alliance Announces 3rd Annual Student Scholarship/Essay Contest
Atlanta, Georgia, July 3, 2008
Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance and author of No Time To Kill, announces the 2009 Student Scholarship/Essay Contest, “Minimal Nuclear Deterrence—A Stop Along the Path to Zero”. The focus of this year’s contest is the reconciliation of the requirements for minimum deterrence with the practical steps of deep nuclear arms reductions in the U.S. and Russia. Thematic issues include the effects of nuclear arms reduction on stability and the deterrence of threats, tradeoffs between reducing nuclear arsenals and maintaining strong nuclear capabilities, and the depth of reductions that can be made without materially affecting security or strategic stability.
The essay contest is open to undergraduate and graduate students, both U.S. and international, who are currently enrolled in a program with an international affairs focus.
Cash prizes are awarded to students with the best original papers. Prizes are $1000 for 1st place, $500 for 2nd place, $250 for 3rd place, and $100 for 4th place. Daisy Alliance will host an awards dinner following the completion of the contest.
For additional information on “Daisy Alliance Announces 3rd Annual Student Scholarship/Essay Contest,” contact Bruce A. Roth. To view additional information and eligibility requirements for applying for the annual Daisy Alliance Essay Scholarship Contest, please visit the Daisy Alliance website at http://www.daisyalliance.org/student-scholarship/.
Daisy Alliance Essay Contest Winners Announced
Atlanta, Georgia, April 9, 2008
Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance, awarded three prizes for the annual Daisy Alliance Essay Contest, "Nuclear Deterrence: Challenges of Today and Solutions for Tomorrow." The first place prize of $1,000 was awarded to Geoff Swanstrom, a Master's student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Second place, $250, went to Jonathan Spratling, a freshman in the University of Georgia School of Public Policy and International Affairs. The third place prize of $100 was awarded to Ksenia Kulakova, also a Master's student at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prizes were awarded to each student at an awards dinner hosted by Mr. Roth.
For more information on "Daisy Alliance Essay Contest Winners Announced," contact Bruce A. Roth. To view information and eligibility requirements for applying for the annual Daisy Alliance Essay Contest, see http://www.daisyalliance.org/.
Bruce Roth Attends Article VI Forum
Atlanta, Georgia, April 4, 2008
Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance, attended the 5th meeting of the Article VI Forum, held in Dublin, Ireland, from March 26-28, 2008. The Article VI Forum is hosted annually by the Middle Powers Initiative, a program of the Global Security Institute. Attendees at the 2008 Forum included diplomats, parliamentarians, and other leaders from "middle power" nations. The agenda for the meetings was "NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty): Pathfinder to a Nuclear Weapons Free World." The topics for discussion included: Reducing and De-Alerting Nuclear Forces; Missiles, Missile Defenses, and Space; and Towards Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
For more information on "Bruce Roth Attends Article VI Forum," contact Bruce A. Roth. To view the 2008 Middle Powers Initiative briefing paper, see http://www.gsinstitute.org/mpi/pubs/A6F_Dublin_brief.pdf.
Daisy Alliance Represented at 8th Nobel Peace Laureates World Summit
Atlanta, Georgia, December 3, 2007
Bruce A. Roth, author of No Time To Kill, attended the 8th Nobel Peace Laureates World Summit, December 13th-15th, 2007, at the Campidoglio in Rome, Italy. He was invited for the second time by the International Peace Bureau for his work in nuclear disarmament. At the meeting Roth promoted the elimination of all forms of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons—in order to reduce the threat of a nuclear holocaust or bioterrorism.
A number of Nobel Laureates attended this year's Summit, including: Mikhail Gorbachev, HH Dalai Lama, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Mohammed Yunus, Lech Walesa, Betty Williams, Mons. Philipe Ximenes Belo, John Hume, the International Atomic Energy Agency, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the International Peace Bureau, the American Friends Service Committee, Institut de Droit International, Pugwash Conferences, the Red Cross, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, Amnesty International, the United Nations, International Labor Organization, and Medicins Sans Frontieres.
The Laureates and the Mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni awarded the "Man of Peace 2007" jointly to George Clooney and co-actor Don Cheadle for their efforts to help the people suffering from the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Tenor Andrea Bocelli was be the guest of honor at a reception held in the 350 year old Palazzo Pallavicini. Other dignitaries in attendance included the President of the Italian Republic, the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Parliament, the President of the Senate of the Italian Republic, and the Minister of Youth.
The core subject of this year's summit was "The Next Generation." Session topics included: Is a World Without Violence Possible?, Global Warming, Disarmament, From the Fight for Freedom to the Cease of War, and Equal Rights in a World of Differences. Presentations focused on our collective legacy and necessary commitment to a sustainable future. Previous World Summits have centered on "Atoms for Peace or Atoms for Bombs," "Peace and Security-Multilateral Security Imperatives," "Terrorism and Other Threats to Humanity," and "Lifting Up the World: Building a Culture of Peace".
For additional information on "Daisy Alliance Represented at 8th Nobel Peace Laureates World Summit," contact Bruce A. Roth.
Bruce A. Roth Attendee at United Nations Meetings with Special Guest Christie Brinkley
Atlanta, Georgia, October 13, 2007
Bruce A. Roth, founder of Daisy Alliance, attended a set of United Nations meetings from October 10th-12th in New York City at which panelist and supermodel, Christie Brinkley, spoke about "Amplifying the Moral and Practical Missions of the United Nations." Roth praised Brinkley, saying that she is well informed, passionate, articulate, and makes good use of her celebrity to advance the cause of nuclear arms control. The all-woman panel also included the Hon. Marian Hobbs, parliamentarian and former Minister for Disarmament of New Zealand, Ms. Cora Weiss, a longtime peace activist and leader for gender equality at the UN, and the Hon. Alexa McDonough, a senior member of the Canadian parliament. The event was Moderated by GSI Senior Officer, Rhianna Tyson.
At the meetings, ambassadors, parliamentarians, non-governmental organizations, and concerned citizens discussed how global security can be improved through cooperative security arrangements which minimize spending on nuclear weapons and reduce stockpiles-rather than by increasing the size of national arsenals.
For additional information on “Bruce A. Roth Attendee at United Nations Meetings with Special Guest Christie Brinkley," contact Bruce A. Roth.
Daisy Alliance Referenced in 2007 Cunningham Lecture
Atlanta, Georgia, March 2007
In the prestigious 2007 Cunningham Lecture at the Academy for Social Sciences in Australia, Bruce A. Roth, his organization Daisy Alliance, and his book No Time To Kill were referenced by Oxford Professor Emeritus and Canberra Commission Member, Robert J. O’Neill, AO. O’Neill has spent his life studying international conflict. His 2007 lecture, "World Order Under Stress: Issues & Initiatives for the 21st Century," is a prescient examination of the trials and challenges which have continually beset world powers. Drawing on historical parallels, the lecture offers a perspective on the problems the United States faces as the leading power in the world today, the insurgency of radical Islam, the future of nuclear weapons and the need for closer global cooperation. Mr. Roth is listed as an example in Mr. O’Neill’s lecture of a "committed private citizen" whose initiative is helping the "building" momentum of nonproliferation and disarmament.
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), which consists of over 400 fellows, was established in 1971. It is an autonomous, non-governmental organization, devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the various social sciences. The Cunningham Lectures are annual public lectures named after the first Chairman of the Social Science Research Committee (the Academy's predecessor), Dr Kenneth Stewart Cunningham.
For additional information on "Daisy Alliance Referenced in 2007 Cunningham Lecture," contact Bruce A. Roth. To see Robert O’Neill’s 2007 Cunningham Lecture, visit http://www.assa.edu.au/Publications/op/op32007.pdf
