Dear Friends,

It is an honor to be a Council Member of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND). It is consistently inspiring to follow the outstanding work of legislators around the world and in the United States through the leadership of PNND Co-President Senator Ed Markey.

We sometimes forget that the vast majority of people and nations yearn for a world free of the threat of nuclear annihilation. One hundred and fifteen nations are already in nuclear-weapon-free zones. Making the entire world a nuclear-weapon-free zone is our goal.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) contains, within its adopted terms, a pledge by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (UK, France, China, the United States, and Russia) to negotiate the elimination of nuclear weapons. Although the world’s arsenals have come down from over 70,000 to fewer than 13,000—a laudable accomplishment—there are still far too many, and their continued existence threatens us all every day.

The NPT is currently holding a Review Conference at the UN, and for this reason we are sharing this report from PNND. We hope you will find it of value.

With Respect,

Jonathan Granoff,

President, Global Security Institute

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PNND Presents to the NPT on May 1

The 2026 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference opened at the United Nations on Monday (April 27) with a cloud of potential disaster hanging over its head.

UN Secretary-General  António Guterres warned that "Nuclear sabers rattle once more. Mistrust rules the day. Hard-won norms are eroding." Ambassador Do Hung Viet, President of the Review Conference, highlighted that “This is not just another conference. The stakes are very high because the danger of a nuclear war is seen and felt much more concretely these days. A nuclear arms race is looming.”

Al Jazeera correspondents Nils Adler and Abid Hussain ask whether the NPT can survive the US-Israel war on Iran?  They cite a number of experts including Sahar Khan, a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Global Affairs, who comments that "Israel is not a member of the NPT, yet has nuclear weapons, and has been able to bomb a signatory of the NPT that does not have nuclear weapons. This war has set a dangerous precedent – that if you have nuclear weapons, you can attack a state you believe has the intention to develop them.”

The tensions between United States and Iran were prominent on the opening day of the NPT Review Conference, with Iran proposing that the conference be postponed until after the war has ended, and the US condemning the appointment of Iran as one of the Vice-Presidents of the conference. 

Meanwhile, Newsweek published an article by PNND Council Member Jonathan Granoffentitled War Won’t Solve Iran’s Nuclear Threat. This Could, that puts forward a win-win solution to the war, that would also help protect and strengthen the NPT. 

Mr Granoff proposes making comprehensive inspection safeguards, much like the JCPOA (the Obama era nuclear agreement with Iran) and the Chemical Weapons Convention, apply to all non-nuclear weapons states parties to the NPT, not just Iran. "This would make the world safer, stop the next North Korea, and allow both the USA and Iran to rightfully claim a victory for the world," says Mr Granoff. "It would also strengthen the legitimacy of the NPT regime by reinforcing its nonproliferation pillar."

PNND Co-President Bill Kidd will present this proposal to a plenary session of the NPT Review Conference on May 1, along with other proposals to advance peace, common security, nuclear risk reduction and disarmament (You can watch live on UNWebTV).