Update on the latest CTR legislation.

February 2007 -- Global Green USA and partners provide policymakers the 2007 National Security Briefing Book. The briefing book provides essential information on major national security issues that will require congressional oversight and action in 2007.

January 2007 -- New staff joins the Legacy Program in Washington, D.C. Legacy Program Internship announced.

December, 2006 -- Global Green USA participated in the Eleventh Session of the Conference of the States Parties of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, The Netherlands, 5-8 December 2006.

December 2006 -- Canada recognizes the efforts of Green Cross/Global Green work to provide information about CW destruction and to facilitate dialogue among Russian citizens, through its Public Outreach Offices, in its latest 2006 "Global Partnership Program: Making a Difference" report. (See pages 4 and 15 for more information on Canada's support of Green Cross POIO in Izhevsk (Udmurt republic).

December 2006 -- Galina Vepreva, Director of the Shchuch`ye Green Cross Public Outreach Office, discusses public awareness campaigns undertaken in the destruction facilitities area on the risks related to chemical weapons (video and text). (Courtesy of the government of Canada).

December 2006-- Global Green USA Legacy Program is awarded a grant of $40,000 for 2007 by the Ploughshares Fund for the Chem Trust Project to ensure adequate U.S. government funding for the destruction of Russian chemical weapons, threat reduction and WMD nonproliferation.

September 7, 2006 -- Global Green USA Welcomes Start-Up of New Russian Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility, Urges Safety and Transparency

July 3-4, 2006 -- Green Cross International Organizes First “Nuclear National Dialogue” in Moscow. In Run-Up to Mid-July G-8 Summit, Conference to Address Nuclear Energy, Security, Nonproliferation, and Sustainable Futures

June 28-30, 2006 -- Finn Longinotto, Legacy Program Fellow, presented during the 12th International Conference on Environmental Education, Moscow, Russia, 28-30 June 2006.

June 5, 2006 -- Global Green USA in collaboration with Green Cross Russia, Green Cross Switzerland and Russia's Department of Energy (Rosatom) announce the first Nuclear National Dialogue to take place in Moscow, 3-4 July 2006.

May 2006 -- Paul Walker addressed past, present and future efforts regarding global threat reduction efforts in an article published in the Arms Control Today.

May 14, 2006 -- Legacy Program Director Paul Walker makes a presentation, "Update on Chemical Weapons Destruction Globally," before the Pugwash Study Group on the Implementation of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions in Noordwijk an Zee, The Netherlands.

May 2, 2006 -- Paul Walker is featured on the Global Security Newswire discussing critical security needs for Russian chemical weapons stockpiles and the possibility for congressional action.  Read the story >

May 1, 2006 -- Paul Walker co-authored a Boston Globe op-ed which warns of lengthy delays in global destruction of chemical weapons arsenals and recommends keeping our eyes on the prize." 

United Kingdom , Canada recognize Global Green/Green Cross outreach to Russian communities as “valuable service” to Russia’s chemical weapons destruction program
See p. 27 of Canada's Global Partnership Annual Report 2005
See p. 62 of the UK Global Partnership Annual Report 2005

Global Green’s Paul Walker lauded for ability “to navigate the arcane American and Russian political systems” and “convince policymakers of exactly what is at stake” in support of weapons demilitarization by Ploughshares Fund, a pre-eminent foundation focused on global peace and security. Ploughshares Fund Annual Report 2004-2005