The D.C.-based Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Working Group, chaired by Global Green USA’s Legacy Program, is an informal network of arms control, peace, environment, health and technology experts and Congressional staff which meets to discuss and strategize on issues related to weapons of mass destruction and threat reduction.

The CTR Working Group is named after the Cooperative Threat Reduction (“Nunn-Lugar”) Program, a congressional initiative authorizing U.S. assistance to the Former Soviet Union to dismantle and destroy weapons of mass destruction, strengthen the security of nuclear weapons and fissile materials in connection with dismantlement, prevent proliferation, and help demilitarize the infrastructure supporting weapons of mass destruction. A major focus of the CTR Working Group is to promote the program through education, letter-writing campaigns and media outreach, and to strengthen the CTR Program through policy recommendations.

CTR Working Group in pictures

March 30 , 2006– Global Green USA's Washington, DC office hosted a discussion on steps forward on WMD threat reduction and nonproliferation

January 12 , 2006– Global Green USA's Washington, DC office hosted a roundtable discussion with government officials, Conmgressional staff and experts on WMD threat reduction WMD proliferation prevention priorities in the coming year.

March 24, 2005 – Global Green USA's Washington, DC office hosted a CTR Working Group discussion on FY06 CTR funding request, priorities and prospects for CTR; and WMD threat reduction lefislation in the 109th Congress. Department of Energy officials and professional staff members from House and Senater Armed Services Committees addressed threat reduction legislation and funding.

January 27, 2005 – Global Green USA’s Washington, DC office hosted a Cooperative Threat Reduction Working Group meeting on the security and environmental threats posed by Russia’s decommissioned nuclear submarines, featuring Grigory Pasko , a former Russian naval captain, military journalist and environmental whistle-blower. Officials from countries assisting Russia with nuclear submarine dismantlement – including Germany, Japan, Norway, and the United Kingdom -- discussed their national assistance programs.

November 18, 2004 – Global Green USA’s Washington, DC office hosted a Cooperative Threat Reduction Working Group meeting on “Threat Reduction and the Global Partnership: A Discussion of Current Progress and Challenges.” State representatives of the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and NGO representatives met to discuss current efforts to assist Russia demilitarize its nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and related systems.

September 17, 2004 – Global Green USA’s Washington, DC office hosted a Cooperative Threat Reduction Working Group meeting on Russia’s floating nuclear power plants, featuring Dr. Vladimir M. Kuznetsov Director of Green Cross Russia’s program for nuclear and radiation safety .

For more information on the CTR Working Group, please contact Cristian Ion at cion@globalgreen.org