WASHINGTON, June 17, 2009 /PRNewswire/ --  The Global Zero Commission, a group of political and military leaders from the U.S., Russia and other key countries, will outline a step-by-step process to achieve the elimination of nuclear weapons -- a goal called for by Presidents Obama and Medvedev at their first meeting on April 1. The outline will include specific recommendations for the Obama and Medvedev administrations in advance of the July 6-8 Moscow
Summit.

The press briefing will take place Monday, June 29 at 1:30 pm EDT at the St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th St. NW, Washington, DC, in the Astor Ballroom on the first floor.

The Commission is part of the Global Zero initiative (globalzero.org) -- an international, non-partisan effort formed in response to the growing threats of proliferation and nuclear terrorism and dedicated to achieving the phased, verified elimination of all nuclear weapons. Global Zero is spearheaded by a group of more than 100 leaders worldwide, including many who have worked at senior levels with issues of national security such as former heads of state, former foreign ministers, former defense ministers, former national security advisors, and more than 20 former top military commanders.

Global Zero Commissioners

Dr. Jacques Attali, Honorary Member, Council of State, and Fmr. Advisor to the President, Republic of France

Amb. K. Shankar Bajpai, Chairman, National Security Advisory Board, Fmr. Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, India

Amb. Alexander Bessmertnykh, Fmr. Foreign Minister, the Soviet Union

Amb. Richard Burt, Fmr. United States Chief Negotiator, Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START)

P.M. Yasuo Fukuda, Fmr. Prime Minister, Japan

Sen. Chuck Hagel, Fmr. United States Senator

Amb. Wolfgang Ischinger, Fmr. Ambassador of Germany to the United Kingdom and the United States

Gen. (Ret.) Jehangir Karamat, Fmr. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Fmr. Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States

Amb. Shaharyar Khan, Fmr. Foreign Secretary and Ambassador of Pakistan to Jordan, the United Kingdom and France

Anthony Lake, Fmr. National Security Advisor, the United States

Sen. Mikhail Margelov, Senator and Chairman, Committee for Foreign Affairs, Council of Federation, Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Col. Gen. (Ret.) Evgeny Maslin, Fmr. Chief of the Main Directorate, Ministry of Defense, Russian Federation

Amb. Brajesh Mishra, Fmr. National Security Advisor, India

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Guangqian Peng, Strategist, Academy of Military Science, the People's Republic of China

Amb. Thomas Pickering, Fmr. Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations, Russia and India

Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Fmr. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, and Fmr. Secretary of Defense, the United Kingdom

Amb. Yukio Satoh, Fmr. Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations

Gen. (Ret.) Jack Sheehan, Fmr. Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command

Air Chf. Mshl. (Ret.) SP Tyagi, Fmr. Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force

Dr. Evgeny Velikhov, President, Kurchatov Institute

Amb. Jianmin Wu, Fmr. Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, and Ambassador to France and the Netherlands

Dr. Jiemian Yang, Senior Fellow and President, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, the People's Republic of China

Mr. Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Management Board, Institute of Contemporary Development

WEBSITE: http://www.globalzero.org/

CONTACT: In Washington: Trevor FitzGibbon, +1-202-406-0646, or Hilary Perry (TV Bookings), +1-202-374-6010