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THIRD EDITION OF THE GENEVA LECTURE SERIES

Public Conference
 
 
 

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Former President of the Soviet Union
and Founding President of Green Cross International
 
 

Resetting the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda

 
 

Introductory statement by

BAN KI-MOON

United Nations Secretary-General

 
 
Monday, 5 October 2009 | 4:30 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
  
 
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“In the final analysis, this problem [proliferation] can only be solved through the abolition of nuclear weapons. So long as they continue to exist, the danger will be with us, like the famous "rifle on the wall" that will fire sooner or later.”
Mikhail Gorbachev, WSJ, 31 January 2007

 


 

UN Secretary-General takes part in an open debate facilitated by the TSR journalist Mr. Darius Rochebin

 

Dr. Ebadi and Dr. Soyinka take part in an open debate moderated by the TSR journalist Mr. Xavier Colin