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Speaker

"Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, has largely contributed to launching a nuclear disarmament process in the 1980s and to putting an end to the Cold War. In 1990, he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize "for his leading role in the peace process".
 

 

 

 

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Introductory statement by BAN Ki-moon
United Nations Secretary-General


 

Remarks by the Secretary General

 

 

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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