MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
Former President of the Soviet Union
and Founding President of
Green Cross International*
Monday, 5 October 2009 | 4:30 p.m.
Palais des Nations; Assembly Hall
* http://www.gci.ch José Ferreiro

Resetting the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda
• I had the privilege to assist to Mr. Gorbachev’s
lecture on 5 October 2009 at the Palais des
Nations
• Mikhael Gorbachev spoke at the Assembly Hall
about nuclear disarmament and possible
multilateral collective approaches to this problem
• Introductory statement made by Ban Ki-moon,
current United Nations Secretary-General

Gorbachev’s arrival at Palais des Nations
Gorbachev is 78 years old.

Gorbachev’s arrival at Palais des Nations
Following Gorbachev’s delegation.

Gorbachev’s arrival at Palais des Nations
Gorbachev’s forehead mythic mark.

Gorbachev’s arrival at Palais des Nations
Gorbachev is going to have a short meeting with Ban Ki-moon before the lecture.

Gorbachev met Ban Ki-moon before lecture
Waiting with the security officers and bodyguards.

Gorbachev and Ban Ki-moon
Finally, Mikhael and Ki-moon finalized their meeting…

Gorbachev and Ban Ki-moon
Mikhael and Ki-moon joining the Assembly Hall at The Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Gorbachev at the Assembly Hall
Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze opens the lecture.

Gorbachev met Ban Ki-moon before lecture
Gorbachev’s lecture
Director-General security officers and bodygards Sergei Ordzhonikidze had the floor.
Waiting with the of the UN Office in Geneva Mr.

Gorbachev’s lecture
• Director-General of the UN
Office in Geneva Mr. Sergei
Ordzhonikidze
• Mikhael Gorbachev former
president of the Soviet Union
and founding president of
Green Cross International
• Ban Ki-moon, current United
Nations Secretary-General
• Carlos Lopes, Executive
Director of UNITAR

Ban Ki-moon at the Assembly Hall
United Nations Secretary-General had the floor.

Ban Ki-moon before Gorbachev’s lecture
•Introductory statement
made by Ban Ki-moon,
current United Nations
Secretary-General

Gorbachev’s lecture started
Gorbachev started.

Resetting the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda
Simultaneous translation was available in English and French for the audience.

End of the lecture
The lecture took about 90 minutes.

Questions Answering Session
Darius Rochebin, Swiss journalist, played the moderator.

Ban Ki-moon answering to the audience
Both answered questions from the audience.

United Nations logo

This lecture took place on 5 October 2009.
Four days after this lecture (9 October 2009), the
Nobel Peace Price was awarded to the United
States President Barack Obama for his work and
vision for a world without nuclear weapons among
others.
“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
José Ferreiro