The XXI century will be a сentury either of total all-embracing crisis or of moral and spiritual healing that will reinvigorate humankind. It is my conviction that all of us - all reasonable political leaders, all spiritual and ideological movements, all faiths - must help in this transition to a triumph of humanism and justice, in making the XXI century a century of a new human renaissance.
28 April 2004 President Gorbachev Appears as a Special Guest at a Rock Music Festival in Germany
On April 17, 2004, Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony, hosted a unique festival. Fifty years ago on April 12, Bill Haley and The Comets recorded Rock Around the Clock -- considered by many critics to be the first-ever rock’n’roll song to become a hit.
22 March 2004 The Gorbachev Foundation Gives a Special Award
On March 19, a tenth anniversary award-giving ceremony the Golden Gong 2003 was held, celebrating the winners of the All-Russian contest of journalists. The Gorbachev Foundation has a tradition of instituting a special award within the framework of the contest
15 March 2004 Visit by Mikhail Gorbachev to Saint-Petersburg
On March 12, 2004, Mikhail S. Gorbachev paid a visit to Saint-Petersburg. During his stay there he visited the construction site of the Raisa M. Gorbachev Childhood Hematology and Transplantology Center, held a meeting of the Working Group of the Center’s International Board of Trustees and opened the meeting of the National Investment Council on Attracting Investment to the Housing and Communal Services Sector, held at the Tavrichesky Palace of the city
1 March 2004 Gorbachev Against TB and AIDS Program
Another important stage has been completed in the implementation of the long-term Gorbachev Against TB and AIDS Program: a section for detainees with TB and AIDS was officially opened in the Moscow Regional Pre-trial Detention Center in Yegorievsk
2 February 2004 The New Russian Federalism: Is It a Mere Declaration or Reality? Round-Table Discussion
On February 2, 2004, the Gorbachev Foundation held the round-table discussion on the theme “New Russian Federalism: Is it a Mere Declaration or Reality?” The event, hosted by the Foundation’s President Mikhail Gorbachev, was organized jointly by the Gorbachev Foundation, the non-governmental Center for Fiscal Policy (CFP) (Moscow), and the World Bank Institute.
30 January 2004 The Gorbachev Foundation Holds a Presentation
On January 30, 2004, the Gorbachev Foundation held a presentation, sponsored by the Raisa Maximovna Club, the Gorbachev Foundation, U.S.-based non-governmental organization Kidsave International, and the USAID-sponsored,
grant-giving Assistance to Russian Orphans (ARO) program.
