November

November 15, 2010

The Hiroshima declaration on the abolition of nuclear weapons

The undersigned Nobel Peace Laureates and representatives of Nobel Peace Prize organisations, gathered in Hiroshima on November 12-14, 2010, after listening to the testimonies of the Hibakusha, have no doubt that the use of nuclear weapons against...

The Hiroshima declaration on the abolition of nuclear weapons

November 12, 2010

Mikhail Gorbachev Addresses the Nobel Peace Laureates Forum in Hiroshima

The Nobel Peace Laureates Summit in Hiroshima is an event of special significance. Its venue is a reminder of our responsibility, of our duty as laureates, which is to work toward a more just, more humane and more secure world. And that, of course...

Mikhail Gorbachev Addresses the Nobel Peace Laureates Forum in Hiroshima

November 8, 2010

Statement by Mikhail Gorbachev on the HOPEFOR Initiative

Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, has proposed the establishment of a Humanitarian Operation Force (HOPEFOR) to provide rapid response to humanitarian catastrophes caused by...

November 8, 2010

Mikhail Gorbachev. You can't ignore the climate

I spent the entire month of August in Moscow. Those who were in the Russian capital then will never forget the heavy smog from wildfires in nearby regions that choked the city for weeks. The city seemed immersed in an alternate reality. People...

November 1, 2010

New Politics Forum (Gorbachev Forum): discussion on the future of international relations

SOFIA, Bulgaria—The most striking phenomenon at the discussions taking place at the New Policy Forum held here last weekend, under the sponsorship of Moscow’s Gorbachev Forum and the Bulgarian Slavyani Foundation, was that the great...