Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev delivers his speech to the Geneva Lecture series with today's theme: 'Resetting the nuclear disarmament agenda' at the UN offices on October 5, 2009 in Geneva. The former Soviet leader warned that nuclear powers must reduce their own arsenals and military might or face the dangerous emergence of more budding nuclear states like Iran and North Korea. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev delivers his speech to the Geneva Lecture series with today's theme: 'Resetting the nuclear disarmament agenda' at the UN offices on October 5, 2009 in Geneva. The former Soviet leader warned that nuclear powers must reduce their own arsenals and military might or face the dangerous emergence of more budding nuclear states like Iran and North Korea.

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  13. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
  14. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York, October 28, 2009. Ban Ki-Moon condemned the 'despicable and brutal' attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, which left five UN staff dead, but said the UN remained committed to Afghanistan.
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