Sergey BATSANOV

Amb. Batsanov has been a Director of the Geneva Office of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs since 2005. In Pugwash Mr. Batsanov is dealing with issues of nuclear disarmament, Iranian nuclear file, WMD Free Zone in the Middle East.

For many years has been working in the system of Soviet/Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His sphere of expertise included the whole range of arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation issues. In 1989–1993 was leading the Soviet, then Russian delegations to the Conference on Disarmament. Participated in a number of US-Soviet Ministerials and Summits, sessions of General Assembly and other UN bodies. Participated in various conferences to review the operation of disarmament treaties (Review Conferences), such as NPT, BWC, and CWC.

He is a Senior Adviser with the United Nations Inter-Regional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces.