page_title: Vladimir Petrovsky
section_title: The United Nations
hierarchical_section_title: Vladimir Petrovsky / The United Nations
caption_attribution_description: English: Vladimir Petrovsky with Perez de Cuellar
context_page_description: Vladimir Fedorovich Petrovsky was a Soviet/Russian diplomat, Ambassador, professor in history, politician and writer.
  He served as Deputy Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union under Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1992 he became UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs in New York. From 1993–2002 he was Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. During this time he was also Secretary-General of the Conference for Disarmament. After his retirement from the United Nations V. Petrovsky established the non-governmental organization Comprehensive Dialogue Among Civilizations.
  Vladimir Petrovsky died on 21 February 2014 after a long illness. Mira Petrovsky, his wife lives in Moscow, together with their daughter Lena.
context_section_description: In February 1992 Vladimir Petrovsky was appointed as the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs and soon become chairman of the drafting committee for the 'Agenda for Peace". He served in this position until March 1993 when he was appointed to become Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva. He strongly promoted better cooperation among the different UN agencies as well as with regional organisations and the host country Switzerland.
caption: Vladimir Petrovsky with Perez de Cuellar, former UN Secretary-General in 1999
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