The gala was hosted by the Mayor of Berlin Michael Müller at the city of Berlin where Prof Yunus was invited as the only foreign Keynote Speaker, said a press release.
The event was attended by 300 dignitaries of the city including the Mayor of Berlin, to mark the thirty year old peaceful revolution of the fall of the Wall.
In his address Professor Yunus congratulated the City of Berlin on 30 years of the fall of the Wall, and said it marked an event that changed the course of not only Berlin and Germany but the entire course of the world.
“The fall of Berlin Wall made us believe that the impossible can suddenly and unexpectedly become possible, if we continue to keep up our relentless efforts.”, he said.
The gala event was joined by distinguished personalities such as former Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit and former Berlin Mayor Walter Momper who became the first mayor of a reunited Berlin. Momper on 3 October 1990 also served as President of the Bundesrat in 1989-90.