A Quest for Global Peace ppt

[...]... Page 2 Friday, August 18, 2006 5:08 PM 2 A QUEST FOR GLOBAL PEACE by the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, which I founded, and to thank you again for rushing all the way to Okinawa to attend On that occasion you were awarded the Toda Prize for Peace Research; what I will never forget is that you insisted in your speech on Japan’s taking the lead in the abolition of nuclear weapons You... nuclear weapons Rotblat: I commend SGI for many years of anti-nuclear and anti-war activities Ikeda: I have also persistently urged that all world leaders, especially leaders of the nuclear powers, visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki I think that nuclear arms reduction talks should be convened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima and Nagasaki can teach us a lesson about the tragic consequences of those past... nuclear age requires a reorientation of our perceptions of “security” Our leaders must take a cold, hard look at reality and act accordingly In this sense, I believe that Japan, as the first country to suffer the tragedy of the atomic bomb, must continue to be an advocate for, and raise its voice more emphatically for peace Rotblat: Hiroshima and Nagasaki stand as the symbols for why humankind must abolish... Pugwash Conference in Canada Two of them, Hideki Yukawa and Shin’ichiro Tomonaga, were Nobel Laureates in Physics, and the other one was the physicist Iwao Ogawa Professor Tomonaga, global peace- 04 ch01.fm Page 6 Friday, August 18, 2006 5:08 PM 6 A QUEST FOR GLOBAL PEACE who helped with the preparations for the Canadian conference, shared his reflections on the event He said, “The very first Pugwash... professor, to create peace I believe that only an enlightened populace can vanquish war, the ultimate evil, through justice and alliances with like-minded people global peace- 04 ch01.fm Page 14 Friday, August 18, 2006 5:08 PM global peace- 05 ch02.fm Page 15 Friday, August 18, 2006 5:08 PM CHAPTER 2 Hiroshima and Nagasaki: From Japan’s Ground Zero to the World Ikeda: Hiroshima was chosen as the site for this... remaining signatory Because of this, I feel it is my duty to carry the message forward What Einstein and his contemporaries wrote fifty years ago—“We have to learn to think in a new way”—is as relevant today as it was then When I signed the Manifesto, I was the youngest signatory This dialogue, A Quest for Global Peace, written in partnership with a man younger than I, addresses the same dilemma Can... world as a figure filled with the drive and determination to accomplish our goal I am one of your greatest admirers I consider you a world leader, a champion, as well as an ambassador for peace Commitment to peace and political will Ikeda: You are very gracious, but let us focus on you, a lion of peace I would like to mention the international conference held in February 2000 global peace- 04 ch01.fm Page... past events It can also teach us that hope can emerge from such devastation and horror global peace- 05 ch02.fm Page 17 Friday, August 18, 2006 5:08 PM HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 17 Gandhi once said that the power of the human spirit is stronger than nuclear weapons The way that the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have overcome the devastation and suffering of this unprecedented disaster and rebuilt their... that I must not contact any of my former colleagues who worked at the Los Alamos Laboratory Ikeda: By colleagues, you must mean the ones who developed the atomic bomb at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico global peace- 05 ch02.fm Page 18 Friday, August 18, 2006 5:08 PM 18 A QUEST FOR GLOBAL PEACE Rotblat: Yes All letters were screened and recorded, so I did not send any letters to my former... shared humanity and forget our differences? Can we master the necessary arts of global security and loyalty to the human race? Together with Daisaku Ikeda, I use this forum as a means to bequeath my experiences and my convictions about the moral and responsible uses of science to the next generation Joseph Rotblat London global peace- 03 pref1.fm Page xii Friday, August 18, 2006 5:06 PM global peace- 03 . Friday, August 18, 2006 5:05 PM A QUEST FOR GLOBAL PEACE ROTBLAT AND IKEDA ON WAR, ETHICS, AND THE NUCLEAR THREAT Joseph Rotblat and Daisaku Ikeda global peace- 01. nuclear weapons and of war. Daisaku Ikeda President, Soka Gakkai International global peace- 03 pref2.fm Page xv Friday, August 18, 2006 5:06 PM global peace- 03