Comments on SGI President Ikeda's proposal

A selection of comments by experts and peace scholars on SGI President Daisaku Ikeda's proposal “Building Global Solidarity Toward Nuclear Abolition.“

Dr. Mohamed Elbaradie Director General Emeritus, International Atomic Energy Agency
I applaud President Ikeda’s commitment to the creation of a world free from nuclear weapons. more…

Ambassador Sergio Duarte High Representative for Disarmament, UN
It is an honour for me to have this opportunity to comment on the five-part plan for nuclear disarmament offered by President Daisaku Ikeda of Soka Gakkai International. more…

Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala President, Pugwash Conferences
Interviewer: In recent months, there have been a number of developments, such as U.S. President Obama’s speech in Prague on April 5, more…

Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. Founding Chairman, Middle Powers Initiative
The five-point plan of Daisaku Ikeda, President, Soka Gakkai International, to lay the foundation for a world without nuclear weapons is prophetic and practical. more…

Dr. Tilman Ruff Former President, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Australia, an affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s 2009 Nuclear Abolition Proposal is a cogent clarion call for getting on with the overdue task of abolishing the worst weapons of terror. more…

Dr. David Krieger President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Daisaku Ikeda begins his five-point proposal for nuclear weapons abolition with a reference to hope being inherent in the “solidarity of ordinary citizens.“ more…

Prof. Stuart Rees Director, Sydney Peace Foundation
Dr. Daisaku Ikeda has been crafting proposals for world peace since 1983. His latest message is that peace and security depends on banning nuclear weapons. more…

Dr. Sverre Lodgaard Former Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
In his eminent book “The Seventh Decade,“ Jonathan Shell emphasizes that “Before there was a physical bomb, there was a virtual bomb, a bomb in the mind“. more…

Prof. Shigeru Kozai LL.D. Honorary Professor at Kyoto University
In his Prague speech in April this year, US President Obama reiterated his determination to abolish nuclear weapons, more…