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Daisaku Ikeda with Joseph Rotblat, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Okinawa, February 2000)
Believing that lasting peace can only be forged in the hearts and minds of the people of the world, Daisaku Ikeda has engaged in dialogue with leading figures of every realm of international society for more than 30 years. His actions stem from his faith in people's limitless ability to cast bridges of friendship and trust across the chasms of our differences, and from the conviction that the accumulated weight of such endeavors will eventually tip the global scales toward peace.
Every year Ikeda issues proposals exploring from a Buddhist view the global challenges of peace and human security.
Fulfilling the Mission: Empowering the UN to live up to the world's expectations (2006)
"Sharing purpose"
Nuclear weapons threaten humanity’s right to existence and are therefore an absolute evil; their abolition is humanity’s common duty. more...
Restoring the Human Connection: The First Step to Global Peace (2007)
"The Will to Disarm"
We can never lose sight of the fact that any effective movement toward general nuclear disarmament must be predicated on the good-faith efforts of those who already possess these weapons. more...
Humanizing Religion, Creating Peace (2008)
"Creating the Infrastructures of Peace"
Equally essential to nuclear abolition is establishing consensus within the international community regarding the fundamental illegality of nuclear weapons. more...
Toward Humanitarian Competition: A New Current in History (2009)
"Shared efforts for nuclear abolition"
We must always bear in mind the fact that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) does not give the five nuclear-weapon states the right to retain their “special” status indefinitely. more...
Daisaku Ikeda's writings on issues concerning nuclear abolition have been published in many media outlets.
Japan Times Essay—Emerging from the Nuclear Shadow (September 14, 2006)
Japan Times Essay—Say no to Nukes in the Arctic (January 31, 2008)
IPS interview—Nuclear arms are no longer necessary evil (August 1, 2008)
On September 8, 2007, a Civil Society Peace Forum "Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: What Can Each of Us Do?" was held in New York City, USA, commemorating the 50th anniversary of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda's 1958 declaration calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons. At this forum an SGI-sponsored exhibition, "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit," was on view. The exhibition was shown, the following year, at the United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland. The following are messages that SGI President Ikeda sent to the openings of the exhibition, in which he stresses the importance of dialogue.
Opening of the Exhibition, Oslo City Hall Gallery in Norway (April 15, 2009)
Opening of the Exhibition, UN Office of Geneva (April 30, 2008)
Civil Society Peace Forum, New York (September 8, 2007)
