Timeline
Timeline of SGI efforts toward nuclear abolition (2000s)
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| 2000 | Apr. 21 | The Russian parliament ratifies the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). | |
| 2000 | Jan. 26 | SGI President Daisaku Ikeda releases a peace proposal titled "Peace through Dialogue: A Time to Talk." In the proposal, he emphasizes the importance of a campaign to accelerate the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). |
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| 2000 | Apr. 24- May 19 |
The NPT Review Conference convenes in New York. In the Final Document, the Conference agrees to the adoption of Thirteen Practical Steps Toward Nuclear Disarmament for "systematic and progressive efforts." | |
| 2001 | Aug. 14 | Choose Hope, a dialogue conducted between Dr. David Krieger, representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and Daisaku Ikeda, is published in Japan.
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| 2001 | Sep. 11 | Terrorist attacks on the United States. | |
| 2001 | Nov. 13 | The presidents of USA and Russia pledge to reduce nuclear arsenals to one-third of 2000 levels. | |
| 2002 | Feb. 14 | The exhibition "Nuclear Arms: Threat to Humanity" is held in Mexico. During the exhibition, the youth members of SGI-Mexico collect 60,000 signatures for an antinuclear petition which is submitted to the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). | USA and UK conduct subcritical nuclear test. |
| 2003 | Jan. 10 | North Korea announces withdrawal from NPT. | |
| 2005 | Jan. 26 | Daisaku Ikeda issues a peace proposal entitled "Toward a New Era of Dialogue: Humanism Explored" in which he mentions the necessity of an international nuclear disarmament agency alongside the IAEA. | |
| 2005 | Feb. | Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty is adopted. | |
| 2005 | May 2- May 27 |
The NPT Review Conference is held, but fails to bear concrete results. | |
| 2005 | Jul. | To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and the atomic bombings, the Soka Gakkai Women's Peace Committee begins to film female war survivors from all over Japan talking about their experiences, and hosts Peace Forums throughout the country.
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| 2005 | Dec. 10 | The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Executive Director Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei. | |
| 2006 | Jul. 3 | A Quest for Global Peace, a dialogue between Dr. Joseph Rotblat and Daisaku Ikeda, is published. | |
| 2006 | Aug. 30 | Daisaku Ikeda publishes a proposal entitled "Fulfilling the Mission: Empowering the UN to live up to the world's expectations." | |
| 2007 | Jan. 4 | Former US Secretary of State George Shultz and three other dignitaries make an impassioned plea for a nuclear-weapon-free world. | |
| 2007 | Sep. 8 | In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda's Declaration Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, SGI launches the People's Decade for Nuclear Abolition at the Cooper Union, New York.
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| 2008 | Apr. 30- May 9 |
SGI-organized exhibition on nuclear abolition and human security "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit," is held at Geneva UN Headquarters.
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| UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gives a speech, in which he calls on governments to fulfill their nuclear disarmament obligations through negotiating a package of instruments or a comprehensive nuclear weapons convention. | |||
| 2008 | Nov. 17 | SGI-Denmark and the Danish Committee of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs co-sponsor a symposium "Strengthening the NPT and the IAEA." | |
| 2009 | Apr. 5 | US President Barack Obama delivers a speech in Prague, "A World Without Nuclear Weapons," outlining his vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. | |
| 2009 | Apr. 16 | A multi-language DVD, "Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Women Speak Out for Peace," featuring eight hibakusha talking about their experiences, is released for educational purposes.
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| 2009 | Apr. 15 | A seminar entitled "Nordic Initiatives for Nuclear Abolition" is held at the Nobel Institute in Oslo. | |
| 2009 | May. 11 | A symposium titled "Nuclear Abolition and Human Security; Shared Action to Meet a Common Threat," cosponsored by ICAN, is held during NTP PrepCom in New York. | |
| 2009 | Jul. 15 | The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (the Treaty of Pelindaba) comes into effect with the 28th ratification. | |
| 2009 | Sep. 9-11 | An SGI delegation attends the 62nd annual conference for NGOs associated with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) in Mexico City. At the opening reception, the SGI-organized exhibition "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit" is held at the Mexican Senate. |
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| 2009 | Sep. 8 | Daisaku Ikeda releases an antinuclear proposal entitled "Building Global Solidarity Toward Nuclear Abolition." | |
| 2009 | Dec. 3-9 | SGI delegates attend the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia, bringing together over 8,000 representatives from a wide array of faiths to build bridges and address global issues. | |
| 2010 | Jan. 26 | Daisaku Ikeda issues a peace proposal entitled "Toward a New Era of Value Creation." In this proposal, he calls for accelerated moves toward the realization of a world without nuclear weapons. | |
| 2010 | Jan. 1- Mar. 30 |
SGI youth members in eight countries conduct a survey into attitudes toward nuclear weapons and their abolition.
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| 2010 | Apr. 8 | US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev sign a new nuclear disarmament treaty in Prague, replacing the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). | |
| 2010 | May 3-28 | The NPT Review Conference is held. | |
| 2010 | May. 11 | Soka Gakkai youth representatives present a petition of 2,276,167 signatures calling for the adoption of a Nuclear Weapons Convention at the NPT Review Conference in New York.
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