Peace Proposal 2015 by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

 

Dr. Ikeda, my mentor and President of SGI International has been an advocate for world peace since the age of 19. He has been nominated by the United Nations to receive the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize. It is my pleasure to share the 2015 Peace Proposal available online. Please do not hesitate to share this information and great news with your family and friends and those of need of inner peace and healing. Namaste

SYNOPSIS

On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer some thoughts on ways to generate greater solidarity among the people of the world for peace and humane values and for the elimination of needless suffering from the Earth.

The United Nations is working toward a new set of goals to follow the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and, last July, the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) released a proposal that expresses a commitment to inclusiveness, the determination to protect the dignity of all people without exception.

I would like to discuss three priority themes for promoting the achievement of these goals and, on a broader scale, accelerating efforts to eliminate misery from the face of the planet. This was the repeated desire of my mentor, Josei Toda, and remains the inspiration behind the activities of SGI members around the world.

The first is the "rehumanization of politics and economics" making their prime motivation the alleviation of the suffering of individuals. The most important driving force for this is the solidarity of ordinary citizens who have raised their voices based on an unyielding commitment to our collective future.

The second is what I call "a chain reaction of empowerment," encapsulated in the idea that a great revolution of character in just a single individual can help achieve a change in the destiny of an entire society and make possible a change in the destiny of all humankind.

The third theme is the expansion of friendship across differences in order to build a world of coexistence. Expanding human solidarity based on a shared concern for the threats faced by all of us holds the key to the alleviation of human suffering. The one thing any of us can do at any time to contribute to building that solidarity is to generate a broader network of friendship through dialogue.

related article Peace Proposal 2002
The Humanism of the Middle Way: Dawn of a Global Civilization by Daisaku Ikeda, President, Soka Gakkai International Written in the months after the tragic September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, SGI President Ikeda's proposal presents concrete ideas and the overarching premise that dialogue, trust and collaboration are the foundations on which the global civilization of the twenty-first century is to be built. 

 

Frameworks for shared action

I believe there should be two prerequisites for the resolution of global problems at the heart of the creative evolution of the UN as it marks its seventieth anniversary this year: the participation of all states and the promotion of collaboration between the UN and civil society.

I would like to make specific proposals in the following three fields in which I think there is urgent need for shared action in order to eliminate the word misery from the human lexicon.

Peace Proposal 2015: A Shared Pledge for a More Humane Future: To Eliminate Misery from the Earth

by Daisaku Ikeda, President, Soka Gakkai International

Click here to read the Peace Proposal 2015 

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