Receiving the Demiurgus Peace International Award

Receiving the Demiurgus Peace International Award the famous words attributed to Jesus Christ about loving one’s enemies. Furthermore, I said that loving one’s enemies means solving the problem of enmity with the power of love. Therefore, meet the challenge of your enemy with the power of love and Peace. Finally, I prepared a paper to present on this occasion, expressing my views on universal peace. This paper is reproduced hereunder: The Beginning of a New Era Nuclear Disarmament Forum, Zug, Switzerland October 12, 2002 A historian has rightly said that the history of mankind is little less than a register of wars and violence. After the Second World War, this situation reached its climax. Now the world has witnessed the emergence of two superpowers, both armed with thousands and thousands of nuclear bombs. However, it was soon discovered that nuclear arms were practically useless due to their boomerang effect. It is generally accepted that nuclear bombs are neither useful for offence nor defence. Moreover, while using them brings about the annihilation of enemies, it is equally a suicidal course for the attacker. After this reality dawned