Receiving the Demiurgus Peace International Award

constructive purposes. By this formula, he has successfully converted destructive weapons into constructive machines. It is a great and historic achievement. He deserves to be given credit for saving humanity from nuclear conflict. Moreover, at the same time, he has established that the human mind has a unique capacity to turn a minus into a plus. May God shower his choicest blessings upon him. Now it seems that the dream of humanity is going to be fulfilled. Moreover, the dream of a nuclearfree world will be realised within a short period. If the 20th century was a century of war and violence, the 21st century, it seems certain, is going to be a century of peace and happiness. Humanity is once again on the threshold of a new era. Now I would like to congratulate Mr. Andre Bykov for having successfully initiated the process of nuclear disarmament. It is a great international achievement to his credit. It is a matter of great satisfaction that we have found a highly empirical formula for avoiding the nuclear war, which has cast its shadow upon humanity for a long time. However, I would like