FOREWORD

T here is an international organisation based in Europe called ‘Peace International’. The ‘Nuclear Disarmament Forum’ is a subsidiary of this organisation and has its headquarters in Switzerland. In May 2002, our office received a note which mentioned, among other things, that an international conference had taken place in September 2001, where I had put forward a proposal for establishing a worldwide movement for nuclear disarmament, encouraging Russia to make the first step. This was later published as a booklet entitled Manifesto of Peace. Furthermore, the note mentioned that the Nuclear Disarmament Forum had accepted this proposal. Not long after this, we received a letter, dated 18th June, 2002, from Peace International, which, among other things, mentioned that Peace International and the Nuclear Disarmament Forum had jointly selected me for an international peace award. The award function was held on 12th October, 2002 at Zug, a historical place in Switzerland. The letter mentioned that the decision to give me this Award was adopted by the Board of Directors of the Nuclear Disarmament Forum on the recommendation of the Demiurgus