Buddhist leader's annual peace proposal focuses on climate change, nuclear weapon abolition30/1/2020 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 -- Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist network president, Daisaku Ikeda recently released the 38th annual peace proposal to mark the anniversary of the SGI founding.
The main theme of the proposal, ‘Toward Our Shared Future: Constructing an Era of Human Solidarity’, was on climate action and nuclear weapon abolition, with focus on the individual lives and suffering often hidden behind macroeconomic indices. Ikeda describes climate change as ‘a fundamental challenge, on which the fate of humankind hinges’ and stresses it threatens to render meaningless, global efforts toward achieving Sustainable Development Goals. Praising the energy of youth climate activists, he said: “When young people's will to transform reality merges with an indomitable optimism, the possibilities are limitless.” Ikeda proposes that UN Youth Climate Summits be held every year toward 2030 and calls for a Security Council Resolution mainstreaming youth participation in climate-related decision-making. He also proposes holding a People's Forum for a World Without Nuclear Weapons centered on hibakusha and civil society in Hiroshima or Nagasaki to follow the treaty's entry into force. Ikeda also highlights the plight of children and youth deprived of educational opportunities due to armed conflict or natural disasters, and therefore calls for strengthening of the financial foundation of the UNICEF-hosted Education Cannot Wait global fund. He concludes with a commitment to continued grassroots action, saying: The SGI will further promote empowerment of, by and for the people, as we address the climate crisis and other challenges with an expanding movement of global solidarity.” SGI is a community-based Buddhist network promoting peace, culture and education with 12 million members. More details at https://www.sgi.org. -- BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 (Bernama) -- Less than a week after announcing a new line up of five Executive Directors, Thomas Philip Advocates and Solicitors (Thomas Philip), the lawyers acting on behalf of the current Board of Directors (BoD) of WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd (WRP), today revealed the appointment of Leong Wai Leng as the President of WRP.
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