2021 Peace Proposal (Part 12 of 13 Segments)
Value Creation in a Time of Crisis
Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai International
January 26, 2021
Peace Notes
[54] Rotblat, “Remember Your Humanity.”
[55] See Ikeda and Rotblat, A Quest for Global Peace, 25–26.
[56] UN GA, “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” Preamble.
[57] See IAEA, “IAEA Assistance for the Rapid Detection and Management of COVID-19.”
[58] IAEA, “IAEA Project to Help Countries Combat COVID-19.”
[59] OPCW, “OPCW by the Numbers.”
[60] Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Republic of Austria, Vienna Conference, 2.
[61] UN GA, “Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).”
[62] Rauf, “Looking Back.”
See UN GA, “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” Article 4.
[64] See World Bank, Global Economic Prospects, 149.
[65] ILO, “ILO: As Job Losses Escalate.”
[66] MHLW, “G20 Labour and Employment Ministers,” 2.
[67] See UN, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Article 22.
[68] See UN GA, “Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015.”
[70] Ibid.
[71] OECD, “The OECD’s Peer Review Process.”
[72] De Meyer, “L’OCDE, le « think and do » tank de Paris.”
[73] UNDRR, “Biggest Risk Driver of All.”
[74] See UN GA, “United Nations Summit on Biodiversity.”
[75] Guterres, “Remarks to United Nations Biodiversity Summit.”
[76] Rural 21, “The Great Green Wall Implementation Status.”
[77] See UNCCD, “The Great Green Wall Initiative.”
[78] Great Green Wall. “2030 Ambition.”
[79] See World Economic Forum, New Nature Economy Report II, 11.
[80] (trans. from) Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo zenshu, 10:22.
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