CategoryGlobal Efforts for Peace

From January 22 to 29, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) and SGI-New Zealand, together with other organizations, hosted the annual “Tūmanako! Children’s Art Works for a Peaceful World” exhibition at the AUT City Campus in Auckland. The exhibition showcased more than 350 artworks created by students from 112 local schools. The first Tūmanako (“hope” in

On January 18, the Soka Gakkai’s Seikyo Shimbun newspaper announced that a Danish edition of Choose Life: A Dialogue, the dialogue between British historian Arnold J. Toynbee and President Daisaku Ikeda, has been published by SGI-Denmark. This marks the 31st language edition of the book.

On January 18, SGI-Panama Vice General Director Paul Bocanegra joined representatives of several other faiths in an interfaith roundtable with Minister of Social Development of Panama María Inés Castillo de Sanmartín. The participants discussed an ongoing government initiative to establish a system to protect the rights of children and youth.

On January 10, together with some 90 other civil society organizations, the SGI (Soka Gakkai International) signed a joint statement to the States Parties of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) urging progress on disarmament. The statement was to be delivered during the Tenth NPT Review Conference, which has been postponed for a second time due

The People’s Republic of China, the French Republic, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America consider the avoidance of war between Nuclear-Weapon States and the reduction of strategic risks as our foremost responsibilities. We affirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must

New Year’s meetings were held across the globe to usher in 2022, themed by Soka Gakkai as the Year of Youth and Dynamic Progress. President Daisaku Ikeda sent a congratulatory message. On January 1, meetings were held in Brazil, Macao, Malaysia, New Zealand and the USA among other countries. On January 2, members in Austria held an