We must set our sights on the future. It wasn't long enough that we looked out on a different land-full of pain, misery, war, conflict, hatred, sickness and poverty, turning the world into a land of broken dreams. Despite the pressures of our modern world, children remain the core of our aim, guardians of our values and hopes for the future. Amidst the threat of nuclear war and seemingly endless regional conflicts, the world looks up to this present generation to work for the promorion of genuine peace and act as a shield which may one day render nuclear weapons absolute and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. Now, we must meet and unite together - to make our dreams of peace real for the citizens of planet earth.
Arms control is no substitute foe peace.
We know peace follows in freedom's path and conflicts errupt when there is no understanding and unity. As visionaries of the future it is important for us to look forward to the realisation of the idea of one world, one family. Standing firm on our principles of peace, equality and unity in diversity we should also act as a nucleus and a beacon of light for a better world. Focussing on other newer concerns - rapid deforestation, an alarming rate of desertification, a marked rise in global temperature, recurrent floods and drought, gapping holes in the protective ozone layer, a rapidly diminishing wildlife and a host of other related ecological problems are pointers to the inescapable reality. The wonderful diversity of the plant and animal kingdom that largely sustains the planet's ecological equilibrium is now seriously endangered.