It gives me great pleasure to convey my
very warm and cordial greetings to Mr Jagdish Gandhi, Fouder-Manager
of City Montessori and Convener of the 2nd International
Conference of Chief Justices of the World scheduled for
the 23rd December, 2001 in Lucknow, India as well as to
all delegates attending this important meeting.
“Since wars begin in the minds of
men, it is in the minds of children that the defences of
peace must be constructed.” This statement made by
a former Director General of UNESCO has been translated
into reality by the students of City Montessori School who
were instrumental in the organization of the first Conference
on Article 51 of the Constitution of India, which is designed
to promote international peace and securtity. The Republic
of Mauritius, as peace-loving nation and eager to see peace
preavailing everywhere in the world, did participate actively
in the Conference.
The initiative for world peace needs to
rally unanimity among all the nations of the world. What
children are claiming through this Conference in an endeavor
to arouse world opinion about the urgent need to establish
a World Parliament for World Peace, is perfectly legitimate
because the right to peace and the right to happiness cannot
be denied to anybody.