World Jain Conference 1987 4th Conference

SR No.: 014038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Satish Jain, Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Ahimsa International
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 202
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 7 MB

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USA, Smt. Pushpa Jain of London and several other delegates expressed their views at the Session. Highly appreciating the objectives and qualitative and meaningful deliberations at the entire Conference they stressed upon increased brotherhood and mutual assistance among the Jains of the world.
The objectives of the Conference were appreciated by learned speakers and delegotes and the papers read and discussions held were of a very high order. All the speakers of the Conference emphasised to appeal to the United Nations, the Super Powers and other nations to destroy nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; to halt the arms race and to establish world peace; to take the movement of Non-violence and vegetarianism on global basis; to foster greater brotherhood and unity among Jains of the world, and to find out ways and means to serve the needs of Jain Community of the world in important spheres.
At this gathering of Jain saints, large number of distinguished scholars, social figures and workers, senior persons from industry and business and various professions, the Third International Jain Conference adopted the following Resolutions unananimously. Resolution No. 1
RESOLVED that the World Jain Congress" be established with its headquarters at Delhi (INDIA) to sponsor, hold and organise World Jain Congress on regular basis in future, to take the follow-up action pursuant to the Resolutions and decisions of such Congresses and meetings and generally to promote the tenets of Jainism, to protect history and heritage of Jainism and its relevance to the contemporary world and to work for universal peace, friendship and brotherhood, to foster humanitarianism, Non-violence and Vegetarianism and to effectuate the allied cognate aims and objects.
Resolution No. 2
WHEREAS the world faces the threat of a nuclear holocaust and human civilisation is gravely endangered by reckless race of accumulation and improvement of destructive weapons.
Whereas the threat to humanity has assumed alarming proportions, becoming accentuated every day.
Whereas the arms race cannot afford any durable solution and cannot ensure peace or justice to the suffering humanity.
Now, therefore, the Third International Jain Conference strongly condemns the continued confrontation of Super Powers and their competitive strategies of ever-increasing armaments.