Heroes for a Better World

Inga Thorsson
(1915-1994)

Swedish Diplomat
1988 AFSC Nobel Peace Prize Nominee

birthdate: July 3
birthplace:
Malmö Sankt Pauli, Sweden

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In the long run the purpose is to form a new security system in a world when nobody goes hungry because we spend money on armaments.

We have now reached the stage where disarmament alone, although an absolute necessity, is not enough. The stockpiles of arms are in themselves a mortal threat to mankind but there are also other threats to our existence.Disarmament for peace is not sufficient: it must be supported by development for peace.

The situation of the world around us can be painted in a picture of the darkest possible colours. On one hand, the arms race absorbs for deadly purposes 40 million dollars every 24 hours. On the other hand, immeasurable poverty affects the lives of three-quarters of the men, women and children in the world around us. The efforts for disarmament must therefore be an inextricable part of the efforts to solve the common problems of our time, problems which ultimately involve our very survival, the possibility to continue the human experiment."


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