Endorsements for the ENACT website
"ENACT - Youth Enabling Action - in the field of disarmament has a powerful potential. Your website will be a valuable tool to help formulate your arguments and make your case. Given the devastating effect that nuclear weapons can have, all citizens, especially today's youth, have an interest in seeking to make the world safer. You have in your hands an exciting new opportunity to make your voice heard."
- Ambassador Tim Caughley, Director for UN Disarmament Affairs, Geneva
"The continued existence of nuclear weapons ensures that there is no real future for humanity. The aim for future generations is to become abolitionists of nuclear weapons, to become activists and bring about their dismantling once and for all."
- LGen the Hon. Roméo A. Dallaire, O.C.,C.M.M.,G.O.Q.,M.S.C.,C.D., (Ret’d), Senator and former Head of UN Forces in Rwanda.
Award winning author of “Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda”
"Many people could say that we are too ambitious, too young and too powerless to make governments abolish weapons of mass destruction. And they are right - we are really young, that's why we can do much, because we're the future; we are ambitious, because we want our children and brothers not to die from poverty; and we are powerless, because this is just the beginning."
- Diana Rozhnova, Russia. 2008 Students for a Nuclear Weapons Free World essay winner
"There is much you, the youth can do, when you believe in yourself and in others and unite together in humility and joy to build a new world civilization with a compassionate heart. Passionately believe there are always alternatives to violence, and insist on finding them and using them for social justice for all."
- Mairead Maguire, Belfast. Nobel Peace Laureate
"Youth action is vital to bring sanity and direction to a world that currently squanders $3billion a day on militaries while thousands of children die from poverty-related causes. Change is possible. We can abolish nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. We can abolish war. We can end poverty. Young people are helping to create this change and build a better world. I urge all youth to join this global effort."
- Senator Emeritus Douglas Roche O.C., Former Canadian Disarmament Ambassador
"Information is power! ENACT is an important initiative because it will help young people to really focus on peace questions: we are all subjected to a continuous flow of messages that distract us from the big global challenges. Think big - do great things...!"
- Colin Archer, Secretary-General of the International Peace Bureau, Nobel Peace Laureate organisation.
"Some people think that young people don’t care about political issues. But we are young people and we care about what this world is like, how it is run and what decisions are made. Don't make the mistake of thinking that we don't care. We care because we are informed about what is going on. And we have the power to spread information and build a critical generation. Let ENACT become part of this power!"
- Nina Eisenhard, Germany. Ban All Nukes generation, European Youth Network for Nuclear Disarmament
"Today, the world is facing numerous global problems. To address all such problems, we need visionary and pragmatic leaders both at national and international level. Poverty, climate change and nuclear weapons proliferation, to name but a few, are all in fact man-made. In the wake of present global social and environmental dilemmas, there is without a doubt a dire and critical need for actors of change. I believe if the youth has the necessary resources – both physical and mental – at their disposal and if they sincerely devote their hearts and minds, they could certainly initiate and come up with practical-oriented ideas to overcome today's global issues.
I feel strongly that committed Youth organizations whose motto is positive global change can help set a multilateral stage for an egalitarian and peaceful world. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the founders of ENACT – YOUTH ENABLING ACTION for launching such a wonderful international youth peace initiative. "
All the best to peace initiatives around the world!"
- Obaidullah Burhani, Member of Students for a Nuclear Weapons-free World (SNWFW) campaign. National of Afghanistan, presently living in India.
