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INAUGURATION – MAIN LECTURE HALL, SCHOOL OF LAW, BUENOS AIRES UNIVERSITY.
On Friday August 24 th 2012, the Daisaku Ikeda International Center for Peace Studies inauguration
ceremony was held at the Main Lecture Hall of the School of Law at Buenos Aires University.
The opening ceremony was held in a full house auditorium and began with the interpretation of the
Argentinean National Anthem by the Ikeda Vanguard Orchestra. It was followed by Dr. Ikeda’s message
especially sent for this occasion. The youth also shared the center’s mission and the future events
planned as a contribution to the community.
Afterwards, the City of Buenos Aires Minister of Culture, Engineer Hernán Lombardi shared what an
honor it had been for him to inaugurate the DIICPS in Bueno Aires, a City well-known for its openness,
cultural diversity and pluralism. He also pointed out that the center would be of great relevance as it
served the noble purpose of education and individual transformation aiming at World Peace. Next, the
President of the Argentinean Academy of History, Juan José Cresto, PhD, a great friend of Dr. Ikeda
shared how gratified he was with the establishment of the DIICPS and gave the following remarks: “Due
to the fact that we are all part of the universal community as associate members, any kind of impulse we
have can enrich the results. May this be a tribute to the original thinker, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, a tribute to
the depth of his humanity for he has given the world a new script, a new outlook about the collective
demeanor of society”.
In closing, Francisco Delich, PhD, whom at the time was Founder and Director of the Daisaku Ikeda
International Center for Peace Studies gave appreciation remarks in which he showed how deeply
moved he was to hear Dr. Ikeda’s message. He referred to Ikeda’s tireless efforts in dialoguing and
promoting cultural exchange with scholars and leading personalities from around the world with sole
purpose of creating bridges of understanding. Lastly, Dr. Delich pointed out that the DIICPS would be a
realm for the youth to find new ways and build a more promising future.
FOUNDER
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DAISAKU IKEDA / Honorary President
Dr. Daisaku Ikeda was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1928. He has devoted his wholehearted efforts to
peacebuilding worldwide by promoting exchange and building bridges of friendship between East and
West. He has been an advocate for peace in his work as a philosopher, writer, and founder of
Education and cultural institutions such as the
Fuji Art Museum, Min-On Concert Association and Research Institutes. Among his more than 250 books
translated to several languages are Choose Peace: Dialogue Between Johan Galtung & Daisaku Ikeda
(1995), Work-Creating Peace. Buddhist Cultures of Peace edited by David W Chappell (1999) and La fuerza de la esperanza: Reflexiones sobre la paz y los derechos humanos en el tercer milencio [The power
of hope, Reflections on peace and human rights in the third millennium (tentative translation)] (2017).
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