Project Consultant in the World Future Council , International NGO, Mr. Holger Güssefeld talked exclusively to Eurasia Diary.
Eurasia Diary: Today is the Opening Ceremony of the The International Peace Bureau (IPB) World Congress 2016. And what do you think about this event?
Mr. Holger Güssefeld: Well, I was the organizer of this event and I was very much excited about it before if it would really work. But in my opinion it worked, it was very successful. So, we will see what comes out because we want to have the result. And the result would be to kick for a new peace movement.
Eurasia Diary: As a being organizer what is your message to the others through our newspaper?
Mr. Holger Güssefeld: The message is that all over the world, we need civil society waking up, getting up and showing the politicians and UN, that we don’t want to have anymore nuclear weapons in the world. This is the key message and without the civil society, I am afraid, the politicians will do nothing as usually.
Eurasia Diary: There are a lot of sessions against nuclear weapons, so, what are your expectations about the results?
Mr. Holger Güssefeld: Well, the result of this event that will be held during four days and then we will show the results in other places in the world. The result should be that anti-nuclear idea is really spread many by social media. That means people can post the photos on Facebook and Twitter and spread all around the world about how beg is this movement. Hopefully we are not the only people, who do this.
Eurasia Diary: Why are the superpowers spending more money on the weapons?
Mr. Holger Güssefeld: Well, my spontaneous answer is because, they are crazy.
They are feeding the military industrial complex. Sectaries and companies build the weapons and got a lot of influence. Probably, they love to be leaders of super powers, because this is very good for feeling strong, for the personal feeling. Whoever, Putin or Obama or others, they love to have superpowers.
Interview by:Fazilat Samadova