Messages of Support from Presidents, Prime Ministers, Governor-Generals, Monarchs, Chief Justices, Judges and other eminent personalities of the world, endorsing the CMS initiative to promote Article 51 of the Constitution of India d Effecti w an ve Gl La oba rld n children a l G o illio nd g o W b en ve le o e rn b tw ra a a ’s ti n e d o c c l n e r r s o t o y o f W e n f t s E - a o t r o f e o e r - f b g u e u d t a u e b f r e o d N e r n h t 36,000 “We want a united & peaceful world” Appeal by 35,000 CMS Students on behalf of World’s two billion children and generations yet-to-be born CHAPTER — VI Extracts from some of the speeches and letters from the World Leaders and Chief Justices 1. Contents..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2-9 2. Message from Mr Jagdish Gandhi, Convenor of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World & Founder – Manager of CMS......................10 3. Speeches of H.E. Smt Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, President of India addressing the Judiciary members assembled to participate at the 9th & 8th International Conference of Chief Justice of the World at President House, New Delhi & group photograph of 8th 9th ICCJW.........................11-12 4. Hon'ble Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India ............................................................................................................................................................13 5. Hon'ble Ms Justice Graciela Dixon, Former President of International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) the then Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Panama and Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World ..............................................................................14 6. Hon'ble Mr Justice P. N. Bhagwati, Former Chief Justice of India, Chairman, United Nations Human Rights Committee (Geneva) & Patron-in-Chief of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World....................................................................................................................15 7. Hon'ble Mr Justice K. G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India...................................................................................................................................................15 8. Hon'ble Mr Justice V. N. Khare, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India .......................................................................................................................16 9. Hon'ble Mr Justice R.S. Pathak, Former Chief Justice of India; Former Judge, International Court of Justice; Member Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague) & Hony. Member of the Bench, Gray's Inn, London.........................................................................................................................16 10. Hon'ble Mr Justice Ranganath Misra, Former Chief Justice Supreme Court of India & Former Chairman of National Human Rights Commission of India & Former Member Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Netherlands......................................................................................17 11. Hon'ble Mr Justice A. M. Ahmadi, Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of India....................................................................................................................17 12. Hon'ble Mr Justice J. S. Verma, Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India....................................................................................................................18 13. Hon'ble Mr Justice R. C. Lahoti, Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India...................................................................................................................18 14. Hon'ble Mr Justice C. G. Weeramantry, Former Vice President, International Court of Justice, The Hague & Advisor of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .............................................................................................................................................................................19 15. Hon'ble Mr Justice B. J. Odoki, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Uganda & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................19 16. Hon'ble Madam Justice Shpresa Becaj, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Albania & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................20 17. Hon'ble Mr Justice Abdou Kareem Savage, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Gambia & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World..............................................................................................................................20 18. Hon'ble Mr Justice Georges J.F. Stephen Moise, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Haiti & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................21 19. Hon'ble Mr Justice K. Lapinskas, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................21 20. Hon'ble Mr Justice Virjilijus Valancius, President, Supreme Administrative Court of the Republic of Lithuania & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................22 21. Hon'ble Mr Justice Hasan Gerceker, First President, Supreme Court of Republic of Turkey & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................22 22. Hon'ble Mr Justice Victor Nunez Rodriguez, President de la Corte Supreme de Justicia of Paraguay & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................23 23. Hon'ble Mr Justice Trendafil Ivanovski, President, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................23 24. Hon'ble Mr Justice Jovo Vangelovski, President, Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................24 25. Hon'ble Mr Justice Vincent A. De Gaetano, Chief Justice, Courts of Justice of Malta & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................24 26. Hon'ble Mr Justice A. Ranjan Perera, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Seychelles & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................25 27. Hon'ble Mr Justice Anthony Gates, Acting Chief Justice, High Court of Fiji Islands & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................25 28. Hon'ble Mr Justice Carl Ashok Singh, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Guyana & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................26 29. Hon'ble Ms Justice Joan A Sawyer – DBE, President of the Appeal Court of Bahamas & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................26 30. Hon'ble Mr Justice Augustino S. L. Ramdhani, Chief Justice, Court of Appeal of Tanzania & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................27 31. Hon'ble Mr Justice Peter S. Shivute, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Namibia & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................27 32. Hon'ble Mr Justice Y. K. J. Yeung Sik Yuen, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Mauritius & Patron of the International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World .................................................................................................................................28 33. Hon'ble Mr Justice