Call of Moscow

Address of youth to heads of states and governments of the world

We, participants of the 9th International Exhibition of Youth Scientific and Technical Projects EXPO-Science 2003, and the International Youth Scientific congress "Youth. Science. Society" - representatives of 100 countries of the world - address heads of states and governments of the world, leaders of international organizations and all those caring about the future of our planet.

We, young people, possess an incredible intellectual potential. We are sure that the future of the planet is in our hands.

We are capable of creativity, we are open to education and progress.

We are ready to become active participants of transformation of the present-day world community in the name of its prosperity. We are working to become active participants in this process.

During the days spent in discussions and meetings with well-known scientists, political and public figures, we discussed the overwhelming possibilities of modern science. Today's technologies are capable of solving fundamental problems of humanity - shortage of food and water, shortage of sources of energy, protection of the environment and many other issues. However, science is not omnipotent. It is defenseless in its childhood age - just as we are - in front of expressions of violence and aggression, where the wonderful new achievements of science are used for purposes that are far from peaceful. This is especially dangerous today when accumulated achievements of science and technology could either bring humankind a gracious shower of benefits - or could destroy every living thing on the planet. This is why,

We address you with an appeal to develop a new concept of preserving world peace as the only sensible way of development of mankind.

We call upon you to hold a special summit meeting of heads of states on the issues of education and development of science. This summit will attract attention of state authorities, political parties and the general public to the issue of creating beneficial conditions for creative, scientific activity of the youth, for implementing initiatives of young people in all areas of human living.

We hope that this summit will mark the start of collective creation of a "law of universal peace" and that consequences of this law will exceed the great discoveries of Einstein, Newton and Curie. The formula of this law contains recognition of values of human life as an absolute priority; harmonization of relations between poor and rich countries and cooperation in joint construction of our common home, Noosphere - the Earth. Using this law as the foundation, nations of the world will unite like mighty flowing rivers and will find the new direction for their creative efforts - creation of a new human civilization. This law will further expand the horizons of scientific research and will bring us new magnificent discoveries.

We propose to create Worldwide Supervisory Council for youth issues, to elect every five years a city to become the world's capital of youth. We propose to first give this honorable right to the city of Moscow.

We firmly believe that a majority of people in your countries expect from you, political leaders and heads of states, actions aimed at supporting world peace and creation of best conditions for developing creative activities of young people. Please take those steps that are expected of you and start those actions today!

Participants of the 9th International exhibition of youth scientific and technical projects
EXPO-science 2003 and International youth scientific congress "Youth. Science. Society"