ADDRESS OF RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS TO THE WORLD SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

The main goal of that address is to define the main causes of global problems of mankind and the starting point for constructive consolidation under the circumstances of unsteady social evolution.

The tension of geopolitical reality based on the power confrontation of states is constantly increasing, which is just a logical consequence of absence of understanding of global problems of our civilization.

The power confrontation of states taking place on the back ground ofconstantly increasing population of the Earth and decreasing of natural resources of the planet (including those resources that compensate the anthropogenic rise) may become antagonistic with all the relevant consequences.

The existing situation on the planet in general reflects not only the low level of strategic mentality of mankind but the complication of the problem itself and also the state of the theory of notion, of social science. Until now neither a scientifically based conception of evolution,nor clear idea of the nearest future (to say nothing about the future of the global civilization) have been produced.

We have to state that the mankind has not created any theory of Steady social evolution.

But today the impossibility of obtaining adequate answers to the challenge of time and working out any constructive, economic, political, demography, anti-terrorist, ecological or other doctrine defining effective evolution and preservation of the earthen civilization has become obvious especially without scientific understanding of the sources of existing
global social problems and without identification of the prior objectives of civilization.

Conferences of Heads of States in Rio-de-Janeiro in 1992 and in Johannesburg in 2002 under the aegis of the UN also failed to determine the scientific aspect of the problem. It was not recognized that the social theory is quite specific, and that without such a theory it is impossible to create a conception of steady evolution of the global civilization.

Russian scientists address the world scientific community and suggest that scientific definition should be given to these problems:

1. History has not supplied the mankind with a scientifically based theory of social evolution. That is why the modern science should admit the priority of its creation in conformity with scientific methods, logic and experience.

2. Scientific theory of social evolution is a special type of theory, that is why it can be created only when aimed at the highest humanitarian objective.

3. The modern attitude to the problems that lie on the borders of different disciplines needs to be completed with a basic idea of civilization, as the highest goal of mankind, recognized as criteria of all social knowledge.

4. The necessity of preservation of human civilization should be admitted as the main goal of civilization. This idea should be offered to the states, members of the UNO, as the bases for their constitutions. That will allow to consolidate the mankind and to direct it to the building of rational civilization that would preserve all the variety of national cultures.

5. Freedom of speech, proclaimed by democracy is the only scientifically based exit from the impasse of existing world outlook. But in order to solve the problems of civilization the freedom of speech should be made constructive and scientifically based, with other words it should contain in its foundation the highest humanitarian goal, otherwise the freedom of speech allows to realize scientific dialogue only at the basic level.

6. At the first stage of movement towards consolidation of mankind and towards the model of steadily developing society the consolidation of international scientific community is needed for the further enlightening and educational work in society. For that purpose it is necessary to work out projects of annual international congress "Preservation of the global
civilization" and international competition "Model of future civilization" which are supposed to become instruments of constructive orientation of social knowledge.

7. The main goal of today is to make everyone understand the objective reality of surrounding world. It is necessary to show the society that existing negative tendencies on our planet, chaos in minds and multiple tragedies of modern world, including terrorism, are the consequences of the absence of dialogue on a scientific not on a preconceived level.

By this address Russian scientists together with world scientific community are planning to direct the chaotic movement of scientific social idea towards constructive search of solution of the global civilization problems. Russian scientists are sure that only scientific methods will allow to consolidate the efforts of the peoples of all the world to the benefit of each nation and the whole mankind. The principles of the Address allow the UN and other interested bodies to define the constructive basis for solution of internal and international conflicts.

Russian scientists hope that state leaders and the UN will support their initiative to organize the dialogue between sates in the framework of the UN and on a strictly scientific level.

Russian scientists believe that the world scientific community is constituted of all thinking and conserved with the destinies of civilization. One of the first thinkers who suggested to start the international dialogue on the preservation of civilization was V.I.Vernadsky, he was followed by B.Russel and A.Einstein with their prominent Manifest.

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The Address was supported by: L.Abalkin, G.Arbatov, O.Belotserkovsriy, N.Bolkhovitiniv, E.Velikhov, V.Vinogradov, E.Vinogradov, V.Guinzburg, E.Guirousov, G.Golitsyn, Y.Dmitriev, V.Zhourkin, M.Zalikhanov, V.Kartashkin, V.Koudriavtsev, O.Kouznetsov, S.Kourdioumov, D.Lvov, V.Makarov, V.Matrosov, V.Medvedev, O.Nefedov, I.Novikov, S.Novikov,T.Oizerman, B.Osipov, G.Osipov, N.Petrakov, A.Petrov, Y.Pivovarov, Y.Poliakov, D.Roundkwist, A.Sakharov, G.Sevostianov, L.Skvortsov, S.Tikhvinskiy, T.Timofeev, B.Topornin, O.Favorskiy, E.Chazov, V.Chereshnev, A.Choubarian, N.Shmelev, B.Youdin. The Address was also suppported by T.Heierdahl, N.Moiseev, S.Zalyguin and S.Shatalin. We would like to express deep gratitude to R.Viderker, S.Wood, T.Gustufson, D.Tilly, R.Kharkin, P.Sharro for the interest they showed during the discussion of the problems of civilization and for their support of the main idea of the Address, namely the acknowledgement of the urgency of the strategy of preservation of the global civilization. We would also like to express deep gratitude to all the participants and tele-viewers of the programs "Voice of Intellect" and "Accord" for their support of Russian Science's initiatives, presented in the Address.

The names of prominent Russian politicians supporting the idea of acknowledgement of the urgency of preservation of the global civilization and considering it the main goal of mankind and the highest criterion of civilization are not mentioned in the Address because of election legislation norms. The leaders of Russia's political parties acknowledging
the urgency of the mentioned priorities and criteria have not yet adjusted their parties' programs according to them. But the adjustment of political parties' programs according to the idea of urgency of preservation, of the global civilization and the attraction of attention of the whole world to the problem are the main goals of the Address.

"The Address of Russian Scientists to the World Scientific Community" was supported by a number of scientific conferences. On November 20, 2003 the Address was supported by the annual international conference "Russia: priorities of choice and choices of priorities", the constant chairman of the conference is C.M. Mironov, the Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of RF.

On January 17, 2003 "The Address of Russian Scientists"" was handed to the Ambassador of the USA to RF at the meeting at the Russian Academy of Science.

Letters with analysis of modern tendencies in the development of global civilization with the offer to support the initiatives and "The Address" and to use the civilization criteria in jurisdiction were sent to the Council of Federation of Russia (No 10729, dated 16.05.03) and to the State Duma (No 335790-3, dated 29.05.03). The letter with a proposal
to strengthen Russia's position with the help of the initiative of Russian science to start a dialogue in the framework of the UN and on a strictly scientific level and to present it to the President of Russian Federation was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RF (No 928 - ДВП, dated 06.05.03 and N 2390 - ДМО, dated 06.05.03.).

"The Address" was presented on the radio "Voice of Russia" (October 28,2003) and published in "The Parliament Newspaper" on November 26, 2003.

"The Address" was prepared by the editorial group of TV programs "Voice of Intellect" and "Accord", it was based on the summary of the work with leading Russian and foreign scientists and politicians with participation of International Scientific Movement "Voice of Intellect".

Editor in chief of TV Programs "Voice of Intellect" and "Accord" Y. Dmitriev