Lucknow, 19 November : His Excellency Mr Prithvirajsing Roopun, the President of Mauritius, inaugurated the '23rd International Conference of Chief Justices of the World' today at CMS Kanpur Road auditorium. In his inaugural speech, the President of Mauritius, H.E. Mr Prithvirajsing Roopun said that the initiative taken by CMS for the better future of the present and future generation and all humanity, is commendable. Mr Roopun quoted the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi's views on stopping war and promoting peaceful dialogues and interactions among the Heads of States. He said that as Shri Modi has said that the era of war no longer exists now and the present era needs encouragement of more and more dialogues at every level to resolve any issues. Peace should be established, said Mr Roopun.Ahead of it, all the former and sitting heads of states, including justices, judges and eminent dignitaries of 57 nations led the grand 'World Unity March', taken out by CMS students and teachers

The inaugural function reverberated with the thoughts presented by the President, Prime Minister and other political stalwarts of different countries. Speaking on this occasion, Sir Rodney Errey Lawrence Williams GCMG, Governor-General, Antigua & Barbuda commended CMS for organizing this conference and suggested ways how to move its agenda forward. In the afternoon session, discussions and deliberations among the Chief Justices and judges of the world were conducted in the parallel sessions on different topics and sub-topics including 'Creating  Culture of Unity and Peace', 'Establishing Rule of Law', 'Human Rights', 'Global Governance Structure', 'Tackling Global Issues', and 'Sustainable Development' etcConvener of the conference and CMS Founder, Dr Jagdish Gandhi apprised the press personnel today, at the press conference, about the views of Chief Justices saying that the judiciary very intently listened to the appeal made by CMS students and they deeply pondered over the appeal.