Vijay Mehta MA is an author and global activist for peace, development, human rights and environment. His books include, ‘The Fortune Forum Code: For a Sustainable Future’, ‘The United Nations and Its Future in the 21st Century’, and ‘Arms No More’. He is president of VM Centre for Peace and co-founder and trustee of Fortune Forum charity which works for the eradication of poverty, environmental sustainability, halting the onslaught of diseases, protection of human rights, and peacebuilding. He is chair of Arms Reduction Coalition, Co-chair of World Disarmament Campaign and Vice Chair of Action for United Nations Renewal. He is a member of the council of International Peace Bureau (IPB) and National Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).