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With the intense discussion about the Dalai Lama going on, I thought this email

I received was interesting............

 

Alyssa

 

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Please consider to take action on this one below

 

Sh0shanna

Mon, 17 Jul 2000

PRINT & FAX....Dalai Lama not invited to UN Peace Summit...

 

His Excellency, Mr. Kofi Annan

The Secretary General

United Nations

New York, NY 10017

 

Fax: 212-963-4879

 

RE: The Millennium Peace Summit

 

Your Excellency:

 

I am ASTOUNDED to learn that the UN has organized a major conference of

the

world's spiritual leaders - the Millennium Peace Summit - but has

refused to

invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama for fear of offending the People's

Republic of China.

 

You must agree that it is a shame for the UN to organize this summit

of spiritual leaders while failing to invite one of the most respected

and

revered spiritual leader on the planet and the winner of the 1989 Nobel

Peace Prize - His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

 

Such a glaring and most apparent omission will cause people around the

world

to wonder about the true motives for this assembly. If the

Dalai Lama is not invited to this summit, you must be aware that this

will inevitably result in mass public protests and the unfavorable

publicity

which will surely follow will not be good for the Millennium Summit or

the UN.

 

If the UN is sincere about this Summit, then you MUST invite the Dalai

Lama.

 

Respectfully yours,

 

 

I ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER MORE DETAILED ONE ON THE SAME SUBJECT - THANKS

JOACHIM!

 

NJTouch

Mon, 24 Jul 2000

 

Hello Jean...

 

How are you... I hope well !

 

I wanted to forward to you the information below... You may find it

appropriate to be included in the global vision newsletter...

 

Love & Light

 

Joachim J Becker

http://community.nj.com/cc/NJHealingWeb

 

========

 

MEDIA RELEASE

 

SHUTTING ITS DOORS ON THE DALAI LAMA:

THE UN's MILLENNIUM PEACE SUMMIT OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS

 

1000 spiritual leaders have been invited to attend a four day

conference at

the United Nations in NYC from August 28-31st: the Millennium Peace

Summit.

 

For many religious leaders and human rights activists, the problem with

this

seemingly auspicious gathering is that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, is

glaringly missing from the list of invitees.

 

What makes the omission of the Dalai Lama so remarkable is that he is

one of

the most respected spiritual leaders on the planet, as well as a Nobel

Peace

Prize laureate, perhaps the greatest honor one can receive today.

 

The Conference was organized by Bawa Jain, under the authority of UN

Secretary General, Kofi Annan, nominal director of the Summit.

According to

Trustees of the Parliament of World Religions (for which Bawa Jain is

the

International ambassador), Jain had said the Chinese government exerted

great

pressure on conference organizers against any invitation being sent to

His

Holiness. In an effort to explain away His Holiness not being invited,

Jain

had said UN protocol permitted any security council member to have veto

power

over any invitations being extended. The problem with that excuse is

that

according to the Protocol Office of the UN, no member nation has such

power,

and that responsibility lies instead with conference organizers.

 

For many activists for religious freedom and human rights, and also for

supporters of the Tibet cause, the perceived mistreatment of His

Holiness by

the UN reflects the UN's longstanding practice of ignoring human rights

abuses in Tibet by the Chinese government, one of the five permanent

members

of the Security Council. (Since the invasion of Tibet in 1949 by the

Chinese

army, over one fifth of the Tibetan population have died under the

Chinese

occupation and more than 6000 monasteries have been destroyed.)

 

Activists feel it also reflects the Chinese government's concerted

campaign

to oppose any invitation to His Holiness by any government or

conference,

anywhere around the world.

 

The Parliament of World Religions, one of the major international

interfaith

organizations in the world, is issuing a statement this week, strongly

critical of this snub to His Holiness and to the Tibetan people by

organizers

of the Millennium Summit. This is the first statement on any issue in

the

history of the Parliament, even more remarkable since the Parliament is

itself a partner in the Millennium Summit.

 

As news has been leaking out about His Holiness not being invited to

this

Summit, protest letters are pouring in from around the world to Kofi

Annan,

(Many of these letters have been posted on the internet and are

accessible.)

 

At this Millennium Summit, the spiritual leaders who attend are

expected to

issue a Declaration for World Peace and they're also supposed to form a

permanent International Advisory Council of Spiritual and Religious

Leaders.

 

According to Brahma Das, Director of the Interfaith Call for Universal

Religious Freedom, " Any Advisory Spiritual Council formed at this

Summit will

be severely devalued - due to the absence of His Holiness, and also

from the

lack of moral courage of Summit organizers in bowing to pressure and

blandishments from the Chinese government. "

 

According to Brother Wayne Teasdale, a Trustee of the Parliament of

World

Religions and the strongest critic within the Catholic Church of the

Church's

silence on Tibet, " By working to exclude the Dalai Lama from this

conference,

the Chinese will accomplish exactly the opposite of what they hoped.

They

wanted no attention to the Chinese issue. Instead the whole world will

be

watching and thinking about His Holiness. And now for the religious and

spiritual leaders of the world, Tibet is a test of whether they can

exercise

and demonstrate their moral authority and leadership. "

 

 

PETITION SUPPORTING THE INCLUSION OF HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LAMA AT

THE

MILLENNIUM PEACE SUMMIT OF WORLD SPIRITUAL LEADERS AT THE UNITED

NATIONS

 

 

We, the Undersigned, strongly protest the exclusion of His Holiness,

the

Dalai Lama, from the Millennium Peace Summit of Spiritual leaders -

being

held at the UN from August 28th-31st. The ones primarily responsible

for

this Summit (UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Bawa Jain) should find

the

moral courage to stand up against Chinese pressure and inducements;

they

should reverse their earlier decision and invite His Holiness - one of

the

most revered spiritual leaders on the planet as well as a Nobel Peace

Prize

Laureate - to this gathering for peace of spiritual and religious

leaders........

 

To sign this petition, send your name, address, professional title if

appropriate and your email address to: BrahmaDas

 

Tell your friends and send this on to whomever you feel would be

supportive

about this. You can also direct them to the spiritwalk bulletin

board,

http://www.spiritwalk.org/bulletin.htm

 

Thank you for your support in this.

 

PEACE

 

Roger Ebsen

Spiritwalk

 

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Come visit Alyssa and Jimmy at

Message In A Bottle http://www.geocities.com/~asiah

Jimmy's Art http://www.geocities.com/chazrh/

" If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of

compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow

men. "

-Francis of Assisi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alyssa <alyssa71

Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:04:24 -0700 (PDT)

 

" Dalai Lama " Discussion--Interesting

 

 

>

> With the intense discussion about the Dalai Lama going on, I thought this

email I received was interesting............

>

> Alyssa

>

>

********************************************************************************\

*************************************************

>

> Please consider to take action on this one below

>

> Sh0shanna

> Mon, 17 Jul 2000

> PRINT & FAX....Dalai Lama not invited to UN Peace Summit...

>

> His Excellency, Mr. Kofi Annan

> The Secretary General

> United Nations

> New York, NY 10017

>

> Fax: 212-963-4879

>

> RE: The Millennium Peace Summit

>

> Your Excellency:

>

> I am ASTOUNDED to learn that the UN has organized a major conference of

> the

> world's spiritual leaders - the Millennium Peace Summit - but has

> refused to

> invite His Holiness the Dalai Lama for fear of offending the People's

> Republic of China.

>

> You must agree that it is a shame for the UN to organize this summit

> of spiritual leaders while failing to invite one of the most respected

> and

> revered spiritual leader on the planet and the winner of the 1989 Nobel

> Peace Prize - His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

>

> Such a glaring and most apparent omission will cause people around the

> world

> to wonder about the true motives for this assembly. If the

> Dalai Lama is not invited to this summit, you must be aware that this

> will inevitably result in mass public protests and the unfavorable

> publicity

> which will surely follow will not be good for the Millennium Summit or

> the UN.

>

> If the UN is sincere about this Summit, then you MUST invite the Dalai

> Lama.

>

> Respectfully yours,

>

>

> I ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER MORE DETAILED ONE ON THE SAME SUBJECT - THANKS

> JOACHIM!

>

> NJTouch

> Mon, 24 Jul 2000

>

> Hello Jean...

>

> How are you... I hope well !

>

> I wanted to forward to you the information below... You may find it

> appropriate to be included in the global vision newsletter...

>

> Love & Light

>

> Joachim J Becker

> http://community.nj.com/cc/NJHealingWeb

>

> ========

>

> MEDIA RELEASE

>

> SHUTTING ITS DOORS ON THE DALAI LAMA:

> THE UN's MILLENNIUM PEACE SUMMIT OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS

>

> 1000 spiritual leaders have been invited to attend a four day

> conference at

> the United Nations in NYC from August 28-31st: the Millennium Peace

> Summit.

>

> For many religious leaders and human rights activists, the problem with

> this

> seemingly auspicious gathering is that His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, is

> glaringly missing from the list of invitees.

>

> What makes the omission of the Dalai Lama so remarkable is that he is

> one of

> the most respected spiritual leaders on the planet, as well as a Nobel

> Peace

> Prize laureate, perhaps the greatest honor one can receive today.

>

> The Conference was organized by Bawa Jain, under the authority of UN

> Secretary General, Kofi Annan, nominal director of the Summit.

> According to

> Trustees of the Parliament of World Religions (for which Bawa Jain is

> the

> International ambassador), Jain had said the Chinese government exerted

> great

> pressure on conference organizers against any invitation being sent to

> His

> Holiness. In an effort to explain away His Holiness not being invited,

> Jain

> had said UN protocol permitted any security council member to have veto

> power

> over any invitations being extended. The problem with that excuse is

> that

> according to the Protocol Office of the UN, no member nation has such

> power,

> and that responsibility lies instead with conference organizers.

>

> For many activists for religious freedom and human rights, and also for

> supporters of the Tibet cause, the perceived mistreatment of His

> Holiness by

> the UN reflects the UN's longstanding practice of ignoring human rights

> abuses in Tibet by the Chinese government, one of the five permanent

> members

> of the Security Council. (Since the invasion of Tibet in 1949 by the

> Chinese

> army, over one fifth of the Tibetan population have died under the

> Chinese

> occupation and more than 6000 monasteries have been destroyed.)

>

> Activists feel it also reflects the Chinese government's concerted

> campaign

> to oppose any invitation to His Holiness by any government or

> conference,

> anywhere around the world.

>

> The Parliament of World Religions, one of the major international

> interfaith

> organizations in the world, is issuing a statement this week, strongly

> critical of this snub to His Holiness and to the Tibetan people by

> organizers

> of the Millennium Summit. This is the first statement on any issue in

> the

> history of the Parliament, even more remarkable since the Parliament is

> itself a partner in the Millennium Summit.

>

> As news has been leaking out about His Holiness not being invited to

> this

> Summit, protest letters are pouring in from around the world to Kofi

> Annan,

> (Many of these letters have been posted on the internet and are

> accessible.)

>

> At this Millennium Summit, the spiritual leaders who attend are

> expected to

> issue a Declaration for World Peace and they're also supposed to form a

> permanent International Advisory Council of Spiritual and Religious

> Leaders.

>

> According to Brahma Das, Director of the Interfaith Call for Universal

> Religious Freedom, " Any Advisory Spiritual Council formed at this

> Summit will

> be severely devalued - due to the absence of His Holiness, and also

> from the

> lack of moral courage of Summit organizers in bowing to pressure and

> blandishments from the Chinese government. "

>

> According to Brother Wayne Teasdale, a Trustee of the Parliament of

> World

> Religions and the strongest critic within the Catholic Church of the

> Church's

> silence on Tibet, " By working to exclude the Dalai Lama from this

> conference,

> the Chinese will accomplish exactly the opposite of what they hoped.

> They

> wanted no attention to the Chinese issue. Instead the whole world will

> be

> watching and thinking about His Holiness. And now for the religious and

> spiritual leaders of the world, Tibet is a test of whether they can

> exercise

> and demonstrate their moral authority and leadership. "

>

>

> PETITION SUPPORTING THE INCLUSION OF HIS HOLINESS, THE DALAI LAMA AT

> THE

> MILLENNIUM PEACE SUMMIT OF WORLD SPIRITUAL LEADERS AT THE UNITED

> NATIONS

>

>

> We, the Undersigned, strongly protest the exclusion of His Holiness,

> the

> Dalai Lama, from the Millennium Peace Summit of Spiritual leaders -

> being

> held at the UN from August 28th-31st. The ones primarily responsible

> for

> this Summit (UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and Bawa Jain) should find

> the

> moral courage to stand up against Chinese pressure and inducements;

> they

> should reverse their earlier decision and invite His Holiness - one of

> the

> most revered spiritual leaders on the planet as well as a Nobel Peace

> Prize

> Laureate - to this gathering for peace of spiritual and religious

> leaders........

>

> To sign this petition, send your name, address, professional title if

> appropriate and your email address to: BrahmaDas

>

> Tell your friends and send this on to whomever you feel would be

> supportive

> about this. You can also direct them to the spiritwalk bulletin

> board,

> http://www.spiritwalk.org/bulletin.htm

>

> Thank you for your support in this.

>

> PEACE

>

> Roger Ebsen

> Spiritwalk

>

> * * * * * * * * * * *

Come visit Alyssa and Jimmy at

> Message In A Bottle http://www.geocities.com/~asiah

> Jimmy's Art http://www.geocities.com/chazrh/

> " If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of

compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow

men. "

> -Francis of Assisi

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> Get Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere!

>

>

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