For those of us who participated in either signing the UK e- 
petitions or contacting the UK G8 Sherpa Jonathan Cunliffe (The Prime
 Minister's Adviser on International and European Policy,
Cabinet Office) have received the following reply from the British
Foreign ＆ Commonwealth Office.
We welcome such a response from the UK government and are hoping
that many other governments will follow.
 
http://fttj.org/news/from_uk_sherpa.html

 

 

アクション結果報告

今回のアクションの報告が

http://fttj.org/pdf/FTTJ_report_final.pdf
（PDF 1.2MB）

にて閲覧可能です。目を通していただければ幸いです。

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感謝、Peace!

 
http://fttj.org/news/080623-g8-petitions.html

FTTJ would like to announce that submission to the Japanese petition to 
invite the Dalai Lama to the G8 for talks with China ended today, June 23rd. First of all, we would like to thank all of you who helped us by creating a wave of support from throughout Japan to the world to in order to spread the word and stress the urgent need to stop the brutality in Tibet.

There were countless members of public who worked tirelessly and selflessly to collect the petitions at various gatherings, on the street, and on the internet, etc.

The paper petitions collected in Japan were put into three file holders and delivered to House of Representatives member Takeo Hiranuma's secretary, Ms. Inubusi. The files were then taken within the same building by Ms. Inubusi to Prime Minister Fukuda's policy secretary.

At 12:08 PM, Mr. Inubuse called to confirm that the petitions had been delivered.

We are delighted to be able to share with you that all of the paper petitions were successfully delivered to Prime Minister Fukuda where they will receive attention by the proper office.

FTTJ would like to express special thanks to The Tibet House of Japan who kindly offered to collect petitions in paper format. FTTJ would also like to thank Takeo Hiranuma the members of the House of Representatives and his secretary Ms. Inubusi for their understanding in the Tibet issue and for becoming a bridge for us to deliver the petitions directly to Prime Minister Fukuda.

A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Hiranuma was appointed to the position of Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry in 2001 by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of the 
Liberal Democratic Party during his time in office.
Mr. Hiranuma refused to support the Prime Minister's plans to privatize the Japanese Postal system and as a result was no longer endorsed by his party during September 11, 2005 election. Nevertheless, he was reelected. Mr. Hiranuma has been an influential political figure who is 
not afraid to voice his opinions in public on issues such as human rights or abductions by the North Korean' government. FTTJ had approached him earlier seeking advice on how to deliver the petitions directly to Prime Minister Fukuda. Mr. Hiranuma kindly responded to us the following day and said that he would help arrange delivery to Prime Minister Fukuda's office via his own secretary.

We were also quite amused at the bizarre cooincidence that the number of petitions delivered and the phone for Mr. Hiranuma's office shared the same set of digits, 7310.

We at FTTJ will continue to press all of the G8 leaders and sherpas until the summit begins. The UK Government e-petitions are open until 
the 29th of this month. Please continue to share this information to your friends and families so that Tibet can receive the urgent attention it needs right now.

- Immediately admitting foreign media into Tibet
- Allowing the International Red Cross and other humanitarian 
  organizations into Tibet
- Permit UN investigators to enter and conduct investigations in Tibet
- Stopping its vilification of the Dalai Lama
- Releasing all who were detained since the 10th of March
- Stopping its crackdown and withdraw armed security forces
- Stopping its forced nationalistic re-education campaign

Thank you !

Forwarding the message of David Dudi Califa, the organiser of http://www.candle4tibet.org/


One last request: Join and forward this invitation to as many friends as you can.

OUR POWER IS IN OUR NUMBER

Love, Light & Freedom
http://www.candle4tibet.org/

Dear friend,

Do you value freedom?

Do you care about it?

Do you want to have a say?

Be part of something HUGE, Join 100 million people who will say:

YES

To freedom in TIBET, and in other parts of the world.

Light a Candle for Tibet at your home, workplace or in a public place.
(On Thursday August 7th, the night before the Olympic Games start)

You will not be alone. Many millions around the world will do the same in prayer for freedom and hope.

And our candles will be seen by billions on TV screens all over the world on the day the Olympics open. Tibet will not be forgotten.

Join http://www.candle4tibet.org/ today and invite all your friends to join too.

OUR POWER IS IN OUR NUMBER

Please forward this email to as many of your contacts as you can. Every single one of them can be a new engine for our growth.

http://www.candle4tibet.org/

Thank you for your support for this campaign!
Among a lot of feedback we have received there was a suggestion
that we should reach out to the G8 Sherpa.
We need your help to contact and urge your nation's
G8 Sherpa immediately to urge to invite the Dalai Lama to
the Summit in Japan.
A sherpa is the personal representative of a head of state of
government who prepares an international summit like the annual G8.
Please take action right now - the Summit is only one month ahead!

Thank you.



Below is the list of the sherpa of the G8 countries: *We are missing a contact details for US and Italy.　Please post it if you know it.

JAPAN Sherpa; Masaharu Kohno (Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Address,Kasumigaseki 2-2-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8919 Japan
Tel;+81 3-3580-3311
Fax;+81 3 5501 8430
Fax :+81 3 5501 8128
e-mail; *add his name in the subject ; http://www.mofa.go.jp/ 
feedback/note.html


GERMANY Sherpa ;  Bernd Pfaffenbach (The undersecretary of state in the Finance Ministry and Chancellor Merkel's G8 sherpa)
Address; unknown
FAX; +49 30 1861 55105
E-mail: bernd.pfaffenbach@bmwi.bund.de


FRANCE Sherpa：Jean-David Levitte
Address ; Unknown
E-mail; secretariat.levitte@elysee.fr 
Add Jean-David Levitte G8 sherpa in the subject.
Fax : 00 33 1 42 92 86 00.


UK Sherpa ; Jonathan Cunliffe (Prime Minister's Adviser on International and European Policy, Cabinet Office )
Address :Cabinet Office
　　　Press Office
　　　22 Whitehall
　　　LONDON SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7276 0174
Fax: 020 7276 0618
E-Mail: jon.cunliffe@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/


RUSSIA Sherpa ; Arkady Dvorkovich （Head of Presidential Experts Directorate)
Address ; Presidential Administration of Russia
　　　Kremlin, Sobornaya Ploshad, Moscow, Russia
E-mail: Dvorkovich_AV@gov.ru
http://www.eerc.ru/details/People.aspx?id=998


EUROPEAN COMMISSION Sherpa ; Joao Vale de Almeida ( Head of Cabinet of European Commission President)
Address; Unknown
Assistant for G8 E-mail: alejandro.ulzurrun@ec.europa.eu
Insert "Att; Joao Vale de Almeida G８sherpa "


CANADA Sherpa：Leonard Edwards
Adress; 125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G2
E-mail; leonard.edwards@international.gc.ca
Tel; +(613) 944-4911



Below are the countries we don't have a contact at the moment.
Please post it if you know ?

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USA Sherpa：Daniel Price

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ITALY：？？

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Below is the sample letter for the G8 Sherpa which you can send to all G8 Sherpa listed above.
Don't forget to add a name of the Sherpa you are sending the letter where （　　）is on the first line.






Attention to the G8 Sherpa (insert a name of the sherpa )

I understand that you are the G8 Sherpa who is the personal representative of a head of state of government who prepares the G8 summit.
We would like to ask you to urge the G8 Summit leaders, especially the Japanese PM, Fukuda, to invite the Dalai Lama to the Summit this July in Japan, to have a direct dialogue with Hu Jintao along with the G8 members, to resolve the Tibet-China issue.
Despite the talk between China and the Dalai Lama's representative since the unrest in Tibet, China has not taken any action to resolve the terrible situation in Tibet. Tibetans are still being arrested, tortured and killed today.

The G8 Summit is a great opportunity to introduce the Dalai Lama to Hu Jintao in a peaceful environment to have a concrete and constructive dialogue about resolving the Tibet issue that includes the following:

- Admit the foreign media into Tibet immediately.
- Allow the International Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations to
go to Tibet.
- Permit the UN investigators to go to Tibet.
- Stop its vilification of the Dalai Lama.
- Release all the detained since 10 March
- Stop its crackdown and withdraw armed security forces.
- Stop its (provocative) patriotic re-education campaign.

A large number of people worldwide are supporting this idea.
Please take a look at this campaign's website at:
http://fttj.org

Tibet issue affects everyone in the world. We request you strongly to act immediately to make this happen. Thank you.


Sincerely yours,



__________________________

Sankei Shinbun News: June 6, 2008

"Direct Dialogue at the Summit" Demanded by Buddhist Priests Association
On June 18th sixteen Buddhist priests from different denominations will be officially forming "Prayer for Peace Association by Buddhist Priests from Various Denominations" to call for a direct dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Hu Jintao at the forthcoming G8 Summit this July in Japan.
Mr. Eisho Kawahara, 56, the chief priest of Tanjou Temple (in Tamana-shi, Kumamoto) and the representative of the association, strongly stated, "We cannot ignore Tibet's terrible situation as a fellow Buddhist," at the press conference held at the Japanese Press Club (Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) on June 6.
Several hundred Buddhist priests from various denominations such as Tendai and Shingon schools throughout the nation are going to join the association through the Internet online membership system.
The association has already sent a request letter to the prime minister's official residence and the Chinese embassy in Japan to call for the dialogue at the Summit.
After the Summit is over, the association will continue to work to protect Tibetan Buddhism.
One of the secretaries, Keishi Wakaomi, 48, the chief priest of Zenko-ji Temple Noriyuki Bo (Nagano) said passionately, "We are hoping that this association will be the first step to unite all the denominations together to take action to help."

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/trend/080606/trd0806061910010-n1.htm


毎日新聞
Mainichi Shinbun News, June 6, 2008, Japan

Prayer for Peace Association by Buddhist Priests From Various Denominations Has Been Formed

The Japanese Buddhist priests from six denominations in Japan including Rinzai-school have formed "Buddhist Priests' Prayer for Peace Beyond Denomination Association" (Representative is Eisho Kawahara, the chief abbot of Renge-in Tanjou Temple) and held a press conference on June 6.
The association had previously sent a statement to Mr. Fukuda, the Japanese PM. The statement called on the Japanese government to have a direct dialogue with China in Japan to resolve the Tibet issue with compassion. The association said that they wanted to appeal to world opinion and also that they wanted to cooperate with international support.
The association will hold a memorial service to honor those who lost their lives in the recent unrest. This service will take place in Zoujoji Temple (Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo) at 5.00 pm on 18 June. They are asking many monks to participate throughout Japan.
For further information, please contact the representative Kawahara at: artic@uproad.ne.jp

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20080606-00000117-mai-soci