[gha] Re: GHA Open Letter to the World's Communities of Interfaith Harmony about Di...

  • From: Leo Semashko <leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: MBWillard@xxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 10:20:13 +0400

Dear Monica,

With regret, after years of communication with you since 2006, we have to state 
the following.

Your mentor response, ignoring our constructive criticism in the interest of 
peace and harmony, non-cooperation with the dissidents (you ignored the GHA 
collective letter of March 14 on 2 pages with detailed proposals of 
cooperation), your closeness and intolerance to another view, forcing us to 
recognize that you established in Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN 
personal dictatorship. 

We have not seen a single collective decision of your Committee. You trample 
the basic norms of democracy and freedom of speech. 

Harmony is incompatible with dictatorship, anti-democracy and the suppression 
of freedom of speech. 

Therefore, we stop contact with you and exclude you from the GHA mailing list. 
But we keep hope for your self-critical understanding with help of God. 

With love, best wishes to your inner harmony, without which peace can not 
prevail on Earth, 

Leo

Dr Leo Semashko:
State  Councillor  of  St.  Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director:  Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA);
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
P/Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn

PS. Your letter and our response to it are published together with the GHA Open 
Letter: 
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=576. It is our freedom of speech, 
openness and transparency. Everyone can see our arguments, our facts and our 
conclusions from them.

----- Original Message -----
  From: MBWillard@xxxxxxx, MBWillard@xxxxxxx
  To: leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx
  Sent: 16 мая 2013 г., 17:53:56
  Subject: GHA Open Letter to the World's Communities of Interfaith Harmony 
about Di...

Dear Leo,
 
I am not pleased with this correspondence and want no association with it.  I 
strongly object to even being listed as a recipient of this bitter 
correspondence.   I am surprised and disappointed that you raced to 
confrontation as you are working to create harmony and cooperation.  Please do 
not ever use my name, title or email on correspondence like this to email 
lists, newspapers and to especially to Missions and Governments.      
 
You are accusing "Discrimination, lack of transparency and closeness of the 
Competition for prizes of the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week. " From my 
perspective, you submitted an unsolicited project idea that you expected the 
King of Jordan to support.  The process for developing and presenting any 
proposal needs to meet the objectives of both or all parties. 
 
From my experience, it is rare that any group to just accepts a proposal from 
another group that they do not know.  First, Although you mention some problems 
with ongoing projects and international organizations not having access to 
listing projects.  This can be addressed in other ways.  An attacking headline 
does not build cooperation or even open a door to invite conversation.  Did it 
ever cross your mind to have the various GHA projects lists activities from all 
the countries you say are promoting WIHW?  This could have given GHA even more 
publicity on the website and possibly caught the interest of the organizers to 
get to know the organization.   
 
Building harmony begins with looking at ourselves and seeing how we can be 
better partners and listeners.  It doesn't start with imposing ideas, projects 
and expectations on others.  From my perspective, 
you need to build a working relationship before you ask for the other to take 
your idea and pay for a conference!  I think no response was a kind way of 
dealing with your proposal.     
 
 
 
May Peace Prevail on Earth,
Monica  

__________
Monica Willard
631-697-7972 

United Religions Initiative 
United Nations NGO Representative

Committee of Religious NGOs 
at the United Nations, President

International Day of Peace (Sept 21)
NGO Committee ,Co-Chair


 
In a message dated 5/15/2013 7:38:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
leo.semashko@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Dear interfaith harmony friends,

Please, find in attachment the GHA Open Letter to the World's Communities of 
Interfaith Harmony about Discrimination, lack of transparency and closeness of 
the Competition for prizes of the UN World Interfaith Harmony Week.

Please, feel yourself free to send this letter to any newspaper, TV and social 
networks as it is in the GHA interests protesting against GHA and others NGO 
discrimination. Thank you.

With love, best harmony wishes,

Dr Leo Semashko: 
State  Councillor  of  St.  Petersburg,
Philosopher, Sociologist and Peacemaker from Harmony;
Director:  Tetrasociology Public Institute, Russia;
Founding President, Global Harmony Association (GHA);
Director, GHA Website "Peace from Harmony": www.peacefromharmony.org
World Interfaith Harmony Project on the ABC of Harmony Base:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=541;
GHA Program Book, The ABC of Harmony:
www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478;
P/Web page: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253;
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg 194356, Russia
Phone: 7 (812) 597-65-71; Skype: leo.semahko
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/leo.semashko?ref=tn_tnmn

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