SV: [hr-wsis] Re: Proposal - Speakers list for the summit

["Rikke Frank Joergensen" <rfj@humanrights.dk>]

I would still like to have Meryem speak... especially because i think it is important that at least some of the speakers are not just "outsiders" brought in for the Galla, but actually people who have struggled along w us over the last WSIS years,.

But Shirin Ebadi would of course also be excellent to present the HR agenda. Perhaps we could suggest both her and Meryem directly to ITU.. Provided of course that Meryem is willing to give it a try :)


Rikke

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Fra: Ginger Paque [mailto:ginger@paque.net]
Sendt: on 05-10-2005 20:43
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Emne: [hr-wsis] Re: Proposal - Speakers list for the summit
 
This is a spectacular proposal! I hope she is available and willing. Thanks.
Saludos, Ginger
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Meryem Marzouki 
  To: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:29 PM
  Subject: [hr-wsis] Proposal - Speakers list for the summit


  Dear all,

  Those of you who are subscribers to the CS plenary list may have noted 
  that the proposed list of speakers for the summit is currently under 
  hot discussion: not only the nomination process is at stake (specially 
  since CS hasn't had enough time to propose speakers, see a very 
  interesting note from Robert Guerra on this issue), but the result 
  isn't really agreed by all, to say the least. I share these many 
  concerns.

  One speaker has been proposed by the caucus (Bruna Faidutti, from the 
  Geneva office of the WFUNA, proposed by Jane and Ginger), and her name 
  hasn't been selected.
  Another speaker (myself) has also been proposed by the caucus, but 
  apparently too late to be taken into account in the list of proposed 
  speakers.
  I would like to thank Rikke, who proposed my name, and all of you who 
  supported this proposal. However, I have no intention to speak at the 
  summit (not to mention the fact that I would never be selected, being 
  confident that there would be many objections, specially from the 
  Tunisian side, as well as from some CSB members side (as attacks 
  directed towards the caucus have shown during prepcom1 - Hammamet - 
  prepcom2 and prepcom3. Rikke and myself have personnaly been the 
  targets of such unacceptable attacks).

  I have another idea, that I would like to share with you, so that it 
  could become an HR caucus proposal if no objections are risen 
  (otherwise, it would be a proposal from some members of our caucus). 
  Some of us are trying to check with Shirin Ebadi, a woman, Iranian, 
  human rights defender, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, if she would be 
  available for the summit. We would hopefully hear from her tomorrow. 
  Some of you may remember that Shirin has been an option considered for 
  the Geneva summit by CS as a whole. But she was unavailable at that 
  time for a very good reason, i.e. she was in Oslo to receive her prize !
  More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html

  Again, provided that she could go to Tunis for the Summit, having 
  Shirin Ebadi speaking (she would be proposed for the opening ceremony, 
  of course) would be the strongest symbol of the importance of human 
  rights in the information society.

  FYI, current selection for the opening ceremony is: Adama Samassekou 
  (this raised many concerns w.r.t. CS proposing the president of phase 1 
  process, i.e. governement representative. this selection is indeed 
  quite surprising, leaving aside Adama's many qualities) and... Renata 
  Bloem (CONGO), which also appears quite a strange choice.

  Please let us know on this list if there are any objections to Shirin 
  Ebadi proposal. In the mean time, we're trying to get her answer on her 
  availability.

  Best,
  Meryem

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