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

Dear all,

Apparently, we wont be able to hear from Shirin Ebadi before Monday. I'll let you know.
On the issue of having someone from inside the process, let's go ahead, then, if you find it relevant to propose my name. At least, it would be interesting to see what happens.
There is an important question, however: what is the deadline to make proposals directly to ITU? Alternatively, do you think if there could be another round of CS selecting speakers, since there have been quite a lot of resrvation on the selecting process and its result ? Rik, do you have any idea on how these quetsions may be answered ?
Best,
Meryem

Le jeudi, 6 oct 2005, à 12:28 Europe/Paris, andrewanderson@frontlinedefenders.org a écrit :


Dear all,

We think Shirin Ebadi is an excellent suggestion.

However, we share the view that it would be important for someone who has been through the whole process from the beginning (which we have not) to have the opportunity to address some of the human rights concerns arising from the way this has been organised. Having been on the receiving end of attacks would seem to us to be a qualification for representing the caucus rather than a disqualification?

Surely it would be important to insist that we choose who speaks for us? (if they are willing, of course)

With best wishes,

Andrew

Andrew Anderson
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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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