I would like to share with readers of this list news of a campaign
being organized to support the nomination of the Nobel Peace
laureate Shirin Abadi as an opening speaker at the upcoming UN World
Summit on the Information Society (see below for details).
Any support and endorsement would be - very - appreciated. If
interested, please email Meryem Marzouki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
directly. As well, please feel free to forward the email (below) to
others who you think might be interested .
Thanks!
Regards,
Robert Guerra
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Robert Guerra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
Refs:
- http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-bio.html (Bio,
English)
- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=458
- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=2661 (“Our Challenge :
Voices for Peace, Renewal and Partnership", 58e Conference ONU/DPI/
ONG 7/09/2005, in English)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi - Letters to Y.
Utsumi and J. Karklins
Date: October 12, 2005 4:24:29 PM EDT (CA)
_______________________________________
Paris, October 12, 2005
Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General
World Summit on the Information Society
Re: Human Rights Caucus nomination of Shirin Ebadi for WSIS opening
ceremony
Dear Mr. Utsumi,
The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus would like to submit to
your consideration the proposal to have Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Peace
Nobel Prize winner, as civil society speaker for the WSIS opening
ceremony in Tunis.
Ms. Ebadi has welcomed this nomination from the Human Rights Caucus,
and has committed to be present in Tunis to speak at the Summit
opening ceremony, would she receive your agreement.
As soon as it received today Ms. Ebadi’s confirmation of availability
and willingness to accept the offer, the Human Rights Caucus has
started collecting support to Ms. Ebadi’s nomination among other
civil society entities participating to the WSIS process. The list of
these supports will be forwarded to you soon. We would also like to
mention that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio, who both were
on the list recommended to you, have announced that they would be
happy to step aside to allow Ms. Ebadi be the civil society speaker
proposed for the opening ceremony.
We are confident that you will share our conviction that having Ms.
Shirin Ebadi selected as civil society speaker at WSIS opening
ceremony would be the strongest symbol that the information society
should be based on human rights and social justice foundations. This
is exactly the issue Ms. Ebadi would like to address at the WSIS
opening ceremony.
Sincerely,
Meryem Marzouki
Human Rights Caucus Co-chair
and
President, IRIS - Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire
[details]
Copies:
This letter is also being sent to Ambassador Janis Karklins,
President of the WSIS process
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From: Meryem Marzouki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: October 15, 2005 7:25:55 AM EDT (CA)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports
_______________________________________
Dear all,
In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and Karklins,
and since many supports are still being sent to me while we are now
on the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to Shirin Ebadi
nomination only on Sunday evening, so that it can be received and
read on Monday morning. This list of supports will also be forwarded
to government delegations, in addition to the direct lobbying being
made by many of us.
So please keep sending any support to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and to
the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time (17:00
GMT/UTC).
Below the list of supports received as for now.
Many thanks and best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
==================
Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT
WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
1. Community Media Working Group
2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
3. Gender Caucus
4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
5. Human Rights Caucus
6. Internet Governance Caucus
7. Media Caucus
8. North American & European Family
9. West-Asia Family
10. Youth Caucus
CS Organizations and Coalitions:
1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
Worldwide
4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
5. Article 19, Worldwide
6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l’Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio Télévision), Worldwide
8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
Switzerland
9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
10. CSDPTT (Coopération, Solidarité, Développement aux PTT), France
11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
15. FIDH (Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de
l'Homme), Worldwide
16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International
University of Japan), Japan
18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
20. IRIS (Imaginons un Réseau Internet Solidaire), France
21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange),
Worldwide
22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
29. Ouvaton, France
30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
31. PEN Club, Worldwide
32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide
In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not
listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):
1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
4. Avri Doria, Sweden
5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
7. Françoise Massit-Folléa, France
8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
10. Francis Muguet, France
11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal
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