[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Yet another suggestion :for symbolic speakers

[fortinp at club-internet.fr]

Hi all,

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>De: Meigs <meigs at wanadoo.fr>


>I did think of the child but it seems to me that we still need to pass on a
>well developed message, as written collaboratively by civil society. And it
>has to be delivered in 5 minutes.

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This idea of a speech written collaboratively would be a big challenge for "civil society" given it's diversity and it may lead to a weak statement. Nevertheless, I believe it's not the worst the solution.

As for the children, On a moral point of view, I don't like this idea at all of (ab-)using some children to read a text written by other adults. I dislike it in big sport events ( like olympic games and so on) because it has become mainly business. I dislike perhaps even mor this idea of (ab-)using children to deliver what is to be STRONG POLITICAL MESSAGE. 

After all, why not ask to Bill McIver and Sally Burch AS COORDINATOR of C&T group. Given there strong commitment in the work of WSIS CS plenary, I believe they deadly deserve it !

PF.

>The youth caucus has been extraordinary during the prepcoms and seems to me
>to offer many possible ³voices² to stand for us.
>
>Best
>
>Divina Frau-Meigs, 
>
>> The symbol of child / youth expressing the future of humanity is a good one -
>> why not have a child / youth representative from each region of the world and
>> the message delivered in the official languages of the UN ? It would be nice
>> to include a child in the group.
>>  
>> Amali De Silva-Mitchell,
>> Vice President, Vancouver Community Network, Canada
>> 
>> Meigs <meigs at wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> We do seem to have a problem to come to a consensus on the speaker we will
>>> finally chose. Though i have expressed my own preference, i realize that may
>>> be the solution has to be symbolical rather than personalized.
>>> 
>>> How about:
>>> 1- we draft, via the content and themes group for instance, a declaration
>>> that is comprehensive of the issues on which we have a general consensus but
>>> remain problematic for the States.
>>> 
>>> 2- Then this common declaration would be read by two anonymous (by that
>>> meaning not famous) YOUNG PEOPLE,-a young girl AND a young boy-, each saying
>>> a sentence in turn, to express the trust of civil society in its sheer power
>>> and its youth. 
>>> 
>>> Wouldn't this be an innovation in a world summit?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It seems to me this would solve some problems with stardom, male or female
>>> dominance, etc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> All the  best
>>> Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR
>>> 
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>> Amali De Silva-Mitchell
>> 
>> Tel: 604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva at yahoo.com
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