[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: suggestion for WSIS opening speakers

[Neshat Saeid]

Dear friends, 

I would like to give another important reason why Mrs
Shirin Ebadi can be a good suggestion :

She has been selected for her human rights activities,
and the WSIS starts on 10 December which is the "human
rights day" and that is an important reason.
WSIS-Information Society, communication rights, and
human rights, these issues are interconnected, and
maybe that's why "10 December" has been chosen for the
Summit. I think Amir has right, and Mrs Shirin Ebadi
is a good choice for speaking.

Best regards
Saeid N. Neshat


--- west Asia <westasiaregion at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all
> 
> Thanks for your comments on my suggestion for
> inviting Mrs.Ebadi for being
> one of the WSIS speakers, I just proposed her as she
> is human rights
> activist, she is a women, she's Muslim, she's form
> Iran( you may remember
> the position of the country during the prepcom 3),
> she is a member of many
> NGOs in Iran and a civil society activist, answering
> to the question of does
> she knows anything about information society, I will
> strongly say yes,
> because the whole prepcom 3 was a blow due to the
> issue of human rights, the
> whole information society is a sub-issue of human
> rights principles and
> please again remember which countries were against
> it? I hope you remember.
> 
> We are really unhappy on WSIS process due to its
> results, why? because some
> governments slow down the process because of human
> rights and right to
> access information!  so our speaker should be a
> person with focus on human
> rights, information access and dignity of human
> beings, who's better than a
> human rights activist or Nobel peace winner? we
> could prepare a  paper for
> her or any other speaker and discuss it before
> reading.
> 
> I am just making a suggestion that a nominee for the
> speakers could be her,
> the choice is given to UNSG or ITU SG, but I need to
> know what is the
> process? and how we should act? who should be
> contacted in this regard?
> maybe CS secretariat could help.
> 
> I am in contact with her, and if CS is happy with
> the suggestion I could ask
> her, but firstly we should know the process and the
> formal way of
> recommending speakers to UNSG.  And please anyone
> has better ideas, please
> share it with us or try to find better nominees for
> this reason , its much
> wiser than saying yes or no.
> 
> Regarding Al's suggestion for moderating discussions
> during the wsis or
> online, I am totally happy to cooperate.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Amir
> 
> CSB member
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> To: "John R. Gagain Jr." <j.gagain at funglode.org>
> Cc: <bureau at geneva2003.org>; <plenary at wsis-cs.org>;
> <louise.lassonde at ties.itu.int>
> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 11:14 PM
> Subject: RE: suggestion for WSIS opening speakers
> 
> 
> > i think we need to define the process on how to
> invite speakers for hte
> > spots. just saying one person is good - is not a
> good precident to set.
> >
> > does anyone know if the nobel winner knows
> anything about information
> > society? is there anyone who can get in touch with
> her so that we can see
> > a. if she is free,  b. if she would be willing to
> express the message from
> > the cs working on the summit, c. will put forward
> a message developed by
> > cs itself, and not one of her own views.
> >
> > would i would hate to see happen is the episode we
> saw with the mexican
> > fewllow at pc3. we do not want to be upstaged, not
> lose the unique
> > oppoortunity we have at hand.
> >
> > which is why i thiunk a process is so imporetant.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, John R. Gagain Jr. wrote:
> >
> > > Amir,
> > >
> > > You have my vote.  I think she would be ideal
> and a great representative
> of
> > > civil society.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bureau-request at geneva2003.org
> > > [mailto:bureau-request at geneva2003.org]On Behalf
> Of west Asia
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 10:12 AM
> > > To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> > > Cc: bureau at geneva2003.org;
> louise.lassonde at ties.itu.int
> > > Subject: suggestion for WSIS opening speakers
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear CS Plenary Members
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you all for your emails reagrding the
> Iranian winner of the noble
> > > peace prize, I received some very good proposals
> form many civil society
> > > members for inviting Mrs.Ebadi (the recent
> winner of Noble prize for
> peace)
> > > for the WSIS and CS plenary, I will ask her
> definitely and I also have
> a
> > > better Idea, as you know for the inauguration
> speech of WSIS there are 3
> > > speakers and one from CS, Louise told us to give
> them names to be
> informed
> > > to ITU secretary general for final selection, I
> hereby strongly advice
> to
> > > ask Mrs.Ebadi to be the CS speaker after Kofi
> Annan. It is very
> legitimate
> > > as she is a human rights advocate and recent
> noble winner and a true and
> > > active member of civil society especially in
> difficult conditions of
> Iran,
> > > If you also agree and support, I will speak with
> her.
> > >
> > > Louise: could you please advise me on the
> process?
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Amir Barmaki
> > > Tehran
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Neshat Saeid" <saeidneshat at yahoo.com>
> > > To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 2:22 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Noble peace prize
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dear Amir and Dear Izumi,
> > > >
> > > > I share your feelings. For me, as an Iranian,
> it is
> > > > really a great news !
> > > >
> > > > I am just sending you a very short text about
> her.
> > > >
> > > > Best
> > > > Saeid N. Neshat
> > > >
> > > > =========================
> > > > Dear friends,
> > > >
> > > > I am so happy that Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian
> woman won
> > > > Nobel Peace Prize. She really deserves it. I
> just
> > > > wanted to share my feelings with you.
> > > >
> > > > For your information, I just wrote the
> following lines
> > > > for you.
> > > >
> > > > Human rights activist Shirin Ebadi won the
> 2003 Nobel
> > > > Peace Prize on Friday - 10 October 2003 - for
> her work
> > > > fighting for democracy and the rights of women
> and
> > > > children, the first woman and the first
> Iranian to
> 
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