[WSIS CS-Plenary] Speaker at Opening, etc.

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Sun Oct 19 21:02:38 BST 2003 

All, Hiroshi

Very good proposal and we should encourage people to nominate speakers,
still I don't know where we should contact for informing our nominees? it
that so hard to arrange? can Liliane or Alain tell in this regard?

Regards

Amir Barmaki


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Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speaker at Opening, etc.


> Dear all:
>
> The following message was originally sent to this list on October 17th
07:32
> am GMT but by technical reasons was not yet circulated.
> Please note that the message was sent BEFORE we knew that Mrs. Ebadi is
not
> available at the Opening but I believe still the spirit of the message is
> valid.
>
> Hiroshi Kawamura, 20 October 2003 03:48 Japan Standard Time
>
> --- original message dated 17 October 2003 follows ---
>
> Dear All:
>
> I sincerely congratulate the work done by Mrs. Ebadi more than the prize
she
> was given.
> However, please allow me to bring some different views on the issue of
> selection of the CS representative at the opening and other opportunities
in
> the Geneva Summit.
>
> There are lots of viewpoints among stakeholders who are participating in
the
> preparatory process of WSIS.  Promotion and actual implementation of Civil
> Society participation in the UN process is important infrastructure
building
> for the future input from Civil Society.  Contributions from each caucus
of
> Civil Society must support this common platform building.  In this sense,
> each caucus or family group need to be more encouraged to put their
> candidate speakers forward for selection of the best speaker in the
context
> of WSIS.
>
> With this consideration, although I admit that Mrs. Ebadi is one of the
best
> candidates for the opening, I would like to draw your attention to another
> best candidate who have been committed to the actual WSIS process
> representing 600,000,000 people with disabilities in the world, Mrs. Kicki
> Nordstrom , the President of the International Disability Alliance.
> She has been active in international human rights arena, a best gender
> equality activist as a totally blind mother, going around the world to
> promote collaboration for supporting developing countries, and the best
> advocator of the theory "Nothing about us without us" - full participation
> of all stakeholders.  She delivered a very clear eloquent message on the
> "Information Society for All" at the Paris Intersessional Meeting
> (http://www.wsis-cs.org/intersessional/disability.html) in context of WSIS
> even though she was allocated only 3 minutes.
>
> If WSIS is going to address bridging the digital gap and set out the
> direction towards the Information Society for All, I believe, Mrs.
Nordstrom
> is the best speaker at the Opening to represent the Civil Society.
>
> Best regards
>
> Hiroshi Kawamura
> CSB Disability Family Group Focal Point
> hkawa at attglobal.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] suggestion for WSIS opening speakers
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I strongly support the idea that the name of Mrs. Ebadi
> > would be suggested to Secretary General Kofi Annan
> > as well as to the president of the PrepComs and ITU
> > for addressing the General Assembly of the WSIS on
> > behalf of the CS.
> >
> > If this would be refused, it could be brought to the press!
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Raoul Weiler
> > Club of Rome
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Wrom: QZUIVOTQNQEMSFDULHPQQWOYIYZUNNYCGPKYLEJG
> > To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
> > Cc: <bureau at geneva2003.org>; <louise.lassonde at ties.itu.int>
> > Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 5:11 PM
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 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 -----
> > > Wrom: DGVCJVTLBXFGGMEPYOQKEDOTWFAOBUZXUWLSZL
> > > 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
> > > > receive the accolade.
> > > >
> > > > "By honoring Shirin, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has
> > > > recognized the critical importance of human rights and
> > > > the individuals who defend them around the world,"
> > > > Amnesty International said.
> > > >
> > > > Born in 1937 in Hamdan in Iran - Shirin Ebadi finished
> > > > her BA in law and started her carrier as a judge in
> > > > 1965 and continued to be a judge until 1969. She has
> > > > been the first woman to be a judge in history of
> > > > Judiciary in Iran. In 1983, she became a lawyer and
> > > > has published so many papers in different journals.
> > > >
> > > > Ms. Ebadi is well known for her work on children's and
> > > > women's rights. She founded the Society for Protection
> > > > of Children's Rights in 1993 and has published many
> > > > books among them we can name the following titles:
> > > >  - Children's Rights, 1988
> > > >  - Medical Law, 1989
> > > >  - Small Children, 1990
> > > >  - Refugees' Rights, 1992
> > > >  - Tradition and Modernity in Iran's law, 1994
> > > >  - Comparative Children Rights, 1997
> > > >
> > > > Shirin Ebadi was honored by Human Rights Watch in 1997
> > > > and has got the prize for human rights monitors.  She
> > > > won also a prize by Alzahra University for his book on
> > > > "Children Rights".
> > > >
> > > > Ms. Shirin Ebadi was awarded the 2001 Rafto Prize in
> > > > recognition of her sustained fight, over many years,
> > > > for human rights and democracy in Iran. In particular,
> > > > her efforts have focused on strengthening the legal
> > > > status of women and children.
> > > >
> > > > Saeid N. Neshat (human rights activist - Iran)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Izumi AIZU <izumi at anr.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------
> > > > That's a great news, Amir. Congratulations!!
> > > >
> > > > Is there any possibility for the Civil Society plenary
> > > > to invite herto
> > > > join WSIS under Civil society umbrella?  I think that
> > > > will addthe
> > > > interest and significance significantly.
> > > >
> > > > izumi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Web:http://www.funglode.org
> > > >    -----Original Message-----
> > > >    From:
> > > > plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org[mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]OnBehalf
> > > > Of westasiaregion at hotmail.com
> > > >    Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 5:15 PM
> > > >    To: bureau at geneva2003.org; Planery WSIS
> > > >    Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Noble peace prize
> > > >    Importance: High
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    Dear Civil Society members
> > > >
> > > >    I am honored to inform you that Mrs.Shirin Ebadi
> > > > form the society forprotection of children rights in
> > > > Iran and the human rights activist and agood friend of
> > > > us has been elected as NOBLE PEACE PRIZE winner
> > > > of2003.
> > > >
> > > >    I congratulate all human rights activists and
> > > > member of civil societyin and out of Iran.
> > > >
> > > >    Best regards
> > > >
> > > >    Amir Bamaki
> > > >    Iran
> > > >    West Asia Region Focal Point
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    ----- Original Message -----
> > > >    From: Amir A Angha
> > > >    To: aaangha at yahoo.com
> > > >    Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:25 PM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >    Hello Everybody,
> > > >    Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian human rights activist, won
> > > > the 2003 NobelPeace Prize. please check the following
> > > > links. have a wonderful day!
> > > >    AAA
>
>
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