[WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available

[mclauglm at po.muohio.edu]

On behalf of the small organization which I 
represent, I wish to say that we most strongly 
support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote 
speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially 
under the circumstances and regardless of how 
much solidarity Adama Samassékou feels with CS 
(sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that 
he's an appropriate CS representative).

Regards,

Lisa
Union for Democratic Communications



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>Dear Maryam
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>In this case, we totally support her presence as 
>the speaker of the opening ceremony for the 
>summit, not de-valuing other speakers, but as 
>human right is an issue and she is outspoken, 
>she would be very impressive there. I already 
>contacted her office to talk with her, waiting 
>for her call back. Please add our regional 
>family as one of the sponsors.
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>Amir
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>Dear Amir,
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>This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
>available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
>the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
>message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
>Amb. Karklins.
>The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
>members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
>We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
>entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
>
>Kind regards,
>Meryem
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>Le jeudi, 13 oct 2005, à 10:49 Europe/Paris, west a écrit :

-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)

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