[WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports

[Elizabeth Carll, PhD]

Dear Meryem and All,

Hiroshi made an excellent point in requesting that Shirin Ebadi address
important issues represented by the Disability Family, in the event she is
selected as a speaker.  Having Shirin Ebadi include important points would
enable the highlighting of important human rights and development areas
which may not be represented well, or at all, in the WSIS II outcome
documents.

Therefore following this lead, as the Health and ICT Working Group has
submitted its endorsement of Shirin Ebadi as a speaker at the opening
session, it is requested that Shirin Ebadi also refer to the need for all
people to have access to physical and mental health information and services
via ICT.

Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often mental
health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.   Mental
health is fundamental to overall health and is the foundation for learning,
thinking, communicating, self-esteem, and resilience, as well as successful
functioning in one$B!G(Bs work, family, community, and society. Yet the
majority of the world$B!G(Bs people do not receive treatment for
diagnosable mental disorders, nor support and intervention in the aftermath
of war, oppression, violations of human rights, terrorism, and other
traumatizing life events.

In reality without both physical and mental health as a foundation, it is
very difficult, and often impossible, to effectively implement the other
necessary requirements contained in the WSIS Declaration/Chapeau and Plan of
Action.

Best regards,

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Coordinator, WSIS Health and ICT Working Group
Affiliations:
Representative to the UN & Focal Point to WSIS
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Vice President
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN;
Chair, Media/ICT Working Group
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
New York, USA
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll at optonline.net

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Dear Meryem:

Thank you very much for your initiative to nominate such an excellent
speaker for civil society at the Opening of WSIS in Tunis.

On behalf of the WSIS CS Disability Family Group, I am writing to endorse
Shirin Ebadi for CS Opening Session Speaker.

Regarding the contents of her speech, Disability Family Group kindly
requests the speaker to refer to the rights of persons with disabilities, in
particular rights of women with disabilities, in the digital divide context
so that 600,000,000 individuals with disabilities in the world may get
appropriate attention to secure the human rights by bridging the digital
gap.

Best regards,

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CSB Disability Family Group Focal Point
hkawa at atglobal.net

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[Francais ci-dessous]

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 (marzouki at ras.eu.org) 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
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Chers tous,

Pour minimiser les envois a MM. Ustumi et Karklins, et sachant que
plusieurs soutiens sont en cours de reception alors meme que nous
sommes le week-end, je n'enverrai la liste de soutiens a la candidature
de Shirin Ebadi que dimanche soir, de sorte qu'elle puisse et recue et
lue lundi matin. La liste des soutiens sera egalement transmise aux
delegations gouvernementales, en plus du lobbying direct en cours de la
part de plusieurs d'entre nous.

Donc veulliez continuer a m'adresser (marzouki at ras.eu.org), ainsi qu'a
la liste pleniere, tous les soutiens, jusqu'a dimanche 16 octobre 19h00
heure de Paris (17h00 GMT/UTC).

Ci-dessous la liste des soutiens recus a l'heure ou j'envoie ce message.

Merci et bien cordialement,
Meryem Marzouki
Co-responsable du caucus DDH

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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$B!G(BInternet Citoyen), Worldwide
7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio Television), Worldwide
8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
Switzerland
9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
10. CSDPTT (Cooperation, Solidarite, Developpement 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 (Federation 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 Reseau 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. Francoise Massit-Follea, 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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