[WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)

[Adam Peake]

Meryem, thanks for this reassuring email.

The HR caucus has been an essential and exemplary member of civil 
society in WSIS; I have great confidence that you, the caucus and Ms. 
Ebadi will do what's right.

I hope we will hear from the nomcom or CS bureau soon confirming Ms. 
Ebadi as the CS speaker for plenary.

Adam


>
>Dear all,
>
>To avoid any misunderstanding, let me clarify this point:
>
>It is obvious that Shirin Ebadi would be briefed with the main 
>issues and concerns addressed by civil society at WSIS since 2002. 
>Since the HR caucus proposed her name, and got many supports, it is 
>obviously the first duty of the HR caucus to brief her on that. But 
>it is not reasonable to ask for a meeting between her and thousands 
>of persons...
>
>I think that the caucus has gained enough confidence from CS @ WSIS 
>since 2002, on its capacity to understand and participate to the 
>promotion of all issues, even if this is not, obviously, at the 
>level of details each dedicated caucus may reach.
>
>But on the other hand, it is equally obvious that we cannot commit 
>on every single issue be specifically addressed by Ms. Ebadi, since 
>she, in the end, will write her own address. This is what I meant 
>when speaking on "conditional support", and I wrote this message for 
>the sake of transparency and honesty.
>
>Again, I would like to remind everyone that this is the opening 
>speech, and further speaking slots (round tables, plenaries, high 
>level panels) would be used by other CS speakers to elaborate more 
>on specific issues.
>
>Best,
>Meryem
>
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