UN World Summit on the Information Society -

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Robert Guerra <rguerra () lists privaterra org>
Date: October 15, 2005 8:47:13 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: UN World Summit on the Information Society -


Dave:

I would like to share with you and readers of IP news of a campaign  
being organized to support the nomination of   the Nobel Peace  
laureate Shirin Abadi as an opening speaker at the upcoming UN World  
Summit on the Information Society .

Any support and  endorsement from the IP "community" would be - very  
- appreciated. I ask that those interested, please email Meryem  
Marzouki <marzouki () ras eu org> directly.

Refs:

- http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-bio.html (Bio,  
English)
- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=458
- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=2661 (“Our Challenge :  
Voices for Peace, Renewal and Partnership", 58e Conference ONU/DPI/ 
ONG 7/09/2005, in English)

Regards,

Robert Guerra



    From:       marzouki () ras eu org
    Subject:     [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi - Letters to Y.  
Utsumi and J. Karklins
    Date:     October 12, 2005 4:24:29 PM EDT (CA)

_______________________________________

Dear all,

Please find hereafter the content of the letter sent to Mr Utsumi  
(Secretary general, International Telecommunications Union)  and to  
Ambassador Karklins (President of UN World Summit on the Information  
Society, Tunis Phase, Preparatory Committee), on behalf of the Human  
Rights caucus. Feel free to forward this letter to your government  
delegation, asking for support and lobbying. Please also keep sending  
me (marzouki () ras eu org) your support as caucus, network coalition,  
NGO, or individual.

We will certainly need strong lobbying effort to have Shirin Ebadi  
accepted to speak at the opening ceremony. Of course, the opening  
would be the only speaking slot to reasonably consider for a Nobel  
Peace Prize winner.

I've already said that it would be a strong symbol to have Shirin  
Ebadi speaking. It would be an equally strong symbol to have her  
refused.


Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
=======
Paris, October 12, 2005

Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General
World Summit on the Information Society

Re: Human Rights Caucus nomination of Shirin Ebadi for WSIS opening  
ceremony

Dear Mr. Utsumi,

The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus would like to submit to  
your consideration the proposal to have Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Peace  
Nobel Prize winner, as civil society speaker for the WSIS opening  
ceremony in Tunis.

Ms. Ebadi has welcomed this nomination from the Human Rights Caucus,  
and has committed to be present in Tunis to speak at the Summit  
opening ceremony, would she receive your agreement.

As soon as it received today Ms. Ebadi’s confirmation of availability  
and willingness to accept the offer, the Human Rights Caucus has  
started collecting support to Ms. Ebadi’s nomination among other  
civil society entities participating to the WSIS process. The list of  
these supports will be forwarded to you soon. We would also like to  
mention that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio, who both were  
on the list recommended to you, have announced that they would be  
happy to step aside to allow Ms. Ebadi be the civil society speaker  
proposed for the opening ceremony.

We are confident that you will share our conviction that having Ms.  
Shirin Ebadi selected as civil society speaker at WSIS opening  
ceremony would be the strongest symbol that the information society  
should be based on human rights and social justice foundations. This  
is exactly the issue Ms. Ebadi would like to address at the WSIS  
opening ceremony.

Sincerely,

Meryem Marzouki
Human Rights Caucus Co-chair
and
President, IRIS - Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire
[details]

Copies:
This letter is also being sent to Ambassador Janis Karklins,  
President of the WSIS process

----

From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki () ras eu org>
Date: October 15, 2005 7:25:55 AM EDT (CA)
To: plenary () wsis-cs org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for  
supports

_______________________________________


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 () 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

==================
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’Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio Télévision), Worldwide
8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),  
Switzerland
9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
10. CSDPTT (Coopération, Solidarité, Développement 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 (Fédération 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 Réseau 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. Françoise Massit-Folléa, 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





--
Robert Guerra <rguerra () privaterra org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374





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