[CS Bureau] RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi

[amadelin]

Dear Ms Toru,

we are working, at the FIDH, on the elements of your questions.

Ms Ebadi's statement will be read by her in Persian. FIDH secured an interpretor during her stay in Tunis. We plan to cover the expenses linked to the interpretation.

Ms Ebadi told us that UNDP would cover her own participation in the Summit. We are booking a hotel room for her, with the rest of the FIDH delegation and can cover it if UNDP does not do so.

We have received a confirmation of accreditation for Ms Ebadi, that we sent her for her visas. Should you have more of an official invitation, please send it to the attention of ms Isabelle Brachet, at +33 1 43 55 18 80, so that she can forward it to Ms Ebadi's assistants while she might be away.

Do not hesitate to contact me if you need additional information.

With my best regards

Antoine MADELIN



toru.nakaya at itu.int wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>The official invitaion for the Opening ceremony will be sent in due course by fax.
>
>Please clarify what is the translator costs? Is she going to make statement in Persian?
>
>Please also note that she will be cited in the official list of speakers as follows,
>Civil Society
>Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
>President of the Defenders of Human Rights Center
>The International Federation for Human Rights
>
>Because DHRC is not accredited in the WSIS process, she will be described as if she is from FIDH.
>Thank you for your understandings on this matter.
>
>with my best regards
>
>Toru Nakaya
>WSIS-ES
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: west [mailto:westasiaregion at hotmail.com]
>Sent: 25 October 2005 12:57
>To: Antoine; WSIS, ITU; rbloem at ngocongo.org
>Cc: wsis at ngocongo.org; bureau at wsis-cs.org
>Subject: Re: [CS Bureau] RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation
>of Ms. Ebadi
>
>
>Dear Antoine, Renate
>
>I am going tom meet Mrs. Ebadi tommorow to give her some details of WSIS 
>process and background, which she needed to be able to have adequate 
>information on the subject.She also requested me to find out that the 
>coverage of the costs of her presence & how it will be covered? as she told 
>me that FIDH had accepted to cover the translator costs, but her 
>participation costs should be covered by UN. Can I have some information in 
>this regard, to be able to brief her. She also seems that has not recieved 
>the formal invitation by ITU.
>
>Regards
>
>Amir
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
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>To: <rikp at earthlink.net>
>Cc: <rbloem at ngocongo.org>; <bureau at wsis-cs.org>; <wsis at ngocongo.org>; 
><charles.geiger at itu.int>; <moncef.achour at itu.int>; <charlotte.sgier at itu.int>
>Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 5:59 PM
>Subject: [CS Bureau] RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. 
>Ebadi
>
>
>Dear Civil Society Selection Committee,
>
>I hereby inform you that Secretary-General of ITU Mr. Utsumi decided to 
>nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as the opening speaker on hehalf of Civil Society. 
>Ms. Renate Bloem, who had been nominated as the opening speaker in the 
>initial list, was invited to speak in the General debate. At the same time, 
>we were informed that Mr. Roberto Bissio was not available for the Tunis 
>Summit.
>
>The second list of Plenary speakers from Civil Society will be announced by 
>the end of next week.
>
>With my best regards
>
>Toru Nakaya
>In charge of the official program coordination
>WSIS Executive Secretariat
>
>==============================
>
>Dear Mr. Nakaya,
>
>Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi as well as 3
>attachments related to the letter:
>
>1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
>2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Ebadi
>dated 12 October 2005
>3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi’s recommendation (as of 16
>October 2005)
>
>Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>on behalf of the selection committee
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