<DIV>The symbol of child / youth expressing the future of humanity is a good one - why not have a child / youth representative from each region of the world and the message delivered in the official languages of the UN ? It would be nice to include a child in the group.</DIV>
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<DIV>Amali De Silva-Mitchell,</DIV>
<DIV>Vice President, Vancouver Community Network, Canada<BR><BR><B><I>Meigs <meigs@wanadoo.fr></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Dear all,<BR><BR>We do seem to have a problem to come to a consensus on the speaker we will<BR>finally chose. Though i have expressed my own preference, i realize that may<BR>be the solution has to be symbolical rather than personalized.<BR><BR>How about:<BR>1- we draft, via the content and themes group for instance, a declaration<BR>that is comprehensive of the issues on which we have a general consensus but<BR>remain problematic for the States.<BR><BR>2- Then this common declaration would be read by two anonymous (by that<BR>meaning not famous) YOUNG PEOPLE,-a young girl AND a young boy-, each saying<BR>a sentence in turn, to express the trust of civil society in its sheer power<BR>and its youth. <BR><BR>Wouldn't this be an innovation in a world summit?<BR><BR><BR>It seems to me this would solve some problems with stardom, male or female<BR>dominance, etc.<BR><BR><BR>All the
best<BR>Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Plenary mailing list<BR>Plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><DIV>
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<P><STRONG>Amali De Silva-Mitchell</STRONG></P>
<P>Tel: 604-736-9012 & Email: <A href="mailto:amalidesilva@yahoo.com">amalidesilva@yahoo.com</A></P>
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