<P>Dear Robert and all</P>
<P>I believe that the issues to be raised -and particularly those mentioned by the disabled caucuses- are more than "hobbyhorses" and deserve a better attention. </P>
<P>I also believe that Shirin Ebadi is conscious of actual issues our societies are facing at this time, and no doubt she will take them in account in her discourse.</P>
<P>However, this doesn't prevent us from indicating her our most urgent priorities as assessed during the second phase of WSIS, suggesting her to include them in her spech at her convenience. I think that this way is both respecting her liberty and personality, and the CS main concerns in this WSIS phase.</P>
<P>Best</P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack</P>
<P>CSDPTT<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 17/10/05 00:35<BR>> De : KovenRonald@aol.com<BR>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : <BR>> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports<BR>> <BR>> <FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dear All --<BR>> <BR>> Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important. The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they consider important.<BR>> <BR>> Rony Koven</FONT><FONT face=Geneva color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>