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Shirin Ebadi addresses Tunis

Posted on November 17, 2005 by

Yesterday, Iranian human rights activist Ms. Shirin Ebadi addressed the opening ceremony of the WSIS on behalf of civil society. It was a moving moment for many of us.

The text of Shirin Ebadi’s speech in French can be found on the WSIS website. Among the main points of her speech:

  • She drew attention to the importance of civil society at the UN, particularly civil society from governments that don’t respect the will of their own peoples.
  • She noted that some governments create their own “NGOs” to put out false information about the government.
  • She drew a link between the enormously high military budgets of governments and their enormous development needs, including ICT development, that could easily be met by a reduction in military spending.
  • She alluded to the control of the US government of the current Internet Governance structures, i.e. ICANN, noting that it was a difficult situation when one government could for political reasons cut off access to the internet to others around the world.
  • Finally she observed that “some governments” prevent access to certain information on the Internet, and repress journalists and others who disseminate certain information.
  • She called for the creation of a new UN commission on internet censorship, with the participation of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, the ITU, UNDP and NGOs.

It was a powerful moment at the summit for civil society.

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