[bestbits] Argentina bars NGOs, civil society from attending WTO conference

[Renata Aquino Ribeiro]

Hi

I agree this response is quite interesting.

Moreover, it requires intergovernmental organizations to position
themselves on governments actions.

I am sure many Best Bits members going through this process right now
would like to see the decision reversed.

It will a busy week

Best,

Renata



On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:28 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Dec 2017 16:44:18 -0300
> Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's really incredible
>>
>> Civil Society is "disruptive and violent" according to Argentina
>> government
>>
>> http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/sobre-la-acreditacion-de-ongs-la-conferencia-ministerial-de-la-omc-en-buenos-aires
>
> Ouch! By any reasonable standard, that kind of libel is outright
> criminal.
>
> I'm happy to note that OWINFS has sent a strongly-worded followup
> letter to the WTO Secretary-General.
>
> http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/owinfs-disaccreditation-followup
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
>> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> > Further to this topic of civil society disaccreditation for the WTO
>> > Ministerial... here's a TV interview which puts these developments
>> > into context, with an IMO quite brilliant explanation (by Deborah
>> > James) of what is going on at the WTO and why this issue of
>> > disaccreditation matters so much.
>> >
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR5solRTa8A
>> >
>> > (Also see the Our World Is Not For Sale website
>> > http://ourworldisnotforsale.net )
>> >
>> > Nota bene, this disaccreditation issue in not about civil society
>> > being blocked from formal participation in the substantive
>> > discourse (that was never possible at WTO in the first place, see
>> > the Call for Openness and Transparency in Rulemaking for the
>> > Internet in regard to that: wto-ic.justnetcoalition.org ), but
>> > about civil society being even denied the opportunity to meet with
>> > the decision-makers.
>> >
>> > This is as if citizens and civil society organizations were suddenly
>> > denied all opportunities for meeting with members of parliament, for
>> > reasons that citizens and civil society organizations have interests
>> > and concerns which are at odds with those of multinational
>> > corporations!
>> >
>> > Greetings,
>> > Norbert
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 1 Dec 2017 14:41:57 +0100
>> > Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:28:49 -0300
>> >> Renata Aquino Ribeiro <raquino at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > A list of a few of the 31 denied accreditation is here
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/in-a-bizarre-move-argentina-bars-ngos-civil-society-from-attending-wto-conference-59254
>> >> >
>> >> > Apparently the number keeps going up and could have doubled
>> >> > already
>> >>
>> >> Indeed. The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is
>> >> reporting that they know of 63 civil society folks who had already
>> >> been accredited by WTO, but who are now rejected by Argentia.
>> >>
>> >> http://ourworldisnotforsale.net/
>> >>
>> >> Greetings,
>> >> Norbert
>