[governance] REVISION 4 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing CSTD

[Fearghas McKay]

On 19 Feb 2010, at 13:56, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:

> How many Civil Society statements are drafted and sent to the  
> Secretary General on this issue?  Why are we so worried about the  
> length of the statement when it is not verbose by any standards and  
> when there aren't too many statements from Civil Society on this  
> issue? The IGC is making this statement on behalf of most of its  
> several CS members, so it is ok if the statement is long enough to  
> include the facts, arguments and express all our concerns.
>
> Brevity without sufficient reason is unnecessary and would leave so  
> much unsaid.

I am not arguing for reducing the size of the statement in total, just  
that the sentences are too long and complex.

Breaking them up will make the document longer whilst making it easier  
to comprehend and translate accurately.

Regards

	f

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