[governance] Azerbaijan

[Narine Khachatryan]

Dear All,

In relation to the next venue for the IGF 2012 in Azerbaijan this is an
 interesting reading:
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2011/09/30/igf-venue-controversy/

Best regards,
Narine


On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

> This evening, Izumi and I raised civil society's concerns about the
> selection of Azerbaijan as the next host country for the IGF, with Thomas
> Steizer, Assistant Secretary-General at UN DESA, and his deputy Vyacheslav
> Cherkasov.  They indicated to us that the human rights concerns had been
> raised with Azerbaijan ahead of the IGF, and that assurances had been made
> that the freedoms of those attending the 2012 IGF would be upheld, not only
> for foreign delegates but also for locals (and specifically including
> Armenians).  The host country agreement contains specific provisions on
> these points.  (I asked for a copy of it, but it seemed that could be a
> problem.)
>
> We also discussed the issue of cost.  Thomas responded that he would take
> this issue up with the prospective hosts and ask them whether low-cost
> accommodation could be provided for IGF delegates.  I will follow up with
> him by email to remind him of his commitment to do this.  (Of course, this
> would do nothing to ease the cost of air travel.)
>
> Given our immediate lack of an alternative host country to propose, there
> seemed to be little we could do to avoid the selection of Azerbaijan as host
> country for 2012.  For 2013, Indonesia has offered to host.
>
> On a sour note, someone had been spreading rumours that civil society had
> been planning a demonstration to protest against the selection of
> Azerbaijan, which I assured Chengetai (though I'm not sure whether he
> believed me) were baseless.
>
> --
>
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Narine Khachatryan
Media Education Center
Yerevan, Armenia
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