[governance] CS Participation in the High-Level Leaders Meeting

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I was not thinking of there being a need for physical bravery.  
More a notion of reputational bravery.

Though it is true, it will not yet be under a UN flag.

avri


On 18 Sep 2013, at 06:06, Norbert Bollow wrote:

> Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
> 
>> To be sure I understand:
>> 
>> We are being invited to volunteer to go to a special meeting to put
>> our signatures on a government declaration that will be determined
>> before anyone gets to Bali on behalf of civil society.
> 
> That is not what is being communicated (the formulation “formulate and
> adopt by consensus” is an accurate summary of what the nature of the
> event is claimed to be). But I wouldn't be too surprised if Avri's
> description is closer to what will actually happen (at least in regard
> to participants who don't leave the room in protest).
> 
>> I am surprised anyone would be brave enough to put themselves in that
>> position.
> 
> I don't think that they'll physically stop anyone from leaving the room
> if things get too bad.
> 
> At least from the perspective of anyone who is not into Chinese state
> ideology, and who does not otherwise find diplomatic nonsense
> enjoyable, it's definitely not going to be a purely pleasurable event
> with simply good culinary and intellectual entertainment as had been
> speculated earlier. The draft terms of reference document seems to be
> strongly influenced by Chinese sources, and in additional China has a
> representative on the panel and in addition after the panel discussion,
> the general discussion (and presumably drafting) process will according
> to the draft agenda be lead by United Nations Under-Secretary-General
> Department of Economic and Social Affairs Mr. WU Hongbo who is of
> course also from China.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
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