From: Habib Yousafzai <yousafzai49@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:11 PM
Subject: [bangla-vision] Kashmri seminar in Geneva on defending the will of the people
International Educational Development Invites you to a seminar "Defending the Will of the People" Thursday, March 10th, 2011 Palais de Nations, Geneva: Room XXIII between 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. The speakers will draw to the attention of the Council Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides, in pertinent part: "The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government. Exercising the right to self-determination and defending the true will of a people can occur a variety ways such as in periodic, democratic and fair elections; plebiscites and referendums, organized by the United Nations or some other authority; peaceful revolt; or organizing national liberation movements." The latest expressions of peaceful revolt have just occurred in Tunisia, Egyptand peaceful protest that unfortunately turned bloodier in Libya but in recent history have also occurred throughout the world. The latest example of a referendum was that carried out in January 2011 in Sudan's south. There are other situations in which the United Nations promised a people a plebiscite or referendum to determine their will but which have not yet been carried out: Western Sahara, Palestine and Kashmir. In our view, a major impediment to resolving many of these situations is that the Human Rights Council devalued the right to self-determination, keeping only the issue of the use of mercenaries alive and well on its agenda. The speakers will discuss how to persuade the Council to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the right to self-determination and defending the will of the people and provide this topic with its own agenda item. Speakers: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman, All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Kashmir Lord Nazir Ahmed, Member, British House of Lords, England Dr. Karen Parker, IED Delegate to the United Nations, USA Dr. Ahmed AbdelLatti, IIFSO Secretary General, Turkey Mr. Hussein Orac, Archectic of Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, Palestine Ms. Suaad Alfitouri, Chairman, Society Outreach, Libya Mr. Mohamed Abdel Wahid Ghanem, Exiled Leader, Egypt Mr. Waleed Albanany, Al-Nahda Movement, Tunisia Mr. Loghman AHMADI, Congress of Nationalities for a Federated Iran Mr. Ali S. Khan, Executive Director, Kashmiri Scandinavian Council, Norway Mr. Amjad Yousuf, Kashmir Institute of International Relations, Azad Kashmir Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Kashmiri American Council/Kashmir Center, Washington Co-sponsors: Association of Humanitarian Lawyers, IIFSO, IHRAAM, WMC, AHRKI, KMMK-G For more info: Please call, Altaf 0767-154-016 or gnfai2003@yahoo.com
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