From owner-beijing-conf@tristram.edc.orgTue Sep 12 07:31:13 1995 Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 15:57:10 -0400 From: owner-beijing-conf@tristram.edc.org by tristram.edc.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id FAA05911 for ; Sun, 10 Sep 1995 05:43:46 -0400 =09(Smail3.1.29.1 #11) id m0sricG-000Kq9C; Sun, 10 Sep 95 11:23 MET DST To: beijing-conf@tristram.edc.org Message-Id: <5taM4A4BNMB@oln-f06.oln.comlink.apc.org> From: DEBRA@OLN.comlink.apc.org (Debra Guzman) Path: oln.comlink.apc.org!DEBRA Organization: Human Rights Network - HRNet Subject: WCW: Appeal to Boutros-Ghali Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 08:13:00 +0100 X-Mailer: CrossPoint v3.02 R/A143 X-Gateway: ZCONNECT UA SONNE.comlink.apc.org [UNIX/Connect v0.71] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 101 Sender: owner-beijing-conf@confer.edc.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: beijing-conf@confer.edc.org ## Original in: /HRNET/WOMEN ## author : jennifer@wcw.apc.org ## date : 07.09.95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact : Women's Alliance for Democracy, 5 rue de Lille 75007 PARIS Phone : (33 1) 45 48 83 80 Fax: (33 1) 42 22 62 73 Huairou, September the 4th 1995 APPEAL to Mr. BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI, Secretary General of the United Nations, and to the Delegations of the State Members of the UN We, progressive, democratic and militant NGO women, participating in the Forum of the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing August 30 - September 8, 1995, in Huairou, - considering the 1945 UN Charter, - considering the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), - considering the 1993 UN Declaration for the Elimination of Violences against Women, - considering the Declarations and Platforms of Action of the UN World Conferences on Women in Mexico (1975), Copenhagen (1980), Nairobi (1985), and of the UN World Conferences on Environment and Development (Rio, 1992), on Human Rights (Vienna, 1993), on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) and the Social Summit in Copenhagen 1995, Note with concern : - a massive presence of religious organizations of all obediences including fundamentalist ones (Muslim, Catholic, pro-life groups...) whose missions and actions oppose women's human rights guaranteed by the UN texts themselves; - a significant presence of official NGOs endorsing State policies and therefore lobbying in the reversed direction, Denounce : - on the very space that women have historically created (NGO Forum, Nairobi 1985), the presence and behaviour of these organizations which hinder and sabotage the work and exchanges (interrupting workshops, seizing material, ...) among women whose active solidarity is vital to move their rights forward, Demand : - the UN to take measures so that the NGOs' work be respected - and the accreditation criteria to comply with the UN concepts and texts so that the NGOs' progressive function in favour of women's rights be fully exerted. ________ Alliance des Femmes pour la D=E9mocratie (France) - Association de Lutte contre les violences faites aux Femmes (Cameroun) - Association Tunisienne des Femmes D=E9mocrates (Tunisie) - MO.FEM'S Section S=E9n=E9galaise de la CAMS (Commmission Internationale pour l'abolition des mutilations sexuelles) - Organisation Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme - Annette Pypops (Canada) This appeal is supported by the following : Collectif 95 Maghreb Egalit=E9 - F=E9d=E9ration Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) - Anti-Fundamentalism Women&'s Organisation (Afghanistan) - Iranska Kvinnors RAD, Comit=E9 de d=E9fense des Femmes Iraniennes - Femmes Alg=E9riennes Unies pour l'=E9galit=E9 des droits FAUED (Alg=E9rie) - Association Ind=E9pendante pour le Triomphe des Droits des Femmes AITDF (Alg=E9rie) - Association de D=E9fense et de Promotion des Droits des Femmes (Alg=E9rie) - Association Espoir et Fraternit=E9 (Alg=E9rie) - Mouvement "Jeunes Femmes" (France)- V.S.F (Madagascar) - Red de Mujeres de la Costa Caribe (Colombia) - Grupo de Mujeres Feministas Autonomas (Colombia) - Regroupement Qu=E9becois des Centres contre les Agressions Sexuelles (CALACS - Qu=E9bec) -Women's Federation onf India - Judith Armatta, Global Exchange - Union de l'action f=E9minine (Maroc) - Association D=E9mocratique des Femmes du Maroc (Maroc)- Commission Femmes de l'Odre des Avocats (Maroc) - E.C.E. Conseil des Femmes Allemandes - Forum Ind=E9pendant de la Femme Albanaise, Useful Albanian Women, Republican Albananian Women's Forum (Albanie) - Collectif F=E9ministe Ruptures (France) - Mouvement Fran=E7ais pour le Planning Familial, Lyon (France) - U.N.A.C.O.P.L., Paris (France) - Groupe Cadre de vie, Mouvement pour une D=E9mocratie Paritaire (France) -"Madreperla" Journal des Femmes W.I.L.P.F. (Italie) - Women's Center for Legal Aid and Counselling (Palestine) - Groupe de Femmes Universitaires (Mexico) - R=E9seau Arabe AICHA - El Taller - Association des filles m=E8res (Gabon) - Bakhta Tarhouni, Association des Femmes Tunisiennes pour la recherche sur le d=E9veloppement (Tunisie) - Women Living under Muslim Laws Network - Ding Thi Ngoc, Association des femmes pour la Bienfaisance (Viet Nam) - Antonia Bisbal, Olympe de Gouges (Barcelona, Espagne) -