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(Special
Envoys)
Nairobi, 19/01/2007 (SPS) An important Saharawi delegation
arrived on Thursday evening to Nairobi, the Capital of Kenya, to
take part to the activities of the 7th edition of the World Social
Forum (WSF) which will be organised from the 20th to the 25th
January.
Upon their arrival at the international airport of Nairobi, the
members of the Saharawi delegation were received by the Ambassador
of the Saharawi Republic accredited in Kenya, Mr. Hamdi Bueiha, and
his Prime Secretary.
The Saharawi cause, will be thus fully represented this year in the
WSF, which gathers hundreds thousands members o organisations,
associations, political parties and other representatives of civil
societies from the different regions of the world.
The event count in this edition with the participation of more than
150 thousands activist, more than 1000 activities covering all
domains and preoccupations of the international social actors, in
addition to 106 spaces where the activities, debates, conferences
and workshops will take place.
Concerning the Saharawi participation in this free and democratic
debates, and cultural, social and political exchange, the Saharawi
delegation is planning to animate three workshops on Human Rights,
Natural Resources, and the Decolonisation of the Western Sahara and
the International law, in addition to other cultural and musical
activities and active participations in other workshops scheduled by
different organisations and international actors, according to the
Saharawi organisers.
The World Social Forum, which is held each year as a social and
humanitarian bound alternative to other Forums that are more or less
considered as representative of globalisation and new imperialism, s
considered by many actors of the civil societies as a step forwards
towards the organisation and opening of a real dialogue between
cultures, individuals and peoples for the good of humanity and in
the face of the discourse that praises the theories of
civilisations’ clash, globalisation and the agendas and programmes
of big powers. (SPS)
060/NAIROUBI/000 191350 Jan 07 SPS
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