The plot thickens

A lot has happened today and I don't have much time to write this as we've got a planning meeting to discuss the events of today shortly. Therefore, I will simply share some text from an email that was recently sent around from the organisers of the Social Forum Organising Committee regarding the NGO statement which was agreed upon at the end of the NGO forum late on Tuesday evening:

Although many UN entities and Governments are very happy about the NGO
statement it is too controversial for our hosts, meaning that we are
experiencing trouble distributing it (the support to go to the Legislators
Forum [taking place in Mexico City] to present it has for example been
withdrawn).

We are also experiencing that delegates to the Government meeting (Mexican delegates - and they had TEN seats) are distributing alternative documents presented as the statement and so on. It is important for us to get this document, which is the true one, out there, so please share it on websites, send it to your member organisations and governments etc. We do have many supporters amongst governments pushing for the inclusion of paragraphs and points from the declaration in the Governments declaration - but the more recognition world-wide the better.

Clearly none of us are 100 per cent happy with the content - but we are organisations with democratic traditions and respect that this is the final outcome. We need to mass mobilize a bit now, and we in the Social Forum Organizing Committee trust in
your support :-)

As I mentioned in my post yesterday, the text is weak in places. However, it is one heck of a lot better than the "alternative" versions which have been circulated as official copies. As soon as I have a link to the document - I will add it as mentioned in the email.

I need to run to my meeting - more later!!