<div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt">Dear EC, Farzaneh</span></div><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">I've realized we have the following selection to analyze</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">PIR representative</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2018-January/043503.html%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1517081680264000%26amp;usg%3DAFQjCNGKAdV3wAvJvczUbo9zQtlqq6IUjw&sa=D&ust=1517081680271000&usg=AFQjCNGdBsdTqnHLdb8kMmIE8_Ah6rECWQ" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">https://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/2018-January/043503.html</a></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">And we received the following applications</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">Renata Aquino Ribeiro</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2018-January/008743.html%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1517081680265000%26amp;usg%3DAFQjCNFJcxLErwVJXEBk_tBU2vI9_8Vk6g&sa=D&ust=1517081680271000&usg=AFQjCNGht--nmaW5kFBJEAqS3WCjHzmhhg" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">https://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2018-January/008743.html</a></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">Ayden Ferdeline</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2018-January/008750.html%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1517081680266000%26amp;usg%3DAFQjCNEFRezju8sfCsOuNY9kDkRljuDr_A&sa=D&ust=1517081680271000&usg=AFQjCNG6dr6i_g2lygVkmvb2ylO4o_zHEg" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">https://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-ec/2018-January/008750.html</a></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">In the call it says we should observe advice from Farzaneh Badii, the outgoing representative. </span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">I'd note also that since Renata is one of the candidates and is onlist, if anyone wishes to follow the thread offlist, we can do so. </span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">Farzaneh, can you please send us your advice?</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">Thanks!</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt">Elsa</span></p><p style="padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.15;height:11pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:11pt"></span></p><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br><br>Elsa Saade<br>Human Rights Officer<br>Gulf Center for Human Rights<br>Beirut, Lebanon<br></div></div></div></div>