[NCUC-DISCUSS] Civil Society activists with revoked accreditation - 11th Ministerial meeting of the WTO (MC11) in Buenos Aires

[dorothy g]

Let me get this clear, they approved and then revoked with no reason being
given.

best

On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Days before the 11th Ministerial meeting of the WTO (MC11) in Buenos
> Aires the Argentinian Government apparently revoked accreditation of 63
> civil society experts. The accreditation was already issued to the
> delegates and, as of yesterday, an email was sent with a note from the
> WTO Secretariat notifying them that the Argentine government had denied the
> accreditation and advised the WTO that the experts will not be allowed in
> the country to participate in the meeting based "security reasons".
>
> The list of organizations includes the following: Argentina (Instituto del
> Mundo del Trabajo, Fundación Grupo Efecto Positivo, and Sociedad de
> Economía Crítica), Belgium (11.11.11), Brazil (Brazilian Network for
> People’s Integration, REBRIP), Chile (Derechos Digitales), Finland
> (Siemenpuu), Indonesia (Institute for National and Democracy Studies),
> Netherlands (Transnational Institute), the Philippines (People Over Profit)
> and the UK (Global Justice Now!), as well as international organizations
> including UNI global union (based in Switzerland) and UNI Americas (based
> in Uruguay) and Friends of the Earth International.
>
> You can find more info here: https://www.citizen.org/
> sites/default/files/release_-_disaccreditation_nov_30_2017.pdf
>
> Best,
> --
> *Bruna Martins dos Santos *
>
> +55 61 99252-6512
> Skype ID: bruna.martinsantos
> @boomartins
>
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