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Fwd: [NAPY2004] pls sign statement to UN re: appointment of UNIFEM ED
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From: malyn ando
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Subject: [NAPY2004] pls sign statement to UN re: appointment of UNIFEM ED
To: Malyn Arrow
Cc: anasuya_s (at) yahoo.com
dear everyone,
if you are a young/younger women activist from the Global South, pls. sign
on to this statement to the UN. pls email directly
***anasuya_s (at) yahoo.com
* kindly pass this on to other networks as well.
thanks,
malyn
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Maria Melinda Ando
Programme Officer
Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW)
No. 80 & 82 3rd Floor
Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields
50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Telephone Nos.: +603.2273.9913 to 15
Fax No: +603.2273.9916
Website: www.arrow.org.my
Email: malyn (at) arrow.po.my, mariamelinda (at) yahoo.com, afc (at) arrow.po.my
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15 April, 2008
*Young Women Activists from the Global South *
*Call on the UN to Abide by Principles of Transparency and Integrity*
As young women activists from the global South, we are deeply distressed by
the manner in which the Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for
Women (UNIFEM) has been chosen.
We believe that any professional appointment within the UN system should
occur with transparency and integrity; indeed, we look to the UN to lead the
world in demonstrating the utmost rigour and accountability in such a
process. Unfortunately, however, the selection process for the ED of UNIFEM
has taken over seven months, and culminated in the announcement last Monday
(April 7), of a candidate who was clearly not chosen on the basis of merit:
the UNDP Selection Committee had unanimously voted for a candidate from the
global South, as being the best from over a hundred candidates.
We are dismayed both by the disrespect this demonstrates to an internal UN
process of appointment, as well as to the image of the UN more globally. As
an international institution based on principles of justice and equality, we
expect the UN to abide by, and be accountable for, the highest standards of
adherence to these principles.
We are particularly concerned about the implications of this selection
process for the UN's commitment to gender equality, and UNIFEM's future
leadership on issues of women's rights and empowerment. We envision an
engagement with the UN system that is respectful and responsive; current
events, however, have left us disappointed and disillusioned. As citizens
and young feminists from the South, we strongly believe that our voices and
concerns should be heard and represented at the UN.
*If you agree with this statement, and would like to sign on, please send
your name and country with (if possible) your organisational affiliation by
**Tuesday 15 April 2008** (midnight Pacific Daylight Time, San Francisco) to
**anasuya_s (at) yahoo.com *
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