NATIONAL CONFAB: LETTER OF PROTEST FROM THE CIVIL SOCIETY DELEGATION

SUBJECT: THE CONSTITUTION AND COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

WHEREAS we have carefully reviewed the membership of the Committee as released by the Conference Secretariat and wish to register our strong objection to the way and manner the secretariat composed the said committees.
Whereas before the composition of the Committees, the leadership of the Conference circulated papers wherein delegates were asked to indicate in order of preference the Committees they wish to serve in.
We are therefore alarmed that the Conference Secretariat arbitrarily and in total disregard to the choice and preferences of most delegates and in particular civil society delegates drafted them to Committees where they do not have expertise and will not be relevant.