[AFRI-Discuss] ATLASS 3 IN CANADA-IMPENDIMENTS TO A SUCCESSFUL OUTING

[Liz Orembo]

This is the height of exclusion. Why are we even allowing  policy meetings
of such global resources to take place where participants from the global
south cant attend? What is the purpose of the event code in the invite
letters?

I hope ICANN takes this up with the Canadian government.

On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 7:23 PM Peters Omoragbon <petersomoragbon at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear Colleagues and friends,
>
> I am constrained to bring the attention of everyone to the myriad of
> road-blocks and frustrations currently confronting African delegates to
> ATLAS 3, and I am afraid, about 80% may not make it to Montreal after all.
> No thanks to the Canadian Embassy that, has not only refused their visas
> applications but also giving very spurious and insulting excuses for such
> wanton refusalS.
> For example, delegates that have a track history of previous trips abroad
> with valid USA, UK and even Japan visas are being told, they may not leave
> Canada at the end of the conference!!!
> That is the worst excuse I have heard all my life. If I could not remain
> in the USA, or Japan, UK and Europe, what is so special about Canada to
> keep me away from returning?
>
> It must be recalled that we collectively put up and appeal to ICANN to be
> aware of the notoriety of the Canadian Embassies in African, that they will
> take our monies and refused to grant a genuine visa application.
>
> It is my view that ICANN Secretariat please intervenes because its just
> one month away to Montreal. It will be such a shame if more than half of
> the accredited delegates are absent after all the preparations and efforts
> put into the planning and selections. And it should also be the
> responsibility of the AFRALO leadership to lead on this struggle. The fact
> that, they all have free rides to travel anywhere for ICANN events should
> not becloud their responsibilities to us-members from AFRALO.
> I hope ALAC leadership should provide the oversight function here.
> Best
> Yours truly
> Thank you all.
>
> *Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON*
>
> *-Financial Secretary, Central Association of Nigerians in the United
> Kingdom-CANUK*
>
> *-Executive President/CEO-Nurses Across the Borders-An NGO in Special
> Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United
> Nations-ECOSOC*
>
> *-Designated Contact Person-United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
> Change-UNFCCC*
>
> *-International Liaison Officer-Nigerian Nurses Charitable
> Association-NNCA-UK*
>
> *-Board Member-Conference of NGOS in Special Consultative Status with the
> United Nations-CONGO*
>
> *-Member Steering Committee Regional Committee for Africa-CONGO*
>
> *-General Secretary, Civil Society Network of NGOs on Climate Change*
>
> *-Fellow Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN*
> *-Fellow Open Society Institute-Budapest*
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Best regards.
Liz.

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