Lea Winter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:winter@fian.org" target="_blank">winter@fian.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><span style="color:#1f497d">Find below an
overview of all the activities that took and will take place for the launch of
the Watch 2012 worldwide.</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></div></div></blockquote><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Watch
2012 Launch<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">25
September 2012: Launch in Geneva, Switzerland</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">A press conference/panel discussion with</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> </span></b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Flavio
Valente (FIAN), Peter Prove (EAA), Huguette Akplogan-Dossa
(ANoRF), Abdessalam Ould Ahmed (FAO) and Lalji Desai
(WAMIP). People attending: 30</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Video
of the launch in Geneva (French and English): <a href="http://www.livestream.com/genevapressclub/video?clipId=pla_3af7204a-7327-4c74-addc-233ad32d910e" target="_blank">http://www.livestream.com/genevapressclub/video?clipId=pla_3af7204a-7327-4c74-addc-233ad32d910e</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Press clippings:</span></u></i><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">The
Guardian</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">
(English): <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/sep/26/human-rights-combat-hunger-report?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/sep/26/human-rights-combat-hunger-report?newsfeed=true</a><br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">IPS </span></b>(English):
<a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/09/starving-for-an-equitable-food-system/" target="_blank">http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/09/starving-for-an-equitable-food-system/</a><br>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Le Courrier </span></b>(French):
<a href="http://www.lecourrier.ch/102048/qui_a_le_pouvoir_mange_a_sa_faim" target="_blank">http://www.lecourrier.ch/102048/qui_a_le_pouvoir_mange_a_sa_faim</a>
(attached)<br>
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Attached: </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">- a 15
minutes interview of Huguette Akplogan-Dossa on <b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Radio Cité</span></b> (in French)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">- a 10
minutes interview with Huguette Akplogan-Dossa (RAPDA) and Mr. Abdessalam Ould
Ahmed (FAO) recorded by <b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Radio
Cité</span></b> at the launch event in Geneva (in French)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">29
September: Launch in Oaxaca, Mexico <u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Presentation
during an international meeting of Indigenous Peoples to protect maize with
Saul Vicente (IITC). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-style:normal"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October
10: </span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">1)
Launch in <b>Berlin</b>, Germany during a press conference on land grabbing
organized by Brot für die Welt and FIAN Germany with the participation of the
focal point of ANoRF Cameroon, </span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB">Fon
Nsoh (Cominsud).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">2)
Launch the report in <b>New York City</b> during the ceremony of the US Food
Sovereignty Prize. Olivier De Shutter will be the key note speaker</span>.<b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">2)
Launch in <b>Vienna, Austria</b> during an expert-panel discussion organized by
Brot für die Welt, FIAN Austria, LVC and APRODEV.</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October
11:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">
Presentation in <b>Geneva, Switzerland</b> by FIAN CH during a panel discussion
on the role of Geneva as a central platform for trade and human rights:
coherence or contradiction?</span><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October 12:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">
<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">1) EAA will present
the Watch in Geneva.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">2) FIAN Netherland
and ILEIA, <i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-style:normal">the</span></i><span> Centre for Information on </span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Low External
Input</span></i><span> and Sustainable Agriculture will launch the
Watch.</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October 14:
Kampala, Uganda<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">The Watch 2012 will be
presented during a community dialogue at Bugema University on the international
theme: “Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world” .Participants
will include students, community leaders, civil society activists and policy
makers. A number of other activities will run together with the dialogue
including poetry and filming of videos on improving the supply chain of
agriculture produce.<b><u><u></u><u></u></u></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October 16:<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">1) <b>Rome, Italy: </b>During
the official celebration, FIAN and IITC will distribute copies to representatives
in the hallway (mystica). The Watch will also be handed out in a side event on
the GSF.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">2) <b>Mexico City,
Mexico: </b>Organized by WABA (Marcos Arana)<b><u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">3)
<b>Quezon City, Philippines: FIAN Philippines </b></span><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="DE">will launch the
Watch at the same time than the Philippine Food Campaign. Invited will be the
former Chairman of the UN Committee on Food Security, Noel de Luna, Chairman of
the Senate Committee on Food, Kiko Pangilinan and hopefully the Secretary of
the Interior and Local Government, Mar Roxas, to give the keynote address.
There will also be a painting competition with the theme “Ang Pangarap kong
Bayan” (My dream for my country) to be judged in the afternoon. More than 350
participants all over the country representing more than 50 people’s
organizations and NGOs will attend the conference. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">4) The Watch will be
presented during a World Food Day event in <b>Boston, USA</b> by the US Food
Sovereignty Alliance.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="ES">October
17: Simultaneous launches in Asunción (Paraguay), Córdoba (Argentina), La
Paz (Bolivia) and Quito (Ecuador) <u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Events organized by
the different chapters of PIDHDD. In Quito in the academy of social sciences
with FIAN Ecuador, the agriculture minister, and the confederation of
indigenous peoples and representatives of rural women. In Cordoba organized by
Semilla. In La Paz, organized by AIPE. In Paraguay, organized by BASE and FIAN
Paraguay group.<span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October 22-24:
Launch in Bogota</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Presentation during
an international seminar on the Right to Food<b> </b>organized by FIAN
Colombia.<i> <u></u><u></u></i></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="ES">Congreso
por el derecho a la alimentación, la soberanía alimentaria y la seguridad
alimentaria y nutricional</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="ES">”, el cual se llevará
a cabo en la Universidad Nacional de Colombia de Bogotá, en el Edificio de
Postgrados de Ciencias Humanas Auditorio Virginia Gutiérrez, el próximo 22 a 24
de octubre del año en curso. Este evento está siendo organizado por FIAN
Colombia, el Observatorio de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional de la
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, la Asociación de Trabajo Interdisciplinario y
OBUSINGA.<b><u><u></u><u></u></u></b></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"" lang="ES"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">October 29: Launch
in Brasilia, Brazil <u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Presentation of the
Watch in the presidential palace by FIAN.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">November 7:</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">
<b>Barcelona, Spain</b></span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">, the Observatori DESC will
present the Watch during a class at University on ESCR with Veterinary without
borders.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">November 14:
Launch in Nantes, France</span></u></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Presentation in the
context of a series of conference at the University in partnership with the
French committee for International solidarity (CFSI), and during a press
conference before a debate on agrofuels. <span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">The African Network
on the Right to Food (ANoRF)</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> will organize
several events including one week of activities in Cotonou, Benin in
partnership with a network of farmers (Synergie paysanne) and the vent in
Kamapala. The details of the activities of the different national coalitions
need be confirmed (Dakar, Lomé, Kinshasa, Bangui, <i><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";font-style:normal">Ouagadougou</span></i>...).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Karachi,
Pakistan</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">: WABA member, Ms. Akram will organize
an event in partnership with FIAN group in Islamabad that might also organized
an event there.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Feedback:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif""> ICCO asked official
reactions to the Watch of Davind Nabarro, Marc van Ameringen (director of Gain)
and Fokko Wientjs (CEO, dutch company DSM). </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d">Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d">Right to Food
and Nutrition Watch<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.rtfn-watch.org" target="_blank">www.rtfn-watch.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">THINK FIRST - THEN PRINT -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="FR-CH">FIAN International
Secretariat<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" lang="FR-CH">Geneva office</span><span style="color:#00b050" lang="FR-CH"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d" lang="FR-CH">15,
rue des Savoises<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d">1205 Geneva<u></u><u></u></span></p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d">e-mail: winter
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