Re: [soac-mapo] Rec6 Draft Letter

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

While I am sure I will find things to quibble about on deeper rereading, on 
first reading I pretty much find this acceptable though do have one issue.

With regard to:

> The suggestion in Cartagena of a catch-all
> discrimination criteria – such as "any other discriminations that are 
> generally recognized
> under international law" – seems to be acceptable to many of the CWG members.

This is not what I am comfortable with.  What I would be comfortable with is 
replacing any list of discriminations with a phrase such as " any 
discriminations that are generally recognized under international law".  The 
discussion on this was rather hurried so I am not sure I made myself clear at 
the time.

I still feel strongly that if any discriminations are mentioned, then a more 
comprehensive list should be included.  But I am fine if the entire explicit 
list is removed in favor of an implicit list.

a.



On 5 Jan 2011, at 15:31, Jon Nevett wrote:

> Rec6 CWG Colleagues:
> 
> Attached (in Word and pdf) is a proposed letter for us to discuss on our call 
> tomorrow.  I took most of the language from the e-mail that Cheryl circulated 
> recently and added a new section based on comments from Robin, Avri and 
> others related to the IO. 
> 
> As you know, we have been asked by the Board to respond by Friday, January 
> 7th.
> 
> I look forward to discussing these issues on tomorrow's call.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jon 
> 
> <Rec6 CWG Draft Response 010511.pdf><Rec6 CWG Draft Response 010511.doc>
>