[APWSLMembers 251] Fwd: Bangkok Forum changed to a Thai Forum

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Date: May 8, 2006 2:35 PM
Subject: Bangkok Forum changed to a Thai Forum
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 *The Bangkok WSF 2006, *
*originally planned as a S.E. Asia / E. Asia Social Forum, *
*has now been changed to a "Thai Social Forum".........*
* We sincerely apologise to all friends in Asia\Australia who were hoping to
attend an international forum in Bangkok and who have put much work into the
preparation for such a forum.
We ask for your understanding on the basis that a majority of Thai
organizations felt unready to take part in an international forum this
October, but were prepared to hold a "Thai Forum" .

*
*Agreement from a meeting of 25+ Thai Organisations*
*Held on **Friday 5 May 2006***
*On the issue of the Bangkok 2006 Forum*
**
*1.      **The Forum will be changed from an international forum
(SEAsia\EAsia) to a "Thai Forum" *(the minority dissenting view bowed to the
majority wishes)**
*2.      **The Thai Social Forum will be held 21-23 October 2006 at
Thammasart University *
*3.      **Theme of Forum: "Thai Social Reform"*
*4.      **It was agreed in principle to try to get wide ranging discussions
across the boundaries of issue-based networks, to promote grass-roots
participation and to include sectors which have traditionally been left out
of previous meetings eg. Gender groups, Minority groups and new Student and
Youth groups.*
*                                                   *
**
*Steering Committee of the Thai Social Forum*
* *
1.        AIDS\HIV network
2.        Labour Union\ Rungsit Area Committee
3.        Thai Labour Campaign
4.        American Center for Labor Solidarity
5.        Thai Labour Solidarity Committee

   1. N.G.O. Coordinating Committee
   2. Consumers Association
   3. Peoples Media Network
   4. International Network of Disabled
   5. Thai Disabled Association
   6. Agriculture for Development
   7. Peoples Coalition Party
   8. Rainbow Sky
   9. Focus On Global South Thailand
   10. Forum  Asia
   11. F.O.P.
   12. Womens Coalition
   13. Religious network
   14. Urban Community Netwrok
   15. Youth for Development
   16. Action Aid
   17. APWSL
   18. Ethnic Groups network
   19. TWAT

* *
* *
*Next meeting of Steering Committee*
*Sunday 21 May, Thammasart Rungsit  10.00 Room 206 BR1 building*
* *


  *Secretary office of
World Social Forum, Thailand
Giles Ji Ungpakorn tel (+66) 13469481 (+66) 22187221*
*email:  thaiwsf at yahoo.com*
* http://www.prachatai.com/wsf/
*
*P.O. Box 2049 Chulalongkorn, Bangkok 10332 Thailand*.

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