How?
Actively participating in three dialogue tables:
1) Table 1. Concerning the Consultation, for the purpose of resolution, aimed at answering the following practical questions of coordination and organization: What is being consulted on?; How is the consulting to be done?; When will the consulting occur?; Who will carry out the consultation?; Where will the Consultation take place?; With what resources will the Consultation be carried out?; What previous experiences are there of this nature, what were their circumstances, their achievements and limitations?
2) Table 2. The struggle for peace in Mexico, not for the purpose of resolution, with the following themes to be developed: evaluation of the militarization and war of extermination (human rights and the social cost); civil society and the struggle for peace; model of dialogue; actions.
3) Table 3. National situation, not for the purpose of resolution, with the following themes to be developed: alternative of the democratic forces in the face of the crisis of the state; towards an alternative economic and social policy; Indian peoples and social movement; culture.
When?
On November 20, 21 and 22, yes, that soon.
Where?
In the chiapaneco city of San Cristobal de las Casas.
Who?
All Mexicans interested in actively participating in the construction
of a just and honorable peace; women, men and children, without
distinction as to class, age, ideology, race, religion, culture,
sexual preference or politics. Individuals, social and political
organizations, political parties, Non-Governmental Organizations,
churches, collectives, unions, political, religious and civil
associations and anonymous societies, in short, all honorable
Mexicans interested in pushing this country towards a just and
honorable peace (paramilitary groups and the officials who finance,
train and lend them impunity, stay away).
How do I get informaiton or register?
The centers for registration and information in the DF which are working at the present time, although any organization or group in the country is invited to open others, are the following:
- . National Assembly for Peace, Telephone: 544 66 38
- . Citizens' Movement for Democracy: 211 85 88
- . Mexican Network of Action on Free Trade: 355 11 77
- . National Indigenous Congress: 525 25 45
- . CIOAC Democratic: 211 85 88
- . Sria. of Indian peoples of the PRD: 574 41 82
- . Zapatista Front of National Liberation: 761 42 36
- . Section IX of the SNTE: 526 99 26
- . Network of Civil Society/Flores Magon Caravan: 511 69 96
- . Enlace Civil AC (in San Cristobal de las Casas): (01967) 82104
How do I register?
Presenting two photographs, some means of identification, with a copy
and 10 pesitos.
How does one get to San Cristobal?
One inexpensive option is that there will be buses leaving from the
DF which are picking up the organizing committee, at a cost of 450
pesos for the round trip DF-San Cristobal. These buses wil leave from
the capital Zocalo on November 18 at 6 in the evening. If you want to
use this service, please call 761 42 36, and go to Zapotecos 7 bis,
colonia obrera DF, or deposit your payment of 450 pesos in Bank
Account #4012432894, in the name of Diego Garcia at Banco Bital,
plaza 01. Fax a copy of your deposit to 761 42 36 in DF, attention to
the logistics committee. Please confirm as quickly as possible, since
the seats on the buses have to be reserved.
Where will I stay?
|If you do not have a friend in San Cristobal who you can crash with,
and you don't like the hotels, the organizing committee is
guaranteeing a closed space to sleep showers for bathing, completely
free. In addition, there will be places to stay, provided in
solidarity by compas in San Cristobal, at extremely reasonable prices
(more information in the registration centers).
Help in solidarity
Owing to the enormous costs of a Meeting like this, an account has
been opened where you can deposit your aid in solidarity. This money
will be used first to help provide food and lodging for the
companeros from the chiapaneco indigenous communities who will be
accompanying us during the Meeting, participating in the tables and
in the peace bands. The account opened for this purpose is: Number
4097078 Banamex, branch 125 Name: Barbara Zamora
What's next?
Photocopying, printing, televising, broadcasting, talking, posting
this information, and making an effort to attend, along with other
neighbors, companeros, relatives, associates, friends, the meeting
between civil society and the EZLN. Continue reaching agreement on
what kind of country we want, and how to fight to achieve it, at the
same time building a just and honorable peace, that is, the
democratic transition where everyone fits, well worth the effort.
Communication Subcommittee
Organizing Committee of the Meeting
PROGRAM follows
********************************** TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY irlandesa FOR NUEVO AMANECER PRESS ************************************************************ ___________________________________________________ NUEVO AMANECER PRESS- N.A.P.To know about us visit: http://www.nap.cuhm.mx/nap0.htm *When reproducing NAP's translations; please give credit* e-mails: amanecer@aa.net and amanecer@cuhm.mx
San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
November 1998
E N C U E N T R O: The dialogue between the EZLN and Mexican Civil Society
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18:
*Preliminary registration of event presentations and organizations
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19:
* 11:00 hrs. Action to gather contributions to the Encuentro from political prisoners - Cerro Hueco State Prison, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas -Civilian Security Cordon set up to protect the Zapatista delegation-
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20:
* 09:30 hrs. Reception and registration in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
* 10:00 hrs. Inauguration
* 13:00 hrs. Discussion tables begin
* 14:00 hrs. Lunch
|* 15:30 hrs. Work sessions begin
The recesses will be open and will happen according to the necessities of the discussion tables.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21:
* 09:00 hrs. Work sessions
* 14:00 hrs. Lunch
* 15:30 hrs. Work sessions
DOMINGO NOVEMBER 22:
* 10:00 hrs. General Assembly
* 14:00 hrs. Lunch
|* 15:30 hrs. Closing ceremony
MONDAY NOVEMBER 23:
-Civilian Security Cordon is lifted-
Purpose
* Public dialogue is one of the democratic traditions of the Mexican people. On this occasion we look to bring together the largest number of citizens and social and civil organizations possible, with the goal of getting to know their points of view with regard to carrying out the National Consultation on Indigenous Rights and Culture.
* We want to arrive at a proposal for the National Consultation that allows the indigenous rights expressed in the initiative of the Commission for Peace and Reconciliation (COCOPA) to be established in the Mexican Constitution as well as in national life.
* We want to discuss ways to make the Consultation a space that contributes to stopping the war currently being carried out, as well as to achieving the best conditions for the re-constitution of indigenous communities as groups which enjoy self-determination.
* We want to create the political conditions necessary for the approval of the constitutional initiative written by the Commission for Peace and Reconciliation (COCOPA), and to recover the spirit of the San Andres Dialogue as a space conducive to agreements for the real transition to democracy.
The Encuentro will develop through three large discussion tables which will occur simultaneously:
TABLE 1. The Organization of the National Consultation on Indigenous Rights and Culture. This is a 'resolution table' which must reach decisions regarding the Consultation. Table 1 will be subdivided by region according to the number of participants, with the same agenda:
a) Who and why?
b) When?
c) How and where?
d) Agreements and commitments
Note: Resolutions will be made in a consensus-style manner, without necessarily having 100% of the participants in agreement. Therefore voting may be used to express the consensus of the discussion tables.
TABLE 2. The struggle for peace in Mexico. Table 2 will be subdivided according to the number of participants, touching with the same agenda:
a) Militarization and its social and human rights costs
|b) The dialogue model (national mediation, international mediation, the COCOPA, the Congress of the Union)
|c) Strategies of civil society for the struggle for peace
TABLE 3. The national situation. Table 3 will be subdivided into four sub-tables:
a) Democratic alternatives facing the crisis of the State
b) Toward an alternative economic and social policy
c) Indigenous peoples and social movements
|d) Culture
PARTICIPANTS:
a) All those individuals and organizations that wish to participate may do so. Presentations should contain: name, title, topic, and which discussion table, and should be accompanied by a half-page summary.
|b) The presentations can be given in any genre: oral, written and audiovisual, in prose, poetry, song, story, Mexican ballad, video, etc. and in any language.
|c) All presentations should contain proposals.
DISCUSSION TABLES:
a) For each one of the three topics a discussion table will be formed, or according to the number of participants they will be divided into sub-tables. Each table will have three moderators and a team of narrators named by consensus in the Organizing Commission.
b) This Organizing Commission will also name a team that will edit the final declaration of the Encuentro in such a way that this text can distributed in a timely manner to be commented upon, analyzed, and modified in the discussion tables.
REGISTER EVENT PRESENTATIONS AT:
Formacion y Capacitacion A.C. (FOCA)
Maria Adelina Flowers #23
Zona Centro
San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas
Tel: int. + 52 (967) 81209
COMMISSION ON PUBLICITY AND PRESS
ENCUENTRO COORDINATING COMMISSION - CHIAPAS
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