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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>yesterday we received the information that the Brazilian
government has postponed CONFINTEA. I copy below the message prepared by ICAE so
you can read more about this. But I think we need to have a conference call as
soon as possible to see how me move from here, as we were going to meet in Belem
for the economic literacy workshop and now this will not take place probably
till the end of the year (if the Brazilian government confirms a new
date).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Rosa, do you think you can organise a call this week? I look
forward to all your comments to see how we move from here, as the meeting in
Belem was covering several of our plans for the year. We have to reorganise
ourselves. I look forward to all your comments.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Greetings,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ana</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Below is the message from ICAE (in Spanish and in
English):</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dear
friends,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">As some of you might have heard, there is information
–not official for the time being- that the Brazilian government has decided to
postpone CONFINTEA VI due to the Swine flu. We are waiting for the official
communication, but for the time being we would like to invite you all not to
take any measures with respect to cancellation of tickets. The postponement has
enormous consequences to us all, individuals, organisations, NGOs, UN, etc. not
just from a financial point of view but in various fronts. Particularly as we do
not know yet the date to which the conference was postponed. In light of this
ICAE is committed to work as closely as possible with the Brazilian government
and UNESCO to ensure that they issue an official statement, addressed to
Airlines and other travel agencies, so as to minimize the losses for
postponement of travel dates and other associated costs. We also want to ensure
that a date is agreed upon for when the Conference is being postponed. Civil
society and governments have put great efforts in the preparation of this event
throughout the last years. We expect that the official communication will state
clearly the political will to hold CONFINTEA VI in 2009 and provides the
specific dates for which it is being postponed. We suggest then to all of you to
wait for the official communication so you can proceed to change your tickets,
and hopefully, with an official letter, this postponement will have minimum
costs to all of us. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>ICAE Secretariat</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-UY"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Amigas y amigos,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-UY"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Como
muchas y muchos de ustedes seguramente ya sabrán, ha circulado la información
–no oficial por el momento- que el gobierno brasileño ha decidido postergar
CONFINTEA VI debido a la gripe porcina. Estamos esperando la comunicación
oficial, pero quisiéramos decirles que no tomen por ahora ninguna medida
respecto a cancelación de vuelos. La postergación de CONFINTEA VI tiene enormes
consecuencias para todos y todas, ya sea para las personas individualmente, las
organizaciones, la ONU, etc, no sólo desde un punto de vista financiero sino en
varios frentes, sobre todo porque aún no sabemos la fecha para la cual la
conferencia ha sido pospuesta. Frente a esta situación ICAE asume el compromiso
de trabajar lo más cerca posible con el gobierno brasileño y con UNESCO a los
efectos de que den a conocer un comunicado oficial, dirigido a las aerolíneas y
agencias de viaje, de manera de minimizar los costos por cambios de fecha de
vuelos y otros asociados. También queremos asegurar que se fije una fecha en la
que la conferencia tendrá lugar. La sociedad civil y los gobiernos han puesto
enormes esfuerzos durante los últimos años para la preparación de la
Conferencia. Esperamos que el comunicado oficial plantee expresamente la
voluntad política de realizar la CONFINTEA VI en el 2009 y de a conocer la fecha
exacta de su realización. Les sugerimos por lo tanto que esperen a la
comunicación oficial para cambiar sus pasajes y confiamos que, al contar con una
carta oficial, la postergación conlleve costos mínimos para todos y todas
nosotras.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: ES-UY"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-UY"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Secretariado del ICAE</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: ES-UY"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: ES-UY"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Ana Agostino<BR>ICAE<BR>International Council for Adult
Education<BR>General Secretariat<BR>18 de Julio 2095 - Apto 301<BR>11200
Montevideo - Uruguay<BR>Tel/fax: 005982 409 79 82<BR>E-mail: <A
href="mailto:ana@icae.org.uy">ana@icae.org.uy</A> <BR><A
href="http://www.icae.org.uy">www.icae.org.uy</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>