FROM THE GUE/NGL GROUP

Brussels 22-01-2007

Development, peace, and human rights on agenda as GUE/NGL sends delegation to the World Social Forum in Nairobi


A delegation of GUE/NGL MEPs is in Nairobi, Kenya this week to attend the World Social Forum (WSF) and the World Parliamentary Forum (WPF) 2007. The WSF slogan "Another World Is Possible" denotes a political, economic and social programme of global solidarity, gender equality, peace, social justice, environmental protection and the search for progressive alternatives to current globalisation trends. The GUE/NGL delegation is made up of seven MEPs from Italy and Germany who will join campaigners, NGOs, parties and other progressive forces from all over the world for five days of debate, panels, workshops and symposia.

GUE/NGL MEPs in Nairobi, the issues they will focus on and their contact details:

Vittorio Agnoletto (Italy)

Access to medicines, human rights, WTO and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).

Local cell phone: +254 (0) 728767303

Helmuth Markov (Germany):

External trade, WTO, development, transport, public services.

Local cell phone: +254 (0) 728767302

Tobias Pflüger (Germany):

Militarization of the EU, constitutional treaty, nuclear energy, antifascism, NATO and military bases.

Local cell phone: +254 (0) 728 797693

Roberto Musacchio (Italy):

Environment, water, public services, energy.

Gabriele Zimmer (Germany):

Poverty, EPAs, employment, migrations, development, rights of children, gender and reproductive rights.

Local cell phone: +254 (0) 7287673

Feleknas Uca (Germany):

Development aid, harmful traditional practices, gender, rights of minorities.

Local cell phone: +254 (0) 728767303

Umberto Guidoni (Italy):

Research, energy, technology.

STAFF

Paul Dupret (Belgium): +254 (0) 728 767300 or + 32 474 363077

Mauricio Miguel (Portugal): +254 (0) 728 767301 or + 32 496 444892

Bernd Schneider, (Germany) assistant to Gabi Zimmer: +254 (0) 726 089878

Johannes Plotzki (Germany), assistant to Tobias Pflüger: +254 (0) 728 797693

Nora Schüttpelz, (Germany) assistant to Helmuth Markov: +254 (0) 728 767382

Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi: Tel: +254 20363300 Fax: + 254 20 3633919


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Gianfranco Battistini +32 475 64 66 28
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The GUE/NGL (European United Left/Nordic Green Left) Group is made up of forty-one MEPs from sixteen parties in thirteen European countries.

Le Groupe GUE/NGL (Gauche unitaire européenne/Gauche verte nordique) est composé de 41 députés issus de 16 partis politiques de 13 pays européens.