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Invitation for a meeting with NFF Team in Delhi
Venue:        Press Club, Raisina Road, New Delhi

Date:           3rd July 2009 (Friday)

Time:           4.00 p.m.

Friends !

National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF) leaders have been in Delhi for the  
last three days since 30th June, campaigning and meeting with the  
President of India, Prime Minister, different cabinet ministries,  
bureaucrats, ILO representatives, etc regarding diverse issues  
affecting the fisher people and the coasts. They have already met the  
President, the ministers in charge of Agriculture, Labout and MoEF.

NFF has strongly demanded a new Ministry of Fisheries to be set up,  
that will comprehensively deal with issues of coasts, marine ecology  
and fishwork. This demand has been summarily put before the Prime  
Minister and President and the other concerned political leaders. NFF  
has also been demanding withdrawal of the destructive Coastal  
Management Zone Notification by the Ministry of Environment and  
Forests and demanding implementation of the recommendations of  
Parliamentary Standing committee on the issue, headed by V Maitreyan.  
NFF leadership also made the demand that India should ratify the ILO  
convention on fishing and make sure that it become a legislation in  
India.

In order to share the outcome of these meetings and also strategise  
for the next course of action of the fishworkers’, DSG has organised a  
meeting with friends and supporters in Delhi after their press  
conference. NFF leaders including Thomas Kocherry, T. Peter, Vasudev  
Boloor, RK Patil, Sagar, etc along with other supportive groups’  
representatives will address the press at 3:30 pm so please do join if  
you can or else see you at 4:00 pm.

We request you to kindly spread the word around.

Thanking you.

Pallavi (9868066195)                                  Rohan  
(9953078167)                                 Vijayan MJ

For Delhi Solidarity Group


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