Attachment 1999AIDDA letter mar

This document pretains to SAT-LOA-19900723-00002 for Application to Launch and Operate on a Satellite Space Stations filing.

IBFS_SATLOA1990072300002_1093687

African Institutefor Democratic Deliberation & Action (AIDDA) AIDDA PO Boxz 2469, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia telephone: +251—1—714665 21 March 1999 Ms Marorie Roman Salas Secretary, Federal Communications Commission The Portals, 445 12th Street SW Washington DC, 20554 Dear Ms Salas, Re: In the matter of Application of AfriSpace Inc. for Authority to Launch and Operate a Satellite Sound Broadcasting Transmission System, File no. CSS—90—017 [IBFS file no. SAT—LOA— 19900723—00002]; Amendment file no. SAT—AMD—19990125—00016 (Call Sign 52367) The African Institute for Democratic Deliberation and Action, AIDDA, is dedicated to reflection and practice regarding the problems and possibilities raised by transitional democracy on the African continent. As such, our primary concern is with the creation of space for public debate and education in relation to these issues. In particular we are concerned with the establishment of fora which reach beyond urban and elite populations, and which operate outside the governmental sphere. As a consequence of this, AIDDA perceives the current crisis of inaccessibility of the rural majority to information and debate regarding transitional democracy — and many other issues — as the fundamental obstacle to the development of its work. In the light of this AIDDA views the proposal of AfriSpace for the provision of radio programming to Africa via satellite as uniquely placed to contribute to the establishment of infrastructure which will facilitate widespread public understanding and debate regarding issues of critical and universal importance. For this reason, AIDDA urges the Federal Communications Commission to give favourable consideration to the Application of AffriSpace for authority to construct, launch, and operate a Sub—regional Africa and Middle Eastern Satellite Sound Broadcasting Transmission System. Please do not hesitate to contact AIDDA at the address detailed above should you require additional information or confirmation. Yburs sincerely,


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