[CS Bureau] UN CSTD 2006: proposer une nouveau point d'ordre du jour sur le suivi au SMSI
NANA Delphine
delynana2002 at yahoo.fr
Sat Mar 4 19:05:25 GMT 2006
English below
Bonjour Philippe et Tous,
Merci une fois de plus pour le travail que le CONGO ne cesse d'abattre en faveur de la Société Civile en général et les ONGs en particulier.
1/ Au cas où l'avis d'une ONG avec Statut Consultatif Spécial compterait, tenez compte de l'appui total du CEFEPROD que j'ai la lourde tâche de diriger au Cameroun, en ce qui concerne la prise en compte du suivi du SMSI dans l'ordre du jour de la Commission
2/ S'agissant de la participation des ONG accréditées au SMSI n’ayant pas le statut consultatif ECOSOC aux prochaines sessions de la CSTD, pour vous faciliter la tâche, une autre alternative serait que les organisations se rapprochent de celles qui ont les statuts auprès des pays. Peut être une annonce pourrait être faite dans ce sens si vous n' y trouver pas d'inconvenients.
Bien à vous
Delphine NANA
Hi Philippe and All,
Thank you once again for the work which CONGO bringing down in favour of the Civil society generally and the NGO in particular
1/ In case the opinion of the NGO with Special Consultative Status would count, take into account the total support of the CEFEPROD, that I have the heavy tries to steer in Cameroon, as regards the consideration of the follow-up of the SMSI in the agenda of the Commission
2/ As regards the participation of the NGO accredited in the SMSI having no consultative status ECOSOC in the next sessions of the CSTD, for you to facilitate the task, another alternative would be that organizations get closer to those who have statutes with countries.
Can be an announcement could be made in this sense, if to find you there not of inconvenients.
Best regards
Delphine NANA
NB. I apologize for my bad english, I try. I invite all friends to try also to exchange in French
CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at ngocongo.org> a écrit :
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Chers tous
Suite à la consultation sur la réforme de la CSTD (Commission pour la Science et la Technologie en faveur du Développement), qui s’est tenue à Genève le 13 Février dernier, nous souhaiterions avoir votre avis sur l’opportunité de proposer un point supplémentaire sur l’ordre du jour la Commission pour sa prochaine session, afin de plus amplement aborder la question des résultats du SMSI. Un tel point d’ordre du jour pourrait directement concerner le suivi au SMSI.
La résolution 1996/31 précise qu’une organisation dotée du statut consultatif général peut proposer des questions à inscrire à l'ordre du jour provisoire d'une commission, comme la CSTD. Il y a d’autres modalités pour ajouter un point d’ordre du jour dans l’agenda de la Commission, mais celle-ci est la seule qui fait suite à une initiative de la part d’ONG.
Pour information, notez que la résolution 1996/31 exige que le Secrétaire Général de l’ONU soit informé au moins 63 jours (c'est-à-dire pas après le 12 Mars 2006) avant l'ouverture de la session (afin de lui permettre de faire des observations), et la proposition doit être formellement soumise accompagnée de la documentation indispensable au plus tard 49 jours avant l'ouverture de la session. Le point sera inscrit à l’ordre du jour si les deux tiers au moins des membres présents et votants en décident ainsi.
Ainsi nous voudrions savoir de vous :
- si la Société Civile impliquée dans le SMSI aimerait voir le suivi au SMSI directement à l’ordre du jour de la Commission dès cette année .
- CONGO est prêt à faire cette demande s’il y a un fort soutien de votre part. Y a-t-il d’autres ONG (en statut consultatif général avec ECOSOC) qui souhaiteraient également se joindre à cette proposition ?
Bien sûr, nous allons également discuter de cette éventualité avec le la CNUCED (Secrétariat de la CSTD) au début de la semaine prochaine.
Veuillez nous envoyer vos commentaires au cours du week-end à wsis at ngocongo.org.
CONGO travaille également à des arrangements transitoires permettant la participation des ONG accréditées au SMSI n’ayant pas le statut consultatif ECOSOC lors des prochaines sessions de la CSTD. Nous vous informerons très prochainement des possibilités et du processus à cet égard.
Bien à vous,
Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org
De: "CONGO - Philippe Dam" <wsis at iprolink.ch>
À: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>,
"'bureau wsis'" <bureau at wsis-cs.org>
Cc: "'Renate Bloem'" <rbloem at ngocongo.org>,
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Objet: Issues note on UN CSTD
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:03:05 +0100
Dear all,
In addition to the report sent by Alejandra on Wednesday, find enclosed the issues note prepared by UNCTAD (UN CSTD Secretariat) as a working document for Monday’s meeting.
Best,
Philippe Dam
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À: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>,
"'bureau wsis'" <bureau at wsis-cs.org>
Cc: "'Renate Bloem'" <rbloem at ngocongo.org>,
<wsis at ngocongo.org>
Objet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Informal Inter-Agency Meeting on CSTD 13 February
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:12:19 +0100
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Dear all,
Before going into the report (below) on the consultation on the reform of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (13 February), and just for some explanation on this discussion, the CSTD is an intergovernmental body acting under ECOSOC rules whose members are States. Civil Society in consultative status can participate to CSTD sessions as observer with the right to oral and written interventions. Therefore, we have to mainly focus on modalities for participation of accredited Civil Society to WSIS that do not have ECOSOC consultative status and how to gain maximum arrangements for better interaction with this body.
For further information about the CSTD please refer to http://stdev.unctad.org/unsystem/cstd/index.html
Best regards,
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Informal Inter-Agency Meeting on Strengthening the CSTD
UNCTAD, 13 February 2005
Supachai Panitchpakdi, UNCTAD Secretary-General, stated that the purpose of this meeting was to provide a space for brainstorming on how to review and strengthen the CSTD to better assist ECOSOC on WSIS and Millennium Summit follow up. He reiterated that the Commission should work in a multi-stakeholder format, and he asked for further inputs in this regard. He presented a paper prepared by UNCTAD, and presented as a working document on the CSTD mandate, including some proposals for change.
Ambassador Ali Hachani, President of ECOSOC, recalled that the Tunis agenda was a people-centred and development-oriented outcome document. ECOSOC has an important task in achieving the MDGs and WSIS commitments and he stressed his engagement on this process would be to keep a multi-stakeholder approach and avoid duplications in the follow-up phase.
General Comments
Austria underlined that the CSTD had so far played a role of think tank, organizing panels, networking actions and providing studies on how partnerships can work to promote ICTs. The working methods have promoted a permanent cooperation between all stakeholders. He asserted that the Commission would be ready to take care of WSIS follow in the short term and that its delegation was open to new inputs from all stakeholders as regards its mandate and methods of work.
Janis Karklins expressed the need to organise a much more open consultation process allowing all missions representatives to participate. He also requested DESA, DPI or UNCTAD to make a comparative report on the follow-up mechanisms set up after past UN Summits. Follow-up should be seen as a policy debate, taking place at the two levels of ECOSOC and the Global Alliance.
UNIDO incorporated the reform of the CSTD in the context of ECOSOC reform for a better integrated and coordinated follow-up of UN World Conferences and Summits, with the scope to: 1. enhance policy dialogue; 2. guarantee multi-stakeholder participation; 3. support the initiatives of international organisations.
Further to a question from WHO on the maintained WSIS ES, Yoshio Utsumi said its role in the up-coming months would be to serve as a portal and a focal point for all WSIS related consultations and to perform the stocktaking activities.
Distinction between implementation and follow up mechanisms
Mr Yoshio Utsumi reiterated the difference between follow-up and implementation. Implementation would be facilitated / coordinated by UN Agencies (Tunis Agenda, paragraph 103) according to actions lines. Implementation would guarantee a multi-stakeholder approach in order to achieve concrete actions. Follow up of WSIS outcomes would be carried out by ECOSOC through the CSTD. He called participants to consider this distinction within their discussion for the strengthening of the CSTD. Chile also supported this view later on.
Strengthening the CSTD: Actions, mandate and methods of work
UNESCO and UNESCAP asked the CSTD for an enhanced collaboration with other UN Agencies. Such cooperation should benefit to developing countries. According to UNESCO, the main role of the Commission would be to assist ECOSOC in political follow up and to promote multi-stakeholder dialogue. UNESCO suggested that the Commission should have a two year oriented follow up action plan, the first year to review progress and the second one to organize a High Level Segment.
Pakistan, Jordan and UNESCAP emphasised the strengthening of the CSTD needed to be development oriented.
Renate Bloem highlighted that the mandate of the CSTD should be changed in order to include both the technical and scientific dimension of its initial role, and also take on board the social and political dimension from the WSIS process. Italy also supported that the CSTD should combine its old and its new mandate. Ayesha Hassan stressed that the CSTD approach should guarantee efficiency and non-duplication, for substantial progresses in the use of ICT for Development.
Sarbuland Khan proposed that the CSTD should adopt a multi-year thematic work program in dealing with the WSIS follow-up, according to a set of themes distilling from the Geneva action lines. He also stressed that the UN Group on the Information Society, established at the inter-agency level, should interrelate with the CSTD and should adopt a parallel thematic approach, in order to avoid duplication and have greater coherence. Lastly, the WSIS follow-up should be looked at by ECOSOC as integrated to the follow-up to other UN Conferences for a broader development agenda. The CSTD not only drew its new mandate from WSIS, but also from the UN Millennium+5 Summit which also included a broad framework for science and technology and the Information Society.
Italy said we should build upon the strengths of the current commission, i.e. its development dimension and its opening towards non-States actors. A coherent approach in the WSIS follow-up should be found. The main issue to be addressed is the question of resources, also emphasized by Ambassador Karklins, of the need for increased representativeness of the Commission and of better coordination between UNCTAD / CSTD and other UN agencies and bodies. Switzerland and ILO also emphasized the need for greater coordination and coherence in the WSIS follow-up. ILO and UPU linked coherence and non-duplication with effectiveness in achieving the WSIS goals.
Charles Geiger proposed that a space for parallel events should also be found during the CSTD sessions.
Multi-stakeholder approach
All participants were supportive of multi-stakeholder participation in the commission. In particular, Janis Karklins mentioned that the competence on the mandate and input to the Commission from members States would need to be clear. He also considered the Global Alliance as a space where multi-stakeholder policy debate could take place.
Charles Geiger (WSIS ES) stressed that very few of NGOs accredited to WSIS had consultative relationship with the UN through ECOSOC. He highlighted the existence of precedents for interim participation of NGOs in World Conference follow-up mechanisms, but this could not apply for private sector. He therefore recommended that innovative modalities should be established within the CSTD in order to keep the IS community together.
Renate Bloem (CONGO) urged for a more open-ended process in terms of participation, while stressing the problem of resources for civil society for a more balanced regional involvement. As a step forward in the practices for the involvement of all WSIS accredited entities in follow-up, including those not yet having consultative status she called to explore the precedents in terms of NGO interim participation in World Conferences follow-up such as what the Commission on Sustainable Development did for its session in 2003 after the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Accredited NGOs without consultative status could participate in the Commission’s work for follow up for two years with the condition to apply for consultative status.
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Ayesha Hassan (CCBI) also called for a continuation of the WSIS momentum for Private Sector participation, and for a strengthening of multi-stakeholder participation modalities.
As for supporting the multi-stakeholder component of the CSTD, Sarbuland Khan (UN DESA) emphasized that a broader effort for consultation could be performed through the Global Alliance which therefore could help create linkages with the multi-stakeholder elements of ECOSOC and the CSTD for greater coherence of approach. Such a framework for multi-stakeholder input through the Global Alliance could be ensured by working more closely with ECOSOC.
Bertrand de la Chapelle (Wsis-online) noted that the CSTD reform is at the articulation between the WSIS follow-up and the overall UN reform process. He proposed to look at the ways the Internet Governance Forum would be established to consider innovative options for the inclusion of stakeholders in the CSTD. Physical participation of stakeholders in the CSTD should be ensured by the year’s session in order to keep the momentum established throughout WSIS.
Switzerland and ILO underlined the common view of a needed multi-stakeholder approach for participation, without more details on the way it should be established.
Next steps in the process of reforming the CSTD
Chili mentioned that comments to the CSTD reform should be discussed at its next session and that this issue should therefore be included in the agenda. Proposals from all stakeholders should be presented to the ECOSOC session in June-July.
Renate Bloem proposed to include a discussion or add an agenda item on the reform and the WSIS follow-up from the next CSTD session in 2006. She said more open consultation should take place with broader participation of stakeholders. Ayesha Hassan also called for another opportunity to provide inputs before the next CSTD meeting with a broader participation. Pakistan further supported the need for a more inclusive discussion prior the CSTD session in May or to place it in the Commission agenda. Bertrand de la Chapelle also called for an additional and more open meeting as well as an on-line portal for transmission of inputs.
Conclusions
Supachai Panitchpakdi said he would consider the organisation of another consultation with more multi-stakeholder participation, as well as explore the possibility of a webpage.
Ambassador Ali Hachini in a concluding address, reminded the decision related to CSTD reform would be taken on the basis of the GA resolution on the WSIS outcomes and of the SG report on the modalities of the interagency coordination (§ 104 of Tunis Agenda). Paragraph 105 on the CSTD reform should also derive from the new functions the UN General Assembly gave ECOSOC at the UN Millennium+5 World Summit in September 2005. The CSTD would therefore be at the heart of ECOSOC reform, and innovative approaches should be considered as regards stakeholder’s participation.
Alejandra Mendoza León
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org
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