From acarvin at benton.org  Mon Dec  1 01:33:47 2003
From: acarvin at benton.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info during Summit2003 - online dat
	abase?
Message-ID: <34FCB0549227D7118420009027A8F38D0103F168@ws5.benton.org>

 Hi everyone,

The site that Amali is referring to is this:

http://crosstalk.atomz.com/read/

Volunteers from my Digital Divide Network have set up this wiki board for
anyone who's planning to go to WSIS to post their contact information and
meeting itinerary, in order to network with each other. Please feel free to
use it.

thanks,
andy carvin
acarvin@benton.org
in transit from Honolulu to Washington dc



-----Original Message-----
From: Amali De Silva
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Sent: 11/28/2003 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info during Summit2003 - online
database?

Btw Robert - Andy Carvin of the Benton Foundation had something to this
effect in place during PC 3
 
Amali

Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org> wrote:

Ralf:

might someone be willing to setup and host an online database where we
could post our contact info during the summit.


that way we'd avoid overwhelming this (and other lists), but have in
it's place a centralized location where we'd be able to goto to contact
collegues.

For what it's worth - i'll make my Wiki Site available (see URL below),
however i'm not sure it's the most efficient mechanism.


look forward to suggestions.

regards

Robert



--On Friday, November 28, 2003 5:30 PM +0100 Ralf Bendrath
wrote:

> 
> And please, to all: 
> We have roughly 9000 registered participants at the summit. 
> It just doesn't work if everybody announces his or her arrival here on
> this list.
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From jerodrigue at cantv.net  Mon Dec  1 03:49:18 2003
From: jerodrigue at cantv.net (Jesus Rodriguez Espinoza)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?ESPA=D1OL_y_ENGLISH:_Venezuela_in_the_Word_Forum_on_Commun?=
 =?iso-8859-1?Q?ication_Rights___FAVOR_MANTENER_CIERTA_RESERVA?=
Message-ID: <04b501c3b7be$23731640$606054c8@homejre>

Queridos amigos todos: Aporrea.org ha sido invitada al evento "Forum Mundial
sobre Derechos a la Comunicaci?n" a realizarse de manera alterna a la Cumbre
Mundial de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n, del 9 al 12 de diciembre. Hemos
logrado abrir un peque?o espacio para mostrar y aclarar algunos elementos
sobre el documental "La Revoluci?n No ser? transmitida", gracias al apoyo de
Myriam y Sean y se nos ha ofrecido un espacio radiar el d?a mi?rcoles
gracias al Circulo Bolivariano de Suiza. Pero aun requerimos todo el apoyo
colectivo para explotar al m?ximo nuestra presencia en Ginebra del 8 al 12
de diciembre y es por ello que les solicitamos sus amables gestiones para
abrir alg?n tiempo para Aporrea.org en los espacios sobre los cuales tengan
competencia y para movilizar a los c?rculos bolivarianos y fuerzas
progresistas europeas y suizas con el objeto de montar una Agenda de trabajo
din?mica a y productiva. Hemos preparado un set de informaci?n multimedia
(Videos, m?sica, presentaciones, etc) en formatos digitales y en formato VHS
por lo que estamos preparados para ser lo mas vers?tiles que nos permita el
entorno en los temas de nuestra competencia: Comunicaci?n Alternativa en
Internet, Derechos a la Comunicaci?n, Dictadura Medi?tica, Proceso
Revolucionario Bolivariano, Golpe de Estado, Apropiaci?n Social de Internet,
etc. Mucho sabr?amos agradecer todas las gestiones de todos y cada uno de
ustedes para lograr el ?xito d nuestra visita y en caso contrario pedirles
que se encarguen de multiplicar este mensaje entre su s conocidos (v?a
electr?nica) para que nos apoyen en esta tarea. Abajo les dejamos la carta
inicial en la que solicit?bamos un espacio a los organizadores del WFCR ah?
podr?n saber un poco mas de nosotros. Saludos cordiales JRE

Dear friends: Aporrea.org has been invited to the "Word Forum on
Communication Rights" to be held as a parallel activity to the World Summit
of Information Society, since 9th until 12th of December in Geneva. We got a
little space to show and discuss about a resume on the Documentary "The
Revolution will not be Televised" thanks Myriam and Sean, and we have been
invited to a Radio Station to talk about Venezuela, the Community Media in
Venezuela and Aporrea.org thanks the Bolivarian Circles of Switzerland. We
still want all your help to improve our trip to Geneva (since 8th until
12th) that's why we ask your attention and help to guarantied some new
spaces in the other important parallel activities in which you are related
or are involved such as parallel events, Bolivarian circles, progressist
forces in Europe and Switzerland, we just want to make a very productive and
dynamic schedule (Agenda). We have been preparing a set of multimedia
information (video, music, presentations, documents, etc.) in digital
formats and VCR format so we are prepare to be as versatile as we can around
the issues most important for us: Alternative Communication on Internet,
Communications Rights, Media Dictatorship, Bolivarian Revolutionary
Movement, Coup d?tat in Venezuela, etc. We'll be very grateful for all your
help in making this visit (and our Agenda) the most successful possible or
at least to multiply this message to those you think can help us to tell the
word about our fight against fascist forces in Venezuela. You could read
above the initial letter we send to WFCR, there you could find something
else about us and our work. Best regards JRE



-----Original Message-----



Dear Sirs
 
I'm writing you on behalf of Aporrea.org (www.aporrea.org) a web site in

Venezuela that has become a reference for those who don't believe in our

traditional mass media (TV, Radio and Newspapers). As you all should know in

Venezuela during April 2002 and December-January 2003 the minority -but 
economic powerful- groups have been trying to outpost our legitimate 
constitutional President Hugo Chavez who has become the only hope for those 
who were always marginalized by our old "democracy".
The leaders of those economic groups are the mass media company owners. That

means all the news and opinion generated by those media companies were 
partialize and support the violent way that tries to outpost our President
who 
have been ratified in 7 vote rounds during  the last 5 years. The strong
government support to community media (Radio, TV) has began to 
neutralize the media-matrix that only shows whatever the violent opposition 
wants.
Aporrea.org like an independent initiative of collaborative work that tries
to 
give a voice for those who never expected to be heard, has become a Media 
Phenomenon in our country because of our ability to reflect what communities

do and feel and our ability to break those paradigms that says ICT do not
get 
the poorest. 
In that context we respectfully ask you to let us show the word what's 
happening in Venezuela and how a Webpage can contribute to brake the mass 
media censorship, how a webpage can help to mobilize the masses that support
a 
democratic government, how a webpage can give the poorest the communication 
right that has been expropriated for year by those who control de mass media

and how a webpage can give voice to poor people.
Therefore we believe we can participate in the Word Forum on Communication 
Rights in one of these Themes you define: "Communication and Human Rights" 
or "Communication and Poverty".
We are trying right know to get government support to finance our 
participation if you decide -as we believe and really need- to accept us to 
make a Multimedia presentation. In that case we really need some things:
1.	-A letter of acceptance (if proceed): These is the most
important 
matter
2.	-A list of activities you need us to attend  in order to
collaborate 
in the Forum success
3.	-And whatever other information you believe can help us to
optimize 
our initiative in order to get government support.
We already sent you an e-mail (Sunday, October 26, 2003) in Spanish in which

we expressed our interest and our need for these elements. Venezuela really 
need to get heard internationally and now more than ever when the only film 
that shows the reality about de coup d'etat agains the President, in April 
2002, was censored in the Toronto Amnisty International Film Festival
(see: 
http://www.petitiononline.com/vendoc)


For more details please ask us whatever you need or visit our section in

English: http://www.aporrea.org/english.php 

Best regards
Jes?s Rodr?guez Espinoza (jerodrigue@cantv.net) 
Aporrea.org team



forum@communicationrights.org

Coordinator of the Forum, Se?n ? Siochr?, e-mail: sean@nexus.ie

For logistical aspects: Myriam Horngren, e-mail:  mh@wacc.org.uk








From rikp at bluewin.ch  Mon Dec  1 04:07:26 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Passes - The latest scandal
In-Reply-To: <HIMGGDNCMPIIAHAA@mailcity.com>
Message-ID: <DFB858B6-23B3-11D8-83C5-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Richard writes wisely.  I will probably be just as happy to observe the 
plenaries from the overflow room or via webcast on my laptop rather 
than being trapped in the conference room.  There will be many more 
interesting events to attend and people to network with than at the 
plenaries.  Most of the statements will probably also be placed online 
fairly quickly too, so you are just fighting to be there when it is 
read out.

Rik Panganiban
WFM

On Mercredi, novembre 26, 2003, at 12:48  AM, richard t jordan wrote:

>
> --Hi, Richard Jordan here -- summits and tickets are very funny 
> occurrences. In Johannesburg, there were real problems. At Small 
> Island States in 1994 in Barbados, there were only 50 tickets for ALL 
> NGOs in the plenary, and there was a system whereby when you exited 
> you gave the ticket to the security officer and then that ticket was 
> given to the next person in line.
>
> All summits are different. My own experience in the UN, avoid the 
> opening session, that is the most jammed. After that, most times, 
> everyone gets in.
>
> The World Summit on Trade Efficiency in columbus Ohio was a prime 
> example. HUNDREDS of extra police were brought in.
>
> After one day, when they realized that there were only 2 NGOs present, 
> Bill Stibravy of Intl. Chamber of Commerce and myself, the massive 
> overtime became budget-expendable!
>
> There were no masses teaming to get in. Remember too that this is 
> Switzerland, and that the Swiss are very precise and that there is a 
> RULE FOR EVERYTHING. A friend once saw me drinking water from a juice 
> glass and said "Wouldn't you rather use a water glass?"
>
> If possible, do your best to relax. I have worked with the 13th Police 
> Precinct Community Council for 20 years here in NYC and probably am 
> one of the few NGOs who understand that with security, rules can 
> change and usually do every 10 minutes.
>
> So, be prepared for on-the-spot shift of whatever you thought the 
> rules were and know that it's going to be for 3 days and that we will 
> have to be as flexible as possible.
>
> If this were Barbados and the SIDS conference, I would sit back, take 
> in a breeze and enjoy some local beverrage.
>
> Swiss wine in a wine glass. And Thomas Ruddy, no picnicking!
>
> Best regards, Richard Jordan
>
> --------- Original Message ---------
>
> DATE: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:21:15
> From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
> To: ct@wsis-cs.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Cc: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org, wsis-euc@fsfeurope.org
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've followed the exchanges regarding the issue of passes for the
>> summit. They expresses the latest scandal regarding the process.
>>
>> First of all, this issue has been in formal or informal discussion for
>> a while, at least since early November. I've heard about that
>> informally at that time, and was asked for advice. The latest
>> arrangement that should have been suggested by the CSB was the one
>> recently recalled by Sean, i.e. a fair repartition of half of the 
>> total
>> passes among "families" and caucuses/WG (fair meaning that caucuses/WG
>> can allocate twice the number of passes allocated by "families"), the
>> other half of the total being allocated on a first come first served
>> basis. Moreover, if I well remember, these badges shouldn't have been
>> nominative badges, i.e. they could be passed along from one person to
>> another from the same caucus/WG, under the responsibility of the
>> caucuses.
>>
>> Second, let me recall what I've continuously said since PrepCom2
>> regarding the CSB: apart perhaps for some of them, most are not
>> representative of anything. My organization, which is supposed to
>> "belong" to at least three "families" (Europe&North America, NGOs,
>> social networks or whatever this is called), has never been consulted
>> on anything, apart from the remarkable efforts from Sean and Angela to
>> keep the plenary aware of important decisions being made in our names.
>>
>> Third, most of the "families", as designated by the CSD, either have 
>> no
>> meaning or have nothing to do with civil society. I wont give again 
>> the
>> arguments for that, I'm tired of doing this.
>>
>> Fourth, the "families" are unbalanced and at the same time overlapping
>> : e.g. the NGO "family" obviously includes many more entities than any
>> other "family" and regional groups obviously overlap with "statutory"
>> groups. What is the point then in giving the same amount to each
>> "family" ?!
>>
>> Fifth, it's really interesting to see at the same time the latest
>> tentative to discredit the civil society self-organization through
>> caucuses and WG, coordinated by the Content & Themes group, and its
>> work since the beginning of the process. We have already seen that on
>> this list, short before PrepCom3.
>>
>> Finally, we can say that the CSB has played his role towards the CSD
>> and the executive secretariat as a whole. Not towards the civil 
>> society
>> organizition participating to the WSIS process.
>>
>> The only really fair process would be to provide passes to any CS
>> organization accredited to WSIS (which means at least participation in
>> the process), and, since rooms are limited in capacity, let pass
>> holders in on a first come first served basis. This is enough security
>> ensuring: these organizations are known enough from the huge amount of
>> paper they had to provide.
>>
>> Any additional pass provided to "new comers just for the show" is the
>> business of the executive secretariat, not ours.
>>
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From sean at nexus.ie  Mon Dec  1 09:31:42 2003
From: sean at nexus.ie (Sean O Siochru)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Overpasses during Summit
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From t.naughton at iafrica.com  Mon Dec  1 12:12:13 2003
From: t.naughton at iafrica.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Overpasses during Summit
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20031201093105.026421e8@gpo.iol.ie>
Message-ID: <BBF0FCBD.2ACC%t.naughton@iafrica.com>

The Media Caucus list remains as submitted a week or so ago.

Regards

Tracey



-- 
Tracey Naughton
WSIS Partnership Manager (Southern Africa)
Chair Civil Society Media Caucus
201 Somerset Hall
239 Oxford Road
Illovo  2196
South Africa

Phone/fax:    +27 (011) 880 5030
cell:               +27 (0) 82 821 1771
Email:              t.naughton@iafrica.com






From rfj at humanrights.dk  Mon Dec  1 17:18:58 2003
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Frank Joergensen, Rikke)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: CS slot on prepcom3b
Message-ID: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D55E7@srvexc01.dupa.dk>

> If we have a consensus to read the CS press statement from 14 November
> in plenary at the beginning of PC3B, can the people who already arrive
> on Thursday arrange a meeting later that day and sort out among
> themselves who will read it next morning?

I suggest we meet in the Bar at Hotel de Berne (Rue de Berne no. 26 - 5 min. walk from the train station), thursday night at 21.00 to coordinate for friday. Ive also asked Renata if she could find out whether and when, we have a speaking slot on friday. 

best
Rikke
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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  1 17:56:33 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Overpasses during Summit
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20031201093105.026421e8@gpo.iol.ie>
Message-ID: <20031201175633.13955.qmail@web21308.mail.yahoo.com>

Sean,
 
The North American Caucus will submit the NA Caucus list by  8 am , December 4th, 2003 (PST)  in accordance with the guideline outlined below.
 
Thank you,
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell
North American Caucus - Co-coordinator

Sean O Siochru <sean@nexus.ie> wrote:
Lilliane 

You are looking for suggestions. 

You seem here to be suggesting that the same rules apply for the Opening Session as for other Sessions, and that names are NOT needed for security reasons.  However, if it is administratively easier to have a full list of names, I therefore on behalf of the Campaigns and Networks family (again) propose the following and suggest administrative procedures: 

I would appreciate it if other families/Working group would indicate what they intend to do - and start compiling lists. We also need confirmation that the CSD can undertake the administration involved.

I am afraid this is going to descend into chaos or farce, if we do not agree something.

Sean
---------------------------------------
Proposed Allocation:

Caucus and Working Group:  15 passes each (Total = 405)
Bureau families:  9 passes each (Total = 189); 
C&T group 6 passes  (Total = 6)

In practice we could proceed as follows: 

Each Family, WG, Caucus submit to Lilliane their lists, indicating a priority list up to the total numbers above - but further names could be added after this.  Deadline say 4th December 

If some do not submit a list by then, or there are incomplete lists and after eliminating duplications, then those on the lists beyond the initial priority set of names can be added 

A Pass Desk would have to be set up near the entrance.  As people leave, they would hand the Pass back to the Pass Desk to go back into a general pool for all to draw on - or they could hand them on to a nominated Working group, Caucus contact, or whatever.  

Each Working group /Caucus/Family would nominate two people in advance either of whom could pick up the passes first thing in the morning' - people could pick them up in their own name, contained on the final list -  

Any pre-allocated passes not picked up by 10:00 am would go into the general pool.


At 17:48 27/11/2003 +0100, you wrote:

Dear Members of the Bureau,

Please find some elements of information on Overpasses:

1.  The number of Overpasses for civil society has been increased to a total of 800.

2.  Out of these, 150-200 will be handed to the WEMF organisers

3.  The only reason why you were invited to put together lists of names was to ensure rapid distribution as well as keeping track of Overpasses.  Also, if some persons are absent during distribution, it is easier to distribute to the next person in line.  The lists should be ready by 9 Dec. AM.

4.  Please note that Overpasses ARE NOT nominative, and thus are transferable.  As such, no photos are required.  Each family /group is responsible for managing their own Overpasses.

5.  It is very important to ensure that Overpasses are returned to the respective focal points, so that they can be re-used.  Your suggestions on how you intend to proceed to recuperate them efficiently will be very useful.

Thanks and best regards to all,

Liliane

******************************************************

Chers membres du Bureau,

Veuillez trouver quelques éléments d'information concernant les Laissez-passer:

1.   Le nombre de Laisser-passer pour la société civile a été augmenté à un maximum de  800.

2.  Parmi ceux-ci, 150-200 seront remis aux organisateurs du WEMF

3.  L'unique raison pour laquelle vous avez été invités à constituer des listes de noms est pour assurer une distribution rapide, et pouvoir suivre à la trace les Laisser-passer.  Egalement, si des personnes sont absentes pendant la distribution, il est plus facile de continuer la distribution à la personne suivante.  Les listes devraient être prêtes le 9 déc. AM.

4.  Veuillez noter que les Laissez-passer NE SONT PAS nominatifs, donc ils sont transférables.  Des photos ne sont donc pas nécessaires  Chaque famille /groupe est responsable de gérer ses Laisser-passer..

5.   Il est très important de s'assurer que les Laisser- passer seront remis en retour aux points focaux, pour être ré-utilisés.  Vos suggestions sur la manière de procéder pour pouvoir les  récupérer rapidement seront très utiles.

Merci et meilleures salutations à tous.

Liliane








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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  1 19:14:59 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpasses during Summit - the need for coordination
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070288099@[192.168.0.4]>


might i remind everyone that 

- the # of overpasses is limited, and priority needs to be given to
those who strategically know how to use that access.

- as well, overpasses are transferable, so many people can give them to
others when they are outside of the room.


- lists should be compiled in such a way to eliminate duplication to
maximize the # of people who can be given overpasses.

- there has been NO coordination of the passes


taking these points into consideration , i want to try my best - do
whatever i can, so that at least from the NA/Europe/CIS region that i
represent on the CS bureau things can be coordinated.

thus, I would recommend, if it's ok with everyone that those making
lists of overpass requests coordinate and sort their lists to eliminate
duplication BEFORE sending to the plenary list and/or CS Secretariat. 

I am willing to help in this regard.  If anything, i'll just sort all
the lists and remove duplicates.

interested in hearing from others who willing to help coordinate this.

regards

Robert


From patcha at patcha.jinbo.net  Tue Dec  2 00:49:09 2003
From: patcha at patcha.jinbo.net (PatchA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CS slot on prepcom3b
Message-ID: <JOEFJEKMEJDFNEFEKAKNEEACDMAA.patcha@patcha.jinbo.net>

From patcha at patcha.jinbo.net  Tue Dec  2 00:49:09 2003
From: patcha at patcha.jinbo.net (PatchA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CS slot on prepcom3b
In-Reply-To: <200311281810.AWV11455@ms7.verisignmail.com>
Message-ID: <JOEFJEKMEJDFNEFEKAKNEEACDMAA.patcha@patcha.jinbo.net>

Dear all

I also support to read the CS statement in
the plenary at the precom 3b.

PatchA

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 3:11 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CS slot on prepcom3b


Hi,

I support a public reading of the statement.
(I will be in Geneva on friday morning)

Bertrand

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:30:58 +0100
>From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>  
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CS slot on prepcom3b  
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
>So: 
>
>If we have a consensus to read the CS press statement from 
14 November
>in plenary at the beginning of PC3B, can the people who 
already arrive
>on Thursday arrange a meeting later that day and sort out 
among
>themselves who will read it next morning?
>
>> Jane, Dorte and myself will arrive Thursday night, and 
take part in 3b.
>> Rikke
>Rikke, would you be able to organize this? 
>
>And please, to all: 
>We have roughly 9000 registered participants at the summit. 
>It just doesn't work if everybody announces his or her 
arrival here on
>this list.
>
>Ralf
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From R.Correia at ru.ac.za  Tue Dec  2 12:43:53 2003
From: R.Correia at ru.ac.za (R.Correia@ru.ac.za)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Informativo =?iso-8859-1?b?ZWxldHL0bmljbw==?= SETE PONTOS =?iso-8859-1?b?brAxMA==?=
In-Reply-To: <006f01c3b3d3$397a65e0$0100a8c0@adilson>
References: <006f01c3b3d3$397a65e0$0100a8c0@adilson>
Message-ID: <1070369033.3fcc890930c38@imap.ru.ac.za>

Estimado professor Adilson Cabral

Primeiro de tudo, gostaria de me apresentar. Chamo-me Rui Correia, nascido em 
Angola e agora residente na Africa do Sul. Ja trabalhei em varias capacidade de 
midia (jornalismo e trabalho de advocacia social) e trabalhos de lingua 
(traducoes, ensinamento e revisao de trabalho) na Africa do Sul, Angola e 
Namibia.

Estarei em Genebra dentro de uma semana e se possivel, gostaria de ter a 
oportunidade de o conhecer.

Ultimamente, tenho estado muito ligado ao Brasil, pois desde a um ano que estou 
casado com uma brasileira e vemos a Globo mais que qualquer outro canal.

Ao ver a Globo e agora atraves do seu email fico preocupado que os paises de 
lingua portuguesa nao desenpenham um esforco para harmonisar nomes de 
acontecimentos e eventos internacionais tal como o caso com os paises de lingua 
inglesa. Para quem procura informacao, isto dificulta o trabalho e pode 
acontecer q um grande trabalho nao seja consulatado por nao ter aparecido na 
busca electronica usado um conjunto de terminologia. Ja vi referencias ao 
evento que vai ter lugar em Genebra das seguintes maneiras:

Cimeira Internacional da Sociedade da Informacao (Internacional)
Cimeira Mundial da Sociedade da Informacao (Mundial)
Cimeira Mundial da Sociedade de Informacao (de)
Cupula Mundial da Sociedade da Informacao (Cupula)
Cimeira Mundial da Sociedade do Conhecimento (Conhecimento)

Como estou um pouco fora do assunto dos acordos da lingua portuguesa, ficaria 
grato de saber a sua opiniao sobre este assunto.

Uma fote abraco

Rui Correia








Quoting Adilson Cabral <acabral@infolink.com.br>:

> SETE PONTOS - para concretizar a sociedade do conhecimento. inclus?o digital
> e sociedade da informa??o pela sociedade civil
>                       
>                        
>                  
> 
>                  
>                  
>                     
>            
>      
> 
>       SETE PONTOS - para concretizar a sociedade do conhecimento
> 
>       Editorial
> 
>       Ao mesmo tempo em que os eventos a serem realizados na C?pula Mundial
> da Sociedade da Informa??o come?am a se definir, as mais recentes
> movimenta??es e decis?es apontam para um impasse que n?o s? coloca em risco a
> pr?pria raz?o de ser da C?pula, como tamb?m exp?e a complexidade e a
> import?ncia da tem?tica da comunica??o para o desenvolvimento de pol?ticas
> p?blicas efetivamente integradoras.
> 
>       Salientamos, desde o princ?pio deste informativo que, sendo a
> comunica??o um tema delicado e capaz de afetar diferentes interesses, o papel
> desta C?pula seria o de afirmar a tecnologia a despeito da sociedade, o que
> podemos comprovar nas metas que come?am a aparecer na defini??o sobre o plano
> de a??o, de car?ter mais quantitativo que qualitativo.
> 
>       Para que essa tend?ncia se reverta, no entanto, ? necess?rio n?o s?
> perceb?-la e question?-la, mas perseverar num movimento constante e cada vez
> mais amplo da sociedade civil, que contemple o papel da comunica??o em suas
> lutas e perceba a import?ncia de acompanhar as movimenta??es em prol da
> democratiza??o da comunica??o da inform?tica, apresentadas em espa?os
> espec?ficos, mas n?o excludentes daqueles n?o diretamente relacionados com a
> tem?tica da comunica??o.
> 
>       Portanto, a mobiliza??o da sociedade civil em torno deste tema, embora
> se consolide em escala mundial, n?o come?a em Genebra nem terminar? na
> Tun?sia, mas precisa ser germinada no ?mbito local, regional, nacional e
> global, para que efetivamente uma outra comunica??o possa ser poss?vel.
> 
>      
>         
>                   NESTA EDI??O 
>                   A C?pula j? come?a na Web: f?rum online d? in?cio aos
> debates e ao compartilhamento de informa??es, 
>                   por Adilson Cabral
>                   Desde o in?cio do m?s est? dispon?vel o WSIS Online
> (http://www.wsis-online.net), criado pela Secretaria Executiva Su??a para a
> CMSI para garantir visibilidade, transpar?ncia e o cumprimento do Plano de
> A??o que se definir? j? em dezembro, por ocasi?o da C?pula.
> 
>                   Desenvolvimento Sustent?vel
>                   A participa??o da Heinrich B?ll Foundation: Em que consiste
> a plataforma de direitos civis para uma sociedade do conhecimento
> sustent?vel?
>                   A Heinrich B?ll Foundation mobiliza-se contra a divis?o
> entre os que t?m acesso ?s novas m?dias e os que s?o exclu?dos digitalmente,
> constatando a injusta distribui??o de comunica??o que afeta as rela??es entre
> pa?ses e dentro da sociedade. 
>                   (texto completo) 
> 
>                   Direitos Humanos
>                   Fundo de solidariedade digital: contribui??es aos pa?ses
> que mais precisam de ajuda digital
>                   Os representantes dos pa?ses africanos est?o se mobilizando
> para que o Fundo de Solidariedade Digital se torne realidade. Pois, ele ? uma
> possibilidade de se acabar com a brecha digital, ou seja, entre os que t?m e
> os que n?o t?m acesso ao computador e ? Internet. (texto completo) 
> 
>                   Educa??o para a Inform?tica e a Internet
>                   O papel da m?dia no direito ? comunica??o e ? educa??o:
> qualidade e acesso s?o essenciais na difus?o do conhecimento
>                   Com a fascina??o das pessoas pela comunica??o, institui??es
> educacionais est?o aproveitando os recursos midi?ticos para tentar promover a
> educa??o de um modo mais atrativo para os alunos. (texto completo)
>                  
> 
>                  Indicadores sociais da utiliza??o da Tecnologia da
> Informa??o e da Comunica??o, 
>                   por Cezar Honorato (LPP/UERJ)
>                   A preocupa??o em buscar indicadores sociais da utiliza??o
> da Tecnologia da Informa??o e da Comunica??o ? uma necessidade para
> possibilitar uma melhor radiografia do problema da inclus?o social e pautar
> as a??es futuras para reverter a atual situa??o. 
> 
>                   Conhecimento Global de Dom?nio P?blico
>                   Direito ? comunica??o exige mobiliza??o da sociedade
>                   Muitos governos e empresas participantes da CMSI defendem
> que a real capacidade de se comunicar est? ligada diretamente ?s m?quinas,
> esquecendo-se do homem. Dessa forma, a sociedade civil deve se mobilizar e
> n?o permitir que a C?pula se resuma a um espa?o onde se discuta apenas a
> Internet e a infra-estrutura tecnol?gica. (texto completo) 
> 
>                   Governan?a da Internet
>                   Comit? Gestor da Internet Brasil est? com nova forma??o
>                   Com a cria??o do CGI-BR, o Presidente Luiz In?cio Lula da
> Silva quer mostrar o seu interesse em promover o acesso universal ? rede,
> valorizar os direitos humanos (com destaque para os direitos de comunica??o e
> a liberdade de express?o) e defender os princ?pios democr?ticos na governan?a
> da Internet no Brasil e no mundo. 
>                   (texto completo)
> 
>                   CONTRIBUA - Mande voc? tamb?m uma mat?ria ou sugest?o para
> nosso informativo. Envie email para acabral@infolink.com.br
> 
>                   Lembramos, novamente, aos interessados em receber os
> pr?ximos SETE PONTOS que assinem o informativo, enviando um email para
> setepontos-subscribe@yahoogrupos.com.br.
>                  
> 
>                         F?RUM MUNDIAL DOS MEIOS ELETR?NICOS ACONTECE EM
> GENEBRA
>                        
>                               No per?odo de 06 a 09 de dezembro ser?
> realizado em Genebra (Su??a) o F?rum Mundial dos Meios Eletr?nicos. Nele,
> ser? analisado o papel da m?dia na sociedade mundial da informa??o do futuro,
> verificando tanto as novas possibilidades tecnol?gicas como os novos h?bitos
> dos usu?rios. O objetivo final do evento ser? a elabora??o de um plano de
> a??o para o desenvolvimento da sociedade da informa??o, levando em
> considera??o os interesses dos cidad?os. Mais informa??es:
> http://www.wemfmedia.org/
>                              
>                        
>                       
>                         SETE SITES PARA SABER MAIS SOBRE A CMSI 
>                        
>                         DIREITOS DE INTERNET NA AM?RICA LATINA E CARIBE - em
> espanhol
>                        
>                         2? Oficina Inclus?o Digital + 3? e-Gov  
>                         F?rum Mundial pelo Direito ? Comunica??o - em
> espanhol
>                        
>                         SITE OFICIAL DA CMSI 
>                         Campanha CRIS - texto em portugu?s 
>                         Inclus?o digital - boletim CDI 
>                         Documentos e textos sobre CRIS e CMSI - em ingl?s e
> espanhol 
> 
>                        
>                         Edi??es anteriores    9    8    7    6    5    4    3
>    2    1 
> 
>                  
>            
>      
>         
>       EXPEDIENTE
>       O informativo eletr?nico SETE PONTOS tem o prop?sito de evidenciar a
> materialidade dos princ?pios manifestados no documento "Sete princ?pios:
> prioridades propostas pela sociedade civil - CMSI", elaborado pelo Comit? de
> Reda??o do Grupo de Trabalho da Sociedade Civil em Conte?dos e Temas para a
> C?pula Mundial da Sociedade da Informa??o.
> 
>       ? uma iniciativa de professores e estudantes universit?rios, que conta
> com a participa??o de colaboradores do meio acad?mico e da sociedade civil,
> para contribuir com o debate sobre a dissemina??o da tecnologia digital na
> sociedade.
> 
>       Coordena??o: Prof. Ms. Adilson Cabral
>       Projeto visual e editorial: Prof. Ms. Adilson Cabral
>       Edi??o e Revis?o de textos: Prof? Ms. Eula Dantas Taveira Cabral
>       Colaboradores: Gabriella Ponte, Ana Luiza Bertacchini e Prof. Dr. Cezar
> Honorato (LPP/UERJ)
>       Vers?o Web: http://www.comunicacao.pro.br/setepontos
>      
> 



From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Dec  2 14:56:47 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new "non-papers" by Switzerland available
Message-ID: <3FCCA82F.6B0067BF@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1127|1128|1129

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Dec  2 15:29:09 2003
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new "non-papers" by Switzerland available
In-Reply-To: <3FCCA82F.6B0067BF@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <20031202152909.54298.qmail@web60708.mail.yahoo.com>

C'est excellent d'aller sur la version française pour
ne trouver que des textes en Anglais, à une semaine du
Sommet !
Djilali
--- Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1127|1128|1129
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Tue Dec  2 15:43:09 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] register yourself and your organization on wsis-online.net
In-Reply-To: <9B2C5B12-21FE-11D8-83C5-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <3AA28E28-24DE-11D8-933C-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Friends,

I just went and updated my information on the wsis-online.net site and 
played around with the functionalities.  It's really quite helpful in 
getting ready for the Summit and the various side events.  (Full 
disclosure: I am involved in the consultations on setting up the 
website.)  On the site you can do the following:

*	List personal information you want made available about yourself, 
including organizational affiliation, contact info, issues you are 
interested in, even a photo so people know what you look like.

*	Show information about your organization, including specific issues 
focus, website, contact information, etc.

*	View a list of participants, including government, private sector, 
civil society and media

*	Search the nearly 200 side-events by date, type, or key word.  Then 
add the events you are interested in to your personal calendar.

*	Upload documents to the site that you want made available to others 
in any format.

*	Event organizers can upload files, photos, even videos related to 
their event to the website.  And I understand that each event will have 
a forum or blog attached to it where people can discuss the subjects 
raised in the forum, ask questions to the organizers, suggest topics, 
give feedback, etc.

I encourage folks to head over to wsis-online.net and register yourself 
and your organization.  It will be useful not only during the summit 
but more importantly for follow-up and networking after the summit.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
Special Adviser
WFM


On Samedi, novembre 29, 2003, at 12:57  AM, Rik Panganiban wrote:

> The www.wsis-online.net community platform will have an online 
> database of all participants.  You will be able to post your contact 
> information (email, cell, text messenging, etc.) as well as other 
> information about your activities at the Summit.  More importantly you 
> will be able to search for other participants' contact information to 
> network, set up meetings, etc.
>
> Rik Panganiban
> WFM
>
> On Vendredi, novembre 28, 2003, at 05:52  PM, Amali De Silva wrote:
>
>> Btw Robert - Andy Carvin of the Benton Foundation had something to 
>> this effect in place during PC 3
>> ?
>> Amali
>>
>> Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org> wrote:
>>
>> Ralf:
>>
>> might someone be willing to setup and host an online database where we
>> could post our contact info during the summit.
>>
>>
>> that way we'd avoid overwhelming this (and other lists), but have in
>> it's place a centralized location where we'd be able to goto to 
>> contact
>> collegues.
>>
>> For what it's worth - i'll make my Wiki Site available (see URL 
>> below),
>> however i'm not sure it's the most efficient mechanism.
>>
>>
>> look forward to suggestions.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>> --On Friday, November 28, 2003 5:30 PM +0100 Ralf Bendrath
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > And please, to all:
>> > We have roughly 9000 registered participants at the summit.
>> > It just doesn't work if everybody announces his or her arrival here 
>> on
>> > this list.
>>
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
  Special Adviser            tel: +41 22 734 9774
  World Federalist Movement  Fax: +41 22 734 9775
  www.wfm.org                Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
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From acarvin at benton.org  Tue Dec  2 15:51:23 2003
From: acarvin at benton.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] reminder: digital divide meeting at WSIS next week
Message-ID: <34FCB0549227D7118420009027A8F38D0103F1A4@ws5.benton.org>

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to send out another reminder that we'll be having a meeting of
the digital divide network, digital opportunity channel and other digital
divide activists at WSIS in Geneva next week on 9 December. Below is a copy
of the invitation. If possible please rsvp by the end of this week, and
please feel free to circulate. -ac

----------

I'd like to officially invite all of you to attend the first international
meeting of the digital divide network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org), taking
place at the World Summit
of the Information Society in Geneva on 9 December. I will co-host the
meeting along with my co-editor from the Digital Opportunity Channel
(www.digitalopportunity.org), Kanti
Kumar of OneWorld South Asia. The meeting is open to anyone interested in
bridging the digital divide.

What: Digital Divide Network/Digital Opportunity Channel Meeting
Where: Geneva Palexpo Center, ICT4D Platform, Hall 4, Room #2
When: 10:00-12:00, 9 December

If possible, please RSVP by emailing us at ddivide@benton.org with
the words "WSIS event" in the title. Please include your contact information
so we may re-confirm with you as the meeting approaches.

I'd also encourage you to post your WSIS travel plans on our wiki board, so
list members can informally network with each other prior to the summit and
learn about the events we're each attending. To add your information to the
wiki board, please visit http://crosstalk.atomz.com.

thanks,
ac

*******************************
Andy Carvin
Senior Associate
Benton Foundation
acarvin@benton.org

www.benton.org
www.egov4all.org
www.digitalopportunity.org
www.digitaldividenetwork.org
www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/
*******************************

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Dec  2 16:19:02 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "Vision in Process": New Publication on WSIS
Message-ID: <3FCCBB76.E553CE9@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

new on http://www.worldsummit2003.org:

New Publication on WSIS
Heinrich B?ll Foundation publishes comprehensive booklet ?Vision in
Process?

Right in time before the World Summit on the Information Society starts,
the Heinrich B?ll Foundation publishes the english-language booklet
?Visions in Process - World Summit on the Information Society Geneva
2003 - Tunis 2005?. International experts and insiders track the
development of the summit declaration language and compare it with civil
society proposals and submissions. 
Download (pdf)
<http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_de/Vision_in_process.pdf>

From yjpark at myepark.com  Tue Dec  2 19:20:41 2003
From: yjpark at myepark.com (YJ Park)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Comments or Inputs to CS Bureau Meeting
Message-ID: <01a801c3b909$62d89070$122c3b18@YJ>

Hello all,

There will be two CS Bureau meetings during the Summit.

Your inputs or comments to the CS Bureau meeting on 11th
will be welcomed. 

As of today Network & Coalition Family proposed a draft agenda
on 11th to the Bureau.  

Thank you,
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note that for the time being, 2 CS Bureau meetings have been 
scheduled:

Sunday 7 December -- 16:00 - 18:00 -- ITU Building Room T103
-  discussions will focus on practical issues during the Summit

Thursday 11 December -- 13:00 - 15:00 -  ITU Building T103
-  any other issues you wish to discuss
--------------------------------------------------------
Draft Agenda for Bureau Meeting on 11th

1. The role of civil socity in the WSIS process
    - Review of Summit phase I 
      [Review document will be provided for comments.] 
    - Civil Society as substantial equal partners in the Summit phase II
      [Proposal document will be provided for comments.]

3. Summit II road map
    - The impacts of the WSIS I declraration and action plans
    - Will there be any change in CSD Secretariat personnel, operation? 
    - WSIS II meeting plans (PrepCom, Regional meetings etc.)

3. Clarification on CSD bureau list archive 
    - Transparent public archive

4. Proposal on Civil Society Bureau Secretariat within the Bureau

   [Background]

    CS Bureau appreciates CSD for its facilitator role between the 
    Executive Secretariat and the Bureau for the Summit I process.
    CS Bureau believes such coordination should continue for CS's
    active role in the WSIS process. 

    On the other hand, CS Bureau senses the need to set up inside
    Bureau secreatariat to enhance legitimacy of CS Bureau and to
    enhance coordination between the CS plenary, CS Content &
    Theme group and the CS Bureau.

    [More specific proposal is to be presented.]

5. The deliverables of the Bureau

6. Any other business.
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From Drossou at BOELL.DE  Tue Dec  2 20:21:09 2003
From: Drossou at BOELL.DE (Drossou Olga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to the World Forum on Communciation Rights,Geneva,
 11.12.2003
Message-ID: <sfcd0259.061@BOELL.DE>

                         >>>>sorry for crossposting<<<<

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                  WORLD FORUM ON  COMMUNICATION RIGHTS

                              11.12.2003 x  9.30 am - 6 pm
                   Salle Mont-Blanc - PALEXPO Geneva, Switzerland
        
   Information and registration available: www.communicationrights.org

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

PROGRAMME

9:30  Opening Session

10:00-11:15 am	Session 1 
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Communication and Poverty

Convenor: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)

Speakers: 
Palanguni Sainath (Journalist, India) (keynote), 
Denis Smith (Centro Evang?lico de Estudios Pastorales en Am?rica
Central Guatemala/USA),
Cheri Honkala (Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign,  USA),
Kate Azuka Omenugha (Women, Media, Poverty, Nigeria)

11:30 am - 12.45 pm 	Session 2 
Communications, Copyright, and Trade: 
(Resisting) the Enclosure of the Global Knowledge Commons 

Convenor: Heinrich-B?ll-Foundation, Germany

Speakers: 
Robin Gross ( ip-justice, USA) (keynote), 
Denise Nicholson (Copyright Services Librarian, University of
Witswaterstrand, SA),  
Dinesh Lakhanpal (Director, Producer, Screenplay writer, India),  
Bildad Kagai (Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa, Kenya)
Christiane Asschenfeldt (International Creative Commons
Coordinator,Germany/USA)


2:00 -3:15 pm	Session 3:
Communication at War, Communication For Peace

Convenor: Association for Progressive Communication (APC)

Speakers: 
Elvira Cla?en (Media Scientist, Research Group Information Society and
Security Policy, Germany), 
Danny Schechter (author of 'Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception,
mediachannel.org, USA), 
Luis Fernando Baron Porras (CINEP, Colombia), 
Olga Gutierrez (Planeta Paz, Colombia), 
Mercy Wambui (APC Women Networking Support Programme, Kenya), 
Denise Odhiambo (ICT Telecenters for Reconciliation, Education, and
Development
in Rwanda),  
Clemencia Rodriguez (Associate Professor, Department of Communication,
University of Oklahoma, USA). 

3:30 - 4:45 pm	Session 4: 
Communication and Human Rights: "No Development Without Democracy, No
Democracy Without Development"

Convenor: WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus

Speakers: 
Aminata Traor? (Writer, Former Minister of Culture in Mali, Founder of
the Forum For Another Mali, Keynote), 
Sharon Hom (Human Rights in China, USA), 
Souhayr Belhassen (Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunisia), Art McGee
(Media Alliance, USA),
 Amy West (Article 19, South Africa and UK), 
Stefano Rodota (Chairman of the European Data Protection Commissionners
Working Group, Italy, to be confirmed)

5:00 - 6:00 pm	Converging Agendas & Closing 


----------------------------------------------


From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Tue Dec  2 20:22:57 2003
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Fullsack Jean-Louis)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new "non-papers" by Switzerland available
References: <20031202152909.54298.qmail@web60708.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <018901c3b912$13a77f80$0a00000a@default>

Oui Djilali, mais c'est ?crit en fran?ais ... que le texte est en anglais !
JLF

----- Original Message -----
From: "djilali benamrane" <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new "non-papers" by Switzerland available


> C'est excellent d'aller sur la version fran?aise pour
> ne trouver que des textes en Anglais, ? une semaine du
> Sommet !
> Djilali
> --- Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1127|1128|1129
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Tue Dec  2 20:29:06 2003
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata BLOEM)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: WSIS Events organised by CONGO
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From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (westasiaregion@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ICT and employment project-Iran
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Dec  3 05:55:12 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Calling all Canadians - Who'll be in Geneva next week ?
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070412912@[192.168.0.4]>

In advance of the summit next week in Geneva, i'd like to make a call to
to the Canadians..the "Canucks", who will be going.


I'd like to compile a list of attendees in advance so that I can notify
you ASAP of any events and/or receptions that may be planned.


Send me a private email with a subject line as follows "CA- Notify Me!"

regards,

Robert


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Dec  3 09:08:51 2003
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new "non-papers" by Switzerland available
In-Reply-To: <018901c3b912$13a77f80$0a00000a@default>
Message-ID: <20031203090851.18676.qmail@web60706.mail.yahoo.com>

Ahhhhh,
Merci Jean Louis, j'avais pas vu MYRZAK que je cherche
partout ! Te rends tu compte ? nous vivons la
discrimination linguistique et culturel en plain
sommet de l'information ! Il est vrai que c'est le
sommet les gouvernements, des multinationales et des
fonctionnaires onusiens, pour le reste société civile
et movements associatifs ne sont là que pour servir
d'alibi... mais, mais mais, la mouche du coche peut
piquer et peut-être même terrasser !
Amitiés et excellent Sommet !
Djilali
--- Fullsack Jean-Louis <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Oui Djilali, mais c'est écrit en français ... que le
> texte est en anglais !
> JLF
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "djilali benamrane" <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new "non-papers" by
> Switzerland available
> 
> 
> > C'est excellent d'aller sur la version française
> pour
> > ne trouver que des textes en Anglais, à une
> semaine du
> > Sommet !
> > Djilali
> > --- Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> wrote:
> > >
> >
>
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> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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> >
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> >
> >
> > =====
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> > Tél/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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From rfj at humanrights.dk  Wed Dec  3 10:15:15 2003
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS press slots at the summit
Message-ID: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D5600@srvexc01.dupa.dk>

Hi all,

 

Re. press slots for CS at the summit, I propose that CT (Sally) book the
CS slots for the three days, and then we decide which caucus / WG wish
to sit on the panel each day. With 3 times 45 min. (and panels with say
4-5 people each day) we should have time for all caucus / WG that want
to address the press specifically.

 

Best

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From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Wed Dec  3 10:20:59 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Ct-drafting] CS press slots at the summit
In-Reply-To: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D5600@srvexc01.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <63AEBB6F-257A-11D8-8DF9-000393CB284C@imv.au.dk>

Hi all,

the ICT Global Governance Caucus has a a long meeting after the CPSR 
side event on Tuesday evening with a long and substantial agenda where 
we will come out (hopefully) with concrete plans and innovative ideas 
for our approach with regard to this controversial issue. So it would 
make sense if somebody from the Caucus would get a chance to report 
about this on the PC on Wednesday.

Hi

wolfgang


On onsdag, dec 3, 2003, at 11:15 Europe/Copenhagen, Rikke Frank 
Joergensen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> ?
>
> Re. press slots for CS at the summit, I propose that CT (Sally) book 
> the CS slots for the three days, and then we decide which caucus / WG 
> wish to sit on the panel each day. With 3 times 45 min. (and panels 
> with say 4-5 people each day) we should have time for all caucus / WG 
> that want to address the press specifically.
>
> ?
>
> Best
>
> Rikke
>
> ?
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From bhim2059 at yahoo.com  Wed Dec  3 10:26:48 2003
From: bhim2059 at yahoo.com (Bhim D. Shrestha)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WORLD FORUM OF FORMER HEADS OF STATE ON BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE "A DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL SOCIETY"
Message-ID: <20031203102648.27960.qmail@web21207.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear All,
 
I am from Computer Association of Nepal (CAN).  We work toward development of ICT in Nepal.  So we are deeply concern with bridging digital divide.  I humbly request you to provice materials on the topic.
 
Bhim Dhoj Shrestha
General Secretary
Computer Association of Nepan (CAN)
info@can.org.np



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From rfj at humanrights.dk  Wed Dec  3 11:04:22 2003
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Think Web's virtually government free? Think again
Message-ID: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC011AAE2E@srvexc01.dupa.dk>

Fyi, Rikke
*********************

Dec. 1, 2003. 01:00 AM

Think Web's virtually government free? Think again

MICHAEL GEIST
LAW BYTES

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which will be held 
next week in Geneva, promises to be one of the most interesting 
technology-related events in recent memory. The result of months of 
discussion, the meeting will attract more than 50 heads of state and 
6,000 delegates who will address issues from the digital divide to 
Internet governance.

Internet governance questions have proved to be the most contentious 
during the lengthy preparations for the summit. At the global level, the

domain name system is administered by the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit corporation in 
California. While ICANN enjoys support from the United States as well as

the governments of several other developed countries, including Canada, 
many countries worldwide have begun to voice the view that all 
governments should share in the administration of the domain name 
system. Largely absent from the Internet governance debate in the late 
1990s, these countries have awoken to its importance and have sought to 
place the issue firmly on the global agenda.

The push for greater governmental involvement in the domain name system,

however, has many critics. Reflecting the popular notion that the 
Internet's remarkable growth has come largely without governmental 
regulation, critics of increased governmental participation in Internet 
governance believe the domain name system is best left to a 
decentralized, self-regulatory approach.

A new study I jointly conducted with the International 
Telecommunications Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, is being 
released today. It casts doubt on the perception that governments are 
not already active participants on Internet governance issues. In fact, 
governments commonly view their national domain names as critical public

resources that must be subject to governmental oversight. Given the 
near-ubiquitous role of government at the national level, it should 
therefore come as little surprise that governments have begun to seek a 
similarly influential role at the international level, where policy 
decisions may have a direct impact on their national domains.

The study surveyed all 189 ITU member states on the role of national 
governments within their domestic, country-code top-level domain 
(ccTLD). The survey featured questions on the policies of their national

domains and governmental involvement in national and international 
Internet governance issues.

Fifty-six countries, representing every global region as well as a broad

cross-section of developed and developing countries, responded to the 
survey. This includes the very large, including the United States, 
Canada, China, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, and South Korea, 
as well as the very small, including Seychelles, Burkina Faso, the 
Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Cambodia.

Contrary to most expectations, the study finds virtually every 
government that responded to the survey either manages, retains direct 
control, or is contemplating formalizing its relationship with its 
ccTLD. This is true even for governments, such as the United States, 
that generally adopt a free-market approach to Internet matters.

When asked about governmental involvement with their ccTLD, 47 per cent 
of responding governments said they retain ultimate control over their 
ccTLD by either running the domain as a public entity or enacting 
legislation granting themselves control over its administration. A 
further 25 per cent have taken steps to assert ultimate authority over 
their national ccTLD, while 20 per cent of respondents said they were 
considering formalizing their relationship with their ccTLD and expected

that relationship to change in the future. Only 7 per cent of 
governments said they had no role in their ccTLD and had no plans to 
alter the present situation.

While the survey reveals an increasing consensus among governments on 
the need to assert a proprietary interest in their national ccTLD, it 
also uncovers striking differences in the commercial approaches of those

domains.

Domain names are typically administered by one of four types of entities

at the national level:

    * Public institutions.
    * Non-profit entities.
    * Academic institutions and individuals.
    * Commercial companies.


The difference in approach often has a significant impact on both 
commercial and policy priorities.

Responding countries with public ccTLDs consistently ranked the public 
interest and the protection of intellectual property rights as top 
priorities, while the number of domain name registrations was viewed as 
the least critical priority. As the ccTLDs move toward increasing 
commercialization, the data suggest priorities begin to invert as the 
public interest and intellectual property protection diminish in 
importance, while the number of domain name registrations increase in 
priority.

This finding is supported by the fact that public ccTLDs are far more 
likely to include restrictions on domain name registrations that limit 
access to the domain to only those registrants who comply with national 
presence requirements. Those domains appear willing to forego larger 
registration numbers in favour of protecting the public interest - 
seemingly defined to include limitations on registrations designed to 
preserve the national character of a ccTLD.

With governments already actively participating in the Internet 
regulatory and policy process at home, they were bound to demand similar

involvement internationally. The true debate at next week's summit is 
therefore not whether governments should be involved in Internet 
governance. Rather it is how they will be involved.


Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce 
Law at the University of Ottawa and technology counsel with the law firm

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. He is on-line at http://www.michaelgeist.ca

and http://www.osler.com (mgeist@uottawa.ca). The opinions expressed 
herein are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the 
University of Ottawa or Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.



From pimienta at funredes.org  Wed Dec  3 12:46:37 2003
From: pimienta at funredes.org (Daniel Pimienta)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Collective visions from LA&C
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031203070449.02ea6db8@funredes.org>

Are you interested in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Do you want to hear about collective construction of knowledge in cyberspace?
Are you curious about original methodologies for multilingual virtual 
communities and on line democracy?
Do you want to hear diverse civil society perspectives on WSIS from LA&C?
Do you want to see an original multimedia with magic realism flavour: 
"Utopista de la informaci?n", product of the collective dreaming of the 
MISTICA virtual community, a think-net on social impact of ICT 
(http://funredes.org/mistica)?

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Said yes to any of those? Then attend: "Collective visions from LA&C civil 
society"
http://80.80.231.16/smsi/classes/smsi/events/smsi-events-89243/event-view
Montblanc/Palexpo Dic. 9th from 9h30 to 12h30 (translation organized).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We will present the following collective thoughts (and distribute documents):
- "Working the Internet with a Social Vision"
http://funredes.org/mistica/castellano/ciberoteca/tematica/esp_doc_olist2.html
- "Utopista de la informaci?n"
http://funredes.org/mistica/castellano/ciberoteca/tematica/utopista/
- "The other side of the divide: perspectives from LA&C about WSIS"
http://redistic.org

and we will debate with you on methodologies and contents.

Anyway, come and visit us in Stand #301 in ICT4D
and check "Voices not so remote from LA&C"
a multimedia panel to bring virtually to Geneva some of our colleagues of LA&C.

Cheers
Networks & Development Foundation - http://funredes.org

PS: Colleagues from LA&C civil society, this stand is yours, if you want to 
present material or organize event please contact us at <wsis@funredes.org>.


Since the early 90's FUNREDES' position is that "Internet for Development" 
is NOT about pluging and playing, chatting ans surfing, getting information 
abroad, converging to one language, one culture and one market.
It's about empowering persons and communities, collaborating and social 
networking, producing local content, facilitating diversity of languages, 
cultures and opinions.
Communication above technology.
Enabling participative democracy.


From alalegre at fma.ph  Wed Dec  3 12:22:04 2003
From: alalegre at fma.ph (Alan G. Alegre)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Information Note (from CS Secretariat on PrepCom3 and Summit)
Message-ID: <02d401c3b998$139671a0$0d00a8c0@fma>


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Louise Lassonde 
To: bureau@geneva2003.org 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:32 PM
Subject: Information Note


Information Note

Dear Bureau Members

PrepCom3 Resume session X2.
  
The PrepCom3 Resume session X2 will be held at the Palais des Nations, 8-12 Ave. de la Paix, 5th and 6th December.  You will need to go to the Villa des Feuillantines 13, Ave. de la Paix, to be given a badge to access the grounds (no new registration is necessary), past the UN entrance with the flags, up the hill, it is a villa on the left hand side of the road, please see map attached. 

The Plenary will be held on the 5th and the 6th, in Salle XX of the Palais des Nations, which is located on the third floor of the E Building. Documentation will be available in the meeting room.

The Civil Society Plenary will be held from 9-10am both days in Salle 27 (1st floor, Door 40).
To reserve rooms on the Friday for Caucus meetings, please contact Savita Kanwar   + 41 22 730 6366, savita.kanwar@ties.itu.int, rooms should be available at the ITU only. For the Saturday 6th, please contact Mr. Daniel Dufour, + 41 22 917 3668, fax +41 22917-0159 for rooms at the Palais des Nations.  

The Bar Serpent, which is located on the first floor of the E (New) Building facing the lake, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to midnight during the Preparatory Committee session on both Friday and Saturday to serve coffee, drinks and sandwiches.  The cafeteria, which is found on the ground floor between Building B and Building A, will be open during normal working hours on Friday (8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) and from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

A Cyberspace (Cyberespace) with approximately 30 PCs is located in the United Nations library, on the first floor of the B Building, and will be available to accredited participants.  It will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, 5 December, and closed on Saturday, 6 December.


CS Bureau Meetings

1.  Bureau meeting on the 7th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 16-18hrs
Agenda:
-    Management of the 10 Civil society offices at Palexpo
-    Management of the Agora room at Palexpo
-    Distribution of Overpasses
-    Information and Press Conferences
2. Bureau meeting on the 11th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 13-15hrs
    Agenda to be decided.


General

Documentation civil society
Press Kit: fact sheets, event presentations, press releases to be sent in A4 format, in english and French, recto/verso and event brochures to Paola Cassola (paola.cassola@ties.itu.int) before the 5th December.
All information regarding updates for our website to Mehdy Davary (mehdy.davary@ties.itu.int) 

Summit Information

Getting there:

?    Arrival by plane: regular WSIS shuttle buses will be available from the airport to Hall 7. 
?    Arrival by train: a train connection from Geneva main railway station (Cornavin) to the Geneva Airport Railway station will leave you within walking distance of Hall 7. You can also take a shuttle bus at the airport.
?    Arrival by bus: Public Bus 10 will leave you at the Airport where you can take a WSIS shuttle bus. Public Bus 18 or 28 stop in front of Hall 7, Bus 5 will stop underneath Hall 5 (within walking distance of Hall 7). 

Events

The core event will be held in Hall 1 (Plenary, roundtables), side events and civil society offices are located in Hall 2.

The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media representatives, officially invited delegates and people accredited to the WSIS have free entry. If you fall into these categories, please contact info@ict-4d.org. For non accredited entities:  

Entry fees in Swiss Francs*: 
Attendance     Pre-ordered Tickets (Swiss Francs)     Buying on location (Swiss Francs)
1 day                 20.-                    30.-
2 days                40.-                    50.-
3 or more days            50.-                    60.-
only Saturday          10.-                    20.-
*approximate exchange rate: 1CHF=0.76US$

It is open from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm on Monday 8 December. It will then be open daily from 8:30 am until closing time of the Platform.

Registration 

Pre-registration closes on the 3rd December.  
On site Registration will be in Hall 7 .The WSIS Registration Services will be open on-site as follows:
5-8 December 2003
09.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 18.00
9-12 December 2003:
08.00 to 21.00 non-stop
All participants will receive a set of official documents upon registration in Hall 7in a language based on information provided to the Secretariat upon pre-registration. Official documentation will be made available at all times on the WSIS website at:http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/docs.html 

Programme

Information on the Programme of meetings will be available on the WSIS website at http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/index.html and the civil society website at www.geneva2003.org and onsite on screens. The programme will also be included in the "Summit Journal", which will be issued on a daily basis and will specify meeting details such as rooms and times of meetings.

Plenary - Morning meetings will be held from 09.00 to 13.00 and afternoon meetings from 14.00 to 21.00, except for the opening day, Wednesday 10 December, when the morning meeting is scheduled from 10.00 to 12.00. 

A programme of seminars, panels and workshops on issues relating to the Summit is being organized by the Host country secretariat. The calendar for those events will be available at the Summit premises. A list of events is available at http://www.wsis-online.net/event/
General information for other Summit events is available at
http://www.wsisgeneva2003.org/03_summit/events.html

Security 

The Swiss authorities and UN/ITU have jointly prepared an overall security plan. As part of this plan, there will be a security perimeter around Palexpo, and only those participants who have received a photo-badge will be admitted inside this perimeter.
Access to the Summit Premises during the Summit
It is recommended that participants coming to Palexpo limit their hand luggage to one small briefcase and, if needed, to one portable computer.

Services available at PALEXPO

Two restaurants will be available for participants, as well as coffee and snack stands located in Halls 2 and 4. Banking facilities will be available at Palexpo from 8 to 12 December 2003, from 08.30 to 17.00 and on 13 December 2003, from 09.00 to 16.00. There will also be a cashpoint in Hall 4. A medical service will be available 09.00-21.00. A lost and found service will be available at the Information Desk situated on the Entrance Hall/Mezzanine level.

Best regards,
Savita Kanwar








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From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Wed Dec  3 14:05:26 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
Message-ID: <mnet3.1070456726.14560.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

Below is an invitation to a meeting on Tunisia and fredom of expression that will be held in Geneva 9th december 2003.

INMHO, this meeting is of the highest importance for those who are concerned with Human Rights and the preparation of the second phase of WSIS in Tunisia and to network with tunisian HR militants from the diaspora. Hope to see many of you there.

Rgds, Pascal Fortin.


----Message r?exp?di?----
>De: info v?rit?-action <info@verite-action.org>

>V?rit?-Action
>
> 
>
>                       Invitation ? une soir?e d?bat 
 
>
>Madame, Monsieur,
>
> 
>
>Le 55?me anniversaire de la d?claration universelle des droits de l'Homme, co?ncide cette ann?e avec le d?roulement de la premi?re phase du sommet mondial de la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI) ? Gen?ve du 10 au 12 d?cembre 2003. A cette occasion, V?rit?-Action en partenariat avec le CNLT et l'AISPP, organisent :
>
> 
>
>Une soir?e-d?bat sur le th?me :
>
> 
>
>La libert? d'expression en Tunisie: 
>
>Etat des lieux et t?moignages
>
> 
>
>Dont les principaux intervenants seront :
>
> 
>
>Des journalistes  
>invit?s sp?cialement pour cette occasion de la Tunisie
>
> 
>
>Le mardi 9 d?cembre 2003 de 18h30 ? 21h30
>
>? la Maison des associations 
>Rue des Savoises 15 (Salle Gandhi) 
>1205 Gen?ve
>
> 
>
>Une collation est offerte en fin de soir?e (th?, g?teaux tunisiens.)
>
> 
>
>V?rit?-Action, suivant de pr?s la situation de la presse et de  l'information en g?n?ral  en Tunisie et des pers?cutions dont  sont de plus en plus victimes des journalistes. Le dernier jugement de la journaliste militante Naziha R?jiba (connue par Omm Ziad) ; l'arrestation arbitraire de M. Abdallah Zouari,  les longues ann?es d'emprisonnement  et d'isolement de M. Hammadi Jebali ainsi que la convocation de M. H?di Yahmed au minist?re de l'int?rieur sur un article qu'il a publi?, sont des signes
r?v?lateurs d'une atmosph?re de censure et d'atteinte au m?tier du journalisme et de la libert? d'expression. En Tunisie, o? se d?roulera la seconde phase du SMSI en novembre 2005, la censure de l'information est monnaie courante. Le d?lit d'opinion est une menace pour toute personne qui tente d'exercer son droit d'informer ou d'?tre inform? via tous les moyens : journaux, audio-visuel ou Internet.   
>
> 
>
>Par cette soir?e-d?bat, V?rit?-Action tient ? informer l'opinion publique internationale, les participants au sommet  mondial de la soci?t? de l'information et les organisations de d?fense des droits de l'Homme dans le monde de la situation accablante des journalistes et de l'information en g?n?ral. Elle vous invite ? participer ? cette soir?e et ? manifester votre soutien aux journalistes d?tenus, aux prisonniers politiques et ? tous les d?fenseurs des droits de l'Homme en Tunisie.
>
> 
>
>Fribourg, le 1er d?cembre 2003
>
>M. Abdellatif Fakhfakh, Pr?sident
>


From bachmann at bfa-ppp.ch  Wed Dec  3 13:00:49 2003
From: bachmann at bfa-ppp.ch (Matthias Bachmann)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] BFA at ICT4D
Message-ID: <01fd01c3b99d$796c71a0$454c8e0a@pc69>

Dear participant at the WSIS



Bread for All is present at the ICT4D with a stand (number 251,
Communication for Development Street: http://www.mediatower.ch/ict_v3/#).
Please find here below some information on what we display and who we are.
We look forward to welcome you at the stand.



Kind regards,



Matthias Bachmann


The Project
Access to information and communication is a precondition for development.
Currently, the new ICTs are a distant dream for most people. Therefore,
Bread for All (BFA) empowers poor people to set up and maintain their own
channels of information and communication. At the WSIS, BFA presents its
research, policy and project efforts regarding international information and
communication structures and, through a multimedia presentation at the ICT4D
and the community media event (12/12/2003), two community radio projects it
supports:


  a.. R?dio Diamante FM: in Diamante (Maranh?o/Brazil), where daily
newspapers are unavailable, Diamante FM enables landless peasants to have
access to and participate in the editing of news and essential practical
hints about agriculture and health care.
  b.. Network of basic radio wave-based communication stations in the Kwango
area (DRC): the network constitutes almost the only means of communication
and information in this very poor and remote region, thereby contributing
considerably to its development.


The Organization

BFA is the development agency of the Federation of Swiss Protestant
Churches. Operating since 1961, it supports over 400 development projects
and programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America and lobbies authorities,
parliament and the economic sector in Switzerland and worldwide for a more
equitable development framework. BFA networks within Switzerland as well as
internationally with other church and non-church based NGOs to achieve the
objectives in its four areas of activity:


  a.. Fund-raising: gaining financial resources for development projects and
programmes
  b.. Development projects: ensuring quality assurance for development
projects
  c.. Development policy: researching and lobbying for a just international
economic, political and social order, particularly in fair trade and access
to information and communication
  d.. Information, education and campaigning: informing and providing
knowledge about development policy questions for the public at large,
particularly in Switzerland



Matthias Bachmann
Brot fuer alle -  Pain pour le prochain - Bread for all
Entwicklungsdienst der Evangelischen Kirchen der Schweiz
Monbijoustrasse 29, Postfach 5621,
CH-3001 Bern, Schweiz
fon +41 31 380 65 69
fax +41 31 380 65 64
e-mail bachmann@bfa-ppp.ch
http://www.bfa-ppp.ch




From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Dec  3 13:57:15 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Ct-drafting] CS press slots at the summit
In-Reply-To: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D5600@srvexc01.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <99ADC3C4-2598-11D8-87E7-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

The human rights caucus will need a press conference slot. Diana 
Bronson will be in charge of coordinating this (dbronson@ichrdd.ca): 
best possible time, panel organization with other caucuses, etc.
The best would be that we could devote a whole slot to human rights and 
freedom, to be shared with other relevant caucuses (e.g. media, 
trade-union, gender, indigenous, etc.)

Best regards,
Meryem

Le mercredi, 3 d?c 2003, ? 11:15 Europe/Paris, Rikke Frank Joergensen a 
?crit :

> Hi all,
>
> ?
>
> Re. press slots for CS at the summit, I propose that CT (Sally) book 
> the CS slots for the three days, and then we decide which caucus / WG 
> wish to sit on the panel each day. With 3 times 45 min. (and panels 
> with say 4-5 people each day) we should have time for all caucus / WG 
> that want to address the press specifically.
>
> ?
>
> Best
>
> Rikke
>
> ?
>


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Dec  3 16:14:01 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] draft list of announced participants for the Geneva phase of the
 WSIS
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070450041@[192.168.0.4]>

<http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/wsis/evrs.finder.wsis03>



From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Dec  3 16:32:48 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Deibert documentary screening at WSIS
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070451168@[192.168.0.4]>

I'm forwarding this from a colleague who is not (yet) on the plenary
list.


re: Hacktivista  - Documentary screening at WSIS


For those of you attending WSIS, I'll be screening one episode of my new
documentary series, Hacktivista, in conference room (or audio/video
room) 9 in Hall 4, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 14:00h-16:30h.

The documentary series is follows myself and three of my staff at the
Citizen Lab as they work with human rights organizations in Central
America on Internet security issues.



Hope you can make it.

Cheers
Ron Deibert
Director, The Citizen Lab
University of Toronto

From sburch at alainet.org  Wed Dec  3 12:47:08 2003
From: sburch at alainet.org (Sally Burch - ALAI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Press slots
Message-ID: <200312031251.hB3CpQg5014608@ecuanex.net.ec>

Hi,

Concerning the civil society press slots:

The content and themes group wishes to make several 
presentations.  In particular we will want to present the CS 
Declaration to the press, probably on the 10th.  This should be a 
high priority for civil society.

Several caucuses also wish to name spokespeople to address key 
issues. We propose to organize the requests from the caucuses 
so as to form a panel of 4-5 people for each press conference.

Sally Burch

---------------------------------
Sally Burch - Directora Ejecutiva
Agencia Latinoamericana de Informaci?n - ALAI
Casilla 17-12-877, Quito, Ecuador
sburch@alainet.org      http://alainet.org
Tel: (593 2) 250 5074  222 1570  Fax: (593 2) 250 5073

From rikp at bluewin.ch  Wed Dec  3 15:43:44 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Information Note (from CS Secretariat on PrepCom3 and Summit)
In-Reply-To: <02d401c3b998$139671a0$0d00a8c0@fma>
Message-ID: <7A2E4C6C-25A7-11D8-9FA4-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Colleagues,

Please note that there is no wifi in the Palais des Nations and 
internet access in the library is often very busy.  So reporting from 
these meetings will be not as swift as during previous prepcoms.

Rik Panganiban
WFM

On Mercredi, d?cembre 3, 2003, at 01:22  PM, Alan G. Alegre wrote:

> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Louise Lassonde
> To: bureau@geneva2003.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:32 PM
> Subject: Information Note
>
> Information Note
>
> Dear Bureau Members
>
> PrepCom3 Resume session X2.
> ?
> The PrepCom3 Resume session X2 will be held at the Palais des Nations, 
> 8-12 Ave. de la Paix, 5th and 6th December.? You will need to go to 
> the Villa des Feuillantines 13, Ave. de la Paix, to be given a badge 
> to access the grounds (no new registration is necessary), past the UN 
> entrance with the flags, up the hill, it is a villa on the left hand 
> side of the road, please see map attached.
>
> The Plenary will be held on the 5th and the 6th, in Salle XX of the 
> Palais des Nations, which is located on the third floor of the E 
> Building. Documentation will be available in the meeting room.
>
> The Civil Society Plenary will be held from 9-10am both days in Salle 
> 27 (1st floor, Door 40).
> To reserve rooms on the Friday for Caucus meetings, please contact 
> Savita Kanwar?? + 41 22 730 6366, savita.kanwar@ties.itu.int, rooms 
> should be available at the ITU only. For the Saturday 6th, please 
> contact Mr. Daniel Dufour, + 41 22 917 3668, fax +41 22917-0159 for 
> rooms at the Palais des Nations. ?
>
> The Bar Serpent, which is located on the first floor of the E (New) 
> Building facing the lake, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to midnight 
> during the Preparatory Committee session on both Friday and Saturday 
> to serve coffee, drinks and sandwiches.? The cafeteria, which is found 
> on the ground floor between Building B and Building A, will be open 
> during normal working hours on Friday (8:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) and 
> from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
>
> A Cyberspace (Cyberespace) with approximately 30 PCs is located in the 
> United Nations library, on the first floor of the B Building, and will 
> be available to accredited participants.? It will be open from 9:00 
> a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, 5 December, and closed on Saturday, 6 
> December.
>
>
> CS Bureau Meetings
>
> 1.? Bureau meeting on the 7th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 16-18hrs
> Agenda:
> -?? ?Management of the 10 Civil society offices at Palexpo
> -?? ?Management of the Agora room at Palexpo
> -?? ?Distribution of Overpasses
> -?? ?Information and Press Conferences
> 2. Bureau meeting on the 11th December, Room T103, ITU Bldg, 13-15hrs
> ?? ?Agenda to be decided.
>
>
> General
>
> Documentation civil society
> Press Kit: fact sheets, event presentations, press releases to be sent 
> in A4 format, in english and French, recto/verso and event brochures 
> to Paola Cassola (paola.cassola@ties.itu.int) before the 5th December.
> All information regarding updates for our website to Mehdy Davary 
> (mehdy.davary@ties.itu.int)
>
> Summit Information
>
> Getting there:
>
> ??? ?Arrival by plane: regular WSIS shuttle buses will be available 
> from the airport to Hall 7.
> ??? ?Arrival by train: a train connection from Geneva main railway 
> station (Cornavin) to the Geneva Airport Railway station will leave 
> you within walking distance of Hall 7. You can also take a shuttle bus 
> at the airport.
> ??? ?Arrival by bus: Public Bus 10 will leave you at the Airport where 
> you can take a WSIS shuttle bus. Public Bus 18 or 28 stop in front of 
> Hall 7, Bus 5 will stop underneath Hall 5 (within walking distance of 
> Hall 7).
>
> Events
>
> The core event will be held in Hall 1 (Plenary, roundtables), side 
> events and civil society offices are located in Hall 2.
>
> The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media representatives, 
> officially invited delegates and people accredited to the WSIS have 
> free entry. If you fall into these categories, please contact 
> info@ict-4d.org. For non accredited entities: ?
>
> Entry fees in Swiss Francs*:
> Attendance?? ? Pre-ordered Tickets (Swiss Francs)?? ? Buying on 
> location (Swiss Francs)
> 1 day ?? ??? ??? ??? ?20.-?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ?30.-
> 2 days?? ??? ??? ??? ?40.-?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ?50.-
> 3 or more days?? ??? ??? ?50.-?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ?60.-
> only Saturday ??? ??? ?10.-?? ??? ??? ??? ??? ?20.-
> *approximate exchange rate: 1CHF=0.76US$
>
> It is open from 10:00 am to 7:30 pm on Monday 8 December. It will then 
> be open daily from 8:30 am until closing time of the Platform.
>
> Registration
>
> Pre-registration closes on the 3rd December. ?
> On site Registration will be in Hall 7 .The WSIS Registration Services 
> will be open on-site as follows:
> 5-8 December 2003
> 09.00 to 13.00 and 14.00 to 18.00
> 9-12 December 2003:
> 08.00 to 21.00 non-stop
> All participants will receive a set of official documents upon 
> registration in Hall 7in a language based on information provided to 
> the Secretariat upon pre-registration. Official documentation will be 
> made available at all times on the WSIS website 
> at:http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/docs.html
>
> Programme
>
> Information on the Programme of meetings will be available on the WSIS 
> website at http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/index.html and the civil 
> society website at www.geneva2003.org and onsite on screens. The 
> programme will also be included in the ?Summit Journal?, which will be 
> issued on a daily basis and will specify meeting details such as rooms 
> and times of meetings.
>
> Plenary - Morning meetings will be held from 09.00 to 13.00 and 
> afternoon meetings from 14.00 to 21.00, except for the opening day, 
> Wednesday 10 December, when the morning meeting is scheduled from 
> 10.00 to 12.00.
>
> A programme of seminars, panels and workshops on issues relating to 
> the Summit is being organized by the Host country secretariat. The 
> calendar for those events will be available at the Summit premises. A 
> list of events is available at http://www.wsis-online.net/event/
> General information for other Summit events is available at
> http://www.wsisgeneva2003.org/03_summit/events.html
>
> Security
>
> The Swiss authorities and UN/ITU have jointly prepared an overall 
> security plan. As part of this plan, there will be a security 
> perimeter around Palexpo, and only those participants who have 
> received a photo-badge will be admitted inside this perimeter.
> Access to the Summit Premises during the Summit
> It is recommended that participants coming to Palexpo limit their hand 
> luggage to one small briefcase and, if needed, to one portable 
> computer.
>
> Services available at PALEXPO
>
> Two restaurants will be available for participants, as well as coffee 
> and snack stands located in Halls 2 and 4. Banking facilities will be 
> available at Palexpo from 8 to 12 December 2003, from 08.30 to 17.00 
> and on 13 December 2003, from 09.00 to 16.00. There will also be a 
> cashpoint in Hall 4. A medical service will be available 09.00-21.00. 
> A lost and found service will be available at the Information Desk 
> situated on the Entrance Hall/Mezzanine level.
>
> Best regards,
> Savita Kanwar
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
  Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
  World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Dec  3 18:30:52 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Fw: Information Note (from CS Secretariat on PrepCom3 and Summit)
References: <7A2E4C6C-25A7-11D8-9FA4-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <3FCE2BDC.49582892@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Rik Panganiban wrote:

> Please note that there is no wifi in the Palais des Nations and internet access in
> the library is often very busy. So reporting from these meetings will be not as
> swift as during previous prepcoms.

Thanks for the Info, Rik.

This is really bad news. 
Can anyone bring a wifi-hotspot that we could just connect to one of the
LAN cables?
Would help a lot.

Ralf

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Dec  3 18:33:24 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: Photo badges ??? - Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Information Note (from CS Secretariat on PrepCom3 and Summit)
In-Reply-To: <02d401c3b998$139671a0$0d00a8c0@fma>
Message-ID: <2D845B3E-25BF-11D8-87E7-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

What are these photo badges ? Does that mean that they will take a 
photo during registration or is that a new kind of badge that we should 
ask for ?
Also, should all the accredited organization contact ict4d ? what for, 
another kind of badge ?

Seems that things are getting more and more complex.
Meryem

Le mercredi, 3 d?c 2003, ? 13:22 Europe/Paris, Alan G. Alegre a ?crit :

> ?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Louise Lassonde
> To: bureau@geneva2003.org
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:32 PM
> Subject: Information Note
>
> Information Note
> [...]
Events

The core event will be held in Hall 1 (Plenary, roundtables), side 
events and civil society offices are located in Hall 2.

The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media representatives, 
officially invited delegates and people accredited to the WSIS have 
free entry. If you fall into these categories, please contact 
info@ict-4d.org.

> [...]
> Security
>
> The Swiss authorities and UN/ITU have jointly prepared an overall 
> security plan. As part of this plan, there will be a security 
> perimeter around Palexpo, and only those participants who have 
> received a photo-badge will be admitted inside this perimeter.
> Access to the Summit Premises during the Summit
> It is recommended that participants coming to Palexpo limit their hand 
> luggage to one small briefcase and, if needed, to one portable 
> computer.
>
> Services available at PALEXPO
>
> Two restaurants will be available for participants, as well as coffee 
> and snack stands located in Halls 2 and 4. Banking facilities will be 
> available at Palexpo from 8 to 12 December 2003, from 08.30 to 17.00 
> and on 13 December 2003, from 09.00 to 16.00. There will also be a 
> cashpoint in Hall 4. A medical service will be available 09.00-21.00. 
> A lost and found service will be available at the Information Desk 
> situated on the Entrance Hall/Mezzanine level.
>
> Best regards,
> Savita Kanwar
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Dec  3 18:35:00 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Fw: Information Note (from CS Secretariat on PrepCom3 and Summit)
References: <7A2E4C6C-25A7-11D8-9FA4-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <3FCE2CD4.95B3A7BF@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Just noticed this:

> It will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Friday, 5 December, 
> and closed on Saturday, 6 December.

It will be closed on Saturday? That means there will be no reporting
possible. 
On Friday also: Cybercafe closed after 18:00, while the sessions are
scheduled until 24:00.
This is a big joke, I think, and also the delegates won't like it. 

Can we use the ITU cybercafe instead? Or is there any other opportunity
around the Palais?

Ralf

From rikp at bluewin.ch  Wed Dec  3 18:37:55 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: Photo badges ??? - Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Information Note (from CS Secretariat on PrepCom3 and Summit)
In-Reply-To: <2D845B3E-25BF-11D8-87E7-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <CF83C12A-25BF-11D8-9FA4-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Those individuals representing organizations accredited to the WSIS 
will be issued a photo badge when we register.  Those accredited for 
the Summit will also be allowed access to the ICT4D section, but those 
accredited only for the ICT4D will not be allowed in the Summit section.

Rik Panganiban

On Mercredi, d?cembre 3, 2003, at 07:33  PM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> What are these photo badges ? Does that mean that they will take a 
> photo during registration or is that a new kind of badge that we 
> should ask for ?
> Also, should all the accredited organization contact ict4d ? what for, 
> another kind of badge ?
>
> Seems that things are getting more and more complex.
> Meryem
>
> Le mercredi, 3 d?c 2003, ? 13:22 Europe/Paris, Alan G. Alegre a ?crit :
>
>> ?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Louise Lassonde
>> To: bureau@geneva2003.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 4:32 PM
>> Subject: Information Note
>>
>> Information Note
>> [...]
> Events
>
> The core event will be held in Hall 1 (Plenary, roundtables), side 
> events and civil society offices are located in Hall 2.
>
> The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media representatives, 
> officially invited delegates and people accredited to the WSIS have 
> free entry. If you fall into these categories, please contact 
> info@ict-4d.org.
>
>> [...]
>> Security
>>
>> The Swiss authorities and UN/ITU have jointly prepared an overall 
>> security plan. As part of this plan, there will be a security 
>> perimeter around Palexpo, and only those participants who have 
>> received a photo-badge will be admitted inside this perimeter.
>> Access to the Summit Premises during the Summit
>> It is recommended that participants coming to Palexpo limit their 
>> hand luggage to one small briefcase and, if needed, to one portable 
>> computer.
>>
>> Services available at PALEXPO
>>
>> Two restaurants will be available for participants, as well as coffee 
>> and snack stands located in Halls 2 and 4. Banking facilities will be 
>> available at Palexpo from 8 to 12 December 2003, from 08.30 to 17.00 
>> and on 13 December 2003, from 09.00 to 16.00. There will also be a 
>> cashpoint in Hall 4. A medical service will be available 09.00-21.00. 
>> A lost and found service will be available at the Information Desk 
>> situated on the Entrance Hall/Mezzanine level.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Savita Kanwar
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From bill at circuitspackets.com  Wed Dec  3 19:50:50 2003
From: bill at circuitspackets.com (Bill Kagai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw:  Open Source at ICT4D Forum at WSIS, Geneva, Friday December 12, 10:00-11:30
Message-ID: <015701c3b9d6$c3e96a60$0501a8c0@nbnet.co.ke>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paula Uimonen" <>
To: <>; <>; "Bill Kagai" <>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: Open Source at ICT4D Forum at WSIS, Geneva, Friday December 12,
10:00-11:30

PLEASE FORWARD, APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS
The ICT for Development Platform (ICT4D Platform) will enrich the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), by showcasing the development
dimension of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Held on 9-13
December at Hall 4 in Palexpo, Geneva, the ICT4D Platform is organised by
the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) jointly with the
Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP). Representing a main summit event, the
ICT4D Platform is the largest event of its kind ever organized and it is
open to the public. In addition to an exhibition showcasing innovative
projects from around the world, the ICT for Development Platform will also
host a high-profile conference programme, the ICT for Development Forum
(ICT4D Forum). At the Forum, key innovators and world leaders from
government, international organisations, private sector and science will
debate trends, perspectives and lessons learnt in ICT for development.

One of the highlights of the ICT4D Forum is an interactive panel debate on
"Open Source Software: Pros and Cons from a Development Perspective" on
Friday 12 December, 10:00-12:30, in Conference room 2+3, Hall 4, Palexpo.
The panel will discuss the respective merits and shortcomings of open
source, from a developing country perspective. It will look at the different
underlying business models of open source and proprietary systems and their
potential for stimulating economic development, innovation and job creation.
Panellists are: Mr Edgar David Villanueva Nunez, the Peruvian congressman
who made international headlines with his proposed open source legislation;
Robert Kramer from CompTIA, a leading global IT trade association; Bildad
Kagai from the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA);
Pedro Urra, Director of Infomed in Cuba; and Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman
Shariffadeen, President and CEO of MIMOS, one of Malaysia's leading R&D
Institutes.

The panel debate will be open to the general public and registration can be
done on site or online at www.ict-4d.org.
For more information, see www.ict-4d.org or www.wsis-online.net.

paula uimonen
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Dec  3 23:47:39 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070477259@[192.168.0.4]>

I've collated all the different operpass lists I've seen over the last
few days and come up with the following

(in ascii below, and attached as excel)

regards

Robert

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Privaterra - Securing Human Rights
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Caucus/Region	Total
African Region	37
Education and academia	27
EU/NA Family	20
Governance WG	5
HR Caucus	25
Multi-Stake Holder	8
Network & Coalition Family	7
Privacy/Security	12
Think-Tanks	18
Unions	6
Grand Total	165


Name	Caucus/Region
Adam Peake	Think-Tanks
Adel El Za?m	Multi-Stake Holder
Ahmed K. Banya	African Region
Akinsanmi TITILAYO	African Region
Alain Ambrosi	HR Caucus
Alain Ambrosi	Privacy/Security
Alan Toner	Network & Coalition Family
Albert Koellner	HR Caucus
Albert Koellner	Privacy/Security
Alberto Escudero Pascual	Privacy/Security
Alessia Neuroni	Education and academia
Alice MUNYA	African Region
Alke Ms?Boessiger	Unions
Amadou DIA	African Region
Aminata Sokhna THIAM ?pouse GUEYE	African Region
Amy Tai	HR Caucus
Andr? G.C?t?	Multi-Stake Holder
Andreas Krisch	HR Caucus
Andreas Krisch	Privacy/Security
Andrew Clement	EU/NA Family
Andy Carvin	EU/NA Family
Angelamaria Loreto	HR Caucus
Angelamaria Loreto	Privacy/Security
Annie DAVIES	African Region
Anthony Jones	Think-Tanks
Babatope Soremi	African Region
Bakary Faye	African Region
Barau Gandu	African Region
Beatriz Busaniche	Education and academia
Bertrand LaChapelle	Think-Tanks
Bertrand. de la Chapelle	Governance WG
Bienvenu AKODIGNA	African Region
Bruce Girard	Network & Coalition Family
Catherine Fleming Bruce	EU/NA Family
CHEIKH  ABDOULAYE BA	African Region
Chris Bailey	HR Caucus
Christine Ferrier	HR Caucus
Christophe Alcantara	Multi-Stake Holder
Claudia Padovani	EU/NA Family
Daniel Bolomey	HR Caucus
Dapo Ladimeji	African Region
Dara WADE	African Region
David Anderson	Think-Tanks
Deborah Hurley	HR Caucus
Dennis Campbell	Think-Tanks
Derrick L. Cogburn	EU/NA Family
Diana Bronson	HR Caucus
Diana Bronson	Privacy/Security
Diana Mercoriors	African Region
Diego Levis	Education and academia
Divina Frau Meigs	Education and academia
Dmitri Vitaliev	EU/NA Family
Doaa Hassan	HR Caucus
Domingo Tavarez	Think-Tanks
Dorothy Okello	African Region
Doshiya Barwa	African Region
Dr Hillar Addo	Education and academia
Dr. Francis Muguet	Education and academia
Drossou Olga	EU/NA Family
Eddy Martinez	Think-Tanks
Edgar Mandrault	Multi-Stake Holder
Eduviere Solomon Owumi	HR Caucus
Elizabeth Carll	EU/NA Family
Emmanuel Njenga;	African Region
Eric Osiakwan	African Region
Eyinade Adedayo	HR Caucus
Fawzia Assaas	HR Caucus
Francis Lorenzo	Think-Tanks
Francis Morgan	Education and academia
Gbenga Sesan	African Region
Georg C. F. Greve	EU/NA Family
George Christensen	African Region
Greg Monaco	Education and academia
Gueye Mr?Gabou	Unions
Gus Ian Hosein	Privacy/Security
Hans Klein	EU/NA Family
Izumi Aizu	Think-Tanks
Jak Archibald	EU/NA Family
Jamie King	Network & Coalition Family
Jane Johnsen	Education and academia
Jean-Claude Gu?don	Multi-Stake Holder
Jean-Louis Fullsack	Education and academia
Jerry Berman	Think-Tanks
John DADA	African Region
John R. Gagain Jr.	Think-Tanks
Joseph SARR	African Region
Jouini Ms?Hind	Unions
Juan Avila	Think-Tanks
Juan carlos Gentile	Education and academia
Kafui Prebbie	African Region
Karen Banks	EU/NA Family
Katitza Rodriguez	HR Caucus
Kenji Saga	Think-Tanks
KOUMA Cyriaque Didier	Multi-Stake Holder
Kun Dr?Abyoto	Unions
LADY MURRUGARRA	Education and academia
Leonard Spiwak	Think-Tanks
Lisa McLoughlin	Network & Coalition Family
Luciana Luisa Papeschi	HR Caucus
Luciana Luisa Papeschi	Privacy/Security
Lucie B?gin	Multi-Stake Holder
Mamadou GAYE	African Region
Marco Ciurcina	Education and academia
Margaret Mpolokoso	African Region
MARIE NDAW	African Region
markus Beckedahl	Privacy/Security
Marlyn Tadros	HR Caucus
Mayoro Faye	African Region
Meryem Marzouki	HR Caucus
Michele Trimarchi	HR Caucus
Michele Trimarchi	Privacy/Security
Milton. Mueller	Governance WG
Mimidoo Achakpa	Education and academia
Mr Laolu Sasore	Education and academia
Mr Lawase Akpolou	Education and academia
Mr Solomon Agunbiade	Education and academia
Mrs Olakunri	Education and academia
Ms Doshiya Barwa	African Region
Ms Ronke Bello	Education and academia
Ms Sara Kyofuna	Education and academia
Myoungjoon Kim	Network & Coalition Family
Nasser Boumenna	Multi-Stake Holder
Neil Mr?Anderson	Unions
nnenna nwakanma.	African Region
Olga Drossou	EU/NA Family
Olivier Nana Nzepa	African Region
Olumide Obidiran	African Region
Ousmane ABDOURAHAMANE	African Region
Ousmane Ly Mali	African Region
Owoseni Oluwabukonla	HR Caucus
Pape Momar DIOP	African Region
Pascal Fortin	Education and academia
Paul Uhlir	Think-Tanks
Philip J. Mr?Jennings	Unions
Ralf Bendrath	Privacy/Security
Raoul Weiler	EU/NA Family
Richard Jordan	Think-Tanks
Rick Duque	Education and academia
Rik Panganiban	HR Caucus
Robert Garc?a	Education and academia
Robert Guerra	EU/NA Family
Robin D. Gross	HR Caucus
Robin D. Gross	Privacy/Security
Scholastica Wilson	African Region
Schombe Baudoin	African Region
Sean O Siochru	Network & Coalition Family
Shafika Isaacs	Education and academia
Sharon Hom	HR Caucus
Shiro Harada	Think-Tanks
Simon Davies	EU/NA Family
Souhayr Belhassen	HR Caucus
Stephanie Perrin	EU/NA Family
Talent Nyati,	African Region
Tattugul Mambetalieva	EU/NA Family
Theophilus N. Achua	Education and academia
Trine M. N. Jensen	Education and academia
Veni. Markovski	Governance WG
Vittorio . Bertola	Governance WG
Wallace Taylor	Think-Tanks
Wesley Shrum	Education and academia
William J. Drake	Governance WG
William J. McIver, Jr.	EU/NA Family
YJ Park	Network & Coalition Family
Yves Steiner	HR Caucus
Zlata Shramko	EU/NA Family
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Dec  3 23:52:53 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070477573@[192.168.0.4]>

disregard my earlier email - this one is the most up to date...




Count of Name	
Caucus/Region	Total
African Region	37
Education and academia	27
EU/NA Family	20
Governance WG	5
HR Caucus	22
Multi-Stake Holder	8
Network & Coalition Family	7
Privacy/Security	7
Think-Tanks	18
Unions	6
Grand Total	157


Adam Peake	Think-Tanks
Adel El Za?m	Multi-Stake Holder
Ahmed K. Banya	African Region
Akinsanmi TITILAYO	African Region
Alain Ambrosi	Privacy/Security
Alan Toner	Network & Coalition Family
Albert Koellner	HR Caucus
Alberto Escudero Pascual	Privacy/Security
Alessia Neuroni	Education and academia
Alice MUNYA	African Region
Alke Ms?Boessiger	Unions
Amadou DIA	African Region
Aminata Sokhna THIAM ?pouse GUEYE	African Region
Amy Tai	HR Caucus
Andr? G.C?t?	Multi-Stake Holder
Andreas Krisch	Privacy/Security
Andrew Clement	EU/NA Family
Andy Carvin	EU/NA Family
Angelamaria Loreto	HR Caucus
Annie DAVIES	African Region
Anthony Jones	Think-Tanks
Babatope Soremi	African Region
Bakary Faye	African Region
Barau Gandu	African Region
Beatriz Busaniche	Education and academia
Bertrand LaChapelle	Think-Tanks
Bertrand. de la Chapelle	Governance WG
Bienvenu AKODIGNA	African Region
Bruce Girard	Network & Coalition Family
Catherine Fleming Bruce	EU/NA Family
CHEIKH  ABDOULAYE BA	African Region
Chris Bailey	HR Caucus
Christine Ferrier	HR Caucus
Christophe Alcantara	Multi-Stake Holder
Claudia Padovani	EU/NA Family
Daniel Bolomey	HR Caucus
Dapo Ladimeji	African Region
Dara WADE	African Region
David Anderson	Think-Tanks
Deborah Hurley	HR Caucus
Dennis Campbell	Think-Tanks
Derrick L. Cogburn	EU/NA Family
Diana Bronson	HR Caucus
Diana Mercoriors	African Region
Diego Levis	Education and academia
Divina Frau Meigs	Education and academia
Dmitri Vitaliev	EU/NA Family
Doaa Hassan	HR Caucus
Domingo Tavarez	Think-Tanks
Dorothy Okello	African Region
Doshiya Barwa	African Region
Dr Hillar Addo	Education and academia
Dr. Francis Muguet	Education and academia
Drossou Olga	EU/NA Family
Eddy Martinez	Think-Tanks
Edgar Mandrault	Multi-Stake Holder
Eduviere Solomon Owumi	HR Caucus
Elizabeth Carll	EU/NA Family
Emmanuel Njenga;	African Region
Eric Osiakwan	African Region
Eyinade Adedayo	HR Caucus
Fawzia Assaas	HR Caucus
Francis Lorenzo	Think-Tanks
Francis Morgan	Education and academia
Gbenga Sesan	African Region
Georg C. F. Greve	EU/NA Family
George Christensen	African Region
Greg Monaco	Education and academia
Gueye Mr?Gabou	Unions
Gus Ian Hosein	Privacy/Security
Hans Klein	EU/NA Family
Izumi Aizu	Think-Tanks
Jak Archibald	EU/NA Family
Jamie King	Network & Coalition Family
Jane Johnsen	Education and academia
Jean-Claude Gu?don	Multi-Stake Holder
Jean-Louis Fullsack	Education and academia
Jerry Berman	Think-Tanks
John DADA	African Region
John R. Gagain Jr.	Think-Tanks
Joseph SARR	African Region
Jouini Ms?Hind	Unions
Juan Avila	Think-Tanks
Juan carlos Gentile	Education and academia
Kafui Prebbie	African Region
Karen Banks	EU/NA Family
Katitza Rodriguez	HR Caucus
Kenji Saga	Think-Tanks
KOUMA Cyriaque Didier	Multi-Stake Holder
Kun Dr?Abyoto	Unions
LADY MURRUGARRA	Education and academia
Leonard Spiwak	Think-Tanks
Lisa McLoughlin	Network & Coalition Family
Luciana Luisa Papeschi	Privacy/Security
Lucie B?gin	Multi-Stake Holder
Mamadou GAYE	African Region
Marco Ciurcina	Education and academia
Margaret Mpolokoso	African Region
MARIE NDAW	African Region
markus Beckedahl	Privacy/Security
Marlyn Tadros	HR Caucus
Mayoro Faye	African Region
Meryem Marzouki	HR Caucus
Michele Trimarchi	HR Caucus
Milton. Mueller	Governance WG
Mimidoo Achakpa	Education and academia
Mr Laolu Sasore	Education and academia
Mr Lawase Akpolou	Education and academia
Mr Solomon Agunbiade	Education and academia
Mrs Olakunri	Education and academia
Ms Doshiya Barwa	African Region
Ms Ronke Bello	Education and academia
Ms Sara Kyofuna	Education and academia
Myoungjoon Kim	Network & Coalition Family
Nasser Boumenna	Multi-Stake Holder
Neil Mr?Anderson	Unions
nnenna nwakanma.	African Region
Olga Drossou	EU/NA Family
Olivier Nana Nzepa	African Region
Olumide Obidiran	African Region
Ousmane ABDOURAHAMANE	African Region
Ousmane Ly Mali	African Region
Owoseni Oluwabukonla	HR Caucus
Pape Momar DIOP	African Region
Pascal Fortin	Education and academia
Paul Uhlir	Think-Tanks
Philip J. Mr?Jennings	Unions
Ralf Bendrath	Privacy/Security
Raoul Weiler	EU/NA Family
Richard Jordan	Think-Tanks
Rick Duque	Education and academia
Rik Panganiban	HR Caucus
Robert Garc?a	Education and academia
Robert Guerra	EU/NA Family
Robin D. Gross	HR Caucus
Scholastica Wilson	African Region
Schombe Baudoin	African Region
Sean O Siochru	Network & Coalition Family
Shafika Isaacs	Education and academia
Sharon Hom	HR Caucus
Shiro Harada	Think-Tanks
Simon Davies	EU/NA Family
Souhayr Belhassen	HR Caucus
Stephanie Perrin	EU/NA Family
Talent Nyati,	African Region
Tattugul Mambetalieva	EU/NA Family
Theophilus N. Achua	Education and academia
Trine M. N. Jensen	Education and academia
Veni. Markovski	Governance WG
Vittorio . Bertola	Governance WG
Wallace Taylor	Think-Tanks
Wesley Shrum	Education and academia
William J. Drake	Governance WG
William J. McIver, Jr.	EU/NA Family
YJ Park	Network & Coalition Family
Yves Steiner	HR Caucus
Zlata Shramko	EU/NA Family
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From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Wed Dec  3 11:25:31 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS THETHA] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Think Web's virtually government free? Think again
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCIEFDDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

Fyi, Rikke
*********************

Dec. 1, 2003. 01:00 AM

Think Web's virtually government free? Think again

MICHAEL GEIST
LAW BYTES

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which will be held 
next week in Geneva, promises to be one of the most interesting 
technology-related events in recent memory. The result of months of 
discussion, the meeting will attract more than 50 heads of state and 
6,000 delegates who will address issues from the digital divide to 
Internet governance.

Internet governance questions have proved to be the most contentious 
during the lengthy preparations for the summit. At the global level, the

domain name system is administered by the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit corporation in 
California. While ICANN enjoys support from the United States as well as

the governments of several other developed countries, including Canada, 
many countries worldwide have begun to voice the view that all 
governments should share in the administration of the domain name 
system. Largely absent from the Internet governance debate in the late 
1990s, these countries have awoken to its importance and have sought to 
place the issue firmly on the global agenda.

The push for greater governmental involvement in the domain name system,

however, has many critics. Reflecting the popular notion that the 
Internet's remarkable growth has come largely without governmental 
regulation, critics of increased governmental participation in Internet 
governance believe the domain name system is best left to a 
decentralized, self-regulatory approach.

A new study I jointly conducted with the International 
Telecommunications Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, is being 
released today. It casts doubt on the perception that governments are 
not already active participants on Internet governance issues. In fact, 
governments commonly view their national domain names as critical public

resources that must be subject to governmental oversight. Given the 
near-ubiquitous role of government at the national level, it should 
therefore come as little surprise that governments have begun to seek a 
similarly influential role at the international level, where policy 
decisions may have a direct impact on their national domains.

The study surveyed all 189 ITU member states on the role of national 
governments within their domestic, country-code top-level domain 
(ccTLD). The survey featured questions on the policies of their national

domains and governmental involvement in national and international 
Internet governance issues.

Fifty-six countries, representing every global region as well as a broad

cross-section of developed and developing countries, responded to the 
survey. This includes the very large, including the United States, 
Canada, China, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, and South Korea, 
as well as the very small, including Seychelles, Burkina Faso, the 
Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Cambodia.

Contrary to most expectations, the study finds virtually every 
government that responded to the survey either manages, retains direct 
control, or is contemplating formalizing its relationship with its 
ccTLD. This is true even for governments, such as the United States, 
that generally adopt a free-market approach to Internet matters.

When asked about governmental involvement with their ccTLD, 47 per cent 
of responding governments said they retain ultimate control over their 
ccTLD by either running the domain as a public entity or enacting 
legislation granting themselves control over its administration. A 
further 25 per cent have taken steps to assert ultimate authority over 
their national ccTLD, while 20 per cent of respondents said they were 
considering formalizing their relationship with their ccTLD and expected

that relationship to change in the future. Only 7 per cent of 
governments said they had no role in their ccTLD and had no plans to 
alter the present situation.

While the survey reveals an increasing consensus among governments on 
the need to assert a proprietary interest in their national ccTLD, it 
also uncovers striking differences in the commercial approaches of those

domains.

Domain names are typically administered by one of four types of entities

at the national level:

    * Public institutions.
    * Non-profit entities.
    * Academic institutions and individuals.
    * Commercial companies.


The difference in approach often has a significant impact on both 
commercial and policy priorities.

Responding countries with public ccTLDs consistently ranked the public 
interest and the protection of intellectual property rights as top 
priorities, while the number of domain name registrations was viewed as 
the least critical priority. As the ccTLDs move toward increasing 
commercialization, the data suggest priorities begin to invert as the 
public interest and intellectual property protection diminish in 
importance, while the number of domain name registrations increase in 
priority.

This finding is supported by the fact that public ccTLDs are far more 
likely to include restrictions on domain name registrations that limit 
access to the domain to only those registrants who comply with national 
presence requirements. Those domains appear willing to forego larger 
registration numbers in favour of protecting the public interest - 
seemingly defined to include limitations on registrations designed to 
preserve the national character of a ccTLD.

With governments already actively participating in the Internet 
regulatory and policy process at home, they were bound to demand similar

involvement internationally. The true debate at next week's summit is 
therefore not whether governments should be involved in Internet 
governance. Rather it is how they will be involved.


Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce 
Law at the University of Ottawa and technology counsel with the law firm

Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. He is on-line at http://www.michaelgeist.ca

and http://www.osler.com (mgeist@uottawa.ca). The opinions expressed 
herein are personal and do not necessarily reflect those of the 
University of Ottawa or Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.

_______________________________________________
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From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Wed Dec  3 13:24:11 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] [DIGITALDIVIDE] Get involved in the cyber summit on the digital             divide
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCKEFFDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

From: The DIGITALDIVIDE discussion group
[mailto:DIGITALDIVIDE@OWA.BENTON.ORG]On Behalf Of James George Chacko
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:43 AM
To: DIGITALDIVIDE@OWA.BENTON.ORG
Subject: [DIGITALDIVIDE] Get involved in the cyber summit on the digital
divide


GET INVOLVED IN THE CYBER SUMMIT DEBATE ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

BBC World TV is broadcasting Digital Divide a one-hour long TV debate from
the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) on 11 December 2003 in
Geneva, Switzerland. YOU TOO CAN PARTICIPATE in this global event by sending
your questions to the Debate Moderator Mishal Husain  to:
MAIL@EARTHREPORT.INFO

Mishal will put the most interesting and relevant questions to our
distinguished panel representing governments, the United Nations, ICT
industry and civil society. They include: General Jose Maria Figueres,
former President of Costa Rica and Chair UN ICT task force, Kris Holverson,
Vice President Hewlett Packard, Lyndall Shope-Mafole, South Africa?s Chair
of the Presidential Commission on ICT for Sustainable Development, Leo
Moggie, Minister for Energy, Communications and Multimedia, Malaysia, and
Kanak Dixit, Editor of Himal South Asia.

You can watch the debate live on the Internet on 11 December 1230-1400 hrs
Central European Time OR you can tune in on 13th December to BBC World Earth
Report at 0810, 1210 and 2010 hrs GMT.

FIND OUT WHAT THE CYBER SUMMIT IS ALL ABOUT.
Watch Earth Report?s summit programmes  ?Communicating for Change? with
Anita Roddick on BBC World and BBC News 24 on 8th December at 2230 GMT,
repeated throughout the week; and the second part of ?Communicating for
Change?, broadcast just after the summit on 15th December at 2230.  Local
broadcast times available by looking up www.bbcworld.com

FIND OUT MORE:
http://www.tve.org   http://www.adip.net

James George Chacko
Programme Specialist
UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme
Tel: (603) 2095 9122
Fax: (603) 2093 9740
www.apdip.net

_______________________________________
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WSIS@lists.sn.apc.org
http://lists.sn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis

From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Wed Dec  3 13:24:15 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] [DIGITALDIVIDE] WSIS and The Human Development Agenda
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCMEFFDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

-------Apologies for cross-postings----------

WSIS and The Human Development Agenda
UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP), in close
collaboration with its partners, will highlight some of the key issues
relating to developing nations and their specific human development needs,
and ensuring that their views are addressed and considered at the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva.

It is increasingly important for global leaders and representatives from
civil society, governments and private sector debate, deliberate and
fervently seek to shape the future of the information society of tomorrow.
To do so, we must examine critical questions on how Information and
Communication Technologies (ICTs) are actually able to address global,
regional and national human development issues.  In addressing these
questions, UNDP APDIP is undertaking two major initiatives, which will
showcased at WSIS:

Pioneering Regional Human Development Report
An exclusive PREVIEW EVENT of the forthcoming ?Regional Human Development
Report on Promoting ICT for Human Development in Asia: Realising the
Millennium Development Goals? will be held at WSIS in Geneva on 11 December
2003 at the ICT4Development Platform by UNDP?s Asia-Pacific Development
Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) and the Human Development Resource Centre
(HDRC). This Regional HDR is a systematic study across nine countries in
Asia exploring the potential uses of ICT in human development, using the
United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a benchmark.
http://www.apdip.net/rhdr/preview-event/default.asp

Cyber Summit Debate - Broadcast Live Worldwide and On Web
A distinguished panel, including representatives from government, the
communications industry, civil society, and the UN will debate issues
emerging from WSIS on 11 December 2003. The debate will go live on the
Internet and viewers worldwide will be encouraged to send in questions to
the TV moderator. This debate will be broadcast to 275 million homes and a
million hotels in 200 countries and territories. It seeks to enlighten
policy-makers and the public internationally about the realities and
complexities of ICTs in a global context, so as to realise the potential of
environmentally sound development and the efforts to improve lives and raise
the status of poor and disadvantaged groups.
http://www.apdip.net/news/wsis-debate/default.asp


James George Chacko
Programme Specialist
UNDP Asia Pacific Development Information Programme
Tel: (603) 2095 9122
Fax: (603) 2093 9740
www.apdip.net

_______________________________________
WSIS mailing list
WSIS@lists.sn.apc.org
http://lists.sn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis

From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Thu Dec  4 01:55:24 2003
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070477573@[192.168.0.4]>
References: <2147483647.1070477573@[192.168.0.4]>
Message-ID: <p0510030cbbf44389c1e7@[192.168.11.3]>

We are only providing names and number of overpasses required or 
desired by each caucus/working group/family for the opening ceremony. 
Not the rest of the week, just the opening ceremony. Correct?

Thanks

Adam



At 6:52 PM -0500 12/3/03, Robert Guerra wrote:
>disregard my earlier email - this one is the most up to date...
>
>
>
>
>Count of Name
>Caucus/Region	Total
>African Region	37
>Education and academia	27
>EU/NA Family	20
>Governance WG	5
>HR Caucus	22
>Multi-Stake Holder	8
>Network & Coalition Family	7
>Privacy/Security	7
>Think-Tanks	18
>Unions	6
>Grand Total	157
>

(rest of list cut)

-- 

From annewalker at iwtc.org  Thu Dec  4 02:49:25 2003
From: annewalker at iwtc.org (Anne S Walker)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Launch of Online Gender and ICT Tool
Message-ID: <BBF4EBE4.4F30%annewalker@iwtc.org>

I apologize for any cross-postings of this announcement...

You are invited to the launch of

WOMEN COUNT COUNT WOMEN IN

an Online Tool for Gender and ICTs

to take place from 1-2 pm, December 10.

at 

Saleve Conference Room, Palexpo, Geneva.

We are hoping for input from as many as possible.
You can also come and talk to IWTC people (Anne and/or Yasna) at
Stand 739, ICT4Dev, Hall 4, Palexpo.
The NGO Gender Strategies Working Group Stand
 
There will be Women Count Count Women In brochures available at the stand.

To subscribe to the discussion on the toolkit or to send comments and
feedback, write to <countwomenin-subscribe@topica.com>

For more details, see attached flyer.

Anne S. Walker
International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC)
Special Projects Coordinator
1308/14 Kavanagh Street,
Southbank, VIC 3006
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (+61-3) 9682-1510
Mobile: (+61-409) 518-780
E-mail: <annewalker@iwtc.org> or
<aswalker@bigpond.net.au>


IWTC Headquarters:
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New York, NY 10017
Tel: (1-212) 687-8633
Fax: (1-212) 661-2704
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Web: <http://www.iwtc.org>



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From alalegre at fma.ph  Thu Dec  4 03:57:15 2003
From: alalegre at fma.ph (Alan G. Alegre)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
References: <2147483647.1070477573@[192.168.0.4]>
Message-ID: <025501c3ba1a$b4d24120$0d00a8c0@fma>

Robert and friends

Sean, Angela, and a few others in the CSB have posted several letters over
the past two weeks seeking to clarify with the Secretariat the issue of
overpasses, and SUGGESTING concrete mechanisms for an equitable and
efficient distribution of overpasses. Some information gaps also need to be
filled so that a system can be devised based on all considerations (e.g.,
security, multiple membership in families and caucuses, etc.). Liliane and
Ravita have on two occasions posted information on separate messages, but
more info is needed.

Your compilation is helpful Robert, but until *reasonable consensus* is
reached on the system which will work best (this is on the agenda on the
first CSB meeting on the 8th), then this list may be bombarded with
individual requests for passes, without appreciation of the criteria needed
to distribute these in the most appropriate way.

On a personal note, I just feel that for those who slaved away from PrepCom
1-3 should (if they so desire to attend the Opening Session) have som
priority over passes, and that is why a suggested system wherein Families,
Working Groups and Caucuses (content) being the best coordinators for names,
was forwarded much earlier.

Just my two centimes worth...

regards to all

Al Alegre
co-focal point, Asia Pacific CSO Family in CSB

P.S. The Asia CSO Caucus has not forwarded names yet, in deference to the
oft-repeated suggestion that a SYSTEM be in place before we deluge the list
with names.

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 7:52 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...


disregard my earlier email - this one is the most up to date...




Count of Name
Caucus/Region Total
African Region 37
Education and academia 27
EU/NA Family 20
Governance WG 5
HR Caucus 22
Multi-Stake Holder 8
Network & Coalition Family 7
Privacy/Security 7
Think-Tanks 18
Unions 6
Grand Total 157


Adam Peake Think-Tanks
Adel El Za?m Multi-Stake Holder
Ahmed K. Banya African Region
Akinsanmi TITILAYO African Region
Alain Ambrosi Privacy/Security
Alan Toner Network & Coalition Family
Albert Koellner HR Caucus
Alberto Escudero Pascual Privacy/Security
Alessia Neuroni Education and academia
Alice MUNYA African Region
Alke Ms Boessiger Unions
Amadou DIA African Region
Aminata Sokhna THIAM ?pouse GUEYE African Region
Amy Tai HR Caucus
Andr? G.C?t? Multi-Stake Holder
Andreas Krisch Privacy/Security
Andrew Clement EU/NA Family
Andy Carvin EU/NA Family
Angelamaria Loreto HR Caucus
Annie DAVIES African Region
Anthony Jones Think-Tanks
Babatope Soremi African Region
Bakary Faye African Region
Barau Gandu African Region
Beatriz Busaniche Education and academia
Bertrand LaChapelle Think-Tanks
Bertrand. de la Chapelle Governance WG
Bienvenu AKODIGNA African Region
Bruce Girard Network & Coalition Family
Catherine Fleming Bruce EU/NA Family
CHEIKH  ABDOULAYE BA African Region
Chris Bailey HR Caucus
Christine Ferrier HR Caucus
Christophe Alcantara Multi-Stake Holder
Claudia Padovani EU/NA Family
Daniel Bolomey HR Caucus
Dapo Ladimeji African Region
Dara WADE African Region
David Anderson Think-Tanks
Deborah Hurley HR Caucus
Dennis Campbell Think-Tanks
Derrick L. Cogburn EU/NA Family
Diana Bronson HR Caucus
Diana Mercoriors African Region
Diego Levis Education and academia
Divina Frau Meigs Education and academia
Dmitri Vitaliev EU/NA Family
Doaa Hassan HR Caucus
Domingo Tavarez Think-Tanks
Dorothy Okello African Region
Doshiya Barwa African Region
Dr Hillar Addo Education and academia
Dr. Francis Muguet Education and academia
Drossou Olga EU/NA Family
Eddy Martinez Think-Tanks
Edgar Mandrault Multi-Stake Holder
Eduviere Solomon Owumi HR Caucus
Elizabeth Carll EU/NA Family
Emmanuel Njenga; African Region
Eric Osiakwan African Region
Eyinade Adedayo HR Caucus
Fawzia Assaas HR Caucus
Francis Lorenzo Think-Tanks
Francis Morgan Education and academia
Gbenga Sesan African Region
Georg C. F. Greve EU/NA Family
George Christensen African Region
Greg Monaco Education and academia
Gueye Mr Gabou Unions
Gus Ian Hosein Privacy/Security
Hans Klein EU/NA Family
Izumi Aizu Think-Tanks
Jak Archibald EU/NA Family
Jamie King Network & Coalition Family
Jane Johnsen Education and academia
Jean-Claude Gu?don Multi-Stake Holder
Jean-Louis Fullsack Education and academia
Jerry Berman Think-Tanks
John DADA African Region
John R. Gagain Jr. Think-Tanks
Joseph SARR African Region
Jouini Ms Hind Unions
Juan Avila Think-Tanks
Juan carlos Gentile Education and academia
Kafui Prebbie African Region
Karen Banks EU/NA Family
Katitza Rodriguez HR Caucus
Kenji Saga Think-Tanks
KOUMA Cyriaque Didier Multi-Stake Holder
Kun Dr Abyoto Unions
LADY MURRUGARRA Education and academia
Leonard Spiwak Think-Tanks
Lisa McLoughlin Network & Coalition Family
Luciana Luisa Papeschi Privacy/Security
Lucie B?gin Multi-Stake Holder
Mamadou GAYE African Region
Marco Ciurcina Education and academia
Margaret Mpolokoso African Region
MARIE NDAW African Region
markus Beckedahl Privacy/Security
Marlyn Tadros HR Caucus
Mayoro Faye African Region
Meryem Marzouki HR Caucus
Michele Trimarchi HR Caucus
Milton. Mueller Governance WG
Mimidoo Achakpa Education and academia
Mr Laolu Sasore Education and academia
Mr Lawase Akpolou Education and academia
Mr Solomon Agunbiade Education and academia
Mrs Olakunri Education and academia
Ms Doshiya Barwa African Region
Ms Ronke Bello Education and academia
Ms Sara Kyofuna Education and academia
Myoungjoon Kim Network & Coalition Family
Nasser Boumenna Multi-Stake Holder
Neil Mr Anderson Unions
nnenna nwakanma. African Region
Olga Drossou EU/NA Family
Olivier Nana Nzepa African Region
Olumide Obidiran African Region
Ousmane ABDOURAHAMANE African Region
Ousmane Ly Mali African Region
Owoseni Oluwabukonla HR Caucus
Pape Momar DIOP African Region
Pascal Fortin Education and academia
Paul Uhlir Think-Tanks
Philip J. Mr Jennings Unions
Ralf Bendrath Privacy/Security
Raoul Weiler EU/NA Family
Richard Jordan Think-Tanks
Rick Duque Education and academia
Rik Panganiban HR Caucus
Robert Garc?a Education and academia
Robert Guerra EU/NA Family
Robin D. Gross HR Caucus
Scholastica Wilson African Region
Schombe Baudoin African Region
Sean O Siochru Network & Coalition Family
Shafika Isaacs Education and academia
Sharon Hom HR Caucus
Shiro Harada Think-Tanks
Simon Davies EU/NA Family
Souhayr Belhassen HR Caucus
Stephanie Perrin EU/NA Family
Talent Nyati, African Region
Tattugul Mambetalieva EU/NA Family
Theophilus N. Achua Education and academia
Trine M. N. Jensen Education and academia
Veni. Markovski Governance WG
Vittorio . Bertola Governance WG
Wallace Taylor Think-Tanks
Wesley Shrum Education and academia
William J. Drake Governance WG
William J. McIver, Jr. EU/NA Family
YJ Park Network & Coalition Family
Yves Steiner HR Caucus
Zlata Shramko EU/NA Family


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Thu Dec  4 04:30:08 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
In-Reply-To: <025501c3ba1a$b4d24120$0d00a8c0@fma>
References: <2147483647.1070477573@[192.168.0.4]>
 <025501c3ba1a$b4d24120$0d00a8c0@fma>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070494208@[192.168.0.4]>

Alan:


I agree with you, particularly on the concept of those who have worked
on WSIS in the past (both at the meetings themselves, and virtually
online) should have priority. 

Someone needed to take the initiative, to try to bring an order to
number lists people seem to be sending here, there and everywhere. I
have volunteered to compile the lists, in a hope to bring some order and
make it easier for us all to have an idea, a rough estimate as to how
many people we are talking about.

How the list gets used, and who ends up getting the overpasses is
something I do not what to do...that i'll leave to the rest, the plenary
to decide.

I would like to think that a centralized listing is better than tens of
different lists...

just trying to help

regards

Robert

From alalegre at fma.ph  Thu Dec  4 05:35:47 2003
From: alalegre at fma.ph (Alan G. Alegre)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
References: <2147483647.1070477573@[192.168.0.4]><025501c3ba1a$b4d24120$0d00a8c0@fma> <2147483647.1070494208@[192.168.0.4]>
Message-ID: <029c01c3ba28$78969ae0$0d00a8c0@fma>

Its appreciated, Rober t:-)t. Someone has to do it eventually and it appears
that it is now you! Thanks... :-)
(I continue to believe that is is the Secretariat's job, but maybe they are
busy with a million other things :-)

But my letter was precisely preventing any misunderstanding how this is
being handled, because of the lack of information and the lack of validation
of the system being proposed several times.

If you really want to take the lead in this, Robert (or anyone else) please
just lead in the discussion take in all the comments (there are few) to
suggest revisions to Sean's proposal, and then ask for endorsements.
(Similar to the Fellowships letter recently). And ask those who do not
endorse to clearly state their reasons and TO SUGGEST REVISIONS AND
ALTERNATIVES so we may move forward on this.

Even as the limits of online consultations like this becomes evident to all
:-), it is still the primary mode collective decision making which has the
most chance of transparency and accountability--as an alternative to
unilateral and notransparent decision making by a few which we are trying to
avoid.



----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <bureau@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...


> Alan:
>
>
> I agree with you, particularly on the concept of those who have worked
> on WSIS in the past (both at the meetings themselves, and virtually
> online) should have priority.
>
> Someone needed to take the initiative, to try to bring an order to
> number lists people seem to be sending here, there and everywhere. I
> have volunteered to compile the lists, in a hope to bring some order and
> make it easier for us all to have an idea, a rough estimate as to how
> many people we are talking about.
>
> How the list gets used, and who ends up getting the overpasses is
> something I do not what to do...that i'll leave to the rest, the plenary
> to decide.
>
> I would like to think that a centralized listing is better than tens of
> different lists...
>
> just trying to help
>
> regards
>
> Robert
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>



From rkoven at compuserve.com  Thu Dec  4 08:25:22 2003
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
Message-ID: <200312040325_MC3-1-5C65-690F@compuserve.com>

Robert --

Media Caucus submitted a list 0f 26 or 27 names quite a long time ago.

The M.C. Chair, Tracey Naughton, sent that and could provide once again.

Best, Rony Koven 

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Dec  4 09:31:35 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IMPORTANT - [ Latest operpass compilation...]
In-Reply-To: <029c01c3ba28$78969ae0$0d00a8c0@fma>
Message-ID: <A7A59CDC-263C-11D8-8DF9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi Robert, Al, and all,

Robert, thank you for your work in compiling a list. Unfortunately, 
your list doesn't take into account  the last information (although 
provided to you for information).

Your list doesn't take into account the coordination efforts we made 
between at least the human rights caucus and the privacy and security 
working group, although you are aware of this.

Please all don't add to the confusion.

I'm thus asking that this list be disregarded. As Al said, the more 
reliable information is the one provided by each caucus, working group 
or "family" coordinator.
These list should be send directly to the secretariat by each entity 
coordinator, with a copy to the plenary.
When room remains, the secretariat should satisfy the additional 
requests.

Meryem

Le jeudi, 4 d?c 2003, ? 06:35 Europe/Paris, Alan G. Alegre a ?crit :

> Its appreciated, Rober t:-)t. Someone has to do it eventually and it 
> appears
> that it is now you! Thanks... :-)
> (I continue to believe that is is the Secretariat's job, but maybe 
> they are
> busy with a million other things :-)
>
> But my letter was precisely preventing any misunderstanding how this is
> being handled, because of the lack of information and the lack of 
> validation
> of the system being proposed several times.
>
> If you really want to take the lead in this, Robert (or anyone else) 
> please
> just lead in the discussion take in all the comments (there are few) to
> suggest revisions to Sean's proposal, and then ask for endorsements.
> (Similar to the Fellowships letter recently). And ask those who do not
> endorse to clearly state their reasons and TO SUGGEST REVISIONS AND
> ALTERNATIVES so we may move forward on this.
>
> Even as the limits of online consultations like this becomes evident 
> to all
> :-), it is still the primary mode collective decision making which has 
> the
> most chance of transparency and accountability--as an alternative to
> unilateral and notransparent decision making by a few which we are 
> trying to
> avoid.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: <bureau@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest operpass compilation...
>
>
>> Alan:
>>
>>
>> I agree with you, particularly on the concept of those who have worked
>> on WSIS in the past (both at the meetings themselves, and virtually
>> online) should have priority.
>>
>> Someone needed to take the initiative, to try to bring an order to
>> number lists people seem to be sending here, there and everywhere. I
>> have volunteered to compile the lists, in a hope to bring some order 
>> and
>> make it easier for us all to have an idea, a rough estimate as to how
>> many people we are talking about.
>>
>> How the list gets used, and who ends up getting the overpasses is
>> something I do not what to do...that i'll leave to the rest, the 
>> plenary
>> to decide.
>>
>> I would like to think that a centralized listing is better than tens 
>> of
>> different lists...
>>
>> just trying to help
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Robert
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>
>
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Dec  4 09:38:30 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] NGO GSWG: Summit Overpasses
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031204093622.02a41628@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi all

the list as submitted by the NGO GSWG - please note, we have more than 15 
on our list, and those marked with an * i'm hoping can either be considered 
by a regional caucus (Asia-Pacific), or the CT list

karen

>To: liliane.ursache@ties.itu.int`
>From: karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>
>Subject: Summit Overpasses
>Cc: karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>
>
>Dear Liliane
>
>Please find below the list of names for overpasses from the NGO gender 
>strategies working group.
>
>could you let me know that you've received this message.
>
>many thanks
>
>karen banks
>===========
>
>1. Natasha Primo
>2. Chat Garcia Ramilo
>3. Karen Banks
>* 4. Raijeli Nicole
>* 5. Angela Kuga Thas
>6. Jennifer Radloff
>7. Anne S Walker
>8. Marie-Helene Mottin Sylla
>9. Katerina Fialova
>10. Lenka Simerska
>11. Dafne Plou
>12. Ra'ida S. Al-Zu'bi
>* 13. Aileen Familara
>* 14. Celeste Cinco
>15. Yasna Uberoi
>* 16. Mylene soto sol cruz
>17. juliet were
>18. Danijela Babic
>19. joanne henry
>20. catherine Njuguna
>* 21. Anna Hidalgo
>* 22. Yukie Hori



From alalegre at fma.ph  Thu Dec  4 11:59:43 2003
From: alalegre at fma.ph (Alan G. Alegre)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Information Note: Answers to questions on security, photo badges, CS center during the summit
Message-ID: <035b01c3ba5e$1adeb140$0d00a8c0@fma>

Savita of the Secretariat kindly answered the questions raised on the information note sent. (Some of these questions were also raised by Meryem, and responded to initially by Rik.

Look for her answers in blue...

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Louise Lassonde 
To: bureau@geneva2003.org 
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: Information Note




Alan G. Alegre wrote:

  Thanks for this, Savita--very very helpful. I have posted it to the Plenary list as well.


  Three Questions: 

  First:

  "Security 
  The Swiss authorities and UN/ITU have jointly prepared an overall security plan. As part of this plan, there will be a security perimeter around Palexpo, and only those participants who have received a photo-badge will be admitted inside this perimeter.
  Access to the Summit Premises during the Summit"

  Photo badge? Will this be provided for when (all) accredited people register? (I.e., a photo will be taken and a photo badge generated upon registration?) YES.

  Perimeter around Palexpo? The whole palexpo? Or only the specific summit areas (i.e., Hall 1? Hall 2). If a photobadge is required for all areas, then the photo will be taken upon registration, won't it? Just Halls 1 and 2


  Second:

  "The ICT4D Platform is being held in Hall 7, media representatives, officially invited delegates and people accredited to the WSIS have free entry. If you fall into these categories, please contact info@ict-4d.org."

  Why do we (officially invited delegates/people accredited by WSIS) have to contact info@ict-4d.org ?  I am not sure, but I doubt it is absolutely necessary.


  My last question is not related to the information note but to an earlier message I posted: 
  - What will be the CS "headquarters"/operations center/coordination center in Palexpo? 
  - Will there be a computer room, with internet access? (By the way, what is the situation of wireless internet access in Palexpo?)
  - Will there be a space to hold meetings and caucuses (of families or working groups)?
   We have 10 CS Offices to be shared amongst the Bureau. There is wireless access in these offices so its better to bring your laptops as there are no fixed PC as far as I know. There is a cybercaf? very close with over 100 computers. We also have the Agora room which is probably large enough for the Bureau, this could be used as an HQ.  All these questions can be discussed at the Bureau meeting.

  Hope for some quick responses--many people are leaving for geneva in the next few days...

  Thanks and regards
   Best, Savita
  Al Alegre
  Asia Pacific CSO Family
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Thu Dec  4 14:02:41 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
In-Reply-To: <mnet3.1070456726.14560.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAGEJPGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Pascal,

The meeting sounds very interesting.  Can you post the information in
English as well?

Thanks,

Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Tel: 631-754-2424
Fax: 631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of fortinp@club-internet.fr
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:05 AM
To: prep-l@geneva03.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; crisinfo@comunica.org;
alt.wsis@lists.riseup.net
Cc: info@verite-action.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights


Hi all,

Below is an invitation to a meeting on Tunisia and fredom of expression that
will be held in Geneva 9th december 2003.

INMHO, this meeting is of the highest importance for those who are concerned
with Human Rights and the preparation of the second phase of WSIS in Tunisia
and to network with tunisian HR militants from the diaspora. Hope to see
many of you there.

Rgds, Pascal Fortin.


----Message r?exp?di?----
>De: info v?rit?-action <info@verite-action.org>

>V?rit?-Action
>
>
>
>                       Invitation ? une soir?e d?bat

>
>Madame, Monsieur,
>
>
>
>Le 55?me anniversaire de la d?claration universelle des droits de l'Homme,
co?ncide cette ann?e avec le d?roulement de la premi?re phase du sommet
mondial de la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI) ? Gen?ve du 10 au 12 d?cembre
2003. A cette occasion, V?rit?-Action en partenariat avec le CNLT et
l'AISPP, organisent :
>
>
>
>Une soir?e-d?bat sur le th?me :
>
>
>
>La libert? d'expression en Tunisie:
>
>Etat des lieux et t?moignages
>
>
>
>Dont les principaux intervenants seront :
>
>
>
>Des journalistes
>invit?s sp?cialement pour cette occasion de la Tunisie
>
>
>
>Le mardi 9 d?cembre 2003 de 18h30 ? 21h30
>
>? la Maison des associations
>Rue des Savoises 15 (Salle Gandhi)
>1205 Gen?ve
>
>
>
>Une collation est offerte en fin de soir?e (th?, g?teaux tunisiens.)
>
>
>
>V?rit?-Action, suivant de pr?s la situation de la presse et de
l'information en g?n?ral  en Tunisie et des pers?cutions dont  sont de plus
en plus victimes des journalistes. Le dernier jugement de la journaliste
militante Naziha R?jiba (connue par Omm Ziad) ; l'arrestation arbitraire de
M. Abdallah Zouari,  les longues ann?es d'emprisonnement  et d'isolement de
M. Hammadi Jebali ainsi que la convocation de M. H?di Yahmed au minist?re de
l'int?rieur sur un article qu'il a publi?, sont des signes
r?v?lateurs d'une atmosph?re de censure et d'atteinte au m?tier du
journalisme et de la libert? d'expression. En Tunisie, o? se d?roulera la
seconde phase du SMSI en novembre 2005, la censure de l'information est
monnaie courante. Le d?lit d'opinion est une menace pour toute personne qui
tente d'exercer son droit d'informer ou d'?tre inform? via tous les moyens :
journaux, audio-visuel ou Internet.
>
>
>
>Par cette soir?e-d?bat, V?rit?-Action tient ? informer l'opinion publique
internationale, les participants au sommet  mondial de la soci?t? de
l'information et les organisations de d?fense des droits de l'Homme dans le
monde de la situation accablante des journalistes et de l'information en
g?n?ral. Elle vous invite ? participer ? cette soir?e et ? manifester votre
soutien aux journalistes d?tenus, aux prisonniers politiques et ? tous les
d?fenseurs des droits de l'Homme en Tunisie.
>
>
>
>Fribourg, le 1er d?cembre 2003
>
>M. Abdellatif Fakhfakh, Pr?sident
>

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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Thu Dec  4 14:25:56 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IMPORTANT - [ Latest operpass
 compilation...]
In-Reply-To: <A7A59CDC-263C-11D8-8DF9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <A7A59CDC-263C-11D8-8DF9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070529956@[192.168.0.4]>

Meryem:

I think coordinating all the lists is a good idea. 

There was NO COORDINATION of any lists - so that is what i was trying to
facilitate.


As i said, what do do with it - i'll leave that to be decided when we
all meet in a  few days.


regards

Robert


--On Thursday, December 4, 2003 10:31 AM +0100 Meryem Marzouki
<marzouki@ras.eu.org> wrote:

> Hi Robert, Al, and all,
> 
> Robert, thank you for your work in compiling a list. Unfortunately,
> your list doesn't take into account  the last information (although
> provided to you for information).
> 

From acarvin at benton.org  Thu Dec  4 14:40:47 2003
From: acarvin at benton.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
Message-ID: <34FCB0549227D7118420009027A8F38D0103F21B@ws5.benton.org>

Additionally, could you let us know if the meeting will include multilingual
translation or if it will be conducted only in French?

thanks,
ac

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:03 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; prep-l@geneva03.org; crisinfo@comunica.org;
> alt.wsis@lists.riseup.net
> Cc: info@verite-action.org
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
> 
> 
> Dear Pascal,
> 
> The meeting sounds very interesting.  Can you post the information in
> English as well?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Elizabeth Carll, PhD
> Focal Point
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
> Tel: 631-754-2424
> Fax: 631-754-5032
> ecarll@optonline.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of fortinp@club-internet.fr
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:05 AM
> To: prep-l@geneva03.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; crisinfo@comunica.org;
> alt.wsis@lists.riseup.net
> Cc: info@verite-action.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Below is an invitation to a meeting on Tunisia and fredom of 
> expression that
> will be held in Geneva 9th december 2003.
> 
> INMHO, this meeting is of the highest importance for those 
> who are concerned
> with Human Rights and the preparation of the second phase of 
> WSIS in Tunisia
> and to network with tunisian HR militants from the diaspora. 
> Hope to see
> many of you there.
> 
> Rgds, Pascal Fortin.
> 
> 
> ----Message r?exp?di?----
> >De: info v?rit?-action <info@verite-action.org>
> 
> >V?rit?-Action
> >
> >
> >
> >                       Invitation ? une soir?e d?bat
> 
> >
> >Madame, Monsieur,
> >
> >
> >
> >Le 55?me anniversaire de la d?claration universelle des 
> droits de l'Homme,
> co?ncide cette ann?e avec le d?roulement de la premi?re phase 
> du sommet
> mondial de la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI) ? Gen?ve du 10 
> au 12 d?cembre
> 2003. A cette occasion, V?rit?-Action en partenariat avec le CNLT et
> l'AISPP, organisent :
> >
> >
> >
> >Une soir?e-d?bat sur le th?me :
> >
> >
> >
> >La libert? d'expression en Tunisie:
> >
> >Etat des lieux et t?moignages
> >
> >
> >
> >Dont les principaux intervenants seront :
> >
> >
> >
> >Des journalistes
> >invit?s sp?cialement pour cette occasion de la Tunisie
> >
> >
> >
> >Le mardi 9 d?cembre 2003 de 18h30 ? 21h30
> >
> >? la Maison des associations
> >Rue des Savoises 15 (Salle Gandhi)
> >1205 Gen?ve
> >
> >
> >
> >Une collation est offerte en fin de soir?e (th?, g?teaux tunisiens.)
> >
> >
> >
> >V?rit?-Action, suivant de pr?s la situation de la presse et de
> l'information en g?n?ral  en Tunisie et des pers?cutions dont 
>  sont de plus
> en plus victimes des journalistes. Le dernier jugement de la 
> journaliste
> militante Naziha R?jiba (connue par Omm Ziad) ; l'arrestation 
> arbitraire de
> M. Abdallah Zouari,  les longues ann?es d'emprisonnement  et 
> d'isolement de
> M. Hammadi Jebali ainsi que la convocation de M. H?di Yahmed 
> au minist?re de
> l'int?rieur sur un article qu'il a publi?, sont des signes
> r?v?lateurs d'une atmosph?re de censure et d'atteinte au m?tier du
> journalisme et de la libert? d'expression. En Tunisie, o? se 
> d?roulera la
> seconde phase du SMSI en novembre 2005, la censure de 
> l'information est
> monnaie courante. Le d?lit d'opinion est une menace pour 
> toute personne qui
> tente d'exercer son droit d'informer ou d'?tre inform? via 
> tous les moyens :
> journaux, audio-visuel ou Internet.
> >
> >
> >
> >Par cette soir?e-d?bat, V?rit?-Action tient ? informer 
> l'opinion publique
> internationale, les participants au sommet  mondial de la soci?t? de
> l'information et les organisations de d?fense des droits de 
> l'Homme dans le
> monde de la situation accablante des journalistes et de 
> l'information en
> g?n?ral. Elle vous invite ? participer ? cette soir?e et ? 
> manifester votre
> soutien aux journalistes d?tenus, aux prisonniers politiques 
> et ? tous les
> d?fenseurs des droits de l'Homme en Tunisie.
> >
> >
> >
> >Fribourg, le 1er d?cembre 2003
> >
> >M. Abdellatif Fakhfakh, Pr?sident
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Dec  4 14:38:33 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IMPORTANT - [ Latest operpass compilation...]
References: <A7A59CDC-263C-11D8-8DF9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <3FCF46E9.A7438066@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> I'm thus asking that this list be disregarded. As Al said, the more
> reliable information is the one provided by each caucus, working group
> or "family" coordinator.
Sure, this was the consensus, as far as I remember. 

But as far as I can see it, Robert has just compiled one list based on
the lists done by the caucus/working groups/family coordinators. 

I think it is useful to have one place where all the lists are collated,
in order to see if there are duplications and for being able to shift
people from an overflowing caucus list to a shorter one if needed. This
will make sure that all people suggested by their groups really get in,
and there are no duplications that just waste overpasse slots.

If every group coordinator can check for mistakes on Roberts list and
send them directly to him, I would be very happy to use this service.

Ralf

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Dec  4 14:56:27 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IMPORTANT - [ Latest operpass compilation...]
In-Reply-To: <3FCF46E9.A7438066@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <09B0B73B-266A-11D8-9E2A-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Le jeudi, 4 d?c 2003, ? 15:38 Europe/Paris, Ralf Bendrath a ?crit :

> Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>
>> I'm thus asking that this list be disregarded. As Al said, the more
>> reliable information is the one provided by each caucus, working group
>> or "family" coordinator.
> Sure, this was the consensus, as far as I remember.
>
> But as far as I can see it, Robert has just compiled one list based on
> the lists done by the caucus/working groups/family coordinators.

Robert has done a great work. The only and major problem is that these 
lists are obsolete (although finalized lists have been sent for 
information).


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Thu Dec  4 15:16:25 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Latest Overpass List - Online
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070532985@[192.168.0.4]>

Latest overpass list is at the following URL:

<http://www.cpsr.org/~rguerra/wsis-overpass-latest.html>


Date last updated: December 4th, 2003 - 10:00 EST

I ask those people and/or caucuses list to please indicate if they need
passes for the opening plenary or not.

regards

Robert




--On Thursday, December 4, 2003 3:38 PM +0100 Ralf Bendrath
<bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:


> But as far as I can see it, Robert has just compiled one list based on
> the lists done by the caucus/working groups/family coordinators. 
> 
> I think it is useful to have one place where all the lists are
> collated, in order to see if there are duplications and for being able
> to shift people from an overflowing caucus list to a shorter one if
> needed. This will make sure that all people suggested by their groups
> really get in, and there are no duplications that just waste overpasse
> slots.
> 
> If every group coordinator can check for mistakes on Roberts list and
> send them directly to him, I would be very happy to use this service.
> 



From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Thu Dec  4 16:20:27 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
Message-ID: <mnet2.1070551227.25061.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

I'm afraid this meeting is a french speaking one.I have asked yesterday to organizers (they are in copy) if they would agree to include multilingual translation. I have had no answer at the moment. Volonteers to do translation at least from french to english might contact them - preferably in french - at info@verite-action.org

This meeting described as a side event of WSIS is organized to talk about freedom of expression in Tunisia with several tunisian journalists who will come to Geneva on this occasion.

It will take place on tuesday 9th d?cember 2003 from 6h30pm to 9h30pm at "la Maison des associations", 15 Rue des Savoises (Salle Gandhi), 1205 Gen?ve.

This meeting is organized by a swiss NGO - created by tunisians from the diaspora - called "Verite action" (http://www.verite-action.org/). The purpose of this NGO is to fight for Human Rights in Tunisia.

PF.


----Message d'origine----
>De: Andy Carvin <acarvin@benton.org>
>A: "'plenary@wsis-cs.org'" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>,
>Copie ?: info@verite-action.org
>Sujet: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:40:47 -0500
>
>Additionally, could you let us know if the meeting will include multilingual
>translation or if it will be conducted only in French?
>
>


From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Thu Dec  4 17:32:33 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Re: Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
Message-ID: <mnet4.1070555553.9415.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all, 

Below is the positive answer from Verite-Action.

INMHO, this meeting one the most strategic side event of WSIS.
Thus, I hope many of you will volonteer to do translation.

PF.


----Message d'origine----
>De: info v?rit?-action <info@verite-action.org>

>
>Hi all,
>Thank you for your messages and interest. I agree to do the translantion and
>i will send the invitation in english this night to you. On th 9th we agree
>that you help us in the translation. we thanks you very much for your
>help...
>safwa Aissa, V?rit?-Action
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <prep-l@geneva03.org>;
><crisinfo@comunica.org>; <alt.wsis@lists.riseup.net>
>Cc: <info@verite-action.org>
>Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:20 PM
>Subject: Re: Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm afraid this meeting is a french speaking one.I have asked yesterday to
>organizers (they are in copy) if they would agree to include multilingual
>translation. I have had no answer at the moment. Volonteers to do
>translation at least from french to english might contact them - preferably
>in french - at info@verite-action.org
>
>This meeting described as a side event of WSIS is organized to talk about
>freedom of expression in Tunisia with several tunisian journalists who will
>come to Geneva on this occasion.
>
>It will take place on tuesday 9th d?cember 2003 from 6h30pm to 9h30pm at "la
>Maison des associations", 15 Rue des Savoises (Salle Gandhi), 1205 Gen?ve.
>
>This meeting is organized by a swiss NGO - created by tunisians from the
>diaspora - called "Verite action" (http://www.verite-action.org/). The
>purpose of this NGO is to fight for Human Rights in Tunisia.
>
>PF.
>
>
>----Message d'origine----
>>De: Andy Carvin <acarvin@benton.org>
>>A: "'plenary@wsis-cs.org'" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>,
>>Copie ?: info@verite-action.org
>>Sujet: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
>>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:40:47 -0500
>>
>>Additionally, could you let us know if the meeting will include
>multilingual
>>translation or if it will be conducted only in French?
>>
>>
>
>
>
>


From info at verite-action.org  Thu Dec  4 16:22:18 2003
From: info at verite-action.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?info_v=E9rit=E9-action?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
References: <mnet2.1070551227.25061.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <001a01c3ba83$082aca50$0100a8c0@administrateur>

Hi all,
Thank you for your messages and interest. I agree to do the translantion and
i will send the invitation in english this night to you. On th 9th we agree
that you help us in the translation. we thanks you very much for your
help...
safwa Aissa, V?rit?-Action
----- Original Message -----
From: <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <prep-l@geneva03.org>;
<crisinfo@comunica.org>; <alt.wsis@lists.riseup.net>
Cc: <info@verite-action.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights


Hi all,

I'm afraid this meeting is a french speaking one.I have asked yesterday to
organizers (they are in copy) if they would agree to include multilingual
translation. I have had no answer at the moment. Volonteers to do
translation at least from french to english might contact them - preferably
in french - at info@verite-action.org

This meeting described as a side event of WSIS is organized to talk about
freedom of expression in Tunisia with several tunisian journalists who will
come to Geneva on this occasion.

It will take place on tuesday 9th d?cember 2003 from 6h30pm to 9h30pm at "la
Maison des associations", 15 Rue des Savoises (Salle Gandhi), 1205 Gen?ve.

This meeting is organized by a swiss NGO - created by tunisians from the
diaspora - called "Verite action" (http://www.verite-action.org/). The
purpose of this NGO is to fight for Human Rights in Tunisia.

PF.


----Message d'origine----
>De: Andy Carvin <acarvin@benton.org>
>A: "'plenary@wsis-cs.org'" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>,
>Copie ?: info@verite-action.org
>Sujet: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [alt.wsis] Tunisia-WSIS-Human Rights
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 09:40:47 -0500
>
>Additionally, could you let us know if the meeting will include
multilingual
>translation or if it will be conducted only in French?
>
>




From muguet at mdpi.org  Thu Dec  4 17:17:49 2003
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "Free Software, Free Society"  PCT Group event
Message-ID: <1070558271.2701.187.camel@m94.net195-132-172.noos.fr>

Announcement :

Poster :
http://www.wsis-pct.org/poster-PCT-A3.pdf


"Free Software, Free Society"
Wednesday 10 December 17H-20H
Room Cervin ( 300 seats )

Organizers : Georg Greve, Loic Dachary, Francis Muguet

Software is the cultural technique of the digital age and access to it
determines who may participate in a digital world. Because of its unique
social, educational, scientific, political and economic benefits and
opportunities, Free Software is one of the essential benchmarks of Civil
Society for the World Summit on the Information Society. Listen to and
meet leading global experts on what is an essential building block for
an empowering, sustainable and inclusive information society. Get input
for governmental policy decisions and ideas on how software shapes the
societies of tomorrow with people such as Richard Stallman, founder of
the Free Software Foundation.
AGENDA

    * 17:00 Georg Greve (FSF-Europe) Opening Statement
    * 17:05 Prof. Lawrence Lessig, CreativeCommons ( Chair Georg Greve)
    * 17:35 Richard Stallman, FSF ( Chair Georg Greve)
    * 18:15 Juan Carlos Gentile, Hipatia ( Chair Francis Muguet)
    * 18:45 Pierre Ouedraogo ( Chair Francis Muguet)
    * 19:15 Theo Bondolfi, Ynternet.org ( Chair Loic Dachary )
    * 19:45 Discussions ( Moderator: Loic Dachary )
* 20:00 Richard Stallman, FSF, Concluding Remarks 


-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 
muguet@mdpi.org   muguet@ensta.fr  

MDPI Foundation   http://www.mdpi.net 

World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups 
Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair 
Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
------------------------------------------------------ 


From muguet at mdpi.org  Thu Dec  4 17:19:31 2003
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Logiciel Libre, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Soci=E9t=E9?= Libre"
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ev=E9n=E9ment?= du groupe PCT
Message-ID: <1070558373.2702.190.camel@m94.net195-132-172.noos.fr>

 "Logiciel Libre, Soci?t? Libre"
Salle Cervin ( 300 places )
Organisateurs : Georg Greve, Loic Dachary, Francis Muguet

Le logiciel constitue la technique culturelle ? l'?ge num?rique et son
acc?s d?termine qui peut participer au monde num?rique. En raison de ses
avantages uniques du point de vue social, ?ducatif, scientifique,
politique et ?conomique, le logiciel libre constitue un des rep?res
incontournables de la soci?t? civile au sein du Sommet Mondial sur la
Soci?t? de l'Information. ?coutez et rencontrez les principaux experts
mondiaux pour comprendre ce qui constitue une base essentiele pour
construire une soci?t? permettant un ?panouissement durable et non
exclusif. Avec des personnes telles que Richard Stallman, fondateur de
la base libre de logiciel. venez prendre des id?es pour ?laborer des
d?cisions de politique gouvernementale en tenant compte que le logiciel
imprime ses concepts sur les soci?t?s du demain

AGENDA

    * 17:00 Georg Greve (FSF-Europe) Opening Statement
    * 17:05 Prof. Lawrence Lessig, CreativeCommons ( Chair Georg Greve)
    * 17:35 Richard Stallman, FSF ( Chair Georg Greve)
    * 18:15 Juan Carlos Gentile, Hipatia ( Chair Francis Muguet)
    * 18:45 Pierre Ouedraogo ( Chair Francis Muguet)
    * 19:15 Theo Bondolfi, Ynternet.org ( Chair Loic Dachary )
    * 19:45 Discussions ( Moderator: Loic Dachary )
    * 20:00 Richard Stallman, FSF, Concluding Remarks 

-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 
muguet@mdpi.org   muguet@ensta.fr  

MDPI Foundation   http://www.mdpi.net 

World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups 
Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair 
Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
------------------------------------------------------ 


From muguet at mdpi.org  Thu Dec  4 17:21:53 2003
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] # Towards a Free Science Scientific Information Working Group Event
Message-ID: <1070558514.2701.194.camel@m94.net195-132-172.noos.fr>

Poster
http://www.wsis-si.org/geneva-event/poster-SI-A0-en.pdf

 Open Access : Towards a Free Science

Revolution in Science or
Inevitable Scientific Evolution ?

Thursday 11 December 17H-20H
Room T

Organizers: Dr. Francis Muguet, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin

Open Access to Scientific Information is one of the most fundamental
issue of the Information Society which is made possible only because of
the progress of Science and Technology. Currently, a rather paradoxical
situation exists. Most scientific research is funded by public or
philanthropic institutions. Scientific authors are writing and
publishing the results of this research in papers that they are then
giving away absolutely for free to scientific journals. However, the
subscription prices of most scientific journals are extremely high, and
still rising, making them inaccessible to scientists all around the
world. Scientific Information is therefore subject to an irrational
digital divide. The Open Access journal movement and the Open Archives
movement are offering practical approaches that would allow scientific
information to be freely accessible to the whole world, in agreement
with the intent of the scientists themselves. Open Access would generate
huge savings in industrialized countries, monies that are urgently
needed to maintain research funding. Open Access would let transition &
developing countries have free access to scientific knowledge, an
absolute and fundamental requirement to build an effective education
system, and to provide the basis of a sustainable intellectual and
economical development. It would also help emergent countries to start
Scientific Journals on their own. Only historical inertia keeps the
current situation as it is now.

The recent Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the
Sciences and Humanities (22 Oct 2003) (WSIS/PC-3/C/0184 : English -
French ) that has been undersigned by the German and French Research
Agencies is definitively a very important step in favor of Open Access
that is likely to trigger a paradigm change all over the world
concerning Scientific Publishing. Already other research agencies from
Belgium(Flanders), and from Greece have undersigned the Declaration.
Other countries like Croatia are likely to follow. Therefore there is a
new dynamics towards Open Access that has been recognized recently in
the latest draft of the declaration of Principles.

3) Access to information and knowledge
We strive to promote universal access with equal opportunities for all
to scientific knowledge and the creation and dissemination of scientific
and technical information, including open access initiatives for
scientific publishing.

The goal of this event is to call the world to support and implement
nationally this recommendation of the Summit and to encourage many
countries to undersign the Berlin Declaration. It is hoped
recommendations and subsequent international national legislations may
trigger a rapid phase transition that would benefit to the whole
humanity.


PROGRAM & SPEAKERS


      INTRODUCTION


    o Dr. Francis MUGUET ( ENSTA / MDPI ) "Introduction to Open Access
Concepts and Eeport of the Working Group activities at the WSIS"


      GENERAL CONTEXT


          o Prof. Jean Claude GUEDON (Montr?al University)(to be
confirmed)
            "In Oldenburg's Long Shadow: the Path to the Current
Situation"



          o Prof. Lawrence LESSIG (Stanford University) (to be
confirmed)
      "Creative Commons and Open Access"


      The BERLIN DECLARATION


          o Prof Jurgen RENN & Dr. Simone RIEGER (Max Planck Institute )
            "Towards a Web of Culture and Science."

          o Dr. Francis ANDRE ( INIST/CNRS )
            "Open Access : The French Touch"

          o H.E Dr. Diana SIMIC ( Deputy Science Minister, CROATIA )
            "Open Access: a perspective from Croatia"

          o Prof. Arunachalam SUBBIAH ( Swaminathan Research Foundation,
INDIA)
            "Why open access? - A developing country perspective "


      OPEN ACCESS PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES


          o Dr.Leslie CHAN ( University of Toronto at Scarborough )
            "Making the 'lost sciences' from developing countries
visible through collaborative open access publishing : Experience from
Bioline International"

          o Prof. Shu-kun LIN ( MDPI / Ocean University of China )
      "An Open Access Initiative in Chemistry"


OPEN DEBATE




-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 
muguet@mdpi.org   muguet@ensta.fr  

MDPI Foundation   http://www.mdpi.net 

World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups 
Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair 
Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
------------------------------------------------------ 


From peter.armstrong at oneworld.net  Thu Dec  4 17:25:15 2003
From: peter.armstrong at oneworld.net (Peter Armstrong)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Open Knowledge Network Launch Next Wednesday
In-Reply-To: <035b01c3ba5e$1adeb140$0d00a8c0@fma>
Message-ID: <000501c3ba8b$9f8af390$2b99fea9@VaioSR>

Apologies for any cross posting - but hope this is of interest.
 
***
Launch of Open Knowledge Network: local content, local people, local
languages
 
You are warmly invited to the launch of the Open Knowledge Network (OKN)
in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the ICT for Development Platform
(www.ict-4d.org) and the World Summit on the Information Society
(www.itu.int/wsis
). 
 
Our launch will take place from 16:30 to 18:00 on Wednesday December
10th. It is part of the "Local Voices" event being organised by the UN
ICT Taskforce.  This will take place in Conference Rooms 2 and 3 of the
ICT for Development Platform, in Palexpo Hall 4. See
http://www.ict4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_kno
wledge/ 
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle> for more information.
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle>  
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle> Professor Swaminathan of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
will give the keynote address on the potential and benefits of OKN,
alongside many other OKN stakeholders, who will share their own personal
perspectives. Please join us for what will surely be an animated
gathering of passionate individuals.
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle>  
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle> To complement our launch, we are also exhibiting the OKN on stand
235 in Local Content and Knowledge street at the ICT for Development
Platform. In Geneva, we will showcase OKN as an innovative multi-sector
initiative, celebrating the achievements of the first phase and reaching
out to new partners.
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle>  
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle>  
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle> **** WHAT IS OKN? ****
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle>  
 
<http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Program/ICT4DForum/local_content_k
nowle> OKN (www.openknowledge.net) is a human network which collects,
shares and disseminates local knowledge and is supported by flexible
technical solutions.
 
OKN is not something new.  It's an original synthesis of tried and
tested ideas, building on what is already happening in many different
fields and joining up the dots. It is co-ordinated by IDRC, IICD, the
M.S.Swaminathan Foundation, OneWorld, Accenture and the Berkman Centre
of Harvard Law School.
 
Through joint efforts, OKN has now begun working alongside several
organisations in Africa and Asia who have taken on the role of founding
"hubs".
 
In East Africa, we are collaborating with two organisations:
- AfriAfya (www.afriafya.org), a network set up to explore practical
means of harnessing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to
improve access to relevant up-to-date health information for rural and
other marginalized Kenyan communities
- Arid Lands Information Network-East Africa (www.alin.or.ke), which
serves over 1000 grassroots development workers in Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania and Ethiopia.
 
In India, OKN is partnering with the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
(www.mssrf.org), which runs the Information Village Research Project in
Tamil Nadu. The project aims to test whether ICTs can become an ally in
poverty alleviation and whether they can be used as a tool in empowering
the rural poor.
 
In Senegal, OKN is shortly to begin working with ENDA Cyberpop
(www.enda.sn/cyberpop), a set of human and technical resources to
support and empower the social dynamics of the popular economy in urban
and peri-urban areas of Dakar.
 
 
**** WHO IS SUPPORTING OKN? ****
 
The development of the OKN is being coordinated by OneWorld
International (www.oneworld.net).
 
OKN is funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID)
(www.dfid.gov.uk), the Canada Fund for Africa
(http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/canadafundforafrica), and the Catalysing
Access to ICTs in Africa (CATIA) programme (www.catia.ws).
 
OKN's mobile channel development is funded by the Vodafone Group
Foundation, (http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com).
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/>  
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> We are grateful to the
Vodafone Group Foundation for their generous support of our launch.
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/>  
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> **** MORE INFORMATION ****
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/>  
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> If you would like further
information about the OKN or its launch, please contact Tori Holmes
(tori.holmes@oneworld.net, telephone +44 (0)207 239
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> 1400)
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/>  
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> We hope to see you at the
launch event and look forward to welcoming you on our stand! Watch our
for our limited edition invitations being handed out at the ICT4D
Platform ...
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/>  
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> Kind regards,
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/>  
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> Tori Holmes
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> Tori Holmes
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> Consultation and Set-Up Phase
Coordinator
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> Open Knowledge Network
 <http://www.vodafonegroupfoundation.com/> www.openknowledge.net
 
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From muguet at mdpi.org  Thu Dec  4 17:30:01 2003
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Libre =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Acc=E8s?= : Vers une Science Libre
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ev=E9n=E9ment?= Info. Scientifique
Message-ID: <1070559002.2702.203.camel@m94.net195-132-172.noos.fr>

Poster 
:http://www.wsis-si.org/geneva-event/poster-SI-A0-fr.pdf

 Libre Acc?s : Vers une Science Libre

R?volution dans la Science
ou ?volution Scientifique In?vitable ?

Jeudi 11 D?cembre 17h-20h
Salle T

Organisateurs de l'?v?nement: Dr. Francis Muguet, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin

L'Acc?s libre ? l'information scientifique est l'une des questions les
plus fondamentales de la soci?t? de l'information dont l'existence m?me
n'est rendue possible qu'en raison des progr?s de la Science et de la
Technologie. Actuellement, on constate une situation plut?t paradoxale.
La plus grande partie de la recherche scientifique est financ?e par des
?tablissements publics ou philanthropiques. Les auteurs scientifiques
rendent compte des r?sultats de leurs recherches dans des articles dont
ils font don pour absolument rien aux journaux scientifiques. Cependant,
les prix des abonnements ? la plupart des journaux scientifiques sont
extr?mement ?lev?s, et ne cessent de monter toujours plus hauts, les
rendant inaccessibles aux scientifiques du monde entier. L'information
scientifique est sujette donc ? un foss? num?rique totalement
irrationnel et artificiel. Le mouvement pour les journaux en Libre Acc?s
et les Libres Archives offre des approches pratiques qui permettent ?
l'information scientifique d'?tre librement accessible dans le monde
entier, en accord avec l'intention m?me des scientifiques. Le Libre
Acc?s conduit ? des ?conomies consid?rables dans les pays
industrialis?s, dont on a un besoin urgent pour maintenir un financement
de la recherche. L'Acc?s Libre permet au pays en voie de d?veloppement
et en transition d'avoir un acc?s gratuit ? la connaissance
scientifique, ce qui constitue une condition absolue et fondamentale
afin d'?tablir un syst?me ?ducatif efficace, et de fournir la base d'un
d?veloppement intellectuel et ?conomique durable. Il aiderait ?galement
les pays ?mergents ? constituer leurs propres journaux scientifiques.
Seule l'inertie historique maintient la situation actuelle.

La r?cente D?claration de Berlin sur le Libre Acc?s ? la Connaissance en
Sciences exactes, Sciences de la vie, Sciences humaines et sociales (22
Oct 2003) ( WSIS/PC-3/C/0184 ) qui a ?t? sign?e par les agences
allemandes et fran?aises de recherche est vraiment une ?tape tr?s
importante en faveur du Libre Acc?s qui est susceptible de d?clencher un
changement de paradigme partout dans le monde, en ce qui concerne
l'?dition scientifique. D?j? d'autres agences de recherches en Belgique
(Flandre), et en Gr?ce ont soussign?es la d?claration. D'autres pays
comme la Croatie sont susceptibles de suivre. Par cons?quent, il existe
une nouvelle dynamique vers le Libre Acc?s qui a ?t? reconnue r?cemment
dans le dernier projet de la d?claration des principes.

3) Acc?s ? l'information et au savoir
25 Nous nous effor?ons de promouvoir un acc?s universel, avec ?galit?
des chances, pour tous aux connaissances scientifiques ainsi que la
cr?ation et la vulgarisation des informations scientifiques et
techniques, y compris les initiatives favorisant l'acc?s libre aux
publications scientifiques.

Le but de cet ?v?nement est d'appeler le monde entier ? soutenir et
mettre en application au niveau national cette recommandation du sommet
et pour encourager de nombreux pays ? signer la d?claration de Berlin.
On peut esp?rer que les recommandations et ensuite les l?gislations
nationales et internationales pourront d?clencher une rapide transition
de phase au b?n?fice de l'humanit? toute enti?re.


PROGRAMME & ORATEURS


      INTRODUCTION


    o Dr. Francis MUGUET ( ENSTA / MDPI ) "Introduction aux Concepts du
Libre Acc?s et Rapport d'Activit? du Groupe de Travail au SMSI"


      CONTEXTE GENRAL


          o Prof. Jean Claude GUEDON (Universit? de Montr?al)(?
confirmer)
            "A l'ombre inmposante d'Oldenburg, le cheminement vers la
situation actuelle "



          o Prof. Lawrence LESSIG (Universit? de Stanford )
      "Une soci?t? Libre"


      La D?CLARATION de BERLIN


          o Prof Jurgen RENN & Dr. Simone RIEGER (Max Planck Institute )
            "Vers une Toile de la Culture et de la Science."

          o Dr. Francis ANDRE ( INIST/CNRS )
            "Le Libre Acc?s : l'approche fran?aise"

          o H.E Dr. Diana SIMIC ( Vice-Ministre de la Science, CROATIE )
            "Le Libre Acc?s : la perspective croate"

          o Prof. Arunachalam SUBBIAH ( Swaminathan Research Foundation,
INDE)
            "Pourquoi le Libre Acc?s ? - la perspective des pays en voie
de d?veloppement "


      INITIATIVES pour le LIBRE ACCES


          o Dr.Leslie CHAN ( Universit? de Toronto ? Scarborough )
            " Un essai pour rendre visible la 'Science Perdue' des pays
en voie de d?veloppement gr?ce au Libre Acc?s coop?ratif : l'exp?rience
de Bioline international" "

          o Prof. Shu-kun LIN ( MDPI / Universit? Chinoise de l'Oc?an)
      "Une initiative de Libre Acc?s en Chimie"


DEBAT OUVERT


-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 
muguet@mdpi.org   muguet@ensta.fr  

MDPI Foundation   http://www.mdpi.net 

World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups 
Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair 
Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
------------------------------------------------------ 


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Dec  4 17:40:36 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Human Rights Caucus - Overpasses requests
Message-ID: <F833B747-2680-11D8-9E2A-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear Liliane,

Please find hereafter the list of names for overpasses from Human 
Rights Caucus. They are in alphabetical order, there is no priority 
meant. We've understood that each caucus may ask for 15 overpasses.
Could you please acknowledge receipt of this message and let me know in 
case you need further details.

Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
WSIS Human Rights Caucus co-coordinator

1. Eyinade Adedayo - Alliance AIDS Initiative, Nigeria
2. Fawzia Assaad - Pen International
3. Chris Bailey - Virtual Activism
4. Souhayr Belhassen, OMCT (World Organisation Against Torture)
5. Daniel Bolomey - Amnesty International Swiss Section
6. Christine Ferrier, OMCT (World Organisation Against Torture)
7. Doaa Hassan - Virtual Activism
8. Sharon Hom - FIDH
9. Katitza Rodriguez - Privaterra
10. Owoseni Oluwabukonla - Alliance AIDS Initiative, Nigeria
11. Eduviere Solomon Owumi - Alliance AIDS Initiative, Nigeria
12. Rik Panganiban - World Federalist Movement
13. Yves Steiner - Amnesty International Swiss Section
14. Marlyn Tadros - Virtual Activism
15. Amy Tai - Rights and Democracy

--
Meryem Marzouki - http://www.iris.sgdg.org
IRIS - Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire
294 rue de Charenton - 75012 Paris
Tel/Fax. +33(0)144749239

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Thu Dec  4 18:08:43 2003
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west Asia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] urgent queston-whos attending in high level
Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV43KQpQq5pne00001217@hotmail.com>

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From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Thu Dec  4 19:18:29 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] urgent queston-whos attending in high level
Message-ID: <mnet5.1070561909.27739.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all, 

Here is a short list established by "le Collectif de r?sistance au SMSI" of some of the dictators and other heads of states who will attend this Summit on "Human Rights and freedom of expression" ;-).

Bye, PF.
_________________

- Ben Ali (Tunisie),
_ Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus : particuli?rement efficace dans la r?pression des mouvements sociaux), 
_ Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan), 
- J. Maria Aznar (Espagne : fid?le alli? de Georges Bush), 
Fidel Castro (Cuba), 
- J-P Raffarin (France),
- plus quelques dictateurs venus d?Afrique, du Moyen-Orient ou de pays de l?ex-URSS. 


----Message d'origine----
>De: "west Asia" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
>A: <bureau@geneva2003.org>, "Planery WSIS" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Copie ?: "Claire Chombeau" <claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int>,
>Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] urgent queston-whos attending in high level
>Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:38:43 +0330
>
>Blank
>Dear All
>
>I need to know who's attending from head of states or highest person, as we are encouraging Mr.Khatami to attend and seeking his support for declaration, and his office needs to know what is the level of attendance now, how could I get those info? does anybody knows? I think for CS is important to know in general in what level the countries are attending and will gives us a good view of how much WSIS was successful.
>
>With Regards
>
>Amir Barmaki
>


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Dec  4 18:35:37 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] overpass list for CS Privacy and Security Working Group
Message-ID: <3FCF7E79.7C7586F8@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Dear Liliane Ursache,

please find below the overpasses list from the 

WSIS Civil Society Privacy and Security Working Group. 

The list is in alphabetical order, as Meryem's list from the Human
Rights Caucus. 
Can you confirm to me also?

Best regards,

Ralf Bendrath
Group Coordinator

--------------

WSIS CS Privacy and Security Working Group list:

1. Alain Ambrosi, CMIC
2. Markus Beckedahl, Netzwerk Neue Medien
3. Ralf Bendrath, Group Coordinator
4. Diana Bronson, Rights and Democracy
5. Simon Davies, Privacy International
6. Alberto Escudero-Pascual, KTH
7. Robin D. Gross, IP Justice
8. Gus Ian Hosein, Privacy International
9. Deborah Hurley, Rights and Democracy
10. Albert Koellner, VIBE!AT
11. Andreas Krisch, VIBE!AT
12. Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri 	
13. Meryem Marzouki, IRIS (Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire)
14. Luciana Luisa Papeschi, Ius Primi Viri
15. Michele Trimarchi, Ius Primi Viri

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Dec  4 18:38:41 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] urgent queston-whos attending in high level
References: <mnet5.1070561909.27739.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <3FCF7F31.605CC621@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

As far as is reported and the Swiss are telling everybody, there will be
roughly 60 heads of state there. 

Our German chancellor Gerhard Schr?der withdraw his participation last
week, though, because of domestic timing problems with negotiating his
"agenda 2010" with the opposition. At least this was the official
justification. ;-)

Ralf

From veni at veni.com  Thu Dec  4 18:35:50 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: urgent queston-whos attending in high level
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV43KQpQq5pne00001217@hotmail.com>
References: <Sea1-DAV43KQpQq5pne00001217@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031204203425.02b5eec0@198.111.183.129>

Dear Amir and others.
Lists of heads of delegations who will be in Geneva are available to every 
embassy in Geneva.
The information is not classified, so you should be able to obtain it 
freely from your embassy (if you have one, of course, but I guess every 
country has a mission to the UN?)

Unfortunately I'm already in Vienna en route to Geneva, and can't help you 
more from here.

regards,
veni

At 21:38 04.12.2003 '?.'  +0330, west Asia wrote:
>
>
>Dear All
>
>I need to know who's attending from head of states or highest person, as 
>we are encouraging Mr.Khatami to attend and seeking his support for 
>declaration, and his office needs to know what is the level of attendance 
>now, how could I get those info? does anybody knows? I think for CS is 
>important to know in general in what level the countries are attending and 
>will gives us a good view of how much WSIS was successful.
>
>With Regards
>
>Amir Barmaki
>
>
>
>
>


From yjpark at myepark.com  Thu Dec  4 19:03:08 2003
From: yjpark at myepark.com (YJ Park)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The Internet - How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work (fwd)
Message-ID: <000c01c3ba99$434a95f0$122c3b18@YJ>

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 00:34:03 +1000
> From: Paul Wilson <pwilson@apnic.net>
> Reply-To: apnic-talk@apnic.net
> To: apnic-announce@lists.apnic.net
> Subject: [apnic-talk][Apnic-announce] Important WSIS event: The Internet -
How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work
>
> (with apologies for duplicates)
>
> Dear all,
>
> The following event is being held in Geneva during the WSIS Conference
next
> week, organised by ISOC and including representatives of ICANN and the
> Regional Internet Registries.
>
> The intention is to provide an opportunity for conference delegates to
learn
> more about the current system of Internet administrative coordination,
> sometimes known as "Internet governance", which is under rather intense
> discussion within the WSIS process.
>
> I would appreciate your help in publicising this event to all interested
> persons who may be attending WSIS.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
>
> Paul Wilson
> APNIC
>
> ======================
>
> EVENT:
> The Internet - How it works, Why it works, Who makes it work
>
> Date:
> Tuesday, December 9th at 9:30 to 12:30
>
> Place:
> Saleve room, Geneva Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
>
> Description:
>
> The Internet is now over 30 years old. The multiple facets of the Internet
> have evolved through the participation of all stakeholders - the technical
> community, business community, civil society, governments, academia, to
> mention just a few. This workshop explains how the Internet functions, and
> how it has evolved successfully with the participation of all
stakeholders.
> The Internet's success is due to the unique nature in which it develops -
> through international, transparent, inclusive processes, with no
restriction
> on the ability to participate. With no barriers to participation, there is
> also full accountability to the community.
>
> It is important in discussing "Internet Governance" to have a full
> understanding of how many things can fall under the term, such as fraud,
> trademark and copyright violations, spam, digital signatures, content
> control, and so on. No facet of the Internet can work in isolation,
> technology impacts policy, and policy can impact technology. It is also
> important to understand that there are many entities involved in any
aspect
> of the Internet, and the workshop will show the roles played by such
> organizations as ICANN and the role of ccTLDs, gTLDs, RIRs in relation to
> the do main name system, the work of the technical community such as the
> IETF, and the important work of organizations such as ISOC. The workshop
> will also explain how all interested parties, including governments, can
and
> do participate in some of these organizations, and how decisions are
> reached.
>
> All members of the Internet community with an interest in Internet
> Governance issues are invited to attend this workshop.
>
> Agenda
>
> 09:30 - 09:40  Introduction
>
> 09:40 - 10:10  Internet standards - IETF and ISOC
>                Speaker: Ms. Lynn St.Amour, President and CEO, Internet
> Society
>
> 10:10 - 10:40  ICANN current process and evolution
>                Speaker: Dr. Paul Twomey, President and CEO, ICANN
>
> 10:40 - 10:10  The Regional Internet Registry System
>                Speaker: Mr. Raul Echeberria, Executive Director and CEO,
> LACNIC
>
> 11:10 - 12:30  Panel Discussion
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                      <dg@apnic.net>
> http://www.apnic.net                            ph/fx +61 7 3858 3100/99
>


From rikp at bluewin.ch  Thu Dec  4 22:44:53 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
Message-ID: <79ED89AC-26AB-11D8-BF95-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Friends,

I just got back from the Geneva Palexpo to meet up with some of my 
volunteers and get registered for the WSIS.  I can not over-emphasize 
how large the facility is.  Bring comfortable shoes.

It' s still quite a mess over there, with the booths for ICT4D barely 
assembled and the plenary area still completely bare.  The registration 
area already had a long line!

I posted some pictures of what the Palexpo looks like now, in case you 
are curious:

	http://mypage.bluewin.ch/rikp/WSISpics/WSISpics.html

The good news is that every registered participant gets a nice WSIS 
bookbag with some tasty WSIS chocolates inside.  So you can't say that 
you left the Summit empty-handed.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
  Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
  World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
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From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Fri Dec  5 00:11:01 2003
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
In-Reply-To: <79ED89AC-26AB-11D8-BF95-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <BBF58BA5.2606%esther.joly@club-internet.fr>

Think for the photos

Esther

> De?: Rik Panganiban <rikp@bluewin.ch>
> R?pondre ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Date?: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 23:44:53 +0100
> ??: wsis-cs-plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I just got back from the Geneva Palexpo to meet up with some of my
> volunteers and get registered for the WSIS.  I can not over-emphasize
> how large the facility is.  Bring comfortable shoes.
> 
> It' s still quite a mess over there, with the booths for ICT4D barely
> assembled and the plenary area still completely bare.  The registration
> area already had a long line!
> 
> I posted some pictures of what the Palexpo looks like now, in case you
> are curious:
> 
> http://mypage.bluewin.ch/rikp/WSISpics/WSISpics.html
> 
> The good news is that every registered participant gets a nice WSIS
> bookbag with some tasty WSIS chocolates inside.  So you can't say that
> you left the Summit empty-handed.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> WFM
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
> Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
> World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 


From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Fri Dec  5 06:32:21 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
In-Reply-To: <79ED89AC-26AB-11D8-BF95-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <20031205063221.96126.qmail@web21327.mail.yahoo.com>

Thank you Rik ! Amali

--- Rik Panganiban <rikp@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I just got back from the Geneva Palexpo to meet up
> with some of my 
> volunteers and get registered for the WSIS.  I can
> not over-emphasize 
> how large the facility is.  Bring comfortable shoes.
> 
> It' s still quite a mess over there, with the booths
> for ICT4D barely 
> assembled and the plenary area still completely
> bare.  The registration 
> area already had a long line!
> 
> I posted some pictures of what the Palexpo looks
> like now, in case you 
> are curious:
> 
> 
> http://mypage.bluewin.ch/rikp/WSISpics/WSISpics.html
> 
> The good news is that every registered participant
> gets a nice WSIS 
> bookbag with some tasty WSIS chocolates inside.  So
> you can't say that 
> you left the Summit empty-handed.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> WFM
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>   Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
>   Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
>   World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 


=====

Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 






From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Fri Dec  5 06:32:49 2003
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west Asia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: urgent queston-whos attending in high level
References: <Sea1-DAV43KQpQq5pne00001217@hotmail.com> <p05100303bbf5939104d0@[192.168.11.3]>
Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV679JXOahnvB00002a46@hotmail.com>

Dear All

The problem simply is he is withdrawing to come to WSIS (president Khatami)
and we need him for supporting the declaration and Iranian government
commitment to its contents, it will weaken our position inside the country,
so we are trying to show him the importance of the event and necessity of
his and other heads of states presence, so I need a credible list of the
ones who are really coming.

If you have nay info, please inform us.

Regards
Amir
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>
Cc: "Claire Chombeau" <claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int>; "Liliane Ursache"
<liliane.ursache@ties.itu.int>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: urgent queston-whos attending in high level


Amir,

I expect you mean you are trying to have Mr. Khatami support the
civil society declaration :-)

The WSIS website seems to have been changed ready for the Summit to
start and much of the information has moved.  Press release below
describes which heads of state will be there, but as it lists Iran,
perhaps it is not as accurate as it could be.  And from November 11.

Thanks,

Adam


Global Leaders Back Summit

More than 50 Heads of State and Government to Participate

Geneva, 11 November < 56 Heads of State or Government have so far
committed to participate in the first phase of the World Summit on
the Information Society in Geneva (10-12 December 2003) with more
than 6000 delegates from government, intergovernmental organizations,
civil society, the private sector and the media. The Summit will
endorse a Declaration of Principles for the Information Society and a
plan of action to bring the benefits of information and
communications technologies for social and economic development to
people in all parts of the world. The World Summit on the Information
Society is being held under the patronage of Kofi Annan, Secretary
General of the United Nations (UN) and is being organized by the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized
agency for telecommunications.

?The commitment of so many heads to participate in the Summit is very
important as it will be the first opportunity to address in a global
forum and at the highest political level the challenges that lie
ahead in the Information Society. There have been many benefits in
the explosive development of information and communication
technologies, especially in terms of creating jobs and wealth
creation, but it is also creating legitimate concerns, such as
ensuring access to information and communication technology, while
preserving fundamental freedoms and human rights, security and
privacy,? stated Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary-General. The World
Summit will address some of these concerns by establishing a common
understanding among stakeholders about how to capitalize on the
opportunities, while addressing the challenges of the Information
Society.

?As information and communication technologies become more important
in all aspects of our lives, it is important that no one should be
left behind,? added Mr Utsumi. The draft action plan of the Summit
proposes a commitment to connect all of the world?s villages with
ICTs by 2015, and to connect at least half the world?s inhabitants by
that date.

The following is a list of countries whose Heads of State or
Government will participate in the World Summit on the Information
Society. These include, in addition to the host countries of
Switzerland and Tunisia: Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria,
Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cuba,
Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Iran
(Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Jordan, Korea (Republic of),
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, The
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova,
Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, St.
Kitts and Nevis, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic,
Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, Zimbabwe


At 9:38 PM +0330 12/4/03, west Asia wrote:
>
>
>Dear All
>
>I need to know who's attending from head of states or highest
>person, as we are encouraging Mr.Khatami to attend and seeking his
>support for declaration, and his office needs to know what is the
>level of attendance now, how could I get those info? does anybody
>knows? I think for CS is important to know in general in what level
>the countries are attending and will gives us a good view of how
>much WSIS was successful.
>
>With Regards
>
>Amir Barmaki
>
>
>
>


--



From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Fri Dec  5 06:40:18 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS side - events organizers
Message-ID: <20031205064018.231.qmail@web21325.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Colleagues,

Whenever it is possible, could you please post the
links to transcripts, photos, power-point
presentations etc, of your events on line ? 

Thank you !

Amali De Silva - Mitchell, Vancouver Community
Network, Canada

=====

Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 






From Armin.Murmann at ies.unige.ch  Fri Dec  5 08:25:36 2003
From: Armin.Murmann at ies.unige.ch (Armin Murmann - IES-HETS - =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gen=E8ve?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpass List - Online
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070532985@[192.168.0.4]>
References: <2147483647.1070532985@[192.168.0.4]>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20031205085456.00b033d0@mail.ies.unige.ch>


Dear Robert,

present at the first prepcoms and intersessions as a delegate for the
CREIS - a small NGO in the education and research field in french speaking 
countries
it turned out for me to be quite impossible to participate on all events. 
So I tried then to follow the discussions on the net.

Actually everything seems to become more and more complicated for SC - not 
only the content of the declarations are far away of what we consider as 
the essentials but also our physical presence at the sessions is not really 
desired. We need passes, pictures will be taken.....!!??

Yes I will participate to to the summit, less enthusiastically then I 
imaged a year ago, for sure, but..
so please, put me on your list for a pass.

Thanks a lot for the good job you do.

Kindly
Armin Murmann

At 16:16 04.12.2003, you wrote:

>I ask those people and/or caucuses list to please indicate if they need
>passes for the opening plenary or not.
>
>Robert Guerra

Armin Murmann


Institut d'?tudes sociales
HES sant?-social
rue Pr?vost-Martin 28
CH-1211 Gen?ve 4

0041 22 322'1'408 (direct) ou 414
www.ies-geneve.ch 
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From valjevans at msn.com  Fri Dec  5 09:16:26 2003
From: valjevans at msn.com (Valerie Evans)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: urgent queston-whos attending in high level
References: <Sea1-DAV43KQpQq5pne00001217@hotmail.com> <p05100303bbf5939104d0@[192.168.11.3]> <Sea1-DAV679JXOahnvB00002a46@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV102UT2ZcsWz00007d04@hotmail.com>

Dear Amir
Regret the UK cannot help. We have a  Minister from the Department of Trade
and Industry, Stephen Timms representing the UK. Splendid chap of course
and the Brits are all meeting him at a British Council breakfast reception
on Thursday 11. December. However we women of the UK had hoped that the Head
of the Department of Trade and Industry, the Secretary of State, Patricia
Hewitt, might have come but it was not to be. Reason for such a wish, she
also happens to be the Minister for Women and is in the Cabinet and is one
of the senior members of the government and of course female !!!!!
I am flying over Sunday morning. See you in Geneva
Valerie  [Evans]

----- Original Message -----
From: "west Asia" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>
Cc: "Planery WSIS" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 6:32 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: urgent queston-whos attending in high level


> Dear All
>
> The problem simply is he is withdrawing to come to WSIS (president
Khatami)
> and we need him for supporting the declaration and Iranian government
> commitment to its contents, it will weaken our position inside the
country,
> so we are trying to show him the importance of the event and necessity of
> his and other heads of states presence, so I need a credible list of the
> ones who are really coming.
>
> If you have nay info, please inform us.
>
> Regards
> Amir
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
> To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>
> Cc: "Claire Chombeau" <claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int>; "Liliane Ursache"
> <liliane.ursache@ties.itu.int>
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:46 AM
> Subject: Re: urgent queston-whos attending in high level
>
>
> Amir,
>
> I expect you mean you are trying to have Mr. Khatami support the
> civil society declaration :-)
>
> The WSIS website seems to have been changed ready for the Summit to
> start and much of the information has moved.  Press release below
> describes which heads of state will be there, but as it lists Iran,
> perhaps it is not as accurate as it could be.  And from November 11.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>
>
> Global Leaders Back Summit
>
> More than 50 Heads of State and Government to Participate
>
> Geneva, 11 November < 56 Heads of State or Government have so far
> committed to participate in the first phase of the World Summit on
> the Information Society in Geneva (10-12 December 2003) with more
> than 6000 delegates from government, intergovernmental organizations,
> civil society, the private sector and the media. The Summit will
> endorse a Declaration of Principles for the Information Society and a
> plan of action to bring the benefits of information and
> communications technologies for social and economic development to
> people in all parts of the world. The World Summit on the Information
> Society is being held under the patronage of Kofi Annan, Secretary
> General of the United Nations (UN) and is being organized by the
> International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized
> agency for telecommunications.
>
> ?The commitment of so many heads to participate in the Summit is very
> important as it will be the first opportunity to address in a global
> forum and at the highest political level the challenges that lie
> ahead in the Information Society. There have been many benefits in
> the explosive development of information and communication
> technologies, especially in terms of creating jobs and wealth
> creation, but it is also creating legitimate concerns, such as
> ensuring access to information and communication technology, while
> preserving fundamental freedoms and human rights, security and
> privacy,? stated Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary-General. The World
> Summit will address some of these concerns by establishing a common
> understanding among stakeholders about how to capitalize on the
> opportunities, while addressing the challenges of the Information
> Society.
>
> ?As information and communication technologies become more important
> in all aspects of our lives, it is important that no one should be
> left behind,? added Mr Utsumi. The draft action plan of the Summit
> proposes a commitment to connect all of the world?s villages with
> ICTs by 2015, and to connect at least half the world?s inhabitants by
> that date.
>
> The following is a list of countries whose Heads of State or
> Government will participate in the World Summit on the Information
> Society. These include, in addition to the host countries of
> Switzerland and Tunisia: Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Austria,
> Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria,
> Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cuba,
> Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Iran
> (Islamic Republic of), Ireland, Jordan, Korea (Republic of),
> Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, The
> former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova,
> Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, St.
> Kitts and Nevis, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic,
> Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Ukraine, Zimbabwe
>
>
> At 9:38 PM +0330 12/4/03, west Asia wrote:
> >
> >
> >Dear All
> >
> >I need to know who's attending from head of states or highest
> >person, as we are encouraging Mr.Khatami to attend and seeking his
> >support for declaration, and his office needs to know what is the
> >level of attendance now, how could I get those info? does anybody
> >knows? I think for CS is important to know in general in what level
> >the countries are attending and will gives us a good view of how
> >much WSIS was successful.
> >
> >With Regards
> >
> >Amir Barmaki
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>

From rfj at humanrights.dk  Fri Dec  5 11:47:28 2003
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil society statement 5th dec. morning session
Message-ID: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D5617@srvexc01.dupa.dk>

Dear all

The below statement was read by CS (Jane Johnsen DK) on behalf of Civil society at
the Plenary this morning. It is a revised version of the Civil society press
statement of 14. november 2003, presented at the end of PrepCom IIIa.

best
Rikke

_____________
Civil Society Statement at Eight Plenary of PrepCom III resumed session, 5th
December 2003

Thank you, Chair

Through our observation of the process, Civil Society has identified two main
problem areas that impede progress in the WSIS:

1. How to correct imbalances in riches, imbalances of rights, imbalances of
power, or imbalances of access. In particular, governments do not agree on
even the principle of a financial effort to overcome the so-called Digital
Divide; this is all the more difficult to accept given that the summit
process was started two years ago with precisely that objective.

2. The struggle over human rights. Not even the basis of human life in
dignity and equality, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights finds support
as the basis for the Information Society. Governments are not able to agree
on a commitment to basic human right standards as the basis for the
Information Society, most prominent in this case being the freedom of
expression.

These are the essential conflicts among governments, as we see them now.
There is also ongoing argument over issues such as media, internet
governance, limited intellectual monopolies such as copyright, Free Software,
security and so on. This underlines our assessment that there is a lack of a
common vision.

The underlying struggle we see here is the old world of governments and
traditional diplomacy confronting challenges and realities of the 21st
century.

We recognize the problems governments face in trying to address a range of
difficult, complex and politically divisive issues in the two summit
documents.

Governments are challenged by the power of new technologies and the way
people are using them to network, to create new forms of partnerships and
collaboration, to share experiences and knowledge locally and globally.

This, combined with the fear and security focus of the past two years,
compounds political uncertainty and is also played out in the WSIS process.

But: Do we want to base our vision of the information society on fear and
uncertainty or on curiosity, compassion and the spirit of looking forward?

The WSIS process has slowly but constantly been moving from ?information?
to ?society?. It was started with a technocratic infrastracture-oriented
perspective in the ITU. We are proud to say that we were crucial in bringing
home the idea that in the end, the information society is about people, the
communication society is about social processes, and the knowledge society is
about society?s values. In the end, it is not digital ? it is dignity that
counts.

The whole process has shown a lack of interest among some governments in
forming a common vision for the information society.

This is the first time that civil society has participated in such a way in a
summit preparation process. We have worked very hard to include issues that
some did not expect to be included. We have had some successes, while in a
number of areas we were not heard or even listened to.

Therefore, we will now stop giving detailed input to the intergovernmental
documents. Our position is that we do not want to endorse documents that
represent the lowest common denominator. We will however stay in the process.

We have produced essential benchmarks ? our ethical framework ? which we
provided at the end of PrepCom IIIa. Governments risk overlooking key issues
in the hair-splitting and compromise of negotiations.

The current stalemate deepens our belief in the need for the inclusion of all
stakeholders in decision-making processes. Where rulers cannot reach
consensus, the voices of civil society, communities and citizens can and
should provide guidance.

We have started to draft our own vision document as the result of a two-year,
bottom-up, transparent and inclusive online and offline discussion process
among civil society groups from all over the world.

We will present our vision at the Summit. We invite all interested parties,
from all sectors of society, to join us in open discussion and debate in a
true multi-stakeholder process.

New mechanisms and structures are possible and can resolve these impasses and
enable people to work together globally and inclusively.

Governments know they cannot address these issues alone. Any mechanism for
the period following Geneva that does not closely associate civil society and
other stakeholders is not only unacceptable in principle, it is also doomed
to fail.

Like many other actors, including some governments, we do not want the
opportunities offered by the unique gathering in Geneva to be wasted. We hope
to find substantial improvement for the phase leading us to the second phase
of the summit in 2005.

Irrespective of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society,
civil society will continue what we have been doing all along: Doing our
work, implementing and renewing our vision, working together in local and
global bottom-up processes - and thereby shaping a shared and inclusive
knowledge society.
------- End of Forwarded Message -------
------- End of Forwarded Message -------





From fnf752918 at mail.una.dk  Fri Dec  5 11:33:39 2003
From: fnf752918 at mail.una.dk (Dorte Munch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Civil society statement 5th dec. morning session
In-Reply-To: <20031205112733.M97443@mail.una.dk>
References: <20031205112733.M97443@mail.una.dk>
Message-ID: <20031205113339.M49477@mail.una.dk>

Dear all

Following statement was read by Jane Johnsen on behalf of Civil society at 
the Plenary this morning. It is a revised version of the Civil society press 
statement at the end of PrepCom IIIa.

Dorte

_____________
Civil Society Statement at Eight Plenary of PrepCom III resumed session, 5th 
December 2003 

Thank you, Chair

Through our observation of the process, Civil Society has identified two main 
problem areas that impede progress in the WSIS:

1. How to correct imbalances in riches, imbalances of rights, imbalances of 
power, or imbalances of access. In particular, governments do not agree on 
even the principle of a financial effort to overcome the so-called Digital 
Divide; this is all the more difficult to accept given that the summit 
process was started two years ago with precisely that objective.

2. The struggle over human rights. Not even the basis of human life in 
dignity and equality, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights finds support 
as the basis for the Information Society. Governments are not able to agree 
on a commitment to basic human right standards as the basis for the 
Information Society, most prominent in this case being the freedom of 
expression.

These are the essential conflicts among governments, as we see them now. 
There is also ongoing argument over issues such as media, internet 
governance, limited intellectual monopolies such as copyright, Free Software, 
security and so on. This underlines our assessment that there is a lack of a 
common vision.

The underlying struggle we see here is the old world of governments and 
traditional diplomacy confronting challenges and realities of the 21st 
century.

We recognize the problems governments face in trying to address a range of 
difficult, complex and politically divisive issues in the two summit 
documents.

Governments are challenged by the power of new technologies and the way 
people are using them to network, to create new forms of partnerships and 
collaboration, to share experiences and knowledge locally and globally. 

This, combined with the fear and security focus of the past two years, 
compounds political uncertainty and is also played out in the WSIS process.

But: Do we want to base our vision of the information society on fear and 
uncertainty or on curiosity, compassion and the spirit of looking forward?

The WSIS process has slowly but constantly been moving from ?information? 
to ?society?. It was started with a technocratic infrastracture-oriented 
perspective in the ITU. We are proud to say that we were crucial in bringing 
home the idea that in the end, the information society is about people, the 
communication society is about social processes, and the knowledge society is 
about society?s values. In the end, it is not digital ? it is dignity that 
counts.

The whole process has shown a lack of interest among some governments in 
forming a common vision for the information society. 

This is the first time that civil society has participated in such a way in a 
summit preparation process. We have worked very hard to include issues that 
some did not expect to be included. We have had some successes, while in a 
number of areas we were not heard or even listened to. 

Therefore, we will now stop giving detailed input to the intergovernmental 
documents. Our position is that we do not want to endorse documents that 
represent the lowest common denominator. We will however stay in the process.

We have produced essential benchmarks ? our ethical framework ? which we 
provided at the end of PrepCom IIIa. Governments risk overlooking key issues 
in the hair-splitting and compromise of negotiations.

The current stalemate deepens our belief in the need for the inclusion of all 
stakeholders in decision-making processes. Where rulers cannot reach 
consensus, the voices of civil society, communities and citizens can and 
should provide guidance.

We have started to draft our own vision document as the result of a two-year, 
bottom-up, transparent and inclusive online and offline discussion process 
among civil society groups from all over the world. 

We will present our vision at the Summit. We invite all interested parties, 
from all sectors of society, to join us in open discussion and debate in a 
true multi-stakeholder process.

New mechanisms and structures are possible and can resolve these impasses and 
enable people to work together globally and inclusively.

Governments know they cannot address these issues alone. Any mechanism for 
the period following Geneva that does not closely associate civil society and 
other stakeholders is not only unacceptable in principle, it is also doomed 
to fail. 

Like many other actors, including some governments, we do not want the 
opportunities offered by the unique gathering in Geneva to be wasted. We hope 
to find substantial improvement for the phase leading us to the second phase 
of the summit in 2005.

Irrespective of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, 
civil society will continue what we have been doing all along: Doing our 
work, implementing and renewing our vision, working together in local and 
global bottom-up processes - and thereby shaping a shared and inclusive 
knowledge society.
------- End of Forwarded Message -------




From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Dec  5 11:56:08 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil society statement 5th dec. morning
  session
In-Reply-To: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D5617@srvexc01.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031205115543.040bd5d8@pop.gn.apc.org>

well done all (how many of you are there at the moment?)

karen

At 12:47 05/12/2003 +0100, Rikke Frank Joergensen wrote:
>Dear all
>
>The below statement was read by CS (Jane Johnsen DK) on behalf of Civil 
>society at
>the Plenary this morning. It is a revised version of the Civil society press
>statement of 14. november 2003, presented at the end of PrepCom IIIa.
>
>best
>Rikke
>
>_____________
>Civil Society Statement at Eight Plenary of PrepCom III resumed session, 5th
>December 2003



From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Dec  5 12:33:40 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] POSTING TO PLENARY/CT
In-Reply-To: <20031205113339.M49477@mail.una.dk>
References: <20031205112733.M97443@mail.una.dk>
 <20031205112733.M97443@mail.una.dk>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031205123211.041d5cb0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi dorte

thanks - we have this a few times now ;) (i haven't approved a couple of 
copies).

Could we try to make sure one person is responsible for posting to plenary 
and the ct lists?

thanks!
karen

At 13:33 05/12/2003 +0200, Dorte Munch wrote:
>Dear all
>
>Following statement was read by Jane Johnsen on behalf of Civil society at
>the Plenary this morning. It is a revised version of the Civil society press
>statement at the end of PrepCom IIIa.
>
>Dorte
>____________



From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Dec  5 13:52:28 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ** POSTING TO THESE LISTS **
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031205134805.0167ed98@pop.gn.apc.org>

dear all

I wanted to let you know that I will have very little time to manage these 
lists during the Summit and that:

- i will *not* be approving posts from people who are already subcribed to 
the list, but who post from different email addresses. If you receive a 
notification back from the list saying that a post of yours is awaiting 
approval - and you are subscribed to the list, resend your post from the 
subscribed address, or send another subscription request to:

plenary: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
ct: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ct

- i will also *not* be approving posts from non-subscribers

- i will not approve duplicate postings (ie when several people post the 
same information)

- i will obvisouly approve new subscriptions

apologies if this is an inconvenience but it is a very time consuming task 
and i (and adam who continue to help on plenary) will simply not have the time.

all the best
karen


From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Fri Dec  5 15:32:03 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunisia-WSIS-Human-Rights-Meeting
Message-ID: <mnet1.1070634723.23737.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

Below is an ENGLISH translation of the invitation to a meeting on TUNISIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION that will be held in Geneva on 9th december 2003 from 6h30pm to 9h30pm.

I'm not sure volonteer translators from french to english have already been found. So, if you feel comfortable enough to help them for the translation - or if you know people who could do that for them - , please, contact organizers at : info@verite-action.org

I'm sure you understand this meeting is very important in the context of preparation of the second phase of WSIS that will take place in Tunisia in november 2005.

Bye, PF.

 
--------------------------

Ladies  & Gentleman,

The 55 anniversary of International Declaration of Human Rights this year will coincides with the first phase meeting of Information Community Summit in Geneva10-12 December 2003. The V?rit?-Action association take this opportunity and organize:


Night debate under the title:

"Freedom of Expression in Tunisia: Evaluations and Testimonies"


Group of journalists will participate in the debates who come especially from Tunisia, in addition with group of international organisations.


The meeting takes place in

La maison des associations
Salle Gandhi
Rue des Savoies 15
1205 Geneva


Free special Tunisians dissertations
And Tea will be served at the end of the cession


From steve at commedia.org.uk  Fri Dec  5 14:45:55 2003
From: steve at commedia.org.uk (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] BBC online coverage...
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20031205143602.036cc420@pop.gn.apc.org>

BBC online have now set up a special section on WSIS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2003/the_igeneration/default.stm

Here is an opinion piece I was asked to write as a civil society perspective
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3251024.stm

There is also a "have your say" section with some good contributions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3257256.stm


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            steve@commedia.org.uk
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From dbronson at ichrdd.ca  Fri Dec  5 14:57:47 2003
From: dbronson at ichrdd.ca (dbronson@ichrdd.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] more on human rights in Tunisia
In-Reply-To: <mnet1.1070634723.23737.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <OF9A9259AD.0C50F369-ON85256DF3.00519A6F-85256DF3.005231DC@ichrdd.ca>





Hello all.

The Human Rights caucus will also be addressing the situation of human
rights in Tunisia in the Comunications Rights in the Information Society
Forum which takes place on December 11.     We are honoured to have Souhayr
Belhassen, the vice-president of the Tunisan Human Rights League with us,
in addition to several other facinating speakers, including Sharon Hom,
executive director of Human Right in China and our keynote,  Aminata
Traor?, former minister in Mali and distinguished author.

More information on this session can be found at
www.communicationrights.org.  Please note that there is English-French
-Spanish Interpretation and registration is required.

The human rights part of the day is reproduced here:

                                                                            
 4. Communication and Human Rights                                          
                                                                            
                                                                            
 Convenor: WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus                           
                                                                            
                                                                            
 Host: Meryem Marzouki (IRIS, Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire,       
 Paris)                                                                     
                                                                            
                                                                            
 Speakers: Aminata Traor? (Writer, Former Minister of Culture in Mali,      
 Founder of the Forum For Another Mali, Keynote), Sharon Hom (Human Rights  
 in China, USA), Souhayr Belhassen (Tunisian Human Rights League, Tunisia), 
 Art McGee (Media Alliance, USA), Amy West (Article 19, South Africa and    
 UK), Stefano Rodota (Chairman of the European Data Protection              
 Commissionners Working Group, Italy, to be confirmed)                      
                                                                            
                                                                            
 An often made presumption is that ICTs will necessarily have a beneficial  
 impact on human rights, democracy and development. However, in many cases, 
 their use is severely restricted, through the use of sophisticated         
 surveillance technologies, or by systematically stifling anyone who        
 attempts to exercise their right to freedom of expression and access to    
 information. The human rights forum will offer testimony from leading      
 human rights activists in two countries that have considerably expanded    
 the infrastructure and use of ICTs, at the same time as they have used     
 ICTs to restrict the human rights of their people : China and Tunisia. We  
 hope that by understanding the reality of citizens in these countries,     
 participants will get a broader understanding not only of the potential    
 ICTs hold for human rights, but also the threats posed to democracy and    
 rights when ICTs are used to undermine HR. Furthermore, the necessity of   
 freedom of information, for security and development, in protracted        
 refugee populated area will also be highlighted through the Tanzanian case 
 study. The full respect for human rights also imposes a delicate balance   
 between possibly conflicting rights: we will hear of the reality of racism 
 and the balance between fighting racism and upholding the principles of    
 freedom of expression; we will also discuss the right to privacy when      
 freedom of information is at stake, as well as when security is invoked.   
                                                                            




Diana Bronson
Rights and Democracy/Droits et D?mocratie
www.ichrdd.ca



                                                                           
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Hi all,

Below is an ENGLISH translation of the invitation to a meeting on TUNISIA
AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION that will be held in Geneva on 9th december 2003
from 6h30pm to 9h30pm.

I'm not sure volonteer translators from french to english have already been
found. So, if you feel comfortable enough to help them for the translation
- or if you know people who could do that for them - , please, contact
organizers at : info@verite-action.org

I'm sure you understand this meeting is very important in the context of
preparation of the second phase of WSIS that will take place in Tunisia in
november 2005.

Bye, PF.


--------------------------

Ladies  & Gentleman,

The 55 anniversary of International Declaration of Human Rights this year
will coincides with the first phase meeting of Information Community Summit
in Geneva10-12 December 2003. The V?rit?-Action association take this
opportunity and organize:


Night debate under the title:

"Freedom of Expression in Tunisia: Evaluations and Testimonies"


Group of journalists will participate in the debates who come especially
from Tunisia, in addition with group of international organisations.


The meeting takes place in

La maison des associations
Salle Gandhi
Rue des Savoies 15
1205 Geneva


Free special Tunisians dissertations
And Tea will be served at the end of the cession

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
 http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From PT at wacc.org.uk  Fri Dec  5 15:20:51 2003
From: PT at wacc.org.uk (Pradip Thomas)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] BBC online coverage...
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D024CA0@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

Good piece Steve. Pradip

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Steve Buckley
Sent: 05 December 2003 14:46
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] BBC online coverage...

BBC online have now set up a special section on WSIS
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2003/the_igeneration/defaul
t.stm

Here is an opinion piece I was asked to write as a civil society
perspective
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3251024.stm

There is also a "have your say" section with some good contributions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3257256.stm


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From labsmsi at yahoo.ca  Fri Dec  5 15:52:05 2003
From: labsmsi at yahoo.ca (=?iso-8859-1?q?normand=20landry?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The world Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the information society ends today
Message-ID: <20031205155205.83046.qmail@web12607.mail.yahoo.com>


The world Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the information society has just released a final Declaration of principles and an Action Plan that is to be discussed in the following part of the summit. It might be worth to take a look on the documents, which are, for Guy Olivier Second, the Special Ambassador for the WSIS, of ? superior quality thant those debatted in Geneva?.

 

Declaration of principles:

 

http://www.cities-lyon.org/en/uploadfiles/27/download 

 

Plan of action:

 
In line soon

official site

http://www.cities-lyon.org/



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L?che-vitrine ou l?che-?cran ? Yahoo! Magasinage.
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From nick at takingitglobal.org  Fri Dec  5 15:59:47 2003
From: nick at takingitglobal.org (Nick Moraitis)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?US-ASCII?Q?Press_Release:_Youth_to_power-up_major_UN_Summit_on_=22Infor?=
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Message-ID: <000601c3bb48$cfb4d500$4fdf300a@tiglaptop61>

PRESS RELEASE

Youth to power-up major UN Summit on "Information Society"

Executive summary
.	Major global event - World Summit on the Information Society is
flagship UN event for 2003, to be held December 10-12 in Geneva.
.	Policy shift  - World Leaders expected to recognize youth as
"developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and decision-makers"- by far
the strongest ever language on youth in UN Declaration.
.	Real results - Major Coalition to be launched called "Youth
Creating Digital Opportunities".
.	Led by youth - All youth activities and lobbying has been
spearheaded by young people themselves from around the world.
.	Culmination of 18-month process - including national-level
activities, forums, media, and school-outreach by youth in 20+ countries
and all regions.

Geneva, 4 December 2003 -  In recent years, its been more common to
think about young people at international conferences as protestors
behind wire barricades. Yet, when it comes to organizing the UN's World
Summit on the Information Society (December 10-12), the global
institution's big-ticket event for 2003, the concerns and participation
of young people are towards the top of the agenda.

Of course, there is simply no credible alternative. Whether its youthful
leadership in new economy companies, students at the cutting edge of
research, teenagers powering Telecom profits through popular adaptation
and uptake of SMS messaging, or a youth in India establishing a
franchised telecenter model to bridge the rural digital divide, young
people are where IT is at.  And that line of argument is quite apart
from the simple fact that youth constitute the vast majority of the
population in most developing countries - there is simply no one else to
do all the work.  

- A shift in the international approach to youth -

The leadership of youth in IT has translated into enthusiastic and
effective involvement at WSIS; they have completely self-organized their
involvement with a significant slate of activities from early 2002
through to the Summit.  Youth from as many as fifty countries and
representing diverse perspectives have participated in force at the
major meetings of the WSIS process, including all the global preparatory
meetings. Through a "caucus", they have successfully lobbied governments
for a reference in the Summit's declaration that goes beyond the usual
token comment about "helping youth", to a strong paragraph that
acknowledges the centrality and possibility inherent in young people's
contribution to the development of the "Information Society". (See
actual draft text below).


- Building on grassroots activities at the national level -

Much of the Youth Caucus program is happening at a national level,
through "National Information Society Youth Campaigns" where youth
engage their peers. From Nigeria to Brazil, India to Romania, young
people have coordinated a vibrant series of workshops, prime-time
interactive radio programs, media outreach, video conferences, websites,
surveys and more. They've been meeting in community halls, going into
schools, sending out local email newsletters, training others at
internet cafes, drafting national WSIS youth declarations, talking with
decision-makers, and implementing concrete local projects. In the
Philippines, 100 youth from across the country met at the Asian
Development Bank to come up with a National Declaration. In Ghana, they
took over primetime TV for an hour. In Sierra Leone, a phone-in
radio-program focused on the role of youth using ICTs to build peace in
the post-conflict country. It all adds up to some powerful, grassroots
input and outreach.

- Major events at the Summit -

Now, with political negotiations mostly complete, the 3-day Summit is
largely an opportunity to showcase the power of new technologies for
social and sustainable development and launch new initiatives that will
realize this potential. A Youth Hub space in the ICT4D Platform will
anchor youth activities through an exhibition of projects and national
activities, meeting space, a photo gallery, and a collaborative mural
painting highlighting the involvement of young women in technology.
December 10th, the first day of the Summit, shall be Youth Day,
incorporating a package of workshops, media activities, panel
discussions, and other events - including a session with young people
using ICTs to promote peace in post-conflict areas, and a forum on
e-learning.

- Recognizing young leaders in ICTs for Development  -

It is the stories of young people who are leading initiatives in their
communities that demonstrate the real potential of the Information
Society. Over 2003, nearly one hundred stories have been collated by the
Global Knowledge Partnership. On Youth Day, we shall hear from eight of
these young people in a two-hour panel presentation, while a $10,000US
prize shall be presented on the evening of the 11th as part of a Gala
Awards Dinner.

To complement and facilitate media coverage of youth - and broader
issues and concerns at the Summit, a number of projects will see more
than 30  young people as media-makers, creating video stories, keeping
"Web Blogs", producing a daily newsletter, and running a community radio
station. 

- Real commitments and tangible results  -

UN Summits have been seen as "all talk and no action". For youth, at
least, the World Summit promises to be very different. Even before the
Summit process officially began, efforts were underway to form a major
new partnership initiative called "Youth Creating Digital Opportunities"
that would foster collaboration, close gaps and provide a framework to
realize the potential of youth action around ICTs for Development. Now
including 20 leading organizations, the YCDO Coalition is committed to
sustaining a community of youth ICT leaders, facilitating their
involvement in policy, and most importantly, supporting their projects.

- Quotes  -

Youth participation in WSIS has been facilitated by Nick Moraitis, a
21-year-old Australian, working for an international youth organization
called TakingITGlobal.  "Governments have been really receptive to
incorporating young people's input, which is critical considering our
fundamental role. In many parts of the world, young people are the early
adopters - growing up with new technologies, developing new ones, and
experiencing first hand the shifting paradigms in education, work, and
community in the Information Society", said Nick.

"Too often young people are left out of global forums. WSIS is different
- here we've carved out our own space and used it to build a global
movement of youth providing policy input, developing concrete local
projects, and supporting each other", Nick added.

The Youth Caucus has worked closely with Summit organizers.  Pierre
Gagne, Executive Director of the WSIS Executive Secretariat said, "Young
people have been behind much of the innovation in the ICT industry, and
are now acting as catalysts for the development of a truly inclusive and
empowering information society. It's great to see their active
leadership in the WSIS process. Their participation brings real
excitement and relevance to our work". 

Titilayo Akinsanmi, a 23 year old from Nigeria coordinates a youth ICT
program called 'Paradigm Intiative'. "Preparing for the Summit has been
an intense effort - but ultimately the results are beyond our wildest
hopes", said Titilayo.

- 30 -

The Youth Caucus particularly thanks the Governments of Canada and
Switzerland for their financial commitment to youth involvement in WSIS
and beyond.

For more information:

Youth Caucus Media Team
Swiss mobile: +41 (0) 79 695 2649

Full resources for the press are available at:
http://www.ycdo.net/wsis/media/ 
Including photos, press releases, FAQ, and more.

Youth paragraph in the Draft Declaration of Principles, December 1st
version:
We are committed to realising our common vision of the Information
Society for ourselves and for future generations. We recognize that
young people are the future workforce and leading creators and earliest
adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered as learners,
developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and decision-makers. We must
focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to benefit
fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs. We are also committed to
ensuring that the development of ICT applications and operation of
services respects the rights of children as well as their protection and
well-being.


From rikp at bluewin.ch  Thu Dec  4 23:12:00 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Civil Society News Centre is live!
Message-ID: <304C56BA-273E-11D8-B023-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Colleagues,

The WSIS Civil Society News Centre features news and views from a civil 
society perspective, continuing an information service that has been 
active through the entire preparatory process. Highlighting the rich, 
diverse, local-to-global voices of civil society around the world, the 
Civil Society News Centre is an open platform for all civil society 
groups to use in disseminating their press releases, reports and other 
news items. The News Centre can be found at 
http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews.

Civil Society groups are invited to register on the WSIS-online website 
and submit proposed items directly to the News Centre.

The News Centre is sponsored by the Conference of NGOs in Consultative 
Status with ECOSOC (CONGO). http://www.ngocongo.org. For more 
information, please email <kouraich@ngocongo.org> or 
<rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org> or call +41-22-917-1881.

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=====================================================
Rik Panganiban, Reports Coordinator

Civil Society News Centre for the WSIS
web: 	http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews
email: 	rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
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From stonelli at gmx.net  Fri Dec  5 17:02:51 2003
From: stonelli at gmx.net (Marc Steinlin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Cultural Diversity Caucus List for Overpasses
Message-ID: <3FD0BA3B.1000304@gmx.net>

I would like to submit the following names for overpasses for the 
Cultural Diversity Caucus:

1) Alain Ambrosi, Carrefour Mondial de l'Internet Citoyen
2) Alfred Fern?ndez, OIDEL
3) Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri
4) Marc Steinlin, Incomindios
5) Elizabeth Ruiz, OIDEL
6) St?phanie Dupuy, OIDEL
7) Christa Luginb?hl, Incomindios

Please note: Alain Ambrosi is also listed through the Human Rights 
Caucus and the Caucus Privacy/Security but expressed that he prefers to 
be under this Caucus.

Regards,
-marc

-- 
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Incomindios Switzerland
Marc Steinlin
Rotwandstr. 40
CH-8004 Z?rich
Switzerland

Home   +41 (1) 241 21 49
Mobile +41 (78) 824 42 32
stonelli@gmx.net
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *



From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Dec  5 17:12:02 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] Cultural Diversity Caucus List for Overpasses
In-Reply-To: <3FD0BA3B.1000304@gmx.net>
References: <3FD0BA3B.1000304@gmx.net>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070626321@[192.168.0.55]>

Marc:

thanks. I'm coordinating and collating the CS lists for overpasses. I've
added your list to the master one. 

The master list is updated a few times a day - it can be seen at the
following URL:


<http://www.cpsr.org/~rguerra/wsis-overpass-latest.html>

regards

Robert

--On Friday, December 5, 2003 6:02 PM +0100 Marc Steinlin
<stonelli@gmx.net> wrote:

> I would like to submit the following names for overpasses for the
> Cultural Diversity Caucus:
> 
> 1) Alain Ambrosi, Carrefour Mondial de l'Internet Citoyen
> 2) Alfred Fern?ndez, OIDEL
> 3) Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri
> 4) Marc Steinlin, Incomindios
> 5) Elizabeth Ruiz, OIDEL
> 6) St?phanie Dupuy, OIDEL
> 7) Christa Luginb?hl, Incomindios
> 
> Please note: Alain Ambrosi is also listed through the Human Rights
> Caucus and the Caucus Privacy/Security but expressed that he prefers
> to be under this Caucus.
> 
> Regards,
> -marc
> 
> -- 
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Incomindios Switzerland
> Marc Steinlin
> Rotwandstr. 40
> CH-8004 Z?rich
> Switzerland
> 
> Home   +41 (1) 241 21 49
> Mobile +41 (78) 824 42 32
> stonelli@gmx.net
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> 
> 
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From fnf752918 at mail.una.dk  Fri Dec  5 13:36:48 2003
From: fnf752918 at mail.una.dk (Dorte Munch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] access to govermental plenary + drafting of visionary
Message-ID: <20031205133648.M41870@mail.una.dk>

dear all

It appears that the governmental plenary has been closed to all but the 
governmental delegations. Neither civil society representatives or 
international organisations representative were let in.

For all interested in drafting the visionary document: the drafting group are 
meeting in the basement of the ITU building.

Dorte




From yjpark at myepark.com  Fri Dec  5 17:12:32 2003
From: yjpark at myepark.com (YJ Park)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
Message-ID: <010e01c3bb52$f9d760a0$122c3b18@YJ>

Hi All,

The European Union IPv6 Task Force and the Internet Society
are pleased to announce the Next Generation Internet (IPv6)
Workshop, to be held within the framework of the World Summit
of the Information Society (WSIS), 9th December 2003 in Geneva.
See http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/wsis.htm (the complete agenda is
already available).

This workshop aims to raise awareness on Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6). Educate WSIS stakeholders, in particular
Governments and civil society from developed and developing
nations, on the new Internet infrastructure and opportunities for
non-for-profit and commercial entities. It ensures that the concerned
authorities start to think about designing and adapting the current
environment to a new "regulatory framework" that enables to convert
the new possibilities into business opportunities. It also informs
on IPv6 current status, regional developments and deployments
worldwide ("road-map"),  and the expected evolution. Lastly,
it raises awareness on the benefits and implications of IPv6
for civil society, in network and information security and
privacy.

With more than 600 millions users connected to the Internet
and its explosive growth in the last few years, the IP addresses
space is becoming scarce, in particular in developing countries.
With Internet services being introduced in wireless and broadband
communications, expectations for 2005 are that more than
1 billion users and thousands of new applications will need
to be connected to the Internet.

The current protocol, named Internet Protocol version 4 (or IPv4) is
showing limitations. To overcome these, Internet Protocol version 6
(IPv6) was created and conceived as the successor of IPv4. IPv6
was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
since 1995 (http://www.ietf.org).

Finally, it is clear, that "IPv4" does not respond anymore to civil
society's newest requirements.

To attend this workshop, and this includes speakers, you need to
register (http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Visitors/Registration/).
Unless you are already accredited to the Summit by your
company/organization/international organization. Entry fees is 20
SF/day.

Please, forward this email to all your contacts.

Rosa Delgado
ISOC Co-ordination
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Dec  5 17:25:03 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] urgent queston-whos attending in high
 level
In-Reply-To: <mnet5.1070561909.27739.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
References: <mnet5.1070561909.27739.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070627103@[192.168.0.55]>

FYI - I believe the head of state of Zimbabwe - Mugabe, is also listed
as "coming"


regards

Robert


--On Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:18 PM +0000 fortinp@club-internet.fr
wrote:

> Hi all, 
> 
> Here is a short list established by "le Collectif de r?sistance au
> SMSI" of some of the dictators and other heads of states who will
> attend this Summit on "Human Rights and freedom of expression" ;-).
> 
> Bye, PF.
> _________________
> 
> - Ben Ali (Tunisie),
> _ Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus : particuli?rement efficace dans la
> r?pression des mouvements sociaux),  _ Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan), 
> - J. Maria Aznar (Espagne : fid?le alli? de Georges Bush), 
> Fidel Castro (Cuba), 
> - J-P Raffarin (France),
> - plus quelques dictateurs venus d?Afrique, du Moyen-Orient ou de pays
> de l?ex-URSS. 
> 
> 
> ----Message d'origine----
>> De: "west Asia" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
>> A: <bureau@geneva2003.org>, "Planery WSIS" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>> Copie ?: "Claire Chombeau" <claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int>,
>> Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] urgent queston-whos attending in high level
>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 21:38:43 +0330
>> 
>> Blank
>> Dear All
>> 
>> I need to know who's attending from head of states or highest person,
>> as we are encouraging Mr.Khatami to attend and seeking his support
>> for declaration, and his office needs to know what is the level of
>> attendance now, how could I get those info? does anybody knows? I
>> think for CS is important to know in general in what level the
>> countries are attending and will gives us a good view of how much
>> WSIS was successful.
>> 
>> With Regards
>> 
>> Amir Barmaki
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 



From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Fri Dec  5 17:59:36 2003
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] peruvian participation
In-Reply-To: <BBF58BA5.2606%esther.joly@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <20031205175936.21614.qmail@web11801.mail.yahoo.com>

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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Dec  5 18:06:32 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpass list - Rev 5/12/2003
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070629592@[192.168.0.55]>

The now famous "overpass list" has been updated.


latest version available at:

<http://www.cpsr.org/~rguerra/wsis-overpass-latest.html>


regards

Robert

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Dec  5 18:08:21 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] access to govermental plenary + drafting
 of visionary
In-Reply-To: <20031205133648.M41870@mail.una.dk>
References: <20031205133648.M41870@mail.una.dk>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070629700@[192.168.0.55]>

Question - Can Civil Society representatives who are also accredited
under a govt. delegation enter the room? If so, might they be able to
relay us the news using Wireless i?

regards

Robert

--On Friday, December 5, 2003 3:36 PM +0200 Dorte Munch
<fnf752918@mail.una.dk> wrote:

> dear all
> 
> It appears that the governmental plenary has been closed to all but
> the  governmental delegations. Neither civil society representatives
> or  international organisations representative were let in.
> 
> For all interested in drafting the visionary document: the drafting
> group are  meeting in the basement of the ITU building.
> 
> Dorte
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



From veni at veni.com  Fri Dec  5 18:22:34 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] access to govermental plenary + drafting
  of visionary
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070629700@[192.168.0.55]>
References: <20031205133648.M41870@mail.una.dk>
 <2147483647.1070629700@[192.168.0.55]>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031205202217.02b9e6e0@198.111.183.129>

There's no wireless in the room today. And I don't think there will be 
tomorrow.

>Question - Can Civil Society representatives who are also accredited
>under a govt. delegation enter the room? If so, might they be able to
>relay us the news using Wireless i?
>
>regards
>
>Robert
>
>--On Friday, December 5, 2003 3:36 PM +0200 Dorte Munch
><fnf752918@mail.una.dk> wrote:
>
> > dear all
> >
> > It appears that the governmental plenary has been closed to all but
> > the  governmental delegations. Neither civil society representatives
> > or  international organisations representative were let in.
> >
> > For all interested in drafting the visionary document: the drafting
> > group are  meeting in the basement of the ITU building.
> >
> > Dorte
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Fri Dec  5 19:39:29 2003
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canadian civil society web space launch
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070629700@[192.168.0.55]>
References: <20031205133648.M41870@mail.una.dk>
 <20031205133648.M41870@mail.una.dk>
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031205131745.02fda708@141.117.45.50>

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Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CSW/CONGO/FAS/ATM Round Table Programme
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From rfj at humanrights.dk  Fri Dec  5 21:41:15 2003
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] access to govermental plenary + drafting  of visionary
Message-ID: <FB9BC442727367458C7B9274274B5CAC016D5625@srvexc01.dupa.dk>

yes, we can still enter! their official argument for not letting observers in is that its a govn working group now, chaired by the Swiss.
 
Rik and others will work on a wireless solution tomorrow morning.
 
NB: CS plenary tomorrow morning in rom 27 at 8.15 :-(
 
best
Rikke 

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Veni Markovski [mailto:veni@veni.com] 
	Sent: Fri 12/5/2003 7:22 PM 
	To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org 
	Cc: 
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From sacoura at pariswave.com  Fri Dec  5 23:47:14 2003
From: sacoura at pariswave.com (Yoshiko Kurisaki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
In-Reply-To: <79ED89AC-26AB-11D8-BF95-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <BBF6D78F.20A3%sacoura@pariswave.com>

Rik,

I went to see Palexpo today inspired by your photos. The site is huge. One
will need walking shoes, as she will easily walk 2-3 km to move from a Hall
to another. One will walk a half of the length of the run way from Hall 7 to
other Halls.

Hall 7 was occupied by another exhibition till 7 Dec., but I didn't find a
registration area there. Could you kindly advise where the registration area
is located in Hall7?

Best regards,
Yoshiko

******************************
Yoshiko Kurisaki
Representative of Europe
Telecom for Basic Human Needs
www.bhn.co.jp
e-mail: kurisaki@bhn.or.jp
******************************


From katitza at privaterra.org  Sat Dec  6 00:50:45 2003
From: katitza at privaterra.org (katitza@privaterra.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:12 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Gobernanza Mundial de las =?iso-8859-1?b?VGVjbm9sb2ftYXM=?= de la
 =?iso-8859-1?b?SW5mb3JtYWNp824=?= y =?iso-8859-1?b?Q29tdW5pY2FjafNuOg==?=
 Consideraciones de =?iso-8859-1?b?aW50ZXLpcyA=?=
 =?iso-8859-1?b?cPpibGljbw==?=
Message-ID: <20031205195045.dacggosg84gs8kw4@secure.privaterra.org>

Espero sea de su interes y nos podamos encontrar en Ginebra
English below:

Gobernanza Mundial de las Tecnolog?as de la Informaci?n y Comunicaci?n:
Consideraciones de inter?s p?blico

Taller presentado por Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
(www.cpsr.org) en ocasi?n de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la
Informaci?n

14:00-17:00, 9 DE DICIEMBRE 2003
PalExpo, Ginebra

Organizador: William J. Drake,  wdrake@ictsd.ch

Descripci?n:

LA GOBERNANZA MUNDIAL DE LAS TECNOLOG?AS DE LA INFORMACI?N Y COMUNICACI?N (TIC)
EST? SUFRIENDO UNA TRANSFORMACI?N PROFUNDA. REG?MENES REGULADORES
MULTILATERALES DE LARGO PLAZO PARA LAS TELECOMUNICACIONES INTERNACIONALES, EL
ESPECTRO DE RADIO-FRECUENCIA Y LOS SAT?LITES, HAN SIDO RECONFIGURADOS PARA
FACILITAR LOS MERCADOS PRIVADOS, MIENTRAS NUEVOS MERCADOS INTERNACIONALES HAN
SIDO CONSTRUIDOS PARA PROMOVER EL COMERCIO DE SERVICIOS Y LA PROPIEDAD
INTELECTUAL, Y PARA GOBERNAR LA INFRAESTRUCTURA DEL INTERNET, COMUNICACIONES Y
COMERCIO. PERO NO HA HABIDO UN DI?LOGO SISTEM?TICO Y PARTICIPATIVO MUNDIAL
SOBRE LOS ASPECTOS PROCESALES Y SUBSTANTIVOS DE LA GOVERNANZA MUNDIAL DE LAS
TECNOLOG?AS DE LA INFORMACI?N Y COMUNICACI?N (TIC) QUE DE ATENCI?N SOSTENIDA A
LAS CONSIDERACIONES DE INTER?S P?BLICO. PARA AYUDAR A LLENAR ESTE VAC?O, ESTE
EVENTO REUNIR? A EXPERTOS DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL Y OTROS SECTORES PARA CONSIDERAR
CUIDADOSAMENTE TANTO LA ARQUITECTURA DE LAS POL?TICAS MUNDIALES ACTUALES COMO
LAS ALTERNATIVAS REALISTAS Y BALANCEADAS.

PROGRAMA:

14:00-14:25  INTRODUCCI?N -  APRECIACI?N GLOBAL

BIEVENIDA
WILLIAM J. MCIVER, JR.
Universidad del Estado de Nueva York en Albany y CPSR; EEUU.

Apreciaci?n global de los temas
William J. Drake
EL PROYECTO SOBRE LA REVOLUCI?N DE LA INFORMACI?N Y GOBERNANZA MUNDIAL. EL
CENTRO INTERNACIONAL PARA EL DESARROLLO COMERCIAL Y SOSTENIBLE Y CPSR; SUIZA
From mciver at albany.edu  Sat Dec  6 06:22:44 2003
From: mciver at albany.edu (mciver@albany.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Declaration -- Latest (almost final) Draft
Message-ID: <34724.156.106.192.111.1070691764.squirrel@webmail.albany.edu>


All,

Here is the latest draft.




WJM

William McIver
University at Albany
http://www.albany.edu/~mciver
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Sat Dec  6 07:06:38 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
In-Reply-To: <BBF6D78F.20A3%sacoura@pariswave.com>
Message-ID: <BC6722C4-27BA-11D8-AE45-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Apologies if I was unclear.  Registration is in the direction of Hall 
7, but I believe it is located in the Musee d'Auto, which is on that 
end of Palexpo as well.  Ask any guard if you get lost.

Don't forget a photo ID, and backup documentation in case there is some 
problem.

Good luck,

Rik Panganiban

On Samedi, d?cembre 6, 2003, at 12:47  AM, Yoshiko Kurisaki wrote:

> Rik,
>
> I went to see Palexpo today inspired by your photos. The site is huge. 
> One
> will need walking shoes, as she will easily walk 2-3 km to move from a 
> Hall
> to another. One will walk a half of the length of the run way from 
> Hall 7 to
> other Halls.
>
> Hall 7 was occupied by another exhibition till 7 Dec., but I didn't 
> find a
> registration area there. Could you kindly advise where the 
> registration area
> is located in Hall7?
>
> Best regards,
> Yoshiko
>
> ******************************
> Yoshiko Kurisaki
> Representative of Europe
> Telecom for Basic Human Needs
> www.bhn.co.jp
> e-mail: kurisaki@bhn.or.jp
> ******************************
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From sacoura at pariswave.com  Sat Dec  6 07:17:14 2003
From: sacoura at pariswave.com (Yoshiko Kurisaki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] The view from the Geneva Palexpo
In-Reply-To: <BC6722C4-27BA-11D8-AE45-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <BBF74109.20AF%sacoura@pariswave.com>

Rik,

Thanks for your clarification. This helps, as there is 1km distance between
both ends of Hall 7. I'll go and register today.

Have a good day,
Yoshiko


******************************
Yoshiko Kurisaki
Representative of Europe
Telecom for Basic Human Needs
www.bhn.co.jp
e-mail: kurisaki@bhn.or.jp
******************************


From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Sat Dec  6 07:54:58 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] access to govermental plenary + drafting of visionary
In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20031205202217.02b9e6e0@198.111.183.129>
Message-ID: <7CDD4F26-27C1-11D8-861F-000393CB284C@imv.au.dk>


> There's no wireless in the room today. And I don't think there will be 
> tomorrow.
>

Veni, would it be possible to summarize your observations from the 
discussion?

best

wolfgang


>> Question - Can Civil Society representatives who are also accredited
>> under a govt. delegation enter the room? If so, might they be able to
>> relay us the news using Wireless i?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> --On Friday, December 5, 2003 3:36 PM +0200 Dorte Munch
>> <fnf752918@mail.una.dk> wrote:
>>
>> > dear all
>> >
>> > It appears that the governmental plenary has been closed to all but
>> > the  governmental delegations. Neither civil society representatives
>> > or  international organisations representative were let in.
>> >
>> > For all interested in drafting the visionary document: the drafting
>> > group are  meeting in the basement of the ITU building.
>> >
>> > Dorte
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Plenary mailing list
>> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From mbuntan at tab.or.th  Sat Dec  6 08:29:39 2003
From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] CS Declaration -- Latest (almost final) Draft
In-Reply-To: <34724.156.106.192.111.1070691764.squirrel@webmail.albany.e
 du>
References: <34724.156.106.192.111.1070691764.squirrel@webmail.albany.edu>
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From veni at veni.com  Sat Dec  6 09:33:50 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] plenary minutes (?)
In-Reply-To: <7CDD4F26-27C1-11D8-861F-000393CB284C@imv.au.dk>
References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031205202217.02b9e6e0@198.111.183.129>
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Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031206113300.02a88f78@198.111.183.129>

>
>Veni, would it be possible to summarize your observations from the discussion?

yes. here they are:

discussion on 2 key points in the Declaration of principles (DP) re:

45, South Africa a) "at the technical field": (no economic)
b) delete "domestic"
add c) "the role of the civil society"
proposed new text for 46 (don't have it in writing)

US disagrees with 46 as it is
"Policy should be open to ALL stakeholders"

Tansania: open 46 to other stakeholders

Argentina: the proposal of South Africa should remain. Changes by Brasil 
are even better. It's an issue about the digital divide!
Kenya: there should be consultative process which governments take when 
discussing policy issues. Governments can not achieve ICT millenium goals 
alone, they need the support of the civil society...

Canada:1st centence is OK, but we agree with Kenya, that these policy could 
be done only in cooperation with civil society and private sector and this 
has to be written more clearly. We have a problem with the final sentence, 
which is perscriptive (?), the WSIS doesn't allow equal participation of 
private and public. If we delete last sentence and edit the first one, we 
may support it.

Zimbabwe: timeframe is important, the technical work, civil society (unclear)

Mauricius: Fully support South Africa proposal and Brasil. The Internet has 
taken a new dimension and has potential to take poor countries to more 
developed stage.

Venezuela: Support S.Africa. Information Society should include civil 
society, but the issue of Internet should be discussed on intergovernmental 
level with both sectors that created this, but leading role - government'

India: alternative 46 and 14e-i from the Action Plan are linked. This 
intergovernmental plan should be written in the Action Plan, where there's 
inclusive process of private sector and civil society.  Intergovernmental 
process should be within the UN WSIS, as outlined in the Action Plan.

China: Internet development and management should be inclusive, and we 
support this. The proposal by S.Africa solves some of the concerns of the 
delegations.  45a) has exact role of the private sector. Now we need text 
for governmental participation in the process. China would like to consider 
this proposal.

Iran: Support S.Africa, but the intervention from China is a very credible 
one, because we have paragraph for civil society,therefore we need a 
paragraph for governmental involvement.

Japan: We support 1st and 2nd sentence, but we don't understand the 3rd 
(WSIS within UN) sentence, and we support Canada

EU: This is very important topic. We see entirely different opinion, from 
the facilitator, which suggests participation from all stake holders. We 
suggest that further discussion are left for the WG.

Mexico: at this stage we are not able to understand the issue. I think a 
lot of indepth work needs to be done to deepen our knowledge. A lot of work 
by the stakeholders, and if we don't do it, we will not be able to solve 
the issue.

Syria: S.African proposal is consensus to the meeting, so let's make it a 
general one. Let it be a foundation for future discussion.

South Africa: Thank you all, and we know it's difficult you didn't have it 
in writing. This issue is very important to us as a developing country, and 
we have had bad experience because of the lack of such governance mechanism 
(bingo, then ICANN is not a governance body?!), therefore we should decide 
the issue on that WSIS meeting, and not leave it for the future.

Vietnam: Support S.Africa

Ecuador: we need to see the text and consider it, and most likely we won't 
be able to change the negotiations; secondly as we see merit in including 
civil society, thirdly we need to find a solution for [....governance?] and 
I endorse interventions made by EU and Mexico

Brasil: the process should be inclusive, but we think states, CS and 
private sectors are stakeholders, but have different rights and 
responsibilities. We believe that this is the first time we address this 
issue globally. Internet has developed for 20-30 years, but it's important 
to take this into account (the addressing globally) to reach a mutually 
agreeable and acceptable solution to the governance issue. Governments are 
stakeholders that have under their responsibilities the public interest, 
and they have to protect it. We can not address governments as just another 
stakeholder, and we can't address them as such an usual stakeholder.

moderator: we have to address the question,and it needs further reflection. 
this is clear. The other clear thing is that we need to include all 
stakeholders. We can't go in the Action Plan in details; we can stay on our 
opinions and then nothing will happen, we will not have a declaration, so 
we are doomed to find a compromise. I will suggest after supper to have a 
breakup group in room 24, where we'll discuss this further. And we'll have 
the S.Africa proposal distributed by then.

======
notes from WG meeting, Dec. 5th, 2003, time: 21:00 hours

S.Africa, US [missed notes]

Korea: alt. 46 - how to combine the Internet governance not excluding the 
current system (ICANN)? All delegates think that governments should have 
key role, but we should have cooperation with private sector, therefore 46 
b should be changed.

Saudi Arabia: thank the US representative; the Internet needed special 
environment to reach that high level; but sitting in this room doesn't mean 
the next level will be achieved with us [?]; we recognize the role of the 
private sector, the question is how to do more. Governments need a forum to 
talk about Internet. I see in that proposal another forum - an 
international one.

Croatia: the point by the US delegate is important. We must be fully aware 
what do we mean under "Internet governance". Do we mean IP addresses, DNS, 
[root] servers, content stored in one country by companies resided in other 
countries.... With more and more people on the Net, governments have their 
right to protect their policy. So, it can not be a domestic policy of any 
country, because Internet is global, policy should be international, too. 
But we need to define what problems we are trying to solve, and then look 
for solutions. Many countries see that IP addresses are not fairly 
distributed. And they are scarce resource.

Japan: we should not discourage private sector to invest in Internet.

Zimbabwe: what is the position that technology presumes [?]. Internet 
should be inclusive, incl. all nations, in the sence that countries need to 
say in providing guidance, directions as to facilitate its growth and 
development. And the S.Africa proposal continues the participation of the 
civil society in the development of the Internet. We hope that other 
delegates can recognize that we do not in anyway deny the role of private 
sector, but we'd like Internet to be inclusive in any respect - governance, 
etc. We think that the examples given are sufficient to indicate what 
people are thinking about in discussing this. Let's look at the structure 
of the paragraphs 44, 45, 46, 47.

Brasil: I have the .br ccTLDA with me, but where does Brasil has power in 
that area? If we are unfairly treated in the management of Internet 
tomorrow, to whom are we going to claim our right. That's a problem we 
have. We can admit and accept to have a structure, based on triple leg 
(civil society, private sector, government), but our government must have 
an international instance, intragovernmental organization to which we may 
bring our case.

EU (Italy): There are clearly different views, and as European position, we 
consider of most importance involvement of all stakeholders in a process 
that will lead us to whatever decision we will find. At this stage we do 
not use language that means we are preempting some result, or gives 
impression that some stakeholders are not involved in the process. We would 
have specific comments, we feel that at this stage and this late hour (10 
p.m.) we have more possibilities to find an agreement on Monday evening - 
we'll have more time to consider all ideas.

China: what's the reason for the hostile attitude of both sides? If we 
recognize ICANN is a private sector, it will be represented. If it's civil 
society, it has its status, too. Another problem I don't understand is why 
do you say "we should have an inclusive mechanism". I don't think our 
proposal refuses such an inclusiveness. There's a need to have a new 
entity. The intergovermental is not instead of the existing mechanism, but 
a suplimentary. ICANN doesn't have the resouces to do it. ICANN has a clear 
mandate. It has DoC MoU, it's specifially used with technical and 
coordination issues with DNS and addresses. But it has no capability to 
deal with public policy, arising from those duties. We want to promote the 
development of Internet. I am the first person to use Internet in China in 
1995, and it was restricted to the University network. Now it has extended 
to many aspects of social activities - governments, banks, etc. So, there's 
need of someone to coordinate the Internet issues of their countries, and 
on international level there's need of a place to discuss issues of the 
Internet.

Canada: see 14-e of the AP. In para 44 of the DP we have consensus, this 
text is excellent. If we believe that the AP is a good process, then we may 
conclude discussion on the DP.

Mauricius: I've been following all PrepComs... and there was not a problem 
until today. There are lot of problems on the table, as China says, but now 
we find out we don't know what the problems are about?! We don't know what 
"Internet governance" means?! What's the problem of developing countries? 
We have invested 100s of millions to create a cybercity, then we have 1 
gentleman, who holds .mu ccTLD. And we beg to him to give the DNS to the 
people who want to invest. People don't want to see shadows when they 
invest, and then we are faced with one individual who we have to beg. The 
Internet is so complicated, that governments will not be able to manage 
it?!? This is really strange.

Senegal (Mouhamet): it's harder than we thought before. let's try to focus 
on the consensus - we all agree there are so many stakeholders in the 
process. It's the first time to work like that in the UN platform. We want 
to get something done through partnership. UN is asking for private sector 
to come and join efforts in achieving the Millenium Goals. The WSIS is the 
first process to have civil society and private sector to join. In the DP 
we have devided the IG in 3 parts - recognition who are the stakeholders; 
the role of the governments; define policy framework. I see 2 points - 
national and international, but I ask for a 3-rd level: cyberspace. It's 
not under soveirgnity of any government. Is there one country responsible 
for gTLD? No. I appreciate the South Africa proposal, but are we going from 
one extremism to another one? I don't think so. If we take the proposal of 
S.Africa, then it will be only the UN in control. But we agree that it 
should be a multistakeholder initiative. All comments are that there's a 
relation between policy and technology. We can't say that governments will 
talk only about policy, but who will be the standardisation body for 
Internet? Who is today? IETF. Are we going to tell them to go away and wait 
for governments to decide? We all agree there's a vacuum, and we need to 
talk about a solution that will help to solve problems on a broader area 
(spam, content issues, etc.). I don't think that just by saying 
"governments are legitimate" solve the problems. We have to find a new 
process for solving a new problem. We don't need to use old solution to 
solve new problems.

US: Canada and Iran brought me to a more simple solution. Perhaps we can 
find a short cut? Everytime we go beyond para 44 we look for the perfect 
text there... We are trying to polish a diamond that doesn't need it. Let's 
take 44 and come to full stop and go to the AP with text along these lines 
"Invite the UN Secretary General to organize a UNDP/WIPO/UNICTTF/UNESCO 
with a relevant technical bodies to have technical simposiums to share 
perspective about Internet governance, related to privatisation, 
liberalization, [....] We could spend an equal amount of time discussing 
variations of 45, 46 and 47 as up to now. The chances of having a consensus 
are very slim. But if we set up a path for future cooperation in the AP, 
that will be a good achievement.

BG: Coming from a country in development, I can speak, to say it, from 2 
points of view. On one hand, we understand quite well what developing 
countries feel like when talking about Interent governance; however, on 
another hand,  we have been having a strong civil society participation in 
the development of the Internet in Bulgaria. In fact the non-governmental 
sector has actively participated, sometimes with cases in the Supreme 
Court, sometimes by sending experts to the Parliament and exact texts 
(articles) in the preparation of the new Telecommunications Law, which is 
defining what are the government responsibilities towards Internet. E.g. IP 
addresses and Internet domain names are outside of the control of the 
Naitonal Regulatory Authority, but IP (phone) numbers are not. ISPs are not 
subject to licensing, but they have the duty to offer full help and support 
to the police for tracking hackers, computer criminals, etc. That gives us 
a balance between governmental and civil society interests. We believe such 
a balance should be looked for in the declaration and the action plan.
We support the EU position, and believe that, as we say, "the morning is 
wiser than the evening", and hope to have more time to look into the 
proposal of South Africa, and try to find a mutually agreeable solution by 
Monday.

Australia: What Canada suggested is good. Taking para 44 and then look into 
the AP is a good idea. We support the Canadian proposal.

South Africa: We wanted to facilitate the process, not to stop it. We 
appreciate the inputs in that process. We are ready to go along. The Summit 
has to say something substential. We've listened very careful during the 
Summit, and we ask for understanding this is an important issue to us. When 
you come from a country where there's electricity, etc. of course you will 
not see the problem. And there's a society that doesn't know there's a 
problem. As Mauricius mentioned, we'd like to have good sleep tonight, but 
we have sleepless nights trying to deal with that issue. Many of us depend 
on the UN system, and not OECD. The legitimacy of the UN system is what 
makes us bring it in the UN, not because we want more bureacracy. We've 
tried to discuss ITU policy issues, but we've been stopped by one 
administration. It's documented. We are not saying governments should 
govern the Internet. We just need a forum for discussion, like this one. 
And we don't say private sector should not have role. It could be advisory 
role. The problem is the majority of the world can not participate in the 
policy matters. Par. 44 doesn't talk about framework, ICANN is recognized 
in para 44. South Africa is a member of GAC, active, so we know what it is. 
We are not saying everything should be resolved here.

text achieved at the end:
44. The Internet has evolved into a global facility available to the public 
and its governance should constitute a core issue of the Information 
Society agenda. The international management of the Internet should be 
multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of 
governments, the private sector, civil society and international 
organizations. It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, 
facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning of the 
Internet, taking into account multilingualism.
45. The management of the Internet encompasses both technical and public 
policy issues and should involve al stakeholders. In this respect it is 
recognized that:
a)policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues is the 
sovereign right of States. They have rights and responsibilities for 
international Internet-related public policy issues;
b) the private sector has had and should continue to have an important role 
in the development of the Internet, both in the technical and economic fields;
c) civil society has also played an important role on Internet matters 
especially at community level and should therefore play a role in this 
important task.
46. International Internet-related public policy issues should be 
coordinated through appropriate and relevant intergovernmental and 
international organizations and forums. To this end, an intergovernmental 
reflection process should be initiated within the UN framework as part of 
WSIS. This process should be open and inclusive, involving also the private 
sector and civil society.




From sburch at alainet.org  Sat Dec  6 11:57:28 2003
From: sburch at alainet.org (Sally Burch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration
Message-ID: <200312061158.hB6BwMxo290597@mail6.itu.ch>

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From sburch at alainet.org  Sat Dec  6 12:07:41 2003
From: sburch at alainet.org (Sally Burch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Meeting Saturday 4pm on CS declaration
Message-ID: <200312061208.hB6C8YPC291069@mail6.itu.ch>

For those arriving in Geneva,  the CT group will meet at 4pm 
Saturday in Room XVII at the UN (door 40) to discuss and finalize 
the draft CS declaration,  Please join us.

Sally Burch


From sburch at alainet.org  Sat Dec  6 12:09:11 2003
From: sburch at alainet.org (Sally Burch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Press group meeting Monday
Message-ID: <200312061210.hB6CA3PC261671@mail6.itu.ch>

Those willing to form part of the press group to prepare CS press 
conferences, releases etc. will be meeting Monday at 5pm in the 
ITU building (room to be announced).

Sally Burch

From rikp at bluewin.ch  Sat Dec  6 13:42:18 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] orientation meetings for NGOs new to the process?
Message-ID: <025EDE19-27F2-11D8-AE45-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Friends,

Have arrangements been made to conduct some kind of orientation 
meetings next week for groups who are new to the WSIS process by the 
Bureau or other body? I have this nightmare about hundreds and hundreds 
of NGOs who have not participated in prior Prepcoms asking what is the 
Bureau, Content and Themes, the families and caucuses, etc, etc.  And 
we may need to organize some meeting, perhaps on Saturday, to begin to 
discuss what are the future civil society structures groups want in 
place between now and Tunis 2005.

I am of course happy to participate and help facilitate any such 
orientation sessions that are organized.

On a similar note, the "official" WSIS side-events are listed on the 
wsis-online.net site, but I am sure that there will be other meetings 
organized by civil society groups that will be organized on an ad hoc 
basis. Will there be a calendar somewhere where groups can find out 
about these events?  I'm hoping the civil society secretariat, APC, the 
Boll Foundation or someone else can host this calendar.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
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From njenga at apc.org  Sat Dec  6 14:02:19 2003
From: njenga at apc.org (Emmanuel Njenga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration
In-Reply-To: <200312061158.hB6BwMxo290597@mail6.itu.ch>
Message-ID: <OAEAJPDANCOACKEAHOCMEEHLFAAA.njenga@apc.org>

Hello Sally,

The Africa Caucus is still working on the text for inputs to the CS
declaration, in the meanwhile we are sending the following text..

Additions to new text in bold..

Regards.

Njenga

--------------------------
1. A VISIONARY SOCIETY



paragraph 1.



At the heart of our vision of information and communications societies[1] is
the human being.  The dignity and rights of people and each person must be
promoted, respected, protected  and affirmed. Redressing the inexcusable
gulf between levels of development and between opulence and extreme poverty
must therefore be our prime concern.


paragraph 2.



 We are committed to building information and communication societies  that
are people-centred, inclusive and  equitable.  Societies in which everyone
can freely create, access, utilize, share and disseminate  information and
knowledge, so that individuals,  communities and peoples are empowered to
improve their quality of life and to achieve their full potential. Societies
founded on the principles of social, political,  and economic justice, and
peoples' full participation and empowerment and thus societies that truly
address the key development challenges facing the world today. Societies
that pursue the  objectives of sustainable development, democracy , and
gender  equality, for the attainment of a more peaceful, just,  egalitarian
and thus sustainable world, premised on the principles enshrined in the
Charter of the United Nations and in the Universal Declaration  of Human
Rights.



paragraph 3.



We aspire to build information and communication societies where development
is framed by fundamental human rights and oriented to achieving a more
democratic, equitable and guaranteed access to resources, opportunities and
services, leading to the elimination of poverty and other gross
inequalitiesm in a way that is non-exploitative and environmentally
sustainable. To this end.....



paragraph 5.



Building such  societies implies involving individuals in  their capacity as
citizens, their organizations and communities,  as participants and decision
makers in shaping frameworks,  policies and governing mechanisms.  This
means creating an  enabling environment for the engagement and commitment of
all generations, both women and men, and ensuring the  involvement of
diverse social and linguistic groups,  cultures and peoples, rural and urban
populations without exclusion.  In addition, governmental accountability to
citizens should be a pillar of public policy, in order to ensure that models
of information and communication societies are open to continuing correction
and improvement.



Paragrpah 7.

We are conscious that information, knowledge and the means of communication
are available on a magnitude that humankind has never dreamt of in the past;
but we are also aware that exclusion from access to the means of
communication, from information and from the skills that are needed to
participate in the public sphere, is still a major constraint, especially in
developing countries. At the same time information and knowledge are
increasingly being transformed into  private resources which can be
controlled, sold and bought, as if they were simple commodities and not the
founding elements of social organization and development. Thus, as one of
the main challenges of information and communication societies, we recognize
the urgency of seeking solutions to these contradictions.



3.3 Sustainable democratic development and enabling environment



editing still in progress



3.3.1 Sustainable democratic development



new text suggested:  - africa caucus - drafting still in progress...



Promoting development should include a global struggle against challenges
that are mainly illiteracy, health (for instance HIV-AIDS), water, power,
food, environmental degrading, peace, security and poverty-induced issues.
The Summit should try to find means and ways through which ICTs should
contribute to facing these challenges.



Framing the Issue

WSIS should include a program, incorporating specific public policies, to
promote fair bilateral network interconnections and multilateral peering
agreements, better balanced

and lower cost international routing of traffic, and the rapid deployment of
distributed Internet backbones in the developing world. [placement suggested
by editing group]



Information and communication technologies must be designed and manufactured
according to sustainable principles. This means that technologies must not
consume for their production an intolerable amount of energy and natural
resources, nor should their utilization consume an inordinate amount.
Technological solutions must also be sustainable in the sense that
communities are able to support their use and evolution.



Recycling technology for ICT equipment must meet the same high standards as
those applied today for their production. In addition, sustainability is not
only an objective for the preservation of natural resources but is also a
challenge for knowledge and communication societies in securing the
availability of knowledge by keeping the access channels open, in order to
provide people today and in the future with a secure basis for action.
Sustainable societies therefore require unhindered and inclusive use of
knowledge and information.











----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[1] There is no single information, communication or knowledge society:
there are, at the local, national and global levels, possible future
societies; moreover, considering communication is a critical aspect of any
information society, we use in this document the phrase "information and
communication societies."  For consistency with previous WSIS language, we
retain the use of the phrase "Information Society" when directly referencing
WSIS.











  -----Original Message-----
  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Sally Burch
  Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:57 PM
  To: ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


  All,


  1) The CT group will meet at 4pm (Geneva time) to discuss the more or less
final draft of the CS Declaration. If you can, please send us any comments
by 2pm. I know these deadlines are impossible, but then so is the
compilation and editing work we are doing!! Post your comments to
ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org and cc. to:
  mciver@albany.edu and sburch@alainet.org

  2) The version posted by Bill McIver in the early hours of this morning
still has some omissions (due to editing errors, collective jet-lag and the
late hour!) that we'll be correcting today.
  In particular these are:

  a) The first parapragh of the "visionary society" section now includes a
sentence on development as the first priority, as requested by Africa. It
now reads:

  "At the heart of our vision of information and communications societies is
the human being. The dignity and rights of each person must be respected,
protected and affirmed. Redressing the inexcusable gulf between levels of
development and between opulence and extreme poverty must therefore be our
prime concern."

  b) The title and introduction to the Principes, goals and challenges
section (right after section 1) is missing. The text is as follows:

  "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES

  In accordance with this vision, it is essential that the development of
information and communication societies be grounded in core principles that
reflect a full awareness of the challenges to be met and the responsibility
of different stakeholders. Ok This includes the full recognition of the need
to address gender concerns and to make a fundamental commitment to gender
equality, non- discrimination and women's empowerment, and recognize these
as non-negotiable and essential prerequisites to an equitable and
people-centred development within information and communication societies.
Such a commitment means consciously redressing the effects of the
intersection of unequal power relations in the social, economic and
political spheres, which manifests in differential access, choice,
opportunity, participation, status and control over resources between women
and men as well as communities in terms of class, ethnicity, religion, race,
geographical location and development status. We therefore recognise and
uphold the following principles:"

  - The language proposed on health is still missing. This is the language
proposed, we will see how to incorporate it:

  "The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can
be facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
all people".


  c) The section on cultural diversity is still missing. This is the
provisional version:

  "PROMOTING CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY

  Cultural and linguistic diversity is an essential dimension of a
people-centered information society. Every culture has a dignity and a value
which must be respected and preserved. Cultural and linguistic diversity is
based, among other things, on the freedom of information and expression and
the right of everyone to freely participate in the cultural life of the
community, at local, national and international levels. This participation
includes activities both as users and producers of cultural content. ICTs
including traditional communications media have a particularly important
role to play in sustaining and developing the world's cultures and
languages. New ICTs offer additional means and opportunities to protect and
promote the human cultural heritage, to stimulate creativity and to enable
the wide dissemination of diverse cultural content.

  Capacity building and education
  Cultural and linguistic diversity should not only be preserved, it needs
to be fostered. Cultural and linguistic diversity is rooted in unrestricted
communication. This implies capacity to express oneself, in one's own
language, at any time, by any means, including digital media. In order to
become a contributor and a creator in the information society, not only
technical skills are needed. On line literacy and specific abilities to
write on line and through digital networks must be given specific attention
in education and training programs. Cultural and linguistic diversity also
implies equal access to the means of expression and of dissemination of
cultural goods. In reinforcing cultural and linguistic diversity, priority
should be given to community-driven initiatives.

  Public domain
  Public bodies such as libraries, scientific research centres,
universities, should be able to contribute to enrich the common good of
culture and knowledge, by putting in the public domain the results of their
activities which have been funded by public money.

  Language
  Plurality of languages is at the core of a vibrant information society.
New ICTs can be applied to bridge cultural and linguistic divides through,
for example, automated translation and voice recognition, while at the same
time assisting to protect cultural and linguistic diversity. A priority
should be given in ICT research and development to finding new ways of
overcoming barriers of language and culture.

  Traditional and indigenous knowledge
  Traditional and indigenous knowledge should be protected from commercial
exploitation including specific restrictions on the use of patents.
Indigenous people should freely decide whether their cultural heritage
should fall or not into the public domain.

  International law and regulation
  Cultural and linguistic diversity in the information age, should be
coherent with the existing international declarations and covenants, in
particular Article 19 and Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights; Articles 19 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights; Articles 13 and 15 of the International Covenant on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and Articles 5 and 6 of the Universal
Declaration of Cultural Diversity adopted by UNESCO in 2001. Culture
including audio-visual content and services should not only be considered as
a commodity but should gain special consideration in international trade
agreements. Efforts towards an International Convention on Cultural
Diversity should be accelerated with a view to achieving an effective and
binding international agreement recognising the special importance of
cultural, linguistic and media diversity. Existing international copyright
regulation including TRIPS and WIPO should be reviewed to consider their
effectiveness in promoting culture and linguistic diversity and the
development of human knowledge."



  d) The section on media is still missing. This is the provisional
language:

  "Media
  Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the touchstone
for an independent, pluralistic and free media and should be implemented for
all media regardless of the technologies used. Security and other
considerations should not be allowed to compromise freedom of expression and
media freedom and unhindered access to information sources should be
ensured. New ICTs should be used to strengthen the role of the traditional
media including broadcast and print. Media pluralism and diversity should be
guaranteed through appropriate laws to avoid excessive media concentration.
[State controlled media should be transformed into editorially independent
organisations]. The specific and crucial role of public service broadcasting
and community media should be recognised.

  Community media
  Community media, that is media which are independent, community-driven and
civil society-based, have a particular role to play in enabling access to
and participation for all in the information society, especially the poorest
and most marginalised communities. Community media should be supported and
promoted. Governments should ensure that legal frameworks for community
media are non-discriminatory and provide for equitable allocation of
frequencies through transparent and accountable mechanisms."

  Sally Burch



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From dcogburn at umich.edu  Sat Dec  6 14:28:56 2003
From: dcogburn at umich.edu (Derrick L. Cogburn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] orientation meetings for NGOs new to the process?
In-Reply-To: <025EDE19-27F2-11D8-AE45-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <003901c3bc05$481ffc60$1501a8c0@DCOGBURNLTXP>

Rik,
 
This is a great idea.  If we are able to able to hold the meeting, I
would be happy to webcast it in order for remote participants to engage
with the briefing as well as recording it for those that couldn't make
it.  Also, we have a meeting scheduled on Saturday from 10:00 - 12:00 in
the ICT4D Platform, room 11 to talk about ways to use the iPC
infrastructure to contribute to this discussion
(http://tinyurl.com/y04u).  I am happy to have that be a broader
discussion along the lines that you raised.
 
Cheers,
Derrick
 

Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Information 
and African Studies 
The University of Michigan
Website: http://www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn 
Blog:  <http://cogburn.blogspot.com/> http://cogburn.blogspot.com/


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:42 AM
To: wsis-cs-plenary
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] orientation meetings for NGOs new to the
process?


Dear Friends,

Have arrangements been made to conduct some kind of orientation meetings
next week for groups who are new to the WSIS process by the Bureau or
other body? I have this nightmare about hundreds and hundreds of NGOs
who have not participated in prior Prepcoms asking what is the Bureau,
Content and Themes, the families and caucuses, etc, etc. And we may need
to organize some meeting, perhaps on Saturday, to begin to discuss what
are the future civil society structures groups want in place between now
and Tunis 2005.

I am of course happy to participate and help facilitate any such
orientation sessions that are organized.

On a similar note, the "official" WSIS side-events are listed on the
wsis-online.net site, but I am sure that there will be other meetings
organized by civil society groups that will be organized on an ad hoc
basis. Will there be a calendar somewhere where groups can find out
about these events? I'm hoping the civil society secretariat, APC, the
Boll Foundation or someone else can host this calendar.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org 
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From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration
In-Reply-To: <200312061158.hB6BwMxo290597@mail6.itu.ch>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAAENGGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the
"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
section), which I had submitted.

The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be
facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
all people.

In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as
opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
clarity.

3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3

Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
[mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter,
freedom and peace.

3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

3.3.8 Human development - education and training, par 2

  Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must
include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



In par 4 -



...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
life-long perspective...





3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
sentence 3



Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical]
health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan



I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent
with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
countries.



3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and
physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information
and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order
to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and
their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms
with non-disabled people.





Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard
and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



Elizabeth



Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 631-754-2424

Fax: 631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net




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From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FLASH - Plenary meeting - Dec 6 - 1500 hrs
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CS Plenary Meeting
Palais de Nations
Date: Dec 6th
Time: 1700
Room 27
Door 40
Geneva

From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Sat Dec  6 15:22:09 2003
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FLASH - Plenary meeting - Dec 6 - 1500 hrs
Message-ID: <01e701c3bc0c$b9c17a40$c980a8c0@KAWAMURA>

Dear all:
 
I am in Sri Lanka to conduct a workshop for implementation of DAISY for
blind students here.
I wish a successful CS Plenary as well as CS Bureau Meeting.
Looking forward to meeting you all on 10th December in Geneva.

Hiroshi
----------------
Hiroshi Kawamura
Disability Focal Point



From hkawa at attglobal.net  Sat Dec  6 15:20:23 2003
From: hkawa at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FLASH - Plenary meeting - Dec 6 - 1500 hrs
References: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAAENGGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net> <20031206070837.T68011@trout.cpsr.org>
Message-ID: <01e001c3bc0c$7aa6b140$c980a8c0@KAWAMURA>

Dear all:

I am in Sri Lanka to conduct a workshop for implementation of DAISY for
blind students here.
I wish a successful CS Plenary as well as CS Bureau Meeting.
Looking forward to meeting you all on 10th December in Geneva.

Hiroshi
----------------
Hiroshi Kawamura
Disability Focal Point

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To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org>; <ct@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 12:10 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FLASH - Plenary meeting - Dec 6 - 1500 hrs


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> Date: Dec 6th
> Time: 1700
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> Door 40
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sat Dec  6 17:58:56 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (lack of ) Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - We need
 alternatives..
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070737136@[156.106.209.111]>

As you can see from the message below , there is no FREE wireless access
being planned for the summit.

We only get  a 2 hour free voucher, after that it's 1 CHF a
minute...something, which is SHOCKING.

I thus suggest two courses of action:

1. Urgently, find alternate ways we can establish a Civil Society
wireless network at the summit.

We need a Wireless LAN to communicate, to mobilize, and to report back
to those who can not be at the summit.

We need to quickly establish a working group who can identify what
technology might be available, what equipment people could bring to the
summit, and how to bring it all "live" in under two days...



2. Make a political statement - about the role Wireless access..

- that it is needed for development, however a policy decision has been
made at the summit that it is not important, that the information
society  summit does not give spectrum for civil society (or something
like that).

So, we need to move on this - quickly, otherwise we'll have a
communications disaster in 2 days when the summit starts.

regards

Robert





---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Saturday, December 6, 2003 6:02 PM +0100
From: "Richard Torriani (MCI Group)" <Richard.Torriani@mci-group.com>
To: Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>,
michel.pidoux@geneva-palexpo.ch
Subject: RE: Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - Please advise

Dear Robert,
Thank you for your email. The information for participants document
prepared by the ITU clearly states that a PWLAN will be available and
that only one 2 hour free access pass will be provided. No other free
access is foreseen. 

Best regards

Richard Torriani


RICHARD TORRIANI
richard.torriani@mci-group.com

Phone   +41 (0)22 33 99 624
Fax       +41 (0)22 33 99 621




From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sat Dec  6 18:14:49 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070738089@[156.106.209.111]>

As with the overpass list, I am volunteering to help compile a list of
contact info so that we know how to contact each other at the summit.

If we don't get the wireless issued resolved soon, then the only means
of communication will be mobiles & SMS..

thus, if you are interested in sharing your contact info, please send me
(privately) the following details:


- Name
- Organization.
- Tel / Mobile where you can be reached in Geneva
- If you can send/recieve SMS messages.

regards

Robert


From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sat Dec  6 18:19:13 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] orientation meetings for NGOs new to the process?
In-Reply-To: <003901c3bc05$481ffc60$1501a8c0@DCOGBURNLTXP>
Message-ID: <20031206181914.81032.qmail@web21325.mail.yahoo.com>

Thank you Rik and Derrick !   Amali

"Derrick L. Cogburn" <dcogburn@umich.edu> wrote:Rik,
 
This is a great idea.  If we are able to able to hold the meeting, I would be happy to webcast it in order for remote participants to engage with the briefing as well as recording it for those that couldn't make it.  Also, we have a meeting scheduled on Saturday from 10:00 - 12:00 in the ICT4D Platform, room 11 to talk about ways to use the iPC infrastructure to contribute to this discussion (http://tinyurl.com/y04u).  I am happy to have that be a broader discussion along the lines that you raised.
 
Cheers,
Derrick
 

Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Information 
and African Studies 
The University of Michigan
Website: http://www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn 
Blog: http://cogburn.blogspot.com/


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:42 AM
To: wsis-cs-plenary
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] orientation meetings for NGOs new to the process?


Dear Friends,

Have arrangements been made to conduct some kind of orientation meetings next week for groups who are new to the WSIS process by the Bureau or other body? I have this nightmare about hundreds and hundreds of NGOs who have not participated in prior Prepcoms asking what is the Bureau, Content and Themes, the families and caucuses, etc, etc. And we may need to organize some meeting, perhaps on Saturday, to begin to discuss what are the future civil society structures groups want in place between now and Tunis 2005.

I am of course happy to participate and help facilitate any such orientation sessions that are organized.

On a similar note, the "official" WSIS side-events are listed on the wsis-online.net site, but I am sure that there will be other meetings organized by civil society groups that will be organized on an ad hoc basis. Will there be a calendar somewhere where groups can find out about these events? I'm hoping the civil society secretariat, APC, the Boll Foundation or someone else can host this calendar.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=




Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 





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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Dec  6 18:28:49 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] governmental negotiations closer to agreement
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312061927520.38347629@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>

We just had a briefing by Marc Furrer of the Swiss Government, and he
confirmed what we already had heard in the hallways:

The governments seem to have agreed on almost all conflictive issues.
The only major conflicts still open are internet governance and finance.

More details later tonight on http://www.worldsummit2003.org - just trying
to gather the infos...

Best, Ralf

From veni at veni.com  Sat Dec  6 18:51:36 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] governmental negotiations closer to
  agreement
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312061927520.38347629@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin
 .DE>
References: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312061927520.38347629@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031206205126.02b7f758@198.111.183.129>

>The only major conflicts still open are internet governance and finance.

not governance:

The below texts are agreed.

44. The Internet has evolved into a global facility available to the public 
and its governance should constitute a core issue of the Information 
Society agenda. The international management of the Internet should be 
multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of 
governments, the private sector, civil society and international 
organizations. It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, 
facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning of the 
Internet, taking into account multilingualism.

45.The management of the Internet encompasses both technical and public 
policy issues and should involve all stakeholders and relevant 
intergovernmental and international organizations. In this respect it is 
recognized that:

a) policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues is the 
sovereign right of States. They have rights and responsibilities for 
international Internet-related public policy issues; b) the private sector 
has had and should continue to have an important role in the development of 
the Internet, both in the technical and economic fields; c) civil society 
has also played an important role on Internet matters especially at 
community level and should continue to play such a role; d) 
intergovernmental organizations have had and should continue to have a 
facilitating role in the coordination of the Internet related public policy 
issues; e) international organizations have also had and should continue to 
have a important role in the development of Internet-related technical 
standards and relevant policies.
46. International Internet governance issues should be addressed in a 
coordination manner. We ask the Secretary General of the United Nations to 
set up a working group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive 
process that ensures a mechanism for the full and active participation of 
governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing and 
developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and international 
organizations and forums, to investigate and make proposals for action, as 
appropriate, on the governance of Internet by 2005.


And this is also agreed by the states in the Action Plan:

4

e) We ask the Secretary General of the United Nations to set up a working 
group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process that ensures 
a mechanism for the full and active participation of governments, the 
private sector and civil society from both developing and developed 
countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and international 
organizations and forums, to investigate and make proposals for action, as 
appropriate, on the governance of Internet by 2005. The group should, inter 
alia:

i)develop a working definition of Internet governance;

ii)identify the public policy issues that are relevant to Internet governance;

iii)develop a common understanding of the respective roles and 
responsibilities of governments, existing intergovernmental and 
international organisations and other forums as well as the private sector 
and civil society from both developing and developed countries;

iv)prepare a report on the results of this activity to be presented for 
consideration and appropriate action for the second phase of WSIS in Tunis 
in 2005.

f) Governments are invited to:

i)facilitate the establishment of national and regional Internet Exchange 
Centres;

ii)manage or supervise, as appropriate, their respective country code 
top-level domain name (ccTLD);

iii)promote awareness of the Internet.


From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sat Dec  6 19:10:38 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] plenary minutes (?)
In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20031206113300.02a88f78@198.111.183.129>
Message-ID: <20031206191038.74174.qmail@web21327.mail.yahoo.com>

Excellent reporting and thank you!
 
Amali 

Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com> wrote:

>
>Veni, would it be possible to summarize your observations from the discussion?

yes. here they are:

discussion on 2 key points in the Declaration of principles (DP) re:

45, South Africa a) "at the technical field": (no economic)
b) delete "domestic"
add c) "the role of the civil society"
proposed new text for 46 (don't have it in writing)

US disagrees with 46 as it is
"Policy should be open to ALL stakeholders"

Tansania: open 46 to other stakeholders

Argentina: the proposal of South Africa should remain. Changes by Brasil 
are even better. It's an issue about the digital divide!
Kenya: there should be consultative process which governments take when 
discussing policy issues. Governments can not achieve ICT millenium goals 
alone, they need the support of the civil society...

Canada:1st centence is OK, but we agree with Kenya, that these policy could 
be done only in cooperation with civil society and private sector and this 
has to be written more clearly. We have a problem with the final sentence, 
which is perscriptive (?), the WSIS doesn't allow equal participation of 
private and public. If we delete last sentence and edit the first one, we 
may support it.

Zimbabwe: timeframe is important, the technical work, civil society (unclear)

Mauricius: Fully support South Africa proposal and Brasil. The Internet has 
taken a new dimension and has potential to take poor countries to more 
developed stage.

Venezuela: Support S.Africa. Information Society should include civil 
society, but the issue of Internet should be discussed on intergovernmental 
level with both sectors that created this, but leading role - government'

India: alternative 46 and 14e-i from the Action Plan are linked. This 
intergovernmental plan should be written in the Action Plan, where there's 
inclusive process of private sector and civil society. Intergovernmental 
process should be within the UN WSIS, as outlined in the Action Plan.

China: Internet development and management should be inclusive, and we 
support this. The proposal by S.Africa solves some of the concerns of the 
delegations. 45a) has exact role of the private sector. Now we need text 
for governmental participation in the process. China would like to consider 
this proposal.

Iran: Support S.Africa, but the intervention from China is a very credible 
one, because we have paragraph for civil society,therefore we need a 
paragraph for governmental involvement.

Japan: We support 1st and 2nd sentence, but we don't understand the 3rd 
(WSIS within UN) sentence, and we support Canada

EU: This is very important topic. We see entirely different opinion, from 
the facilitator, which suggests participation from all stake holders. We 
suggest that further discussion are left for the WG.

Mexico: at this stage we are not able to understand the issue. I think a 
lot of indepth work needs to be done to deepen our knowledge. A lot of work 
by the stakeholders, and if we don't do it, we will not be able to solve 
the issue.

Syria: S.African proposal is consensus to the meeting, so let's make it a 
general one. Let it be a foundation for future discussion.

South Africa: Thank you all, and we know it's difficult you didn't have it 
in writing. This issue is very important to us as a developing country, and 
we have had bad experience because of the lack of such governance mechanism 
(bingo, then ICANN is not a governance body?!), therefore we should decide 
the issue on that WSIS meeting, and not leave it for the future.

Vietnam: Support S.Africa

Ecuador: we need to see the text and consider it, and most likely we won't 
be able to change the negotiations; secondly as we see merit in including 
civil society, thirdly we need to find a solution for [....governance?] and 
I endorse interventions made by EU and Mexico

Brasil: the process should be inclusive, but we think states, CS and 
private sectors are stakeholders, but have different rights and 
responsibilities. We believe that this is the first time we address this 
issue globally. Internet has developed for 20-30 years, but it's important 
to take this into account (the addressing globally) to reach a mutually 
agreeable and acceptable solution to the governance issue. Governments are 
stakeholders that have under their responsibilities the public interest, 
and they have to protect it. We can not address governments as just another 
stakeholder, and we can't address them as such an usual stakeholder.

moderator: we have to address the question,and it needs further reflection. 
this is clear. The other clear thing is that we need to include all 
stakeholders. We can't go in the Action Plan in details; we can stay on our 
opinions and then nothing will happen, we will not have a declaration, so 
we are doomed to find a compromise. I will suggest after supper to have a 
breakup group in room 24, where we'll discuss this further. And we'll have 
the S.Africa proposal distributed by then.

======
notes from WG meeting, Dec. 5th, 2003, time: 21:00 hours

S.Africa, US [missed notes]

Korea: alt. 46 - how to combine the Internet governance not excluding the 
current system (ICANN)? All delegates think that governments should have 
key role, but we should have cooperation with private sector, therefore 46 
b should be changed.

Saudi Arabia: thank the US representative; the Internet needed special 
environment to reach that high level; but sitting in this room doesn't mean 
the next level will be achieved with us [?]; we recognize the role of the 
private sector, the question is how to do more. Governments need a forum to 
talk about Internet. I see in that proposal another forum - an 
international one.

Croatia: the point by the US delegate is important. We must be fully aware 
what do we mean under "Internet governance". Do we mean IP addresses, DNS, 
[root] servers, content stored in one country by companies resided in other 
countries.... With more and more people on the Net, governments have their 
right to protect their policy. So, it can not be a domestic policy of any 
country, because Internet is global, policy should be international, too. 
But we need to define what problems we are trying to solve, and then look 
for solutions. Many countries see that IP addresses are not fairly 
distributed. And they are scarce resource.

Japan: we should not discourage private sector to invest in Internet.

Zimbabwe: what is the position that technology presumes [?]. Internet 
should be inclusive, incl. all nations, in the sence that countries need to 
say in providing guidance, directions as to facilitate its growth and 
development. And the S.Africa proposal continues the participation of the 
civil society in the development of the Internet. We hope that other 
delegates can recognize that we do not in anyway deny the role of private 
sector, but we'd like Internet to be inclusive in any respect - governance, 
etc. We think that the examples given are sufficient to indicate what 
people are thinking about in discussing this. Let's look at the structure 
of the paragraphs 44, 45, 46, 47.

Brasil: I have the .br ccTLDA with me, but where does Brasil has power in 
that area? If we are unfairly treated in the management of Internet 
tomorrow, to whom are we going to claim our right. That's a problem we 
have. We can admit and accept to have a structure, based on triple leg 
(civil society, private sector, government), but our government must have 
an international instance, intragovernmental organization to which we may 
bring our case.

EU (Italy): There are clearly different views, and as European position, we 
consider of most importance involvement of all stakeholders in a process 
that will lead us to whatever decision we will find. At this stage we do 
not use language that means we are preempting some result, or gives 
impression that some stakeholders are not involved in the process. We would 
have specific comments, we feel that at this stage and this late hour (10 
p.m.) we have more possibilities to find an agreement on Monday evening - 
we'll have more time to consider all ideas.

China: what's the reason for the hostile attitude of both sides? If we 
recognize ICANN is a private sector, it will be represented. If it's civil 
society, it has its status, too. Another problem I don't understand is why 
do you say "we should have an inclusive mechanism". I don't think our 
proposal refuses such an inclusiveness. There's a need to have a new 
entity. The intergovermental is not instead of the existing mechanism, but 
a suplimentary. ICANN doesn't have the resouces to do it. ICANN has a clear 
mandate. It has DoC MoU, it's specifially used with technical and 
coordination issues with DNS and addresses. But it has no capability to 
deal with public policy, arising from those duties. We want to promote the 
development of Internet. I am the first person to use Internet in China in 
1995, and it was restricted to the University network. Now it has extended 
to many aspects of social activities - governments, banks, etc. So, there's 
need of someone to coordinate the Internet issues of their countries, and 
on international level there's need of a place to discuss issues of the 
Internet.

Canada: see 14-e of the AP. In para 44 of the DP we have consensus, this 
text is excellent. If we believe that the AP is a good process, then we may 
conclude discussion on the DP.

Mauricius: I've been following all PrepComs... and there was not a problem 
until today. There are lot of problems on the table, as China says, but now 
we find out we don't know what the problems are about?! We don't know what 
"Internet governance" means?! What's the problem of developing countries? 
We have invested 100s of millions to create a cybercity, then we have 1 
gentleman, who holds .mu ccTLD. And we beg to him to give the DNS to the 
people who want to invest. People don't want to see shadows when they 
invest, and then we are faced with one individual who we have to beg. The 
Internet is so complicated, that governments will not be able to manage 
it?!? This is really strange.

Senegal (Mouhamet): it's harder than we thought before. let's try to focus 
on the consensus - we all agree there are so many stakeholders in the 
process. It's the first time to work like that in the UN platform. We want 
to get something done through partnership. UN is asking for private sector 
to come and join efforts in achieving the Millenium Goals. The WSIS is the 
first process to have civil society and private sector to join. In the DP 
we have devided the IG in 3 parts - recognition who are the stakeholders; 
the role of the governments; define policy framework. I see 2 points - 
national and international, but I ask for a 3-rd level: cyberspace. It's 
not under soveirgnity of any government. Is there one country responsible 
for gTLD? No. I appreciate the South Africa proposal, but are we going from 
one extremism to another one? I don't think so. If we take the proposal of 
S.Africa, then it will be only the UN in control. But we agree that it 
should be a multistakeholder initiative. All comments are that there's a 
relation between policy and technology. We can't say that governments will 
talk only about policy, but who will be the standardisation body for 
Internet? Who is today? IETF. Are we going to tell them to go away and wait 
for governments to decide? We all agree there's a vacuum, and we need to 
talk about a solution that will help to solve problems on a broader area 
(spam, content issues, etc.). I don't think that just by saying 
"governments are legitimate" solve the problems. We have to find a new 
process for solving a new problem. We don't need to use old solution to 
solve new problems.

US: Canada and Iran brought me to a more simple solution. Perhaps we can 
find a short cut? Everytime we go beyond para 44 we look for the perfect 
text there... We are trying to polish a diamond that doesn't need it. Let's 
take 44 and come to full stop and go to the AP with text along these lines 
"Invite the UN Secretary General to organize a UNDP/WIPO/UNICTTF/UNESCO 
with a relevant technical bodies to have technical simposiums to share 
perspective about Internet governance, related to privatisation, 
liberalization, [....] We could spend an equal amount of time discussing 
variations of 45, 46 and 47 as up to now. The chances of having a consensus 
are very slim. But if we set up a path for future cooperation in the AP, 
that will be a good achievement.

BG: Coming from a country in development, I can speak, to say it, from 2 
points of view. On one hand, we understand quite well what developing 
countries feel like when talking about Interent governance; however, on 
another hand, we have been having a strong civil society participation in 
the development of the Internet in Bulgaria. In fact the non-governmental 
sector has actively participated, sometimes with cases in the Supreme 
Court, sometimes by sending experts to the Parliament and exact texts 
(articles) in the preparation of the new Telecommunications Law, which is 
defining what are the government responsibilities towards Internet. E.g. IP 
addresses and Internet domain names are outside of the control of the 
Naitonal Regulatory Authority, but IP (phone) numbers are not. ISPs are not 
subject to licensing, but they have the duty to offer full help and support 
to the police for tracking hackers, computer criminals, etc. That gives us 
a balance between governmental and civil society interests. We believe such 
a balance should be looked for in the declaration and the action plan.
We support the EU position, and believe that, as we say, "the morning is 
wiser than the evening", and hope to have more time to look into the 
proposal of South Africa, and try to find a mutually agreeable solution by 
Monday.

Australia: What Canada suggested is good. Taking para 44 and then look into 
the AP is a good idea. We support the Canadian proposal.

South Africa: We wanted to facilitate the process, not to stop it. We 
appreciate the inputs in that process. We are ready to go along. The Summit 
has to say something substential. We've listened very careful during the 
Summit, and we ask for understanding this is an important issue to us. When 
you come from a country where there's electricity, etc. of course you will 
not see the problem. And there's a society that doesn't know there's a 
problem. As Mauricius mentioned, we'd like to have good sleep tonight, but 
we have sleepless nights trying to deal with that issue. Many of us depend 
on the UN system, and not OECD. The legitimacy of the UN system is what 
makes us bring it in the UN, not because we want more bureacracy. We've 
tried to discuss ITU policy issues, but we've been stopped by one 
administration. It's documented. We are not saying governments should 
govern the Internet. We just need a forum for discussion, like this one. 
And we don't say private sector should not have role. It could be advisory 
role. The problem is the majority of the world can not participate in the 
policy matters. Par. 44 doesn't talk about framework, ICANN is recognized 
in para 44. South Africa is a member of GAC, active, so we know what it is. 
We are not saying everything should be resolved here.

text achieved at the end:
44. The Internet has evolved into a global facility available to the public 
and its governance should constitute a core issue of the Information 
Society agenda. The international management of the Internet should be 
multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of 
governments, the private sector, civil society and international 
organizations. It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, 
facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning of the 
Internet, taking into account multilingualism.
45. The management of the Internet encompasses both technical and public 
policy issues and should involve al stakeholders. In this respect it is 
recognized that:
a)policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues is the 
sovereign right of States. They have rights and responsibilities for 
international Internet-related public policy issues;
b) the private sector has had and should continue to have an important role 
in the development of the Internet, both in the technical and economic fields;
c) civil society has also played an important role on Internet matters 
especially at community level and should therefore play a role in this 
important task.
46. International Internet-related public policy issues should be 
coordinated through appropriate and relevant intergovernmental and 
international organizations and forums. To this end, an intergovernmental 
reflection process should be initiated within the UN framework as part of 
WSIS. This process should be open and inclusive, involving also the private 
sector and civil society.



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From: izumi at anr.org (Izumi Aizu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] plenary minutes (?)
In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20031206113300.02a88f78@198.111.183.129>
References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031205202217.02b9e6e0@198.111.183.129>
 <7CDD4F26-27C1-11D8-861F-000393CB284C@imv.au.dk>
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Thanks Veni for your ver detailed report.

So in a nutshell, have they all agreed with the para 44, 45 and 46?
Looks like...

izumi



From jane at una.dk  Sat Dec  6 20:06:11 2003
From: jane at una.dk (jane Johnsen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070738089@[156.106.209.111]>
References: <2147483647.1070738089@[156.106.209.111]>
Message-ID: <20031206200611.M92178@una.dk>

Robert,

Jane Johnsen
UNA-Denmark
+ 4528936924
Yes, can send and recieve SMS messages

Dorte Munch
UNA-Denmark
+4527210964
Yes, can send and recieve SMS messages

Regards

Jane


On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 19:14:49 +0100, Robert Guerra wrote
> As with the overpass list, I am volunteering to help compile a list 
> of contact info so that we know how to contact each other at the summit.
> 
> If we don't get the wireless issued resolved soon, then the only 
> means of communication will be mobiles & SMS..
> 
> thus, if you are interested in sharing your contact info, please 
> send me
> (privately) the following details:
> 
> - Name
> - Organization.
> - Tel / Mobile where you can be reached in Geneva
> - If you can send/recieve SMS messages.
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary





From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sat Dec  6 20:26:54 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US Geneva Mission Press Release on WSIS
Message-ID: <20031206202654.28124.qmail@web21326.mail.yahoo.com>

FYI :
 
US - Geneva Mission Press Release on WSIS - Ambassador David A. Gross On World Summit
 
http://www.us-mission.ch/press2003/1203WSIS.htm
 
Amali



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From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US Geneva Mission Press Release on WSIS
In-Reply-To: <20031206202654.28124.qmail@web21326.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAGEODGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Thanks, Amali for posting the information.  Always helpful to hear various
governments' perspectives.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 1-631-754-2424

Mobile: 917-287-7137

Fax: 1-631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net



  -----Original Message-----
  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Amali De Silva
  Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 3:27 PM
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US Geneva Mission Press Release on WSIS


  FYI :

  US - Geneva Mission Press Release on WSIS - Ambassador David A. Gross On
World Summit

  http://www.us-mission.ch/press2003/1203WSIS.htm

  Amali



  Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

  Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com






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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sat Dec  6 22:52:50 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070738089@[156.106.209.111]>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEOFGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Robert,

Can you post the information by Sunday morning as many of us will have left
and won't be on line for extended periods of time so tel numbers will be
very helpful especially if there are communication problems.

Thanks,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Mobile: 917-287-7137
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Robert Guerra
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 1:15 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...


As with the overpass list, I am volunteering to help compile a list of
contact info so that we know how to contact each other at the summit.

If we don't get the wireless issued resolved soon, then the only means
of communication will be mobiles & SMS..

thus, if you are interested in sharing your contact info, please send me
(privately) the following details:


- Name
- Organization.
- Tel / Mobile where you can be reached in Geneva
- If you can send/recieve SMS messages.

regards

Robert

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



From patcha at patcha.jinbo.net  Sat Dec  6 23:11:31 2003
From: patcha at patcha.jinbo.net (PatchA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070738089@[156.106.209.111]>
Message-ID: <JOEFJEKMEJDFNEFEKAKNKEEPDNAA.patcha@patcha.jinbo.net>

Hi Robert,

I can use my cellphone from Dec. 8th.
Below is my information

- Name: Kim Jeong Woo (PatchA)
- Organization: Korean Civil Society Network
- Tel / Mobile (In Geneva): 076 479 1243
- SMS messages is OK.

Thanks,
PatchA

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 3:15 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...


As with the overpass list, I am volunteering to help compile a list of
contact info so that we know how to contact each other at the summit.

If we don't get the wireless issued resolved soon, then the only means
of communication will be mobiles & SMS..

thus, if you are interested in sharing your contact info, please send me
(privately) the following details:


- Name
- Organization.
- Tel / Mobile where you can be reached in Geneva
- If you can send/recieve SMS messages.

regards

Robert

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Dec  6 23:48:04 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit Preparations Closer to Agreement
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312070046100.38958742@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>

Summit Preparations Closer to Agreement
Only finance still open

Geneva, 6 December 2003. The negotiations at PrepCom3B have made
significant progress toward a final consensus on the summit declaration
and action plan today. The working group meetings and the PrepCom plenary
were closed to all observers until the end, but the Swiss government gave
a briefing for civil society this afternoon. We also were able to gather
infomration from delegates participating in the meetings. As of 24:00
Sunday night, the only open issue is finance and the digital solidarity
fund, where the main conflict is between the EU  mainly Germany  and
Africa.

more: http://www.worldsummit2003.org


From mbuntan at tab.or.th  Sun Dec  7 01:41:20 2003
From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please
 send COMMENTS on CS declaration
In-Reply-To: <021301c3bc14$0e6f9f70$c980a8c0@KAWAMURA>
References: <021301c3bc14$0e6f9f70$c980a8c0@KAWAMURA>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031207083143.01bdbbb8@mail.anet.net.th>

Dear Hiroshi:

Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over the 
word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the word 
"physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At 
least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons 
with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with 
disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" 
regardless of types and severity.

Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up 
exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader 
than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

Best regards,

Thian

  At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:
>The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
>original author. --- Hiroshi
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>
>The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
>version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the
>"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
>section), which I had submitted.
>
>The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
>
>The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be
>facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
>information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
>the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
>suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
>level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
>critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
>crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
>of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
>Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
>communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
>prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
>all people.
>
>In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
>previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
>re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as
>opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
>clarity.
>
>3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
>
>Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
>[mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
>
>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
>
>People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
>and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter,
>freedom and peace.
>
>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
>
>must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
>
>3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
>   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must
>include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
>
>
>
>In par 4 -
>
>
>
>...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
>with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
>communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
>life-long perspective...
>
>
>
>
>
>3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
>sentence 3
>
>
>
>Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
>body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
>and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
>
>
>
>
>
>4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
>
>
>
>....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical]
>health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
>food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
>
>
>
>
>
>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
>
>
>
>I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
>Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent
>with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
>degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
>often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
>countries.
>
>
>
>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
>
>
>In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and
>physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information
>and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
>disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order
>to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
>technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
>process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and
>their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms
>with non-disabled people.
>
>
>
>
>
>Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
>Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard
>and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
>
>
>
>Elizabeth
>
>
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>
>Focal Point
>
>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>
>Tel: 631-754-2424
>
>Fax: 631-754-5032
>
>ecarll@optonline.net
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Pwd mailing list
>Pwd@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting]
 URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration
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Dear Thian and Hiroshi,

 In many countries including the US, unless mental or psychological is
specified it is often excluded.  This is especially true with health
insurance coverage and services.  How about a qualifier such as "persons
with disabilities, including mental and physical"  as this would include
mental but not limit it to physical as it is used as an example of the types
of disabilities?

Best regards,

Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 631-754-2424

Fax: 631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net



-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
Of Monthian Buntan
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:41 PM
To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting]
URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


  Dear Hiroshi:

  Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over
the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the
word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At
least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons
with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with
disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities"
regardless of types and severity.

  Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up
exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

  Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader
than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

  Best regards,

  Thian

   At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:

    The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission
of
    original author. --- Hiroshi

    ----------------------------------------------------

    The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most
accurate
    version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in
the
    "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social
Justice
    section), which I had submitted.

    The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

    The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can
be
    facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
    information and communication has been identified as a critical factor
in
    the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
have
    suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
community
    level points of access to mental and physical health information would
be a
    critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health
care
    crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way
flows
    of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
    Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation
of
    communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
    prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care
for
    all people.

    In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
    previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
    re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical
health, as
    opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
    clarity.

    3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3

    Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those
with
    [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

    3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

    People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of
[mental
    and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
shelter,
    freedom and peace.

    3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

    must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and]
physical
    impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

    3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
      Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
must
    include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
    impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



    In par 4 -



    ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
    with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of
migrant
    communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
    life-long perspective...





    3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par
1,
    sentence 3



    Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
    body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be
gender
    and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





    4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



    ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
physical]
    health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
    food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





    3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian
Buntan



    I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by
Monthian
    Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent
    with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
    degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only
as
    often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
    countries.



    3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


    In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental
and
    physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
information
    and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
    disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
order
    to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of
assistive
    technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the
whole
    process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs
and
    their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms
    with non-disabled people.





    Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone
in
    Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
blizzard
    and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



    Elizabeth



    Dr. Elizabeth Carll

    Focal Point

    International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

    Tel: 631-754-2424

    Fax: 631-754-5032

    ecarll@optonline.net




    _______________________________________________
    Pwd mailing list
    Pwd@wsis-cs.org
    http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting]
 URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration
In-Reply-To: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAEEOJGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAGEOKGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Or another possibility could be "persons with disabilities, including
mental, physical, and other"

Elizabeth
  -----Original Message-----
  From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Elizabeth Carll, PhD
  Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
  Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE:
[Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


  Dear Thian and Hiroshi,

   In many countries including the US, unless mental or psychological is
specified it is often excluded.  This is especially true with health
insurance coverage and services.  How about a qualifier such as "persons
with disabilities, including mental and physical"  as this would include
mental but not limit it to physical as it is used as an example of the types
of disabilities?

  Best regards,

  Dr. Elizabeth Carll

  Focal Point

  International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

  Tel: 631-754-2424

  Fax: 631-754-5032

  ecarll@optonline.net



  -----Original Message-----
  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Monthian Buntan
  Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:41 PM
  To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
  Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting]
URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


    Dear Hiroshi:

    Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over
the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the
word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At
least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons
with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with
disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities"
regardless of types and severity.

    Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up
exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

    Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader
than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

    Best regards,

    Thian

     At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:

      The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission
of
      original author. --- Hiroshi

      ----------------------------------------------------

      The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most
accurate
      version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion
in the
      "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social
Justice
      section), which I had submitted.

      The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

      The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information
can be
      facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access
to
      information and communication has been identified as a critical factor
in
      the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
have
      suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
community
      level points of access to mental and physical health information would
be a
      critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health
care
      crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way
flows
      of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
      Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and
creation of
      communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
      prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health
care for
      all people.

      In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which
were
      previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
      re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical
health, as
      opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
      clarity.

      3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph
3

      Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those
with
      [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

      People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of
[mental
      and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
shelter,
      freedom and peace.

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

      must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and]
physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

      3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
        Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
must
      include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



      In par 4 -



      ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of
people
      with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of
migrant
      communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in
a
      life-long perspective...





      3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par
1,
      sentence 3



      Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of
the
      body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be
gender
      and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





      4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



      ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
physical]
      health and well-being of the individual and his or her family,
including
      food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian
Buntan



      I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by
Monthian
      Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent
      with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types
and
      degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical
only as
      often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
      countries.



      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


      In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with
[mental and
      physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
information
      and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
      disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
order
      to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of
assistive
      technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the
whole
      process of building and nurturing the information society in which
PWDs and
      their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms
      with non-disabled people.





      Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone
in
      Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
blizzard
      and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



      Elizabeth



      Dr. Elizabeth Carll

      Focal Point

      International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

      Tel: 631-754-2424

      Fax: 631-754-5032

      ecarll@optonline.net




      _______________________________________________
      Pwd mailing list
      Pwd@wsis-cs.org
      http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please
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Dear Hiroshi and all:

If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", 
although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly 
most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types 
of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of 
all concerns we may have.

As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility, 
sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such 
term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.

Best regards,

Thian

At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:
>Dear Hiroshi:
>
>Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over 
>the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the 
>word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at 
>all.  At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to 
>persons with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with 
>disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" 
>regardless of types and severity.
>
>Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up 
>exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.
>
>Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader 
>than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."
>
>Best regards,
>
>Thian
>
>  At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:
>>The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
>>original author. --- Hiroshi
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
>>version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the
>>"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
>>section), which I had submitted.
>>
>>The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
>>
>>The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be
>>facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
>>information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
>>the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
>>suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
>>level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
>>critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
>>crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
>>of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
>>Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
>>communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
>>prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
>>all people.
>>
>>In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
>>previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
>>re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as
>>opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
>>clarity.
>>
>>3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
>>
>>Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
>>[mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
>>
>>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
>>
>>People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
>>and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter,
>>freedom and peace.
>>
>>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
>>
>>must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
>>
>>3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
>>   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must
>>include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
>>
>>
>>
>>In par 4 -
>>
>>
>>
>>...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
>>with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
>>communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
>>life-long perspective...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
>>sentence 3
>>
>>
>>
>>Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
>>body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
>>and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
>>
>>
>>
>>....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical]
>>health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
>>food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
>>
>>
>>
>>I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
>>Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent
>>with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
>>degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
>>often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
>>countries.
>>
>>
>>
>>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
>>
>>
>>In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and
>>physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information
>>and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
>>disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order
>>to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
>>technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
>>process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and
>>their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms
>>with non-disabled people.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
>>Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard
>>and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
>>
>>
>>
>>Elizabeth
>>
>>
>>
>>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>>
>>Focal Point
>>
>>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>>
>>Tel: 631-754-2424
>>
>>Fax: 631-754-5032
>>
>>ecarll@optonline.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Pwd mailing list
>>Pwd@wsis-cs.org
>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From: jerodrigue at cantv.net (Jesus Rodriguez Espinoza)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...
In-Reply-To: <20031206200611.M92178@una.dk>
Message-ID: <05f201c3bc75$b27e8f20$606054c8@homejre>

Jes?s Rodr?guez Espinoza
Cellphone: +412+9188135
E-mail: jre@aporrea.org / jerodrigue@cantv.net
APORREA.ORG-Venezuela (Community Media)
(www.aporrea.org)
Yes, can send and receive SMS messages

Best regards and hope to keep in touch with all of you out there. You can
also contact Juan Arias (0227884790) who lives in Geneva and is helping us
with logistic.

JRE

-----Mensaje original-----
De: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] En nombre
de jane Johnsen
Enviado el: S?bado, 06 de Diciembre de 2003 04:06 p.m.
Para: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Asunto: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...


Robert,

Jane Johnsen
UNA-Denmark
+ 4528936924
Yes, can send and recieve SMS messages

Dorte Munch
UNA-Denmark
+4527210964
Yes, can send and recieve SMS messages

Regards

Jane


On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 19:14:49 +0100, Robert Guerra wrote
> As with the overpass list, I am volunteering to help compile a list
> of contact info so that we know how to contact each other at the summit.
> 
> If we don't get the wireless issued resolved soon, then the only
> means of communication will be mobiles & SMS..
> 
> thus, if you are interested in sharing your contact info, please
> send me
> (privately) the following details:
> 
> - Name
> - Organization.
> - Tel / Mobile where you can be reached in Geneva
> - If you can send/recieve SMS messages.
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org 
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Dec  7 06:17:30 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please  send
 COMMENTS on CS declaration
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20031207091806.01b76468@mail.anet.net.th>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAAEONGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Thian and all,

There is no problem with any of the phrases you are suggesting for the
paragraph below which you have suggested.  However, I would like to request
that we also include a phrase as an example, such as "Persons with
disabilities, including mental, physical, and other.  Is there a problem
with including mental disabilities as an example?  In many countries mental
health services are disconnected from health services.

More than 400 million people are known to suffer from mental and brain
disorders and these numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next few
decades, particularly among people in the developing world.  Despite, the
enormous social and economic burden so created, more than 40% of the world?s
countries have no articulated mental health policy, and over 30% have no
mental health programs.

I understand your concern, which is why I have suggested using an example
that includes mental disabilities in addition to your phrase.  Unfortunately
in many countries it is important to specify so as not to exclude, assuming
that someone else's definition of all disabilities includes mental
disabilities is an assumption that may leave people with out services.  When
identifying problems it is also important to keep in mind how the services
may be carried out in different parts of the world and not to inadvertently
leave loop holes.

The following is suggested for the paragraph you have suggested which
includes your description as well as an example following.  Is this
acceptable?  If not, please clarify the reason.  Hopefully this compromise
achieves both our goals to be as inclusive as possible.


3.1.9 Rights of persons with disabilities, including mental, physical, and
other;

In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with
disabilities, including mental, physical, and other, to have full and
absolute equal access to information and communications including ICTs,
regardless of types and degree of disabilities, must be ensured by laws and
policies at all levels.  In order to achieve such goal, Universal Design
principle and the use of assistive technologies must be seriously promoted
and supported throughout the whole process of building and nurturing the
information society in which PWDs and their organizations must be allowed to
participate fully and on equal terms with non-disabled people.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 631-754-2424

Fax: 631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net


  -----Original Message-----
  From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Monthian Buntan
  Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM
  To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
  Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please
send COMMENTS on CS declaration


  Dear Hiroshi and all:

  If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities",
although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly
most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types
of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of all
concerns we may have.

  As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility,
sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such
term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.

  Best regards,

  Thian

  At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:

    Dear Hiroshi:

    Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over
the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the
word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At
least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons
with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with
disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities"
regardless of types and severity.

    Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up
exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

    Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader
than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

    Best regards,

    Thian

     At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:

      The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission
of
      original author. --- Hiroshi

      ----------------------------------------------------

      The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most
accurate
      version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion
in the
      "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social
Justice
      section), which I had submitted.

      The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

      The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information
can be
      facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access
to
      information and communication has been identified as a critical factor
in
      the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
have
      suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
community
      level points of access to mental and physical health information would
be a
      critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health
care
      crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way
flows
      of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
      Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and
creation of
      communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
      prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health
care for
      all people.

      In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which
were
      previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
      re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical
health, as
      opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
      clarity.

      3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph
3

      Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those
with
      [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

      People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of
[mental
      and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
shelter,
      freedom and peace.

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

      must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and]
physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

      3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
        Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
must
      include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



      In par 4 -



      ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of
people
      with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of
migrant
      communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in
a
      life-long perspective...





      3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par
1,
      sentence 3



      Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of
the
      body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be
gender
      and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





      4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



      ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
physical]
      health and well-being of the individual and his or her family,
including
      food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian
Buntan



      I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by
Monthian
      Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent
      with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types
and
      degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical
only as
      often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
      countries.



      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


      In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with
[mental and
      physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
information
      and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
      disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
order
      to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of
assistive
      technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the
whole
      process of building and nurturing the information society in which
PWDs and
      their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms
      with non-disabled people.





      Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone
in
      Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
blizzard
      and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



      Elizabeth



      Dr. Elizabeth Carll

      Focal Point

      International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

      Tel: 631-754-2424

      Fax: 631-754-5032

      ecarll@optonline.net




      _______________________________________________
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      Pwd@wsis-cs.org
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From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:13 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please
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Dear Elisabeth and all:

I would like to suggest one way out of this problem by putting the word 
"all types of disabilities.  If you want an example to follow, the only way 
to end concerns is to say "including but not limited to physical, visual, 
hearing, cognitive, learning and mental disabilities.  I'm afraid that such 
approach will be too wordy, but will at least, sovle problems.  To simply 
say "physical" without mentioning visual, hear, cognitive and learning, is 
not acceptable.  It is better for us to seek for the most inclusive term in 
this international document, rather than trying to narrow it down, I 
think.  Again, I confirm, the term "physica" is not inclusive.

Best regards,

Thian

At 01:17 PM 12/7/2003, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Dear Thian and all,
>
>There is no problem with any of the phrases you are suggesting for the 
>paragraph below which you have suggested.  However, I would like to 
>request that we also include a phrase as an example, such as "Persons with 
>disabilities, including mental, physical, and other.  Is there a problem 
>with including mental disabilities as an example?  In many countries 
>mental health services are disconnected from health services.
>
>More than 400 million people are known to suffer from mental and brain 
>disorders and these numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next few 
>decades, particularly among people in the developing world.  Despite, the 
>enormous social and economic burden so created, more than 40% of the 
>world's countries have no articulated mental health policy, and over 30% 
>have no mental health programs.
>
>I understand your concern, which is why I have suggested using an example 
>that includes mental disabilities in addition to your 
>phrase.  Unfortunately in many countries it is important to specify so as 
>not to exclude, assuming that someone else's definition of all 
>disabilities includes mental disabilities is an assumption that may leave 
>people with out services.  When identifying problems it is also important 
>to keep in mind how the services may be carried out in different parts of 
>the world and not to inadvertently leave loop holes.
>
>The following is suggested for the paragraph you have suggested which 
>includes your description as well as an example following.  Is this 
>acceptable?  If not, please clarify the reason.  Hopefully this compromise 
>achieves both our goals to be as inclusive as possible.
>
>
>3.1.9 Rights of persons with disabilities, including mental, physical, and 
>other;
>
>In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with 
>disabilities, including mental, physical, and other, to have full and 
>absolute equal access to information and communications including ICTs, 
>regardless of types and degree of disabilities, must be ensured by laws 
>and policies at all levels.  In order to achieve such goal, Universal 
>Design principle and the use of assistive technologies must be seriously 
>promoted and supported throughout the whole process of building and 
>nurturing the information society in which PWDs and their organizations 
>must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms with non-disabled 
>people.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Elizabeth
>
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>
>Focal Point
>
>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>
>Tel: 631-754-2424
>
>Fax: 631-754-5032
>
>ecarll@optonline.net
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of 
>Monthian Buntan
>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM
>To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
>Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please 
>send COMMENTS on CS declaration
>
>Dear Hiroshi and all:
>
>If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", 
>although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the 
>possibly most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with 
>all types of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take 
>care of all concerns we may have.
>
>As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility, 
>sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such 
>term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Thian
>
>At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:
>>Dear Hiroshi:
>>
>>Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over 
>>the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the 
>>word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at 
>>all.  At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only 
>>to persons with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons 
>>with disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" 
>>regardless of types and severity.
>>
>>Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up 
>>exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.
>>
>>Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader 
>>than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Thian
>>
>>  At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:
>>>The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
>>>original author. --- Hiroshi
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
>>>version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the
>>>"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
>>>section), which I had submitted.
>>>
>>>The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
>>>
>>>The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be
>>>facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
>>>information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
>>>the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
>>>suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
>>>level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
>>>critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
>>>crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
>>>of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
>>>Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
>>>communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
>>>prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
>>>all people.
>>>
>>>In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
>>>previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
>>>re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as
>>>opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
>>>clarity.
>>>
>>>3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
>>>
>>>Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
>>>[mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
>>>
>>>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
>>>
>>>People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
>>>and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter,
>>>freedom and peace.
>>>
>>>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
>>>
>>>must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>>>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
>>>
>>>3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
>>>   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must
>>>include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>>>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>In par 4 -
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
>>>with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
>>>communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
>>>life-long perspective...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
>>>sentence 3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
>>>body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
>>>and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical]
>>>health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
>>>food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
>>>Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent
>>>with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
>>>degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
>>>often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
>>>countries.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
>>>
>>>
>>>In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and
>>>physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information
>>>and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
>>>disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order
>>>to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
>>>technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
>>>process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and
>>>their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms
>>>with non-disabled people.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
>>>Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard
>>>and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Elizabeth
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>>>
>>>Focal Point
>>>
>>>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>>>
>>>Tel: 631-754-2424
>>>
>>>Fax: 631-754-5032
>>>
>>>ecarll@optonline.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Pwd mailing list
>>>Pwd@wsis-cs.org
>>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please   send
 COMMENTS on CS declaration
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Dear Thian and all.

Including the longer list of examples is one possibility.  What is
interesting is how differently mental disabilities are defined, as you
separate learning and cognitive disabilities which are mental disabilities
as intelligence and learning are mental skills. Mental disabilities does not
only refer to emotional disorders but also to cognitive and intellectual
functioning.  That is what I suggested "physical, mental,and other
disabilities", in the event some did not perceive a particular area falling
into the two basic  (mind -body categories). Some view visual and hearing
disabilities as physical disabilities.  I did not suggest only using
physical and added "and other" in view of your concerns.

I will be off line after Sunday morning, as I am leaving for Geneva Sunday
afternoon.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 1-631-754-2424

Mobile: 917-287-7137

Fax: 1-631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net




 -----Original Message-----
From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Monthian Buntan
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 1:46 AM
To: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send
COMMENTS on CS declaration


  Dear Elisabeth and all:

  I would like to suggest one way out of this problem by putting the word
"all types of disabilities.  If you want an example to follow, the only way
to end concerns is to say "including but not limited to physical, visual,
hearing, cognitive, learning and mental disabilities.  I'm afraid that such
approach will be too wordy, but will at least, sovle problems.  To simply
say "physical" without mentioning visual, hear, cognitive and learning, is
not acceptable.  It is better for us to seek for the most inclusive term in
this international document, rather than trying to narrow it down, I think.
Again, I confirm, the term "physica" is not inclusive.

  Best regards,

  Thian

  At 01:17 PM 12/7/2003, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

    Dear Thian and all,

    There is no problem with any of the phrases you are suggesting for the
paragraph below which you have suggested.  However, I would like to request
that we also include a phrase as an example, such as "Persons with
disabilities, including mental, physical, and other.  Is there a problem
with including mental disabilities as an example?  In many countries mental
health services are disconnected from health services.

    More than 400 million people are known to suffer from mental and brain
disorders and these numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next few
decades, particularly among people in the developing world.  Despite, the
enormous social and economic burden so created, more than 40% of the world?s
countries have no articulated mental health policy, and over 30% have no
mental health programs.

    I understand your concern, which is why I have suggested using an
example that includes mental disabilities in addition to your phrase.
Unfortunately in many countries it is important to specify so as not to
exclude, assuming that someone else's definition of all disabilities
includes mental disabilities is an assumption that may leave people with out
services.  When identifying problems it is also important to keep in mind
how the services may be carried out in different parts of the world and not
to inadvertently leave loop holes.

    The following is suggested for the paragraph you have suggested which
includes your description as well as an example following.  Is this
acceptable?  If not, please clarify the reason.  Hopefully this compromise
achieves both our goals to be as inclusive as possible.


    3.1.9 Rights of persons with disabilities, including mental, physical,
and other;

    In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with
disabilities, including mental, physical, and other, to have full and
absolute equal access to information and communications including ICTs,
regardless of types and degree of disabilities, must be ensured by laws and
policies at all levels.  In order to achieve such goal, Universal Design
principle and the use of assistive technologies must be seriously promoted
and supported throughout the whole process of building and nurturing the
information society in which PWDs and their organizations must be allowed to
participate fully and on equal terms with non-disabled people.

    Best regards,

    Elizabeth


    Dr. Elizabeth Carll

    Focal Point

    International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

    Tel: 631-754-2424

    Fax: 631-754-5032

    ecarll@optonline.net

      -----Original Message-----

      From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Monthian Buntan

      Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM

      To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org

      Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org

      Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT:
Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


      Dear Hiroshi and all:


      If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities",
although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly
most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types
of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of all
concerns we may have.


      As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility,
sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such
term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.


      Best regards,


      Thian


      At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:

        Dear Hiroshi:


        Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern
over the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances,
the word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.
At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons
with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with
disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities"
regardless of types and severity.


        Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end
up exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.


        Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely
broader than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."


        Best regards,


        Thian


         At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:

          The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with
permission of

          original author. --- Hiroshi


          ----------------------------------------------------


          The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most
accurate

          version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for
inclusion in the

          "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social
Justice

          section), which I had submitted.


          The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE


          The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health
information can be

          facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of
access to

          information and communication has been identified as a critical
factor in

          the public mental and physical health crises around the world.
Experts have

          suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
community

          level points of access to mental and physical health information
would be a

          critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical
health care

          crises. However, such access points should support more than
one-way flows

          of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).

          Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and
creation of

          communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address
the

          prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health
care for

          all people.


          In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets,
which were

          previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.
Please

          re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical
health, as

          opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency
and

          clarity.


          3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication,
paragraph 3


          Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including
those with

          [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....


          3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence


          People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of
[mental

          and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone
food, shelter,

          freedom and peace.


          3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence


          must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and]
physical

          impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...


          3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2

            Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information
Society must

          include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and]
physical

          impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....




          In par 4 -




          ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of
people

          with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of
migrant

          communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict
situations, in a

          life-long perspective...






          3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research,
par 1,

          sentence 3




          Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation
of the

          body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should
be gender

          and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]






          4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence




          ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
physical]

          health and well-being of the individual and his or her family,
including

          food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical
health]care.






          3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian
Buntan




          I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by
Monthian

          Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent

          with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify
types and

          degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical
only as

          often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in
many

          countries.




          3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:



          In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with
[mental and

          physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
information

          and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree
of

          disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.
In order

          to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of
assistive

          technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout
the whole

          process of building and nurturing the information society in which
PWDs and

          their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on
equal terms

          with non-disabled people.






          Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting
everyone in

          Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a
huge blizzard

          and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.




          Elizabeth




          Dr. Elizabeth Carll


          Focal Point


          International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies


          Tel: 631-754-2424


          Fax: 631-754-5032


          ecarll@optonline.net





          _______________________________________________

          Pwd mailing list

          Pwd@wsis-cs.org

          http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please
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Dear Elisabeth:

The only problem now is when you suggested "mental, physical and 
others."  Whenever you suggest "physical", you're provoking  lots of debate 
over "physical."  The term "physical disability" has never been 
inclusive.  At least the blindness and deafness communities will be 
unhappy.  I for one will consider withdrawing my involvement in this whole 
process should the term"physical" be suggested without referring to visual 
and hearing.

Regards,

Thian

At 02:26 PM 12/7/2003, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Dear Thian and all.
>
>Including the longer list of examples is one possibility.  What is 
>interesting is how differently mental disabilities are defined, as you 
>separate learning and cognitive disabilities which are mental disabilities 
>as intelligence and learning are mental skills. Mental disabilities does 
>not only refer to emotional disorders but also to cognitive and 
>intellectual functioning.  That is what I suggested "physical, mental,and 
>other disabilities", in the event some did not perceive a particular area 
>falling into the two basic  (mind -body categories). Some view visual and 
>hearing disabilities as physical disabilities.  I did not suggest only 
>using physical and added "and other" in view of your concerns.
>
>I will be off line after Sunday morning, as I am leaving for Geneva Sunday 
>afternoon.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Elizabeth
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>
>Focal Point
>
>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>
>Tel: 1-631-754-2424
>
>Mobile: 917-287-7137
>
>Fax: 1-631-754-5032
>
><mailto:ecarll@optonline.net>ecarll@optonline.net
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of 
>Monthian Buntan
>Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 1:46 AM
>To: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
>Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please 
>send COMMENTS on CS declaration
>
>Dear Elisabeth and all:
>
>I would like to suggest one way out of this problem by putting the word 
>"all types of disabilities.  If you want an example to follow, the only 
>way to end concerns is to say "including but not limited to physical, 
>visual, hearing, cognitive, learning and mental disabilities.  I'm afraid 
>that such approach will be too wordy, but will at least, sovle 
>problems.  To simply say "physical" without mentioning visual, hear, 
>cognitive and learning, is not acceptable.  It is better for us to seek 
>for the most inclusive term in this international document, rather than 
>trying to narrow it down, I think.  Again, I confirm, the term "physica" 
>is not inclusive.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Thian
>
>At 01:17 PM 12/7/2003, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>>Dear Thian and all,
>>
>>There is no problem with any of the phrases you are suggesting for the 
>>paragraph below which you have suggested.  However, I would like to 
>>request that we also include a phrase as an example, such as "Persons 
>>with disabilities, including mental, physical, and other.  Is there a 
>>problem with including mental disabilities as an example?  In many 
>>countries mental health services are disconnected from health services.
>>
>>More than 400 million people are known to suffer from mental and brain 
>>disorders and these numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next 
>>few decades, particularly among people in the developing world.  Despite, 
>>the enormous social and economic burden so created, more than 40% of the 
>>world's countries have no articulated mental health policy, and over 30% 
>>have no mental health programs.
>>
>>I understand your concern, which is why I have suggested using an example 
>>that includes mental disabilities in addition to your 
>>phrase.  Unfortunately in many countries it is important to specify so as 
>>not to exclude, assuming that someone else's definition of all 
>>disabilities includes mental disabilities is an assumption that may leave 
>>people with out services.  When identifying problems it is also important 
>>to keep in mind how the services may be carried out in different parts of 
>>the world and not to inadvertently leave loop holes.
>>
>>The following is suggested for the paragraph you have suggested which 
>>includes your description as well as an example following.  Is this 
>>acceptable?  If not, please clarify the reason.  Hopefully this 
>>compromise achieves both our goals to be as inclusive as possible.
>>
>>
>>3.1.9 Rights of persons with disabilities, including mental, physical, 
>>and other;
>>
>>In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with 
>>disabilities, including mental, physical, and other, to have full and 
>>absolute equal access to information and communications including ICTs, 
>>regardless of types and degree of disabilities, must be ensured by laws 
>>and policies at all levels.  In order to achieve such goal, Universal 
>>Design principle and the use of assistive technologies must be seriously 
>>promoted and supported throughout the whole process of building and 
>>nurturing the information society in which PWDs and their organizations 
>>must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms with non-disabled 
>>people.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Elizabeth
>>
>>
>>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>>
>>Focal Point
>>
>>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>>
>>Tel: 631-754-2424
>>
>>Fax: 631-754-5032
>>
>>ecarll@optonline.net
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of 
>>Monthian Buntan
>>Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM
>>To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
>>Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org; 
>>plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please 
>>send COMMENTS on CS declaration
>>
>>Dear Hiroshi and all:
>>If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", 
>>although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the 
>>possibly most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons 
>>with all types of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, 
>>will take care of all concerns we may have.
>>As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility, 
>>sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such 
>>term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.
>>Best regards,
>>Thian
>>At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:
>>>Dear Hiroshi:
>>>Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over 
>>>the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, 
>>>the word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at 
>>>all.  At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only 
>>>to persons with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons 
>>>with disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" 
>>>regardless of types and severity.
>>>Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up 
>>>exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.
>>>Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader 
>>>than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."
>>>Best regards,
>>>Thian
>>>  At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:
>>>>The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
>>>>original author. --- Hiroshi
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------
>>>>The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
>>>>version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in 
>>>>the
>>>>"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
>>>>section), which I had submitted.
>>>>The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
>>>>The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information 
>>>>can be
>>>>facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
>>>>information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
>>>>the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts 
>>>>have
>>>>suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with 
>>>>community
>>>>level points of access to mental and physical health information would 
>>>>be a
>>>>critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
>>>>crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
>>>>of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
>>>>Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and 
>>>>creation of
>>>>communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
>>>>prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care 
>>>>for
>>>>all people.
>>>>In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
>>>>previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
>>>>re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical 
>>>>health, as
>>>>opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
>>>>clarity.
>>>>3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
>>>>Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
>>>>[mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
>>>>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
>>>>People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
>>>>and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, 
>>>>shelter,
>>>>freedom and peace.
>>>>3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
>>>>must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>>>>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
>>>>3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
>>>>   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society 
>>>> must
>>>>include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
>>>>impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>In par 4 -
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
>>>>with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
>>>>communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
>>>>life-long perspective...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
>>>>sentence 3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
>>>>body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
>>>>and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and 
>>>>physical]
>>>>health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
>>>>food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
>>>>Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be 
>>>>consistent
>>>>with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
>>>>degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
>>>>often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
>>>>countries.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
>>>>
>>>>In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with 
>>>>[mental and
>>>>physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to 
>>>>information
>>>>and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
>>>>disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In 
>>>>order
>>>>to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
>>>>technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
>>>>process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs 
>>>>and
>>>>their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal 
>>>>terms
>>>>with non-disabled people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
>>>>Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge 
>>>>blizzard
>>>>and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Elizabeth
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>>>>Focal Point
>>>>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>>>>Tel: 631-754-2424
>>>>Fax: 631-754-5032
>>>>ecarll@optonline.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>Pwd mailing list
>>>>Pwd@wsis-cs.org
>>>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Sun Dec  7 10:23:06 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary meeting Monday Dec 8, 9am @ ITU, room C
Message-ID: <59130CEC-289F-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Colleagues,

A civil society plenary meeting will take place Monday, December 8, at 
9am,in the ITU building (the tower), probably in Room C. Check the 
computer screens in the ITU in case the room has to be changed.

The main subject of the meeting will be a final opportunity to discuss 
the visionary statement

The latest version of the visionary statement will be sent out shortly, 
with a deadline for comments to the drafting committee by 4pm today 
(Sunday, Dec 7.)

***

Chers Coll?gues,

Une r?union pl?ni?re de soci?t? civile sera lundi, d?cembre 8, ? 9h, 
dans le b?timent d'ITU (la tour), probablement dans la salle C. 
Regardez les ?crans d'ordinateur dans l'ITU au cas o? la salle devrait 
?tre chang?e.  Le sujet principal de la r?union sera une occasion 
finale de discuter le rapport visionnaire.

La derni?re version du rapport visionnaire sera envoy?e tout de suite, 
avec une deadline pour des commentaires au Comit? de r?daction de 4pm 
aujourd'hui (dimanche, DEC 7.)


Rik Panganiban
WFM
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From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
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From mbuntan at tab.or.th  Sun Dec  7 12:43:34 2003
From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
References: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031207193323.01bbf6f0@mail.anet.net.th>

Dear Rik:

This is fine.  I'm glad that we are not drawn into too specific disability 
type when addressing the rights of persons with disabilities.  Once you 
start giving a space to one specific group, more than ten will 
follow.  This is just natural in any other groups, I'm afraid.

Best regards,

Thian

At 05:58 PM 12/7/2003, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo the 
>CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday December 
>10.  We request your comments to this text to the drafting committee by 
>TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.
>
>Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and 
>working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must be 
>ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it translated and 
>available for wide endorsement on Wednesday.  The drafting committee will 
>do final edits this afternoon.
>
>In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS 
>omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text.  It is 
>much too late for completely new text or sections.
>
>There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday, 
>December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.
>
>Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for the 
>extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text available 
>in English.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>WFM
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sun Dec  7 13:29:26 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The costs...
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070807366@[127.0.0.1]>

Here's the latest on Wireless at the Summit ....

here is the cost related to  the "value cards" to use Wireless.

I'm not sure "value" is the right word to use....


regards

Robert


---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Date: Sunday, December 7, 2003 8:50 AM +0100
From: Pidoux Michel <michel.pidoux@geneva-palexpo.ch>
To: "Richard Torriani (MCI Group)" <Richard.Torriani@mci-group.com>,
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Subject: RE : Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - Please advise


Good morning,

We do have some value cards available for sale in the Main lobby, close
to the Brasserie, i.e. in the ICT4D area.

They cost CHF 9.- for 30 minutes, 19.- for two hours, 48.- for 24 hours
and 198.- for seven days.

Kind regards,

Michel

Michel Pidoux
Key Account Manager
GENEVA PALEXPO
PO Box 112
CH 1218 - Le Grand-Saconnex / Geneva
Switzerland

Phone     +41 22 761 10 76 (direct)
                         761 11 11  (general)
Fax         +41 22 798 01 00
Website   www.geneva-palexpo.ch





-----Message d'origine-----
De : Richard Torriani (MCI Group)
[mailto:Richard.Torriani@mci-group.com]  Envoy? : samedi, 6. d?cembre
2003 18:02
? : Robert Guerra; Pidoux Michel
Cc : bureau@geneva2003.org
Objet : RE: Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - Please advise


Dear Robert,
Thank you for your email. The information for participants document
prepared by the ITU clearly states that a PWLAN will be available and
that only one 2 hour free access pass will be provided. No other free
access is foreseen. 

Best regards

Richard Torriani


RICHARD TORRIANI
richard.torriani@mci-group.com

Phone   +41 (0)22 33 99 624
Fax       +41 (0)22 33 99 621



-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Guerra [mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org] 
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:59 PM
To: michel.pidoux@geneva-palexpo.ch; Richard Torriani (MCI Group)
Cc: bureau@geneva2003.org
Subject: Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - Please advise


Dear Mr. Toririani:



Charles Geiger from the executive secretarait of the world summit on the
information Society (WSIS) suggested I get in touch with you in regards
to Wireless (WiFi) access available at PalExpo.

Specifically, what areas of PalExpo will have WiFi access, and what cost
(if any) the infrastructure costs to use.

The civil society organizations who have participated in the WSIS
process to-date are under the assumption that free access will be
provided at PalExpo for the summit.

The 2 hour Swisscom voucher in the registration materials seems to
indicate that in fact WiFi access is not free - but instead very costly
for civil society organizations.

The move from free to paid wireless conenctivity would be a departure
from precidence which would greatly hinder and impede the ability of
civil society to  effectively communicate and play the key role which
they have been given as part of one of the summit "partners"


I thus ask for clearification on the following items:

1. Will Wireless (Wifi) access be provided at the PalExpo summit site.
If so, what type, and what cost if any is required to utilize it.

2. If WiFi access is in fact availoable at a cost, please advise as to
which  Civil Society representatives were notified of significant policy
change.


3. Can internet which is being provided to exhibitors be shared?

4. Does Swisscom have an exclusivity agreement to provide the confernce
site with Wifi?


I look forward to your reply.


Robert Guerra
Civil Society Bureau Member, North America & Europe Region Director,
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)

tel: (swiss) +41 79 565 8167

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From veni at veni.com  Sun Dec  7 15:04:16 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The
  costs...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070807366@[127.0.0.1]>
References: <2147483647.1070807366@[127.0.0.1]>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031207170249.020eccd0@198.111.183.129>

>We do have some value cards available for sale in the Main lobby, close
>to the Brasserie, i.e. in the ICT4D area.
>
>They cost CHF 9.- for 30 minutes, 19.- for two hours, 48.- for 24 hours
>and 198.- for seven days.

Well, that's not expensive!
With the money for 1 week Internet access in Geneva, you can live for 2 
months in Bulgaria!

There's wireless around the citiy, I guess we have to find a free of charge 
place. At Rivoli hotel (rue des Paquis 6) the Internet is free; I guess you 
can use it from the lobby, too.
At ITU building, it's free, too.

v. 


From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Dec  7 15:11:30 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.0.20031207183934.01bdfff8@mail.anet.net.th>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEPGGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear All,

I appreciate the comments below and agree with Thian as to the term "persons
with all types of disabilities" or persons with disabilities,  as long as
the the health section and conclusion includes access to information
specifically for both physical and mental health.  I will review and
comment.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 631-754-2424

Fax: 631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Monthian Buntan
  Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 AM
  To: aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi Kawamura
  Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify


  Dear all:

  When I suggest section 3.1.9, my main intention is address the matter of
fundamental rights.  Therefore, I don't see any point in trying to list all
categories of disabilities.  However, when some of us voice their concerns
whether mental disability, which I believe, is also subject to be
differently interpreted, I suggest the term "persons with all types of
disabilties."  Then there was a counterproposal to say "persons with
disabilities" including mental, physical and others.  My conclusion is that
we should not provoke any debate on these terms here.  My concern is that
we're at risk of confusing the whole civil society if we try to come up with
words like these.  I myself, and many in the blindness and deafness
communities, will be unhappy if the term "physical" is being used without
referring to visual and hearing.  And I'm not sure if LD or autistic people
are happy or not to be included under the term "mental disability."

  After all, I believe the term "persons with all types of disabilities",
though a bit wordy, is the most inclusive and most compromising.

  Best regards,

  Thian

  At 05:12 PM 12/7/2003, aneufel1@telus.net wrote:

    Hello Hiroshi
    I am a little confused. Does the following suggest that previous
agreements
    providing assurance for accessibility by people with all types of
impairment
    (ie. mental and physical) is at risk?

    Monthian's subsequent e-mail suggests to me that it may be, though my
reading of
    the material below is that it speaks primarily to the way in which
health
    information may be provided - and the added point that people with
mental
    impairments of various kinds not be excluded. Please clarify.

    In terms of wording, it seems to me we are much better off talking about
'health
    information' than the phrase 'health care information'.  The latter
could be
    limited to 'care' provisions and issues.  I would think we should
promote open
    access to all kinds of information, including research on health.

    Aldred Neufeldt
    Chair, GLADNET

    Quoting Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>:

    > The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission
of
    > original author. --- Hiroshi
    >
    > ----------------------------------------------------
    >
    > The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most
accurate
    > version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion
in the
    > "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social
Justice
    > section), which I had submitted.
    >
    > The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
    >
    > The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information
can be
    > facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access
to
    > information and communication has been identified as a critical factor
in
    > the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
have
    > suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
    > community
    > level points of access to mental and physical health information would
be a
    > critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health
care
    > crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way
flows
    > of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
    > Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and
creation of
    > communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
    > prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health
care for
    > all people.
    >
    > In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which
were
    > previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
    > re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical
health,
    > as
    > opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
    > clarity.
    >
    > 3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph
3
    >
    > Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those
with
    > [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
    >
    > 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
    >
    > People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of
[mental
    > and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
    > shelter,
    > freedom and peace.
    >
    > 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
    >
    > must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and]
physical
    > impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
    >
    > 3.3.8 Human development ??? education and training, par 2
    >
    >   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
must
    > include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
    > impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
    >
    >
    >
    > In par 4 -
    >
    >
    >
    > ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of
people
    > with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of
migrant
    > communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in
a
    > life-long perspective...
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > 3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par
1,
    > sentence 3
    >
    >
    >
    > Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of
the
    > body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be
gender
    > and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > 4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
    >
    >
    >
    > ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
    > physical]
    > health and well-being of the individual and his or her family,
including
    > food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian
Buntan
    >
    >
    >
    > I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by
Monthian
    > Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent
    > with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types
and
    > degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical
only as
    > often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
    > countries.
    >
    >
    >
    > 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
    >
    >
    > In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with
[mental
    > and
    > physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
    > information
    > and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
    > disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
order
    > to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of
assistive
    > technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the
whole
    > process of building and nurturing the information society in which
PWDs and
    > their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms
    > with non-disabled people.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone
in
    > Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
    > blizzard
    > and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
    >
    >
    >
    > Elizabeth
    >
    >
    >
    > Dr. Elizabeth Carll
    >
    > Focal Point
    >
    > International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
    >
    > Tel: 631-754-2424
    >
    > Fax: 631-754-5032
    >
    > ecarll@optonline.net
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > _______________________________________________
    > Pwd mailing list
    > Pwd@wsis-cs.org
    > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
    >




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From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The
  costs...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070807366@[127.0.0.1]>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031207151231.03783a10@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi

this is pretty outrageous. Suggest the CSB take this up as a matter of 
urgency as soon as possible and at least during the first meeting.

i believe wireless will be easily accesible in the ICT4D Hall - but that 
doesn't help for Hall 1 - and what about Hall 2?

karen

At 14:29 07/12/2003 +0100, Robert Guerra wrote:
>Here's the latest on Wireless at the Summit ....
>
>here is the cost related to  the "value cards" to use Wireless.
>
>I'm not sure "value" is the right word to use....
>
>regards
>
>Robert



From thomruddy at yahoo.com  Sun Dec  7 15:23:38 2003
From: thomruddy at yahoo.com (Thomas Ruddy)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The  costs...
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031207151231.03783a10@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <20031207152338.64242.qmail@web41501.mail.yahoo.com>

Friends,
Working right now in ICT 4 D Halle 4, I have just
learned two new interesting aspects to this issue:

1. an hour ago everyone in all halls here was said to
be subject to the same conditions by a source close to
authorities, i.e. paying for wireless Internet access,
including governments; however....

2. I have just seen personally a laptop here enjoying
one of two wireless access alternatives, apparently
one without charges, on a net link containing the word
"CERN."

Best,
Thomas

--- karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org> wrote:
> hi
> 
> this is pretty outrageous. Suggest the CSB take this
> up as a matter of 
> urgency as soon as possible and at least during the
> first meeting.
> 
> i believe wireless will be easily accesible in the
> ICT4D Hall - but that 
> doesn't help for Hall 1 - and what about Hall 2?
> 
> karen
> 
> At 14:29 07/12/2003 +0100, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >Here's the latest on Wireless at the Summit ....
> >
> >here is the cost related to  the "value cards" to
> use Wireless.
> >
> >I'm not sure "value" is the right word to use....
> >
> >regards
> >
> >Robert
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Sun Dec  7 15:29:33 2003
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (ljeffrey@ecommons.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The  costs...
Message-ID: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>

I was in hall 4 earlier looking for the soon-to-come Canadian pavilion
(stand 230 and 125) and found many users of wireless. All said they had
their own networks set up. No idea how this is working, but there appears
to be some room for workaround. FYI
Liss Jeffrey
Civil society member, Canadian Delegation
WSIS-SMSI
www.ecommons.ca 
www.agora-electronique.ca


 


Original Message:
-----------------
From: Thomas Ruddy thomruddy@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 07:23:38 -0800 (PST)
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The 
costs...


Friends,
Working right now in ICT 4 D Halle 4, I have just
learned two new interesting aspects to this issue:

1. an hour ago everyone in all halls here was said to
be subject to the same conditions by a source close to
authorities, i.e. paying for wireless Internet access,
including governments; however....

2. I have just seen personally a laptop here enjoying
one of two wireless access alternatives, apparently
one without charges, on a net link containing the word
"CERN."

Best,
Thomas

--- karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org> wrote:
> hi
> 
> this is pretty outrageous. Suggest the CSB take this
> up as a matter of 
> urgency as soon as possible and at least during the
> first meeting.
> 
> i believe wireless will be easily accesible in the
> ICT4D Hall - but that 
> doesn't help for Hall 1 - and what about Hall 2?
> 
> karen
> 
> At 14:29 07/12/2003 +0100, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >Here's the latest on Wireless at the Summit ....
> >
> >here is the cost related to  the "value cards" to
> use Wireless.
> >
> >I'm not sure "value" is the right word to use....
> >
> >regards
> >
> >Robert
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sun Dec  7 15:34:41 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The 
  costs...
In-Reply-To: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031207153344.034eb328@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi

i'm sure we will find some workarounds, but i don't think that is the point.

We shouldn't accept this. I have started alerting journalists to this 
situation. Who on earth can afford those prices? I certainly can't.

karen

At 10:29 07/12/2003 -0500, ljeffrey@ecommons.net wrote:

>I was in hall 4 earlier looking for the soon-to-come Canadian pavilion
>(stand 230 and 125) and found many users of wireless. All said they had
>their own networks set up. No idea how this is working, but there appears
>to be some room for workaround. FYI
>Liss Jeffrey
>Civil society member, Canadian Delegation
>WSIS-SMSI
>www.ecommons.ca
>www.agora-electronique.ca



From veni at veni.com  Sun Dec  7 15:41:05 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The 
  costs...
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031207153344.034eb328@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>
 <5.2.1.1.0.20031207153344.034eb328@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031207173918.02bd5e80@198.111.183.129>

>i'm sure we will find some workarounds, but i don't think that is the point.

Karen, you are right. Tomorrow I will go to the UN and will send a strong 
message to the organizers that this is supposed to be the WSIS, not the W$I$.
After all, with all the fight about including developing countries as 
active participants in the processes, we can't just let them know they 
can't use Internet, because it's extremly expensive!

If you want, come and join me in my efforts.

veni 


From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Dec  7 15:54:54 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [WSIS-CT] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAOEPHGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Rik and all,

Thank you for all your work on this as it it no easy task given the
diversity of interests.  I have reviewed and noticed that the recommendation
in paragraph 4 of the Conclusion section, the reference to mental and
physical health has inadvertently been omitted from previous versions.  It
is important to include mental and physical health as in many countries
mental health is disconnected from  medical care.

Including mental and physical health in the conclusions is very important as
is not only reflects consistency with the preceding document  as to the
importance of mental and physical health, but often when documents are
referred to, frequently only the conclusions are published.   Therefore, it
is critical to revise the paragraph to read as below, including reference to
both physical and mental health and well-being as a human right, and also
access to physical and mental health care as opposed to medical care.

Please revise paragraph 4 of the Conclusion section to read as follows:

Toward this end, and in preparation for the second phase of WSIS, an
independent commission should be established to review national and
international ICT regulations and practices and their compliance with
international human rights standards. This commission should also address
the potential applications of ICTs to the realization of human rights, such
as the right to development, the right to education and the right to a
standard of living adequate for the mental and physical health and
well-being of the individual and his or her family, including food, housing
and mental and physical health care.

Thank you for your help with this.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 631-754-2424

Fax: 631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net

  -----Original Message-----
  From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Rik
Panganiban
  Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:59 AM
  To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: [WSIS-CT] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm


  Dear Colleagues,

  Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo the
CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday December 10.
We request your comments to this text to the drafting committee by TODAY,
December 7, by 4pm, CET.

  Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and
working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must be
ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it translated and
available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting committee will do
final edits this afternoon.

  In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS
omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is much
too late for completely new text or sections.

  There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday,
December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

  Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for the
extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text available in
English.

  Regards,

  Rik Panganiban
  WFM
  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
  Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
  World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org
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From: sebastian at less.dk (sebastian buettrich)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The 
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References: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>
	 <5.2.1.1.0.20031207153344.034eb328@pop.gn.apc.org>
	 <6.0.1.1.2.20031207173918.02bd5e80@198.111.183.129>
Message-ID: <1070810723.2539.4.camel@imperial.less.dk>

On Sun, 2003-12-07 at 16:41, someone wrote:
> >i'm sure we will find some workarounds, but i don't think that is the point.

while i agree that workarounds are not the point,


we ll try our best to get some in place
if thats whats needed to get everybody connected.



in hall 4, ict4d stand # 615, (the danish stand),

we ll have wireless
and all guests are welcome to share.


best regards,

sebastian
wire.less.dk



From handipro at loxinfo.co.th  Sun Dec  7 07:17:01 2003
From: handipro at loxinfo.co.th (handipro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please  send COMMENTS on CS declaration
References: <021301c3bc14$0e6f9f70$c980a8c0@KAWAMURA> <6.0.0.22.0.20031207083143.01bdbbb8@mail.anet.net.th> <6.0.0.22.0.20031207091806.01b76468@mail.anet.net.th>
Message-ID: <002301c3bc92$1d8f8d20$8c1cd2a9@nsdp>

I fully agree with Montien.
Warmest regards.
Topong Kulkhanchit
Regional Development Officer
Disabled Peoples' International Asia-Pacific Region
325 Bondstreet Rd., Muangthong Thani, Pakkred,
Nonthaburi 11120 THAILAND
Tel/Fax 66-2984-1007, 66-2984-1008
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Goals of DPI
 
Promote the human rights of disabled persons; 
Promote economic and social integration of disabled persons; 
Develop and support organization of disabled persons 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Monthian Buntan 
  To: Hiroshi Kawamura ; pwd@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: Sally Burch ; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org ; ct@wsis-cs.org ; plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:29 AM
  Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


  Dear Hiroshi and all:

  If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of all concerns we may have.

  As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility, sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.

  Best regards,

  Thian

  At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:

    Dear Hiroshi:

    Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" regardless of types and severity.

    Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

    Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

    Best regards,

    Thian

     At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:

      The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
      original author. --- Hiroshi

      ----------------------------------------------------

      The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
      version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the
      "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
      section), which I had submitted.

      The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

      The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be
      facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
      information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
      the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have
      suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community
      level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a
      critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
      crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
      of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
      Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of
      communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
      prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for
      all people.

      In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
      previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
      re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as
      opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
      clarity.

      3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3

      Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
      [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

      People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
      and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter,
      freedom and peace.

      3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

      must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

      3.3.8 Human development ? education and training, par 2
        Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must
      include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
      impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



      In par 4 -



      ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
      with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
      communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
      life-long perspective...





      3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
      sentence 3



      Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
      body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
      and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





      4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



      ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical]
      health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
      food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan



      I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
      Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent
      with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
      degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
      often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
      countries.



      3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


      In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and
      physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information
      and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
      disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order
      to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
      technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
      process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and
      their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms
      with non-disabled people.





      Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
      Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard
      and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



      Elizabeth



      Dr. Elizabeth Carll

      Focal Point

      International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

      Tel: 631-754-2424

      Fax: 631-754-5032

      ecarll@optonline.net




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From johnngabi at yahoo.co.jp  Sun Dec  7 15:43:36 2003
From: johnngabi at yahoo.co.jp (Walker John)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Contact info while in Geneva...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070738089@[156.106.209.111]>
Message-ID: <20031207154336.41197.qmail@web2106.mail.yahoo.co.jp>


Thank you Robert! (I also continue to believe that this is actually the job of the bureau, who gets money for their work...) 

- Name : Gabriele Hadl
- Organization. Ritsumeikan U Media Literacy Research Project
- Tel / Mobile where you can be reached in Geneva: from tuesday (/hopefully). 41-699-111-99468  

best contact by e-mail gabi@bndjapan.org
- If you can send/recieve SMS messages. Yes





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Yahoo! BB is Broadband by Yahoo!
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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sun Dec  7 19:20:03 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] final version - endorsement
In-Reply-To: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <20031207192003.82725.qmail@web21327.mail.yahoo.com>

Please add the endorsement of:
 
Vancouver Community Network, Canada
 
Thank you to all  for getting this very comprehensive document together.
 
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell
Vancouver Community Network, Canada

Rik Panganiban <rikp@bluewin.ch> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo 
the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday 
December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting 
committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.




Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 





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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sun Dec  7 19:37:25 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] press / strategy
Message-ID: <3FD38175.7981427B@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Even reuters does not get it yet: They call it the "world summit on
information technologies"...

Seems like we really need more press coordination. Remeber the press
team meeting on monday at 17:00. There will also be a strategy working
group meeting at 16:00. I will send details on the new strategy list
soon.

Ralf
 

Negotiators clear hurdles to Internet summit
Sun 7 December, 2003 12:38

By Richard Waddington

GENEVA (Reuters) - Envoys have struck last-minute deals on human rights
and managing the Internet to allay fears this week's world summit on
information technologies will become a battle between rich and poor
states, officials say.

Negotiators have been forced to call a round of preparatory talks for
the December 10-12 meeting in Geneva to be attended by over 60 heads of
state and government because of deep outstanding differences.

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was called to help
close the "digital divide" between developed and developing countries,
but it quickly became embroiled in issues of press freedom and how to
administer the Web.

Some developing countries, including Brazil, had been pressing for
international organisations to have a leading role in operating the Web,
which is currently run by the private business community in developed
states.

On human rights, there were concerns that some states, amongst them
China and Iran, were trying to qualify the right to freedom of
expression by juxtaposing it with references about duties to the
community -- both of which are spelt out in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.

But late on Saturday, negotiators representing nearly 200 countries
reached agreement on two draft texts -- a declaration of principles and
an action plan -- to be put to their governments in Geneva.

The only outstanding question was whether countries would agree to
launch a special international fund to help poorer states, particularly
in Africa, finance the development of information technology networks.

"We do not agree on a few words about the financing but the two
declarations are 95 percent approved," said Swiss senior government
official Marc Furrer, who brokered the negotiations on behalf of the
host government.

He added, however, he was confident further discussions on the issue
ahead of Wednesday's start of the summit would resolve the issue.

"All are agreed that something needs to be done (to help poorer
countries)," he told a news conference.

Most of the heads of state and government will be coming from developing
countries. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was one of the few
European leaders expected, but pulled out last week to attend to
domestic political matters.

The summit, held under the auspices of the United Nations, is the first
of two. A second will be held in Tunis in 2005.


-- 
-----------------------------------------------------
Dipl. Pol. Ralf Bendrath
Universit?t Bremen
Sonderforschungsbereich 597 "Staatlichkeit im Wandel"
Linzer Str. 9, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
Tel.  +49 (421) 218-8735
Fax   +49 (421) 218-8721
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sun Dec  7 20:08:49 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS CS strategy: discussion and events
Message-ID: <3FD388D1.A728C294@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi all,

the next two days are extremely important day for CS to position itself
towards the final summit outcomes. This has to be done in terms of
substance, process, and follow-up, as far as I see it. And we have to
make sure that our positions come across strongly and widely.

So far, the following events are scheduled for this:

1. CS Vision
CS Plenary, Monday 9:00 ITU room C
The CS plenary tomorrow at 9:00 (ITU, room C) will discuss the final
draft of the CS vision statement that was sent out earlier today. The
editing team of the drafting committee will then make final polishing
and get it translated. Endorsements will be needed before Wednesday
morning.

2. CS Strategy
Stratey Working Group Meeting, Monday, 16:00, ITU (room tba)
The CS strategy working group set up at PrepCom3A will meet tomorrow at
16:00. The task will be to discuss the general assesstemt and next moves
for CS. This includes a general assessment of the wsis process
(substance&structure), our own position in it and the follow-up. There
is a proposal available from Bertrand de la Chapelle and others on the
follow-up process. We also will have to work on a strategic statement
like the press release from PrepCom3A or the CS intervention at
PrepCom3B. And somebody will have to do a final assessment of the WSIS
declaration and action plan measured against our "essential benchmarks"
document.
New strategy mailing list:
A new strategy working group list has been set up for discussing this.
To subscribe, go to
<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/strategy>. The group,
again, will take no decisions, but provide a space to focus on these
questions.

3. CS Press strategy
Press team meeting, Monday, 17:00, ITU (room tba)
The group will discuss the organization of the CS press conferences /
briefings during the summit.

All  meetings are open to anyone interested, as usual.


What is missing?

- "Newcomers briefing" 
A briefing for all the CS people who have not been at WSIS prepcoms
before or are not familiar with CS structures here was suggested by Rik,
but I don't know if anyone has taken the initiative on this. Volunteers
needed!

- Online CS events calendar
It would be helpful to have a calendar for all the events that are set
up on an ad-hoc basis. Suggestions have been wsis-online.net, using a
WIKI, ...? 

Regards,

Ralf

From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sun Dec  7 20:29:39 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS CS strategy: discussion and events
In-Reply-To: <3FD388D1.A728C294@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <20031207202939.22069.qmail@web21323.mail.yahoo.com>



Ralf,

Re: New to WSIS briefing

At the minimum could a flyer  be made out and distributed widely / placed in strategic locations / included with the welcome package  with the following information:

1 ) Address for Civil Society Meeting Point http://www.wsis-cs.org/

2 ) Instructions on how to subscribe to the virtual plenary 

Great idea to have an on-line events calendar!

Amali De Silva - Mitchell - Vancouver Community Network, Canada

 


What is missing?

CA briefing for all the CS people who have not been at WSIS prepcoms
before or are not familiar with CS structures here was suggested by Rik,
but I don't know if anyone has taken the initiative on this. Volunteers
needed!

- Online CS events calendar
It would be helpful to have a calendar for all the events that are set
up on an ad-hoc basis. Suggestions have been wsis-online.net, using a
WIKI, ...? 

Regards,

Ralf
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

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From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Sun Dec  7 21:59:14 2003
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (unicode) persons with disability
Message-ID: <00f301c3bd0d$5e2d08a0$0200a8c0@KAWAMURA>

Dear Elizabeth, Monthian, Aldred and all:

Please permit me to post multiple lists since it concerns all of them:

Regarding the wording for "persons with disabilities", at this point, we had
better stick to the best available UN standard language to form a consensus
namely "persons with disabilities".
Actual inclusion of those all types of persons with disabilities need to be
more encouraged and promoted.
For your information, the Global Forum on Disability in the Information
Society, a Summit Event, on 12th December at Hall 2 of Palexpo will include
presentations of and for persons with mental disorder, autism, dyslexia,
intellectual disability in addition to physical or sensory disabilities.

Best

Hiroshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD
To: Monthian Buntan ; aneufel1@telus.net ; Hiroshi Kawamura
Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org ; Rik Panganiban ; wsis-cs-plenary ; ct@wsis-cs.org
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:11 AM
Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify


Dear All,

I appreciate the comments below and agree with Thian as to the term "persons
with all types of disabilities" or persons with disabilities,  as long as
the the health section and conclusion includes access to information
specifically for both physical and mental health.  I will review and
comment.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Tel: 631-754-2424
Fax: 631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net
-----Original Message-----
From: pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Monthian Buntan
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 AM
To: aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi Kawamura
Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify


Dear all:

When I suggest section 3.1.9, my main intention is address the matter of
fundamental rights.  Therefore, I don't see any point in trying to list all
categories of disabilities.  However, when some of us voice their concerns
whether mental disability, which I believe, is also subject to be
differently interpreted, I suggest the term "persons with all types of
disabilties."  Then there was a counterproposal to say "persons with
disabilities" including mental, physical and others.  My conclusion is that
we should not provoke any debate on these terms here.  My concern is that
we're at risk of confusing the whole civil society if we try to come up with
words like these.  I myself, and many in the blindness and deafness
communities, will be unhappy if the term "physical" is being used without
referring to visual and hearing.  And I'm not sure if LD or autistic people
are happy or not to be included under the term "mental disability."

After all, I believe the term "persons with all types of disabilities",
though a bit wordy, is the most inclusive and most compromising.

Best regards,

Thian

At 05:12 PM 12/7/2003, aneufel1@telus.net wrote:

Hello Hiroshi
I am a little confused. Does the following suggest that previous agreements
providing assurance for accessibility by people with all types of impairment
(ie. mental and physical) is at risk?

Monthian's subsequent e-mail suggests to me that it may be, though my
reading of
the material below is that it speaks primarily to the way in which health
information may be provided - and the added point that people with mental
impairments of various kinds not be excluded. Please clarify.

In terms of wording, it seems to me we are much better off talking about
'health
information' than the phrase 'health care information'.  The latter could be
limited to 'care' provisions and issues.  I would think we should promote
open
access to all kinds of information, including research on health.

Aldred Neufeldt
Chair, GLADNET

Quoting Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>:

> The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
> original author. --- Hiroshi
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
> version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in
the
> "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
> section), which I had submitted.
>
> The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
>
> The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can
be
> facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
> information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
> the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
have
> suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
> community
> level points of access to mental and physical health information would be
a
> critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
> crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
> of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
> Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation
of
> communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
> prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care
for
> all people.
>
> In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
> previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
> re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health,
> as
> opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
> clarity.
>
> 3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
>
> Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
> [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
>
> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
>
> People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
> and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
> shelter,
> freedom and peace.
>
> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
>
> must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
> impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
>
> 3.3.8 Human development ??? education and training, par 2
>
>   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
must
> include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
> impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
>
>
>
> In par 4 -
>
>
>
> ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
> with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
> communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
> life-long perspective...
>
>
>
>
>
> 3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
> sentence 3
>
>
>
> Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
> body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
> and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
>
>
>
>
>
> 4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
>
>
>
> ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
> physical]
> health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
> food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
>
>
>
>
>
> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
>
>
>
> I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
> Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent
> with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
> degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
> often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
> countries.
>
>
>
> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
>
>
> In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental
> and
> physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
> information
> and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
> disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
order
> to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
> technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
> process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs
and
> their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms
> with non-disabled people.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
> Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
> blizzard
> and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
>
>
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
>
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>
> Focal Point
>
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>
> Tel: 631-754-2424
>
> Fax: 631-754-5032
>
> ecarll@optonline.net
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Pwd mailing list
> Pwd@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
>




_______________________________________________
Pwd mailing list
Pwd@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd



From adam at takingitglobal.org  Sun Dec  7 22:48:39 2003
From: adam at takingitglobal.org (Adam Jantunen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Youth Caucus Summit Events - you're invited!
Message-ID: <000001c3bd14$42dc1120$63df300a@icftu.local>


Hello from the Youth Caucus!

Please find attached invitations to Summit Events of
the Youth Caucus.  Youth Activities are centering around "Youth Day,"
December 10, opening with a Youth and Human Rights workshop on
"Introducing
and Strengthening Human Rights in Post Conflict Peace Building
Processes"
to celebrate international Human Rights Day (December 10, 2003 is
the 55th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights).  A Press Release on Youth Day is available in three languages
at
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/press_releases/itu/2003/youthday.html>

Other events to note include the Open Space Workshop on
Youth Empowerment (Dec. 9, 16:00-18:00, Hall 4, Room 6), the
"Local Voices, Global Visions" National Campaigns Workshop (Dec. 10,
11:30-13:30, Hall 2, Room S), the launch of the YCDO Action Plan (Dec.
10, 13:30-14:30, Hall 2 Room S), a Labour and Youth Panel Discussion
(Dec. 10, 15:30-16:30, Hall 2, Room S) and the Gender/Youth
Roundtable: Young Women in ICT4D (Dec. 11, Hall 4, Room 7).

We look forward to seeing you there!

All the info at www.ycdo.net/wsis, including a new
"Media" section.

Cheers,
Adam Jantunen
WSIS Youth Caucus


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From mbuntan at tab.or.th  Sun Dec  7 22:51:30 2003
From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Pwd] (unicode) persons with disability
In-Reply-To: <008c01c3bd09$c5810c30$0200a8c0@KAWAMURA>
References: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEPGGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
 <008c01c3bd09$c5810c30$0200a8c0@KAWAMURA>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031208054804.01be2a70@mail.anet.net.th>

Dear Hiroshi:

Thanks a lot for your conclusion.  There're some times when generalized 
terms are much less controvertial.

Cheers,

Thian

PS: For those of you, who will be in Geneva, I'll be arriving tomorrow 
morning (December 9) and will stay at the Crown Plaza Hotel.  Hope to see 
you soon.

At 04:33 AM 12/8/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:
>Dear Elizabeth, Monthian, Aldred and all:
>
>Please permit me to post multiple lists since it concerns all of them:
>
>Regarding the wording for "persons with disabilities", at this point, we had
>better stick to the best available UN standard language to form a consensus
>namely "persons with disabilities".
>Actual inclusion of those all types of persons with disabilities need to be
>more encouraged and promoted.
>For your information, the Global Forum on Disability in the Information
>Society, a Summit Event, on 12th December at Hall 2 of Palexpo will include
>presentations of and for persons with mental disorder, autism, dyslexia,
>intellectual disability in addition to physical or sensory disabilities.
>
>Best
>
>Hiroshi
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD
>To: Monthian Buntan ; aneufel1@telus.net ; Hiroshi Kawamura
>Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org ; Rik Panganiban ; wsis-cs-plenary ; ct@wsis-cs.org
>Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:11 AM
>Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify
>
>
>Dear All,
>
>I appreciate the comments below and agree with Thian as to the term "persons
>with all types of disabilities" or persons with disabilities,  as long as
>the the health section and conclusion includes access to information
>specifically for both physical and mental health.  I will review and
>comment.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Elizabeth
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>Focal Point
>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>Tel: 631-754-2424
>Fax: 631-754-5032
>ecarll@optonline.net
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
>Monthian Buntan
>Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 AM
>To: aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi Kawamura
>Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify
>
>
>Dear all:
>
>When I suggest section 3.1.9, my main intention is address the matter of
>fundamental rights.  Therefore, I don't see any point in trying to list all
>categories of disabilities.  However, when some of us voice their concerns
>whether mental disability, which I believe, is also subject to be
>differently interpreted, I suggest the term "persons with all types of
>disabilties."  Then there was a counterproposal to say "persons with
>disabilities" including mental, physical and others.  My conclusion is that
>we should not provoke any debate on these terms here.  My concern is that
>we're at risk of confusing the whole civil society if we try to come up with
>words like these.  I myself, and many in the blindness and deafness
>communities, will be unhappy if the term "physical" is being used without
>referring to visual and hearing.  And I'm not sure if LD or autistic people
>are happy or not to be included under the term "mental disability."
>
>After all, I believe the term "persons with all types of disabilities",
>though a bit wordy, is the most inclusive and most compromising.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Thian
>
>At 05:12 PM 12/7/2003, aneufel1@telus.net wrote:
>
>Hello Hiroshi
>I am a little confused. Does the following suggest that previous agreements
>providing assurance for accessibility by people with all types of impairment
>(ie. mental and physical) is at risk?
>
>Monthian's subsequent e-mail suggests to me that it may be, though my
>reading of
>the material below is that it speaks primarily to the way in which health
>information may be provided - and the added point that people with mental
>impairments of various kinds not be excluded. Please clarify.
>
>In terms of wording, it seems to me we are much better off talking about
>'health
>information' than the phrase 'health care information'.  The latter could be
>limited to 'care' provisions and issues.  I would think we should promote
>open
>access to all kinds of information, including research on health.
>
>Aldred Neufeldt
>Chair, GLADNET
>
>Quoting Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>:
>
> > The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
> > original author. --- Hiroshi
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
> > version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in
>the
> > "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
> > section), which I had submitted.
> >
> > The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
> >
> > The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can
>be
> > facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
> > information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
> > the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
>have
> > suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
> > community
> > level points of access to mental and physical health information would be
>a
> > critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
> > crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
> > of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
> > Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation
>of
> > communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
> > prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care
>for
> > all people.
> >
> > In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
> > previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
> > re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health,
> > as
> > opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
> > clarity.
> >
> > 3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
> >
> > Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
> > [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
> >
> > 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
> >
> > People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
> > and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
> > shelter,
> > freedom and peace.
> >
> > 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
> >
> > must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
> > impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
> >
> > 3.3.8 Human development ?????? education and training, par 2
> >
> >   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
>must
> > include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
> > impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
> >
> >
> >
> > In par 4 -
> >
> >
> >
> > ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
> > with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
> > communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
> > life-long perspective...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
> > sentence 3
> >
> >
> >
> > Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
> > body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
> > and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
> >
> >
> >
> > ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
> > physical]
> > health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
> > food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
> >
> >
> >
> > I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
> > Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
>consistent
> > with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
> > degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
> > often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
> > countries.
> >
> >
> >
> > 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
> >
> >
> > In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental
> > and
> > physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
> > information
> > and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
> > disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
>order
> > to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
> > technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
> > process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs
>and
> > their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
>terms
> > with non-disabled people.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
> > Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
> > blizzard
> > and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> >
> > Focal Point
> >
> > International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
> >
> > Tel: 631-754-2424
> >
> > Fax: 631-754-5032
> >
> > ecarll@optonline.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Pwd mailing list
> > Pwd@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
> >
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Pwd mailing list
>Pwd@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Pwd mailing list
>Pwd@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd
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From adam at takingitglobal.org  Sun Dec  7 23:46:31 2003
From: adam at takingitglobal.org (Adam Jantunen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <000001c3bd1c$5af2ee70$63df300a@icftu.local>

Hi Rik et al.,
 
There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.
I would like to propose the following two options:
 
(long paragraph)
 
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and
decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not
yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information
Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from
disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people in developing
countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be
integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their
specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young
workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and
a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be
addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and
vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit
to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being,
protection, and harmonious development of all children.
 
If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would
also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The
current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers.
We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also
committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT
applications and services that take into account [the right, the
well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]
 
Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the
delay.
 
Regards,
 
Adam Jantunen
Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 7 d?cembre 2003 11:59
To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
 
Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo
the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday
December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting
committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.

Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and
working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must
be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it
translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting
committee will do final edits this afternoon. 

In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS
omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is
much too late for completely new text or sections.

There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday,
December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for
the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text
available in English.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


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From: adam at takingitglobal.org (Adam Jantunen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  8 00:59:22 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <000001c3bd1c$5af2ee70$63df300a@icftu.local>
Message-ID: <20031208005922.67057.qmail@web21321.mail.yahoo.com>

Adam - a quick note on age groups - 
 
typically:
 
1) Children - to 17/18 years - Section already in the CS vision document 
 
2) Youth - 18 to 29 years ( Cnd definition / typical ) - which you are currently drafting
 
I think the youth caucus is dealing with 18- 29 yr olds -  so you may want to conclude with:
 
 "Therefore we commit to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being, protection, and harmonious development of all young people "  - which is how you commenced the whole section / consistency of language. 
 
 
 
Amali ( Vancouver Community Network )
 
 
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell
Director Vancouver Community Network, Canada
Director Freedom of Information & Privacy Association, Canada
 
 


Adam Jantunen <adam@takingitglobal.org> wrote:

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
Hi Rik et al.,

 

There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.  I would like to propose the following two options:

 

(long paragraph)

 

We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people in developing countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being, protection, and harmonious development of all children.

 

If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:

We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT applications and services that take into account [the right, the well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]

 

Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the delay.

 

Regards,

 

Adam Jantunen

Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment

TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1

Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310

E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org


 

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 7 décembre 2003 11:59
To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm

 

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.

Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting committee will do final edits this afternoon. 

In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is much too late for completely new text or sections.

There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday, December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text available in English.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=



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From adam at takingitglobal.org  Mon Dec  8 07:41:04 2003
From: adam at takingitglobal.org (Adam Jantunen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <20031208005922.67057.qmail@web21321.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <001201c3bd5e$a457aa50$68df300a@icftu.local>

Hi Amali ? Point well taken 
 as children are already mentioned in the
Visionary Declaration, replacing ?children? with ?young people? in the
last phrase would be a good idea.  Thanks,
 
Adam Jantunen
 
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Amali De Silva
Sent: 8 d?cembre 2003 01:59
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; rikp@bluewin.ch
Cc: 'Nick Moraitis'; 'Maja Andjelkovic'; 'Adrian Pintilie';
lets-zero@uol.com.br; cschuepp@web.de;
wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7,
4pm
 
Adam - a quick note on age groups - 
 
typically:
 
1) Children - to 17/18 years - Section already in the CS vision document

 
2) Youth - 18 to 29 years ( Cnd definition / typical ) - which you are
currently drafting
 
I think the youth caucus is dealing with 18- 29 yr olds -  so you may
want to conclude with:
 
 "Therefore we commit to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the
well-being, protection, and harmonious development of all young people "
- which is how you commenced the whole section / consistency of
language. 
 
 
 
Amali ( Vancouver Community Network )
 
 
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell
Director Vancouver Community Network, Canada
Director Freedom of Information & Privacy Association, Canada
 
 


Adam Jantunen <adam@takingitglobal.org> wrote:
Hi Rik et al.,
 
There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.
I would like to propose the following two options:
 
(long paragraph)
 
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and
decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not
yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information
Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from
disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people i n developing
countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be
integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their
specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young
workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and
a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be
addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and
vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit
to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being,
protection, and harmonious development of all children.
 
If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would
also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The
current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers.
We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also
committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT
applications and services that take into acco unt [the right, the
well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]
 
Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the
delay.
 
Regards,
 
Adam Jantunen
Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 7 d?cembre 2003 11:59
To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
 
Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo
the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday
December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting
committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.

Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and
working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must
be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it
translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting
committee will do final edits this afternoon. 

In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS
omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is
much too late for completely new text or sections.

There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monda y,
December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for
the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text
available in English.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=



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From veni at veni.com  Mon Dec  8 08:43:17 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] declaration regarding the wireless access in WSIS from the
 Civil Society Bureau
In-Reply-To: <20031207192003.82725.qmail@web21327.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
 <20031207192003.82725.qmail@web21327.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031208104024.03103ec0@198.111.183.129>

Pls, see below the text we've sent yesterday to the organizers. I hope to 
be able to reach to the Swiss government today and deliver it personally. 
In the meantime, I personally will switch from using Swisscom to using 
Orange as mobile service.

regards,
veni


The Civil Society Bureau to the WSIS strongly protests that there is a 
change in the established practices for ensruing wireless Internet access 
have been chaned for the actual WSIS. Until now participants in the WSIS 
were connected online during the PrepCom meetings at no price, while - to 
our astonishment - we noted that for the WSIS itself the wireless access 
will be paid, and at the very high business rate of CHF 0.90 / minute.
Many of our members are coming from developing countries where one hour of 
such usage is equal to more than a monthly salary! That's a bad example of 
what the digital divide may be described as.

While we are thankful for the existence of an Free and Open Source Software 
(FOSS) cybercafe, we must state that many of the participants in the WSIS 
bring their own notebooks, equipped with wireless Internet access cards, 
and they rely on the accessible communications in order to fulfil their 
duties.

Wireless access was not available during the resumed PrepCom (Dec. 5-6), 
but it is of vital importance to have it at acceptable conditions during 
the whole WSIS, as part of the effort to facilitate in the best possible 
way the work of the Civil Society, the private sector and the governments.

Lack of wireless Internet access means that a huge portion of 
representatives of the CS is being driven away from the process, because it 
will radically diminish their capacity to interact with each other and 
contribute with their knowledge to the whole WSIS process.

We urge the local hosts to find a way to ensure that there will be free of 
charge wireless Internet access during the whole WSIS in Geneva, 
re-establishing the practices respected throughout the whole process of 
PrepCom meetings - in Geneva, as well as Paris.

We use the opportunity to thank the government of Geneve and Switzerland 
for their efforts to perform in the best possible way in the WSIS, and we 
hope that this detail will be fixed as soon as possible in a way sutiable 
for all parties.


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 08:48:00 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in
 developing countries
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070876880@[156.106.204.229]>

<http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/index.html>

Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing
countries by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh

There is a strong case for free software (also known as open source or
libre software) being deployed widely in developing countries. As argued
in this note, the open source development community provides an
environment of intensive interactive skills development at little
explicit cost, which is particularly useful for local development of
skills, especially in economically disadvantaged regions. Further, this
note argues that the controversy over total costs of ownership (TCO) of
free vs. proprietary software is not applicable to developing countries
and other regions with low labour costs, where the TCO advantage lies
with open source, and the share of licence fees in TCO is much higher
than in high labour cost countries. The note concludes with a table
comparing license fees for proprietary software against GDP per capita
for 176 countries. 


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 08:57:49 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] updated information about negotiations
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070877469@[156.106.204.229]>

updated information about negotiations - see www.worldsummit2003.org
(many thanks for the German civil society for their reporting)

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 09:18:15 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Interactive communications during Summit
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070878695@[156.106.204.229]>

In order to facilitate interactive communications during the summit, I
would like to suggest that we communicate using one of the existing IM
networks (such as Yahoo,etc..)


please send IM account names as well as service used .

thanks

robert


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 09:19:51 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Instant Messaging - Robert Guerra
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070878791@[156.106.204.229]>

Robert guerra - username on yahoo - rguerra



From dcogburn at umich.edu  Mon Dec  8 09:29:41 2003
From: dcogburn at umich.edu (Derrick L. Cogburn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Instant Messaging - Robert Guerra
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070878791@[156.106.204.229]>
Message-ID: <001f01c3bd6d$d1fa42b0$59cc6a9c@DCOGBURNLTXP>

Derrick Cogburn -- username on IM as follows:

AIM: CogburnDL 
ICQ: 17862355 
MSN: dcogburn@hotmail.com
Yahoo: derrick_cogburn06



Derrick L. Cogburn, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Information 
and African Studies 
The University of Michigan
Website: http://www.si.umich.edu/~dcogburn 
Blog: http://cogburn.blogspot.com/




-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Guerra
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:20 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Instant Messaging - Robert Guerra


Robert guerra - username on yahoo - rguerra


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From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Mon Dec  8 10:33:43 2003
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esthert Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
References: <000001c3bd1c$5af2ee70$63df300a@icftu.local>
Message-ID: <006f01c3bd76$c131c1c0$666bc3d4@Ouvaton>

Why? Youths are not "Human being"  ?

Esther

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Jantunen" <adam@takingitglobal.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <rikp@bluewin.ch>
Cc: "'Nick Moraitis'" <nick@takingitglobal.org>; "'Maja Andjelkovic'"
<mandjelkovic@iisd.ca>; "'Adrian Pintilie'" <adrian.pintilie@aegee.org>;
<lets-zero@uol.com.br>; <cschuepp@web.de>;
<wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:46 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm


Hi Rik et al.,

There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.
I would like to propose the following two options:

(long paragraph)

We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and
decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not
yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information
Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from
disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people in developing
countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be
integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their
specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young
workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and
a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be
addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and
vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit
to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being,
protection, and harmonious development of all children.

If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would
also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The
current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers.
We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also
committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT
applications and services that take into account [the right, the
well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]

Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the
delay.

Regards,

Adam Jantunen
Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 7 d?cembre 2003 11:59
To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo
the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday
December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting
committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.

Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and
working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must
be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it
translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting
committee will do final edits this afternoon.

In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS
omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is
much too late for completely new text or sections.

There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday,
December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for
the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text
available in English.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=




From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Mon Dec  8 11:36:58 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TUNIS-WSIS-UDHR  meeting - update
Message-ID: <mnet1.1070879818.8687.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

Below are more info on the <Freedom of expression in Tunisia: Inventory of fixtures and testimonys> meeting organised by tunisian HR NGOs tuesday December 9th, 2003 from 18h30 to 21h30.

Rgds, PF.

----Message r?exp?di?----

>V?rit?-Action
>
>
>
>Evening-debate
>
> 
>
>In margin of the first phase meeting of the world summit on the information society and the 55 2nd birthday of the universal declaration of the human rights
>
> 
>
>V?rit?-Action in partnership with the CNLT and AISPP, organize:
>
> 
>
>An  evening-debate on the topic:
>
> 
>
>Freedom of expression in Tunisia: 
>
>Inventory of fixtures and testimonys
>
> 
>
>Whose principal speakers will be: Journalists and militants of human rights
>
> 
>
>invited especially for this occasion of Tunisia
>
> 
>
>Mrs. Neziha Rejiba (journalist and member of the CNLT)
>
>Mr. Rachid Khechana (journalist in a dissident newspaper)
>
>Mr. Mouzahem Zouari (wire of the captive journalist Abdallah Zouari)
>
>Mr. Mohamed Nouri (lawyer and president of  AISPP)
>
>Mr. Samir Ben Amor (lawyer and member of AISPP)
>
> 
>
>international organizations Invited:
>
>RSF
>
>TRIAL
>
>International Amnesty
>
> 
>
>Tunisian guests from France :
>
> The journalist exiled Tahar Labidi
>
> 
>
>Be numerous to express your support with the journalists and the defenders of the human rights in Tunisia
>
> 
>
>Tuesday December 9, 2003 from 18h30 to 21h30
>
> 
>
>at the House of associations (Gandhi Room)
>
>Street of Savoises 15 
>
> 1205 GENEVA
>
> 
>
>Is a collation offered at the end of the evening (tea, Tunisian cakes,.)
>


From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Mon Dec  8 10:40:11 2003
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esthert Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] declaration regarding the wireless access in WSIS from the Civil Society Bureau
References: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch> <20031207192003.82725.qmail@web21327.mail.yahoo.com> <6.0.1.1.2.20031208104024.03103ec0@198.111.183.129>
Message-ID: <008401c3bd77$a8226490$666bc3d4@Ouvaton>

Of corse I agree and I ask free wifi for us.

Esther

I shall arrive for wesnesday.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>
To: "Amali De Silva" <amalidesilva@yahoo.com>; "Rik Panganiban"
<rikp@bluewin.ch>; "wsis-cs-plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <ct@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] declaration regarding the wireless access in WSIS
from the Civil Society Bureau


> Pls, see below the text we've sent yesterday to the organizers. I hope to
> be able to reach to the Swiss government today and deliver it personally.
> In the meantime, I personally will switch from using Swisscom to using
> Orange as mobile service.
>
> regards,
> veni
>
>
> The Civil Society Bureau to the WSIS strongly protests that there is a
> change in the established practices for ensruing wireless Internet access
> have been chaned for the actual WSIS. Until now participants in the WSIS
> were connected online during the PrepCom meetings at no price, while - to
> our astonishment - we noted that for the WSIS itself the wireless access
> will be paid, and at the very high business rate of CHF 0.90 / minute.
> Many of our members are coming from developing countries where one hour of
> such usage is equal to more than a monthly salary! That's a bad example of
> what the digital divide may be described as.
>
> While we are thankful for the existence of an Free and Open Source
Software
> (FOSS) cybercafe, we must state that many of the participants in the WSIS
> bring their own notebooks, equipped with wireless Internet access cards,
> and they rely on the accessible communications in order to fulfil their
> duties.
>
> Wireless access was not available during the resumed PrepCom (Dec. 5-6),
> but it is of vital importance to have it at acceptable conditions during
> the whole WSIS, as part of the effort to facilitate in the best possible
> way the work of the Civil Society, the private sector and the governments.
>
> Lack of wireless Internet access means that a huge portion of
> representatives of the CS is being driven away from the process, because
it
> will radically diminish their capacity to interact with each other and
> contribute with their knowledge to the whole WSIS process.
>
> We urge the local hosts to find a way to ensure that there will be free of
> charge wireless Internet access during the whole WSIS in Geneva,
> re-establishing the practices respected throughout the whole process of
> PrepCom meetings - in Geneva, as well as Paris.
>
> We use the opportunity to thank the government of Geneve and Switzerland
> for their efforts to perform in the best possible way in the WSIS, and we
> hope that this detail will be fixed as soon as possible in a way sutiable
> for all parties.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From w.taylor at cqu.edu.au  Mon Dec  8 10:44:14 2003
From: w.taylor at cqu.edu.au (Wallace Taylor)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
Message-ID: <C73A42308A9E56438DEDD76DB6FFC90ABC6375@executor.cqu.edu.au>

Hi all,
 
I request that Branding for digital inclusion be included on the agenda for Wednesday morning's meeting. This brand will be launched duing the WSIS this week.
 
This brand which is copyrighted is available to all community based projects free and has been developed in order to give all useful electronically enabled pojects in civil society an identity to aid visibiliy, funding and recognition. Relevant documentation background is attached. 
 
A proposal for consideration by CS has been developed to support this agenda item, and appreciate teh opportunity to briefly discuss this
 
Wal Taylor

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Robert Guerra [mailto:rguerra@cpsr.org] 
	Sent: Mon 12/8/2003 7:19 PM 
	To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
	Cc: 
	Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Instant Messaging - Robert Guerra
	
	

	Robert guerra - username on yahoo - rguerra
	
	
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From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Mon Dec  8 12:06:38 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
Message-ID: <mnet5.1070881598.8687.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

I request a debate on civil society possible actions to express it's protest against official Declarations and POA be included on the agenda.

For exemple, why not organizing a kind of demo and join alternative CS like WSIS outside Palexpo ? (it's only a sugestion). But I believe we have to talk about that. 

PF.

----Message d'origine----
>De: "Wallace Taylor" <w.taylor@cqu.edu.au>
>A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
>Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:44:14 +1000
>
>


From Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch  Mon Dec  8 11:12:32 2003
From: Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch (Yves Steiner CWP)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary
	mtg
In-Reply-To: <mnet5.1070881598.8687.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <BBFA1B30.3CCE%yves.steiner@cwp.unil.ch>

Hi all, 
Such an action is already expected on the 12th in Central Geneva.
(http://www.hubproject.org/news/2003/12/146.php. Only in French, sorry).
Cheers, 
Y. 

Le 8.12.2003 13:06, ??fortinp@club-internet.fr?? <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
a ?crit?:

> Hi all,
> 
> I request a debate on civil society possible actions to express it's protest
> against official Declarations and POA be included on the agenda.
> 
> For exemple, why not organizing a kind of demo and join alternative CS like
> WSIS outside Palexpo ? (it's only a sugestion). But I believe we have to talk
> about that. 
> 
> PF.
> 
> ----Message d'origine----
>> De: "Wallace Taylor" <w.taylor@cqu.edu.au>
>> A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>> Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
>> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:44:14 +1000
>> 
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Mon Dec  8 12:25:04 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:_Re:_[WSIS_CS-Plenary]_Agenda_item_for_Wednesday_mornin?=
 =?iso-8859-1?Q?g_Plenary=09mtg?=
Message-ID: <mnet8.1070882704.8687.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Ok Yves,

But we need to no more about who - NGOs, people, etc. - is behind the <Collectif de resistance au SMSI> and how this demo is organised.

Rgds, PF.


----Message d'origine----
>Sujet: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary
>De: Yves Steiner CWP <Yves.Steiner@cwp.unil.ch>
>A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:12:32 +0100
>
>Hi all, 
>Such an action is already expected on the 12th in Central Geneva.
>(http://www.hubproject.org/news/2003/12/146.php. Only in French, sorry).
>Cheers, 
>Y. 
>
>Le 8.12.2003 13:06, ??fortinp@club-internet.fr?? <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
>a ?crit?:
>
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I request a debate on civil society possible actions to express it's protest
>> against official Declarations and POA be included on the agenda.
>> 
>> For exemple, why not organizing a kind of demo and join alternative CS like
>> WSIS outside Palexpo ? (it's only a sugestion). But I believe we have to talk
>> about that. 
>> 
>> PF.
>> 
>> ----Message d'origine----
>>> De: "Wallace Taylor" <w.taylor@cqu.edu.au>
>>> A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>>> Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
>>> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:44:14 +1000
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>> 
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From paul at soniq.net  Mon Dec  8 11:51:23 2003
From: paul at soniq.net (Paul Boehm)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Instant Messaging - Robert Guerra
In-Reply-To: <001f01c3bd6d$d1fa42b0$59cc6a9c@DCOGBURNLTXP>
References: <2147483647.1070878791@[156.106.204.229]> <001f01c3bd6d$d1fa42b0$59cc6a9c@DCOGBURNLTXP>
Message-ID: <20031208115123.GH5387@soniq.net>

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:29:41AM -0500, Derrick L. Cogburn wrote:
> Derrick Cogburn -- username on IM as follows:
> 
> AIM: CogburnDL 
> ICQ: 17862355 
> MSN: dcogburn@hotmail.com
> Yahoo: derrick_cogburn06

i'm on irc.ngonet.net/irc.freenode.net in #wsis

i think irc is a good medium for interactive group discussion (as
opposed to 1-on-1 instant messaging).

regards,
  paul

From Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch  Mon Dec  8 12:28:02 2003
From: Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch (Yves Steiner CWP)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for
	Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
In-Reply-To: <mnet8.1070882704.8687.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <BBFA2CE2.3CDF%yves.steiner@cwp.unil.ch>

Hi, 
Sorry: No more info about this and about who is the behind the so-called
"Collective de r?sistance au SMSI". But: more info available during the
anti-WSIS meeting at L'Usine in Central Geneva (see: www.geneva03.org) with
which the demo is connected...
Cheers, 
Yves.  


Le 8.12.2003 13:25, ??fortinp@club-internet.fr?? <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
a ?crit?:

> Ok Yves,
> 
> But we need to no more about who - NGOs, people, etc. - is behind the
> <Collectif de resistance au SMSI> and how this demo is organised.
> 
> Rgds, PF.
> 
> 
> ----Message d'origine----
>> Sujet: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary
>> De: Yves Steiner CWP <Yves.Steiner@cwp.unil.ch>
>> A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:12:32 +0100
>> 
>> Hi all, 
>> Such an action is already expected on the 12th in Central Geneva.
>> (http://www.hubproject.org/news/2003/12/146.php. Only in French, sorry).
>> Cheers, 
>> Y. 
>> 
>> Le 8.12.2003 13:06, ??fortinp@club-internet.fr?? <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
>> a ?crit?:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I request a debate on civil society possible actions to express it's protest
>>> against official Declarations and POA be included on the agenda.
>>> 
>>> For exemple, why not organizing a kind of demo and join alternative CS like
>>> WSIS outside Palexpo ? (it's only a sugestion). But I believe we have to
>>> talk
>>> about that. 
>>> 
>>> PF.
>>> 
>>> ----Message d'origine----
>>>> De: "Wallace Taylor" <w.taylor@cqu.edu.au>
>>>> A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>>>> Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg
>>>> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:44:14 +1000
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Plenary mailing list
>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


From christoph.dietz at CAMECO.ORG  Mon Dec  8 14:11:00 2003
From: christoph.dietz at CAMECO.ORG (Christoph Dietz)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to the COMMUNITY MEDIA FORUM Dec. 12th !!
Message-ID: <sfd49489.003@cameco.org>

Community Media Forum
Friday 12th December 2003
Salle Sal?ve, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
 
? Concrete Examples of Active Community Involvement, Social Change and Networking
? Creative Experiences of Using Cost-Effective Means for Connecting the World's Poorest Communities
? Further Steps towards Legal Recognition of Community Media as Equals to Public and Commercial Media

Interpretaci?n simultanea por todo el d?a
Traduction simultan?e pour toute la journ?e
Simultaneous interpreting available

Chair: Lavinia Mohr (WACC)

9.15 Introduction
Christoph St?ckelberger (Bread for All)

9.30 Community Media and the WSIS
Steve Buckley (President AMARC)

10.00 Communication, Democracy and Cultural Diversity
Alfonso Gumucio Dagron (Communication for Social Change Consortium)

11.00 The Practice Inspires: Lessons Learnt from 30 Creative Latin American Community Radios
Andr?s Geerts and Victor van Oeyen (ALER)
with Live Presentations by Radio Favela (Brazil) and Radio Los Cumiches (Nicaragua)

14.00 Community Media Legislation Roundtable
? Martha Pinto de De Hart (Colombian Communication Minister): Community Media Support and Legislation in Colombia: Lessons Learnt
? Karin Millet (World Bank): The Contribution of Community Media to Poverty Reduction and Strengthening Civil Society
? N?stor Busso (Community Radio Network FARCO) and Sergio Fern?ndez Novoa (Argentinian Media Regulation Authority COMFER): Case Study Argentina
? Gustavo G?mez (AMARC Latin American Legislation Programme): Comparison of Legal Frameworks in Latin America
? John Barker (Article 19): Core Issues for Media Legislation, Regulation and Policy Relevant to Community Broadcasting
? Alfons Noll (Former Head of ITU Law Dep.): Recommendations and Legislation Criteria from the Perspective of the ITU 

15.30 Community Communication in Africa
? Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki (FEMNET): Community Media, Gender and Human Rights in Africa
? Frederick Kellerman (Good News Community Radio South Africa): Community Radio in the Battle Against AIDS - a South African Experience
? Gilles Eric Foadey (Simbani Africa News Agency): The Use of ICTs: an Opportunity to Consolidate Community Radio Local Contents
? Anastasie Mutoka (National TV DR Congo): Community Television in DR Congo
? Talenth Nyathi (MISA): Community Newspapers in Zimbabwe

16.30 Networking and Globalising Community Media
? Bharat Koirala (Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal): Community Radio Movements in Asia - Positive Steps Towards Change
? Maria Victoria Cabrera-Balleza (ISIS Manila): Women in Community Radio - International Perspectives
? Francesco Diasio (Radio Voices without Frontiers): Radio Networking against Racism
? Myoungjoon Kim (Labor News Production): Alternative and Community Media - Practical and Legislative Issues in South Korea
? Gabriele Hadl (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto): Adbusters Japan
? DeeDee Halleck (Deep Dish TV Network): Community Television in the United States

Forum Partners:  Latin American Association of Educational Broadcasting (ALER), www.aler.org.ec; World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), www.amarc.org; Bread for All, www.ppp.ch/communication; Catholic Media Council, www.cameco.org; Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund, www.fastenopfer.ch; WSIS Civil Society Community Media Caucus.

Coordination: Christoph Dietz, christoph.dietz@cameco.org, Urs A. Jaeggi, jaeggi@bfa-ppp.ch

Download our leaflet and the "Who is Who at the Community Media Forum" at http://www.cameco.org


From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  8 14:54:34 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] declaration regarding the wireless access in WSIS from the Civil Society Bureau
In-Reply-To: <008401c3bd77$a8226490$666bc3d4@Ouvaton>
Message-ID: <20031208145434.26373.qmail@web21322.mail.yahoo.com>

no-charge access is a requirement to enable the CS VItual Plenary to function !
 
Amali (6:30 AM PST)

Esthert Joly <esther.joly@club-internet.fr> wrote:
Of corse I agree and I ask free wifi for us.

Esther

I shall arrive for wesnesday.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" 
To: "Amali De Silva" ; "Rik Panganiban"
; "wsis-cs-plenary" 
; 
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] declaration regarding the wireless access in WSIS
from the Civil Society Bureau


> Pls, see below the text we've sent yesterday to the organizers. I hope to
> be able to reach to the Swiss government today and deliver it personally.
> In the meantime, I personally will switch from using Swisscom to using
> Orange as mobile service.
>
> regards,
> veni
>
>
> The Civil Society Bureau to the WSIS strongly protests that there is a
> change in the established practices for ensruing wireless Internet access
> have been chaned for the actual WSIS. Until now participants in the WSIS
> were connected online during the PrepCom meetings at no price, while - to
> our astonishment - we noted that for the WSIS itself the wireless access
> will be paid, and at the very high business rate of CHF 0.90 / minute.
> Many of our members are coming from developing countries where one hour of
> such usage is equal to more than a monthly salary! That's a bad example of
> what the digital divide may be described as.
>
> While we are thankful for the existence of an Free and Open Source
Software
> (FOSS) cybercafe, we must state that many of the participants in the WSIS
> bring their own notebooks, equipped with wireless Internet access cards,
> and they rely on the accessible communications in order to fulfil their
> duties.
>
> Wireless access was not available during the resumed PrepCom (Dec. 5-6),
> but it is of vital importance to have it at acceptable conditions during
> the whole WSIS, as part of the effort to facilitate in the best possible
> way the work of the Civil Society, the private sector and the governments.
>
> Lack of wireless Internet access means that a huge portion of
> representatives of the CS is being driven away from the process, because
it
> will radically diminish their capacity to interact with each other and
> contribute with their knowledge to the whole WSIS process.
>
> We urge the local hosts to find a way to ensure that there will be free of
> charge wireless Internet access during the whole WSIS in Geneva,
> re-establishing the practices respected throughout the whole process of
> PrepCom meetings - in Geneva, as well as Paris.
>
> We use the opportunity to thank the government of Geneve and Switzerland
> for their efforts to perform in the best possible way in the WSIS, and we
> hope that this detail will be fixed as soon as possible in a way sutiable
> for all parties.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 





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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  8 15:25:23 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT - Summit Passes - where are they Robert ?
Message-ID: <20031208152523.17154.qmail@web21326.mail.yahoo.com>

Robert 
 
Please inform the list ( Plenary) as to how you intend circulating the Summit Passes - NA Caucus members are concerned. 
 
Please respond openly ( Plenary ) asap, thank you,
 
Amali
 



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From gbengasesan at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  8 16:04:37 2003
From: gbengasesan at yahoo.com (=?iso-8859-1?q?'Gbenga=20Sesan?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Instant Messaging - 'Gbenga Sesan
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070878791@[156.106.204.229]>
Message-ID: <20031208160437.45418.qmail@web40911.mail.yahoo.com>

'Gbenga (Oluwagbenga) Sesan: Username on Yahoo! - gbengasesan

Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org> wrote:Robert guerra - username on yahoo - rguerra


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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 17:17:41 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT - Overpasses
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070907461@[156.106.209.171]>


Bureau members and focal points for working groups and caucuses are 
notified of the following dates/times when overpasses for the people
they submitted can be picked up.


Tuesday, Dec 9th - 

- 12:30 - 1:00 Robert
- 17:00 - 18:00 Robert

Wed, Dec 10th

- 0800 - 0900 Robert 
- 0900 - 1000 John G.


Kindest regards,

Robert Guerra




From corinth2001zw at yahoo.com  Mon Dec  8 18:15:42 2003
From: corinth2001zw at yahoo.com (talent nyathi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Just a small correction on Zimbabwe
In-Reply-To: <sfd49489.003@cameco.org>
Message-ID: <20031208181542.77929.qmail@web40810.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Christopher

This is Talent I am now Around and thanks for putting
in the programme.  I have prepared myself for the
presentation.  Just one small correction I will talk
about Community Publishing.  I realise that it might
be too late to change that on the main programme, but
perhaps it is still possible to change it or put it in
brackets for before my presentation.  How can I locate
you.

Waiting to hear from you 

Talent
--- Christoph Dietz <christoph.dietz@CAMECO.ORG>
wrote:
> Community Media Forum
> Friday 12th December 2003
> Salle Salève, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
>  
> · Concrete Examples of Active Community Involvement,
> Social Change and Networking
> · Creative Experiences of Using Cost-Effective Means
> for Connecting the World's Poorest Communities
> · Further Steps towards Legal Recognition of
> Community Media as Equals to Public and Commercial
> Media
> 
> Interpretación simultanea por todo el día
> Traduction simultanée pour toute la journée
> Simultaneous interpreting available
> 
> Chair: Lavinia Mohr (WACC)
> 
> 9.15 Introduction
> Christoph Stückelberger (Bread for All)
> 
> 9.30 Community Media and the WSIS
> Steve Buckley (President AMARC)
> 
> 10.00 Communication, Democracy and Cultural
> Diversity
> Alfonso Gumucio Dagron (Communication for Social
> Change Consortium)
> 
> 11.00 The Practice Inspires: Lessons Learnt from 30
> Creative Latin American Community Radios
> Andrés Geerts and Victor van Oeyen (ALER)
> with Live Presentations by Radio Favela (Brazil) and
> Radio Los Cumiches (Nicaragua)
> 
> 14.00 Community Media Legislation Roundtable
> · Martha Pinto de De Hart (Colombian Communication
> Minister): Community Media Support and Legislation
> in Colombia: Lessons Learnt
> · Karin Millet (World Bank): The Contribution of
> Community Media to Poverty Reduction and
> Strengthening Civil Society
> · Néstor Busso (Community Radio Network FARCO) and
> Sergio Fernández Novoa (Argentinian Media Regulation
> Authority COMFER): Case Study Argentina
> · Gustavo Gómez (AMARC Latin American Legislation
> Programme): Comparison of Legal Frameworks in Latin
> America
> · John Barker (Article 19): Core Issues for Media
> Legislation, Regulation and Policy Relevant to
> Community Broadcasting
> · Alfons Noll (Former Head of ITU Law Dep.):
> Recommendations and Legislation Criteria from the
> Perspective of the ITU 
> 
> 15.30 Community Communication in Africa
> · Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki (FEMNET): Community Media,
> Gender and Human Rights in Africa
> · Frederick Kellerman (Good News Community Radio
> South Africa): Community Radio in the Battle Against
> AIDS - a South African Experience
> · Gilles Eric Foadey (Simbani Africa News Agency):
> The Use of ICTs: an Opportunity to Consolidate
> Community Radio Local Contents
> · Anastasie Mutoka (National TV DR Congo): Community
> Television in DR Congo
> · Talenth Nyathi (MISA): Community Newspapers in
> Zimbabwe
> 
> 16.30 Networking and Globalising Community Media
> · Bharat Koirala (Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal):
> Community Radio Movements in Asia - Positive Steps
> Towards Change
> · Maria Victoria Cabrera-Balleza (ISIS Manila):
> Women in Community Radio - International
> Perspectives
> · Francesco Diasio (Radio Voices without Frontiers):
> Radio Networking against Racism
> · Myoungjoon Kim (Labor News Production):
> Alternative and Community Media - Practical and
> Legislative Issues in South Korea
> · Gabriele Hadl (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto):
> Adbusters Japan
> · DeeDee Halleck (Deep Dish TV Network): Community
> Television in the United States
> 
> Forum Partners:  Latin American Association of
> Educational Broadcasting (ALER), www.aler.org.ec;
> World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
> (AMARC), www.amarc.org; Bread for All,
> www.ppp.ch/communication; Catholic Media Council,
> www.cameco.org; Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund,
> www.fastenopfer.ch; WSIS Civil Society Community
> Media Caucus.
> 
> Coordination: Christoph Dietz,
> christoph.dietz@cameco.org, Urs A. Jaeggi,
> jaeggi@bfa-ppp.ch
> 
> Download our leaflet and the "Who is Who at the
> Community Media Forum" at http://www.cameco.org
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


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From mciver at albany.edu  Tue Dec  9 00:23:42 2003
From: mciver at albany.edu (Bill McIver, University at Albany)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final Version (English)
Message-ID: <3FD5160E.3000500@albany.edu>

Dear Members of Civil Society,

The final draft of the English version of
Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
of the World Summit on the Information Society
is available at the following URL in
Text, RTF, and Word formats:

http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/Final/

We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec 9th)
or early thursday (Dec 10th).


*** Endorsements:                                      ***
*** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
***                                                    ***
*** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
*** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***


Thank you,

WJM
-- 

Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
USA

e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Mon Dec  8 19:08:34 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] new official summit drafts out
Message-ID: <3FD4CC32.D965E62A@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

The Draft Declaration and Action Plan, versions as of today, have been
published now.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi-en-1147|1148.asp

The closed-door PrepCom3b negotiations will continue tomorrow at
Palexpo.

From rikp at bluewin.ch  Mon Dec  8 18:46:06 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Interactive communications during Summit
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070878695@[156.106.204.229]>
Message-ID: <C82197DA-29AE-11D8-B364-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Here's my IM info:

AOL IM:               SlickRik999
Yahoo/MSN IM:  rikomatic@yahoo.com

Rik Panganiban
WFM

On Lundi, d?cembre 8, 2003, at 10:18  AM, Robert Guerra wrote:

> In order to facilitate interactive communications during the summit, I
> would like to suggest that we communicate using one of the existing IM
> networks (such as Yahoo,etc..)
>
>
> please send IM account names as well as service used .
>
> thanks
>
> robert
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
=====================================================
Rik Panganiban, Reports Coordinator

Civil Society News Centre for the WSIS
web: 	           http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews
email: 	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
AOL IM:               SlickRik999
Yahoo/MSN IM:  rikomatic@yahoo.com
=====================================================


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Mon Dec  8 19:52:23 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] notes from CS press/strategy meeting this evening
Message-ID: <3FD4D677.35A289A7@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Notes from the CS Press / Strategy Meeting
8 December 2003, 17:00-19:00

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, 17:00, at Palexpo, CS Coordination Offices

1. Vision Document

-CS Plenary this morning:
-Vision adopted with consensus by the CS plenary
-Launching ceremony: Thursday 11 December, 17:00-19:00, Palexpo, Room C
-Final polishing done now (already on line)
-Final version or "work in progress"?
-Some caucus stuff has been ignored, how to incorporate this?
-How to spin it - "not perfect etc"?
-Promote "essential benchmarks" and "vision" both: "most recent key
documents"
-Endorsements: 
  oMake sure all our communities that are not here endorse it
  oIndividuals
  oGovernment endorsements? Private sector endorsements?
  oCelebryties?
  -> Send endorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs-org

-Use first two to three pages as our vision, then the rest as our
priorities
-"Not a unitary position, this has been developed by a number of people" 
-Caucuses and working groups will have to prepare short statements for
the press conferences for sound bytes

-Make highlights / short version as general press release (half a page) 
-Coordination: Annette M?hlberg and Elizabeth Carll


2. general assessment of substantial summit outcomes

-ask caucuses to say what they like or dislike in the official
declaration!
-African caucus has already produced a paper on this (communication
rights, internet governance, digital solidarity fund)
-Coordination: Karen Banks and Adam Peake

3. Press slots / press coordination: 

-45 minutes divided into two press conferences
-many slots already taken
-nothing on vision and human rights
-point-counterpoint format: summit declaration vs. our vision
-press team is collating it and drafting press releases
-Document repository: wsis-online.net, news area
-Coordination: 
  oCollection of contact information of caucuses: Rik Panganiban
  oGeneral coordination / liaison with secretariat persons: volunteers
still needed, to be decided tomorrow


4. CS strategic statement 

Suggestions: on why and how and the whole process for our declaration
  1.we produced a vision
  2.we don't disagree with the list of issues, we disagree with the
order
  3.on the themes: we disagree on this and that!
  4.we are diverse and have a diversity of ideas
- coordination: Ralf Bendrath


5. CS speakers for summit ceremonies?

-we have to protest the way they played with us in terms of speaker
selection
-some speakers were asked on a standby basis, should they protest and
not use their slots?
-Speakers are asked to use their slots for mentioning the CS declaration
-Who will brief Kikki Nordstrom (picked as our opening speaker)?
-Coordination: Rikke Frank Joergensen / Sally Burch

6. Press release: "press conference on CS declaration on Thursday"

Coordination: Community Media Group
Out today


7. Overall Goal: general Press kit ready by Thursday


NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, 17:00, at Palexpo CS coordination Office

COORDINATION of all of this is done on the CS strategy working group
list
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/strategy

From hans.klein at pubpolicy.gatech.edu  Mon Dec  8 19:54:34 2003
From: hans.klein at pubpolicy.gatech.edu (Hans Klein)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Herald Tribune: "UN takeover of Internet? Some are 'not
 amused' "
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20031208205123.02679398@pop.mail.gatech.edu>

This is on the front page of today's IHT: 
http://www.iht.com/cgi-bin/generic.cgi?template=articleprint.tmplh&ArticleId=120570


Copyright ? 2002 The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com

UN takeover of Internet? Some are 'not amused'
Jennifer L. Schenker/IHT
Monday, December 8, 2003



PARIS Paul Twomey, the president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned 
Names and Numbers, found out what it feels like to be voiceless.

On Friday night, Twomey, who flew 20 hours to Geneva from a meeting in 
Vietnam to take part in a preparatory session for this week's United 
Nations summit meeting on Internet issues, was escorted to the exit of the 
meeting room by guards after participants suddenly decided to exclude 
observers.

The move underscores the wrath of countries that for years have been 
unhappy with what they perceive as their voicelessness over how the 
Internet is run and over U.S. ownership of key Internet resources. It also 
foretells the level of criticism that both the U.S. government and the 
Internet Corporation, or Icann, may face at the UN meeting, one of the 
largest gatherings ever of high-level government officials, business 
leaders and nonprofit organizations to discuss the Internet's future.

Formal meeting activities begin on Wednesday. Although more than 60 nations 
will be represented in Geneva by their heads of government, only a handful 
of industrial nations are sending their leaders. President George W. Bush 
has no plans to attend, though the U.S. government will be represented by 
other officials.

To the great frustration of the international community, Icann, a private 
company under contract to the U.S. government to oversee the technical 
aspects of the Internet's address system, has been in a pole position of 
power since its formation in 1998, deciding such issues as when languages 
could be used as a communication tool by other nations.

Twomey, reached by mobile phone outside the conference room, said: "At 
Icann, anybody can attend meetings, appeal decisions or go to ombudsmen, 
and here I am outside a UN meeting room where diplomats - most of whom know 
little about the technical aspects - are deciding in a closed forum how 750 
million people should reach the Internet. I am not amused."

Twomey said he, representatives of the news media and anyone who was not a 
government official had been evicted from the meeting.

During the UN gathering, an expected 5,000 representatives from 
intragovernmental, business and nonprofit organizations will try to devise 
an action plan for the next phase of the Internet, addressing issues like 
how to close the digital divide, supervise the Internet and deal with 
problems like spam and pornography on the Web.

A principal point of debate will be whether the Internet should be overseen 
by the United Nations instead of American groups like Icann.

Since the Internet first took root in the United States, American interests 
had been given priority. For example, the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology still has more Internet addresses than all of China, according 
to Lee McKnight, an associate professor at Syracuse University in New York 
and an MIT research affiliate. By 2007, though, more than 50 percent of Web 
users will be Chinese, according to some forecasts.

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, a Jordanian businessman who is vice chairman of the UN 
Information and Communication Technology Task Force, said that "the world 
should be grateful to Uncle Sam for creating the Internet" but that it was 
time for the rest of the world to have a larger voice in its governance. 
Abu-Ghazaleh said he planned to present his own proposal for a new, more 
international management of Icann at a private meeting on Tuesday.

To that end, all countries participating in the UN gathering agreed Sunday 
that a working group should be set up under the auspices of the United 
Nations to examine Internet governance issues, including the question of 
whether more formal oversight of Icann by governments or intragovernmental 
agencies is necessary, said Marcus Kummer, the Swiss Foreign Ministry's 
delegate and head of the UN meeting's working group on Internet governance.

Tuesday's private meeting will bring together heads of state from six 
African, five Middle Eastern, four European and two Asian countries as well 
as the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, and Erkki Liikanen, the European 
Union's commissioner for enterprise and information society. Conspicuously 
absent from the list of invitees in the private meeting are Icann and the 
U.S. government, which has sent a delegation of 41 people to the Geneva 
meeting.

High-profile Internet figures, including Nicholas Negroponte, Esther Dyson 
and Tim Berners-Lee, are expected to attend Tuesday's private meeting, as 
are senior executives from a variety of multinational companies, including 
America Online, Microsoft, Boeing, Siemens, Alcatel, Vodafone and the 
company that Abu-Ghazaleh heads, a Cairo-based services company called the 
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization.

The meeting will address four topics: Internet governance, the use of 
excess bandwidth to help development, connecting more people to 
communications networks and finding the appropriate technologies. At the 
heart of each of the four discussions will be the question of what role 
government and intragovernmental agencies should play.

"The U.S. government position," a U.S. State Department spokesman said last 
week, "is that the Internet is coordinated and led by the private sector 
and should be private-sector-led."

But he said the U.S. government was committed to insuring a balanced voice 
for the international community.

But many countries do not agree with the argument that the United States 
has no control or that Icann adequately represents the Internet's global 
interests. The U.S. government gave a two-year contract to Icann in 1998 
and was supposed to withdraw its support when the contract expired. But the 
government has not done so.

Abu-Ghazaleh plans to propose, at the private meeting, that Icann be placed 
under the umbrella of the UN communications task force, which gives equal 
status to government, private sector and nongovernmental organizations.

Under his plan, the United States would have permanent presidency of an 
Icann oversight committee. The International Telecommunication Union, a UN 
agency, and the International Chamber of Commerce would also have permanent 
membership, as would the World Intellectual Property Organization and the 
UN Conference on Trade and Development.

Each of the world's five continents would have one elected representative 
on the committee, elected by the countries from the continent they 
represent. Icann itself would continue to be based in the United States, 
governed by U.S. law, and the same people who no carry out the technical 
work would continue to do so. Twomey, the president of Icann, said he saw 
no reason to change the current setup, pointing out that nearly 100 
governments were already represented on Icann's advisory committee. He said 
Icann planned to open regional offices in Europe, Africa, Latin America and 
Asia in 2004.

He pointed to progress recently made on allowing languages and characters 
other than Roman to be used for Internet addresses. Since October, 
countries have been able to register domain names using Chinese (both 
simplified and traditional), Japanese and Korean, with Vietnamese and 
others to follow soon.

Twomey emphasized that Icann's role was limited to addressing.

"If governments think they can really find a place to discuss spam and 
child porn and e-commerce, we would probably welcome it," he said. "These 
things are not in our charter - it is not what we do. So we want to assure 
everyone involved that we are not standing in the way."

But when it comes to the technical underpinnings of the Internet, Twomey 
said, Icann should be allowed to continue its work.

"It is not broken, so why fix it?" he asked.

International Herald Tribune

  Copyright ? 2002 The International Herald Tribune








From arne at my-mail.ch  Mon Dec  8 20:48:55 2003
From: arne at my-mail.ch (arne)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: WSIS? We Seize! (was: Agenda item for Wednesday morning Plenary mtg))
In-Reply-To: <BBFA2CE2.3CDF%yves.steiner@cwp.unil.ch>
Message-ID: <F02E475D-29BF-11D8-AE84-000393CB4A26@my-mail.ch>

>  more info available during the
> anti-WSIS meeting at L'Usine in Central Geneva (see: www.geneva03.org) 
> with
> which the demo is connected...
>

Just for clarification: the demo is not connected to the "WSIS? We 
Seize!" series of events in downtown Geneva (although many participants 
may individually decide go to the demo).
Nor would "WSIS? We Seize" necessarily define itself as "anti-WSIS 
meeting"... probably rather a critical and contentious alternative 
event... (it's even included in the official WSIS programme)...

WSIS? We Seize! will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10 am with a 2-day 
conference, including sessions on intellectual property, infowar, 
inside vs outside WSIS, etc. You can find the programme on 
http://geneva03.net/moin.cgi/StrategicConference

Alongside the conference, a Polimedia Lab will be set up, as a space, 
for skill-sharing, workshops, experiments, projections, presentations, 
networking, and generally hanging out and meeting people. The workshop 
programme is here: http://geneva03.net/moin.cgi/PolyMediaLab

 From Polimedia Lab, a three-day video-stream focusing on worldwide 
experiences around the information society will be netcasted: High Noon 
(http://geneva03.net/moin.cgi/HighNoon).

The locations for both the conference and Polimedia Lab will be in the 
Geneva city centre, just south of the river. Bus Nr 5 (which leaves 
from Palexpo) stops nearby.

Regards,
Arne
___________________________________________________________________________________________
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 21:32:07 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The 
 costs...
In-Reply-To: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>
References: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070922727@[10.48.129.83]>

there is no (free) wireless access in the media/press area.


--On Sunday, December 7, 2003 10:29 AM -0500 ljeffrey@ecommons.net wrote:

> 
> I was in hall 4 earlier looking for the soon-to-come Canadian pavilion
> (stand 230 and 125) and found many users of wireless. All said they had
> their own networks set up. No idea how this is working, but there
> appears to be some room for workaround. FYI
> Liss Jeffrey
> Civil society member, Canadian Delegation
> WSIS-SMSI
> www.ecommons.ca 
> www.agora-electronique.ca
> 
> 

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Dec  8 21:37:08 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hactivista - Change of screeing time - Dec 11/15:30
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070923028@[10.48.129.83]>

 
Hacktivista - Documentary
When : Thursday, December 11, 2003 ? 15:30 
Where: Hall 4, audio/video room 9 

Hacktivista is the story of three University of Toronto students (Nart,
Michelle, and Graeme) who travel with their professor to Guatemala and
Chiapas to work with human rights organizations and activists on
Internet security and connectivity. The students call themselves
"hacktivists" -- a new breed of social activists who use technology to
fight for privacy and freedom of speech.

In episode one, the three students are put through a cyber-boot camp,
where they hone their computer hacking skills, learn more about how they
can be applied to promote human rights and democracy, and prepare for
their mission to come in Central America. In episode two, the students
are immersed in the often tense environment of Guatemala, where they
work with frontline human  rights activists whose networks are
increasingly subject to electronic attack. Episode three follows the
'squad as the move on to Chiapas, Mexico -- home of the world famous
Zapatista movement -- where the students realize hacktivism has much
broader implications than just for the Internet.

Hacktivista is produced by Ron Deibert and Mike Downie, and directed by
Mike Downie. 

See details on and about the documentary at:
http://hacktivista.citizenlab.org


From president at isoc.ch  Mon Dec  8 22:48:53 2003
From: president at isoc.ch (Stephane Koch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
Message-ID: <ANEPLAHNIMIKICNJAHIHMEINDLAA.president@isoc.ch>

Dear all,

I am writing to inform you that during the organization of the session on
Ipv6, organized jointly between the European Union IPv6 Task Force and the
Internet Society, that will take place on the 9th December 2003, it was
planned to include Dr Alberto Escudero Pascual in the panel of speakers for
the day. Dr Escudero Pascual would have discussed the issues relating to the
protection of privacy in Ipv6 networks.

Unfortunately, due to pressures but also threats of boycott from Mr Latif
Ladid, the organizers of the conference decided to remove Dr Escudero
Pascual from the panel. One can wonder about the real motivations of Mr
Ladid relating to his will to obscure the discussion about privacy
protection issues in the context of Ipv6.

It is interesting to note that it is not necessary to live in an
undemocratic country to suffer from censorship. It is even more worrying to
observe that, even in the context of events organized by Civil Society, one
can easily excert such pressures at the detriment of the objectivity of the
debate on this subject.

It seems to me that we have the full responsibility, as the principal
component of Civil Society, to represent as well as we can citizens, the
protection of their interests and therefore their privacy. If we do not,
then who will?

Alberto Escudero Pascual Web site
http://www.it.kth.se/~aep/

Best regards
St?phane Koch
Pr?sident, Internet Society Geneva

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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Mon Dec  8 22:51:40 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT - Overpasses
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070907461@[156.106.209.171]>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031208225056.0167f8a0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi robert

Thanks for this - can you clarify **where** we pick them up though?

karen

At 18:17 08/12/2003 +0100, Robert Guerra wrote:

>Bureau members and focal points for working groups and caucuses are
>notified of the following dates/times when overpasses for the people
>they submitted can be picked up.
>
>Tuesday, Dec 9th -
>- 12:30 - 1:00 Robert
>- 17:00 - 18:00 Robert
>
>Wed, Dec 10th
>- 0800 - 0900 Robert
>- 0900 - 1000 John G.



From richardjordan at lycos.com  Sun Dec  7 19:37:51 2003
From: richardjordan at lycos.com (richard t jordan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Pleasesend COMMENTS on CS declaration
Message-ID: <HBGIOEHBFKAKJEAA@mailcity.com>

--Hi, Richard Jordan here -- the term within the UN system is "persons with disabilities" -- why don't you consult with Kiki Nordstrom who made the intervention in July at the Paris intersessional on behalf of persons with disabilities?  Best regards, Richard J.

--------- Original Message ---------
DATE: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:01:16
From: Monthian Buntan <mbuntan@tab.or.th>
To: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>,Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>, pwd@wsis-cs.org
Cc: Sally Burch <sburch@alainet.org>, ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org,ct@wsis-cs.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org

Dear Elisabeth:

The only problem now is when you suggested "mental, physical and others."  Whenever you suggest "physical", you're provoking  lots of debate over "physical."  The term "physical disability" has never been inclusive.  At least the blindness and deafness communities will be unhappy.  I for one will consider withdrawing my involvement in this whole process should the term"physical" be suggested without referring to visual and hearing.

Regards,

Thian

At 02:26 PM 12/7/2003, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

Dear Thian and all.
 
Including the longer list of examples is one possibility.  What is interesting is how differently mental disabilities are defined, as you separate learning and cognitive disabilities which are mental disabilities as intelligence and learning are mental skills. Mental disabilities does not only refer to emotional disorders but also to cognitive and intellectual functioning.  That is what I suggested "physical, mental,and other disabilities", in the event some did not perceive a particular area falling into the two basic  (mind -body categories). Some view visual and hearing disabilities as physical disabilities.  I did not suggest only using physical and added "and other" in view of your concerns.
 
I will be off line after Sunday morning, as I am leaving for Geneva Sunday afternoon.
 
Best regards,
 
Elizabeth
 
Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 1-631-754-2424

Mobile: 917-287-7137 

Fax: 1-631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net

 
 
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From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Monthian Buntan
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 1:46 AM
To: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org
Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


Dear Elisabeth and all:


I would like to suggest one way out of this problem by putting the word "all types of disabilities.  If you want an example to follow, the only way to end concerns is to say "including but not limited to physical, visual, hearing, cognitive, learning and mental disabilities.  I'm afraid that such approach will be too wordy, but will at least, sovle problems.  To simply say "physical" without mentioning visual, hear, cognitive and learning, is not acceptable.  It is better for us to seek for the most inclusive term in this international document, rather than trying to narrow it down, I think.  Again, I confirm, the term "physica" is not inclusive.


Best regards,


Thian


At 01:17 PM 12/7/2003, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

Dear Thian and all,



There is no problem with any of the phrases you are suggesting for the paragraph below which you have suggested.  However, I would like to request that we also include a phrase as an example, such as "Persons with disabilities, including mental, physical, and other.  Is there a problem with including mental disabilities as an example?  In many countries mental health services are disconnected from health services.



More than 400 million people are known to suffer from mental and brain disorders and these numbers are expected to rise sharply over the next few decades, particularly among people in the developing world.  Despite, the enormous social and economic burden so created, more than 40% of the world’s countries have no articulated mental health policy, and over 30% have no mental health programs. 



I understand your concern, which is why I have suggested using an example that includes mental disabilities in addition to your phrase.  Unfortunately in many countries it is important to specify so as not to exclude, assuming that someone else's definition of all disabilities includes mental disabilities is an assumption that may leave people with out services.  When identifying problems it is also important to keep in mind how the services may be carried out in different parts of the world and not to inadvertently leave loop holes.



The following is suggested for the paragraph you have suggested which includes your description as well as an example following.  Is this acceptable?  If not, please clarify the reason.  Hopefully this compromise achieves both our goals to be as inclusive as possible.




3.1.9 Rights of persons with disabilities, including mental, physical, and other;


In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with disabilities, including mental, physical, and other, to have full and absolute equal access to information and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms with non-disabled people.



Best regards,



Elizabeth




Dr. Elizabeth Carll


Focal Point


International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies


Tel: 631-754-2424


Fax: 631-754-5032


ecarll@optonline.net 
-----Original Message----- 
From: ct-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:ct-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Monthian Buntan 
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 9:30 PM 
To: Hiroshi Kawamura; pwd@wsis-cs.org 
Cc: Sally Burch; ct-drafting@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org 
Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] URGENT: Please send COMMENTS on CS declaration


Dear Hiroshi and all:

If Hiroshi has some concern over the term "persons with disabilities", although it has the broadest meaning, I would like to proposed the possibly most inclusive and compromising (a bit wordy) term, "persons with all types of disabilities."  I believe such term, as I proposed, will take care of all concerns we may have.

As far as I know, in Japan, "physical disability" includes mobility, sensory, intellectual, learning and autistic, but in many countries, such term is very narrow and includes only mobility impairment.

Best regards,

Thian

At 08:41 AM 12/7/2003, Monthian Buntan wrote:
Dear Hiroshi:

Thank you for your kind imput.  However, I have some great concern over the word mental and physical disabilities.  Under many circumstances, the word "physical disabilities" may not include sensory impairment at all.  At least in thailand, the term "physical disabilities" refer only to persons with mobility impairment.  Therefore, I would prefer "persons with disabilities" as it speaks for the broadest range of "disabilities" regardless of types and severity.

Please seriously take it into consideration or otherwise we may end up exlcuding many people out of different understanding and interpretation.

Again, I confirm that "persons with disabilities" is absolutely broader than "persons with physical and mental disabilities."

Best regards,

Thian

 At 11:14 PM 12/6/2003, Hiroshi Kawamura wrote:
The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of 
original author. --- Hiroshi


----------------------------------------------------

The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate 
version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in the 
"PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice 
section), which I had submitted.

The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE

The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be 
facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to 
information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in 
the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have 
suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with community 
level points of access to mental and physical health information would be a 
critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care 
crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows 
of information (for example, from expert to community or patient). 
Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of 
communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the 
prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for 
all people.

In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were 
previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please 
re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health, as 
opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and 
clarity.

3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3

Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with 
[mental and physical] disabilities, must be....

3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence

People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental 
and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food, shelter, 
freedom and peace.

3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence

must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical 
impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...

3.3.8 Human development ­ education and training, par 2 
  Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society must 
include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical 
impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....



In par 4 -



...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people 
with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant 
communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a 
life-long perspective...





3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1, 
sentence 3



Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the 
body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender 
and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]





4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence



....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and physical] 
health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including 
food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.





3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan



I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian 
Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be consistent 
with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and 
degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as 
often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many 
countries.



3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:


In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental and 
physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to information 
and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of 
disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In order 
to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive 
technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole 
process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs and 
their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal terms 
with non-disabled people.





Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in 
Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge blizzard 
and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.



Elizabeth



Dr. Elizabeth Carll

Focal Point

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Tel: 631-754-2424

Fax: 631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net




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From: hkawa at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (unicode) persons with disability
References: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEPGGFAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <008c01c3bd09$c5810c30$0200a8c0@KAWAMURA>

Dear Elizabeth, Monthian, Aldred and all:

Please permit me to post multiple lists since it concerns all of them:

Regarding the wording for "persons with disabilities", at this point, we had
better stick to the best available UN standard language to form a consensus
namely "persons with disabilities".
Actual inclusion of those all types of persons with disabilities need to be
more encouraged and promoted.
For your information, the Global Forum on Disability in the Information
Society, a Summit Event, on 12th December at Hall 2 of Palexpo will include
presentations of and for persons with mental disorder, autism, dyslexia,
intellectual disability in addition to physical or sensory disabilities.

Best

Hiroshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD
To: Monthian Buntan ; aneufel1@telus.net ; Hiroshi Kawamura
Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org ; Rik Panganiban ; wsis-cs-plenary ; ct@wsis-cs.org
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:11 AM
Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify


Dear All,

I appreciate the comments below and agree with Thian as to the term "persons
with all types of disabilities" or persons with disabilities,  as long as
the the health section and conclusion includes access to information
specifically for both physical and mental health.  I will review and
comment.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Tel: 631-754-2424
Fax: 631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net
-----Original Message-----
From: pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of
Monthian Buntan
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 AM
To: aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi Kawamura
Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify


Dear all:

When I suggest section 3.1.9, my main intention is address the matter of
fundamental rights.  Therefore, I don't see any point in trying to list all
categories of disabilities.  However, when some of us voice their concerns
whether mental disability, which I believe, is also subject to be
differently interpreted, I suggest the term "persons with all types of
disabilties."  Then there was a counterproposal to say "persons with
disabilities" including mental, physical and others.  My conclusion is that
we should not provoke any debate on these terms here.  My concern is that
we're at risk of confusing the whole civil society if we try to come up with
words like these.  I myself, and many in the blindness and deafness
communities, will be unhappy if the term "physical" is being used without
referring to visual and hearing.  And I'm not sure if LD or autistic people
are happy or not to be included under the term "mental disability."

After all, I believe the term "persons with all types of disabilities",
though a bit wordy, is the most inclusive and most compromising.

Best regards,

Thian

At 05:12 PM 12/7/2003, aneufel1@telus.net wrote:

Hello Hiroshi
I am a little confused. Does the following suggest that previous agreements
providing assurance for accessibility by people with all types of impairment
(ie. mental and physical) is at risk?

Monthian's subsequent e-mail suggests to me that it may be, though my
reading of
the material below is that it speaks primarily to the way in which health
information may be provided - and the added point that people with mental
impairments of various kinds not be excluded. Please clarify.

In terms of wording, it seems to me we are much better off talking about
'health
information' than the phrase 'health care information'.  The latter could be
limited to 'care' provisions and issues.  I would think we should promote
open
access to all kinds of information, including research on health.

Aldred Neufeldt
Chair, GLADNET

Quoting Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>:

> The following text is copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of
> original author. --- Hiroshi
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> The paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most accurate
> version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for inclusion in
the
> "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or possibly in Social Justice
> section), which I had submitted.
>
> The section should be titled;    MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE
>
> The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can
be
> facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to
> information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in
> the public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts
have
> suggested that providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with
> community
> level points of access to mental and physical health information would be
a
> critical starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care
> crises. However, such access points should support more than one-way flows
> of information (for example, from expert to community or patient).
> Communities must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation
of
> communication flows that they find useful and necessary to address the
> prevention, treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care
for
> all people.
>
> In addition, please note the following revisions in brackets, which were
> previously recommended but in latest draft have been omitted.  Please
> re-insert.  Most of these refer to specifying mental and physical health,
> as
> opposed to only physical, and should be included for consistency and
> clarity.
>
> 3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of Communication, paragraph 3
>
> Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with
> [mental and physical] disabilities, must be....
>
> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last sentence
>
> People-centered information technologies can foster eradication of [mental
> and physical] illnesses and epidemics, can help give everyone food,
> shelter,
> freedom and peace.
>
> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence
>
> must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
> impairments and all means of transcending those impairments ...
>
> 3.3.8 Human development ??? education and training, par 2
>
>   Literacy, education, and research efforts in the Information Society
must
> include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] physical
> impairments and all means of transcending those impairments....
>
>
>
> In par 4 -
>
>
>
> ...special needs: those of young and elderly people, of women, of people
> with [mental and physical] impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant
> communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a
> life-long perspective...
>
>
>
>
>
> 3.3.9 Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,
> sentence 3
>
>
>
> Clear principles should be developed for the use and exploitation of the
> body of knowledge produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender
> and age disaggregated for mental and physical health.]
>
>
>
>
>
> 4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence
>
>
>
> ....the right to a standard of living adequate for the [mental and
> physical]
> health and well-being of the individual and his or her family, including
> food housing and (delete medical)  [mental and physical health]care.
>
>
>
>
>
> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: recommended by Monthian Buntan
>
>
>
> I also support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian
> Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be
consistent
> with the rest of the document.  While it is helpful to specify types and
> degree of disabilities, these can be seen as referring to physical only as
> often mental and physical health care have been disconnected in many
> countries.
>
>
>
> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] Disabilities:
>
>
> In the inclusive information society, the rights of persons with [mental
> and
> physical] disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to
> information
> and communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of
> disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at all levels.  In
order
> to achieve such goal, Universal Design principle and the use of assistive
> technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the whole
> process of building and nurturing the information society in which PWDs
and
> their organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal
terms
> with non-disabled people.
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you for all your work on this.  Look forward to meeting everyone in
> Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, however, there is a huge
> blizzard
> and snowing now in New York and flights are delayed.
>
>
>
> Elizabeth
>
>
>
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>
> Focal Point
>
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
>
> Tel: 631-754-2424
>
> Fax: 631-754-5032
>
> ecarll@optonline.net
>
>
>
>
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>




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From viola at icvolunteers.org  Mon Dec  8 05:24:33 2003
From: viola at icvolunteers.org (Viola Krebs)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <5495475C-28A4-11D8-84D9-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20031208062314.03062ac0@mail.icvolunteers.org>

Dear Rik,

The Volunteer Family is working on some suggestions, which will be ready 
later today. Hope that this is not too late to have it integrated.

Kind regards

Viola

At 11:58 07.12.03 +0100, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo the 
>CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday December 
>10.  We request your comments to this text to the drafting committee by 
>TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.
>
>Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and 
>working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must be 
>ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it translated and 
>available for wide endorsement on Wednesday.  The drafting committee will 
>do final edits this afternoon.
>
>In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS 
>omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text.  It is 
>much too late for completely new text or sections.
>
>There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday, 
>December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.
>
>Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for the 
>extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text available 
>in English.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>WFM
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
>Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
>World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
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From: viola at icvolunteers.org (Viola Krebs)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
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Dear Rik,

I know we are late, but I hope you can still consider the suggestions of 
the WG on Volunteering and ICTs:

Poverty Eradication
Poverty Eradication must be a key priority on the WSIS agenda. Without 
challenging existing inequalities, no sustainable development embracing the 
new ICTs can be achieved. People living in extreme poverty must be enabled 
to contribute their experiences and knowledge in a dialogue involving all 
parties. Challenging poverty requires more than setting `development 
agendas'. It requires a fundamental commitment to examine the current 
frameworks, to improve local access to information that is of relevance for 
the specific context, to improve training in ICT-related skills, and to 
allocate significant financial and other resources. Because volunteers are 
working at the grassroots level, they play an important role of social 
inclusion.

Human Development  Education and Training
Literacy, education and research are fundamental and interrelated 
components of the information exchanges necessary to build knowledge 
societies. Knowledge creation and acquisition should be nurtured as a 
participatory and collective process; it should not be considered a one-way 
flow or confined to one section of capacity-building. Education, in its 
different components - formal, informal, lifelong - is fundamental to 
building democratic societies both by creating a literate citizenry and a 
skilled workforce. Only informed and educated citizens with access to 
empowering education, a plurality of means of information, and the outputs 
of research efforts can fully participate in and effectively contribute to 
knowledge societies. Therefore it is also essential to recognize the right 
to education as stated both in the Declaration on the Right to Development 
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Capacity building initiatives designed to empower individuals and 
communities in the information society must include, in addition to basic 
literacy and ICT skills, media and information literacy (i.e. the ability 
to find, appraise, use and create information and technology). It should be 
designed to stimulate the desire for general learning and respond to 
specific as well as special needs: those of young and elderly people, of 
women, of people with impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant 
communities, of refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a 
life-long perspective. Volunteers can help transmit knowledge and enhance 
capacity, in particular of marginalized groups not reached by government 
training institutions.

Kind regards,

Viola

At 11:58 07.12.03 +0100, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo the 
>CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday December 
>10.  We request your comments to this text to the drafting committee by 
>TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.
>
>Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and 
>working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must be 
>ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it translated and 
>available for wide endorsement on Wednesday.  The drafting committee will 
>do final edits this afternoon.
>
>In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS 
>omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text.  It is 
>much too late for completely new text or sections.
>
>There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday, 
>December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.
>
>Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for the 
>extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text available 
>in English.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>WFM
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
>Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
>World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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From: viola at icvolunteers.org (Viola Krebs)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Dakar Declaration on Volunteering and ICTs
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20031208073807.03054ee0@mail.icvolunteers.org>

Dear Rik,

Please find attached the Message of Dakar on Volunteering and ICTs.

Kind regards,

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From yves.loerincik at epfl.ch  Mon Dec  8 07:06:07 2003
From: yves.loerincik at epfl.ch (Yves Loerincik)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sustainability in the information society
Message-ID: <3FD422DF.BBB60402@epfl.ch>

*** Please excuse us if you already received this information***

Dear colleagues,

 We write to invite you to participate in a side event at the World
Summit on Information Society: "Sustainability in the Information
Society". The event addresses the assessment and management of the
environmental implications of Information Technology (IT). Important
issues include:

- Significant use of energy and toxic materials in the production of IT
hardware,
- The problem of what to do with the mountains of waste computers,
- How IT can be used to reduce fossil fuel and resource use, by
increased telecommuting, for example,
- How IT can be used to enhance the management of air/water quality in
developing nations.

 The event will be held 9:30-12:30, December 10, 2003 in Room Cervin at
Palexpo in Geneva. More information regarding the event  can be viewed
at http://www.wsis.ethz.ch/wsissideevent.htm  Registration is not
required, but we would
appreciate knowing if you plan to attend so that we can get a rough head
count in advance.

Please, we would appreciate if you could forward this invitation to
people that you think might be interested.

Hope to meet you in Geneva. Thanks for your attention.
Sincerely,

Yves Loerincik
Group for life cycle systems and industrial ecology
Swiss Institute of technology (EPFL)
Lausanne
Switzerland

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From rguerra at privaterra.org  Mon Dec  8 08:43:07 2003
From: rguerra at privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in
 developing countries
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070876587@[156.106.204.229]>

<http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/index.html>

Licence fees and GDP per capita: The case for open source in developing
countries by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh

There is a strong case for free software (also known as open source or
libre software) being deployed widely in developing countries. As argued
in this note, the open source development community provides an
environment of intensive interactive skills development at little
explicit cost, which is particularly useful for local development of
skills, especially in economically disadvantaged regions. Further, this
note argues that the controversy over total costs of ownership (TCO) of
free vs. proprietary software is not applicable to developing countries
and other regions with low labour costs, where the TCO advantage lies
with open source, and the share of licence fees in TCO is much higher
than in high labour cost countries. The note concludes with a table
comparing license fees for proprietary software against GDP per capita
for 176 countries. 

From info at verite-action.org  Mon Dec  8 09:30:18 2003
From: info at verite-action.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?info_v=E9rit=E9-action?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] invitation
Message-ID: <00f901c3bd6d$e5e52330$0100a8c0@administrateur>

V?rit?-Action



Evening-debate

 

In margin of the first phase meeting of the world summit on the information society and the 55 2nd birthday of the universal declaration of the human rights

 

V?rit?-Action in partnership with the CNLT and AISPP, organize:

 

An  evening-debate on the topic:

 

Freedom of expression in Tunisia: 

Inventory of fixtures and testimonys

 

Whose principal speakers will be: Journalists and militants of human rights

 

invited especially for this occasion of Tunisia

 

Mrs. Neziha Rejiba (journalist and member of the CNLT)

Mr. Rachid Khechana (journalist in a dissident newspaper)

Mr. Mouzahem Zouari (wire of the captive journalist Abdallah Zouari)

Mr. Mohamed Nouri (lawyer and president of  AISPP)

Mr. Samir Ben Amor (lawyer and member of AISPP)

 

international organizations Invited:

RSF

TRIAL

International Amnesty

 

Tunisian guests from France :

 The journalist exiled Tahar Labidi

 

Be numerous to express your support with the journalists and the defenders of the human rights in Tunisia

 

Tuesday December 9, 2003 from 18h30 to 21h30

 

at the House of associations (Gandhi Room)

Street of Savoises 15 

 1205 GENEVA

 

Is a collation offered at the end of the evening (tea, Tunisian cakes,.)

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From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Mon Dec  8 07:47:53 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS THETHA] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Youth Caucus Summit Events - you're invited!
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCEEJODAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

Hello from the Youth Caucus!

Please find attached invitations to Summit Events of the Youth Caucus.
Youth Activities are centering around "Youth Day,"
December 10, opening with a Youth and Human Rights workshop on "Introducing
and Strengthening Human Rights in Post Conflict Peace Building Processes" to
celebrate international Human Rights Day (December 10, 2003 is the 55th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights).  A Press Release
on Youth Day is available in three languages at:
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/press_releases/itu/2003/youthday.html>

Other events to note include the Open Space Workshop on Youth Empowerment
(Dec. 9, 16:00-18:00, Hall 4, Room 6), the
"Local Voices, Global Visions" National Campaigns Workshop (Dec. 10,
11:30-13:30, Hall 2, Room S), the launch of the YCDO Action Plan (Dec. 10,
13:30-14:30, Hall 2 Room S), a Labour and Youth Panel Discussion (Dec. 10,
15:30-16:30, Hall 2, Room S) and the Gender/Youth Roundtable: Young Women in
ICT4D (Dec. 11, Hall 4, Room 7).

We look forward to seeing you there!

All the info at www.ycdo.net/wsis, including a new "Media" section.

Cheers,
Adam Jantunen
WSIS Youth Caucus
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From rk_iw at gmx.de  Mon Dec  8 11:53:27 2003
From: rk_iw at gmx.de (Rainer Kuhlen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Interactive communications during Summit
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070878695@[156.106.204.229]>
References: <2147483647.1070878695@[156.106.204.229]>
Message-ID: <3FD46637.2070409@gmx.de>

username on yahoo rk_iw
Rainer Kuhlen

Robert Guerra wrote:

>In order to facilitate interactive communications during the summit, I
>would like to suggest that we communicate using one of the existing IM
>networks (such as Yahoo,etc..)
>
>
>  
>


From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Mon Dec  8 12:36:00 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] Matsepe-Casaburri to attend World Summit on the Information Society
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCOEKHDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

Matsepe-Casaburri to attend World Summit on the Information Society


By Richard Mantu, tel: (012) 314-2419

Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri has left for Geneva,
Switzerland, to attend the World Summit on the Information Society's (WSIS)
extra ordinary session, which will seek ways of bridging the digital divide
between developing and developed nations.

The minister will be addressing an all-general debate on Thursday at the
three-day summit due to start on Wednesday.

The WSIS is a forum of all stakeholders in the telecommunications,
broadcasting, multimedia and information and communication technologies, to
develop a better understanding of the impact of the convergence of such
technologies on the international community.

According to the Department of Communications, the meeting will address a
broad range of issues concerning the information society as well as enable
delegates to move towards a common vision and understanding of the
Information Society.

The Summit is expected to adopt a Declaration of Principles and an Action
Plan to facilitate the effective growth of the information society and help
to bridge the digital divide.

"The Summit will enable delegates to discuss a variety of critical issues,
while at the same time focusing on concrete applications, exchanging
first-hand experience and finding new ways to improve day-to-day life
through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)," said the
department

Other items on the agenda include cultural and linguistic diversity in
knowledge societies, solutions to bridging the digital divide, e-learning
solutions, cultural and social impact of mobile technologies, development of
infrastructure, role of the media, e-governance challenges and developments,
impact of ICT on work and employment, amongst others.

The department said the summit was expected to bring up methods to help
developing countries in upgrading their communication infrastructure and
improve their people's quality of life.

Source: BuaNews

BuaNews is a South African news service which provides quick and easy access
to articles and stories
aimed at keeping the public informed about the implementation of
government's mandate.

For comments contact Nkosana Sibuyi at nkosana@gcis.pwv.gov.za

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From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Mon Dec  8 14:08:31 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to the COMMUNITY MEDIA FORUM Dec. 12th !!
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCKEKMDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

Community Media Forum
Friday 12th December 2003
Salle Sal?ve, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland

? Concrete Examples of Active Community Involvement, Social Change and
Networking
? Creative Experiences of Using Cost-Effective Means for Connecting the
World's Poorest Communities
? Further Steps towards Legal Recognition of Community Media as Equals to
Public and Commercial Media

Interpretaci?n simultanea por todo el d?a
Traduction simultan?e pour toute la journ?e
Simultaneous interpreting available

Chair: Lavinia Mohr (WACC)

9.15 Introduction
Christoph St?ckelberger (Bread for All)

9.30 Community Media and the WSIS
Steve Buckley (President AMARC)

10.00 Communication, Democracy and Cultural Diversity
Alfonso Gumucio Dagron (Communication for Social Change Consortium)

11.00 The Practice Inspires: Lessons Learnt from 30 Creative Latin American
Community Radios
Andr?s Geerts and Victor van Oeyen (ALER)
with Live Presentations by Radio Favela (Brazil) and Radio Los Cumiches
(Nicaragua)

14.00 Community Media Legislation Roundtable
? Martha Pinto de De Hart (Colombian Communication Minister): Community
Media Support and Legislation in Colombia: Lessons Learnt
? Karin Millet (World Bank): The Contribution of Community Media to Poverty
Reduction and Strengthening Civil Society
? N?stor Busso (Community Radio Network FARCO) and Sergio Fern?ndez Novoa
(Argentinian Media Regulation Authority COMFER): Case Study Argentina
? Gustavo G?mez (AMARC Latin American Legislation Programme): Comparison of
Legal Frameworks in Latin America
? John Barker (Article 19): Core Issues for Media Legislation, Regulation
and Policy Relevant to Community Broadcasting
? Alfons Noll (Former Head of ITU Law Dep.): Recommendations and Legislation
Criteria from the Perspective of the ITU

15.30 Community Communication in Africa
? Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki (FEMNET): Community Media, Gender and Human Rights
in Africa
? Frederick Kellerman (Good News Community Radio South Africa): Community
Radio in the Battle Against AIDS - a South African Experience
? Gilles Eric Foadey (Simbani Africa News Agency): The Use of ICTs: an
Opportunity to Consolidate Community Radio Local Contents
? Anastasie Mutoka (National TV DR Congo): Community Television in DR Congo
? Talenth Nyathi (MISA): Community Newspapers in Zimbabwe

16.30 Networking and Globalising Community Media
? Bharat Koirala (Radio Sagarmatha, Nepal): Community Radio Movements in
Asia - Positive Steps Towards Change
? Maria Victoria Cabrera-Balleza (ISIS Manila): Women in Community Radio -
International Perspectives
? Francesco Diasio (Radio Voices without Frontiers): Radio Networking
against Racism
? Myoungjoon Kim (Labor News Production): Alternative and Community Media -
Practical and Legislative Issues in South Korea
? Gabriele Hadl (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto): Adbusters Japan
? DeeDee Halleck (Deep Dish TV Network): Community Television in the United
States

Forum Partners:  Latin American Association of Educational Broadcasting
(ALER), www.aler.org.ec; World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC), www.amarc.org; Bread for All, www.ppp.ch/communication; Catholic
Media Council, www.cameco.org; Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund,
www.fastenopfer.ch; WSIS Civil Society Community Media Caucus.

Coordination: Christoph Dietz, christoph.dietz@cameco.org, Urs A. Jaeggi,
jaeggi@bfa-ppp.ch

Download our leaflet and the "Who is Who at the Community Media Forum" at
http://www.cameco.org

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From richardjordan at lycos.com  Mon Dec  8 17:52:27 2003
From: richardjordan at lycos.com (richard t jordan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
Message-ID: <MFLGAIDHCCMPABAA@mailcity.com>

--Hope it was Ok, but there was no mention of older persons, so I suggested at the Plenary, and it was accpeted, to add in on page 4 of the document under para 2, last line of first paragraph, "age" along with all those other items, like religion, race, etc.Richard jordan -- age takes both youth and older persons inot account. We need to be inclusive, I hope. Cheers, RJ

--------- Original Message ---------
DATE: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 08:41:04 
From: "Adam Jantunen" <adam@takingitglobal.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>, <rikp@bluewin.ch>
Cc: "'Nick Moraitis'" <nick@takingitglobal.org>,"'Maja Andjelkovic'" <mandjelkovic@iisd.ca>,"'Adrian Pintilie'" <adrian.pintilie@aegee.org>,<lets-zero@uol.com.br>, <cschuepp@web.de>,<wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org>


Hi Amali – Point well taken … as children are already mentioned in the Visionary Declaration, replacing “children” with “young people” in the last phrase would be a good idea.  Thanks,
 
Adam Jantunen
 
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Amali De Silva
Sent: 8 décembre 2003 01:59
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; rikp@bluewin.ch
Cc: 'Nick Moraitis'; 'Maja Andjelkovic'; 'Adrian Pintilie'; lets-zero@uol.com.br; cschuepp@web.de; wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
 
Adam - a quick note on age groups - 
 
typically:
 
1) Children - to 17/18 years - Section already in the CS vision document 
 
2) Youth - 18 to 29 years ( Cnd definition / typical ) - which you are currently drafting
 
I think the youth caucus is dealing with 18- 29 yr olds -  so you may want to conclude with:
 
 "Therefore we commit to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being, protection, and harmonious development of all young people "  - which is how you commenced the whole section / consistency of language. 
 
 
 
Amali ( Vancouver Community Network )
 
 
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell
Director Vancouver Community Network, Canada
Director Freedom of Information & Privacy Association, Canada
 
 


Adam Jantunen <adam@takingitglobal.org> wrote:
Hi Rik et al.,
 
There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.  I would like to propose the following two options:
 
(long paragraph)
 
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people i n developing countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being, protection, and harmonious development of all children.
 
If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT applications and services that take into acco unt [the right, the well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]
 
Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the delay.
 
Regards,
 
Adam Jantunen
Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org
 
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 7 décembre 2003 11:59
To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
 
Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.

Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting committee will do final edits this afternoon. 

In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is much too late for completely new text or sections.

There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monda y, December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text available in English.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org 
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


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From adam at takingitglobal.org  Mon Dec  8 23:29:57 2003
From: adam at takingitglobal.org (Adam Jantunen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <006f01c3bd76$c131c1c0$666bc3d4@Ouvaton>
Message-ID: <001801c3bde3$31f2d6d0$68df300a@icftu.local>

Hi Esther,

Women, indigenous people, disabled people and many other groups are also
human, yet they have received their own paragraph in recognition of
their specific needs and interests in the information society.  Unless
you are opposed to all of those groups being included, your argument is
not logically consistent.  

In any case, I'm glad to see that our recommendations were adopted, and
the Youth Caucus looks forward to working with CS further on the
Visionary document(s).

Regards,

Adam Jantunen
Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
TakingITGlobal 
5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org
 

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Esthert Joly
Sent: 8 d?cembre 2003 11:34
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7,
4pm

Why? Youths are not "Human being"  ?

Esther

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Jantunen" <adam@takingitglobal.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <rikp@bluewin.ch>
Cc: "'Nick Moraitis'" <nick@takingitglobal.org>; "'Maja Andjelkovic'"
<mandjelkovic@iisd.ca>; "'Adrian Pintilie'" <adrian.pintilie@aegee.org>;
<lets-zero@uol.com.br>; <cschuepp@web.de>;
<wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:46 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7,
4pm


Hi Rik et al.,

There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.
I would like to propose the following two options:

(long paragraph)

We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and
decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not
yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information
Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from
disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people in developing
countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be
integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their
specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young
workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and
a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be
addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and
vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit
to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being,
protection, and harmonious development of all children.

If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would
also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The
current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:
We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers.
We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also
committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT
applications and services that take into account [the right, the
well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]

Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the
delay.

Regards,

Adam Jantunen
Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 7 d?cembre 2003 11:59
To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo
the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday
December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting
committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.

Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and
working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must
be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it
translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting
committee will do final edits this afternoon.

In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS
omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is
much too late for completely new text or sections.

There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday,
December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.

Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for
the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text
available in English.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=



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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Mon Dec  8 23:36:50 2003
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation Internet
 (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
In-Reply-To: <ANEPLAHNIMIKICNJAHIHMEINDLAA.president@isoc.ch>
References: <ANEPLAHNIMIKICNJAHIHMEINDLAA.president@isoc.ch>
Message-ID: <p05100309bbfabb30ffc2@[62.65.131.123]>

Very sorry to hear this.

Perhaps Dr. Escudero could provide a list of questions he thinks 
should be asked during the session?

Adam



At 11:48 PM +0100 12/8/03, Stephane Koch wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I am writing to inform you that during the organization of the session on
>Ipv6, organized jointly between the European Union IPv6 Task Force and the
>Internet Society, that will take place on the 9th December 2003, it was
>planned to include Dr Alberto Escudero Pascual in the panel of speakers for
>the day. Dr Escudero Pascual would have discussed the issues relating to the
>protection of privacy in Ipv6 networks.
>
>Unfortunately, due to pressures but also threats of boycott from Mr Latif
>Ladid, the organizers of the conference decided to remove Dr Escudero
>Pascual from the panel. One can wonder about the real motivations of Mr
>Ladid relating to his will to obscure the discussion about privacy
>protection issues in the context of Ipv6.
>
>It is interesting to note that it is not necessary to live in an
>undemocratic country to suffer from censorship. It is even more worrying to
>observe that, even in the context of events organized by Civil Society, one
>can easily excert such pressures at the detriment of the objectivity of the
>debate on this subject.
>
>It seems to me that we have the full responsibility, as the principal
>component of Civil Society, to represent as well as we can citizens, the
>protection of their interests and therefore their privacy. If we do not,
>then who will?
>
>Alberto Escudero Pascual Web site
>http://www.it.kth.se/~aep/
>
>Best regards
>St?phane Koch
>Pr?sident, Internet Society Geneva
>
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>Switzerland
>
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>
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>and use of the Internet for the benefit of all
>people throughout the world."
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Mon Dec  8 23:47:05 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Strategy] notes from CS press/strategy meeting this
 evening
In-Reply-To: <3FD4D677.35A289A7@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031208234639.01678a98@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi ralf

>NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, 17:00, at Palexpo, CS Coordination Offices

which hall is that in?

karen


From dbronson at ichrdd.ca  Tue Dec  9 00:26:48 2003
From: dbronson at ichrdd.ca (dbronson@ichrdd.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] press release from human rights caucus
Message-ID: <OF82105DAC.E1C58D73-ON85256DF7.0001ADFB-85256DF7.0002777F@ichrdd.ca>

HUMAN RIGHTS CAUCUS CONCERNED ABOUT WSIS OUTCOME

GENEVA, DECEMBER 7, 2003 -- The civil society Human Rights Caucus of the 
World Summit on the Information Society has many reasons to be concerned 
as thousands of delegates converge on Geneva for the World Summit.    The 
Caucus, which includes more than 40 organisations, has been working since 
the first preparatory meetings 18 months ago to ensure that human rights 
are not left off the WSIS agenda.

Our first concern is about the lack of political will to address the 
effective implementation of human right standards and how ICTs can serve 
to enforce these. Rather than forward-looking strategies that address the 
new potential and challenges posed by ICTs for human rights, time and 
resources have been spent on defending principles that were agreed upon 55 
years ago. Even banal references to the Universal Declaration on Human 
Rights have been debated and contested right up until the last hour. This 
opportunity to bring the human rights agenda forward has been squandered. 

The caucus has been involved in WSIS precisely because it was an important 
opportunity to carry the human rights agenda forward. We aimed to actually 
translate human rights principles to the context of the information 
society.   Unfortunately, our task has become defending the formal 
commitment to previously reached international consensus, that is, 
preventing complete backtracking on human rights. 

(More information on the caucus?s interventions throughout the process can 
be found at www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis)

The second concern of the Human Rights Caucus is the ongoing deplorable 
human rights situation in Tunisia, scheduled to host phase 2 of the Summit 
in 2005. The caucus joins many others in rejoicing that webmaster Zouhair 
Yahyaoui has been conditionally released and hopes that he and others 
imprisoned for exercising their human rights will be free from official 
harassment and intimidation. The caucus considers this first move on the 
part of the Tunisian government a step in the right direction.  But this 
does not change the fact that there are very serious problems remaining to 
be solved in order for WSIS Phase Two to take place in Tunisia in 
acceptable conditions.

The most significant problems are the lack of freedom of speech and 
freedom of information, the tight controls on the use of the internet, the 
strict control over the media, and the constant intimidation and 
harassment of people who dare to criticize the regime, however mildly.

The human rights caucus will be active throughout the Summit this week in 
Geneva.      Amongst other activities, the Caucus is a co-sponsor of the 
World Forum on Communication Rights in the Information Society, to take 
place on December 11 at Palexpo.     With well-known human rights leaders 
from countries where the information society is tightly controlled 
(Souhayr Belhassen from the Tunisian Human Rights League and Sharon Hom 
from Human Rights in China) in addition to keynote Aminata Traor?, the 
session promises an excellent overview of some of the most contentious 
issues of the Summit.   The programme can be found here: 
www.communicationrights.    It takes place in Palexpo, Salle Mont-Blanc, 
starting from 9:30am.

-30-

For more information:  Diana Bronson:  41 079 296 4782 or 
dbronson@ichrdd.ca

Diana Bronson
Rights and Democracy/Droits et D?mocratie
www.ichrdd.ca

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From: susan at ips.org (Susan Alexander)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IPS news coverage of the WSIS
Message-ID: <FB18C60E-29E2-11D8-859F-000A959DC83E@ips.org>

IPS news agency is offering coverage of the WSIS from a multi-cultural, 
multi-lingual team of reporters in Geneva, with a news focus on the 
South and on civil society perspectives. IPS will be producing a daily 
conference newspaper TerraViva in Geneva and a virtual edition on the 
web from 9 - 12 December.

Visit our WSIS website at www.ipsnews.net/focus/tv_society/index.asp 
and if you would like to receive our daily e-newsletter during the days 
of the Summit please write to wsis@ipsnews.net or sign up on the  
website.

If you are in Geneva this week you are welcome to visit the IPS news 
team at Press Centre Booth 5 in the Palexpo.

IPS has partnered with InfoSud agence de presse contributing news in 
French, and with African Woman and Child Feature Service contributing 
African and gender perspectives.
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From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Tue Dec  9 01:04:14 2003
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
In-Reply-To: <001801c3bde3$31f2d6d0$68df300a@icftu.local>
Message-ID: <BBFADE1E.2C10%esther.joly@club-internet.fr>

Indigenous people can be young, disabled too, women also....  So you have to
write about matur   and olds personns :-)

Esther

PS : anyway i endorse

> De?: "Adam Jantunen" <adam@takingitglobal.org>
> R?pondre ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Date?: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 00:29:57 +0100
> ??: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Cc?: "'Nick Moraitis'" <nick@takingitglobal.org>, "'Alex Fielding'"
> <aaafielding@hotmail.com>, "'Maja Andjelkovic'" <mandjelkovic@iisd.ca>,
> "'Adrian Pintilie'" <adrian.pintilie@aegee.org>
> Objet?: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
> 
> Hi Esther,
> 
> Women, indigenous people, disabled people and many other groups are also
> human, yet they have received their own paragraph in recognition of
> their specific needs and interests in the information society.  Unless
> you are opposed to all of those groups being included, your argument is
> not logically consistent.
> 
> In any case, I'm glad to see that our recommendations were adopted, and
> the Youth Caucus looks forward to working with CS further on the
> Visionary document(s).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adam Jantunen
> Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
> TakingITGlobal 
> 5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
> Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
> E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
> Behalf Of Esthert Joly
> Sent: 8 d?cembre 2003 11:34
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7,
> 4pm
> 
> Why? Youths are not "Human being"  ?
> 
> Esther
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Jantunen" <adam@takingitglobal.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <rikp@bluewin.ch>
> Cc: "'Nick Moraitis'" <nick@takingitglobal.org>; "'Maja Andjelkovic'"
> <mandjelkovic@iisd.ca>; "'Adrian Pintilie'" <adrian.pintilie@aegee.org>;
> <lets-zero@uol.com.br>; <cschuepp@web.de>;
> <wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 12:46 AM
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7,
> 4pm
> 
> 
> Hi Rik et al.,
> 
> There is no reference to youth, which I believe is a serious omission.
> I would like to propose the following two options:
> 
> (long paragraph)
> 
> We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
> creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
> as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and
> decision-makers. We must focus especially on young people who have not
> yet been able to
> benefit fully from the opportunities provided by the Information
> Society. In particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from
> disadvantaged backgrounds, especially young people in developing
> countries. Equality of opportunity for girls and young women must be
> integral to our efforts, and we must create a greater awareness of their
> specific needs and potential in the field of ICT.  Issues facing young
> workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, poor working conditions, and
> a lack of job stability and collective representation, must also be
> addressed.  As main users of ICTs, young people are most affected and
> vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. Therefore we commit
> to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-being,
> protection, and harmonious development of all children.
> 
> If this is too long, the paragraph from the current Declaration would
> also be acceptable (though the first one would be preferred).  The
> current Youth Paragraph reads as follows:
> We recognize also that young people are the future workforce and leading
> creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered
> as learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs, decision-makers.
> We must focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to
> benefit fully from the opportunities provided by ICTs.  We are also
> committed to creating conditions that provide for the development of ICT
> applications and services that take into account [the right, the
> well-being, protection, and harmonious development of children.]
> 
> Please let me know if one of these can be included.  Sorry about the
> delay.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adam Jantunen
> Campaign Co-ordinator, ICTs and Youth Employment
> TakingITGlobal and International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
> 5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, rm. 310, Bte. 1
> Tel: +32 (0)2 224 0310
> E-mail: adam@takingitglobal.org
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
> Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: 7 d?cembre 2003 11:59
> To: wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final version, comments by today, Dec 7, 4pm
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Please find attached in Word and RTF formats the near final version fo
> the CS visionary statement, to be presented formally on Wednesday
> December 10. We request your comments to this text to the drafting
> committee by TODAY, December 7, by 4pm, CET.
> 
> Note that this text has already received wide input from caucuses and
> working groups, has undergone several stages of consultation, and must
> be ready to give to translators by Monday if we are to have it
> translated and available for wide endorsement on Wednesday. The drafting
> committee will do final edits this afternoon.
> 
> In this light, we request that you comment only if there are SERIOUS
> omissions or corrections necessary, and to submit corrected text. It is
> much too late for completely new text or sections.
> 
> There will be a final opportunity to discuss the text tomorrow (Monday,
> December 8) at a plenary meeting at the ITU, room C, at 9am.
> 
> Thanks for your consideration and rapid action on this. Apologies for
> the extremely short time frame, and for only having the draft text
> available in English.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> WFM
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Rik Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch
> Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
> World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> 
> 
> 
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From zielinskic at who.int  Tue Dec  9 07:07:01 2003
From: zielinskic at who.int (zielinskic@who.int)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final 
	Version (English)
Message-ID: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D3E@whqkaki01.who.int>

The International Alliance on Information for All (IAIA) endorses the Civil
Society Declaration.

Chris Zielinski
Corrdinator, IAIA,
Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: 004122-7914435 or mobile 0044797-1045354


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Bill McIver, University at Albany
Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2003 01:24
To: WSIS Civil Society Plenary List
Cc: andre.kovacs@ties.itu.ch
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final
Version (English)



Dear Members of Civil Society,

The final draft of the English version of
Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
of the World Summit on the Information Society
is available at the following URL in
Text, RTF, and Word formats:

http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/Final/

We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec 9th)
or early thursday (Dec 10th).


*** Endorsements:                                      ***
*** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
***                                                    ***
*** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
*** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***


Thank you,

WJM
-- 

Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
USA

e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>

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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Dec  9 08:13:19 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration --
  Final  Version (English)
In-Reply-To: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D3E@whqkaki01.who.int
 >
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031209081104.0167fd48@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all

Further to bill's message, could you please send endorsements to:

ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org - not the ct or plenary lists - and only include 
your endorsement ie

xxxx organisation endorses the CS Declaration, address etc -  in the body 
of your message...

thanks
karen

>Dear Members of Civil Society,
>
>The final draft of the English version of
>Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
>of the World Summit on the Information Society
>is available at the following URL in
>Text, RTF, and Word formats:
>
>http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/Final/
>
>We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec 9th)
>or early thursday (Dec 10th).
>
>
>*** Endorsements:                                      ***
>*** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
>***                                                    ***
>*** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
>*** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>WJM
>--
>
>Bill McIver
>Assistant Professor
>School of Information Science and Policy
>University at Albany, State University of New York
>Albany, New York 12222
>USA
>
>e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
>URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>
>
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From veni at veni.com  Tue Dec  9 10:40:09 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wireless Access at Palexpo/WSIS - The 
  costs...
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070922727@[10.48.129.83]>
References: <168270-220031207152933805@M2W039.mail2web.com>
 <2147483647.1070922727@[10.48.129.83]>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031209123853.03392ec0@198.111.183.129>

I have distributed the CSB declaration this morning to Semasseku, as well 
as other officials from EU, US and the local organizers. Someone suggested 
that the people in the Palexpo should find the CEO of Swisscom and ask him 
to change their position and create a free of charge accesss, which of 
course will bring a lot of positive PR for the company, as well as for the 
CS, which has raised the question.

v.


From bchaffers at bic.org  Tue Dec  9 10:35:35 2003
From: bchaffers at bic.org (Bahiyyih Chaffers)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT - Overpasses
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070907461@[156.106.209.171]>
References: <2147483647.1070907461@[156.106.209.171]>
Message-ID: <4330.213.3.4.70.1070966135.squirrel@admin.bahai.org>

>?Dear Robert,

What is the location of the pick up site for the overpasses?

Thanks much,

Bahiyyih
>?
>?Bureau?members?and?focal?points?for?working?groups?and?caucuses?are
>?notified?of?the?following?dates/times?when?overpasses?for?the?people
>?they?submitted?can?be?picked?up.
>?
>?
>?Tuesday,?Dec?9th?-
>?
>?-?12:30?-?1:00?Robert
>?-?17:00?-?18:00?Robert
>?
>?Wed,?Dec?10th
>?
>?-?0800?-?0900?Robert
>?-?0900?-?1000?John?G.
>?
>?
>?Kindest?regards,
>?
>?Robert?Guerra
>?
>?
>?
>?_______________________________________________
>?Plenary?mailing?list
>?Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>?http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>?


-- 
Representative?to?the?United?Nations
Baha'i?International?Community
United?Nations?Office,?New?York

From sburch at alainet.org  Tue Dec  9 11:55:12 2003
From: sburch at alainet.org (sburch@alainet.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Plenary Tuesday 5pm?
Message-ID: <1070970912.3fd5bd58b6ec0@mweb1.alainet.org>

Dear all,

The following message was sent by the Secretariat to the CS 
bureau list yesterday concerning a civil society plenary meeting 
today (Tuesday) at 5pm in the ITU building.  

I haven't seen this announced anywhere (the meeting proposed 
was for Wednesday morning).  If the meeting is confirmed, I 
suggest a message be posted at the civil society office in the 
middle of Palexpo.   Can any one confirm if the meeting will be 
today?

Sally Burch




Dear Sir/Madam,

Please note that Room C of the ITU has been reserved for the Civil 
Society Plenary on Tuesday 9th December from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
No interpretation will be available.
Please inform all participants of the date and venue of the Plenary.


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From bchaffers at bic.org  Tue Dec  9 11:12:43 2003
From: bchaffers at bic.org (Bahiyyih Chaffers)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent for Robert
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1070876587@[156.106.204.229]>
References: <2147483647.1070876587@[156.106.204.229]>
Message-ID: <5210.213.3.4.70.1070968363.squirrel@admin.bahai.org>

Dear Robert,

Renata confirmed with me yesterday that she submitted the following 2
names under the NGO family but I don't see them on your list from Friday.

Could make sure they make it to the list.  I would be willing to give up
my space if it means getting these guys passes. One of them came all the
way from Kenya!

To be added to the list for openning ceremony overpasses:

Karanja Gakio
Mike Quinn

Thanks much,
Bahiyyih


From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Tue Dec  9 12:38:25 2003
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata BLOEM)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent for Robert
In-Reply-To: <5210.213.3.4.70.1070968363.squirrel@admin.bahai.org>
Message-ID: <IBEGJNBEEELEANPJGINMIEKODDAA.rbloem@ngocongo.org>

They should be in. I had some ecxcuses from Peter Weiderut, Raj Kumar,
Catherine Camping and Bineta Diop, who cannot be here tomorrow for the
opening.

Renata

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Bahiyyih Chaffers
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:13 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent for Robert


Dear Robert,

Renata confirmed with me yesterday that she submitted the following 2
names under the NGO family but I don't see them on your list from Friday.

Could make sure they make it to the list.  I would be willing to give up
my space if it means getting these guys passes. One of them came all the
way from Kenya!

To be added to the list for openning ceremony overpasses:

Karanja Gakio
Mike Quinn

Thanks much,
Bahiyyih

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From mbuntan at tab.or.th  Tue Dec  9 13:27:19 2003
From: mbuntan at tab.or.th (Monthian Buntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS plenary meeting
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.0.20031209202509.01f10338@203.147.13.146>

Dear all:

I hope that the meeting of CS Plenary today will be confirmed with specific 
place and time soon.

Best,

thian (just arrived Geneva a few hours ago)



"I've given up on giving up."
Monthian Buntan
Executive Director, Thai Blind People's Foundation (TBPF)
First-vice President, Thailand Association of the Blind (TAB)
First-vice President, Thailand Service Cooperative of the Blind
Member of the Executive Committee, World Blind Union (WBU)
Member of the Advisory Committee on Disability to the Prime Minister of 
Thailand
Founder and Secretary, Thailand National Committee on DAISY Production and 
Services (TNCD)

Tel: +66-2-246-2287
Fax: +66-2-246-2278
Mobile: +66-1-870-0783
E-mail: <mbuntan@tab.or.th> or <mbuntan@anet.net.th>



From rguerra at cpsr.org  Tue Dec  9 05:51:06 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: URGENT - Summit Passes - where are they Robert ?
In-Reply-To: <20031208152523.17154.qmail@web21326.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20031208152523.17154.qmail@web21326.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2147483647.1070952666@localhost>

well of course i'll inform everyone. did you think otherwise?

regards

Robert

--On Monday, December 8, 2003 7:25 AM -0800 Amali De Silva
<amalidesilva@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Robert 
>  
> Please inform the list ( Plenary) as to how you intend circulating the
> Summit Passes - NA Caucus members are concerned.   
> Please respond openly ( Plenary ) asap, thank you,
>  
> Amali
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.
> 
> Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  



From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Dec  9 14:20:38 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Polymedia Lab closed by Police
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312091519230.1233148@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>

breaking news at http://www.worldsummit2003.org:


Repression against WSIS? We Seize!
Media Laboratory closed by police

  	Geneva, 9 December. As the WSIS summit is opening its doors,
claiming to facilitate peoples access to information and communication,
the main public access space within the WSIS side-events has been shut
down. This morning, police in riot gear raided the Polimedia Lab in
downtown Geneva. However later today, people will set it up again in
another space nearby.

At 10 am this morning police turned up at the Polimedia Lab, blocked the
doors, denied access to participants and visitors arriving at the space,
and demanded those that were present to leave and take all equipment out.
The first reason given was that the owner of the space had not given his
permission for it to be used (even though an agreement had been made on
the use of the space). Later security reasons and health&safety issues
were put forward as an explanation for the police action.

However, members of the Geneva03 collective, which has been preparing the
WSIS? We Seize! events, have said that these reasons are a pretext for
shutting down a space for a critical reflection of the WSIS. They have
pointed to other recent acts of police repression against media activists
and independent media, including the police raid of the Indpenedent Media
Centre during the G8 summit in Geneva earlier this year. It is becoming
normal that police is being used to repress critical voices and
independent reporting during big events, such as WSIS, one activist said.

Polimedia Lab was planned as an open public space for skill-sharing and
experimenting with communication technologies, with a rolling programme of
workshops and presentations. It is part of the WSIS? We Seize! series of
events, which is the only WSIS side-event to take place in the Geneva city
centre and to be completely open to the public. WSIS? We Seize! is
included in the official list of WSIS side-events.

At the moment, around 20 people are still locked inside the space and are
negotiating with the police and with officials from the Geneva city
council. Participants from the strategic conference, which was taking
place nearby, immediately made their way to the Lab to support people
there.

Read more on www.hubproject.org.

Update: After long negotiations with the city council, people have been
allowed to move Polimedia Lab to an alternative space: Maison des
Associations (Rue des Savoises). So the workshop and presentation
programme will go ahead as planned!


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Dec  9 14:24:10 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Strategy] notes from CS press/strategy meeting this  evening
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20031208234639.01678a98@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <5.2.1.1.0.20031208234639.01678a98@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312091521370.1233148@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, karen banks wrote:
> >NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, 17:00, at Palexpo, CS Coordination Offices
>
> which hall is that in?
I think it's hall 2, by the fountain. That's where Robert was giving away
the overpasses.
Suggestion to all:

We could use this meeting also as the CS plenary for today. I don't know
what the status of the meeting at ITU is, but most of the people are at
Palexpo right now and don't want to go back and forth.


See you later, Ralf

From relizabeth_ruiz at hotmail.com  Tue Dec  9 14:31:31 2003
From: relizabeth_ruiz at hotmail.com (Elizabeth Ruiz)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?B?UXWSZXN0LWNlIHF1knVuZSBpbmZvcm1hdGlvbiBhZOlxdWF0ZSA/?=
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From: relizabeth_ruiz at hotmail.com (Elizabeth Ruiz)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
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From jimfleming at Ameritech.Net  Tue Dec  9 15:09:34 2003
From: jimfleming at Ameritech.Net (Jim Fleming)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "Ambassador David A. Gross..."
References: <6.0.0.22.0.20031209202509.01f10338@203.147.13.146>
Message-ID: <010f01c3be66$74af6820$7e00a8c0@pc100>

http://www.us-mission.ch/press2003/1203WSIS.htm
"Ambassador David A. Gross On World Summit
on the Information Society to be Held in Geneva, December 10-12, 2003"
...
"I think there is often a misunderstanding and a misconception about exactly
who does what in -- with regard to the Internet. And that seems perfectly
understandable because it's hard to really get a handle on all the moving
pieces."
=====

The Internet is very easy to understand. Having clueless government people
claiming to represent all
U.S. citizens does a disservice to those citizens. Via education, some
clueless government leaders
can increase their knowledge of how the I* society (aka The Big Lie Society)
operates. Unfortunately,
in many cases, as they are educated, they are also co-opted by the I*
society with pay-offs from the
recurring revenues that drive the I* society.

The Internet is very easy to understand...follow the money...

It all boils down to funding and making sure that the funding remains inside
of the small circle that
makes up the I* society. That small circle of course claims that they are
doing everything to benefit
"the community" and they also claim to have consensus for all of their
decisions. As long as they are funded to travel to exotic venues [and not
use the Internet for meetings], they somehow decide that
the funding represents a mandate to continue with their..."big lie"...they
have been doing it for 30+ years...they can run novices in circles and they
laugh all the way to the bank...

People who are new to the situation, and do not understand it, conclude that
it is complicated.
The Internet is very easy to understand. Follow the 32-bit IP allocations
and the money...
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
...it is a very simple Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) structure. IPv4 address
space is leased (taxed)
and that money funds a very small group of insiders. Those people then
dominate the name-space
decision-making where more fees are generated.
http://www.dailychanges.com
The name-space is then censorsed to prevent others from participating.

You will hear them talk about stability and security...which amounts to job
security. All one has to do is
look at the growing cash reserves in the various non-profit company's bank
accounts to see that they
are at a point where they can not spend the money fast enough via their
small circle of insiders. They
solve that by hiring more expensive people to populate their world-travel
clubs. As long as the people
are paid, they travel around to repeat "the big lie". Large corporations and
government leaders are then
co-opted into the process to help with the collective nod that endorses "the
Big Lie I* society"...

The Internet is very easy to understand...follow the allocations and the
money...

Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info


From Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch  Tue Dec  9 15:17:01 2003
From: Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch (Yves Steiner CWP)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Amnesty International Swiss Section - Press release on WSIS
In-Reply-To: <BBFBA02F.3D94%yves.steiner@cwp.unil.ch>
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From arne at my-mail.ch  Tue Dec  9 15:20:37 2003
From: arne at my-mail.ch (arne)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Polymedia Lab closed by Police
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312091519230.1233148@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>
Message-ID: <3DAA933E-2A5B-11D8-A8A3-000393CB4A26@my-mail.ch>

another update from the site:
Long negotiations with the city council resulted in an offer to move 
Polimedia Lab to an alternative space, Maison des Associations. When 
all people had left and all equipment had been moved out, it quickly 
became apparent that the offer was not confirmed and rather had served 
as a tactical intervention by the city council to remove everyone from 
the building. Negotiations are currently continuing.

and, by the way, we changed the headline to the rather appropriate 
"Swiss Police bring Digital Divide to Geneva"

greetings, arne

> breaking news at http://www.worldsummit2003.org:
>
>
> Repression against WSIS? We Seize!
> Media Laboratory closed by police
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From info at laneta.apc.org  Tue Dec  9 15:27:01 2003
From: info at laneta.apc.org (info@laneta.apc.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Plenary Tuesday 5pm?
In-Reply-To: <1070970912.3fd5bd58b6ec0@mweb1.alainet.org>
References: <1070970912.3fd5bd58b6ec0@mweb1.alainet.org>
Message-ID: <1070983621.3fd5e9c580e72@www.laneta.apc.org>

Dear all, 
I would support the yesterday decision of the plenary: the next c.s. plenary 
should take place on Wednesday 10th in some place at Palexpo at 8 or 8:30 
a.m..  We are in Palexpo right now, we already tried to ask somebody of the 
Secretariat about the room, but nobody known about that. Unfortunately, it 
seems that the secretariats office is empty at this moment.  

Olinca






Selon sburch@alainet.org:

> Dear all,
> 
> The following message was sent by the Secretariat to the CS 
> bureau list yesterday concerning a civil society plenary meeting 
> today (Tuesday) at 5pm in the ITU building.  
> 
> I haven't seen this announced anywhere (the meeting proposed 
> was for Wednesday morning).  If the meeting is confirmed, I 
> suggest a message be posted at the civil society office in the 
> middle of Palexpo.   Can any one confirm if the meeting will be 
> today?
> 
> Sally Burch
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> 
> Please note that Room C of the ITU has been reserved for the Civil 
> Society Plenary on Tuesday 9th December from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
> No interpretation will be available.
> Please inform all participants of the date and venue of the Plenary.
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
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> 
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From w.taylor at cqu.edu.au  Tue Dec  9 16:20:34 2003
From: w.taylor at cqu.edu.au (Wallace Taylor)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] invitation to Digital Inclusion launch Thursday 10 am
Message-ID: <C73A42308A9E56438DEDD76DB6FFC90A01A99721@executor.cqu.edu.au>

 <<INVITATION.doc>> 

Kind Regards,

Wal Taylor 
COIN Internet Academy
Faculty of Informatics and Communication
Central Queensland University, 4702
AUSTRALIA.
Ph + 61 7 4923 2568  Mob + 61 409 456 115
Fax + 61 7 4927 0700.
 
http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/staff/Wallace_Taylor


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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Tue Dec  9 17:36:58 2003
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] mobile number
Message-ID: <27299957.1070991418642.JavaMail.www@wwinf0102>

Please note my mobile phone number during the Summit 
+33 383 48 3110 (from Geneva)
06 83 48 31 10 (from France and perhaps Palexpo)
Jean-Louis Fullsack (CSDPTT)
Focal person Access and Infrastructure CS C&T group
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From web at globalcn.org  Tue Dec  9 18:52:00 2003
From: web at globalcn.org (Lucie Bernier)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Invitation_=E0_endosser_la_=22vision=22_de_la_soci=E9t=E9_?=
 =?iso-8859-1?Q?civile?=
Message-ID: <BB43A39C958E084B898770244DB67A7E4CF207@onyris1.onyris.local>

La "vision" de la soci?t? civile. Tous sont invit?s ? endosser cette nouvelle d?claration. 

Une nouvelle d?claration de la soci?t? civile au SMSI a ?t? adopt?e en pl?ni?re le 8 d?cembre. Toutes les parties (soci?t? civile, secteur priv?, gouvernements) ainsi que les individus sont invit?es ? appuyer le document.


La d?claration de la soci?t? civile est intitul?e :  'Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs', Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society, 8.12.03. Elle sera bient?t disponible en fran?ais et en espagnol. Les appuis ? la d?claration doivent ?tre envoy?s ? :  ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org N'oubliez pas de mentionner votre nom et, le cas ?ch?ant, celui de votre organisation. 

La d?claration, accompagn?e de la liste des signataires ? ce jour, sera pr?sent?e officiellement au cours d'une conf?rence de presse qui sera suivie d'une f?te. Il sera encore temps d'appuyer la d?claration apr?s le 11 d?cembre; les noms des signataires seront publi?s sur le web. 

Les archives des appuis :  http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/ 

Pour en savoir plus, lisez ?galement les commentaires de Herv? Le Crosnier sur la d?claration : SMSI - Une d?claration ind?pendante de la soci?t? civile, http://www.globalcn.org/fr/article.ntd?id=1878&sort=1,  8.12.03

From mciver at albany.edu  Tue Dec  9 19:15:22 2003
From: mciver at albany.edu (mciver@albany.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Plenary -- 10 Dec -- 12:00 -- Mont Blanc
Message-ID: <65067.195.65.142.20.1070997322.squirrel@webmail.albany.edu>


*** Please forward ***

All,

The next Civil Society Plenary will be
Wednesday, December 10th from 12:00 to 13:00
in Salle Mont Blanc in Palexpo.

If anyone has more info on how to find this
room, please share it with us.

WJM

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Tue Dec  9 19:16:30 2003
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Barmaki Amir Hossein)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final Version
 (English)
Message-ID: <Sea1-F89aAEqY9q7hu4000115a1@hotmail.com>

west asia region  endorses.

thanks

Amir


>From: karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration --  Final  
>Version (English)
>Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 08:13:19 +0000
>
>Dear all
>
>Further to bill's message, could you please send endorsements to:
>
>ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org - not the ct or plenary lists - and only include 
>your endorsement ie
>
>xxxx organisation endorses the CS Declaration, address etc -  in the body 
>of your message...
>
>thanks
>karen
>
>>Dear Members of Civil Society,
>>
>>The final draft of the English version of
>>Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
>>of the World Summit on the Information Society
>>is available at the following URL in
>>Text, RTF, and Word formats:
>>
>>http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/Final/
>>
>>We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec 9th)
>>or early thursday (Dec 10th).
>>
>>
>>*** Endorsements:                                      ***
>>*** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
>>***                                                    ***
>>*** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
>>*** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***
>>
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>WJM
>>--
>>
>>Bill McIver
>>Assistant Professor
>>School of Information Science and Policy
>>University at Albany, State University of New York
>>Albany, New York 12222
>>USA
>>
>>e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
>>URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Plenary mailing list
>>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>_______________________________________________
>>Plenary mailing list
>>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
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>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Tue Dec  9 19:59:11 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final Version (English)
In-Reply-To: <3FD5160E.3000500@albany.edu>
Message-ID: <2801B352-2A82-11D8-A861-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Friends,

I believe that we decided in plenary that the CS declaration could be  
endorsed by not only organizations, governments, businesses, but also  
individuals who wish to commit themselves to the vision and goals in  
the document.   (In this light, I would like my name attached to the  
document as well as my organization's.)

To highlight the individual endorsements, I think that all  
organization's with booths in the ICT4D should promote the Declaration  
by having a printed version available for people to sign.  This will be  
particularly important on Friday and Saturday, when we might have the  
most attendance at ICT4D since it is the weekend.

I will put up an HTML version of the document shortly.  Others are  
welcome to steal my code and to do the same on their own websites.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM


On Mardi, d?cembre 9, 2003, at 01:23  AM, Bill McIver, University at  
Albany wrote:

>
> Dear Members of Civil Society,
>
> The final draft of the English version of
> Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
> of the World Summit on the Information Society
> is available at the following URL in
> Text, RTF, and Word formats:
>
> http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/ 
> Final/
>
> We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec  
> 9th)
> or early thursday (Dec 10th).
>
>
> *** Endorsements:                                      ***
> *** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
> ***                                                    ***
> *** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
> *** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> WJM
> -- 
>
> Bill McIver
> Assistant Professor
> School of Information Science and Policy
> University at Albany, State University of New York
> Albany, New York 12222
> USA
>
> e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
> URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Tue Dec  9 20:13:28 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HTML version of CS Declaration
In-Reply-To: <2801B352-2A82-11D8-A861-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <272F796A-2A84-11D8-A861-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

OK, you can find an html version of the CS Declaration here:

http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl- 
08Dec2003-eng1.htm?version_id=313554

I know it doesn't look great, so feel free to re-format and make it  
prettier.

Rik Panganiban

On Mardi, d?cembre 9, 2003, at 08:59  PM, Rik Panganiban wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> I believe that we decided in plenary that the CS declaration could be  
> endorsed by not only organizations, governments, businesses, but also  
> individuals who wish to commit themselves to the vision and goals in  
> the document.   (In this light, I would like my name attached to the  
> document as well as my organization's.)
>
> To highlight the individual endorsements, I think that all  
> organization's with booths in the ICT4D should promote the Declaration  
> by having a printed version available for people to sign.  This will  
> be particularly important on Friday and Saturday, when we might have  
> the most attendance at ICT4D since it is the weekend.
>
> I will put up an HTML version of the document shortly.  Others are  
> welcome to steal my code and to do the same on their own websites.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rik Panganiban
> WFM
>
>
> On Mardi, d?cembre 9, 2003, at 01:23  AM, Bill McIver, University at  
> Albany wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Members of Civil Society,
>>
>> The final draft of the English version of
>> Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
>> of the World Summit on the Information Society
>> is available at the following URL in
>> Text, RTF, and Word formats:
>>
>> http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/ 
>> Final/
>>
>> We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec  
>> 9th)
>> or early thursday (Dec 10th).
>>
>>
>> *** Endorsements:                                      ***
>> *** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
>> ***                                                    ***
>> *** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
>> *** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> WJM
>> -- 
>>
>> Bill McIver
>> Assistant Professor
>> School of Information Science and Policy
>> University at Albany, State University of New York
>> Albany, New York 12222
>> USA
>>
>> e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
>> URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
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From muguet at mdpi.org  Wed Dec 10 02:55:27 2003
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Network setting  Civil Society Office
Message-ID: <1071024824.3124.11.camel@civil-society-portable1.smsi.ch>

Hello, 

The network in the Civil Society office now works correctly.
Before only browsing was possible.

The network was completely reconfigured.
Now,  pop, smtp, ssh are possible.

Here the basic infos, for portables
Static adresses  195.65.142.216   to .222
( I took 216 )
Subnet mask 255.255.255.224
Gateway :  195.65.142.195
DNS servers : 164.128.36.34
                     .76.39
                     .36.54

The german civil society told me they are going to install a DHCP
server, a hub, and a local Wifi around 11AM.

See you

Francis


From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Tue Dec  9 23:49:18 2003
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Plenary -- 10 Dec -- 12:00 --
 Mont Blanc
In-Reply-To: <65067.195.65.142.20.1070997322.squirrel@webmail.albany.edu>
References: <65067.195.65.142.20.1070997322.squirrel@webmail.albany.edu>
Message-ID: <p05100305bbfc0c94fd32@[62.65.131.124]>

Mont Blanc is on the ground floor. Far right of the ICT4D area, leave 
towards the cafe and it's one of the rooms on the left towards the 
restaurant.

Thanks,

Adam



At 2:15 PM -0500 12/9/03, mciver@albany.edu wrote:
>*** Please forward ***
>
>All,
>
>The next Civil Society Plenary will be
>Wednesday, December 10th from 12:00 to 13:00
>in Salle Mont Blanc in Palexpo.
>
>If anyone has more info on how to find this
>room, please share it with us.
>
>WJM
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>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


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From dbronson at ichrdd.ca  Wed Dec 10 00:29:56 2003
From: dbronson at ichrdd.ca (dbronson@ichrdd.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] communique du caucus des droits de l'homme en francais
Message-ID: <OFFF2B4078.410CCD44-ON85256DF8.00016E8B-85256DF8.0002C106@ichrdd.ca>

LE CAUCUS DES DROITS DE L?HOMME PR?OCCUP? PAR LES R?SULTATS DU SMSI

GEN?VE, 7 D?CEMBRE 2003 ? Le Caucus des droits de l?homme,  form? par des 
organisations de la soci?t? civile participant au SMSI, a de nombreuses 
raisons d??tre pr?occup?, alors que des milliers de d?l?gu?s convergent 
vers Gen?ve pour le Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l?information. Le 
Caucus, qui comprend plus de 40 organisations, s?est mobilis? depuis la 
premi?re conf?rence pr?paratoire, il y a 18 mois, afin que les droits de 
l?homme ne soient pas ?cart?s de l?agenda du SMSI.

Notre premi?re pr?occupation concerne l?absence de volont? politique de 
mise en oeuvre effective des standards en mati?re de droits de l?homme et 
pour mettre les TIC au service de cette cause. Au lieu de d?velopper des 
strat?gies innovantes pour  utiliser le potentiel des TIC en faveur de la 
promotion des droits de l?homme, mais aussi pour d?fendre ces droits face 
aux atteintes favoris?es par ces techniques, nous avons ?t? contraints de 
mobiliser temps et ressources pour d?fendre des principes qui ont ?t? 
adopt?s depuis 55 ans d?j?. La simple inclusion de banales r?f?rences ? la 
D?claration Universelle des Droits de l?Homme a fait l?objet de d?bats et 
a ?t? contest?e jusqu?? la derni?re minute. Une occasion majeure de 
promouvoir et renforcer les droits de l?homme a ainsi ?t? g?ch?e.

Le Caucus s?est impliqu? dans le SMSI pr?cis?ment parce que le sommet 
constituait une occasion importante de promotion des droits de l?homme 
dans l?agenda politique. Notre intention ?tait de traduire les principes 
des droits de l?homme dans le contexte de la soci?t? de l?information. 
Malheureusement, notre t?che a d? se r?duire ? d?fendre un engagement 
formel vis-?-vis de consensus internationaux d?j? ?tablis, c?est-?-dire ? 
?viter une compl?te r?gression des droits de l?homme.

La deuxi?me pr?occupation du caucus des droits de l?homme est li?e ? la 
situation toujours d?plorable des droits de l?homme en Tunisie, pays cens? 
accueillir la phase 2 du Sommet en 2005. Le Caucus s?associe ? tous ceux 
qui se sont r?jouis de la lib?ration ? conditionnelle ? du webmestre 
Zouhair Yahyaoui, et esp?re, pour lui comme pour les autres prisonniers 
simplement coupables d?avoir exerc? leurs droits, l?arr?t des 
intimidations et du harc?lement par les autorit?s. Le Caucus consid?re ce 
premier geste du gouvernement tunisien comme un pas dans la bonne 
direction. Mais de s?rieux probl?mes demeurent ? r?soudre pour  la tenue 
de la phase 2 du SMSI en Tunisie dans des conditions acceptables.

Les probl?mes les plus importants sont l?absence de libert? d?expression 
et d?information, les contr?les s?v?res sur l?usage d?Internet, le strict 
contr?le des m?dias, ainsi que les intimidations et le harc?lement 
constant de ceux qui osent la moindre critique du r?gime.

Le Caucus des droits de l?homme sera actif pendant toute la dur?e du 
Sommet cette semaine ? Gen?ve. Parmi plusieurs activit?s, le Caucus 
co-organise le Forum Mondial sur les Droits de la Communication. Avec les 
principaux d?fenseurs des droits de l?homme venus de pays o? l?information 
et la communication sont particuli?rement contr?l?es (Souhayr Belhassen, 
OMCT et Ligue tunisienne des droits de l?homme et Sharon Hom, Human Rights 
in China), avec Aminata Traor? qui prononcera le discours d?ouverture, la 
session consacr?e aux droits de l?homme promet une excellente pr?sentation 
des questions les plus conflictuelles du Sommet. Le Forum aura lieu le 11 
d?cembre ? Gen?ve, Palexpo, Salle Mont-Blanc, ? partir de 9h30. Programme 
complet : www.communicationrights.org. 

Pour plus d?information contacter :  Diana Bronson:  +41(0)79 296 4782 ou 
dbronson@ichrdd.ca
Pour plus de d?tails sur toutes les interventions du Caucus : 
www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis
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From: dbronson at ichrdd.ca (dbronson@ichrdd.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT :   reminder for press contacts
Message-ID: <OFE906F2BC.9A8C6996-ON85256DF8.0002AE9B-85256DF8.00049632@ichrdd.ca>

As per Karen's earlier message, please send your contact person for the 
media as soon as possible to Karen (karenb@gn.apc.org) so that the press 
release with the civil society declaration can go out as soon as possible 
with contact people.   Ideally these are people who are easy to contact 
(with cell phone, by a land line or on wireless). 

thanks

Diana Bronson
Rights and Democracy/Droits et D?mocratie
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Dec 10 01:20:04 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (Reuters) UN pleads for media freedom ahead of world summit
Message-ID: <200312100120.hBA1K48Z005086@ernesto.ras.eu.org>

UN pleads for media freedom ahead of world summit

By Robert Evans
 Reuters, le 09.12.2003 ? 16h10
            GENEVA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.N. chief Kofi Annan pleaded on
Tuesday for press freedom ahead of a world information summit being
attended by Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and other leaders
accused of hobbling their national media.
            Mugabe, accused both at home and abroad of violating a wide
range of human rights including press freedom, is due to address on
Wednesday the opening session of the three-day gathering being held
under United Nations auspices.
            "It is one thing for governments to establish regulatory and
policy frameworks," the U.N. secretary-general told delegates at a
parallel event dedicated to the electronic media.
            "But when they go further down, down the slope towards
censorship and harassment, all of us -- and potentially all of our
rights -- are imperilled...The summit must reaffirm this fundamental
freedom," Annan declared.
            Officials of the world body, which called two summits, one in
Geneva and one in Tunis, to speed extending the benefits of information
technology and the Internet to poorer countries, said Annan's remarks
were not directed at any one leader.
            "But there is no doubt he has in mind Mugabe and leaders of
some other states who are sending big delegations," said one official
at the World Summit for the Information Society.
            Other leaders attending include presidents Hosni Mubarak of
Egypt and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia.

            TUNISIA TARGETED

            At a news conference on Monday, the secretary-general of the
Tunisian Bar Association and international jurist and human rights
groups accused Ben Ali of imposing total control on the media and
limiting dissidents' access to the Internet.
            On Tuesday, the summit's Human Rights Caucus, grouping more
than 40 non-governmental groups accredited to the meeting, termed
"deplorable" the rights situation in Tunisia, where the conference's
final phase is due to be held in 2005.
            Before the Geneva summit, which has not attracted top Western
leaders, diplomats say there was a long struggle between some developing
countries and European states over wording of a general declaration on
the role of the media.
            Envoys say governments exercising control over their media,
including China and Cuba, had sought language to justify their stance,
an echo of a U.N. row 30 years ago over a "new world information
order" sought by some Third World powers at the time.
            But the statement to be approved at the end of the conference
echoes the wording of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights about
press freedom, with no qualifications.
            On Tuesday, envoys also removed the final hurdle to a smooth
summit when they agreed to disagree on whether a special fund to finance
information technology in poorer states was needed and promised to carry
out a study on the issue within a year.
            In power since independence in 1980, Mugabe last year signed
harsh new security and media laws in what critics say was part of a
drive to stifle dissent and muzzle the media as Zimbabwe grapples with a
deepening political and economic crisis.
            He withdrew his country from the Commonwealth grouping of
former British colonies on Sunday when it failed to lift a year-long
suspension of Zimbabwe's membership imposed over allegations of rigging
national elections to hold onto power.

From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Wed Dec 10 07:27:08 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (wolfgang@imv.au.dk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT :   reminder for press contacts
Message-ID: <E1ATykW-0002x5-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>

Press C onbtacts for the Internet ICT Governance Caucus:

Wolfgang Kleinwaechter *49-171-6324889, wolfgang@imv.au.dk
YJ Pak (YJ can you insert your mobile?)

wolfgang


 
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From: dbronson@ichrdd.ca
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org,ct@wsis-cs.org
Send: 01:51 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT :   reminder for press contacts


As per Karen's earlier message, please
send your contact person for the media as soon as possible to Karen (karenb@gn.apc.org)
so that the press release with the civil society declaration can go out
as soon as possible with contact people. ? Ideally these are people
who are easy to contact (with cell phone, by a land line or on wireless).
? 

thanks

Diana Bronson
Rights and Democracy/Droits et D?mocratie
www.ichrdd.ca






From karenb at gn.apc.org  Wed Dec 10 06:54:31 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Renate Bloem: Statement for the Welcome Ceremony
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031210065241.0179db78@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear All

Here is a copy of Renate Bloem's statement to the Swiss Host country 
opening ceremony..

karen

Welcome Ceremony to the
World Summit on the Information Society


Statement by Renate D. Bloem

President of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the 
United Nations (CONGO)
Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General&
Excellencies & Ladies and Gentleman, Colleagues and Friends

It is indeed a great honor to be here tonight and I thank the Swiss 
authorities for inviting me to bring a voice of civil society to this 
Opening Ceremony. I honor them for having so well understood and supported 
the assertion of the Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, when he said 
(already in 1999 at the World Civil Society Conference in Montreal) that 
for the United Nations, co-operation with civil society is not an option, 
it is a necessity.

Never before has civil society so deeply and passionately been involved and 
has participated in such a way as in this two year process leading up to 
this first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. With the 
green light given by the General Assembly Resolution (56/183) for a multi- 
stake holder approach, the door opened (at least a little bit) to what I 
call a new era in UN-civil society relations, in which governments, civil 
society, the private sector and intergovernmental organizations, -all in 
their respective roles sit more equally together to define and negotiate 
our societies- knowledge and information societies- of tomorrow.

With the establishment of the Civil Society Bureau as counterpart to the 
Governmental Bureau, a Content and Themes Group that coordinated the 
substantive input from the Caucuses and a CS Plenary that gave legitimacy 
to the overall activities CS organized itself in a way that allowed maximum 
participation and diversity of opinion. It created also the possibility 
both on-line and off-line to shape common positions for input into the 
ongoing negotiations of the outcome document.

We are proud that we helped to move the discussion from ICTs as an end in 
itself to ICTs as a means to social and economic development. And although 
we became often frustrated during the process that our contributions were 
heard but not enough taken into consideration, we moved slowly from input 
to impact. We established essential benchmarks our ethical framework -, and 
after the deadlock at Prepcom 3 started to write our own Declaration that 
will be officially presented to the Summit on Thursday afternoon. We ask 
that this Declaration becomes an official document of the Summit.

At the same time we are immensely pleased to recognize today that, after 
the latest rounds of negotiations much progress has been made and most or 
as I hear now all of the bracketed controversial areas, particularly 
regarding human rights, have found new consensus language. Even the tricky 
financial issue seems to come closer to an agreement.

Will this Summit then become a real watershed, a turning point?

This question was asked during our CONGO General Assembly held here last 
week when we became painfully aware that the large majority of the world's 
six billion people is not in a position to access the ICT systems or are at 
ease with the programs that make it work. Millions of them have still to 
make their first telephone call.

Panelists observed:

?      The digital divide is linked directly to a gender divide, an 
economic divide, an urban-rural divide, and a generational divide

?       The ICT challenge that we face is a critical component of the 
Millennium Development Goals and it will not be possible to achieve those 
goals without meaningful cooperation and communication among all sectors of 
the UN constituency and the private sector

?       Meaningful communication implies a commitment to a new development 
formula that implements integrated communication strategies&such strategies 
as entertainment education, service provider relationships, media and 
community-based support on a needs basis.

?       There is an ongoing need for leadership development, human capacity 
building, e-volunteering and evaluation of impact and lessons learned. This 
will provide the best practices experience that will move us forward and 
bring us together as a global community of responsible citizens seeking 
continuous improvement and learning from our mistakes.

?       The realization that information is not knowledge and contact is 
not communication should guide our efforts and keep us on track

CONGO was asked to set up an open-ended WSIS Support Task Force to monitor 
progress and urge governments to acknowledge and implement gender equality, 
women and childrens rights, older persons issues and access for disabled 
individuals and communities.

CONGO should play a watchdog role to assure that issues of security, 
freedom of expression, access to information and equal opportunity are 
maintained and expanded.

CONGO calls therefore on the summit to be bold and courageous in adopting a 
plan of action that includes innovative communication strategies that have 
been pioneered by the womens movement, by older persons and by indigenous 
populations who have learned the value of community based problem-solving 
and low cost alternatives to fancy and fragile hardware that may not be 
appropriate.

Above all, the Summit should recognize that ICTs do not represent a means 
for the north to communicate its views to the south but rather a system of 
dialogue in which the south has as much to offer in the information society 
as the north. When it comes to communication and knowledge, we are all 
underdeveloped and seeking ways to improve ourselves and our communities.

Let us therefore use this important Summit to find the way forward to a 
better world of peace and prosperity for all!










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From beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar  Wed Dec 10 07:43:33 2003
From: beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar (Beatriz Busaniche)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] overpasses for education
In-Reply-To: <E1ATykW-0002x5-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>
References: <E1ATykW-0002x5-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>
Message-ID: <WorldClient-F200312100443.AA43330011@maxmedia.com.ar>

hi all
I have some passes for the opening plenary today, please, people that 
asked 
to have passes, could find me at the civil society sector  at palexpo.  
I am 
usually at the regiones office, with the latin american caucus.
i'll be there for sure at 11 am. today. and later, at 12 at civil 
societz plenary. 

I guess plenary starts at 14, but we are supposed to be there at 13:45.

hola
tengo algunos pases para la ceremonia de apertura de hoy, por favor, 
aquellos 
que solicitaron pases, pueden buscarme en el sector de sociedad civil en 
el 
palexpo.  Normalmente estoy en la oficina de los grupos regionales, con 
el 
caucus de america latina.
estare alli seguro a las 11 am de hoy. y luego a las 12 en el plenario 
de sociedad civil. 

Creo que el plenario comienza a las 14, pero debemos estar all?i a las 
13:45.

Gracias / thank you.

Beatriz


From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Wed Dec 10 09:23:10 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] DEMO AGAINST BEN ALI TODAY IN GENEVA
Message-ID: <mnet1.1071044590.21626.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

Here is a call (in french) from "Action-Verite", a swiss human rights NGO from tunisian diaspora that organized the very crowded and interesting meetimg yesterday evening on Tunisia and freedom of expression for a DEMOMSTRATION AGAINST THE PARTICIPATION OF tunisian dictator BEN ALI TODAY AT THE SMSI.


This demonstration takes place TODAY AT NOON in front of the "Mont-blanc" Post Office 8 la poste du Mont Blanc), near the Geneva railway Station.

rgds, PF.


----Message r?exp?di?----
>De: info v?rit?-action <info@verite-action.org>

>Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:02:55 +0100
>
>V?rit?-Action organise un :
>
> 
>
>Rassemblement de protestation 
>
>contre la visite en Suisse du Pr?sident de la Tunisie et sa participation au SMSI
>
>  
>
>Le mardi 10 d?cembre 2003 de 12h00 ? 14h00
>
>? Gen?ve devant la poste du Mont-blanc
>


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Dec 10 08:44:28 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Daily press briefing
In-Reply-To: <mnet1.1071044590.21626.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
References: <mnet1.1071044590.21626.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <1225.195.65.142.201.1071045868.squirrel@admin.cpsr.org>

Paola from the secretarait has requested that those who wish to report on
the prior day's events, activities and happenings please drop by the
fountain by the civil society offices at 9:30 each morning.

she has also asked that we give her information on what will be happening
during the day.

she will them make a summary and report it to the press at thier 10:30
briefing.

regards

robert



From veni at veni.com  Wed Dec 10 09:30:17 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Renata's speech at the opening ceremony
In-Reply-To: <IBEGJNBEEELEANPJGINMIEKODDAA.rbloem@ngocongo.org>
References: <5210.213.3.4.70.1070968363.squirrel@admin.bahai.org>
 <IBEGJNBEEELEANPJGINMIEKODDAA.rbloem@ngocongo.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031210113002.02e6dec0@198.111.183.129>

Great speech, Renata!

Thanks!

veni

At 13:38 09.12.2003 '?.'Converted:   +0100, you wrote:
>They should be in. I had some ecxcuses from Peter Weiderut, Raj Kumar,
>Catherine Camping and Bineta Diop, who cannot be here tomorrow for the
>opening.
>
>Renata





From veni at veni.com  Wed Dec 10 09:34:50 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] future of the plenary
In-Reply-To: <1225.195.65.142.201.1071045868.squirrel@admin.cpsr.org>
References: <mnet1.1071044590.21626.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
 <1225.195.65.142.201.1071045868.squirrel@admin.cpsr.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031210113134.02e56ec0@198.111.183.129>

Dear all,
just 1 hour before the meeting at 12 today at Mont Blanc hall..


I think we must say a big THANK YOU to Alain, and to everyone from the CS 
Secretariat! A big round of applause will be the least we can do.
And we must also try to outreach our work towards Tunis.
My intention is to ask the Swiss government to keep the Secretariat "as is" 
and help it continue its work with the CSB, the CT and the different caucases.
If we don't use the momentum to keep the good work going on, in Tunis we'll 
be lost.
On the other hand, we must be active not only in the Internet governance 
issues, but everywhere - throughout all families.

Therefore I'd suggest that we formally issue a statement to the Swiss 
government thanking them for the support (if it wasn't for them, we still 
might have been in Geneva now, but outside on the streets, and in clashes 
with the police:), and asking them to keep on helping us.

what do you say?

v.


From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Wed Dec 10 09:50:55 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (wolfgang@imv.au.dk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] future of the plenary
Message-ID: <E1AU0zf-0005Jv-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>

Full support Veni,

and probably we will have a bottle champagne for Alain and Louise and Sally and Karen on Thursday after the launch of the declaration.

w

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From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Send: 10:35 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] future of the plenary

Dear all,
just 1 hour before the meeting at 12 today at Mont Blanc hall..


I think we must say a big THANK YOU to Alain, and to everyone from the CS 
Secretariat! A big round of applause will be the least we can do.
And we must also try to outreach our work towards Tunis.
My intention is to ask the Swiss government to keep the Secretariat "as
is" 
and help it continue its work with the CSB, the CT and the different
caucases.
If we don't use the momentum to keep the good work going on, in Tunis we'll 
be lost.
On the other hand, we must be active not only in the Internet governance 
issues, but everywhere - throughout all families.

Therefore I'd suggest that we formally issue a statement to the Swiss 
government thanking them for the support (if it wasn't for them, we still 
might have been in Geneva now, but outside on the streets, and in clashes 
with the police:), and asking them to keep on helping us.

what do you say?

v.

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From gabi at bndjapan.org  Wed Dec 10 12:45:54 2003
From: gabi at bndjapan.org (gabi@bndjapan.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Community Media News Release-press point Friday
Message-ID: <3674.194.209.199.180.1071060354.squirrel@webmail.bndjapan.org>

NEWS RELEASE

Geneva, 9 December 2003

Community media demand real ?access for all?

The ?access for all? slogan rings hollow for community and alternative
media groups at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
Together with other civil society organisations, gathering in Geneva, they
will reject the official Declaration and Action Plan to be negotiated at
the United Nations sponsored summit.

For two years leading up to the summit, civil society organisations have
been fighting for recognition and support. Community media groups such as
AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters), ALER
(Asociaci?n Latinoamericana de Educaci?n Radiofonica) and Deep Dish
Community Access Satellite Network have put forward proposals for
governments to open up their airwaves and to allocate frequencies and
channels for civil society and community based organisations to provide an
alternative to mainstream public and private media.

New forms of community and alternative media are springing up in all
continents of the world. Their real life stories will be present
throughout the exhibitions, seminars and other events of the WSIS. Yet,
despite the official rhetoric of ?access for all?, community media are not
to be found in the official WSIS texts.

This is why the community media working group, together with other civil
society groups at WSIS, will not endorse the official governmental
Declaration and Action Plan. Instead they have produced their own vision
for a world in which information and communication is increasingly
central. This ?Civil Society Declaration? at the WSIS recognizes that
community media have ?a particular role to play in enabling access to and
participation for all in the information society, especially the poorest
and most marginalized communities.?

?That we were suppressed from the official WSIS documents shows the lack
of real commitment to civil society by governments at the WSIS,? says
Steve Buckley, convenor of the Community Media Working Group and President
of AMARC. ?We have been creating local content, promoting human rights,
building gender equality, and supporting sustainable development.
Community and alternative media have many success stories showing another
information society is possible. We will continue to fight, at local,
national and international, for removal of political, regulatory and
economic barriers to community media.?

-ends-

Press point:
Friday Dec 12, 13.00 at the Community Media Forum, Palexpo, Conference
Center, Room Sal?ve

Contact/Spokespeople:
Steve Buckley  e. steve@commedia.org.uk   t.  +44 7801 945037
George Christensen (at the AMARC table at ICT4D, stand 537)+41-788-553-445

Further information and activities:
Community Media Forum, Friday 12 December, presentations of community
media from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, Room
Sal?ve, Palexpo Conference Centre. www.cameco.org

ICT for Development Platform, 9 ? 13 December, Palexpo Hall 4 ? AMARC /
CATIA / Building Digital Opportunities (stand 537) and the Africa Village
community radio station and telecentre (stand 137)

WSIS? We Seize!, 9 - 12 December, a side-/counter-event of alternatives to
the WSIS discourse, grass roots art/communication (look out for copyright
video projection on the WIPO tower!), www.geneva03.org





From markus at nnm-ev.de  Wed Dec 10 14:30:02 2003
From: markus at nnm-ev.de (Markus Beckedahl)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Free network working around the cs bureaus!
Message-ID: <41321.195.65.142.217.1071066602.squirrel@www.werk21system.de>

hi,

we buildt up a free wireless network around the cs bureaus! the name is
"civil net". we are not sure, how strong it is and we try to get it
stronger in the next hours. it?s an open network, all services available
like ssl, etc.

ciao,
markus


--
Markus Beckedahl            | markus@nnm-ev.de
Netzwerk Neue Medien e.V.   | http://www.nnm-ev.de
German Civil Society Caucus | http://www.wsis-koordinierungskreis.de



From president at isoc.ch  Wed Dec 10 14:46:17 2003
From: president at isoc.ch (Stephane Koch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Friday 12th 11:30: PRESS CONFERENCE: WSIS: High privacy threat for the Civil Society
Message-ID: <ANEPLAHNIMIKICNJAHIHEEKODLAA.president@isoc.ch>

PRESS RELEASE,  Immediate distribution
URL: http://www.contra.info/wsis | wsis@contra.info

World Summit on Information Society: The personal data collection practises
in the summit is a threat for the privacy of the participants.
- -
Sommet Mondial de la Soci?t? de l?Information:Protection de la sph?re
priv?e: Les participants de  la  soci?t? civile menac?s par la collectes des
donn?es personnelles.

La collecte d?information concernant les participants est en conflit avec
les  l?gislations europ?ene  et suisse ainsi que les principes fondamentaux
li?s ? la protection de la sph?re priv?e
- -
Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n: La seguridad de accesso a
la Cumbre pone en peligro la privacidad de todos los participantes.
- - - -

PRESS CONFERENCE, RUEDA DE PRENSA.

GENEVA PRESSE CLUB -  CLUB SUISSE DE LA PRESSE
Friday 12th December 2003 at 11.30 am
? ? La Pastorale ?, Route de Ferney 106  ?  Gen?ve
http://www.pressclub.ch/menu/sub_menu/adresse_csp.html

GENEVA, 10th DEC 2003

An international group of independent researchers attending the Word Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS) has revealed important technical and legal
flaws, relating to data protection and privacy, in the security system used
to control access to the UN Summit. The system not only fails to guarantee
the promised high levels of security but also introduces the very real
possibility of constant surveillance of the representatives of the civil
society.

During the course of our investigation we were able to register for the
Summit and obtain an official pass by ?just? showing a fake plastic identity
card and being photographed (via a webcam), with no other document or
registration number required to obtain the pass. The limited personal data
required to produce the fake ID and thus register was easily obtained - a
name from the WSIS website of attendees.

However this is only half of the story.

The official Summit badges, which are plastic and the size of a credit card,
hide a ?RF smart card? [1] - a hidden chip that can communicate its
information via radio frequency. It carries both a unique identifier
associated with the participant, and a radio frequency tag (RFID) that can
be "read" when close to a sensor. These sensors can be located anywhere,
from vending machines to the entrance of a specific meeting room allowing
the remote identification and tracking of participants, or groups of
participants, attending the event.

The data relating to the card holder (personal details, access
authorization, account information, photograph etc.) is not stored on the
smart card itself, but instead managed by a centralized relational database.
This solution enables the centralized system to monitor closely every
movement of the participants at the entrance of the conference center, or
using data mining techniques, the human interaction of the participants and
their relationship. The system can potentially be extended to track
participants' movements within the summit and detect their presence at
particular session.

Because all of the personal data is stored in a centralized database, any
part of the database can be replicated locally, or transferred to future
events - for example the next WSIS Summit hosted by the Tunisian authorities
in 2005.

During the registration process we requested information about the future
use of the picture and other information that was taken, and the built-in
functionalities of the seemingly innocent plastic badge. No public
information or privacy policy was available upon our demands, that could
indicate the purpose, processing or retention periods for the data
collected. The registration personnel were obviously not properly informed
and trained.

Our main concern is not only that the Summit participants lack information
about the functionalities of this physical access system implemented, or
that no one was able to answer questions of how the personal data would be
treated after the Summit. The big problem is that system also fails to
guarantee the promised high levels of security while introducing the
possibility of constant surveillance of the representatives of civil
society, many of whom are critical of certain governments and regimes.
Sharing this data with any third party would be putting civil society
participants at risk, but this threat is made concrete in the context of
WSIS by considering the potential impact of sharing the data collected with
the Tunisian government in charge of organizing the event in 2005.

That a system like this gets implemented without a transparent and open
discussion amounts to a real threat for the participants themselves, and for
our Information Society as a whole.

More information is available at:
---------------------------------
http://www.contra.info/wsis
email: wsis@contra.info

================
Contact persons:
================
>>Ass. Prof. Dr. Alberto Escudero-Pascual, Researcher in Computer Security
and Privacy, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (EN, SP) Tel:
+ 41786677843 , +46 702867989

>>George Danezis, Researcher in Privacy Enhancing Technologies and Computer
Security, Cambridge University, UK. (FR, EN, GR)

>>Stephane Koch, President Internet Society Geneva, Executive Master of
Economic Crime Investigations, Geneva, Switzerland. (FR, EN) Tel: +41 79 607
57 33

-----------------
NOTES TO EDITORS
-----------------
>>The World Summit of Information Society has contracted SportAccess, a
Company of Kudelski Group, as the main responsible of an integrated solution
for physical access control solution during the United Nations Summit of
Information Society. The MultiSAK system has already been deployed in other
meetings as the World Economic Forum in previous years and was globally
designed and developed by NagraCard and NagraID.

>>The procedures of how personal data is being handled during WSIS break the
principles of the Swiss Federal Law on Data Protection of June 1992 [2], the
European Union Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC [3] and the United Nation
guidelines concerning Computerized personal data files adopted by the
General Assembly on December 1990.

>>The Electronic Privacy Information Center [1] has an extensive news
archive and background material on the subject of privacy threats and
RFtags. Usage of RFtags in supermarkets, to tag products for purposes of
stock management and security, has already attracted oppositions on privacy
grounds by CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and
Numbering) [5] and has lead to campaigns for customer boycott of tagged
products [6].

REFERENCES

[1] Electronic Privacy Information Center Website about RFID Identification
http://www.epic.org/privacy/rfid/

[2] Swiss Federal Law on Data Protection,
http://www.edsb.ch/e/gesetz/schweiz/index.htm

[3] European Union Data Protection Directive,
http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/privacy/index_en.htm

[4] Guidelines for the Regulation of Computerized Personal Data Files,
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/71.htm

[5] - http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml

[6]The Boycott Gillette Campaign - http://www.boycottgillette.org/


From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Wed Dec 10 15:48:36 2003
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (esther.joly@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Free network working around the cs bureaus!
Message-ID: <mnet1.1071067716.21536.esther.joly@club-internet.fr>

super... that's  a good idea...
it will be important to tell where qre qll rhe cqucus -conference  and working groups
.. a lot of people are "errants" looking for with desesperates figures.

Esther

----Message d'origine----
>De: "Markus Beckedahl" <markus@nnm-ev.de>
>A: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Sujet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Free network working around the cs bureaus!
>Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:30:02 +0100 (CET)
>
>hi,
>
>we buildt up a free wireless network around the cs bureaus! the name is
>"civil net". we are not sure, how strong it is and we try to get it
>stronger in the next hours. it?s an open network, all services available
>like ssl, etc.
>
>ciao,
>markus
>
>
>--
>Markus Beckedahl            | markus@nnm-ev.de
>Netzwerk Neue Medien e.V.   | http://www.nnm-ev.de
>German Civil Society Caucus | http://www.wsis-koordinierungskreis.de
>
>
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>


From della at www.jinbo.net  Wed Dec 10 17:55:07 2003
From: della at www.jinbo.net (della)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] JINBONET LAUNCHED AN ONLINE GUIDE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INFORMATION
 SOCIETY
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0312110254280.26988-100000@www.jinbo.net>

Press Realeases : 

JINBONET LAUNCHED AN ONLINE GUIDE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INFORMATION 
SOCIETY


Korean Progressive Network 'Jinbonet' launched an online Guide to Human 
rights in the Information society on December 10th, 2003, the 55th 
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Jinbonet said in its introduction page that "In the Information Society, 
human rights should be protected."

The human rights is threatened in the information society. The government 
seeking more efficient administration and the business pursuing greater 
profits have tried to develop and introduce advanced information 
technology to the society time and again. But they do not seem to be 
concerned about additional measures necessary to help remove unexpected 
challenges coming up in transition to the Information Society against 
protection of human rights. As a result, these days we can see many cases 
in which free use of information is limited and people' right to privacy 
is infringed.   

Recently Freedom of expression, Right to privacy, Right to share 
information and Right to access information are at issue. Since they are 
closely related to communication and flow of information, these rights 
came under threat stemming from the state and market driven push for the 
Information Society as well as became especially important in the 
Information Society. 

The Information Society is not a separate world from what we live in now. 
That is a society that we are building. "Human Rights in the Information 
Society" means the human rights described in the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights and in the related international laws should still be 
protected. Not only does HRIS serve the last safeguard to guarantee people 
the fundamental freedoms and rights which seem to be easily threatened in 
transition to this new form of society, the Information Society, but it 
means our ongoing effort to make sure democracy and human rights are still 
respected and pursued in the middle of and even after the Information 
Society. 

This homepage is made to help understand the concept of Information Human 
rights and protect and exercise humanrights for oneself. It is composed of 
four sections - Freedom of Expression, Public Domain, Right to Privacy, 
and Access to Information.

This site is sponsored by Daum Foundation. 


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
http://rights.jinbo.net/english


ABOUT Jinbonet and Daum Foundation 

Jinbonet : Korean Progressive Network 'Jinbonet' is a social movement 
organization in South Korea, which was established in 1998. It aims to 
provide internet services for social movement groups, and to enhance the 
solidarity and communication among them as well as to expand and improve 
the protection of basic human rights in the information society.
Jinbonet is a member of Association for Progressive Communications.
- Address : 3F, Shin-sung Bd, Kalwol-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 140-801, 
South Korea
- Tel : +82-2-7744-551
- Fax : +82-2-7744-553
- Contact : della@jinbo.net / patcha@patcha.jinbo.net   
- http://www.jinbo.net, http://englisth.jinbo.net, http://base21.org

Daum Foundation : Daum Foundation is a non-profit foundation which was 
established in September 2001. It was established to serve the public with 
the mission "to create a future generation of creative individuals that 
lead different forms of life through the wise use of the media and 
communication" in the areas of "Youth Development", "Media & 
Communication", and "Network." 
Daum Foundation was created through the donations from the employees of 
Daum Communications, Corp.-the nation's No.1 Internet Portal 
(www.daum.net) with the largest and strongest customer contacts-with the 
objective of creating a future that creative individuals are networked in 
variety of shapes. 
It nurtures dream and hope to our youth, the leaders of the next 
generation, by actively supporting the clever and creative use of new 
media and communications.
- http://daumfoundation.org/english



From veni at veni.com  Wed Dec 10 19:00:37 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031210204129.020bfec0@198.111.183.129>

Dear all,
Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable 
room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the 
lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with 
the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS Bureau.

I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a 
failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS 
process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.

If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's 
work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot 
police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other 
people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability. 
After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented 
by the .... governments!

I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come 
with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if 
you want):


Whereas
Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;

And Whereas
The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
and the civil society [in the history of the UN];

And Whereas
The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
in the world and every different interest;

And Whereas
Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the 
previous
way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;

And Whereas
The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants 
to contribute;

And Whereas
The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;

And Whereas
The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the CS;

And Whereas
The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat 
and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;


Now, Therefore,

The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat, 
the CS Bureau,
each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents 
and Themes WG],
as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the 
Canton of Geneve,
must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask 
the government
of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat, 
the CS Bureau
and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Dec 10 19:51:27 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS declaration: Press release and events tomorrow
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312102048090.3327132@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>

Hi all,

the launching ceremony for our CS summit declaration will be tomorrow
(Thursday) at Palexpo, Room 2 (first floor) at 17:00.

Before, we do a press conference at 16:00 in the media center.

The press release, the invitation and the CS declaration itself are
available at http://www.worldsummit2003.org.

Please make sure that the events get widely known. Especially journalists
and government delegates have been showing quite some interest.

See you there!

Ralf

From veni at veni.com  Wed Dec 10 19:52:41 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] memo from today's plennary
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031210215152.02c9aec0@198.111.183.129>

Chairing: Sally
    * To have statement of the CS on the official DP and AP of the 
governments by tonight or tomorrow morning.(accredited organizations can 
endorse the declaration on their own, too)
    * The caucus to send names for press-contacts
    * press-conference tomorrow (Thu) at 4 p.m.
    * room C at 5p.m. tomorrow (Thu(
    * thanks the Swiss government, the CS Secretariat, Alain, as well as 
Sally, Myriam, Karen and Bill for their work. some problems showed up ? why 
do we have to thank when there's such a bad organisation of the meetings 
during the WSIS itself. Argument in favour was that if it wasn't for the CS 
Secretariat we would have been outside, clashing with the police. So, 
thanks with some reserves about the WSIS itself


From zielinskic at who.int  Thu Dec 11 07:08:38 2003
From: zielinskic at who.int (zielinskic@who.int)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
Message-ID: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D58@whqkaki01.who.int>

Veni,

Some suggestions:

1. Let's drop the word "whereas"
2. Let's drop the joke about the riot police (equating civil society with
anti-globalisation activists: debatable, to say the least - e.g.,
information flows may be one of the good things to globalise).
3. I don't think we need to express gratitude that people listened to CS -
that should be taken as the norm, not a special privilege. The previous
situation was anomalous, not the present one.

What are we left with? ^"Thanks to the CS Secretariat, CS Bureau, CS
Contents and Themes Working Group, and other CS groupings, as well as to the
Swiss Government,  for their support. Long may it continue - until Tunis
2005 and beyond."

Best,

Chris

Chris Zielinski
IAIA, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: 004122-7914435 or mobile 0044797-1045354


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Veni Markovski
Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2003 20:01
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: bureau@geneva2003.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!


Dear all,
Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable 
room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the 
lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with 
the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS
Bureau.

I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a 
failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS 
process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.

If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's 
work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot 
police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other 
people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability. 
After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented 
by the .... governments!

I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come 
with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if 
you want):


Whereas
Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;

And Whereas
The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
and the civil society [in the history of the UN];

And Whereas
The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
in the world and every different interest;

And Whereas
Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the 
previous
way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;

And Whereas
The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants 
to contribute;

And Whereas
The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;

And Whereas
The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the
CS;

And Whereas
The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat 
and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;


Now, Therefore,

The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat, 
the CS Bureau,
each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents 
and Themes WG],
as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the 
Canton of Geneve,
must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask 
the government
of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat, 
the CS Bureau
and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Thu Dec 11 08:36:39 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (wolfgang@imv.au.dk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
Message-ID: <E1AUMJL-0003qO-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>

I support this resolution

Wolfgang

-- Original Message --
From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Send: 2003-12-10
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!

Dear all,
Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable 
room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the 
lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with 
the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS
Bureau.

I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a 
failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS 
process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.

If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's 
work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot 
police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other 
people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability. 
After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented 
by the .... governments!

I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come 
with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if 
you want):


Whereas
Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;

And Whereas
The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
and the civil society [in the history of the UN];

And Whereas
The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
in the world and every different interest;

And Whereas
Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the 
previous
way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;

And Whereas
The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants 
to contribute;

And Whereas
The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;

And Whereas
The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the
CS;

And Whereas
The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat 
and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;


Now, Therefore,

The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat, 
the CS Bureau,
each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents 
and Themes WG],
as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the 
Canton of Geneve,
must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask 
the government
of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat, 
the CS Bureau
and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary






From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Thu Dec 11 10:08:58 2003
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata BLOEM)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
In-Reply-To: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D58@whqkaki01.who.int>
Message-ID: <IBEGJNBEEELEANPJGINMAEMJDDAA.rbloem@ngocongo.org>

Chris,
I very much agree

Renata

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of zielinskic@who.int
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:09 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!


Veni,

Some suggestions:

1. Let's drop the word "whereas"
2. Let's drop the joke about the riot police (equating civil society with
anti-globalisation activists: debatable, to say the least - e.g.,
information flows may be one of the good things to globalise).
3. I don't think we need to express gratitude that people listened to CS -
that should be taken as the norm, not a special privilege. The previous
situation was anomalous, not the present one.

What are we left with? ^"Thanks to the CS Secretariat, CS Bureau, CS
Contents and Themes Working Group, and other CS groupings, as well as to the
Swiss Government,  for their support. Long may it continue - until Tunis
2005 and beyond."

Best,

Chris

Chris Zielinski
IAIA, Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: 004122-7914435 or mobile 0044797-1045354


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Veni Markovski
Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2003 20:01
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: bureau@geneva2003.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!


Dear all,
Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable
room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the
lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with
the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS
Bureau.

I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a
failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS
process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.

If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's
work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot
police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other
people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability.
After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented
by the .... governments!

I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come
with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if
you want):


Whereas
Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;

And Whereas
The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
and the civil society [in the history of the UN];

And Whereas
The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
in the world and every different interest;

And Whereas
Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the
previous
way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;

And Whereas
The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants
to contribute;

And Whereas
The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;

And Whereas
The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the
CS;

And Whereas
The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat
and the CS Bureau;

And Whereas
It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;


Now, Therefore,

The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat,
the CS Bureau,
each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents
and Themes WG],
as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the
Canton of Geneve,
must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask
the government
of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat,
the CS Bureau
and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



From izumi at anr.org  Thu Dec 11 11:35:28 2003
From: izumi at anr.org (Izumi Aizu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
In-Reply-To: <IBEGJNBEEELEANPJGINMAEMJDDAA.rbloem@ngocongo.org>
References: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D58@whqkaki01.who.int>
 <IBEGJNBEEELEANPJGINMAEMJDDAA.rbloem@ngocongo.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.20.2.20031211203517.02f303e0@211.125.95.185>

I echo with all others supporting this resolution.

izumi

At 11:08 03/12/11 +0100, Renata BLOEM wrote:
 >Chris,
 >I very much agree
 >
 >Renata
 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
 >Behalf Of zielinskic@who.int
 >Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:09 AM
 >To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
 >Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
 >
 >
 >Veni,
 >
 >Some suggestions:
 >
 >1. Let's drop the word "whereas"
 >2. Let's drop the joke about the riot police (equating civil society with
 >anti-globalisation activists: debatable, to say the least - e.g.,
 >information flows may be one of the good things to globalise).
 >3. I don't think we need to express gratitude that people listened to CS -
 >that should be taken as the norm, not a special privilege. The previous
 >situation was anomalous, not the present one.
 >
 >What are we left with? ^"Thanks to the CS Secretariat, CS Bureau, CS
 >Contents and Themes Working Group, and other CS groupings, as well as to the
 >Swiss Government,  for their support. Long may it continue - until Tunis
 >2005 and beyond."
 >
 >Best,
 >
 >Chris
 >
 >Chris Zielinski
 >IAIA, Geneva, Switzerland
 >Tel: 004122-7914435 or mobile 0044797-1045354
 >
 >
 >-----Original Message-----
 >From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
 >Behalf Of Veni Markovski
 >Sent: Wednesday, 10 December 2003 20:01
 >To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
 >Cc: bureau@geneva2003.org
 >Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
 >
 >
 >Dear all,
 >Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable
 >room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the
 >lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with
 >the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS
 >Bureau.
 >
 >I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a
 >failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS
 >process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.
 >
 >If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's
 >work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot
 >police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other
 >people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability.
 >After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented
 >by the .... governments!
 >
 >I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come
 >with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if
 >you want):
 >
 >
 >Whereas
 >Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
 >work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
 >help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
 >and the civil society [in the history of the UN];
 >
 >And Whereas
 >The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
 >in the world and every different interest;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
 >have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the
 >previous
 >way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants
 >to contribute;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the
 >CS;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat
 >and the CS Bureau;
 >
 >And Whereas
 >It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;
 >
 >
 >Now, Therefore,
 >
 >The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat,
 >the CS Bureau,
 >each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents
 >and Themes WG],
 >as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the
 >Canton of Geneve,
 >must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask
 >the government
 >of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat,
 >the CS Bureau
 >and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.
 >
 >_______________________________________________
 >Plenary mailing list
 >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
 >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
 >_______________________________________________
 >Plenary mailing list
 >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
 >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
 >
 >
 >_______________________________________________
 >Plenary mailing list
 >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
 >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

                  >>> Izumi Aizu <<<
               Asia Network Research
                      www.anr.org
  GLOCOM /Institute for HyperNetwork Society
         << Writing the Future of the History >>


From veni at veni.com  Thu Dec 11 12:02:49 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
In-Reply-To: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D58@whqkaki01.who.int
 >
References: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D01165D58@whqkaki01.who.int>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031211135930.02e23ec0@198.111.183.129>

At 08:08 11.12.2003 '?.'Converted:   +0100, zielinskic@who.int wrote:
>1. Let's drop the word "whereas"

well, that's the appropriate way of writing such thanks, I guess. We must 
present something that sounds familiar to the others, not only to us. It's 
not aimed for the CS, but for the Swiss government, mainly.

>2. Let's drop the joke about the riot police (equating civil society with
>anti-globalisation activists: debatable, to say the least - e.g.,
>information flows may be one of the good things to globalise).

I accept that, although it has a sence not only for the Swiss government, 
but for some of us, who claim that the CS Secretariat didn't do a good job. 
Even their existence was a good thing.

>3. I don't think we need to express gratitude that people listened to CS -
>that should be taken as the norm, not a special privilege. The previous
>situation was anomalous, not the present one.

The thanks for this goes because they did so, and from now on we expect 
that it will continue to be like that.

>What are we left with? ^"Thanks to the CS Secretariat, CS Bureau, CS
>Contents and Themes Working Group, and other CS groupings, as well as to the
>Swiss Government,  for their support. Long may it continue - until Tunis
>2005 and beyond."

Nope, that is not good as a declaration from the CS Plenary. That may be 
good if I was saying it in a private conversation with someone from the 
Swiss government.

If this is the text I will vote against it. We need a consensus text; my 
proposal is to make sure that everyone gets the message, and not a formal 
one, but a real one - with serious statements, but also with a joke.

v.


From veni at veni.com  Thu Dec 11 11:57:17 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Censorship on the New Generation Internet (IPv6)
 Workshop: 9th Dec
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031211135619.020cba28@198.111.183.129>

FYI .

regards,
veni

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Axel Clauberg (aclauber) [mailto:aclauber@cisco.com]
>Sent: 10 December 2003 12:10
>To: Tim Chown; Latif LADID; vinton.g.cerf@mci.com
>Cc: Rosa Delgado; matthew.ford@bt.com; brc@zurich.ibm.com;
>bosco.fernandes@siemens.com; patrick.cocquet@6wind.com;
>jordi.palet@consulintel.es; Patrick Grossetete (pgrosset);
>plzak@arin.net; axel.pawlik@ripe.net
>Subject: RE: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th December, 2003)
>
>
>As a (kind of) neutral person, let me add some comments, even though I
>believe this discussion is really ridiculous and should be stopped
>immediately.
>
>First of all, putting events like this together has never been done in a
>real democratic way, otherwise we probably would have never had any good
>event...
>
>We had Alberto presenting at several IPv6 events over this year, and
>having listened to both Matt and Alberto, there's absolutely no doubt
>that Latif made the right decision for this audience.
>
>Feel free to forward as appropriate.
>
>Cheers,
>Axel
>
>--
>Axel Clauberg, Sr. Manager Consulting Engineering Team, Cisco Systems
>EMEA,
>Hansaallee 249, D-40549 Duesseldorf, Germany, aclauber@cisco.com
>Phone: +49-211-52029-175, Fax: +49-1212-513084983, Mobile:
>+49-171-8614851
>SMS/Pager: axel-sms@cisco.com
>
>Tim Chown wrote:
> > I also sent this to the TF-SC list:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I find it odd that Latif would have threatened a boycott of
> > WSIS when he had not planned to attend anyway (due to a prior
> > commitment to the NAv6 Summit in Washington).
> >
> > That aside, this is an important issue and I would make a
> > couple of key
> > points:
> >
> > 1.  The TF has given very serious consideration to privacy
> > issues, and has
> >     published very openly discussions with the Article 29
> > working party in
> >     this area:
> >         http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/wp58_en.pdf
> >         http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/Article29_v1_2.pdf
> >
> > http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/030225IPv6TF-Statemen
> >     tArt29-03.pdf All these documents are listed in the public
> > document
> > section of the
> >     EU IPv6 TF web site.   They include the Article 29
> > concerns, and the TF
> >     response, which Alberto agreed to (and indeed was very
> > happy with).
> >
> > 2.  At WSIS the EC IST IPv6 Cluster chair Mat Ford gave a good talk on
> >     the privacy issues.   He also covered other security
> > issues like MIPv6,
> >     CGA and port scanning.
> >
> > As it turned our WSIS attendance was poor for the IPv6
> > session, but that is a separate issue for the TF to consider
> > how to inform and educate the WSIS community on IPv6.
> >
> > [Feel free to forward this info to Veni Markovski as he seems
> > to be the  person with this concern, or to anyone else who is
> > interested]
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 09:20:45PM +0100, Latif LADID wrote:
> >> Rosa,
> >>
> >> FYI, I have sent this to the Task Force steering committee. Please
> >> forward to WSIS CS Plenary list if you find it necessary
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Latif
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Latif LADID [mailto:latif.ladid@village.uunet.lu]
> >> Sent: 09 December 2003 21:17
> >> To: tf-sc@ipv6tf.org
> >> Cc: Vint Cerf
> >> Subject: FW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation
> >> Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
> >>
> >>
> >> Folks,
> >>
> >> The European Commission IPv6 Task Force has organised this event and
> >> yes Pascal was proposed to me as speaker on privacy issues and I have
> >> opted for a task force expert member Mat Ford to speak on security
> >> and privacy with authority.
> >>
> >> As chairman of the European Commission IPv6 Task Force, I am
> >> accountable primarily for quality and accuracy of the message from
> >> the European IPv6 researcher community.
> >>
> >> In Prep-Com2, I was misquoted from my speech that IPv6 has a security
> >> problem and it's published on the WSIS web page. I have gone back to
> >> them many times to correct this and my emails remain unanswered. This
> >> was a strong lesson to me to have the right message carried by the
> >> right people.
> >>
> >> Yes choosing qualified speakers can be seen as undemocratic and
> >> that's a risk I am willing to take.
> >>
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Latif
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: vinton g. cerf [mailto:vinton.g.cerf@mci.com]
> >> Sent: 09 December 2003 19:36
> >> To: Latif LADID
> >> Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation
> >> Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
> >> Importance: High
> >>
> >>
> >> can you elaborate?
> >>
> >> vint
> >>
> >>
> >>> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:41:01 +0200
> >>> From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>
> >>> Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation
> >>> Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
> >>> X-Sender: veni@198.111.183.129 (Unverified)
> >>> To: "vinton g. cerf" <vinton.g.cerf@mci.com>
> >>> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1
> >>> X-KOI8-Plugin-Info: v2.0.43
> >>> Original-recipient: rfc822;vinton.g.cerf@mci.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dear all,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am writing to inform you that during the organization of the
> >>>> session on Ipv6, organized jointly between the European Union IPv6
> >>>> Task Force and the Internet Society, that will take place on the
> >>>> 9th December 2003, it was planned to include Dr Alberto Escudero
> >>>> Pascual in the panel of speakers for the day. Dr Escudero Pascual
> >>>> would have discussed the issues relating to the protection of
> >>>> privacy in Ipv6 networks.
> >>>>
> >>>> Unfortunately, due to pressures but also threats of boycott from Mr
> >>>> Latif Ladid, the organizers of the conference decided to remove Dr
> >>>> Escudero Pascual from the panel. One can wonder about the real
> >>>> motivations of Mr Ladid relating to his will to obscure the
> >>>> discussion about privacy protection issues in the context of Ipv6.
> >>>>
> >>>> It is interesting to note that it is not necessary to live in an
> >>>> undemocratic country to suffer from censorship. It is even more
> >>>> worrying to observe that, even in the context of events organized
> >>>> by Civil Society, one can easily excert such pressures at the
> >>>> detriment of the objectivity of the debate on this subject.
> >>>>
> >>>> It seems to me that we have the full responsibility, as the
> >>>> principal component of Civil Society, to represent as well as we
> >>>> can citizens, the protection of their interests and therefore their
> >>>> privacy. If we do not, then who will?
> >>>>
> >>>> Alberto Escudero Pascual Web site
> >>>> http://www.it.kth.se/~aep/
> >>>>
> >>>> Best regards
> >>>> Stephane Koch
> >>>> President, Internet Society Geneva
> >>>>
> >>>> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> >>>> stephane koch Internet Society Geneva
> >>>> President
> >>>> Rue des Corps-Saints 4
> >>>> 1201 Geneva
> >>>> Switzerland
> >>>>
> >>>> Fax: +41 22 731 6007
> >>>> Mobile: +41 79 607 57 33
> >>>> Email:  president@isoc.ch
> >>>> ICQ: 21021944
> >>>> PGP Fingerprint: 6A46 CC2C 0B6E 6024 86AE D989 42E8 992A 1DA4 DE05
> >>>>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> www.isocgva.ch (Local) www.isoc.ecc.org (Europe)
> >>>> www.isoc.org (World)
> >>>> --------------------------------------------------
> >>>> Internet Society Mission Statement:
> >>>>
> >>>> "To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet
> >>>> for the benefit of all people throughout the world."
> >>>>
> >>>> More on: www.isoc.org/isoc/mission/
> >>>> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Plenary mailing list
> >>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >>
> >> Vint Cerf
> >> SVP Technology Strategy
> >> MCI
> >> 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115
> >> Ashburn, VA 20147
> >> 703 886 1690 (v806 1690)
> >> 703 886 0047 fax
> >> vinton.g.cerf@mci.com
> >> www.mci.com/cerfsup
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Rosa Delgado [mailto:rosa@delgado.aero]
> >> Sent: 08 December 2003 14:55
> >> To: matthew.ford@bt.com; tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> >> Cc: brc@zurich.ibm.com; bosco.fernandes@siemens.com;
> >> patrick.cocquet@6wind.com; jordi.palet@consulintel.es;
> >> aclauber@cisco.com; pgrosset@cisco.com; plzak@arin.net;
> >> axel.pawlik@ripe.net; latif.ladid@village.uunet.lu
> >> Subject: RE: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th December, 2003)
> >>
> >>
> >> Matt,
> >>
> >> Get well ! I will be on room Saleve in the morning too because of the
> >> How Internet newt works? ISOC workshop
> >>
> >> See you tommorrow! The registration desk is open tonight only until
> >> 18:00 and as from tommorrow until 20:00 (no good for us)
> >>
> >> Regs/Rosa
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: matthew.ford@bt.com [mailto:matthew.ford@bt.com]
> >> Sent: Monday, 8 December 2003 10:53
> >> To: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk; rosa@delgado.aero
> >> Cc: brc@zurich.ibm.com; bosco.fernandes@siemens.com;
> >> patrick.cocquet@6wind.com; jordi.palet@consulintel.es;
> >> aclauber@cisco.com; pgrosset@cisco.com; plzak@arin.net;
> >> axel.pawlik@ripe.net; latif.ladid@village.uunet.lu
> >> Subject: RE: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th December, 2003)
> >>
> >>
> >> All,
> >>
> >> I've currently got a raging cold, but am planning to travel to Geneva
> >> today anyway in the hope that I won't feel too awful tomorrow. I
> >> won't be attending this evening's dinner, but will rest at my hotel
> >> instead (please cancel my dinner place Rosa). I hope Axel or Rosa
> >> will cover the rationale piece as they are up first.
> >>
> >> Mat
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Tim Chown [mailto:tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> >>> Sent: 08 December 2003 08:05
> >>> To: Rosa Delgado
> >>> Cc: 'Brian E Carpenter'; 'Bosco Fernandes'; 'Patrick Cocquet';
> >>> jordi.palet@consulintel.es; Ford,M,Mat,XGH5 FORDM5 R;
> >>> aclauber@cisco.com; 'Patrick Grossetete'; 'Latif LADID'; 'Ray
> >>> Plzak'; 'Axel Pawlik' Subject: Re: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th
> >>> December, 2003)
> >>>
> >>> OK, I'll have to keep to my original topic then if there is no known
> >>> change of plan to accomodate Brian's absence.   One of you at the
> >>> dinner will have to take on the role of 1st talk and the IPv6
> >>> rationale material.
> >>>
> >>> Tim
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:34:01AM +0100, Rosa Delgado  wrote:
> >>>> we should discuss tonight of final programme, I leave it up to the
> >>>> chairs to co-ordinate but, in principle, I would think we have
> >>>> more time for panel discussion less time constraints for speakers.
> >>>>
> >>>> Regs/Rosa
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Tim Chown [mailto:tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> >>>> Sent: Monday, 8 December 2003 01:09
> >>>> To: Rosa Delgado
> >>>> Cc: 'Brian E Carpenter'; 'Bosco Fernandes'; 'Patrick Cocquet';
> >>>> jordi.palet@consulintel.es; matthew.ford@bt.com;
> >>>> aclauber@cisco.com; 'Patrick Grossetete'; 'Latif LADID'; 'Ray
> >>>> Plzak'; 'Axel Pawlik' Subject: Re: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th
> >>>> December, 2003)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Can someone confirm the revised agenda in Brian's absence, please?
> >>>>
> >>>> We need to make sure things flow nicely... and that we don't *all*
> >>>> waste a few slides of our 15-20 mins each on what IPv6 is :)
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Tim
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:58:57PM +0100, Rosa Delgado  wrote:
> >>>>> Dear all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As the event approaches, I want to know if someone did not get the
> >>>>> confirmation of their registration to attend as speaker the
> >>>>> event? I am taking care for Brian, if somebody else still had
> >>>>> problems, please let me know.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I am back to Geneva, so you will be receiving news from me
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We have also planned a fondue dinner on the 8th December (20:30,
> >>>>> near by the ITU building)? Is still ok for the people are
> >>>>> arriving the night before?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regs/Rosa
> >>>>>
> >>>>> **********************************
> >>>>> Hi all,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The European Union IPv6 Task Force and the Internet Society are
> >>>>> pleased to announce the Next Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop,
> >>>>> to be held within the framework of the World Summit of the
> >>>>> Information Society (WSIS), 9th December 2003 in Geneva. See
> >>>>> http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/wsis.htm (the complete agenda is
> >>>>> already available).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This workshop aims to raise awareness on Internet Protocol
> >>>>> version 6 (IPv6). Educate WSIS stakeholders, in particular
> >>>>> Governments and civil
> >>>>
> >>>>> society from developed and developing nations, on the new Internet
> >>>>> infrastructure and opportunities for non-for-profit and commercial
> >>>>> entities. It ensures that the concerned authorities start to think
> >>>>> about designing and adapting the current environment to a new
> >>>>> "regulatory framework" that enables to convert the new
> >>>>> possibilities into business opportunities. It also informs on
> >>>>> IPv6 current status, regional developments and deployments
> >>>>> worldwide ("road-map"),  and the
> >>>>
> >>>>> expected evolution. Lastly, it raises awareness on the benefits
> >>>>> and implications of IPv6 for civil society, in network and
> >>>>> information security and privacy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> With more than 600 millions users connected to the Internet and
> >>>>> its explosive growth in the last few years, the IP addresses space
> >>>>> is becoming scarce, in particular in developing countries. With
> >>>>> Internet services being introduced in wireless and broadband
> >>>>> communications, expectations for 2005 are that more than 1 billion
> >>>>> users and thousands
> >>>>
> >>>>> of new applications will need to be connected to the Internet.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The current protocol, named Internet Protocol version 4 (or IPv4)
> >>>>> is showing limitations. To overcome these, Internet Protocol
> >>>>> version 6 (IPv6) was created and conceived as the successor of
> >>>>> IPv4. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force
> >>>>> (IETF) since 1995 (http://www.ietf.org).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Finally, it is clear, that "IPv4" does not respond anymore to
> >>>>> civil society's newest requirements.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> To attend this workshop, and this includes speakers, you need to
> >>>>> register
> >>>>> (http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Visitors/Registration/).
> >>>>> Unless you are already accredited to the Summit by your
> >>>>> company/organization/international organization. Entry fees is 20
> >>>>> SF/day.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please, forward this email to all your contacts.


From veni at veni.com  Thu Dec 11 14:01:57 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI: BY Belarus KGB chief: Internet should be brought under
 control
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031211160137.02b26ec0@198.111.183.129>

One of the many aspects on Internet:

>
>Belarus KGB chief: Internet should be brought under control
>
>KGB should exert control over Internet, because international terrorism
>and organized crime more and more often use WWW. "We are trying to
>provide all the possibilities, and legal - fist of all, in order to be
>able to control Internet, "- said Mr. Leonid Erin, chief of Belarusian
>KGB.
>
>Mr. Erin emphasizes that he understands criticism of this position,
>especially in connection with human rights violation. But he insists
>that prior to that are state interests and secret services activities.
>
>Useful links:
>
>Interfax (in Russian)
>
>http://www.e-belarus.org/news/200312101.html
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>gipi mailing list
>gipi@lists.internews.ru
>http://lists.internews.ru/mailman/listinfo/gipi


From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Thu Dec 11 15:06:34 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re:  2nd message re:thank you!
Message-ID: <mnet1.1071151594.29899.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Bonjour,

Veni a demande lors de la pleniere aue la pleniere de la SC de remercier officiellement le secretatariat executif. Il n' a pas obtenu l'assentiment des participants sur ce point. deux personnes, dont J-L Fullsack pour CSDPTT et moi au nom du collectif SMSI avons refuse cettte proposition. Personne ne l'a ouvertement soutenue a part lui et Wolfgang K.

Malgre cela il, revient a la charge sur cette liste pour faire a nouveau passer cette propostion. 

Cet acharnement au motif que ce refus resulterait uniquement des conditions lamentables d'organisation de la derniere pleniere. Ce qui est faux. 

Comme cela a deja ete dit, c'est la facon dont la SC est traite pendant tout ce Sommet de Geneve qui est lamentable et pas seulement en raion des modalites scandaleuses de designation des speackers pour la pleniere gouvernementale.

Dans ces conditions il est bien evidemment HORS DE QUESTION de remercier officiellement le secretariat executif. 

J'avoue d'aileurs ne pas comprendre un tel acharnement consiStant a vouloir rediscuter une proposition qui a deja ete tres clairement rejetee.

Il va de soi en revanche aue Bill Mciver, Sally, Kearen et tout le comite contenu et theme doit etre remercie pour son travail remarquable durant ce Sommet.

Pascal Fortin (COLLECTIF smsi)




----Message d'origine----
>De: <wolfgang@imv.au.dk>
>A: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>,
>Sujet: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:36:39 +0100
>
>I support this resolution
>
>Wolfgang
>
>-- Original Message --
>From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Send: 2003-12-10
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
>
>Dear all,
>Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable 
>room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the 
>lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with 
>the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS
>Bureau.
>
>I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a 
>failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS 
>process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.
>
>If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's 
>work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot 
>police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other 
>people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability. 
>After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented 
>by the .... governments!
>
>I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come 
>with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if 
>you want):
>
>
>Whereas
>Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;
>
>And Whereas
>The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
>work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
>help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;
>
>And Whereas
>There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
>and the civil society [in the history of the UN];
>
>And Whereas
>The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
>in the world and every different interest;
>
>And Whereas
>Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
>have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the 
>previous
>way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;
>
>And Whereas
>The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants 
>to contribute;
>
>And Whereas
>The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;
>
>And Whereas
>The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the
>CS;
>
>And Whereas
>The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat 
>and the CS Bureau;
>
>And Whereas
>It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;
>
>
>Now, Therefore,
>
>The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat, 
>the CS Bureau,
>each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents 
>and Themes WG],
>as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the 
>Canton of Geneve,
>must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask 
>the government
>of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat, 
>the CS Bureau
>and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>


From Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch  Thu Dec 11 14:17:45 2003
From: Yves.Steiner at cwp.unil.ch (Yves Steiner CWP)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re:  2nd message re:thank you!
In-Reply-To: <mnet1.1071151594.29899.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <BBFE3B19.3E06%yves.steiner@cwp.unil.ch>

Hi all,

I agree with Pascal's suggestion.

Cheers, 

Yves Steiner (Amnesty International)

Le 11.12.2003 16:06, ??fortinp@club-internet.fr?? <fortinp@club-internet.fr>
a ?crit?:

> Bonjour,
> 
> Veni a demande lors de la pleniere aue la pleniere de la SC de remercier
> officiellement le secretatariat executif. Il n' a pas obtenu l'assentiment des
> participants sur ce point. deux personnes, dont J-L Fullsack pour CSDPTT et
> moi au nom du collectif SMSI avons refuse cettte proposition. Personne ne l'a
> ouvertement soutenue a part lui et Wolfgang K.
> 
> Malgre cela il, revient a la charge sur cette liste pour faire a nouveau
> passer cette propostion.
> 
> Cet acharnement au motif que ce refus resulterait uniquement des conditions
> lamentables d'organisation de la derniere pleniere. Ce qui est faux.
> 
> Comme cela a deja ete dit, c'est la facon dont la SC est traite pendant tout
> ce Sommet de Geneve qui est lamentable et pas seulement en raion des modalites
> scandaleuses de designation des speackers pour la pleniere gouvernementale.
> 
> Dans ces conditions il est bien evidemment HORS DE QUESTION de remercier
> officiellement le secretariat executif.
> 
> J'avoue d'aileurs ne pas comprendre un tel acharnement consiStant a vouloir
> rediscuter une proposition qui a deja ete tres clairement rejetee.
> 
> Il va de soi en revanche aue Bill Mciver, Sally, Kearen et tout le comite
> contenu et theme doit etre remercie pour son travail remarquable durant ce
> Sommet.
> 
> Pascal Fortin (COLLECTIF smsi)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----Message d'origine----
>> De: <wolfgang@imv.au.dk>
>> A: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>,
>> Sujet: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
>> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:36:39 +0100
>> 
>> I support this resolution
>> 
>> Wolfgang
>> 
>> -- Original Message --
>> From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>
>> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> Send: 2003-12-10
>> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd message re:thank you!
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> Today's plenary was a disaster. Not only because of the lack of a suitable
>> room (I hope that we could alocate one for Friday), but also because of the
>> lack of understanding what the Civil Society has achieved - and yes, with
>> the help of the CS Secretariate and through the facilitation of the CS
>> Bureau.
>> 
>> I don't accept that only because of the failure of today, at WSIS - a
>> failure that have been something normal in the aspect of the whole WSIS
>> process!, we must signoff the good work the CSS and the CSB did.
>> 
>> If it wasn't for the government of Switzerland, and to the CSS, and Alain's
>> work, we would have been today outside of the WSIS, and clashing with riot
>> police! If it wasn't for Sally, Myriam, Bill, Karen and tens of other
>> people, we wouldn't have had documents, and statements, and visability.
>> After all, if it wasn't for all of us, the CS would have been represented
>> by the .... governments!
>> 
>> I strongly urge all of us to think and on the next plenary on Friday come
>> with a serious declaration, something like this (feel free to correct, if
>> you want):
>> 
>> 
>> Whereas
>> Organizing the work of the civil society within the WSIS;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> The Civil Society (CS) Plenary  believes the best way to organize the
>> work of all CS groups and families within the WSIS was through the
>> help of the CS Secretariate and the CS Bureau;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> There had never before been such a cooperation between the governments
>> and the civil society [in the history of the UN];
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> The CS had to become workable group of peope, representing every region
>> in the world and every different interest;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> Any errors in the organization of the work of the CS forum at WSIS would
>> have resulted in spoling the good intention and bringing us back to the
>> previous
>> way of communications with the government - or rather with its riot police;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> The result of the work of the CS is well seen and clear to all participants
>> to contribute;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> The CS work is acknowledged as a substential part of the WSIS;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> The CS Secretariat did a great job in providing support for the work of the
>> CS;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> The government of Switzerland has supported the work of the CS Secretariat
>> and the CS Bureau;
>> 
>> And Whereas
>> It is a chance we must not miss until Tunis 2005;
>> 
>> 
>> Now, Therefore,
>> 
>> The Civil Society Plenary recognizes the great work of the CS Secretariat,
>> the CS Bureau,
>> each of the many driving forces of the different caucuses, [the Contents
>> and Themes WG],
>> as well as the significant contribution of the Swiss government and the
>> Canton of Geneve,
>> must be congratulated and thanked and last, but not least, we kindly ask
>> the government
>> of Switzerland to continue their support of the work of the CS Secretariat,
>> the CS Bureau
>> and the CS Plenary throught WSIS 2005 in Tunis.
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>> 
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


From jimfleming at Ameritech.Net  Thu Dec 11 14:21:53 2003
From: jimfleming at Ameritech.Net (Jim Fleming)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Censorship on the New Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec
References: <6.0.1.1.2.20031211135619.020cba28@198.111.183.129>
Message-ID: <042401c3bff2$243d64e0$7e00a8c0@pc100>

It is good to show people how the I* society (aka The Big Lie Society) operates.
They will stop at nothing to promote their agenda. They are the Taliban of the Internet.
Their non-profit shams continue to grow in cash reserves. They censor the name space
and restrain trade. They try to sweep issues like the IPv6 Privacy Problem under the rug.
Because the I* society is so tightly aligned with the U.S. DOD Military Industrial Complex
they now use those groups to sell their IPv6 agenda. IPv6 will be forced down people's
throats from the barrel of a gun. The I* society is now well-funded via .ORG taxes.
http://www.dailychanges.com
They will censor what they please and then tell "the Big Lie" over and over to make sure
that they remain in control of the name spaces and the address spaces and the funding.

Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>
To: "wsis-cs-plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 5:57 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Censorship on the New Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec


> FYI .
> 
> regards,
> veni
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Axel Clauberg (aclauber) [mailto:aclauber@cisco.com]
> >Sent: 10 December 2003 12:10
> >To: Tim Chown; Latif LADID; vinton.g.cerf@mci.com
> >Cc: Rosa Delgado; matthew.ford@bt.com; brc@zurich.ibm.com;
> >bosco.fernandes@siemens.com; patrick.cocquet@6wind.com;
> >jordi.palet@consulintel.es; Patrick Grossetete (pgrosset);
> >plzak@arin.net; axel.pawlik@ripe.net
> >Subject: RE: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th December, 2003)
> >
> >
> >As a (kind of) neutral person, let me add some comments, even though I
> >believe this discussion is really ridiculous and should be stopped
> >immediately.
> >
> >First of all, putting events like this together has never been done in a
> >real democratic way, otherwise we probably would have never had any good
> >event...
> >
> >We had Alberto presenting at several IPv6 events over this year, and
> >having listened to both Matt and Alberto, there's absolutely no doubt
> >that Latif made the right decision for this audience.
> >
> >Feel free to forward as appropriate.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Axel
> >
> >--
> >Axel Clauberg, Sr. Manager Consulting Engineering Team, Cisco Systems
> >EMEA,
> >Hansaallee 249, D-40549 Duesseldorf, Germany, aclauber@cisco.com
> >Phone: +49-211-52029-175, Fax: +49-1212-513084983, Mobile:
> >+49-171-8614851
> >SMS/Pager: axel-sms@cisco.com
> >
> >Tim Chown wrote:
> > > I also sent this to the TF-SC list:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I find it odd that Latif would have threatened a boycott of
> > > WSIS when he had not planned to attend anyway (due to a prior
> > > commitment to the NAv6 Summit in Washington).
> > >
> > > That aside, this is an important issue and I would make a
> > > couple of key
> > > points:
> > >
> > > 1.  The TF has given very serious consideration to privacy
> > > issues, and has
> > >     published very openly discussions with the Article 29
> > > working party in
> > >     this area:
> > >         http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/wp58_en.pdf
> > >         http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/Article29_v1_2.pdf
> > >
> > > http://www.ec.ipv6tf.org/PublicDocuments/030225IPv6TF-Statemen
> > >     tArt29-03.pdf All these documents are listed in the public
> > > document
> > > section of the
> > >     EU IPv6 TF web site.   They include the Article 29
> > > concerns, and the TF
> > >     response, which Alberto agreed to (and indeed was very
> > > happy with).
> > >
> > > 2.  At WSIS the EC IST IPv6 Cluster chair Mat Ford gave a good talk on
> > >     the privacy issues.   He also covered other security
> > > issues like MIPv6,
> > >     CGA and port scanning.
> > >
> > > As it turned our WSIS attendance was poor for the IPv6
> > > session, but that is a separate issue for the TF to consider
> > > how to inform and educate the WSIS community on IPv6.
> > >
> > > [Feel free to forward this info to Veni Markovski as he seems
> > > to be the  person with this concern, or to anyone else who is
> > > interested]
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 09:20:45PM +0100, Latif LADID wrote:
> > >> Rosa,
> > >>
> > >> FYI, I have sent this to the Task Force steering committee. Please
> > >> forward to WSIS CS Plenary list if you find it necessary
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Latif
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Latif LADID [mailto:latif.ladid@village.uunet.lu]
> > >> Sent: 09 December 2003 21:17
> > >> To: tf-sc@ipv6tf.org
> > >> Cc: Vint Cerf
> > >> Subject: FW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation
> > >> Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Folks,
> > >>
> > >> The European Commission IPv6 Task Force has organised this event and
> > >> yes Pascal was proposed to me as speaker on privacy issues and I have
> > >> opted for a task force expert member Mat Ford to speak on security
> > >> and privacy with authority.
> > >>
> > >> As chairman of the European Commission IPv6 Task Force, I am
> > >> accountable primarily for quality and accuracy of the message from
> > >> the European IPv6 researcher community.
> > >>
> > >> In Prep-Com2, I was misquoted from my speech that IPv6 has a security
> > >> problem and it's published on the WSIS web page. I have gone back to
> > >> them many times to correct this and my emails remain unanswered. This
> > >> was a strong lesson to me to have the right message carried by the
> > >> right people.
> > >>
> > >> Yes choosing qualified speakers can be seen as undemocratic and
> > >> that's a risk I am willing to take.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Latif
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: vinton g. cerf [mailto:vinton.g.cerf@mci.com]
> > >> Sent: 09 December 2003 19:36
> > >> To: Latif LADID
> > >> Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation
> > >> Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
> > >> Importance: High
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> can you elaborate?
> > >>
> > >> vint
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 12:41:01 +0200
> > >>> From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>
> > >>> Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Censorship on the New Generation
> > >>> Internet (IPv6) Workshop: 9th Dec(13:30-16:30)
> > >>> X-Sender: veni@198.111.183.129 (Unverified)
> > >>> To: "vinton g. cerf" <vinton.g.cerf@mci.com>
> > >>> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1
> > >>> X-KOI8-Plugin-Info: v2.0.43
> > >>> Original-recipient: rfc822;vinton.g.cerf@mci.com
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Dear all,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I am writing to inform you that during the organization of the
> > >>>> session on Ipv6, organized jointly between the European Union IPv6
> > >>>> Task Force and the Internet Society, that will take place on the
> > >>>> 9th December 2003, it was planned to include Dr Alberto Escudero
> > >>>> Pascual in the panel of speakers for the day. Dr Escudero Pascual
> > >>>> would have discussed the issues relating to the protection of
> > >>>> privacy in Ipv6 networks.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Unfortunately, due to pressures but also threats of boycott from Mr
> > >>>> Latif Ladid, the organizers of the conference decided to remove Dr
> > >>>> Escudero Pascual from the panel. One can wonder about the real
> > >>>> motivations of Mr Ladid relating to his will to obscure the
> > >>>> discussion about privacy protection issues in the context of Ipv6.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It is interesting to note that it is not necessary to live in an
> > >>>> undemocratic country to suffer from censorship. It is even more
> > >>>> worrying to observe that, even in the context of events organized
> > >>>> by Civil Society, one can easily excert such pressures at the
> > >>>> detriment of the objectivity of the debate on this subject.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It seems to me that we have the full responsibility, as the
> > >>>> principal component of Civil Society, to represent as well as we
> > >>>> can citizens, the protection of their interests and therefore their
> > >>>> privacy. If we do not, then who will?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Alberto Escudero Pascual Web site
> > >>>> http://www.it.kth.se/~aep/
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Best regards
> > >>>> Stephane Koch
> > >>>> President, Internet Society Geneva
> > >>>>
> > >>>> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> > >>>> stephane koch Internet Society Geneva
> > >>>> President
> > >>>> Rue des Corps-Saints 4
> > >>>> 1201 Geneva
> > >>>> Switzerland
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Fax: +41 22 731 6007
> > >>>> Mobile: +41 79 607 57 33
> > >>>> Email:  president@isoc.ch
> > >>>> ICQ: 21021944
> > >>>> PGP Fingerprint: 6A46 CC2C 0B6E 6024 86AE D989 42E8 992A 1DA4 DE05
> > >>>>
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>>> www.isocgva.ch (Local) www.isoc.ecc.org (Europe)
> > >>>> www.isoc.org (World)
> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------
> > >>>> Internet Society Mission Statement:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> "To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet
> > >>>> for the benefit of all people throughout the world."
> > >>>>
> > >>>> More on: www.isoc.org/isoc/mission/
> > >>>> """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> _______________________________________________
> > >>>> Plenary mailing list
> > >>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > >>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >>
> > >> Vint Cerf
> > >> SVP Technology Strategy
> > >> MCI
> > >> 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115
> > >> Ashburn, VA 20147
> > >> 703 886 1690 (v806 1690)
> > >> 703 886 0047 fax
> > >> vinton.g.cerf@mci.com
> > >> www.mci.com/cerfsup
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Rosa Delgado [mailto:rosa@delgado.aero]
> > >> Sent: 08 December 2003 14:55
> > >> To: matthew.ford@bt.com; tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk
> > >> Cc: brc@zurich.ibm.com; bosco.fernandes@siemens.com;
> > >> patrick.cocquet@6wind.com; jordi.palet@consulintel.es;
> > >> aclauber@cisco.com; pgrosset@cisco.com; plzak@arin.net;
> > >> axel.pawlik@ripe.net; latif.ladid@village.uunet.lu
> > >> Subject: RE: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th December, 2003)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Matt,
> > >>
> > >> Get well ! I will be on room Saleve in the morning too because of the
> > >> How Internet newt works? ISOC workshop
> > >>
> > >> See you tommorrow! The registration desk is open tonight only until
> > >> 18:00 and as from tommorrow until 20:00 (no good for us)
> > >>
> > >> Regs/Rosa
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: matthew.ford@bt.com [mailto:matthew.ford@bt.com]
> > >> Sent: Monday, 8 December 2003 10:53
> > >> To: tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk; rosa@delgado.aero
> > >> Cc: brc@zurich.ibm.com; bosco.fernandes@siemens.com;
> > >> patrick.cocquet@6wind.com; jordi.palet@consulintel.es;
> > >> aclauber@cisco.com; pgrosset@cisco.com; plzak@arin.net;
> > >> axel.pawlik@ripe.net; latif.ladid@village.uunet.lu
> > >> Subject: RE: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th December, 2003)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> All,
> > >>
> > >> I've currently got a raging cold, but am planning to travel to Geneva
> > >> today anyway in the hope that I won't feel too awful tomorrow. I
> > >> won't be attending this evening's dinner, but will rest at my hotel
> > >> instead (please cancel my dinner place Rosa). I hope Axel or Rosa
> > >> will cover the rationale piece as they are up first.
> > >>
> > >> Mat
> > >>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: Tim Chown [mailto:tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> > >>> Sent: 08 December 2003 08:05
> > >>> To: Rosa Delgado
> > >>> Cc: 'Brian E Carpenter'; 'Bosco Fernandes'; 'Patrick Cocquet';
> > >>> jordi.palet@consulintel.es; Ford,M,Mat,XGH5 FORDM5 R;
> > >>> aclauber@cisco.com; 'Patrick Grossetete'; 'Latif LADID'; 'Ray
> > >>> Plzak'; 'Axel Pawlik' Subject: Re: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th
> > >>> December, 2003)
> > >>>
> > >>> OK, I'll have to keep to my original topic then if there is no known
> > >>> change of plan to accomodate Brian's absence.   One of you at the
> > >>> dinner will have to take on the role of 1st talk and the IPv6
> > >>> rationale material.
> > >>>
> > >>> Tim
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:34:01AM +0100, Rosa Delgado  wrote:
> > >>>> we should discuss tonight of final programme, I leave it up to the
> > >>>> chairs to co-ordinate but, in principle, I would think we have
> > >>>> more time for panel discussion less time constraints for speakers.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Regs/Rosa
> > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>> From: Tim Chown [mailto:tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> > >>>> Sent: Monday, 8 December 2003 01:09
> > >>>> To: Rosa Delgado
> > >>>> Cc: 'Brian E Carpenter'; 'Bosco Fernandes'; 'Patrick Cocquet';
> > >>>> jordi.palet@consulintel.es; matthew.ford@bt.com;
> > >>>> aclauber@cisco.com; 'Patrick Grossetete'; 'Latif LADID'; 'Ray
> > >>>> Plzak'; 'Axel Pawlik' Subject: Re: WSIS even - IPv6 workshop (9th
> > >>>> December, 2003)
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Can someone confirm the revised agenda in Brian's absence, please?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> We need to make sure things flow nicely... and that we don't *all*
> > >>>> waste a few slides of our 15-20 mins each on what IPv6 is :)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Tim
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:58:57PM +0100, Rosa Delgado  wrote:
> > >>>>> Dear all,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> As the event approaches, I want to know if someone did not get the
> > >>>>> confirmation of their registration to attend as speaker the
> > >>>>> event? I am taking care for Brian, if somebody else still had
> > >>>>> problems, please let me know.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I am back to Geneva, so you will be receiving news from me
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> We have also planned a fondue dinner on the 8th December (20:30,
> > >>>>> near by the ITU building)? Is still ok for the people are
> > >>>>> arriving the night before?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Regs/Rosa
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> **********************************
> > >>>>> Hi all,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The European Union IPv6 Task Force and the Internet Society are
> > >>>>> pleased to announce the Next Generation Internet (IPv6) Workshop,
> > >>>>> to be held within the framework of the World Summit of the
> > >>>>> Information Society (WSIS), 9th December 2003 in Geneva. See
> > >>>>> http://www.eu.ipv6tf.org/in/wsis.htm (the complete agenda is
> > >>>>> already available).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> This workshop aims to raise awareness on Internet Protocol
> > >>>>> version 6 (IPv6). Educate WSIS stakeholders, in particular
> > >>>>> Governments and civil
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> society from developed and developing nations, on the new Internet
> > >>>>> infrastructure and opportunities for non-for-profit and commercial
> > >>>>> entities. It ensures that the concerned authorities start to think
> > >>>>> about designing and adapting the current environment to a new
> > >>>>> "regulatory framework" that enables to convert the new
> > >>>>> possibilities into business opportunities. It also informs on
> > >>>>> IPv6 current status, regional developments and deployments
> > >>>>> worldwide ("road-map"),  and the
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> expected evolution. Lastly, it raises awareness on the benefits
> > >>>>> and implications of IPv6 for civil society, in network and
> > >>>>> information security and privacy.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> With more than 600 millions users connected to the Internet and
> > >>>>> its explosive growth in the last few years, the IP addresses space
> > >>>>> is becoming scarce, in particular in developing countries. With
> > >>>>> Internet services being introduced in wireless and broadband
> > >>>>> communications, expectations for 2005 are that more than 1 billion
> > >>>>> users and thousands
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> of new applications will need to be connected to the Internet.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> The current protocol, named Internet Protocol version 4 (or IPv4)
> > >>>>> is showing limitations. To overcome these, Internet Protocol
> > >>>>> version 6 (IPv6) was created and conceived as the successor of
> > >>>>> IPv4. IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force
> > >>>>> (IETF) since 1995 (http://www.ietf.org).
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Finally, it is clear, that "IPv4" does not respond anymore to
> > >>>>> civil society's newest requirements.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> To attend this workshop, and this includes speakers, you need to
> > >>>>> register
> > >>>>> (http://www.ict-4d.org/Marketplace/en/Visitors/Registration/).
> > >>>>> Unless you are already accredited to the Summit by your
> > >>>>> company/organization/international organization. Entry fees is 20
> > >>>>> SF/day.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Please, forward this email to all your contacts.
> 
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From mciver at albany.edu  Thu Dec 11 14:38:43 2003
From: mciver at albany.edu (mciver@albany.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CRIS statement
Message-ID: <1532.195.65.142.198.1071153523.squirrel@webmail.albany.edu>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: CRIS statement
From:    Agencia Alai <alai_ec@yahoo.com>
Date:    Thu, December 11, 2003 9:27 am
To:      mciver@albany.edu
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Speech for Intergovernmental Plenary.  WSIS

Se?n ? Siochr?.  CRIS Campaign. (Communication Rights
in the Information Society)

In some respects civil society has been the main
beneficiary of this event.

It is the first time that civil society has come
together in such diversity and is such numbers from
all over, to work together on information and
communication issues.  We have learned enormously from
each other, and from our interactions with others, and
have built what we believe to be enduring links and
bridges between us.

Most significantly, we managed to construct and
negotiate a process that resulted in broad consensus
on a coherent, comprehensive and convincing Civil
Society Declaration on our vision of the information
society just launched.

The CRIS Campaign has worked hard over the last two
years on this Summit, but we believe our efforts have
been well rewarded. The Civil Society Declaration is a
major outcome of this Summit. The CRIS Campaign
enthusiastically endorses it and is only too aware of
the sweat and tears, and compromise, that went into
ensuring that a single strong voice would emerge from
the bulk of civil society.

Interestingly, the Intergovernmental Declaration and
the Civil Society Declaration share one crucial
sentence:  ?Communication is a fundamental social
process, a basic human need and the foundation of all
social organisation.?  The Civil Society Declaration,
however, goes further in proposing how we can build an
information and communication society that has people
at the centre.  It confronts key dangers such as
excessive copyright protection and monopolies on
intellectual products, concentration of media
ownership, censorship and the limitations of a purely
market driven approach.  It affirms for instance the
vital role of community media, of the public domain
and of the global commons. We present concrete
examples of these at our World Forum on Communication
Rights here on December 11th.

The role of ICTs in this process of civil society
networking, especially between physical meetings, was
significant ? indeed it would have been impossible to
achieve what we did without them.  But the huge
imbalances in ICTs globally were also reflected in our
organising processes and we regret that so many in
civil society, especially from the poorer communities,
were excluded from the process; and that the resources
were unavailable to engage in more direct interaction.
During the preparations for this phase of the Summit,
some governments worked closely with civil society in
drafting their national positions. The next two years
offer an opportunity for all governments to extend
this and to involve civil society as equal partners in
their national processes and in the implementation of
national action plans.

In the coming two years, CRIS as part of civil society
must rise to the challenges outlined in our
Declaration.  We believe that civil society must build
on the process that was begun here, at all levels.
Furthermore, we invite governments, intergovernmental
organisations and all others to join with us in
creating an information and communication society for
all.


_________________________________________________________
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From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Thu Dec 11 19:54:07 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (wolfgang@imv.au.dk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statement RT III Wolfgang
Message-ID: <E1AUWsx-00022V-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>

Round Table III: ICT and the Goals of the Millenium Declaration
Geneva, December, 11, 2003


Statement by
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter 
University of Aarhus, Member of the Civil Society WSIS Bureau



Dear Mr. Moderator,

Last night I heard the first WSIS joke. Three Heads of State are coming to WSIS in Geneva. The first one says ?Yes?. The second one says ?No?. And the third one says ?I agree?. Here we have the consensus. 

What this joke tells us? The Governmental WSIS Declaration is a consensus document on the lowest level. But to reach the aims of the Millenium Declaration, you need more than the lowest level. While it is understandable, that governments has to follow to principle of consensus, it becomes also evident, that, when governments are unable to agree, other stakeholders, private industry and civil society, has to step in to move things forward. People can and will not wait.

Civil society can play an tremendous role in achieving the goals of the Millenium Declaration, reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development. They have the knowledge and the expertise, they have the networks and they have the linkage to the day-to-day problems of the people on the ground. Governments should invite, encourage and enable civil society organisations to take a lot of the WSIS issues in their own hands to let things grow bottom up. Only such a bottom up approach will lead to sustainable development. If it comes top down, it will fail.

The interesting thing here in WSIS is, that at the end of the Summit we have two declarations. The Governmental WSIS Declaration, which is signed tomorrow, and the Civil Society WSIS Declaration, which is signed today. If you compare the two documents, you will find, that the Governmental WSIS Declaration says what could be done, while the Civil Society WSIS Declaration says what should be done. With other words, the two declarations mark the distance between today?s realities and tomorrow?s expectations. 

To take only one example, the question of Human Right. The governments celebrate the consensus on Article 19 of the Human Rights Declaration of 1948 as the basis for the global information society. Certainly, the reaffirmation of the status quo is better than a status quo minus. But Article 19 was drafted in the Industrial Age. We are living now in the Information Age. Civil Society expected  from the summit a status quo plus. It expected, that the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 19 of the Human Rights Declaration, will be further developed with access and participation rights for information and communication in the cyberspace. No word about this in the Governmental WSIS Declaration.

The Civil Society WSIS Declaration is not an Anti-Governmental Declaration, it is complementary. It says what governments are unable to say and it offers constructive engagement. 

This signals also a new relationship between Civil Society and Governments in the WSIS process, probably one of the most important side effects oif WSIS. Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not throw stones, it produces papers. Civil Society has moved from turmoil to trust. And there is an opportunity, that continues input on the road to Tunis will lead to growing impact.







From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Thu Dec 11 20:13:13 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (wolfgang@imv.au.dk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statement RT III Wolfgang
Message-ID: <E1AUXBR-0002NW-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>

Round Table III: ICT and the Goals of the Millenium Declaration
Geneva, December, 11, 2003


Statement by
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter 
University of Aarhus, Member of the Civil Society WSIS Bureau



Dear Mr. Moderator,

Last night I heard the first WSIS joke. Three Heads of State are coming to WSIS in Geneva. The first one says ?Yes?. The second one says ?No?. And the third one says ?I agree?. Here we have the consensus. 

What this joke tells us? The Governmental WSIS Declaration is a consensus document on the lowest level. But to reach the aims of the Millenium Declaration, you need more than the lowest level. While it is understandable, that governments has to follow to principle of consensus, it becomes also evident, that, when governments are unable to agree, other stakeholders, private industry and civil society, has to step in to move things forward. People can and will not wait.

Civil society can play an tremendous role in achieving the goals of the Millenium Declaration, reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development. They have the knowledge and the expertise, they have the networks and they have the linkage to the day-to-day problems of the people on the ground. Governments should invite, encourage and enable civil society organisations to take a lot of the WSIS issues in their own hands to let things grow bottom up. Only such a bottom up approach will lead to sustainable development. If it comes top down, it will fail.

The interesting thing here in WSIS is, that at the end of the Summit we have two declarations. The Governmental WSIS Declaration, which is signed tomorrow, and the Civil Society WSIS Declaration, which is signed today. If you compare the two documents, you will find, that the Governmental WSIS Declaration says what could be done, while the Civil Society WSIS Declaration says what should be done. With other words, the two declarations mark the distance between today?s realities and tomorrow?s expectations. 

To take only one example, the question of Human Right. The governments celebrate the consensus on Article 19 of the Human Rights Declaration of 1948 as the basis for the global information society. Certainly, the reaffirmation of the status quo is better than a status quo minus. But Article 19 was drafted in the Industrial Age. We are living now in the Information Age. Civil Society expected  from the summit a status quo plus. It expected, that the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 19 of the Human Rights Declaration, will be further developed with access and participation rights for information and communication in the cyberspace. No word about this in the Governmental WSIS Declaration.

The Civil Society WSIS Declaration is not an Anti-Governmental Declaration, it is complementary. It says what governments are unable to say and it offers constructive engagement. 

This signals also a new relationship between Civil Society and Governments in the WSIS process, probably one of the most important side effects oif WSIS. Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not throw stones, it produces papers. Civil Society has moved from turmoil to trust. And there is an opportunity, that continues input on the road to Tunis will lead to growing impact.



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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Dec 12 00:28:28 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Press Conference of the Human Rights Caucus - Friday December 12
Message-ID: <200312120028.hBC0SSCC024071@ernesto.ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

Please find hereafter the announcement of a press conference that will be
held by the Human Rights Caucus.
Best regards,
Meryem

======= English version =======
PRESS ADVISORY

The  Civil Society Human Rights Caucus of the WSIS will hold a press
conference to share its assessment of the first phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society on Friday, December 12, at 4 pm in the
media centre at Palexpo.

The speakers will be

Diana Bronson (Rights & Democracy) on behalf of the Human Rights Caucus
Sharon Hom, F?d?ration internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme
(who will focus on China)
Souhayr Belhassen,  World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) (who will
focus on Tunisia)

For information

Antoine Madelin (mobile)                 079 331 2450
Diana Bronson in Geneva (mobile)           079-296-4782

======= Version fran?aise =======
? L'ATTENTION DE LA PRESSE

Le Caucus des Droits de l'homme regroupant des organisations de la
soci?t? civile participant au SMSI tiendra une conf?rence de presse pour
faire part de son ?valuation de la premi?re phase du Sommet Mondial sur
la Soci?t? de l'Information. La conf?rence de presse aura lieu le
vendredi 12 d?cembre ? 16h00 au centre de presse de Palexpo.

Les intervenants seront:

Diana Bronson (Droits et D?mocratie), repr?sentant le Caucus des droits
de l'homme
Sharon Hom, F?d?ration internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme
(FIDH), qui mettra l'accent sur la Chine
Souhay Belhassen, Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT), qui
mettra l'accent sur la Tunisie

Pour plus d'information:

Antoine Madelin (mobile)	+41 (0)79 331 2450
Diana Bronson (mobile)		+41 (0)79 296 4782
=======

From tminkowitz at earthlink.net  Mon Dec  8 23:32:30 2003
From: tminkowitz at earthlink.net (tminkowitz@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify
Message-ID: <3533528.1070926351009.JavaMail.root@ernie.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

Hello all,

I have been reading these past few emails and want to comment that in the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry we prefer to not single out mental disability or mental health issues.  It is crucial, because when we are singled out we face restriction of our rights.    

Best wishes,

Tina Minkowitz

-----Original Message-----
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
Sent: Dec 7, 2003 10:11 AM
To: Monthian Buntan <mbuntan@tab.or.th>, aneufel1@telus.net, 
	Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>
Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org, Rik Panganiban <rikp@bluewin.ch>, 
	wsis-cs-plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>, ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify

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<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG>Dear All,</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN>?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG>I appreciate the comments below and 
agree with Thian as to the term "persons with all types of disabilities"?or 
persons with disabilities, ?as long as the the health section and 
conclusion includes access to information specifically for both physical and 
mental health.? I will review and comment.</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN>?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG>Best 
regards,</STRONG>?</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003></SPAN>?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003><SPAN 
class=781295202-07122003><STRONG>Elizabeth</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=156381802-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN>?</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><STRONG>Dr. 
Elizabeth Carll</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><STRONG>Focal 
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN 
class=906011013-06122003><STRONG>International Society for Traumatic Stress 
Studies</STRONG></P></SPAN></SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><STRONG>Tel: 
631-754-2424</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><SPAN 
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><STRONG>Fax: 
631-754-5032</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><SPAN 
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<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org 
  [mailto:pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Monthian 
  Buntan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 
  aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi Kawamura<BR><B>Cc:</B> 
  pwd@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: 
  [Ct-drafting] Please clarify<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>Dear 
  all:<BR><BR>When I suggest section 3.1.9, my main intention is address the 
  matter of fundamental rights.? Therefore, I don't see any point in trying 
  to list all categories of disabilities.? However, when some of us voice 
  their concerns whether mental disability, which I believe, is also subject to 
  be differently interpreted, I suggest the term "persons with all types of 
  disabilties."? Then there was a counterproposal to say "persons with 
  disabilities" including mental, physical and others.? My conclusion is 
  that we should not provoke any debate on these terms here.? My concern is 
  that we're at risk of confusing the whole civil society if we try to come up 
  with words like these.? I myself, and many in the blindness and deafness 
  communities, will be unhappy if the term "physical" is being used without 
  referring to visual and hearing.? And I'm not sure if LD or autistic 
  people are happy or not to be included under the term "mental 
  disability."? <BR><BR>After all, I believe the term "persons with all 
  types of disabilities", though a bit wordy, is the most inclusive and most 
  compromising.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Thian<BR><BR>At 05:12 PM 12/7/2003, 
  aneufel1@telus.net wrote:<BR>
  <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hello Hiroshi<BR>I am a little 
    confused. Does the following suggest that previous agreements<BR>providing 
    assurance for accessibility by people with all types of impairment<BR>(ie. 
    mental and physical) is at risk?? <BR><BR>Monthian's subsequent e-mail 
    suggests to me that it may be, though my reading of<BR>the material below is 
    that it speaks primarily to the way in which health<BR>information may be 
    provided - and the added point that people with mental<BR>impairments of 
    various kinds not be excluded. Please clarify.<BR><BR>In terms of wording, 
    it seems to me we are much better off talking about 'health<BR>information' 
    than the phrase 'health care information'.? The latter could 
    be<BR>limited to 'care' provisions and issues.? I would think we should 
    promote open<BR>access to all kinds of information, including research on 
    health.<BR><BR>Aldred Neufeldt<BR>Chair, GLADNET<BR><BR>Quoting Hiroshi 
    Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>:<BR><BR>> The following text is 
    copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of<BR>> original author. 
    --- Hiroshi<BR>> <BR>> 
    ----------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> The 
    paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most 
    accurate<BR>> version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for 
    inclusion in the<BR>> "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or 
    possibly in Social Justice<BR>> section), which I had submitted.<BR>> 
    <BR>> The section should be titled;??? MENTAL AND PHYSICAL 
    HEALTH CARE<BR>> <BR>> The delivery of life-critical mental and 
    physical health information can be<BR>> facilitated and improved through 
    ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to<BR>> information and communication 
    has been identified as a critical factor in<BR>> the public mental and 
    physical health crises around the world. Experts have<BR>> suggested that 
    providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with<BR>> 
    community<BR>> level points of access to mental and physical health 
    information would be a<BR>> critical starting point for addressing the 
    mental and physical health care<BR>> crises. However, such access points 
    should support more than one-way flows<BR>> of information (for example, 
    from expert to community or patient).<BR>> Communities must be allowed to 
    participate in the selection and creation of<BR>> communication flows 
    that they find useful and necessary to address the<BR>> prevention, 
    treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for<BR>> all 
    people.<BR>> <BR>> In addition, please note the following revisions in 
    brackets, which were<BR>> previously recommended but in latest draft have 
    been omitted.? Please<BR>> re-insert.? Most of these refer to 
    specifying mental and physical health,<BR>> as<BR>> opposed to only 
    physical, and should be included for consistency and<BR>> 
    clarity.<BR>> <BR>> 3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of 
    Communication, paragraph 3<BR>> <BR>> Specific needs and requirements 
    of all stakeholders, including those with<BR>> [mental and physical] 
    disabilities, must be....<BR>> <BR>> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last 
    sentence<BR>> <BR>> People-centered information technologies can 
    foster eradication of [mental<BR>> and physical] illnesses and epidemics, 
    can help give everyone food,<BR>> shelter,<BR>> freedom and 
    peace.<BR>> <BR>> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence<BR>> 
    <BR>> must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] 
    physical<BR>> impairments and all means of transcending those impairments 
    ...<BR>> <BR>> 3.3.8 Human development ??? education and training, par 
    2<BR>> <BR>>?? Literacy, education, and research efforts in 
    the Information Society must<BR>> include a focus on the needs of people 
    who have [mental and] physical<BR>> impairments and all means of 
    transcending those impairments....<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In par 
    4 -<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ...special needs: those of young and 
    elderly people, of women, of people<BR>> with [mental and physical] 
    impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant<BR>> communities, of 
    refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a<BR>> life-long 
    perspective...<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 3.3.9 
    Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,<BR>> 
    sentence 3<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Clear principles should be 
    developed for the use and exploitation of the<BR>> body of knowledge 
    produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender<BR>> and age 
    disaggregated for mental and physical health.]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence<BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ....the right to a standard of living adequate 
    for the [mental and<BR>> physical]<BR>> health and well-being of the 
    individual and his or her family, including<BR>> food housing and (delete 
    medical)? [mental and physical health]care.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 
    recommended by Monthian Buntan<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I also 
    support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian<BR>> 
    Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be 
    consistent<BR>> with the rest of the document.? While it is helpful 
    to specify types and<BR>> degree of disabilities, these can be seen as 
    referring to physical only as<BR>> often mental and physical health care 
    have been disconnected in many<BR>> countries.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] 
    Disabilities:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In the inclusive information 
    society, the rights of persons with [mental<BR>> and<BR>> physical] 
    disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to<BR>> 
    information<BR>> and communications including ICTs, regardless of types 
    and degree of<BR>> disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at 
    all levels.? In order<BR>> to achieve such goal, Universal Design 
    principle and the use of assistive<BR>> technologies must be seriously 
    promoted and supported throughout the whole<BR>> process of building and 
    nurturing the information society in which PWDs and<BR>> their 
    organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal 
    terms<BR>> with non-disabled people.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> Thank you for all your work on this.? Look forward to 
    meeting everyone in<BR>> Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, 
    however, there is a huge<BR>> blizzard<BR>> and snowing now in New 
    York and flights are delayed.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    Elizabeth<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Dr. Elizabeth Carll<BR>> 
    <BR>> Focal Point<BR>> <BR>> International Society for Traumatic 
    Stress Studies<BR>> <BR>> Tel: 631-754-2424<BR>> <BR>> Fax: 
    631-754-5032<BR>> <BR>> ecarll@optonline.net<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> 
    Pwd mailing list<BR>> Pwd@wsis-cs.org<BR>> <A 
    href="http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd" 
    eudora="autourl">http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd</A><BR>> 
    <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pwd 
    mailing list<BR>Pwd@wsis-cs.org<BR><A 
    href="http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd" 
    eudora="autourl">http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/pwd</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

From lisa at abu.org.my  Tue Dec  9 01:32:29 2003
From: lisa at abu.org.my (Lisa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Cultural Diversity Workshop
Message-ID: <001d01c3bdf4$4fb9c370$280a0a0a@lisa>

World Electronic Media Forum
Cultural Diversity Workshop
Geneva, Palexpo - December 11, 2003
14:00 to 17:30 - Room Salle B
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Workshop Details

The projection of cultural diversity through the media has contributed to
the enrichment of the human community, and to the promotion of peace and
communal harmony amongst the diverse civilisations of the world, but in many
parts of the world there still remain significant concerns about one single
global culture expanding to dominate media content.

With the advent of the so-called 'Information Society', and the rapid
development of multi-media and convergent technology, will the cultural gap
widen along with that of the information, knowledge and digital divide?  How
will the role of television and radio broadcasters in the promotion and
preservation of cultural diversity now change?

What is likely to be the impact of new information and communication
technologies (ICTs) on the role of the traditional media?  Can they be used
to enhance the role that broadcasters have in keeping their audiences in
touch with their national or ethnic cultural values and traditions?  Or will
new media platforms usurp this role?

These are some of the key issues that the WEMF workshop on Cultural
Diversity will be examining.

Organised by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD)
and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the workshop will feature a
strong line-up of speakers and panelists whose backgrounds and experiences
enable them to provide authoritive views on the relationship between
broadcasting and cultural diversity in various parts of the world.

The workshop will examine how effective broadcasting has been in achieving
preservation of cultural identities, whilst still retaining the positive
influences of globalism, and will discuss how broadcasting might be linked
to an envisaged future Convention on Cultural Diversity.

It will explore in more detail some of the cultural issues raised in the
plenary sessions of the WEMF, namely:
- Do people around the world receive the information they need in their own
language and in a form that is appropriate for their culture?
- Do they find in the media an appropriate reflection of their culture and
traditions and of the themes that are most relevant to them in their
personal and professional lives?

The workshop speakers comprise both media practitioners and media academics,
and have been drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific Islands, to
provide a diversity of backgrounds and experiences in both television and
radio broadcasting.

Chairman
- Mr K S Sarma is Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati India
(Broadcasting Corporation of India).  Between 1996 and 1998, when he was
working as Director General of Doordarshan, he also held the post of Joint
Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Speakers
- Prof. Dr. Jong-ki Kim is the former chairman of the Korean Broadcasting
Commission, the statutory broadcast policy-making organisation in Korea.
His liberalist approach paved the way for the launch of Korea's first direct
broadcasting by satellite (DBS).

- Dr. Widiadnyana Merati is Deputy Minister for Media, Ministry of
Information and Communication, Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
Prior to his current post, Mr Merati had a long and distinguished academic
career at the Institut Teknologi Bandung.

- Dr Ihron Rensburg is Managing Director, Education, Public & Regulatory
Affairs for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). He joined
SABC in 2001, and was recently re-elected Chairperson of the National
Association of Broadcasters of South Africa.

- Mr Francis Herman is Chief Executive Officer, Fiji Broadcasting
Corporation Ltd (FBCL). Mr Herman leads a management team that is
responsible for the operation of Fiji's national radio broadcasting service.
The FBCL operates a network of six radio stations.

- Dr. Roza Tsagarousianou is a Senior Lecturer in Communication at the
Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster,
London. Dr  Tsagarousianou has undertaken many research projects on ethnic
minority audiences in Europe, particularly people of South Asian family
origin.

For the workshop discussions, the speakers will be joined by two panelists:
Ms Verena Wiedemann, Head of European Affairs at ARD's Brussels office, and
Ms Milagros Del Corral, a UNESCO Director. Ms Wiedemann has been closely
involved in the Canc?n Declaration on Cultural Diversity, which was adopted
at a side-event to the WTO Ministerial Conference in September.

Organised by

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
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From gender at dgfoundation.org  Mon Dec  8 21:41:18 2003
From: gender at dgfoundation.org (Gender and Development)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] WSIS Coverage on the Development Gateway
References: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCMEFFDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>
Message-ID: <001701c3bdd4$04b34600$ac33dc8a@wb.ad.worldbank.org>

Dear Participants and Members of Gender Caucus,

We would like to bring to your attention a new feature on the World Summit
on the Information Society on the Development Gateway. This is a
cross-topical coverage of the WSIS, and it provides resources from 16
Development Gateway topic pages, demonstrating that ICT has become a basic
tool for economic development.
http://www.developmentgateway.com/node/130685/special/wsis/

The Development Gateway is an interactive site for information on
sustainable development and poverty reduction, and a space for communities
to share experiences on development efforts. It is a project that has been
initiated by the World Bank in 2000, and is currently supported by the
Development Gateway Foundation.

The Gender and Development portal is one of the 35 thematic sub-portals. It
is envisioned as an Internet platform for gender and development-related
resources, information, and dialogue. The Gender portal on the Development
Gateway is currently featuring the Gender Caucus at the World Summit on the
Information Society, its objectives, planned events and meetings at.
http://www.developmentgateway.org/gender

Also, we would like to welcome your participation on our page. Please, visit
us to share your ideas about the Summit and the related events, add your
articles, information about your organization, events, news and network with
other members through our Member Directory.

Please, do not hesitate to contact us for any questions or suggestions.

With best regards,

Sona Panajyan

Managing Editor

Gender on the Development Gateway.






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From kino at iris.se  Tue Dec  9 10:34:49 2003
From: kino at iris.se (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Kicki_Nordstr=F6m?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] SV: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify
Message-ID: <226476DAFC21C44180A01349F27F424C022AC17A@ensms01.iris.se>

Dear Tina,

IDA members support your stand

Yours 
Kicki


Kicki Nordstr?m
President 
World Blind Union 
c/o SRF iris AB
S-122 88
Sweden
Tel. +46-8-399 000
Cell. +46-70 766 18 19
Fax. +46-8-725 99 20



-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: tminkowitz@earthlink.net [mailto:tminkowitz@earthlink.net]
Skickat: den 9 december 2003 00:33
Till: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; Monthian Buntan; aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi
Kawamura
Kopia: pwd@wsis-cs.org; Rik Panganiban; wsis-cs-plenary; ct@wsis-cs.org
?mne: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify


Hello all,

I have been reading these past few emails and want to comment that in the
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry we prefer to not single
out mental disability or mental health issues.  It is crucial, because when
we are singled out we face restriction of our rights.    

Best wishes,

Tina Minkowitz

-----Original Message-----
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
Sent: Dec 7, 2003 10:11 AM
To: Monthian Buntan <mbuntan@tab.or.th>, aneufel1@telus.net, 
	Hiroshi Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>
Cc: pwd@wsis-cs.org, Rik Panganiban <rikp@bluewin.ch>, 
	wsis-cs-plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>, ct@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: [Ct-drafting] Please clarify

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<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG>Dear All,</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN>?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG>I appreciate the comments below
and 
agree with Thian as to the term "persons with all types of disabilities"?or 
persons with disabilities, ?as long as the the health section and 
conclusion includes access to information specifically for both physical and

mental health.? I will review and comment.</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN>?</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=765230115-07122003><STRONG>Best 
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631-754-2424</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><SPAN class=906011013-06122003><SPAN 
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<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org 
  [mailto:pwd-admin@wsis-cs.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Monthian 
  Buntan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:47 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 
  aneufel1@telus.net; Hiroshi Kawamura<BR><B>Cc:</B> 
  pwd@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Pwd] (unicode) [WSIS-CT] RE: 
  [Ct-drafting] Please clarify<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>Dear 
  all:<BR><BR>When I suggest section 3.1.9, my main intention is address the

  matter of fundamental rights.? Therefore, I don't see any point in trying 
  to list all categories of disabilities.? However, when some of us voice 
  their concerns whether mental disability, which I believe, is also subject
to 
  be differently interpreted, I suggest the term "persons with all types of 
  disabilties."? Then there was a counterproposal to say "persons with 
  disabilities" including mental, physical and others.? My conclusion is 
  that we should not provoke any debate on these terms here.? My concern is 
  that we're at risk of confusing the whole civil society if we try to come
up 
  with words like these.? I myself, and many in the blindness and deafness 
  communities, will be unhappy if the term "physical" is being used without 
  referring to visual and hearing.? And I'm not sure if LD or autistic 
  people are happy or not to be included under the term "mental 
  disability."? <BR><BR>After all, I believe the term "persons with all 
  types of disabilities", though a bit wordy, is the most inclusive and most

  compromising.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Thian<BR><BR>At 05:12 PM
12/7/2003, 
  aneufel1@telus.net wrote:<BR>
  <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">Hello Hiroshi<BR>I am a little 
    confused. Does the following suggest that previous
agreements<BR>providing 
    assurance for accessibility by people with all types of
impairment<BR>(ie. 
    mental and physical) is at risk?? <BR><BR>Monthian's subsequent e-mail 
    suggests to me that it may be, though my reading of<BR>the material
below is 
    that it speaks primarily to the way in which health<BR>information may
be 
    provided - and the added point that people with mental<BR>impairments of

    various kinds not be excluded. Please clarify.<BR><BR>In terms of
wording, 
    it seems to me we are much better off talking about
'health<BR>information' 
    than the phrase 'health care information'.? The latter could 
    be<BR>limited to 'care' provisions and issues.? I would think we should 
    promote open<BR>access to all kinds of information, including research
on 
    health.<BR><BR>Aldred Neufeldt<BR>Chair, GLADNET<BR><BR>Quoting Hiroshi 
    Kawamura <hkawa@attglobal.net>:<BR><BR>> The following text is 
    copied from WSIS-CT mailing list with permission of<BR>> original
author. 
    --- Hiroshi<BR>> <BR>> 
    ----------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> The 
    paragraph posted by Sally Burch, below is the latest and most 
    accurate<BR>> version of the MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH CARE section for

    inclusion in the<BR>> "PRINCIPLES, GOALS AND CHALLENGES section ( or 
    possibly in Social Justice<BR>> section), which I had submitted.<BR>> 
    <BR>> The section should be titled;??? MENTAL AND PHYSICAL 
    HEALTH CARE<BR>> <BR>> The delivery of life-critical mental and 
    physical health information can be<BR>> facilitated and improved through

    ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to<BR>> information and
communication 
    has been identified as a critical factor in<BR>> the public mental and 
    physical health crises around the world. Experts have<BR>> suggested
that 
    providing citizens of underdeveloped countries with<BR>> 
    community<BR>> level points of access to mental and physical health 
    information would be a<BR>> critical starting point for addressing the 
    mental and physical health care<BR>> crises. However, such access points

    should support more than one-way flows<BR>> of information (for example,

    from expert to community or patient).<BR>> Communities must be allowed
to 
    participate in the selection and creation of<BR>> communication flows 
    that they find useful and necessary to address the<BR>> prevention, 
    treatment, and promotion of mental and physical health care for<BR>> all

    people.<BR>> <BR>> In addition, please note the following revisions in 
    brackets, which were<BR>> previously recommended but in latest draft
have 
    been omitted.? Please<BR>> re-insert.? Most of these refer to 
    specifying mental and physical health,<BR>> as<BR>> opposed to only 
    physical, and should be included for consistency and<BR>> 
    clarity.<BR>> <BR>> 3.2.4 Access to Information and the Means of 
    Communication, paragraph 3<BR>> <BR>> Specific needs and requirements 
    of all stakeholders, including those with<BR>> [mental and physical] 
    disabilities, must be....<BR>> <BR>> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 1 last 
    sentence<BR>> <BR>> People-centered information technologies can 
    foster eradication of [mental<BR>> and physical] illnesses and
epidemics, 
    can help give everyone food,<BR>> shelter,<BR>> freedom and 
    peace.<BR>> <BR>> 3.2.5 Basic literacy, par 3 last sentence<BR>> 
    <BR>> must include a focus on the needs of people who have [mental and] 
    physical<BR>> impairments and all means of transcending those
impairments 
    ...<BR>> <BR>> 3.3.8 Human development ?EUR" education and training, par

    2<BR>> <BR>>?? Literacy, education, and research efforts in 
    the Information Society must<BR>> include a focus on the needs of people

    who have [mental and] physical<BR>> impairments and all means of 
    transcending those impairments....<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In par 
    4 -<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ...special needs: those of young and 
    elderly people, of women, of people<BR>> with [mental and physical] 
    impairments, of indigenous peoples, of migrant<BR>> communities, of 
    refugees and returnees in post-conflict situations, in a<BR>> life-long 
    perspective...<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 3.3.9 
    Information generation and knowledge development - research, par 1,<BR>>

    sentence 3<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Clear principles should be 
    developed for the use and exploitation of the<BR>> body of knowledge 
    produced [e.g. Scientific research data should be gender<BR>> and age 
    disaggregated for mental and physical health.]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 4. Conclusion, par 2, last sentence<BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ....the right to a standard of living adequate 
    for the [mental and<BR>> physical]<BR>> health and well-being of the 
    individual and his or her family, including<BR>> food housing and
(delete 
    medical)? [mental and physical health]care.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 
    recommended by Monthian Buntan<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I also 
    support the inclusion of the section below recommended by Monthian<BR>> 
    Buntan, however, I would recommend the following revisions to be 
    consistent<BR>> with the rest of the document.? While it is helpful 
    to specify types and<BR>> degree of disabilities, these can be seen as 
    referring to physical only as<BR>> often mental and physical health care

    have been disconnected in many<BR>> countries.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> 3.1.9 Rights of Persons with [Mental and Physical] 
    Disabilities:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In the inclusive information 
    society, the rights of persons with [mental<BR>> and<BR>> physical] 
    disabilities to have full and absolute equal access to<BR>> 
    information<BR>> and communications including ICTs, regardless of types 
    and degree of<BR>> disabilities, must be ensured by laws and policies at

    all levels.? In order<BR>> to achieve such goal, Universal Design 
    principle and the use of assistive<BR>> technologies must be seriously 
    promoted and supported throughout the whole<BR>> process of building and

    nurturing the information society in which PWDs and<BR>> their 
    organizations must be allowed to participate fully and on equal 
    terms<BR>> with non-disabled people.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> Thank you for all your work on this.? Look forward to 
    meeting everyone in<BR>> Geneva as hoping to arrive Monday morning, 
    however, there is a huge<BR>> blizzard<BR>> and snowing now in New 
    York and flights are delayed.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    Elizabeth<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Dr. Elizabeth Carll<BR>> 
    <BR>> Focal Point<BR>> <BR>> International Society for Traumatic 
    Stress Studies<BR>> <BR>> Tel: 631-754-2424<BR>> <BR>> Fax: 
    631-754-5032<BR>> <BR>> ecarll@optonline.net<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> 
    <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> 
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From nne75 at yahoo.com  Tue Dec  9 13:31:37 2003
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Africa CS meets at 1600 Geneva Time
Message-ID: <20031209133137.30960.qmail@web10910.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello

Just to inform you that the African Civil Society will
be meeting by four PM Geneva time. (1500 GMT)

We shall be waiting for you at the Africa media
village.  Stand 137 in Hall 4.

Let me know if you have any particular problems
attending.

Warmest

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From programme.uedh at oidel.ch  Tue Dec  9 14:13:55 2003
From: programme.uedh at oidel.ch (UEDH - Programmes)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Qu'est-ce_qu'une_information_ad=E9quate=3F?=
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From evan at lpi.org  Tue Dec  9 17:55:21 2003
From: evan at lpi.org (Evan Leibovitch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society "Vision"  declaration
Message-ID: <3FD60C89.3040407@lpi.org>

I am President of the Linux Professional Institute (LPI), an accredited
member of Civil Society at WSIS. LPI is the only NGO exclusively
promoting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) with a booth on the
ICT-4D exhibit floor. LPI's 22-person team at WSIS includes
representatives from six continents.

Please be made aware that LPI does NOT endorse the WSIS Civil Society
"visionary declaration" that was issued today, the text of which is
located at
http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/Final/

Specifically, in footnote two, the document unfairly denigrates open
source software; clearly, nobody amongst the drafters of the declaration
has made the effort to understand the value of open source concepts as
well as the principles advocated by the Free Software Foundation.

The language used in the document represents a view that is needlessly
limited, and certainly inappropriate for a supposedly visionary
statement. Indeed, the exclusionary tone of this section throws into
doubt the validity and utility of the entire declaration.

I will be consulting with the Board of LPI, as well as with our
international network of affiliated organizations and our thousands of
volunteer community participants, in order to determine the appropriate
action needed to address this situation within the FOSS community and
the general public.

I would be more than happy to discuss our objections in more details. I
can be easily reached at booth 502, or on my cellphone at
+1 416 418 0574.

Evan Leibovitch
President
Linux Professional Institute
evan@lpi.org














From david at davidsteven.com  Tue Dec  9 19:15:41 2003
From: david at davidsteven.com (David Steven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] let me know how you get on...
Message-ID: <004301c3be88$d6c4d780$bc4f310a@riverpath.com>

http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/09/on_the_web.asp
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From luisalbertogmz at terra.cl  Tue Dec  9 22:58:47 2003
From: luisalbertogmz at terra.cl (Luis Alberto Gallegos)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Consulta
Message-ID: <012401c3bea8$03244e40$74e8fea9@c7n0j5>

Estimados amigos:

Les solicito informaci?n acerca de Caucus LAC y de otras redes de informaci?n con la que desear?a vincularme. Soy moderador en Chile de la Red de Comunicaci?n Ambiental de Latinoam?rica y del Caribe.

Gracias.

Atte.,

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From rguerra at privaterra.org  Wed Dec 10 08:44:13 2003
From: rguerra at privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Daily press briefing
In-Reply-To: <mnet1.1071044590.21626.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
References: <mnet1.1071044590.21626.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <1224.195.65.142.201.1071045853.squirrel@admin.cpsr.org>

Paola from the secretarait has requested that those who wish to report on
the prior day's events, activities and happenings please drop by the
fountain by the civil society offices at 9:30 each morning.

she has also asked that we give her information on what will be happening
during the day.

she will them make a summary and report it to the press at thier 10:30
briefing.

regards

robert



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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
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From info at dailysummit.net  Wed Dec 10 10:55:26 2003
From: info at dailysummit.net (Daily Summit)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Daily Summit - live and exclusive from WSIS
Message-ID: <008401c3bf0c$1f34c290$0500000a@riverpath.com>

Hi

We thought you'd like to know that we recently mentioned you on The Daily Summit, www.dailysummit.net, which is reporting live from the World Summit on the Information Society (10-12 December). The post you are mentioned in is here http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/09/on_the_web.asp

We've got lots of links on the our main page - and have included as many sites as possible. Please get in touch if you have suggestions for making this an even more comprehensive resource.

Also, please forward this email and add a link to Daily Summit to your site. We're only live for a few weeks and we need to fight as hard as possible to make sure people hear about the site. So anything you can do to spread word to your network would be enormously appreciated.

Even more importantly, though, please keep us informed about any notable new content on your site. Send us links, press releases, tips, hints, gossip back to this email - or hit the comments on our site.

Many thanks

David Steven and Jane Frewer @ Daily Summit

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From schock at riseup.net  Thu Dec 11 03:33:53 2003
From: schock at riseup.net (Sasha Costanza-Chock)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WE SEIZE! communique #4 <www.geneva03.net> [en / fr ]
Message-ID: <3FD7E5A1.3020600@riseup.net>

[en / fr]

Geneva03 invites you to a communicative action at the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO).


TIME: Thursday 11 December 2003, at 6.00 pm


PLACE: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), 34, chemin des
Colombettes


Under the guise of 'harmonizing' copyright, trademark, and patent laws,
the WIPO is a key instrument of the growing corporate enclosure of the
knowledge commons, the privatization and commodification of culture, and
the extension of the neoliberal paradigm across the globe.

The governmental declaration of the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) implicitly endorses the WIPO, despite the complete
incompatibility of WIPO's Intellectual Property Rights regime and the
goals of just, equitable development that WSIS supposedly stands for.

Geneva03 will swarm WIPO in a play of light to celebrate alternative
models of shared knowledge, free and open source software as a paradigm
for collective creativity, and horizontal communication for all.

Pirate Pride!

---

Communiqu? WE SEIZE #4

Geneva 03 vous invite a une action communicative a l'Organisation
Mondiale de la Propriete Intellectuelle (WIPO)


DATE: Jeudi 11 decembre 2003, a 18h00

LIEU: Organisation Mondiale de la Propriete Intellectuelle (WIPO), 34,
chemin des Colombettes

Sous l'?gide d'une "harmonisation" de la propri?t? intelectuelle, l'OMPI
est un instrument clef dans processus d'int?gration dirig? par les
multinationales ? l'encontre de la connaissance commune, de la
privatisation et de la marchadisation de la culture, ainsi que
l'extension du paradigme n?oliberal a travers le globe.

La d?claration gouvernementale du Sommet Mondial de la Soci?t? de
l'Information (SMSI)  enterine implicitement l OMPI  en d?pit de
l'incompatibilit? du r?gime des Droits de Propri?t? Intelectuelle du
OMPI et des objectifs de justice, du d?veloppement ?quitable qu'il est
sens? d?fendre.

Geneva03 va submerger l'OMPI de jeux de lumi?res pour c?lebrer les
mod?les alternatifs de partage de connaissances, la gratuit? du logiciel
a codes sources disponibles comme paradygme de cr?ativit? collective, et
la communication horizontale pour tous.


Pirate Pride!


---


Pirate Pride

Where are the advocates of freedom in the new digital society who have
not been decried as pirates, anarchists, communists?  Have we not seen
that many of those hurling the epithets were merely thieves in power,
whose talk of ?intellectual property? was nothing more than an attempt
to retain unjustifiable privileges in a society irrevocably changing?
[Eben Moglen, the DotCommunist Manifesto]

Laws expanding the scope and duration of exclusive private rights in
information  [copyright, patent and trademarks and trade secrets] have
been a constant since the late 1970s.  Growing awareness of the
consequences of these laws - combined with the emerging potential for
autonomous cultural production - has produced a counter-movement in
recent years. The promulgation of formal law from above is not enough to
control human behaviour and creativity.

Everyone is an Enemy

An estimated 150 million people are now using a diversity of p2p systems
to share music, video, software, games and text files on a regular
basis.  Competition within hardware manufacturing and broadband provider
sectors is ensuring that access to the necessary commodities ? storage
space for media, broadband channels for transmission ? is expanding.
Copyright industry interests anticipated these developments through
their experience of software piracy and Bulletin Board based media
distribution in the late 80s and early 90s. One response was the
introduction in the United States of the No Electronic Theft Act [NET]
in 1997.  Prior to NET, copyright infringement was merely a civil
offence if performed for non-commercial purposes.

Subsequent legislation extended criminal sanctions to the development
and distribution of tools devised to defeat ?digital rights management?
[DRM] technologies whilst technical measures were integrated into media
products to restrict their use.

An analogous introduction of criminal sanctions occurred in the area of
payTV.  Since its inception in the early 80s there has been a battle
between decryption-card hackers and companies such as Sky, DirectTV and
Canal+.  Tens of millions of people worldwide use modified cards to
avoid payment of extortionate monthly subscription fees.  Initially the
industry pursued the commercial distributors of the cards, but as this
tactic failed they shifted their attention to users. Once-docile
consumers are now to be approached as enemies.

That is the story from above. Let us look instead, with critical eyes
open, from below.

Criminal Mass

Heedless of their redefinition as criminals by the global media
godfathers and their crooked political friends, there are now an
estimated 6 million people swapping media online at any given moment.
The Recording Industry Association of America [RIAA] began their jihad
with 261 legal actions against individuals in September 2003, after
having encountered obstacles in their war against p2p software
developers earlier that year.  Instead of turning off their computers
and returning to shopping as usual, however, users? reaction was one of
rage.  Boycotts began.  Vilification of media companies for their
capitalist rapaciousness became commonplace in innumerable forums.  One
of the victims of the RIAA attack, a 12 year old girl living in social
housing in Brooklyn, received so many donations that she ended up making
a profit despite having agreed to a $US3,000 settlement with the RIAA to
persuade them to drop the case.  A legal fund to coordinate and finance
collective defence for p2p users was set up at the tellingly titled
www.downhillbattle.com.  Lastly, and most saliently, the sharing went on
in defiance of the threat of individualised punishment, with decreases
in the numbers on public networks balanced by an increase in those
participating in semi-private spaces for exchange and distribution.
Despite the existence of the criminal provisions of the NET, they have
yet to be employed.

Likewise PayTV hacking continues unabated in both traditional and
innovative forms.  Sky Italia, launched in July 2003 and monopolist of
the Italian satellite market, have sought to use their control over
premiership soccer to infiltrate every home with their annual 600 Euro
ransom.  In response, pirate television operators in Rome connected a
television equipped with an authorized card to a transmitter and
rebroadcast signals in the clear to whole districts of the city on
several occasions throughout autumn 2003.  This exemplary action
constituted a spectacular intervention into the popular imagination -
responding to a real need for a sense of identity felt by Romans, whilst
attacking the commercialisation of popular culture by using acts rather
than words.

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From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Thu Dec 11 13:56:42 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] SANGONeT relocates to new offices
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCEEOADAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

Dear Thetha community,

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) will be relocating to new office
premises in Braamfontein on 15 December 2003.

SANGONeT's new contact details will be as follow:

Ground and 10th Floor
76 Juta Street
BRAAMFONTEIN

PO Box 31392
BRAAMFONTEIN
2017

Tel: (011) 403-4935
Fax: (011) 403-0130 / 403-9685

As a result of the relocation, clients and other stakeholders are hereby
informed that SANGONeT staff will have limited telephone and Internet access
during the period 12-19 December 2003.

Client communication and interaction will therefore be affected during this
period.

We apologise for any inconvenience in this regard, and look forward to
continue working with you once the relocation is completed.

The SANGONeT office will be closed for the end-of -year break from 22
December 2003 - 5 January 2004 (both inclusive).

We would like to take this opportunity of wishing you a very Happy Festive
Season.

Warm regards
David Barnard
Executive Director
_____________________________________

_______________________________________
WSIS mailing list
WSIS@lists.sn.apc.org
http://lists.sn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis

From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Fri Dec 12 03:08:22 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VCN Canada Launches Youth Portal
Message-ID: <20031212030822.63782.qmail@web21324.mail.yahoo.com>

The Vancouver Community Network ( Canada )
 
 
Launches the LM Youth Portal !
 
 
http://youth.vcn.bc.ca/
 
 
 
Thank you !
Amali De Silva - Mitchell (VCN)
 



Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 





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From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CBC News - RICH, POOR DISCUSS INTERNET AT WORLD SUMMIT
Message-ID: <20031212081540.65766.qmail@web21326.mail.yahoo.com>

FYI

CBC News Online <nwonline@toronto.cbc.ca> wrote:Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:01:42 UT
From: CBC News Online 

____________________________________________________
RICH, POOR DISCUSS INTERNET AT WORLD SUMMIT
WebPosted Wed Dec 10 10:50:23 2003

Geneva---Disputes between industrialized and developing countries over
control of the internet threaten to steal the spotlight at a UN summit
aimed at expanding access to information technology.

Countries including China, South Africa, India and Brazil want control of
internet addresses and domain names transferred to an international
group, possibly under the United Nations.

The U.S. government chose to give oversight of the internet's addressing
system to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), a body that answers to the U.S. Commerce Department.

A UN official warned that countries may start implementing conflicting
internet policies or even set up their own internal networks if their
concerns aren't heard.

Hans Klein, chairman of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility,
said countries are worried that a change in U.S. government policy could
affect another country's presence on the web.

For instance, Washington could decide to remove the domain names of
countries thought to be sponsors of terrorism, essentially cutting them
off from the internet, Klein said.

Senegal has called for a fund to finance technology projects in poorer
countries. The U.S., Japan and the European Union are skeptical of
such a fund, but delegates said countries that want to start such a
fund can do so.

Some countries, especially China, are pushing for approval of non-English
domain names.

The World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva continues Wednesday
and Thursday. The World Wide Web was invented 13 years ago at a nuclear
research lab in the Swiss city.

Copyright (C) 2003 CBC. All rights reserved.



Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 





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From: hans.klein at pubpolicy.gatech.edu (Hans Klein)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CBC News - RICH, POOR DISCUSS INTERNET
  AT WORLD SUMMIT
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From john.fung at hkcss.org.hk  Fri Dec 12 09:50:25 2003
From: john.fung at hkcss.org.hk (John Fung)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] roundtable 3
Message-ID: <200312121750.AA27459870@hkcss.org.hk>

dear all,

i would like to report that Dr CK Law from the hk council of social service quoted the CS declaration in his speech yesterday at roundtable 3 - ICT as tool to achieve millenium development goals, when he made his intervention on intellectual property. he also gave his view on how internet charges were at an unreasonably high rate in developing countries, compared to developed countries.

prof Kleinwachter from Aarhus University took it further to explain that the CS declaration was intended to be an engaging, instead of antagonistic, document to the official declaration.

i trust all these would become annex to the formal proceedings of WSIS.

i am wondering how the CS declaration was mentioned in other roundtables.

00000

hello prof kleinwachter, i was sitting behind you but did not have a chance to say hello. greetings from a hong konger.

00000


john fung
HK Council of Social Service




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Hans Klein <hans.klein@pubpolicy.gatech.edu>
Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Date:  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:13:28 +0100

>
>FYI, my comments were based on the previous episode with Somalia, as 
>reported by the BBC:
>
>"US shuts down Somalia internet," BBC News, Nov. 23, 2001
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1672000/1672220.stm
>
>Hans Klein
>
>
>At 12:15 AM 12/12/2003 -0800, Amali De Silva wrote:
>>FYI
>>
>>CBC News Online <nwonline@toronto.cbc.ca> wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:01:42 UT
>>From: CBC News Online
>>
>>____________________________________________________
>>RICH, POOR DISCUSS INTERNET AT WORLD SUMMIT
>>WebPosted Wed Dec 10 10:50:23 2003
>>
>>Geneva---Disputes between industrialized and developing countries over
>>control of the internet threaten to steal the spotlight at a UN summit
>>aimed at expanding access to information technology.
>>
>>Countries including China, South Africa, India and Brazil want control of
>>internet addresses and domain names transferred to an international
>>group, possibly under the United Nations.
>>
>>The U.S. government chose to give oversight of the internet's addressing
>>system to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>>(ICANN), a body that answers to the U.S. Commerce Department.
>>
>>A UN official warned that countr ies may start implementing conflicting
>>internet policies or even set up their own internal networks if their
>>concerns aren't heard.
>>
>>Hans Klein, chairman of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility,
>>said countries are worried that a change in U.S. government policy could
>>affect another country's presence on the web.
>>
>>For instance, Washington could decide to remove the domain names of
>>countries thought to be sponsors of terrorism, essentially cutting them
>>off from the internet, Klein said.
>>
>>Senegal has called for a fund to finance technology projects in poorer
>>countries. The U.S., Japan and the European Union are skeptical of
>>such a fund, but delegates said countries that want to start such a
>>fund can do so.
>>
>>Some countries, especially China, are pushing for approval of non-English
>>domain names.
>>
>>The World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva continues Wednesday
>>and Thursday. The World Wide Web was invented 13 years ago at a nuclear
>>research lab in the Swiss city.
>>
>>Copyright (C) 2003 CBC. All rights reserved.
>>
>>
>>
>>Amali De Silva-Mitchell MSc.
>>
>>Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: 
>><mailto:amalidesilva@yahoo.com>amalidesilva@yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

From cnicol at pangea.org  Fri Dec 12 12:41:09 2003
From: cnicol at pangea.org (Chris Nicol)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Final version of CS Declaration
Message-ID: <1071232869.3fd9b765497c2@segur.pangea.org>

Here is the final version of the CS Declaration in English. It's just a rough 
convert into text, but the formated version will be available shortly at 
http://www.worldsummit2003.org/

Chris



"Shaping Information Societies
 for Human Needs"



Civil Society Declaration 
to the World Summit on the Information Society



WSIS Civil Society Plenary 
Geneva, 8 December 20031

"Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs"

Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society

Unanimously Adopted by the WSIS Civil Society Plenary on 8 December 2003







We, women and men from different continents, cultural backgrounds, 
perspectives, experience and expertise, acting as members of different 
constituencies of an emerging global civil society, considering civil society 
participation as fundamental to the first ever held UN Summit on Information 
and Communication issues, the World Summit on the Information Society, have 
been working for two years inside the process, devoting our efforts to shaping 
people-centred, inclusive and equitable concept of information and 
communication societies. 2  

Working together both on-line and off-line as civil society entities, 
practising an inclusive and participatory use of information and communication 
technologies, has allowed us to share views and shape common positions, and to 
collectively develop a vision of information and communication societies.  

At this step of the process, the first phase of the Summit, Geneva, December 
2003, our voices and the general interest we collectively expressed are not 
adequately reflected in the Summit documents. We propose this document as part 
of the official outcomes of the Summit.  Convinced that this vision can become 
reality through the actions and lives of women and men, communities and people, 
we hereby present our own vision to all, as an invitation to participate in 
this ongoing dialogue and to join forces in shaping our common future.  





1. A VISIONARY SOCIETY

At the heart of our vision of information and communications societies is the 
human being.  The dignity and rights of all peoples and each person must be 
promoted, respected, protected and affirmed.  Redressing the inexcusable gulf 
between levels of development and between opulence and extreme poverty must 
therefore be our prime concern.

We are committed to building information and communication societies that are 
people-centred, inclusive and equitable.  Societies in which everyone can 
freely create, access, utilise, share and disseminate information and 
knowledge, so that individuals, communities and peoples are empowered to 
improve their quality of life and to achieve their full potential. Societies 
founded on the principles of social, political, and economic justice, and 
peoples' full participation and empowerment, and thus societies that truly 
address the key development challenges facing the world today. Societies that 
pursue the objectives of sustainable development, democracy, and gender 
equality, for the attainment of a more peaceful, just, egalitarian and thus 
sustainable world, premised on the principles enshrined in the Charter of the 
United Nations and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

We aspire to build information and communication societies where development is 
framed by fundamental human rights and oriented to achieving a more equitable 
distribution of resources, leading to the elimination of poverty in a way that 
is non-exploitative and environmentally sustainable. To this end we believe 
technologies can be engaged as fundamental means, rather than becoming ends in 
themselves, thus recognising that bridging the Digital Divide is only one step 
on the road to achieving development for all. We recognise the tremendous 
potential of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in overcoming 
the devastation of famine, natural catastrophes, new pandemics such as 
HIV/AIDS, as well as the proliferation of arms.

We reaffirm that communication is a fundamental social process, a basic human 
need and a foundation of all social organisation.  Everyone, everywhere, at any 
time should have the opportunity to participate in communication processes and 
no one should be excluded from their benefits.  This implies that every person 
must have access to the means of communication and must be able to exercise 
their right to freedom of opinion and expression, which includes the right to 
hold opinions and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any 
media and regardless of frontiers. Similarly, the right to privacy, the right 
to access public information and the public domain of knowledge, and many other 
universal human rights of specific relevance to information and communication 
processes, must also be upheld. Together with access, all these communication 
rights and freedoms must be actively guaranteed for all in clearly written 
national laws and enforced with adequate technical requirements.

Building such societies implies involving individuals in their capacity as 
citizens, as well as their organisations and communities, as participants and 
decision-makers in shaping frameworks, policies and governing mechanisms.  This 
means creating an enabling environment for the engagement and commitment of all 
generations, both women and men, and ensuring the involvement of diverse social 
and linguistic groups, cultures and peoples, rural and urban populations 
without exclusion.  In addition, governments should maintain and promote public 
services where required by citizens and establish accountability to citizens as 
a pillar of public policy, in order to ensure that models of information and 
communication societies are open to continuing correction and improvement.

We recognise that no technology is neutral with respect to its social impacts 
and, therefore, the possibility of having so-called  "technology-neutral" 
decision-making processes is a fallacy. It is critical to make careful social 
and technical choices concerning the introduction of new technologies from the 
inception of their design through to their deployment and operational phases. 
Negative social and technical impacts of information and communications systems 
that are discovered late in the design process are usually extremely difficult 
to correct and, therefore, can cause lasting harm. We envision an information 
and communication society in which technologies are designed in a participatory 
manner with and by their end-users so as to prevent or minimise their negative 
impacts.

We envision societies where human knowledge, creativity,  cooperation and 
solidarity are considered core elements; where not only individual creativity,  
but also collective innovation, based on  cooperative work are promoted. 
Societies where knowledge, information and communication resources are 
recognised and protected as the common heritage of humankind; societies that 
guarantee and foster cultural and linguistic diversity and intercultural 
dialogue, in environments that are free from discrimination, violence and 
hatred.

We are conscious that information, knowledge and the means of communication are 
available on a magnitude that humankind has never dreamt of in the past; but we 
are also aware that exclusion from access to the means of communication, from 
information and from the skills that are needed to participate in the public 
sphere, is still a major constraint, especially in developing countries. At the 
same time information and knowledge are increasingly being transformed into 
private resources which can be controlled, sold and bought, as if they were 
simple commodities and not the founding elements of social organisation and 
development. Thus, as one of the main challenges of information and 
communication societies, we recognise the urgency of seeking solutions to these 
contradictions.

We are convinced that with the sufficient political will to mobilise this 
wealth of human knowledge and the appropriate resources, humanity could 
certainly achieve the goals of the Millennium Declaration, and even surpass 
them.  As civil society organisations, we accept our part of responsibility in 
making this goal and our vision a reality.


"Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs"
Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. A VISIONARY SOCIETY-
2. CORE PRINCIPLES AND CHALLENGES

2.1 Social Justice and People-Centred Sustainable Development
2.1.1 Poverty Eradication
2.1.2 Global Citizenship
2.1.3 Gender Justice
	2.1.4 Importance of Youth
2.1.5 Access to Information and the Means of Communication
2.1.6 Access to Health Information
2.1.7 Basic Literacy
2.1.8 Development of Sustainable and Community-based ICT Solutions
2.1.9 Conflict Situations

2.2  Centrality of Human Rights 
2.2.1 Freedom of Expression
2.2.2 Right to Privacy
2.2.3 Right to Participate in Public Affairs
2.2.4 Workers? Rights
2.2.5 Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2.2.6 Women?s Rights 
2.2.7 Rights of the Child
2.2.8 Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2.2.9 Regulation and the Rule of Law

2.3  Culture, Knowledge and Public Domain
2.3.1 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
		2.3.1.1 Capacity Building and Education 
		2.3.1.2 Language 
		2.3.1.3 International Law and Regulation 
2.3.2 Media
	2.3.2.1 The Role of the Media
	2.3.2.2 Community Media
2.3.3 Public Domain of Global Knowledge
	2.3.3.1 Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge
	2.3.3.2 Copyright, Patents and Trademarks
	2.3.3.3 Software
	2.3.3.4 Research

2.4  Enabling Environment
2.4.1 Ethical Dimensions 
2.4.2 Democratic and Accountable Governance
2.4.3 Infrastructure and Access
2.4.4 Financing and Infrastructure
2.4.5 Human Development ? Education and Training
2.4.6 Information Generation and Knowledge Development 
2.4.7 Global Governance of ICT and Communications

3. CONCLUSION

"Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs"
Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society


2. CORE PRINCIPLES AND CHALLENGES

In accordance with this vision, it is essential that the development of 
information and communication societies be grounded in core principles that 
reflect a full awareness of the challenges to be met and the responsibility of 
different stakeholders. This includes the full recognition of the need to 
address gender concerns and to make a fundamental commitment to gender 
equality, non-discrimination and women's empowerment, and recognise these as 
non-negotiable and essential prerequisites to an equitable and people-centred 
development within information and communication societies. Such a commitment 
means consciously redressing the effects of the intersection of unequal power 
relations in the social, economic and political spheres, which manifests in 
differential access, choice, opportunity, participation, status and control 
over resources between women and men as well as communities in terms of class, 
ethnicity, age, religion, race, geographical location and development status.

We have identified the following as key areas of concern.  We recognise and 
uphold the following principles; and we have identified certain priority areas 
for action by the international community.


2.1 Social Justice and People-Centred Sustainable Development

Within a social justice framework, human development implies cultural, social, 
economic, political and environmental living conditions that fulfill and 
empower individuals and communities.  Despite the enormous advancements in 
knowledge and technology achieved by humanity, a majority of people continue to 
live in appalling conditions.

Social justice in the information and communication societies can only be 
pursued by taking into account geo-political and historical injustices along 
economic, social, political and cultural lines. Current global dynamics are 
characterised by tensions resulting from the inter-linkages of global economic 
liberalisation, cultural globalisation, increased militarism, rising 
fundamentalisms, racism and the suspension and violation of basic human rights.

The unequal distribution of ICTs and the lack of information access for a large 
majority of the world's population, often referred to as the digital divide, is 
in fact a mapping of new asymmetries onto the existing grid of social divides. 
These include the divide between the North and South, rich and poor, men and 
women, urban and rural populations, those with access to information and those 
without. Such disparities are found not only between different cultures, but 
also within national borders.  The international community must exercise its 
collective power to ensure action on the part of individual states in order to 
bridge domestic digital divides.
 
Redressing all forms of discrimination, exclusion and isolation that different 
marginalised and vulnerable groups and communities experience will require more 
than the deployment of technology alone. Their full participation in 
information and communication societies requires us to reject at a fundamental 
level, the solely profit-motivated and market-propelled promotion of ICTs for 
development. Conscious and purposeful actions need to be taken in order to 
ensure that new ICTs are not deployed to further perpetuate existing negative 
trends of economic globalisation and market monopolisation.  Instead, ICT 
development and applications should be oriented to advance the social, economic 
and cultural progress of the world's peoples and contribute to transforming the 
development paradigm.

Technological decisions should be taken with the goal of meeting the life-
critical needs of people, not with goal of enriching companies or enabling 
undemocratic control by governments. Therefore, fundamental decisions 
concerning the design and use of technologies must be made in cooperation with 
Civil Society, including individual end-users, engineers, and scientists. In 
particular, where community-based technologies are concerned the study and 
practice of community informatics must be applied in order to respond 
adequately to the particular characteristics and needs of communities in design 
processes. 

2.1.1 Poverty Eradication
Poverty Eradication must be a key priority on the WSIS agenda. Without 
challenging existing inequalities, no sustainable development embracing the new 
ICTs can be achieved. People living in extreme poverty must be enabled to 
contribute their experiences and knowledge in a dialogue involving all parties. 
Challenging poverty requires more than setting `development agendas'. It 
requires a fundamental commitment to examine the current frameworks, to improve 
local access to information that is of relevance for the specific context, to 
improve training in ICT-related skills, and to allocate significant financial 
and other resources. Also, because volunteers are working at the grassroots 
level, they play an important role in social inclusion.

Financial resources, linked with social and digital solidarity, need to be 
channelled through existing and new financial mechanisms that are managed 
transparently and inclusively by all sectors of society. Among the frameworks 
that need to be examined in terms of their potentially adverse effects on 
equitable development are the current arrangements for recognition and 
governance of monopolised knowledge and information, including the work of WIPO 
and the functioning of the TRIPS agreement. 

2.1.2 Global Citizenship
Information and communication societies have the potential to catalyse and help 
release the enormous financial, technical, human and moral resources required 
for sustainable development. These resources will only be freed up as the 
peoples of the world develop a profound sense of responsibility for the fate of 
the planet and the well-being of the entire human family.  In this regard, 
there is a need for the development in the individual and in communities, as 
well as governments, of a global consciousness, and a sense of world 
citizenship. Since the body of humankind is one and indivisible, each member of 
the human race is born into the world as a trust of the whole and is best 
served by ensuring the equal importance of each member through the proactive 
exercise and application of international human rights standards.

2.1.3 Gender Justice
Equitable, open and inclusive information and communication societies must be 
based on gender justice and be particularly guided by the interpretation of 
principles of gender equality, non-discrimination and women's empowerment as 
contained in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Fourth World 
Conference on Women) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Actions must demonstrate not only a 
strong commitment but also a high level of consciousness to an intersectional 
approach to redressing discrimination resulting from unequal power relations at 
all levels of society. Proactive policies and programmes across all sectors 
must be developed for women as active and primary agents of change in owning, 
designing, using and adapting ICT. To empower girls and women throughout their 
life cycle, as shapers and leaders of society, gender responsive educational 
programs and appropriate learning environments need to be promoted. Gender 
analysis and the development of both quantitative and qualitative indicators in 
measuring gender equality through an extensive and integrated national system 
of monitoring and evaluation are "musts." 

2.1.4 Importance of Youth
We recognise also that young people are the future workforce and leading 
creators and earliest adopters of ICTs. They must therefore be empowered as 
learners, developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and decision-makers. We must 
focus especially on young people who have not yet been able to benefit fully 
from the opportunities provided by information and communication societies. In 
particular, we must seek to assist and empower youth from disadvantaged 
backgrounds, especially young people in developing countries. Equality of 
opportunity for girls and young women must be integral to our efforts, and we 
must create a greater awareness of their specific needs and potential in the 
field of ICT.?Issues facing young workers in ICT industries, such as low pay, 
poor working conditions, and a lack of job stability and collective 
representation, must also be addressed. ?As main users of ICTs, young people 
are most affected and vulnerable to the health risks exposed by their use. 
Therefore we commit to develop and use only those ICTs that ensure the well-
being, protection, and harmonious development of all children.

2.1.5 Access to Information and the Means of Communication
Access to information and the means of communication as a public and global 
commons should be participatory, universal, inclusive and democratic. 
Inequalities in access must be addressed in terms of the North/South divide as 
well as in terms of enduring inequalities within developed and less developed 
nations. Barriers that need to be overcome are of an economic, educational, 
technical, political, social, ethnic, and age nature, and inequitable gender 
relations are embedded into all of these and need to be specifically addressed. 

Universal access to information that is essential for human development must be 
ensured. Infrastructure and the most appropriate forms of information and 
communication technologies must be accessible for all in their different social 
context, and the social appropriation of these technologies must be encouraged. 
This implies addressing diverse realities experienced by distinct social groups 
such as indigenous peoples, diasporas and migrants, and privileging local or 
targeted solutions. Traditional media and community-based information and 
communication initiatives have a vital role to play in these respects, and so 
does the effective use of the new ICTs. The regulatory and legal framework in 
all information and communication societies must be strengthened to support 
broad-based sharing of technologies, information, and knowledge, and to foster 
community control, respectful of human rights and freedoms.
 
Specific needs and requirements of all stakeholders, including those with 
disabilities, must be considered in ICT development. Accessibility and 
inclusiveness of ICTs is best done at an early stage of design, development and 
production, so that the information and communication society becomes the 
society for all, at minimum cost. 

The need to access, send and receive information represents a particularly 
vital challenge to vulnerable people such as refugees, those displaced by war, 
and asylum seekers who often do not know their rights, which are frequently 
violated. Access to means of communication for these groups is necessary for 
the defence and promotion of their rights, in order to make legitimate claims 
in conformity with international law. 

2.1.6 Access to Health Information
The delivery of life-critical mental and physical health information can be 
facilitated and improved through ICT-based solutions. Lack of access to 
information and communication has been identified as a critical factor in the 
public mental and physical health crises around the world. Experts have 
suggested that providing citizens of developing countries with community level 
points of access to mental and physical health information would be a critical 
starting point for addressing the mental and physical health care crises. 
However, such access points should support more than one-way flows of 
information (for example, from expert to community or patient). Communities 
must be allowed to participate in the selection and creation of communication 
flows that they find useful and necessary to address the prevention, treatment, 
and promotion of mental and physical health care for all people.  Open access 
to medical information is absolutely essential so that all known data are 
available to medical doctors and practitioners.

2.1.7 Basic Literacy
Literacy and free universal access to education is a key principle. Knowledge 
societies require an informed and educated citizenry. Capacity-building needs 
to include skills to use ICTs, media and information literacy, and the skills 
needed for active citizenship including the ability to find, appraise, use and 
create information and technology. Approaches that are local, horizontal, 
gender-responsive and socially driven and mediated should be prioritised. A 
combination of traditional and new media as well as open access to knowledge 
and information should be encouraged. Libraries ? both real and virtual ? have 
an important role to play to ensure access to knowledge and information 
available to everyone. At the international and multilateral level, the public 
domain of knowledge and culture needs to be protected. People-centred 
information technologies can foster eradication of illnesses and epidemics, can 
help give everyone food, shelter, freedom and peace.

Literacy, education and research are fundamental components of information, 
communication and knowledge societies. Knowledge creation and acquisition 
should be nurtured as a participatory and collective process and not considered 
a one-way flow or confined to one section of capacity building. Education 
(formal, informal, and lifelong) builds democracy both by creating a literate 
citizenry and a skilled workforce. But only an informed and educated citizenry 
with access to the means and outputs of pluralistic research can fully 
participate in and effectively contribute to knowledge societies. 

Urgent attention should be paid to the potential positive and negative impacts 
of ICTs on the issues of illiteracy in regional, national and international 
languages of the great majority of the world?s peoples. Literacy, education, 
and research efforts in the information and communication societies must 
include a focus on the needs of people who have physical impairments and all 
means of transcending those impairments (for example, voice recognition, e-
learning, and open university training) must be promoted.

2.1.8 Development of Sustainable and Community-based ICT Solutions

In order that communities and individuals may fully enjoy the benefits of the 
information and communication society, ICTs must be designed and manufactured 
according to environmentally sustainable principles. Technological solutions 
must also be sustainable in the sense that communities are able to support 
their use and evolution.

Equipment recycling must meet environmental standards. The production of 
technologies must not consume an unsustainable amount of energy or natural 
resources. 

It is essential to develop concrete proposals and policies to improve resource 
efficiency and develop renewable energy resources.    This 
involves 'dematerialising' (for example, using less paper) and reducing ICT-
related waste; increasing the useful life of hardware; improving recycling 
conditions; ensuring safe disposal of discarded ICT hardware and parts; and 
encouraging the development of alternatives to toxic ICT components. This also 
implies giving the highest priority to creating and using renewable energy 
resources to address the basic needs of populations living in developing 
countries.  Renewable energy resources should be used for ICT-based 
dissemination of information and communications, including radio and 
television. Africa can particularly benefit from solar power due to its high 
level of exposure to direct solar radiation.  By mobilising regional synergies, 
complemented by the necessary technical and financial cooperation, Africa could 
play a leading role in this strategic domain in the next decade.

Communities must have the ability to participate directly in the development 
and maintenance of ICT-based solutions to their own problems. In order that 
communities may create and sustain their own solutions using ICTs, they must be 
empowered to develop their own productive forces and control the means of 
production within information societies. This must include the right to 
participate fully in the development and sustenance of ICT-based projects 
through democratic processes, including decision making with respect to 
economic, cultural, environmental, and other issues. ICTs should be used as an 
instrument for the creation of genuine and sustainable sources of work, thus 
providing new labour opportunities.

In order that communities and individuals may create economically and 
technically sustainable solutions, they must have the right to use Free 
Software.  This makes software more affordable, and, allows people to 
participate in its development and maintenance3. ICT-based innovation should 
adhere to the use of international technical standards for hardware, software, 
and processes, which are open, freely implementable, publicly documented, 
interoperable, non-discriminatory and demand-driven.

It is important to support community-based communications using both 
traditional and new media and communication technologies.  There is a need for 
the development and nurturing of the discipline of community informatics, which 
focuses on the particular characteristics and needs of communities, in relation 
to design, development, deployment, and operation of ICTs, as well as local 
content production.

2.1.9 Conflict Situations

We recognise that the use of media can be both positive and negative in 
conflict situations, including post-conflict peace building. We therefore 
insist that the rights of journalists and of all people to gather and 
communicate information, using any media, be especially respected during 
conflicts. These rights should be inviolate at all times but are crucial during 
war, violent conflict, and non-violent protest.

We are particularly concerned about the deployment of "information warfare" 
technologies and techniques, including the purposeful jamming, blocking, or 
destruction of civilian communication systems during conflict situations; the 
use of 'embedded' journalists coupled with the targeting of non-embedded 
journalists; the use of media and communication systems to promote hatred and 
genocide; by military, police, or other security forces, be they governmental, 
privately owned, or non-state actors, during conflict situations both 
international and domestic.

Information intervention in conflict situations should be bound by 
international law, and the WSIS should encourage work on a future convention 
against information warfare to address these concerns.  At the same time, the 
WSIS should not only limit information warfare and the control of media in 
conflict situations, but also actively promote media and communications for 
peace. To that end, we encourage governments to decrease public subsidy for 
military communications technology, and instead spend money directly on 
developing peaceful communications tools and applications.

2.2 Centrality of Human Rights 

An information and communication society should be based on human rights and 
human dignity. With the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights as its foundation, it must embody the universality, 
indivisibility, interrelation and interdependence of all human rights ? civil, 
political, economic, social and cultural ? including the right to development 
and linguistic rights. This implies the full integration, concrete application 
and enforcement of all rights and the recognition of their centrality to 
democracy and sustainable development. Information and communication societies 
must be inclusive, so that all people, without distinction of any kind, can 
achieve their full potential. The principles of non-discrimination and 
diversity must be mainstreamed in all ICT regulation, policies, and programmes.

2.2.1 Freedom of Expression	
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is of fundamental and 
specific importance, since it forms an essential condition for human rights-
based information and communication societies. Article 19 requires that 
everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right to 
seek, receive and impart information and ideas, through any media and 
regardless of frontiers. This implies free circulation of ideas, pluralism of 
the sources of information and the media, press freedom, and availability of 
the tools to access information and share knowledge. Freedom of expression on 
the Internet must be protected by the rule of law rather than through self-
regulation and codes of conduct. There must be no prior censorship, arbitrary 
control of, or constraints on, participants in the communication process or on 
the content, transmission and dissemination of information. Pluralism of the 
sources of information and the media must be safeguarded and promoted. 

2.2.2 Right to Privacy
The right to privacy, enshrined in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights, is essential for self-determined human development in regard to 
civic, political, social, economic and cultural activities. The right to 
privacy faces new challenges in information and communication societies, and 
must be protected in public spaces, online, offline, at home and in the 
workplace. Every person must have the right to decide freely whether and in 
what manner he or she wants to receive information and communicate with others. 
The possibility of communicating anonymously must be ensured for everyone. The 
power of the private sector and of governments over personal data increases the 
risk of abuse, including monitoring and surveillance. Such activities must be 
kept to a legally legitimised minimum in a democratic society, and must remain 
accountable. The collection, retention, processing, use and disclosure of 
personal data, no matter by whom, should remain under the control of and 
determined by the individual concerned.

2.2.3 Right to Participate in Public Affairs
Good government administration and justice in a democratic society implies 
openness, transparency, accountability, participation and compliance with the 
rule of law. Respect for these principles is needed to enforce the right to 
take part in the conduct of public affairs. Public access to information 
produced or maintained by governments should be enforced, ensuring that the 
information is timely, complete and accessible in a format and language the 
public can understand. This further applies to access to documents of 
corporations relating to their activities affecting the public interest, 
especially in situations where the government has not made such information 
public.

2.2.4 Workers? Rights
ICTs are progressively changing our way of working. The creation of fair, 
secure, safe and healthy working conditions, in the manufacture of equipment 
and software, and in the utilisation of ICTs in the workplace in general, which 
respect international labour standards, for instance through tripartite social 
dialogue, is fundamental. ICTs should be used to promote awareness of, respect 
for and enforcement of human rights standards and international labour 
standards. Human rights, such as privacy, freedom of expression, linguistic 
rights, the right for on-line workers to form and join trade unions and the 
right of trade unions to function freely, including communicating with 
employees, must be respected in the workplace.

2.2.5 Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The evolution of information and communication societies must be founded on the 
respect and promotion of the recognition of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 
and their distinctiveness as outlined in international conventions. Indigenous 
Peoples have fundamental rights to protect, preserve and strengthen their own 
language, culture and identity. ICT's should be used to support and promote 
diversity and the rights and means of Indigenous Peoples to benefit fully and 
with priority from their cultural, intellectual and so-called natural resources.

2.2.6 Women?s Rights 
In order to realise women's rights in the information and communication 
societies, as spelled out in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of 
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Beijing Declaration and Platform 
for Action (Fifth World Conference on Women), it is crucial to acknowledge and 
address the differences, disparities and disadvantages that women experience. 
This means taking into account the ways in which women are different from men, 
and how these differences translate into differential levels of access, 
opportunity, participation and use of ICTs. It must be ensured that policy or 
legal interventions and programmes consciously address these differences. To 
ensure effective equality of women, and thereby enabling women's full ability 
to claim and exercise their human rights, it is necessary to adopt a 
substantive equality approach in the analysis, which informs the content of ICT 
policy and programmes. This approach implies that actions to promote women's 
rights must transform the unequal power relation between women and men. Women 
need not only equality of opportunity, but also equality of access to 
opportunities and the ability to fully participate in availing such 
opportunities.

2.2.7 Rights of the Child
Information and communication societies must respect and promote the principles 
of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Every child is entitled to a 
happy childhood and to enjoy the rights and freedoms available to all persons 
under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. All persons, civil society, 
private sector and governments should commit to uphold the Rights of the Child 
in information and communication societies. 

2.2.8 Rights of Persons with Disabilities
In inclusive information and communication societies, the rights of persons 
with disabilities to have full and equal access to information and 
communications including ICTs, regardless of types and degree of disabilities, 
must be ensured by public policies, laws and regulations at all levels.  In 
order to achieve this goal, a Universal Design principle and the use of 
assistive technologies must be seriously promoted and supported throughout the 
whole process of building and nurturing information and communication societies 
in which persons with disabilities and their organisations must be allowed to 
participate fully and on equal terms with non-disabled people.

2.2.9 Regulation and the Rule of Law
National regulation should be in full compliance with international human 
rights standards, adhering to the rule of law. Information and communication 
societies must not result in any discrimination or deprivation of human rights 
resulting from the acts or omission of governments or of non-state actors under 
their jurisdictions. Any restriction on the use of ICTs must pursue a 
legitimate aim under international law, be prescribed by law, be strictly 
proportionate to such an aim, and be necessary in a democratic society.


2.3 Culture, Knowledge and the Public Domain

Information and communication societies are enriched by their diversity of 
cultures and languages, retained and passed on through oral tradition or 
recorded and transmitted through a variety of media, and together contributing 
to the sum of human knowledge. Human knowledge is the heritage of all humankind 
and the reservoir from which all new knowledge is created. The preservation of 
cultural and linguistic diversity, the freedom of the media and the defence and 
extension of the public domain of global knowledge are as essential, for 
information and communication societies, as the diversity of our natural 
environment.

2.3.1 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Cultural and linguistic diversity is an essential dimension of  people-centred 
information and communication societies. Every culture has dignity and value 
that must be respected and preserved. Cultural and linguistic diversity is 
based, among other things, on the freedom of information and expression and the 
right of everyone to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, 
at local, national and international levels. This participation includes 
activities both as users and producers of cultural content. ICTs including 
traditional communications media have a particularly important role to play in 
sustaining and developing the world's cultures and languages. 

2.3.1.1 Capacity Building and Education 
Cultural and linguistic diversity should not only be preserved; it needs to be 
fostered. This implies capacity to express oneself, in one's own language, at 
any time, by any means, including traditional media and new ICTs. In order to 
become a contributor and a creator in the information and communication 
societies, not only technical skills are needed, but critical and creative 
competence. Media education in the sense of the UNESCO Grunwald Declaration 
must be given specific attention in education and training programs. Cultural 
and linguistic diversity also implies equal access to the means of expression 
and of dissemination of cultural goods and services. Priority should be given 
to community-driven initiatives.

2.3.1.2 Language 
Plurality of languages is at the core of vibrant information and communication 
societies. ICTs can be applied to bridge cultural and linguistic divides, given 
the right priorities. In the past, ICT development has too often reinforced 
inequalities, such as dominance of roman letter based languages (especially 
English) and marginalization of local, regional and minority languages. 
Priority should be given in ICT research and development to overcoming barriers 
and addressing inequalities between languages and cultures. 

2.3.1.3 International Law and Regulation 
International law and regulation should strengthen cultural, linguistic and 
media diversity, in accordance with existing international declarations and 
covenants, in particular Article 19 and Article 27 of the Universal Declaration 
of Human Rights; Articles 19 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and 
Political Rights; Articles 13 and 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, 
Social and Cultural Rights; and Articles 5 and 6 of the Universal Declaration 
of Cultural Diversity adopted by UNESCO in 2001. International trade agreements 
should treat culture, including audio-visual content and services, not simply 
as a commodity, but should take account of the need for cultural, linguistic 
and media diversity.  The establishment of an International Convention on 
Cultural Diversity should be accelerated, with a view to achieving an effective 
and binding international agreement. Existing international copyright 
regulation instruments including TRIPS and WIPO should be reviewed to ensure 
that they promote cultural, linguistic and media diversity and contribute to 
the development of human knowledge.

2.3.2 Media

2.3.2.1 The Role of the Media
Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media are central to any conception of 
information and communication societies. The media is an integral enabling 
mechanism for a global communications vision. Its role in producing, gathering 
and distributing diverse content in which all citizens are included and can 
actively participate, is vital. Especially for the developing countries, 
broadcast radio and television will continue to be the most effective ways to 
deliver high-quality information. All forms of media can make crucial 
contributions to social cohesion and development in the digital era.

Article 19 is the foundation for five regional declarations on media freedom 
and plurality that must continue to frame the role of the media in all its 
means of delivery. These texts4 have been unanimously endorsed by the member 
states of UNESCO.

Security and other considerations should not be allowed to compromise freedom 
of expression and media freedom. Media pluralism and diversity should be 
guaranteed through appropriate laws to avoid excessive media concentration.

Editorial independence of media professionals and creators must be protected 
and the formulation of professional and ethical standards in journalism and 
other media production must be the responsibility of media workers themselves. 
Online authors, journalists and editors should have the same contractual rights 
and social protections as other media workers.

Public service broadcasting has a specific and crucial role to play in ensuring 
the participation of all in the information and communication societies. State-
controlled media should be transformed into editorially independent public 
service organisations.
 
2.3.2.2 Community Media
Community media, that is media which are independent, community-driven and 
civil society-based, have a particular role to play in enabling access to and 
participation for all in information and communication societies, especially 
the poorest and most marginalized communities. Community media can be vital 
enablers of information, voice and capacities for dialogue. Legal and 
regulatory frameworks that protect and enhance community media are especially 
critical for ensuring vulnerable groups access to information and 
communication. 

Governments should ensure that legal frameworks for community media are non-
discriminatory and provide for equitable allocation of frequencies through 
transparent and accountable mechanisms. Targets should be established for the 
opening up of broadcast licenses to allow for the operation of community 
broadcasting where this is not currently permitted. Spectrum planning and 
regulation should ensure sufficient spectrum and channel capacity, and 
appropriate technical standards, for community media to develop in both the 
analogue and the digital environment. 

A Community Media Fund should be established through a donor civil society 
partnership to invest in and support community-driven media, information and 
communication initiatives using traditional media and new ICTs including 
projects that make provision for the poorest communities, for cultural and 
linguistic diversity and for the equal participation of women and girls. 
Community-based media and communication centres should be encouraged and 
assisted to combine traditional media technologies, including radio and 
television, with access to new ICTs.


2.3.3 The Public Domain of Global Knowledge
A rich public domain of knowledge available to all is essential to sustainable 
information societies, to bridge the digital divide and to provide the grounds 
for a positive development of intellectual creativity, technological innovation 
and effective use of that technology. In information societies, new digital 
forms of storing information mean that this can be copied and transmitted in 
innovative ways that challenge existing customs and laws. The increasing 
privatisation of knowledge production threatens to restrict the availability of 
research results. Attempts have been made to commercially exploit traditional 
indigenous knowledge without consulting the communities, who are the owners of 
that knowledge.

2.3.3.1 Indigenous Peoples' Knowledge
Indigenous peoples are the guardians of their traditional knowledge and have 
the right to protect and control that knowledge. Existing intellectual property 
regimes are insufficient for the protection of indigenous people's cultural and 
intellectual property rights. 

Traditional knowledge should be protected from any attempt at patenting. 
Indigenous peoples should freely decide whether their heritage should become 
part of the public domain or not. They should decide whether or not it should 
be exploited commercially and in what way.

We should give particular attention to measures to maintain knowledge diversity 
and to protect the cultural, intellectual and so-called natural resources of 
indigenous peoples, especially botanical and agricultural knowledge, from 
commercial exploitation and appropriation.

We urge the United Nations to establish specific legal frameworks, in 
accordance with Article 26.4 of the Agenda 21 of the Earth Summit, to recognise 
indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and ancestral territories, as 
a necessary prerequisite to ensure the protection, preservation and development 
of their traditional knowledge in information and communication societies.

2.3.3.2 Copyright, Patents and Trademarks
Limited intellectual monopolies, also known as intellectual property rights, 
are granted only for the benefit of society, most notably to encourage 
creativity and innovation. The benchmark against which they must be reviewed 
and adjusted regularly is how well they fulfill this purpose. Today, the vast 
majority of humankind has no access to the public domain of global knowledge, a 
situation that is contributing to the growth of inequality and exploitation of 
the poorest peoples and communities. Yet instead of extending and strengthening 
the global domain, recent developments are restricting information more and 
more to private hands. Patents are being extended to software (and even to 
ideas), with the consequent effect of limiting innovation and reinforcing 
monopolies. Drugs that could save millions of lives are denied to disease 
sufferers because pharmaceutical companies that hold the patents resist making 
them available to those countries that can not pay high prices. Copyright 
periods have been extended again and again, making them practically indefinite 
and defeating their original purpose.

2.3.3.3 Software
Software provides the medium and regulatory framework for digital information, 
and access to software determines who may participate. Equal access to software 
is fundamental for inclusive and empowering digital information and 
communication societies, and a diversity of platforms is essential to this.

We must recognise the political and regulatory impact of software on digital 
societies and build, through public policy and specific programs, awareness of 
the effects and benefits of different software models. In particular, Free 
Software, with its freedoms of use for any purpose, study, modification and 
redistribution should be promoted for its unique social, educational, 
scientific, political and economic benefits and opportunities. Its special 
advantages for developing countries, such as low cost, empowerment and the 
stimulation of sustainable local and regional economies, easier adaptation to 
local cultures and creation of local language versions, greater security, 
capacity building, etc, need to be recognised, publicised and taken advantage 
of. Governments should promote the use of Free Software in schools and higher 
education and in public administration.

The UN should carry out a fundamental review of the impact on poverty and human 
rights of current arrangements for recognition and governance of monopolised 
knowledge and information, including the work of WIPO and the functioning of 
the TRIPS agreement. Efforts should be made to ensure that limited intellectual 
monopolies stimulate innovation and reward initiative, rather than keeping 
knowledge in private hands until it is of little use to society.

2.3.3.4 Research
Increasing private sector participation in scientific research is leading to 
patents and scientific knowledge being held in private hands instead of being 
available in the public domain, and increasing competition among scientists and 
scientific teams sometimes results in poor scientific practices, secrecy and 
the patenting of discoveries that would previously have been available to all. 
Research should continue to be based on cooperation, openness and transparency.

Public bodies such as libraries, scientific research centres, universities, 
should be able to contribute to enrich the common good of culture and 
knowledge, by putting into the public domain the results of their publicly 
funded activities. The public domain of global knowledge should be defended and 
extended through public policy, awareness-building and investments in 
programmes. These should ensure that any work funded by public or philanthropic 
bodies enters the public domain and should increase accessibility of 
information in online and offline media by means of Free Documentation, public 
libraries and other initiatives to disseminate information, such as Open Access 
journals and Open Archives giving access to scientific and other public domain 
information.  All scientific data, such as genomes of living beings, should be 
freely accessible to all in Open Access databases.


2.4 Enabling Environment

2.4.1 Ethical Dimensions 
Information and communication societies are about how our societies create, 
share and utilise the information, cultural production and knowledge, which in 
turn shape the evolution of those societies.  The value-base of the information 
society must be founded on the principles contained in the ensemble of 
internationally agreed-upon conventions, declarations, and charters.

More specifically, equal, fair and open access to knowledge and information 
resources, ? whatever the technical means used to store and transmit them ? 
must be established as fundamental principles of such societies.  
Technological, financial and regulatory considerations must conform to these 
principles.  

Transparent and accountable governance, ethical business and accounting 
practices in communications sector firms and ethical media practice are of 
particular relevance in this context. Codes of ethics and standards should be 
adopted in these cases and mechanisms should be established to monitor their 
application as well as appropriate sanctions for their violation.   Formulation 
of ethics and standards in journalism and other media production should be the 
responsibility of media workers themselves.

Respect for diversity must be a central criterion in establishing the 
principles and mechanisms for resolving conflicts that arise in information 
societies.  Such societies, if they are built on values 
such as cooperation, equity, honesty, integrity, respect and solidarity, can 
have a significant impact on the quality of interaction between cultures and 
the promotion of meaningful dialogue among civilisations, and thus contribute 
to bringing about world peace.  

2.4.2 Democratic and Accountable Governance
National and international regulations for information and communication 
societies should be in full compliance with international human rights 
standards. Openness, transparency, accountability and the rule of law should be 
the guiding principles for the democratic governance of societies at all 
levels, from the local to the national and international. Inclusive, 
participatory and peaceful information and communication societies rest on the 
responsiveness of governing bodies as well as on the commitment of all actors 
involved in governance, both of governmental and non governmental nature, to 
progressively implement greater political, social and economic equity.
 
A democratic perspective on information and communication societies, in which 
information is crucial for citizens, is necessary in order to make choices 
grounded on the awareness of alternatives and opportunities. Information and 
communication are the foundation for transparency, debate and decision-making. 
They can contribute to a culture and a practice of cooperation, basis for a 
renewal of democracy. Information and communication technologies offer 
potential benefits to the world?s communities that will only be exploited if 
there is a political will to do so. 

In this spirit, the aim of WSIS ?to develop a common vision and understanding 
of the Information Society?, and the methods to achieve such a vision, requires 
shared communication values and mechanisms including the right to communicate, 
respect for freedom of opinion and expression in all of its dimensions, and a 
commitment to transparency, accountability, and democracy.

2.4.3 Infrastructure and Access
The dramatic lack of a reliable infrastructure is the main physical obstacle 
for ICT-based services to be offered to populations living in Africa. Here, the 
fragmented and incomplete structure and the unreliability of the existing 
infrastructure and access networks constitute the underlying structure of the 
so-called Digital Divide. 

(Tele) communications infrastructure is essential for disseminating ICT-based 
services and is central in achieving the goal of universal, sustainable, 
ubiquitous and affordable access to and usage of these technologies and 
services by all. Furthermore, energy is a prerequisite for infrastructure and 
access.

Most voice, data and Internet traffic between African countries is currently 
routed outside of the continent because of the lack of an efficient African 
backbone network, increasing the cost of this traffic. Increased cost always 
limits access.  Existing efforts to build an African network infrastructure 
must be supported and expanded (e.g. Internet exchange points).

The implementation and roll-out of (tele)communications infrastructure and 
access in DCs will require financial investments consistent with the huge needs 
in this area. In order to reduce the amount of financial resources needed, 
investments should be optimised by consolidating projects nationally or (sub) 
regionally, and by technological (re-) designing and updating. Furthermore, 
synergy between different sectors should be systematically exploited from the 
project phase, particular attention being paid to the energy and transport 
sectors that show very close links. Finally, the particularly strong synergy 
and technological similarity between ICT and Radio-TV networks should lead 
governments and planning authorities to deploy and use a common infrastructure 
for both their services to be transported and disseminated. 

Community telecentres (public access centres) have become spaces for the 
effective access and strategic use of information and communication 
technologies with emphasis on the democratisation of communications. 
Governments should guarantee policies for the development of telecentres, among 
others, to provide equitable and affordable access to infrastructure and ICTs; 
to encourage digital inclusion policies for the population, independently of 
gender, ethnic aspects, language, culture and geographical situation.  This 
would promote the discussion and active participation of communities in public 
policy processes related to the implementation and role of telecentres for 
local development.

Orbital satellite paths should be recognised as a public resource and should be 
allocated to benefit the public interest through transparent and accountable 
frameworks. Moreover, spectrum planning and regulation should ensure equitable 
access among a plurality of media including sufficient satellite capacity 
reserved for community media. A fixed percentage of orbital resources, 
satellite capacity and radio frequency spectrum should be reserved for 
educational, humanitarian, community and other non-commercial use. 

The expansion of the global information infrastructure should be based on 
principles of equality and partnership and guided by rules of fair competition 
and regulation at both national and international levels. 

The integration of access, infrastructure and training of the citizenry and the 
generation of local content, in a framework of social networks and clear public 
or private policies, is a key basis for the development of egalitarian and 
inclusive information societies.

2.4.4 Financing and Infrastructure
Existing and new financing measures should be envisaged and appraised. The ?
Digital Solidarity Fund? has been proposed by Africa. Such a fund could be a 
real hope for African peoples if it clearly states its goals, is transparently 
managed, and aims to foster primarily public services, especially for 
populations living in underserved and isolated areas. In addition, we stress 
the significant role that diaspora populations from all the world?s regions can 
play in financing ICT programmes and projects. 

In order to optimise scarce financial resources, appropriate cost-effective 
technological options should be used, while avoiding duplication of 
infrastructure. Additionally, synergies between different sectors and networks 
can be exploited to this end, with particular attention to the energy and 
transport sectors, given their close links with the telecommunications sector.

A Community Media Fund should be established through a donor civil society 
partnership to invest in and support community-driven and community-based 
media, and information and communication initiatives using both traditional 
media and new ITC?s. Effort should be made to eliminate the duplication of 
infrastructures and to consolidate projects in a national or regional frame to 
encourage investment funding. Where possible, ICT and radio/TV networks should 
use common infrastructure for dissemination. 

2.4.5 Human Development ? Education and Training
Literacy, education and research are fundamental and interrelated components of 
the information exchanges necessary to build knowledge societies. Knowledge 
creation and acquisition should be nurtured as a participatory and collective 
process; it should not be considered a one-way flow or confined to one section 
of capacity building. Education, in its different components - formal, 
informal, and lifelong - is fundamental to building democratic societies both 
by creating a literate citizenry and a skilled workforce. 

To utilise the full potential of e-learning and long-distance education, they 
must be complemented by traditional educational resources and methods, in a 
local context of media pluralism and linguistic diversity.

Only informed and educated citizens with access to empowering education, a 
plurality of means of information, and the outputs of research efforts can 
fully participate in and effectively contribute to knowledge societies. 
Therefore it is also essential to recognise the right to education as stated 
both in the Declaration on the Right to Development and the Universal 
Declaration of Human Rights

Capacity building initiatives designed to empower individuals and communities 
in the information society must include, in addition to basic literacy and ICT 
skills, media and information literacy, the ability to find, appraise, use and 
create information and technology. In particular, educators, students and 
researchers must be able to use and develop Free Software, which allows the 
unfettered ability to study, change, copy, distribute, and run software. 
Finally, capacity building initiatives should be designed to stimulate the 
desire for general learning and respond to specific as well as special needs: 
those of young and elderly people, of women, of people with impairments, of 
indigenous peoples, of migrant communities, of refugees and returnees in post-
conflict situations, in a life-long perspective. Volunteers can help transmit 
knowledge and enhance capacity, in particular of marginalized groups not 
reached by government training institutions.

Capacity building in the information and communication societies requires 
people who are competent in teaching media and communication literacy. 
Therefore training of trainers and training of educators in every level is 
equal important in order to reach out to people at the limits of the 
information society.

Libraries are an important tool to fight digital divide and to ensure 
continuous, out-of-market-ruled access to information, by freeing the results 
of research funded by public support, by sharing content and educational 
materials to promote literacy, build capacities and bring autonomy to learners 
of all kinds, world wide. This also entails convincing content producers to be 
active participants in the open access paradigm of knowledge.

Global barriers to knowledge and education must be transparently evaluated by 
looking beyond technological obstacles at legal and institutional gridlocks 
(like Intellectual Property Laws and International standards) and promoting a 
new balance of intellectual properties as a common ground for creators to 
protect their works and for civil society to benefit from their contributions.

Civil society sees the need for alternative models for the production and 
exchange of knowledge and information. To secure and finance the global 
knowledge commons, civil society actors support new open and self-organised 
publishing models in science and software production and community-based 
communications, with in-built maintenance programs and upgrading capacities.

2.4.6 Information Generation and Knowledge Development 
Research must be promoted in all fields related to the information and 
communication societies, and its development must be sensitive to the social 
uses of ICTs. In particular, research on community informatics must be 
supported5. This would include the development of a research agenda among 
practitioners, scholars, and communities; the cataloguing of community 
informatics projects and identification of both factors for failure and 
success; and support for research projects and systems trials. Fundamental 
research should be strengthened by expanding open access to primary scientific 
data and publications. Public bodies such as libraries, scientific research 
centres, universities should foster independent investigation, build a 
pluralistic body of knowledge and promote the results of activities which have 
been funded by public money. This body of knowledge should be made available in 
all public spaces, or spaces with public access (community centres, 
universities, schools, museums, libraries, media centres, and other dedicated 
entities), through appropriate and plural modes of access, avoiding the risk of 
high dependency on digital technology alone.

2.4.7 Global Governance of ICT and Communications
International "rules of the game" play an increasingly central role in the 
global information economy.  In recent years, governments have liberalised 
traditional international regulatory regimes for telecommunications, radio 
frequency spectrum, and satellite services, and have created new multilateral 
arrangements for international trade in services, intellectual 
property, "information security," and electronic commerce.   At the same time, 
business groups have established a variety of "self-regulatory" arrangements 
concerning Internet identifiers (names and numbers), infrastructure, and 
content.

It is not acceptable for these and related global governance frameworks to be 
designed by and for small groups of powerful governments and companies and then 
exported to the world as faits accomplis.  Instead, they must reflect the 
diverse views and interests of the international community as a whole.  This 
overarching principle has both procedural and substantive dimensions.

Procedurally, decision-making processes must be based on such values as 
inclusive participation, transparency, and democratic accountability.  In 
particular, institutional reforms are needed to facilitate the full and 
effective participation of marginalized stakeholders like developing and 
transitional countries, global civil society organisations, small and medium-
sized enterprises, and individual users.

Substantively, global governance frameworks must promote a more equitable 
distribution of benefits across nations and social groups.  To do so, they must 
strike a better balance between commercial considerations and other legitimate 
social objectives.  For example, existing international arrangements should be 
reformed to promote: efficient management of network interconnections and 
traffic revenue distribution, subject to the mutual agreement of corresponding 
operators; equitable allocations of radio frequency spectrum and satellite 
orbital slots that fully support developmental and non-commercial applications; 
fair trade in electronic goods and services, taking into account the developing 
countries' need for special and differential treatment; an open public domain 
of information resources and ideas; and the protection of human rights, 
consumer safety, and personal privacy.  In parallel, new diverse international 
arrangements are needed to promote: financial support for sustainable e-
development, especially but not only in less affluent nations; linguistic, 
cultural, and informational diversity; and the curtailment of concentrated 
market power in ICT and mass media industries.

In light of the relevant controversies in the WSIS process, special attention 
must be given to improving the global coordination of the Internet's underlying 
resources.  It must be remembered that the Internet is not a singular 
communications "platform" akin to a public telephone network; it is instead a 
highly distributed set of protocols, processes, and voluntarily self-
associating networks.  Accordingly, the Internet cannot be governed effectively 
by any one organisation or set of interests.   An exclusionary 
intergovernmental model would be especially ill suited to its unique 
characteristics; only a truly open, multistakeholder, and flexible approach can 
ensure the Internet's continued growth and transition into a multilingual 
medium.  In parallel, when the conditions for system stability and sound 
management can be guaranteed, authority over inherently global resources like 
the root servers should be transferred to a global, multistakeholder entity.

The international community must have full and easy access to knowledge and 
information about ICT global governance decision making.  This is a baseline 
prerequisite for implementation of the principles mentioned above, and indeed 
for the success of the WSIS process itself.   We need public-interest oriented 
monitoring and analysis of the relevant activities of both intergovernmental 
and  "self-governance" bodies including, inter alia, the International 
Telecommunication Union, the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual 
Property Organization, the United Nations Conference on International Trade 
Law, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Hague 
Conference on International Private Law, the of Europe, the Asia Pacific 
Economic Cooperation, the North  American Free Trade Agreement, the Internet 
Corporation for Assigned  Names and Numbers, and Wassenaar Arrangement.
   
As a viable first step in this direction, we recommend the establishment of an 
independent and truly multistakeholder observatory committee to: (1) map and 
track the most pressing current developments in ICT global governance decision-
making; (2) assess and solicit stakeholder input on the conformity of such 
decision-making with the stated objectives of the WSIS agenda; and (3) report 
to all stakeholders in the WSIS process on a periodic basis until 2005, at 
which time a decision could be made on whether to continue or terminate the 
activity. 



3. CONCLUSION

It is people who primarily form and shape societies, and information and 
communication societies are no exception.  Civil society actors have been key 
innovators and shapers of the technology, culture and content of information 
and communication societies, and will continue to be in the future.

Human rights stand at the centre of our vision of the information and 
communication society6. From this standpoint,  action plans, implementation, 
financing mechanisms and governance must all be shaped by and evaluated on the 
basis of their ability to meet life-critical human needs. 

Host countries and institutions contributing to and participating in the post-
Geneva WSIS process should fully respect the principles enunciated in the 
Declaration adopted at the Geneva Summit, including those relating to human 
rights that are fundamental to the information and communications society.  
These include, but are not limited to the freedoms of expression, association 
and information.

Toward this end, and in preparation for the second phase of WSIS, an 
independent commission should be established to review national and 
international ICT regulations and practices and their compliance with 
international human rights standards. This commission should also address the 
potential applications of ICTs to the realization of human rights, such as the 
right to development, the right to education and the right to a standard of 
living adequate for the mental and physical health and well-being of the 
individual and his or her family, including food, housing and medical care.

The full realisation of a just information society requires the full 
participation of civil society in its conception, implementation, and 
operation. To this end, we call on all governments involved in the preparatory 
processes of WSIS to work in good faith with non-governmental and civil society 
organisations and fully honour the recommendations of Resolution 56/183 of the 
United Nations General Assembly. In particular, participating governments must 
honour civil society's right to participate fully in the remaining 
intergovernmental preparatory processes leading to the second phase of WSIS.

We commit ourselves ? independent of the modalities of participation granted to 
us by governments ? to pursuing by all just and honourable means necessary the 
realization of the vision of the information society presented herein. To this 
end, civil society organisations will continue to cooperate with one another to 
develop a Plan of Action for the second phase of WSIS. We call upon the world's 
leaders to urgently assume the heavy responsibilities they face, in partnership 
with civil society, to make this vision a reality.


Endorsements of this declaration are being compiled at ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org 
and archived on http://www.wsis-cs.org. 

Footnotes>

1 Version with corrections: 12-12-2003
2 There is no single information, communication or knowledge society: there 
are, at the local, national and global levels, possible future societies; 
moreover, considering communication is a critical aspect of any information 
society, we use in this document the phrase ?information and communication 
societies.?  For consistency with previous WSIS language, we retain the use of 
the phrase ?Information Society? when directly referencing WSIS.

3 In this document, we use the term "Free Software" to refer to the specific 
concept defined by the Free Software Foundation. Free Software is software that 
is licensed in such a way that people have the freedom to run, copy, 
distribute, study, change and improve it. Free Software implies access to 
source code as does "open source software"; however, open source software as 
the term is popularly used is not necessarily Free Software in our definition. 
Some organisations release open source software without permitting all of these 
actions. See http://www.fsf.org and http://www.fsfeurope.org for in-depth 
discussions of this concept.

4 The Windhoek Declaration on the Promotion of Free and Pluralistic African 
Press, 1991; the Declaration of Alma Ata on Promoting Independent and 
Pluralistic Asian Media, 1992; the Declaration of Sana?a on Promoting 
Independent and Pluralistic Media, 1994; the Sofia Declaration on Promoting 
European Pluralistic and Independent Media, 1997 (adopted in 95 and 97)
5 Community informatics refers here to the interdisciplinary study and practice 
of the design, implementation, and management of information and communication 
technologies developed by communities to solve their own problems. This field 
takes into account social science research about the social impacts of ICTs -- 
also known as social informatics -- as well as information and communication 
systems analysis and design techniques.
6 Nothing in this declaration may be interpreted as implying that civil society 
wishes to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction 
of any of the rights and freedoms set forth in the International Bill of Rights 
and other human rights treaties.
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From cnicol at pangea.org  Fri Dec 12 12:56:14 2003
From: cnicol at pangea.org (Chris Nicol)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] French version of CS Declaration
Message-ID: <1071233774.3fd9baee6f0c0@segur.pangea.org>

Hi,

The French version in text form will come later because the conversion to text 
makes it unreadable because of the accents, and we have a Plenary now. Should 
also be at http://www.worldsummit2003.org/ soon.

Regards,

Chris


From cnicol at pangea.org  Fri Dec 12 12:47:38 2003
From: cnicol at pangea.org (Chris Nicol)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Spanish version of CS Declaration
Message-ID: <1071233258.3fd9b8eacf264@segur.pangea.org>

Aqui la version en castellano de la Declaracion de la Sociedad Civil. Perdona 
por los accentos. La version formateado estara disponible pronto en 
http://www.worldsummit2003.org/.





"Construir sociedades de la informaci?n que
atiendan a las necesidades humanas"

Declaraci?n de la sociedad civil en la Cumbre Mundial
sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n


Adoptada por unanimidad en Plenaria por la sociedad civil de la CMSI el 8 de 
diciembre de 20031





"Construir sociedades de la informaci?n que
atiendan a las necesidades humanas"
Declaraci?n de la sociedad civil a la Cumbre Mundial
sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n
Adoptada por unanimidad en Plenaria por la sociedad civil de la CMSI el 8 de 
diciembre de 2003



Nosotros, mujeres y hombres de distintos continentes, contextos culturales, 
perspectivas, experiencias y conocimientos t?cnicos, actuando como miembros de 
diferentes audiencias de una emergente sociedad civil mundial, considerando que 
es fundamental la participaci?n de la sociedad civil en la primera Cumbre 
celebrada por las Naciones Unidas sobre cuestiones de informaci?n y comunicaci?
n, a saber, la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n, hemos 
trabajado durante dos a?os en el marco del proceso de dicha Cumbre, consagrando 
nuestros esfuerzos para definir un concepto incluyente y equitativo de 
sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n centrado en las personas1.
Hemos colaborado en l?nea y fuera de l?nea como entidades de la sociedad civil, 
haciendo un uso incluyente y participativo de las tecnolog?as de la informaci?n 
y la comunicaci?n, lo que nos ha permitido intercambiar opiniones y definir 
posiciones comunes, as? como llegar colectivamente a una visi?n de las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. 
En esta fase del proceso, la primera de la Cumbre, Ginebra, diciembre de 2003, 
consideramos que nuestras opiniones y el inter?s general que expresamos 
colectivamente no quedan adecuadamente reflejados en los documentos de la 
Cumbre. Proponemos que este documento forme parte de los resultados oficiales 
de la Cumbre. Con la convicci?n de que nuestros puntos de vista  pueden 
convertirse en realidad a trav?s de las vidas y las acciones  de las mujeres y 
los hombres, las comunidades y los pueblos, presentamos en la presente 
Declaraci?n nuestra visi?n, como una invitaci?n  a participar en el presente 
di?logo en curso y a colaborar con nosotros en la definici?n de nuestro futuro 
com?n.

1	Una sociedad visionaria
Nuestra visi?n de las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n se basa 
esencialmente en el ser humano. La dignidad y los derechos de todos los pueblos 
y cada persona han de promoverse, respetarse, protegerse y afirmarse. 
Restablecer la inexcusable disparidad entre los niveles de desarrollo, as? como 
entre la opulencia y la pobreza extrema, debe ser, por tanto, nuestra primera 
preocupaci?n.
Nos comprometemos a constituir sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n 
centradas en la gente, incluyentes y equitativas. Sociedades en las que todas y 
todos puedan crear, utilizar, compartir y diseminar libremente la informaci?n y 
el conocimiento, as? como acceder a ?stos, con el fin de que particulares, 
comunidades y pueblos sean habilitados y habilitadas para mejorar su calidad de 
vida y llevar a la pr?ctica su pleno potencial. Sociedades fundadas en los 
principios de justicia social, pol?tica y econ?mica, con plena participaci?n y 
habilitaci?n de los pueblos y, en consecuencia, sociedades en que se aborden 
realmente los desaf?os clave que el desarrollo tiene hoy planteados en el 
mundo. Sociedades que persigan los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, 
democracia e igualdad de g?nero, con miras a la consecuci?n de un mundo m?s 
pac?fico, justo, igualitario y, por ende, sostenible, basadas en los principios 
consagrados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y en la Declaraci?n Universal de 
Derechos Humanos. 
Aspiramos construir sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n en donde el 
desarrollo se enmarque en los derechos humanos fundamentales y est? orientado a 
lograr una distribuci?n m?s equitativa de los recursos, que conduzcan a 
eliminar la pobreza en el sentido de un ambiente sostenible de no-explotaci?n. 
Para ello, consideramos que las tecnolog?as pueden utilizarse como medios 
fundamentales, y no as? como fines en s? mismas, por lo cual reconocemos que 
reducir la brecha digital es un paso m?s, entre otros, en el camino para 
conseguir el desarrollo en favor de todos y todas. Reconocemos el enorme 
potencial de las tecnolog?as de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n (TIC) para 
responder a la devastaci?n ocasionada por el hambre, las cat?strofes naturales, 
las nuevas pandemias, por ejemplo el VIH/SIDA, y la proliferaci?n de armamento.
Reafirmamos que la comunicaci?n es un proceso social esencial, una necesidad 
humana b?sica y el fundamento de toda organizaci?n social. Todos y todas, en 
cualquier lugar y en todo momento, deber?amos tener la oportunidad de 
participar en los procesos de comunicaci?n y nadie deber?a ser excluido de sus 
beneficios. Esto hace necesario que cualquier persona deba tener acceso a los 
medios de comunicaci?n y estar en condiciones de ejercer su derecho a la 
libertad de opini?n y expresi?n, lo que incluye el derecho a tener opiniones y 
a buscar, recibir y difundir informaci?n e ideas a trav?s de cualquier medio de 
comunicaci?n y con independencia de fronteras nacionales. Del mismo modo, deben 
tambi?n mantenerse el derecho a la privacidad, el derecho al acceso a la 
informaci?n p?blica y al conocimiento de dominio p?blico, y muchos otros 
derechos humanos universales que guardan relaci?n concreta con los procesos de 
informaci?n y comunicaci?n. Todos estos derechos y libertades de comunicaci?n, 
as? como de acceso, deben garantizarse activamente en favor de todos y todas en 
leyes nacionales claras, las cuales deben aplicarse en conformidad con los 
adecuados requisitos t?cnicos.
Construir dichas sociedades hace necesaria la participaci?n de las personas en 
su calidad de ciudadanos y ciudadanas, as? como de sus organizaciones y 
comunidades, en los procesos de toma de decisiones y otros mecanismos de 
definici?n de pol?ticas de los gobiernos. Esto significa que debe crearse un 
entorno habilitador para fomentar la participaci?n y el compromiso de las 
mujeres y los hombres de todas las generaciones, y garantizar que est?n 
presentes los diferentes grupos sociales y ling??sticos, las diferentes 
culturas y los pueblos, las poblaciones rurales y urbanas, sin exclusi?n 
alguna. Asimismo, los gobiernos deber?an mantener y promover los servicios 
p?blicos solicitados por los ciudadanos.  Garantizar la rendici?n de cuentas 
por los Estados a los ciudadanos deber?a ser un pilar de la pol?tica p?blica, 
para garantizar que puedan corregirse y mejorarse continuamente los modelos 
aplicables a las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n.
Reconocemos que no hay ninguna tecnolog?a neutra respecto a su impacto social 
y, por consiguiente, la posibilidad del llamado principio "de neutralidad 
tecnol?gica " en los procesos fundamentales de toma de decisiones resulta una 
falacia. Reviste suma importancia elegir cuidadosamente opciones t?cnicas 
favorables a la sociedad en su conjunto, a la hora de introducir nuevas 
tecnolog?as, y ello desde su dise?o hasta su despliegue y aplicaci?n. 
Normalmente, es muy dif?cil rectificar efectos sociales y t?cnicos negativos de 
los sistemas de informaci?n y comunicaci?n que se descubren ulteriormente a su 
proceso de dise?o, por lo cual estos sistemas errados pueden ocasionar da?os 
duraderos. Prevemos una sociedad de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n en que las 
tecnolog?as se conciban y apliquen de manera participativa, para impedir o 
reducir a un m?nimo sus consecuencias negativas.
Prevemos sociedades en que los conocimientos, la creatividad, la cooperaci?n y 
la solidaridad humanas sean considerados elementos esenciales, en donde se 
promuevan no s?lo la creatividad individual sino tambi?n la innovaci?n 
colectiva, basada en la cooperaci?n. Sociedades en las que los recursos del 
conocimiento, informaci?n y comunicaci?n sean reconocidos y protegidos como 
patrimonio com?n de la humanidad. Sociedades que garanticen y promuevan la 
diversidad cultural y ling??stica y el di?logo intercultural en entornos libres 
de discriminaci?n, violencia y odio.
Somos conscientes de que disponemos de informaci?n, conocimientos y medios de 
comunicaci?n en una escala que no pudo siquiera so?ar la humanidad en el 
pasado, pero tambi?n estamos conscientes de que la exclusi?n frente a los 
medios de comunicaci?n, a la informaci?n y a los conocimientos especializados 
que se requieren para participar en la esfera p?blica, sigue siendo una 
limitaci?n fundamental, especialmente en los pa?ses en desarrollo. Por otra 
parte, la informaci?n y el conocimiento se est?n transformando cada vez m?s en 
recursos privados que pueden ser controlados, vendidos y comprados, como si se 
tratara de simples mercanc?as y no de elementos fundamentales de la organizaci?
n y el desarrollo social. As? pues, reconocemos la urgencia de buscar 
soluciones a estas contradicciones, ya que se trata de los principales desaf?os 
que se plantean a las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n.
Estamos convencidos y convencidas de que con suficiente voluntad pol?tica para 
movilizar este acervo de conocimientos humanos y los recursos apropiados, la 
humanidad podr?a lograr sin duda los objetivos de la Declaraci?n del Milenio e 
incluso superarlos. En tanto organizaciones de la sociedad civil, aceptamos 
nuestra parte de responsabilidad para traducir a la pr?ctica estos objetivos y 
hacer de nuestra visi?n una realidad.











?NDICE
	P?gina
1	Una sociedad visionaria		3
2	Principios y desaf?os fundamentales		6
2.1	Justicia social y desarrollo sostenible centrado en el ser humano	
	6
2.1.1	Erradicaci?n de la pobreza		7
2.1.2	Ciudadan?a global		7
2.1.3	Justicia de g?nero		7
2.1.4	Importancia de la juventud		8
2.1.5	Acceso a la informaci?n y los medios de comunicaci?n		8
2.1.6	Acceso a la informaci?n sanitaria		9
2.1.7	Alfabetizaci?n b?sica		9
2.1.8	Desarrollo de soluciones de TIC sostenibles y comunitarias	
	10
2.1.9	Situaciones de conflicto		11
2.2	Importancia crucial de los derechos humanos		11
2.2.1	Libertad de expresi?n		11
2.2.2	Derecho a la privacidad		12
2.2.3	Derecho a participar en asuntos p?blicos		12
2.2.4	Derechos de los trabajadores		12
2.2.5	Derechos de las poblaciones ind?genas		12
2.2.6	Derechos de la mujer		13
2.2.7	Derechos del ni?o		13
2.2.8	Derechos de las personas con discapacidades		13
2.2.9	Reglamento e imperio de la ley		13
2.3	Cultura, conocimiento y dominio p?blico		13
2.3.1	Diversidad cultural y ling??stica		14
2.3.2	Medios de comunicaci?n		15
2.3.3	Divulgaci?n del conocimiento mundial		16
2.4	Entorno habilitador		18
2.4.1	Consideraciones ?ticas		18
2.4.2	Democracia y gobierno responsable		18
2.4.3	Infraestructura y acceso		19
2.4.4	Financiaci?n e infraestructura		20
2.4.5	Desarrollo humano - Ense?anza y capacitaci?n		20
2.4.6	Generaci?n de informaci?n y desarrollo de los conocimientos	
	21
2.4.7	Gobierno mundial de las TIC y las comunicaciones		22
3	Conclusiones		23


2	Principios y desaf?os fundamentales
Con arreglo a esta visi?n, resulta esencial que el desarrollo de las sociedades 
de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n se base en principios esenciales que 
reflejen una plena conciencia de los desaf?os que han de afrontarse y la 
responsabilidad de los diferentes actores. Esto incluye el pleno reconocimiento 
de las necesidades existentes, para abordar las preocupaciones que suscitan las 
cuestiones de g?nero y adquirir un compromiso fundamental con respecto a la 
igualdad de g?nero, la no discriminaci?n y la habilitaci?n de mujeres, y 
reconocer que ?stas son condiciones esenciales no negociables para lograr un 
desarrollo centrado en las personas en el contexto de las sociedades de la 
informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. Ese compromiso exige rectificar conscientemente 
los efectos de la incidencia de relaciones de poder desiguales en las esferas 
social, econ?mica y pol?tica, que se manifiesta en diferencias de acceso, 
elecci?n, oportunidades, participaci?n, condici?n jur?dica y control de los 
recursos entre las mujeres y los hombres, as? como en las comunidades por 
clase, etnia, religi?n, raza, situaci?n geogr?fica y fase de desarrollo.
Hemos identificado las siguientes ?reas centrales de preocupaci?n . Reconocemos 
y apoyamos los siguientes principios, y hemos definido ciertas esferas 
prioritarias de acci?n por parte de la comunidad internacional.
2.1	Justicia social y desarrollo sostenible centrado en el ser humano
En un marco de justicia social, el desarrollo humano entra?a condiciones 
culturales, sociales, econ?micas, pol?ticas y ambientales que materialicen el 
pleno potencial y habilliten a las personas y las comunidades. Pese a los 
enormes progresos realizados por la humanidad en el ?mbito del conocimiento y 
la tecnolog?a, la mayor?a de las personas siguen viviendo en condiciones 
desastrosas.
En la sociedad de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n la justicia social s?lo 
puede obtenerse  teniendo en cuenta las injusticias geopol?ticas e hist?ricas 
sobrevenidas en lo econ?mico, social, pol?tico y cultural. La actual din?mica 
del mundo se caracteriza por tensiones resultantes de la interrelaci?n entre la 
liberalizaci?n econ?mica mundial, la mundializaci?n cultural, el mayor 
militarismo, el resurgimiento de fundamentalismos, el racismo y la suspensi?n y 
violaci?n de derechos humanos b?sicos.
La desigual distribuci?n de las TIC y la falta de acceso a la informaci?n que 
tiene una gran parte de la poblaci?n mundial, fen?menos que suelen denominarse 
brecha digital, son de hecho una expresi?n de nuevas asimetr?as en el conjunto 
de brechas sociales existentes. ?stas incluyen las brechas entre el Norte y el 
Sur, los ricos y los pobres, los hombres y las mujeres, las poblaciones urbanas 
y rurales, aquellos que tienen acceso a la informaci?n y aquellos que carecen 
del mismo. Dichas disparidades pueden verse no s?lo entre las diferentes 
culturas, sino tambi?n dentro de las fronteras nacionales. La comunidad 
internacional debe ejercer su poder colectivo para garantizar que los Estados 
adopten medidas con el fin de reducir las brechas digitales nacionales.
Combatir todas las formas de discriminaci?n, exclusi?n y aislamiento que 
padecen los diferentes grupos y comunidades marginalizados y vulnerables exige 
algo m?s que el simple despliegue de tecnolog?as. Su total participaci?n en las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y comunicaci?n requieren que rechacemos en un 
nivel fundamental la promoci?n de TIC para el desarrollo orientado al mercado y 
basado ?nicamente en la b?squeda de r?dito econ?mico. Ser? necesario adoptar 
medidas conscientes y dirigidas a objetivos definidos para garantizar que no se 
desplieguen las nuevas TIC con el fin de perpetuar las tendencias negativas de 
la mundializaci?n econ?mica y la monopolizaci?n de los mercados. Por el 
contrario, el desarrollo y las aplicaciones TIC deber?an orientarse a promover 
el progreso social, econ?mico y cultural de los pueblos del mundo y contribuir 
a transformar el paradigma del desarrollo.
Habr?a que adoptar decisiones tecnol?gicas con el fin de atender a necesidades 
humanas esenciales y no s?lo para enriquecer a las empresas o hacer posible el 
control antidemocr?tico de los gobiernos. En consecuencia, deben tomarse 
decisiones fundamentales sobre el dise?o y la utilizaci?n de las tecnolog?as en 
cooperaci?n con la sociedad civil, incluyendo a los diferentes usuarios y 
usuarias finales, y a las personas involucradas en el desarrollo de las 
tecnolog?as. En particular, cuando se trate de las tecnolog?as basadas en las 
comunidades, se deber? aplicar en los  los correspondientes procesos de dise?o 
la teor?a y la pr?ctica de la informaci?n comunitaria para responder 
adecuadamente a las caracter?sticas y necesidades espec?ficas de las 
comunidades.
2.1.1	Erradicaci?n de la pobreza
La erradicaci?n de la pobreza debe ser una de las prioridades centrales de la 
agenda de la CMSI. No puede conseguirse un desarrollo sostenible que considere 
las nuevas TIC sin atacar las desigualdades existentes. Debe permitirse a las 
personas que viven en extrema pobreza contribuir con sus experiencias y 
conocimiento a un di?logo que involucre a todas las partes. Atacar la pobreza 
requiere m?s que la elaboraci?n de "programas de desarrollo". Exige un 
compromiso b?sico para examinar la situaci?n actual, mejorar el acceso local a 
la informaci?n relevante en un contexto espec?fico, mejorar la formaci?n en TIC 
y asignar importantes recursos financieros y de otro tipo. Asimismo, por 
trabajar a nivel de las bases, los voluntarios desempe?an una funci?n 
importante en la inclusi?n social.
Es necesario canalizar los recursos financieros, vinculados a la solidaridad 
social y digital, a trav?s de mecanismos financieros nuevos y existentes 
gestionados de manera transparente e inclusiva por parte de todos los sectores 
de la sociedad. Entre los puntos que es necesario examinar por sus posibles 
efectos negativos sobre el desarrollo equitativo se encuentran los actuales 
acuerdos de reconocimiento y gobierno del conocimiento y la informaci?n 
monopolizados, lo cual incluye la labor de la OMPI y el funcionamiento del 
Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC.
2.1.2	Ciudadan?a global
Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n tienen el potencial de 
catalizar y contribuir a la liberaci?n de los enormes recursos financieros, 
t?cnicos, humanos y morales necesarios para el desarrollo sostenible.  Estos 
recursos s?lo estar?n disponibles  a medida que los pueblos del mundo cultiven 
un profundo sentido de la responsabilidad por el destino del planeta y el 
bienestar de toda la familia humana. En este sentido, es necesario que las 
personas y las comunidades, as? como los gobiernos, desarrollen una conciencia 
global y un sentido de ciudadan?a mundial. Puesto que la humanidad es una e 
indivisible, cada miembro de la raza humana la representa en su conjunto y como 
tal se debe asegurar la misma importancia a cada uno a trav?s de la observancia 
y la aplicaci?n proactivas de los derechos humanos a nivel internacional. 
2.1.3	Justicia de g?nero
Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n equitativas, abiertas e 
inclusivas deben basarse en la justicia de g?nero y guiarse particularmente por 
la interpretaci?n de los principios sobre igualdad de g?nero, no discriminaci?n 
y habilitaci?n de las mujeres que contienen la Declaraci?n de Beijing y la 
Plataforma para la Acci?n (Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer) y el 
Convenci?n  para la eliminaci?n de todas las formas de discriminaci?n contra la 
mujer (CEDAW). Todas las acciones deben demostrar no s?lo un fuerte compromiso, 
sino tambi?n un alto nivel de concienciaci?n en pro de un enfoque 
intersectorial que elimine la discriminaci?n resultante de las relaciones de 
poder desiguales en todos los niveles de la sociedad. Han de elaborarse 
pol?ticas y programas proactivos en todos los sectores destinados a la mujer en 
tanto que agente activo y primario de cambio en lo que ata?e a la posesi?n, 
formulaci?n, utilizaci?n y adaptaci?n de las TIC. Ha de promoverse la creaci?n 
de programas educativos adaptados al g?nero y entornos de aprendizaje adecuados 
para habilitar a las ni?as y mujeres durante todo su ciclo vital, en tanto que 
formadoras y l?deres de la sociedad. Es fundamental realizar un an?lisis de 
g?nero y elaborar indicadores tanto cuantitativos como cualitativos que midan 
la igualdad de g?nero en el marco de un sistema nacional de vigilancia y 
evaluaci?n integrado y de gran alcance.
2.1.4	Importancia de la juventud
Reconocemos asimismo que los y las j?venes son la mano de obra del futuro, 
principales creadores y creadoras,  y m?s tempranos usuarios de las TIC. Por 
consiguiente, se les debe formar para aprender, dise?ar, contribuir, crear 
empresas y formular decisiones. Debemos centrarnos principalmente en los y las 
j?venes que a?n no han podido beneficiarse plenamente de las oportunidades que 
ofrecen las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. En concreto, es 
necesario encontrar la manera de asistir y habilitar a los y las j?venes de 
entornos desfavorecidos, sobre todo los y las j?venes de los pa?ses en 
desarrollo. La igualdad de oportunidades para las ni?as y mujeres j?venes debe 
integrarse en nuestros esfuerzos y hemos de crear una mayor concienciaci?n 
sobre sus necesidades espec?ficas y posibilidades en el campo de las TIC. 
Tambi?n han de resolverse las cuestiones a las que se enfrentan los j?venes 
trabajadores en las industrias de TIC, como los bajos salarios, las pobres 
condiciones laborales y la falta de estabilidad y representaci?n colectiva. En 
tanto que principales usuarios de las TIC, los y las j?venes son los m?s 
afectados y vulnerables a los riesgos sanitarios que supone su utilizaci?n. 
As?, nos comprometemos a desarrollar y utilizar ?nicamente aquellas TIC que 
garanticen el bienestar, la protecci?n y el desarrollo armonioso de toda la 
infancia. 
2.1.5	Acceso a la informaci?n y los medios de comunicaci?n
El acceso a la informaci?n y los medios de comunicaci?n, en tanto que bienes 
p?blicos y globales, debe ser participativo, universal, inclusivo y 
democr?tico. Debe eliminarse cualquier desigualdad de acceso en t?rminos de 
brecha Norte/Sur, as? como de desigualdad entre las naciones desarrolladas y 
menos desarrolladas. Los obst?culos que hay que superar son de naturaleza econ?
mica, educativa, t?cnica, pol?tica, social, ?tnica y de edad, y en todas ellas 
van incorporadas desigualdades de g?nero que deben atacarse espec?ficamente.
Debe garantizarse el acceso universal a la informaci?n fundamental para el 
desarrollo humano. La infraestructura y las formas m?s apropiadas de 
tecnolog?as de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n deben ser accesibles para todos 
independientemente de su contexto social, y debe promoverse la  apropiaci?n 
social de estas tecnolog?as. Esto implica involucrarse en las diversas 
realidades experimentadas por los distintos grupos sociales, como los pueblos 
ind?genas, v?ctimas de la di?spora y las migraciones, y privilegiar las 
soluciones focalizadas o a nivel local. Los medios de comunicaci?n 
tradicionales y las iniciativas de informaci?n y comunicaci?n a nivel 
comunitario tienen una funci?n fundamental que desempe?ar a este respecto, del 
mismo modo que la utilizaci?n efectiva de las nuevas TIC. Debe reforzarse el 
marco reglamentario y jur?dico en todas las sociedades de la informaci?n y la 
comunicaci?n para soportar la compartici?n universal de la tecnolog?a, la 
informaci?n y el conocimiento y promover el control comunitario respetando los 
derechos y libertades humanos.
En el desarrollo de las TIC deben tenerse en cuenta las necesidades espec?ficas 
y los requisitos de todos los participantes, incluidos los discapacitados. Es 
m?s f?cil conseguir la accesibilidad e inclusividad de las TIC en una fase 
temprana de su dise?o, elaboraci?n y producci?n, para que la sociedad de la 
informaci?n y la comunicaci?n sea una sociedad para todos a un coste m?nimo.
La necesidad de acceder, enviar y recibir informaci?n es un reto 
particularmente importante para las personas vulnerables como los refugiados, 
los pueblos desplazados por guerras y aquellos que piden asilo, que por 
desconocer sus derechos, a menudo se ven privados de ellos. El acceso a los 
medios de comunicaci?n para estos grupos es necesario para que puedan defender 
y promover sus derechos y reclamar leg?timamente lo que les corresponde de 
conformidad con la ley internacional.
2.1.6	Acceso a la informaci?n sanitaria
El acceso a la informaci?n sobre la salud f?sica y mental puede ser facilitado 
y mejorado por las TIC. La falta de acceso a la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n 
se ha identificado como un factor cr?tico de las crisis de salud p?blica f?sica 
y mental en todo el mundo. Varios expertos han sugerido el proporcionar a las y 
los ciudadanos de los pa?ses en desarrollo con puntos de acceso a nivel 
comunitario donde poder acceder a la informaci?n de salud f?sica y mental, lo 
que significar?a un punto de partida crucial para solucionar las crisis de 
salud mental y fisica. No obstante, estos puntos de acceso deben facilitar m?s 
que el flujo de informaci?n unidireccional (por ejemplo, del experto a la 
comunidad o al paciente). Deben ser las comunidades quienes participen en la 
selecci?n y creaci?n de flujos de comunicaci?n que consideren ?tiles y 
necesarios para la prevenci?n, tratamiento y promoci?n de la atenci?n en salud 
f?sica y mental para todos y todas. Un acceso abierto a la informaci?n m?dica 
es absolutamente fundamental para que todo el personal m?dico y param?dico 
pueda acceder a los datos disponibles.
2.1.7	Alfabetizaci?n b?sica
La alfabetizaci?n y el acceso universal gratuito a la educaci?n es un principio 
fundamental. Las sociedades del conocimiento requieren una ciudadan?a informada 
y educada. La creaci?n de capacidad debe incluir la formaci?n necesaria para 
utilizar las TIC, la capacidad cr?tica ante los medios de comunicaci?n y la 
informaci?n, y las habilidades necesarias para una ciudadan?a activa, 
incluyendo la capacidad de encontrar, discriminar, utilizar y crear informaci?n 
y tecnolog?as. Debe darse prioridad a los enfoques locales, horizontales, 
adaptados al g?nero y dirigidos y arraigados en lo social. Debe promoverse la 
combinaci?n de medios tradicionales y nuevos, as? como el acceso abierto al 
conocimiento y la informaci?n. Las bibliotecas, tanto reales como virtuales, 
tienen la funci?n importante de garantizar el acceso al conocimiento y la 
informaci?n a todos y todas. A nivel internacional y multilateral, ha de 
protegerse el conocimiento y la cultura de dominio p?blico. Las tecnolog?as de 
la informaci?n centradas en las personas pueden facilitar la erradicaci?n de 
enfermedades y epidemias, y contribuir a que todas las personas tengan comida, 
abrigo, libertad y paz.
La alfabetizaci?n, la educaci?n y la investigaci?n son componentes 
fundamentales de las sociedades de la informaci?n, la comunicaci?n y el 
conocimiento. La creaci?n y adquisici?n del conocimiento deben ser nutridas a 
trav?s de procesos  participativos y colectivos y no considerarse como un flujo 
unidireccional o confinado a un solo sector en la creaci?n de capacidades. La 
educaci?n (formal, informal, continua) construye la democracia alfabetizando a 
los pueblos y capacitando la fuerza trabajadora. Pero s?lo los pueblos 
informados y educados que puedan acceder a los instrumentos de difusi?n de una 
investigaci?n plural pueden participar plenamente y contribuir eficazmente a 
las sociedades del conocimiento.
Debe prestarse atenci?n urgente a las consecuencias positivas y negativas que 
pueden tener las TIC en cuestiones tales como el analfabetismo en los idiomas 
regionales, nacionales e internacionales de las grandes mayor?as de los pueblos 
del mundo. Entre los esfuerzos por alfabetizar, educar e investigar en el 
contexto de las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n debe hacerse 
hincapi? en las necesidades de las personas con discapacidades f?sicas y 
promover todas las maneras posibles de superarlas (por ejemplo, reconocimiento 
de voz, ciberaprendizaje y capacitaci?n a trav?s del formato universidad 
abierta). 
2.1.8	Desarrollo de soluciones de TIC sostenibles y comunitarias
Para que las comunidades y las personas puedan disfrutar plenamente de los 
beneficios de la sociedad de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n, las TIC deben 
dise?arse y producirse de acuerdo con principios ambientales sostenibles. Las 
soluciones tecnol?gicas deben asimismo ser sostenibles para que las comunidades 
puedan mantener su utilizaci?n y evoluci?n.
El reciclaje de equipos debe cumplir las normas medioambientales, y la producci?
n de las tecnolog?as no debe consumir una cantidad no sotenible de energ?a o 
recursos naturales.
Es fundamental desarrollar propuestas y pol?ticas concretas para mejorar la 
eficacia en la utilizaci?n de los recursos y encontrar recursos energ?ticos 
renovables. Esto conlleva la "desmaterializaci?n" (por ejemplo, utilizar menos 
papel) y la reducci?n de desechos originados por las TIC; incrementar la vida 
?til del hardware y sus compponentes; mejorar las condiciones de reciclaje; 
garantizar una eliminaci?n segura del hardware y componentes de?las TIC; y 
promover alternativas a los componentes t?xicos de las?TIC. Se trata asimismo 
de conceder la mayor prioridad a la creaci?n y utilizaci?n de recursos 
energ?ticos renovables para satisfacer las necesidades b?sicas de los pueblos 
de los pa?ses en desarrollo. Deben utilizarse recursos energ?ticos renovables 
para la diseminaci?n, por v?a de las?TIC, de la informaci?n y las 
comunicaciones, con inclusi?n de la radio y la televisi?n. En especial, ?frica 
puede beneficiarse de la energ?a solar gracias a su alto nivel de exposici?n 
directa a la radiaci?n solar. Movilizando las tecnolog?as regionales, con la 
ayuda de la necesaria cooperaci?n t?cnica y financiera, ?frica puede 
transformarse en l?der en este campo estrat?gico en la pr?xima d?cada.
Las comunidades deben poder participar directamente en el desarrollo y el 
mantenimiento de soluciones basadas en las?TIC para sus propios problemas. Para 
que las comunidades puedan crear y sostener sus propias soluciones utilizando 
las TIC, deber? d?rseles la capacidad de elaborar sus propias fuerzas 
productivas y de controlar los modos de producci?n dentro de la sociedad de la 
informaci?n. Debe asimismo otorg?rseles el derecho de participar plenamente en 
el desarrollo y mantenimiento de proyectos de?TIC mediante procesos 
democr?ticos, con inclusi?n de la toma de decisiones en lo que afecta a las 
cuestiones econ?micas, culturales, medioambientales y de otro tipo. As?, deben 
utilizarse las TIC como instrumento para la creaci?n de fuentes verdaderas y 
sostenibles de trabajo, proporcionando as? nuevas oportunidades laborales.
Para que las comunidades y las personas puedan encontrar sus propias soluciones 
sostenibles a nivel econ?mico y t?cnico deber?n poder utilizar software libre, 
pudiendo as? adquirirlo a un precio m?s asequible y participar en su desarrollo 
y mantenimiento2. La innovaci?n de las?TIC debe ajustarse a normas t?cnicas 
internacionales para el hardware, el software, y los procesos, de modo abierto, 
libremente aplicable, documentado a nivel p?blico, interoperable, no 
discriminatorio y conforme a la demanda.
Es importante trabajar por que las comunidades utilicen para sus comunicaciones 
los medios y las tecnolog?as de la comunicaci?n tanto tradicionales como 
nuevos. Es necesario desarrollar la inform?tica comunitaria y fomentar su 
implantaci?n, centr?ndose en las caracter?sticas propias y en las necesidades 
de cada comunidad en lo que ata?e al dise?o, el desarrollo, la instalaci?n y el 
funcionamiento de las?TIC, as? como a la producci?n de contenido local.
2.1.9	Situaciones de conflicto
Reconocemos que la utilizaci?n de medios de comunicaci?n puede tener 
repercusiones tanto positivas como negativas en las situaciones de conflicto, y 
tambi?n en los procesos de paz posteriores. Por consiguiente, insistimos en que 
se respeten cuidadosamente durante los conflictos los derechos de los 
periodistas y todas las personas que se recogen y comunican la informaci?n 
utilizando cualquier tipo de medio. Estos derechos deben respetarse en 
cualquier circunstancia, pero son especialmente importantes durante las 
guerras, los conflictos violentos y las manifestaciones no violentas.
Nos preocupa especialmente el despliegue de tecnolog?as y t?cnicas de "guerra 
de la informaci?n", con inclusi?n de la interferencia, bloqueo o destrucci?n 
intencionados de los sistemas de comunicaci?n civiles durante las situaciones 
de conflicto; la utilizaci?n de periodistas parciales y los ataques a los 
periodistas imparciales; la utilizaci?n de los medios de comunicaci?n para 
promover el odio y el genocidio, ya sea por parte de las fuerzas militares, 
pol?ticas o de seguridad, gubernamentales, privadas o de otro tipo durante 
situaciones de conflicto tanto a nivel internacional como nacional.
La intervenci?n de la informaci?n en las situaciones de conflicto debe estar 
controlada por la ley internacional y la?CMSI debe fomentar la elaboraci?n de 
un futuro convenio contra la guerra de la informaci?n que solucione estos 
problemas. Al mismo tiempo, la?CMSI no debe s?lo limitar la guerra de la 
informaci?n y el control ejercido sobre los medios de comunicaciones en 
situaciones de conflicto, sino tambi?n fomentar su funci?n en pro de la paz. 
Para ello, instamos a los gobiernos a disminuir las subvenciones p?blicas a las 
tecnolog?as de comunicaciones militares y reorientar esa financiaci?n a la 
inversi?n en herramientas y aplicaciones de comunicaciones para la consecuci?n 
de la paz.
2.2	Importancia crucial de los derechos humanos
Una sociedad de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n deber?a basarse en los 
derechos humanos y la dignidad humana. Tomando como bases la Carta de las 
Naciones Unidas y la Declaraci?n Universal de los Derechos Humanos, deben 
quedar plasmadas la universalidad, la indivisibilidad, la interrelaci?n y la 
interdependencia de todos los derechos humanos -civiles, pol?ticos, econ?micos, 
sociales y culturales-, incluidos el derecho al desarrollo y los derechos 
ling??sticos. Esto implica la plena integraci?n y la aplicaci?n y el 
cumplimiento concretos de todos los derechos, as? como el reconocimiento de su 
importancia crucial para la democracia y el desarrollo sostenible. Las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n han de ser integradoras, de modo 
que todos los pueblos, sin ning?n tipo de distinci?n, puedan liberar su pleno 
potencial. Se deben incorporar los principios de no discriminaci?n y diversidad 
en todos los reglamentos, pol?ticas y programas relativos a las TIC.
2.2.1	Libertad de expresi?n 
El Art?culo 19 de la Declaraci?n Universal de los Derechos Humanos es de 
importancia fundamental y espec?fica, puesto que constituye una condici?n 
esencial para crear sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n basadas en 
los derechos humanos. El Art?culo?19 estipula que todo individuo tiene derecho 
a la libertad de opini?n y de expresi?n, as? como el derecho de investigar y 
recibir informaciones y opiniones, y el de difundirlas, sin limitaci?n de 
fronteras, por cualquier medio de expresi?n. Esta idea lleva impl?cita la libre 
circulaci?n de opiniones, el pluralismo de las fuentes de informaci?n y los 
medios de expresi?n, la libertad de prensa y la disponibilidad de los 
instrumentos necesarios para acceder a la informaci?n e intercambiar 
conocimientos. La libertad de expresi?n a trav?s de Internet debe estar 
protegida por el imperio de la ley m?s que por la autorregulaci?n y c?digos de 
conducta. Ni los participantes en el proceso de comunicaci?n ni el contenido, 
la transmisi?n o la difusi?n de informaci?n deben ser objeto de censura, 
control arbitrario o limitaciones previos. Se ha de proteger y promover el 
pluralismo de las fuentes de informaci?n y los medios de expresi?n.
2.2.2	Derecho a la privacidad
El derecho a la privacidad, refrendada por el Art?culo 12 de la Declaraci?n 
Universal de los Derechos Humanos, es fundamental para lograr el desarrollo 
humano autodeterminado con respecto a las actividades c?vicas, pol?ticas, 
sociales, econ?micas y culturales. El derecho a la privacidad hace frente a 
nuevos problemas en las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n, y debe 
estar protegido en los espacios p?blicos, en l?nea, fuera de l?nea, en el hogar 
y en el lugar de trabajo. Todo individuo debe tener derecho a decidir 
libremente si quiere recibir informaci?n y comunicarse con otros, y de qu? 
manera. Se debe garantizar a todos la posibilidad de comunicarse de forma an?
nima. El poder que tienen el sector privado y los gobiernos sobre los datos 
personales incrementa el riesgo de cometer abusos, incluidos de control y 
vigilancia. Se ha de responder de la gesti?n de estas actividades, que deben 
mantenerse a un nivel m?nimo autorizado por la ley en una sociedad democr?tica. 
Toda persona deber?a controlar y determinar qui?n puede recopilar, conservar, 
procesar, utilizar y divulgar sus datos personales.
2.2.3	Derecho a participar en asuntos p?blicos
En una sociedad democr?tica, la administraci?n y la justicia ?ptimas de un 
Estado implican apertura, transparencia, rendici?n de cuentas, participaci?n y 
cumplimento del imperio de la ley. Es necesario respetar estos principios para 
tener derecho a participar en la gesti?n de los asuntos p?blicos. Se deber?a 
asegurar el acceso p?blico a la informaci?n producida o mantenida por los 
Estados y velar por que la informaci?n sea oportuna, completa y accesible, y 
tenga un formato y una terminolog?a que el p?blico pueda entender. Esto tambi?n 
se aplica al acceso a documentos de empresas relativos a actividades de 
especial inter?s p?blico, sobre todo en los casos en que los Estados no hacen 
p?blica esta informaci?n.
2.2.4	Derechos de los trabajadores
Las TIC est?n cambiando paulatinamente nuestra forma de trabajar. Respecto de 
las normas internacionales del trabajo, resulta fundamental crear condiciones 
de trabajo justas, seguras, sin riesgo y s?lidas en lo que se refiere a la 
fabricaci?n de equipos y programas inform?ticos, y al uso de las TIC en el 
lugar de trabajo en general, por ejemplo a trav?s de un di?logo social 
tripartito. Las TIC deber?an utilizarse para contribuir a que se conozcan 
mejor, se respeten y se cumplan las normas relativas a los derechos humanos y 
las normas internacionales del trabajo. En el lugar de trabajo se han de 
respetar derechos humanos tales como la privacidad, la libertad de expresi?n, 
los derechos ling??sticos, el derecho de los trabajadores en l?nea a crear 
sindicatos y afiliarse a ellos, y el derecho de los sindicatos a desempe?ar 
libremente sus funciones, incluida la de comunicarse con empleados.
2.2.5	Derechos de las poblaciones ind?genas 
La evoluci?n de las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n debe basarse 
en el respeto y la promoci?n del reconocimiento de los derechos de las 
poblaciones ind?genas y sus peculiaridades, como se expone en distintas 
convenciones internacionales. Las poblaciones ind?genas tienen los derechos 
fundamentales de proteger, preservar y fomentar su propio idioma, cultura e 
identidad. Las TIC deber?an ser un factor de diversidad y ayudar a las 
poblaciones ind?genas a defender su derecho a beneficiarse plenamente y de 
forma prioritaria de sus recursos culturales, intelectuales y naturales.
2.2.6	Derechos de la mujer
Para hacer efectivos los derechos de la mujer en las sociedades de la informaci?
n y la comunicaci?n, como se define claramente en la Convenci?n sobre la 
eliminaci?n de todas las formas de discriminaci?n contra la mujer (CEDAW) y la 
Declaraci?n de Beijing y Plataforma de Acci?n (Quinta Conferencia Mundial sobre 
la Mujer), es fundamental reconocer y corregir las diferencias, disparidades y 
desventajas de que son objeto las mujeres. Esto significa que se ha de tener en 
cuenta de qu? manera las mujeres son distintas de los hombres y c?mo se 
traducen estas diferencias en los distintos niveles de acceso a las TIC, de 
oportunidad, de participaci?n en ellas y de uso de las mismas. Se ha de velar 
por que las intervenciones y los programas normativos o jur?dicos corrijan 
expresamente estas diferencias. Para conseguir la igualdad real de las mujeres 
respecto de los hombres y, por ende, conferirles la plena capacidad de reclamar 
sus derechos humanos y hacer uso de ellos, es necesario adoptar un enfoque 
equitativo completo en el an?lisis, en el que se se?ale el contenido de las 
pol?ticas y programas relativos a las TIC. Adoptar este enfoque significa que 
las medidas destinadas a promover los derechos de la mujer han de transformar 
la relaci?n desigual de poder entre mujeres y hombres. Las mujeres necesitan no 
s?lo igualdad de oportunidades sino tambi?n igualdad de acceso a las 
oportunidades y la posibilidad de aprovechar plenamente las mismas.
2.2.7	Derechos del ni?o
Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n deben respetar y promover 
los principios de la Convenci?n sobre los Derechos del Ni?o. Todos los ni?os 
tienen derecho a vivir una infancia feliz y ejercitar los derechos y las 
libertades de que gozan todas las personas en virtud de la Declaraci?n 
Universal de los Derechos Humanos. Todas las personas, la sociedad civil, el 
sector privado y los Estados deber?an comprometerse a defender los derechos del 
ni?o en las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n.
2.2.8	Derechos de las personas con discapacidades
En las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n incluyentes, las 
pol?ticas p?blicas, las leyes y los reglamentos en todos los niveles deben 
garantizar los derechos de las personas con discapacidades a acceder plena y 
equitativamente a la informaci?n y las comunicaciones, incluidas las TIC, 
independientemente de los tipos y grados de discapacidad. Para alcanzar este 
objetivo, se debe promover y respaldar radicalmente la creaci?n de un principio 
de dise?o universal y el uso de tecnolog?as de asistencia, en todo el proceso 
de creaci?n y mantenimiento de sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n 
en las que las personas con discapacidades y las organizaciones que les 
representan deben poder participar plenamente y en condiciones de igualdad con 
las personas no discapacitadas.
2.2.9	Reglamento e imperio de la ley
El reglamento nacional deber?a ajustarse plenamente a las normas 
internacionales en materia de derechos humanos, con arreglo al imperio de la 
ley. Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n no deben redundar en 
discriminaci?n o privaci?n alguna de derechos humanos como consecuencia de 
actos u omisiones de Estados o de actores ajenos a ellos en virtud de sus 
jurisdicciones. Toda restricci?n en el uso de las TIC debe perseguir un 
objetivo leg?timo en virtud del derecho internacional, ser conforme a la 
legislaci?n, estar estrictamente proporcionada a dicho objetivo y ser necesaria 
en una sociedad democr?tica.
2.3	Cultura, conocimiento y dominio p?blico
Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n se nutren de su variedad de 
culturas e idiomas, que se conservan y transmiten a trav?s de la tradici?n 
oral, o se graban y transmiten a trav?s de diversos medios de expresi?n, los 
cuales contribuyen todos ellos al acervo de conocimientos humanos. El 
conocimiento humano es la herencia del g?nero humano y el origen de la creaci?n 
de todo conocimiento nuevo. La protecci?n de la diversidad cultural y 
ling??stica, la libertad de los medios de comunicaci?n, y la defensa y la 
divulgaci?n del dominio p?blico del conocimiento mundial son tan fundamentales 
para las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n como la diversidad de 
nuestro entorno natural.
2.3.1	Diversidad cultural y ling??stica
La diversidad cultural y ling??stica constituye una faceta fundamental de las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n centradas en las personas. Cada 
cultura tiene una dignidad y un valor que han de respetarse y protegerse. La 
diversidad cultural y ling??stica se basa, entre otras cosas, en la libertad de 
informaci?n y expresi?n, y en la libertad que tiene todo el mundo de participar 
libremente en la vida cultural de la comunidad, en los ?mbitos local, nacional 
e internacional. Esta participaci?n abarca actividades realizadas tanto en 
calidad de usuarios como de productores de contenido cultural. A las TIC, 
incluidos los medios de comunicaci?n tradicionales, les corresponde un cometido 
especialmente importante en el mantenimiento y el fomento de las culturas e 
idiomas del mundo.
2.3.1.1	Creaci?n de capacidad y educaci?n
La diversidad cultural y ling??stica no s?lo deber?a protegerse, sino que ha de 
fomentarse. Esto implica tener la capacidad de expresarse, en su propio idioma, 
en todo momento, de cualquier modo, incluidos los medios de comunicaci?n 
tradicionales y las nuevas TIC. Para convertirse en un contribuyente y un 
creador en las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n, se necesitan no 
s?lo conocimientos t?cnicos sino tambi?n competencia cr?tica y creativa. La 
educaci?n en materia de medios de comunicaci?n debe recibir atenci?n espec?fica 
en el marco de los programas de educaci?n y formaci?n, en el sentido de la 
Declaraci?n Grunwald de la UNESCO. La diversidad cultural y ling??stica tambi?n 
implica acceder de manera equitativa a los medios de expresi?n y divulgaci?n de 
bienes y servicios culturales. Se deber?a conceder prioridad a las iniciativas 
impulsadas por las comunidades.
2.3.1.2	Idiomas
La pluralidad de idiomas constituye el n?cleo de la efervescencia de las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. Las TIC pueden utilizarse para 
reducir brechas culturales y ling??sticas, una vez establecidas las prioridades 
correctas. En el pasado, el desarrollo de las TIC ha contribuido con demasiada 
frecuencia a agudizar las desigualdades, como por ejemplo al predominar los 
idiomas basados en la escritura latina (sobre todo el ingl?s) y marginar 
idiomas locales, regionales y minoritarios. Se deber?a dar prioridad a la 
investigaci?n y el desarrollo de las TIC destinados a superar obst?culos y 
poner fin a desigualdades entre idiomas y culturas.
2.3.1.3	Derecho y reglamento internacionales
El derecho y el reglamento internacionales deber?an potenciar la diversidad 
cultural, ling??stica y medi?tica, con arreglo a las declaraciones y los pactos 
internacionales existentes, en particular a los Art?culos?19?y?27 de la 
Declaraci?n Universal de los Derechos Humanos, los Art?culos?19?y?27 del Pacto 
Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Pol?ticos, los Art?culos?13?y?15 del Pacto 
Internacional de Derechos Econ?micos, Sociales y Culturales, y los 
Art?culos?5?y?6 de la Declaraci?n Universal sobre la Diversidad Cultural, 
adoptada por la UNESCO en?2001. En los acuerdos de comercio internacional no se 
deber?a considerar la cultura, incluidos el contenido y los servicios 
audiovisuales, como una mercanc?a, sino que se deber?a tener en cuenta la 
necesidad de diversidad cultural, ling??stica y medi?tica. Se deber?a acelerar 
la creaci?n de una Convenci?n Internacional sobre Diversidad Cultural con 
objeto de llegar a un acuerdo internacional eficaz y vinculante. Los 
instrumentos internacionales de reglamentaci?n de los derechos de propiedad 
intelectual existentes, incluidos los ADPIC y los instrumentos de la OMPI, 
deber?an revisarse con miras a asegurarse de que promueven la diversidad 
cultural, ling??stica y medi?tica, y contribuyen al desarrollo del conocimiento 
humano.
2.3.2	Medios de comunicaci?n
2.3.2.1	La funci?n de los medios de comunicaci?n
2.3.2.1	La funci?n de los medios de comunicaci?n
La libertad de expresi?n y de los medios de comunicaci?n son la esencia de 
cualquier modelo de sociedad de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. Los medios de 
comunicaci?n son un mecanismo integrador que puede contribuir a la creaci?n de 
una perspectiva mundial de las comunicaciones. Desempe?an una funci?n 
fundamental en la producci?n, recopilaci?n y distribuci?n de contenido diverso 
que integre a todos los ciudadanos y que permita la participaci?n activa 
de ?stos. La radio y la televisi?n siguen siendo los mecanismos m?s eficaces 
para suministrar informaci?n de alta calidad, especialmente para los pa?ses en 
desarrollo. Los medios de comunicaci?n, en todas sus modalidades, pueden 
contribuir a la cohesi?n y desarrollo social en la era digital.
El Art?culo?19 es la base de las cinco declaraciones regionales sobre la 
libertad y la pluralidad de los medios de comunicaci?n, y tiene que seguir 
siendo el marco que defina la funci?n de los medios de comunicaci?n, en todas 
sus modalidades. Los Estados miembros de la UNESCO se han pronunciado 
un?nimemente en favor de estos textos3.
Las consideraciones en materia de seguridad o de otro tipo no deben menoscabar 
la libertad de expresi?n y de los medios de comunicaci?n. El pluralismo y la 
diversidad de los medios de comunicaci?n debe garantizarse mediante la 
legislaci?n adecuada, a fin de que no haya una centralizaci?n excesiva de los 
medios de comunicaci?n.
Debe protegerse la independencia editorial de lo/as profesionales y 
reportero/as de los medios de comunicaci?n, y esto/as han de encargarse de 
formular de normas profesionales y ?ticas del periodismo, en su sentido m?s 
general,  y de los medios de comunicaci?n. Lo/as autores, periodistas y 
editores en l?nea deben gozar de los mismos derechos contractuales y protecci?n 
social que lo/as dem?s trabajadore/as de los medios de comunicaci?n.
Los servicios p?blicos de radio y televisi?n tienen que desempe?ar la 
importante funci?n de garantizar la participaci?n de todos en la sociedad de la 
informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. Los medios de comunicaci?n p?blicos deben 
transformarse en organizaciones que ofrezcan un servicio p?blico con 
independencia editorial.
2.3.2.2	Medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios
Los medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios, es decir medios de comunicaci?n 
independientes, gestionados por las comunidades y basados en la sociedad civil, 
tienen una funci?n especial que desempe?ar a la hora de posibilitar el acceso y 
la participaci?n de todos y todas, en particular de las comunidades m?s pobres 
y marginadas, en las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n. Los medios 
de comunicaci?n comunitarios pueden ser cruciales para fomentar la informaci?n, 
y promover la expresi?n de opiniones y el di?logo. Es absolutamente fundamental 
la existencia de un marco jur?dico y reglamentario que proteja y promueva los 
medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios y que a su vez garantice el acceso de los 
grupos m?s vulnerables a la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n.
Los gobiernos deben asegurarse de que los marcos jur?dicos para los medios de 
comunicaci?n comunitarios no sean discriminatorios y tienen que efectuar una 
atribuci?n equitativa de frecuencias mediante mecanismos transparentes y 
sujetos a control. Debe establecerse como objetivo la concesi?n de licencias 
que autoricen las emisiones comunitarias de radio y televisi?n en los lugares 
donde actualmente no est?n permitidas. En la planificaci?n y reglamentaci?n del 
espectro se debe destinar espectro y capacidad de canales suficientes para que 
los medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios puedan desarrollarse, tanto en el 
entorno anal?gico como en el digital, y se han de crear las normas t?cnicas 
adecuadas.
Se debe crear un fondo para los medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios que se 
alimente con donaciones de asociaciones de la sociedad civil y proporcione 
ayuda financiera y apoyo a los medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios, las 
iniciativas de informaci?n y comunicaci?n que utilicen medios de comunicaci?n 
tradicionales y las nuevas TIC, en particular proyectos destinados a las 
comunidades m?s pobres, que fomenten la diversidad cultural y ling??stica y que 
promuevan la participaci?n equitativa de las mujeres y las ni?as. Se debe 
fomentar la creaci?n de centros y medios de comunicaci?n comunitarios, y ayudar 
a combinar las tecnolog?as tradicionales de medios de comunicaci?n, en 
particular la radio y la televisi?n, con el acceso a las nuevas TIC. 
2.3.3	Divulgaci?n del conocimiento mundial
Para crear sociedades de la informaci?n s?lidas, es indispensable un rico 
acervo de conocimientos de dominio p?blico, lo que servir? para reducir la 
brecha digital y sentar las bases del desarrollo positivo de la creatividad 
intelectual, la innovaci?n tecnol?gica y el uso adecuado de esa tecnolog?a. En 
las sociedades de la informaci?n han surgido nuevas formas de almacenamiento 
digital cuya peculiaridad es que la informaci?n se puede copiar y transmitir de 
manera innovadora, lo cual ha planteado muchos problemas desde el punto de 
vista de los usos sociales y las legislaciones existentes. El aumento de la 
privatizaci?n del conocimiento amenaza con restringir la disponibilidad de esos 
resultados de las investigaciones. Han habido muchos intentos de comercializar 
y explotar conocimientos ind?genas tradicionales sin consultar a las 
comunidades, que son las leg?timas propietarias de dicho conocimiento.
2.3.3.1	Conocimientos de las poblaciones ind?genas
Las poblaciones ind?genas son las que preservan su conocimiento tradicional y 
tienen el derecho de proteger y controlar ese conocimiento. Los reg?menes de 
propiedad intelectual existentes son insuficientes para proteger estos derechos 
de propiedad intelectual y la cultura de las poblaciones ind?genas.
Se debe impedir cualquier intento de patentar conocimientos tradicionales. Las 
poblaciones ind?genas son las que han de decidir libremente si su patrimonio es 
de dominio p?blico o no. Adem?s, deben tener el derecho de decidir si su 
patrimonio puede comercializarse y de qu? modo.
Es necesario adoptar medidas especiales destinadas a preservar la diversidad de 
conocimientos y proteger los recursos culturales, intelectuales y los 
denominados recursos naturales de las poblaciones ind?genas, en particular el 
conocimiento en materia de bot?nica y agricultura, para que ?stos no se 
apropien ni se exploten comercialmente.
Instamos a las Naciones Unidas a que cree los marcos jur?dicos espec?ficos, de 
conformidad con el Art?culo?26.4 del Programa?21 de la Cumbre para la Tierra, 
en los que se reconozcan los derechos de las poblaciones ind?genas a la 
autodeterminaci?n y a sus territorios at?vicos, lo cual es un requisito previo 
necesario para garantizar la protecci?n, preservaci?n y desarrollo de su 
conocimiento tradicional en las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n.
2.3.3.2	Derechos de autor, patentes y marcas registradas
Los monopolios intelectuales limitados, conocidos tambi?n como derechos de 
propiedad intelectual, se conceden ?nicamente para el beneficio de la sociedad, 
m?s concretamente para fomentar la creatividad y la innovaci?n. La referencia 
para determinar cu?l de ellos debe examinarse y ajustarse regularmente depende 
de en qu? medida satisfacen este objetivo. En la actualidad, la inmensa mayor?a 
de los habitantes del planeta no tienen acceso a los conocimientos mundiales de 
dominio p?blico, situaci?n que est? generando un crecimiento desigual y la 
explotaci?n de las poblaciones y comunidades m?s pobres. En lugar de ampliar y 
favorecer la divulgaci?n de los conocimientos mundiales, los ?ltimos avances 
tecnol?gicos est?n privatizando cada vez m?s la informaci?n. Se est?n 
patentando programas inform?ticos (e incluso ideas) lo que ha dado lugar a una 
reducci?n de la innovaci?n y el fortalecimiento de los monopolios. Existen 
medicamentos que podr?an salvar millones de vidas, pero las empresas 
farmac?uticas que tienen las patentes se niegan a facilitar estos medicamentos 
a los enfermos de pa?ses que no pueden pagarlos. Los periodos de validez de los 
derechos de autor se ampl?an m?s y m?s haci?ndolos pr?cticamente indefinidos, 
lo que va en contra del prop?sito leg?timo de la protecci?n.
2.3.3.3.	Programas inform?ticos
Los programas inform?ticos constituyen el medio y el marco reglamentario para 
la informaci?n digital, y el acceso a los mismos determina el acceso a esa 
informaci?n. Es fundamental que exista un acceso equitativo a los programas 
inform?ticos para integrar y fomentar las sociedades de la informaci?n y la 
comunicaci?n digitales, para lo cual es esencial que haya plataformas diversas.
Tenemos que ser conscientes de los efectos pol?ticos y reglamentarios de los 
programas inform?ticos en la sociedad digital y concienciar, mediante pol?ticas 
que ata?en al p?blico y programas espec?ficos, los efectos y beneficios que se 
derivan de los diferentes modelos de programas inform?ticos. En particular, 
deben fomentarse los programas gratuitos, que se pueden utilizar, estudiar, 
modificar y redistribuir libremente para cualquier prop?sito, y que por sus 
caracter?sticas ofrecen beneficios y oportunidades desde el punto de vista 
social, educativo, cient?fico, pol?tico y econ?mico. Es necesario reconocer, 
hacer publicidad y aprovechar las importantes ventajas que ofrecen este tipo de 
programas para los pa?ses en desarrollo, pues son de bajo costo, fomentan y 
estimulan s?lidamente las econom?as locales y regionales, se pueden adaptar a 
las culturas y a los idiomas locales, son m?s seguros, permiten la creaci?n de 
capacidad, etc. Los gobiernos deben promocionar la utilizaci?n de programas 
gratuitos en los colegios, en la educaci?n superior y en la administraci?n 
p?blica.
Las Naciones Unidas deben llevar a cabo un examen fundamental de los efectos 
sobre la pobreza y los derechos humanos del r?gimen vigente de aceptaci?n y 
control de conocimiento e informaci?n monopolizada, en particular la labor de 
la OMPI y el funcionamiento del acuerdo sobre los ADPIC. Debe hacerse lo 
posible para que los monopolios intelectuales limitados estimulen la innovaci?n 
y recompensen la iniciativa, y evitar que los conocimientos permanezcan en 
manos privadas hasta el momento en que pierden pr?cticamente toda utilidad para 
la sociedad.
2.3.3.4	Investigaci?n
El aumento de la participaci?n del sector privado en la investigaci?n 
cient?fica ha fomentado la creaci?n de patentes y la privatizaci?n de los 
conocimientos cient?ficos, en lugar de hacerlos de dominio p?blico. Adem?s, el 
aumento de la competencia entre cient?ficos y equipos cient?ficos ha generado, 
en algunas ocasiones, pr?cticas cient?ficas inadecuadas, secretismo y la creaci?
n de patentes sobre descubrimientos que antes se hubieran hecho de dominio 
p?blico. La base de la investigaci?n debe seguir siendo la cooperaci?n, la 
franqueza y la transparencia.
Los centros p?blicos como bibliotecas, centros de investigaci?n cient?fica y 
universidades, deben ser capaces de contribuir al enriquecimiento de los bienes 
comunes culturales y de conocimiento, para lo cual deben hacer de dominio 
p?blico los resultados de sus actividades financiadas con dinero p?blico. La 
divulgaci?n del conocimiento mundial debe defenderse y ampliarse mediante 
pol?ticas p?blicas, la concientizaci?n y la inversi?n en programas. De este 
modo, se ha de garantizar que los resultados de cualquier labor financiada con 
fondos p?blicos u organizaciones sin fines de lucro pasen a ser de dominio 
p?blico y debe aumentarse el acceso a la informaci?n a trav?s de los medios de 
comunicaci?n, en l?nea o no, mediante la documentaci?n gratuita, bibliotecas 
p?blicas y otras iniciativas de divulgaci?n de informaci?n, por ejemplo peri?
dicos y archivos de acceso gratuito que contengan informaci?n de dominio 
p?blico cient?fica y de otro tipo. Todos los datos de informaci?n cient?fica, 
por ejemplo los genomas de seres vivos, deben ser accesibles gratuitamente a 
trav?s de bases de datos de libre acceso.
2.4	Entorno habilitador
2.4.1	Consideraciones ?ticas
Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n se centran en la manera en 
que nuestra comunidad crea, comparte y utiliza la informaci?n, la producci?n 
cultural y los conocimientos, lo que a su vez conforma la evoluci?n de dichas 
sociedades. El valor b?sico de la sociedad de la informaci?n debe apoyarse en 
los principios contenidos en el conjunto de los convenios, declaraciones y 
cartas acordados internacionalmente.
De forma m?s espec?fica, el acceso equitativo, justo y abierto a los 
conocimientos y a los recursos de informaci?n -cualesquiera que sean los medios 
t?cnicos utilizados para almacenarlos y transmitirlos- debe constituir un 
principio fundamental de dichas sociedades. Las consideraciones tecnol?gicas, 
financieras y reglamentarias deben conformar este principio. 
El gobierno transparente y responsable, la ?tica empresarial y las pr?cticas 
contables en las compa??as del sector de comunicaciones y el 
comportamiento ?tico de los medios de comunicaci?n adquieren una importancia 
particular en este contexto. Deben adoptarse c?digos y normas ?ticos en estos 
casos y deben establecerse mecanismos para la supervisi?n de su aplicaci?n, as? 
como las sanciones adecuadas en caso de transgresi?n. La formulaci?n de c?digos 
y pr?cticas ?ticas en el periodismo y en otros medios de comunicaci?n debe ser 
responsabilidad de lo/as propio/as empleado/as de los medios. 
El respeto de la diversidad debe ser un criterio central a la hora de 
establecer los principios y mecanismos para la resoluci?n de los conflictos que 
surgen en las sociedades de la informaci?n. Dichas sociedades, si son capaces 
de avanzar a partir de valores tales como la cooperaci?n, la equidad, la 
honestidad, la integridad, el respecto y la solidaridad, pueden ejercer un 
efecto significativo en la calidad de la interacci?n entre las culturas y la 
promoci?n de un di?logo fruct?fero entre civilizaciones, contribuyendo con ello 
a la paz mundial.
2.4.2	Democracia y gobierno responsable
La reglamentaci?n nacional e internacional de las sociedades de la informaci?n 
y la comunicaci?n debe ajustarse plenamente a las normas internacionales sobre 
derechos humanos. La apertura, la transparencia, la responsabilidad y el 
imperio de la ley deben ser los principios que orienten el gobierno democr?tico 
de las sociedades a todos los niveles, desde el ?mbito local, al nacional y el 
internacional. Las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n integradoras, 
participativas y pac?ficas siguen siendo responsabilidad de los entes 
gubernamentales, as? como el resultado del compromiso de todos los actores 
participantes en el gobierno, en el ?mbito pol?tico y en los dem?s, para 
implantar progresivamente una mayor equidad pol?tica, social y econ?mica.
Es necesario incorporar una perspectiva democr?tica en las sociedades de la 
informaci?n y la comunicaci?n en las que la informaci?n es crucial para los 
ciudadanos y las ciudadanas, a fin de poder adoptar decisiones bas?ndose en el 
conocimiento de las alternativas y las oportunidades. La informaci?n y la 
comunicaci?n son los cimientos de la transparencia, el debate y la adopci?n de 
decisiones. Puede suponer una contribuci?n a la cultura y a las iniciativas de 
cooperaci?n que constituyen la base de la renovaci?n de la democracia. Las 
tecnolog?as de informaci?n y comunicaci?n ofrecen posibles beneficios a las 
comunidades del mundo que s?lo podr?n obtenerse si existe la voluntad pol?tica 
para ello.
En este esp?ritu, el objetivo de la CMSI de "elaborar una visi?n y una 
comprensi?n comunes de la sociedad de la informaci?n" y los m?todos para lograr 
dicha visi?n, exigen unos valores y unos mecanismos de comunicaci?n compartidos 
que incluyan el derecho a la comunicaci?n, el respeto por la libertad de opini?
n y de expresi?n en todas sus dimensiones y un compromiso en cuanto a la 
transparencia, la responsabilidad y la democracia.
2.4.3	Infraestructura y acceso 
La enorme falta de una estructura fiable constituye el obst?culo f?sico 
principal para la prestaci?n de servicios basados en las TIC a los pueblos de ?
frica. En este caso, la estructura fragmentada e incompleta y la falta de 
fiabilidad de la infraestructura actual y de las redes de acceso constituyen la 
base de la denominada brecha digital.
La infraestructura de (tele)comunicaciones es fundamental para la difusi?n de 
los servicios basados en las TIC y es crucial en la consecuci?n del objetivo 
del acceso universal, sostenible, ubicuo y asequible a estas tecnolog?as y 
servicios y a su utilizaci?n por todos y todas. Adem?s, la energ?a es un 
requisito previo para la infraestructura y el acceso.
Actualmente, el mayor tr?fico de voz, de datos e Internet entre los pa?ses 
africanos se encamina en la actualidad por fuera del continente debido a la 
falta de una red medular africana eficaz, lo que aumenta el costo de este 
tr?fico. El aumento de los costos limita siempre el acceso. Debe respaldarse y 
ampliarse la labor actual de construcci?n de una infraestructura de red 
africana (por ejemplo, los puntos de intercambio Internet).
La implementaci?n y despliegue de una infraestructura de (tele)comunicaciones y 
acceso en los pa?ses en desarrollo exigir? inversiones financieras congruentes 
con las enormes necesidades en esta materia. A fin de reducir el monto de los 
recursos financieros necesarios, deben optimizarse las inversiones para 
consolidar proyectos a nivel nacional o (sub)regional y efectuar un nuevo 
dise?o y actualizaci?n tecnol?gicos. Adem?s, la sinergia entre los distintos 
sectores debe explotarse sistem?ticamente desde la fase de proyecto, prestando 
especial atenci?n a los sectores de energ?a y de transporte con los que hay 
v?nculos muy estrechos. Por ?ltimo, la sinergia especialmente intensa y la 
similitud tecnol?gica entre las TIC y las redes de radio y TV debe inducir a 
los gobiernos y a las autoridades de planificaci?n a desplegar y utilizar una 
infraestructura com?n para el transporte y la difusi?n de sus servicios.
Los telecentros comunitarios (centros de acceso p?blico) han pasado a ser 
espacios para el acceso efectivo y la utilizaci?n estrat?gica de las 
tecnolog?as de informaci?n y comunicaci?n, haciendo hincapi? en la 
democratizaci?n de las comunicaciones. Los gobiernos deben garantizar la 
aplicaci?n de pol?ticas encaminadas al desarrollo de telecentros, entre otros, 
para dar acceso equitativo y asequible a la infraestructura y a las TIC y para 
fomentar las pol?ticas de integraci?n digital de la poblaci?n, con 
independencia del g?nero, los aspectos ?tnicos, el idioma, la cultura y la 
situaci?n geogr?fica. De esta manera se promover? el debate y la participaci?n 
activa de las comunidades en los procesos p?blicos de la pol?tica relacionados 
con la implementaci?n y la funci?n de los telecentros para el desarrollo local.
Los proyectos de los sat?lites orbitales deben considerarse como un recurso 
p?blico y deben atribuirse en beneficio del inter?s p?blico mediante procesos 
transparentes y responsables. Adem?s, la planificaci?n y reglamentaci?n del 
espectro deben asegurar un acceso equitativo entre la pluralidad de los medios 
de comunicaci?n, incluyendo la reserva de la capacidad de sat?lites suficiente 
para los medios de difusi?n comunitarios. Debe reservase un porcentaje fijo de 
los recursos orbitales, de la capacidad de los sat?lites y del espectro de 
radiofrecuencias para fines educativos, humanitarios, comunitarios y otros no 
comerciales.
La expansi?n de la infraestructura mundial de la informaci?n debe basarse en 
principios de igualdad y asociaci?n, y debe orientarse mediante reglas de libre 
competencia y regulaci?n a nivel nacional e internacional.
La integraci?n del acceso, la infraestructura y la capacitaci?n del p?blico, 
as? como la generaci?n de contenidos locales en un marco de redes sociales y de 
pol?ticas p?blicas o privadas claras es una base fundamental para el desarrollo 
de sociedades de la informaci?n igualitarias e integradoras.
2.4.4	Financiaci?n e infraestructura 
Se deben prever y evaluar medidas de financiaci?n de actualidad y otras 
nuevas. ?frica ha propuesto el "Fondo de solidaridad digital". Dicho fondo 
podr?a ser una aut?ntica esperanza para los pueblos de ?frica si se establecen 
claramente sus metas, si se gestiona de forma transparente y se orienta al 
fomento de los servicios p?blicos primarios, especialmente los de las 
poblaciones que viven en zonas desatendidas y aisladas. Adem?s, hacemos 
hincapi? en el papel significativo que pueden desempe?ar los pueblos en 
di?spora de todas las regiones del mundo para la financiaci?n de los programas 
y proyectos de TIC.
A fin de optimizar los recursos financieros escasos, deben utilizarse las 
opciones tecnol?gicas rentables adecuadas, evitando la duplicaci?n de la 
infraestructura. Adem?s, pueden explotarse con este fin las sinergias entre los 
distintos sectores y redes, prestando especial atenci?n a los sectores de la 
energ?a y el transporte, dados sus estrechos v?nculos con el sector de las 
telecomunicaciones.
Debe establecerse un Fondo de Medios Comunitarios mediante una asociaci?n de 
donantes de la sociedad civil que apoye e invierta en medios de comunicaci?n 
basados en y dirigidos por las comunidades, as? como en iniciativas de 
informaci?n y comunicaci?n que se valgan de los medios de comunicaci?n 
tradicionales y de las nuevas TIC. Debe tratar de eliminarse la duplicaci?n de 
infraestructuras y consolidar proyectos en un marco nacional o regional para 
alentar la inversi?n de fondos. Siempre que sea posible, las TIC y las redes de 
radio y TV deben emplear una infraestructura com?n para la difusi?n.
2.4.5	Desarrollo humano - Ense?anza y capacitaci?n
La alfabetizaci?n, la ense?anza y la investigaci?n son componentes 
fundamentales e interrelacionados en los intercambios de informaci?n que 
precisan las sociedades del conocimiento. La creaci?n y la adquisici?n del 
saber deben respaldarse como proceso participativo y colectivo; no deben 
considerarse un flujo unilateral o limitado a un sector de la creaci?n de 
capacidades. La ense?anza, en sus distintos componentes ?formal, informal, 
permanente- es fundamental para la construcci?n de las sociedades democr?ticas, 
creando una ciudadan?a culta y una fuerza laboral capacitada.
Para aprovechar todo el potencial de la ense?anza electr?nica y de la educaci?n 
a distancia, ?stas deben asociarse a los recursos y m?todos educativos 
tradicionales en un contexto local de pluralismo de los medios de comunicaci?n 
y de diversidad ling??stica.
?nicamente la ciudadan?a informada que pueda acceder a una ense?anza de 
calidad, a los diversos medios de informaci?n y a los resultados de la 
investigaci?n puede participar plenamente en las sociedades del conocimiento y 
contribuir de forma eficaz a ellas. Por tanto, tambi?n es fundamental reconocer 
el derecho a la ense?anza que se refleja en la Declaraci?n del Derecho al 
Desarrollo y en la Declaraci?n de Derechos Humanos.
Las iniciativas de creaci?n de capacidad humana concebidas para el desarrollo 
individual y comunitario en la sociedad de la informaci?n deben incluir, adem?s 
de la alfabetizaci?n b?sica y las aptitudes en materia de TIC, unos 
conocimientos de los medios de comunicaci?n y de informaci?n, as? como la 
posibilidad de encontrar, evaluar, utilizar y crear la informaci?n y la 
tecnolog?a. En particular, lo/as educadore/as, lo/as estudiante/as y lo/as 
investigadore/as deben poder utilizar y desarrollar el software libre que 
ofrece sin restricciones la posibilidad de estudiar, modificar, copiar, 
distribuir y explotar el software. Por ?ltimo, las iniciativas de creaci?n de 
capacidad humana deben concebirse de forma que estimulen el deseo del 
aprendizaje general y respondan a necesidades espec?ficas y especiales: las de 
personas j?venes y mayores, las de las mujeres, las de las personas con 
discapacidades, las de los pueblos ind?genas, las de las comunidades 
migratorias, las de los refugiados y las de personas que regresan a su tierra 
tras los conflictos, en una perspectiva de largo plazo. Lo/as voluntario/as 
pueden contribuir a la transmisi?n de los conocimientos y a la mejora de la 
capacidad humana, en particular la de los grupos marginales a los que no llegan 
las instituciones de capacitaci?n estatales.
La creaci?n de capacidad humana en las sociedades de la informaci?n y la 
comunicaci?n exige personas que sean competentes en la ense?anza de los medios 
de comunicaci?n y los conocimientos de comunicaci?n. Por este motivo, la 
capacitaci?n de los ense?antes y la formaci?n de educadores en todos los 
niveles tiene gran importancia para poder llegar a los pueblos y hasta los 
l?mites de la sociedad de la informaci?n.
Las bibliotecas son un instrumento importante en el combate contra la brecha 
digital y para asegurar un acceso continuo, y no dictado por el mercado a la 
informaci?n, liberando los resultados de la investigaci?n financiados con 
fondos p?blicos, intercambiando los contenidos y los materiales de ense?anza 
para promover la alfabetizaci?n, desarrollar las capacidades humanas y ahondar 
en la autonom?a de lo/as ense?antes de todo tipo a lo largo del mundo. Ello 
implica tambi?n que lo/as productores de los contenidos persuasivos sean 
participantes activo/as en el paradigma abierto de acceso al conocimiento.
Se han de evaluar de forma transparente las barreras mundiales al conocimiento 
y la ense?anza, mirando m?s all? de los obst?culos tecnol?gicos en los 
imperativos legales e institucionales (como las leyes de propiedad intelectual 
y las normas internacionales) promoviendo un nuevo equilibrio de propiedades 
intelectuales para lo/as creadore/as como fundamento com?n que proteja su 
trabajo y a fin de que la sociedad civil aproveche sus contribuciones.
La sociedad civil necesita modelos alternativos para la producci?n y el 
intercambio de conocimientos e informaci?n. Para garantizar y financiar el 
conocimiento a nivel mundial, los actores de la sociedad civil deben apoyar 
nuevos modelos abiertos y auto-organizativos de publicaci?n cient?fica y de 
producci?n de programas inform?ticos y comunicaciones a nivel comunitario que 
incorporen actividades de mantenimiento y capacidades de actualizaci?n.
2.4.6	Generaci?n de informaci?n y desarrollo de los conocimientos
Debe promoverse la investigaci?n a todos los niveles relacionados con las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n, y su desarrollo debe ser 
adecuado al empleo social de las TIC. En particular, debe respaldarse la 
investigaci?n en inform?tica comunitaria4. Ello debe incluir el desarrollo de 
un orden del d?a de la investigaci?n entre profesionales, estudiantes y 
comunidades; la elaboraci?n de un repertorio de proyectos de inform?tica 
comunitaria y la identificaci?n de los factores de fallo y de ?xito, as? como 
el respaldo a proyectos y sistemas de investigaci?n. La investigaci?n 
fundamental debe reforzarse, ampliando el acceso abierto a los datos y 
publicaciones cient?ficos primarios. Las entidades p?blicas tales como 
bibliotecas, centros de investigaci?n cient?fica y universidades deben fomentar 
la investigaci?n independiente, crear un ?rgano plural de conocimientos y 
promover los resultados de las actividades que se hayan financiado con el 
erario p?blico. Esta entidad de conocimientos debe estar presente en todos los 
espacios p?blicos o en los espacios con acceso p?blico (centros comunitarios, 
universidades, escuelas, museos, bibliotecas, centros medi?ticos y otras 
entidades especializadas), mediante modos de acceso adecuados y plurales, 
evitando el riesgo de la dependencia de la tecnolog?a digital por s? sola.
2.4.7	Gobierno mundial de las TIC y las comunicaciones
Las reglas de juego internacionales desempe?an un papel fundamental en la 
econom?a mundial de la informaci?n. En los ?ltimos a?os, los gobiernos han 
liberalizado los tradicionales reg?menes regulatorios internacionales para las 
telecomunicaciones, el espectro de radiofrecuencias y los servicios por 
sat?lite, y han establecido nuevos acuerdos multilaterales para el comercio 
internacional en los servicios, la propiedad intelectual, la "seguridad de la 
informaci?n" y el comercio electr?nico. Al mismo tiempo, diversos grupos 
comerciales han creado una amplia variedad de disposiciones "autorregulatorias" 
relativas a los identificadores de Internet (nombres y n?meros), su 
infraestructura y su contenido.
No es aceptable que estos marcos de gobierno mundial y otros relacionados sean 
dise?ados por y para peque?os grupos de poderosos gobiernos y empresas, y 
posteriormente sean exportados a todo el mundo como hechos consumados. En vez 
de ello, deben reflejar las diversas opiniones e intereses de la comunidad 
internacional en su conjunto. Este principio general tiene dimensiones tanto de 
procedimiento como de fondo.
Desde el punto de vista del procedimiento, los procesos de toma de decisiones 
deben basarse en valores tales como participaci?n global, la transparencia y la 
responsabilidad democr?tica. En particular, se necesitan reformas 
institucionales para facilitar la participaci?n plena y eficaz de las partes 
interesadas marginalizadas, tales como pa?ses en desarrollo y en proceso de 
transici?n pol?tica, organizaciones de la sociedad civil mundial, la peque?a y 
mediana empresa y usuario/as individuales.
Fundamentalmente, los marcos de gobierno mundial deben promover una distribuci?
n m?s equitativa de los beneficios entre las naciones y los grupos sociales. 
Para ello, deben conseguir un mejor equilibrio entre las consideraciones 
comerciales y otros objetivos sociales leg?timos. Por ejemplo, los acuerdos 
internacionales actuales deben reformarse para promover: una gesti?n eficaz de 
las interconexiones de la red y de la distribuci?n de los ingresos por tr?fico, 
sujeto al mutuo acuerdo entre los operadores correspondientes; las asignaciones 
equitativas del espectro de radiofrecuencias y de los intervalos orbitales de 
sat?lite que soporten plenamente las aplicaciones de desarrollo y no 
comerciales; un comercio equitativo de bienes y servicios electr?nicos, 
teniendo en cuenta las necesidades que tienen los pa?ses en desarrollo de un 
tratamiento especial y diferenciado; un dominio p?blico abierto de recursos de 
informaci?n e ideas; y la protecci?n de los derechos humanos, la seguridad del 
consumidor o consumidora y la privacidad personal. De forma paralela, es 
necesario concluir nuevos acuerdos internacionales para promover: el apoyo 
financiero a fin de lograr un desarrollo
e sostenible, especialmente en las 
naciones menos pr?speras, pero no limitadas a ellas; la diversidad ling??stica, 
cultural y de informaci?n; y la disminuci?n del poder del mercado concentrado 
en las TIC y las industrias de los medios de comunicaci?n de masas.
A la vista de las controversias suscitadas en el proceso de preparaci?n de la 
CMSI, debe prestarse especial atenci?n a mejorar la coordinaci?n global en los 
recursos b?sicos de Internet. Cabe recordar que Internet no es una "plataforma" 
de comunicaciones singular ligada a la red telef?nica p?blica; se trata de un 
conjunto de protocolos, procesos y redes autoasociadas voluntariamente 
altamente distribuidas. De acuerdo con ello, Internet no puede ser controlado 
de forma eficaz por una sola organizaci?n o un conjunto de intereses. Un modelo 
intergubernamental excluyente no se adaptar?a en modo alguno a sus 
caracter?sticas peculiares; s?lo un enfoque plenamente abierto, que tenga en 
cuenta los m?ltiples intereses y sea flexible puede asegurar el continuo 
crecimiento de Internet y su transici?n hacia un medio multiling?e. 
Paralelamente, cuando puedan garantizarse las condiciones para lograr la 
estabilidad del sistema y una gesti?n firme, debe transferirse el control de 
los recursos globales inherentes, como el sistema de servidores ra?z, a una 
entidad mundial de intereses m?ltiples.
La comunidad internacional debe tener un acceso pleno y sencillo al 
conocimiento y a la informaci?n sobre la toma de decisiones y el control 
mundial de las TIC. Se trata de un requisito b?sico para la realizaci?n de los 
principios mencionados anteriormente y para el ?xito del propio proceso de 
la?CMSI. Necesitamos un control y un an?lisis orientados hacia el inter?s 
p?blico de las actividades pertinentes de los organismos tanto 
intergubernamentales como de autogobierno, incluidos, entre otros, la Uni?n 
Internacional de Telecomunicaciones, la Organizaci?n Mundial del Comercio, la 
Organizaci?n Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual, la Conferencia de las 
Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio Internacional, la Organizaci?n para la Cooperaci?
n y el Desarrollo Econ?mico, la Conferencia de La Haya sobre Ley Privada 
Internacional, la Cooperaci?n Econ?mica Asia
Pac?fico, el Acuerdo de Am?rica 
del Norte sobre Libre Comercio, la Corporaci?n de Asignaci?n de N?meros y 
Nombres Internet (ICANN) y el Acuerdo Wassenaar.
Como un primer paso viable en esta direcci?n recomendamos la creaci?n de un 
comit? observador independiente y en el que est?n representados verdaderamente 
todos los intereses para: 1)?controlar y realizar un seguimiento de los 
desarrollos en curso m?s urgentes en la toma de decisiones sobre el control 
mundial de las TIC; 2)?evaluar y solicitar a los interesados informaci?n sobre 
la conformidad de dicha toma de decisiones con los objetivos se?alados en la 
agenda de la CMSI; 3)?informar a todos los interesados en el proceso de la CMSI 
de forma peri?dica hasta 2005, a?o en el que podr? tomarse una decisi?n sobre 
la necesidad de continuar o finalizar la actividad.
3	Conclusiones
Son las personas quienes fundamentalmente constituyen y conforman las 
sociedades, y las sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?n no son una 
excepci?n al respecto. Los actores de la sociedad civil han sido creadores e 
innovadores fundamentales de la tecnolog?a, la cultura y el contenido de las 
sociedades de la informaci?n y las comunicaciones y continuar?n si?ndolo en el 
futuro.
Los derechos humanos se encuentran en el centro de nuestra visi?n de la 
sociedad de la informaci?n y de las comunicaciones5. Desde ese punto de vista, 
los planes de acci?n, la aplicaci?n, los mecanismos de financiaci?n y el 
control deben ser conformados y evaluados bas?ndose en su capacidad de 
satisfacer las necesidades fundamentales para la vida de los seres humanos.
Los pa?ses anfitriones y las instituciones que contribuyan y participen en el 
proceso de la?CMSI posterior a la reuni?n de Ginebra deben respetar plenamente 
los principios enunciados en la Declaraci?n que adopte la Cumbre de Ginebra, 
incluidos los que se refieren a derechos humanos fundamentales para la sociedad 
de la informaci?n y las comunicaciones. Esos principios incluyen la libertad de 
expresi?n, de asociaci?n y de informaci?n, pero no est?n limitados 
exclusivamente a ?stos.
Para lograr este objetivo, y preparar la segunda fase de la CMSI, debe crearse 
una comisi?n independiente que examine las regulaciones y pr?cticas de las TIC 
nacionales e internacionales y su conformidad con las normas establecidas 
relativas a los derechos humanos internacionales. Esta comisi?n debe considerar 
tambi?n las posibles aplicaciones de las TIC destinadas a facilitar el respeto 
de los derechos humanos, tales como el derecho al desarrollo, el derecho a la 
educaci?n y el derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado para la salud f?sica y 
mental y el bienestar de los individuos y su familia, incluida la alimentaci?n, 
el alojamiento y los cuidados sanitarios.
La plena realizaci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n requiere la plena 
participaci?n de la sociedad civil en su concepci?n, implantaci?n y 
funcionamiento. Para ello solicitamos a todos los gobiernos implicados en los 
procesos preparatorios de la CMSI que trabajen de buena fe con las 
organizaciones no gubernamentales y de la sociedad civil y cumplan plenamente 
las recomendaciones de la Resoluci?n?58/183 de la Asamblea General de las 
Naciones Unidas. En particular, los gobiernos participantes deben garantizar 
que se respetan los derechos de la sociedad civil de participar plenamente en 
los restantes procesos preparatorios intergubernamentales que desemboquen en la 
segunda fase de la CMSI.
Nos comprometemos, independientemente de las modalidades de participaci?n que 
nos concedan los gobiernos, a proseguir por todos los medios adecuados y 
pertinentes necesarios la realizaci?n de la visi?n de la sociedad de la 
informaci?n aqu? presentada. Con ese prop?sito, las organizaciones de la 
sociedad civil continuar?n cooperando entre s? para elaborar un Plan de Acci?n 
destinado a la segunda fase de la?CMSI. Solicitamos a los l?deres del mundo que 
asuman urgentemente las responsabilidades con las que se enfrentan, en 
colaboraci?n con la sociedad civil, para hacer que esta visi?n sea una realidad.
Las declaraciones de apoyo a la presente Declaraci?n deben dirigirse a ct-
endorse@wsis-cs.org y se archivan en http://www.wsis-cs.org.


_______________


_______________
1 Versi?n corregida?: 12-12-2003
1 	No existe una sola sociedad de la informaci?n, comunicaci?n o 
conocimiento, lo que hay, a nivel local, nacional y mundial, son posibles 
sociedades del futuro. Por otra parte, habida cuenta de que la comunicaci?n es 
un aspecto cr?tico de cualquier sociedad de la informaci?n, en el presente 
documento utilizamos la expresi?n "sociedades de la informaci?n y la comunicaci?
n". Sin embargo, con prop?sitos de conformidad con la terminolog?a previa de la 
CMSI, utilizamos el t?rmino "sociedad de la informaci?n" al referirnos 
directamente a la Cumbre.
2 	En este documento se utiliza el t?rmino "software libre" para referirse 
al concepto espec?fico definido por la Free Software Foundation. El software 
libre es aquel cuya licencia permite a las personas libremente utilizar, 
copiar, distribuir, estudiar, intercambiar y mejorar dicho software. El 
software libre permite el acceso al c?digo fuente del mismo modo que 
el "software abierto". No obstante software abierto es un t?rmino popularmente 
utilizado que no se identifica necesariamente con nuestra definici?n de 
software libre. Algunas organizaciones proporcionan software abierto que no 
permite todas las acciones mencionadas. Para mayor informaci?n sobre este 
concepto v?anse las direcciones: http://www.fsf.org y http://www.fsfeurope.org.
3 	Declaraci?n de Windhoek sobre la promoci?n de una prensa africana 
independiente y pluralista; Declaraci?n de Alma Ata sobre el fomento de medios 
de comunicaci?n independientes y pluralistas en Asia, 1992; Declaraci?n de Sana 
sobre el fomento de medios de comunicaci?n independientes y pluralistas, 1994; 
Declaraci?n de Sof?a sobre el fomento de medios de comunicaci?n independientes 
y pluralistas en Europa, 1997 (adoptado en 1995 y 1997).
4 	La inform?tica comunitaria se refiere al estudio interdisciplinario y a 
la pr?ctica del dise?o, la implementaci?n y la gesti?n de las tecnolog?as de la 
informaci?n y la comunicaci?n desarrolladas por las comunidades para resolver 
sus propios problemas. Esta disciplina tiene en cuenta la investigaci?n de la 
ciencia social sobre la repercusi?n en la sociedad de las?TIC 
conocida tambi?n 
como inform?tica social
 as? como las t?cnicas de an?lisis y dise?o de los 
sistemas de informaci?n y comunicaci?n.
5 	Nada en esta declaraci?n debe interpretarse en el sentido de que la 
sociedad civil desee comprometerse en alguna actividad o llevar a cabo alguna 
acci?n destinada a la supresi?n de cualquiera de los derechos y libertades 
establecidos en la Carta Internacional de Derechos y en otros tratados sobre 
derechos humanos.
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From jimfleming at Ameritech.Net  Fri Dec 12 14:57:04 2003
From: jimfleming at Ameritech.Net (Jim Fleming)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "It is time for the industry to grow up." - Stratton Sclavos, CEO of VeriSign
References: <1071232869.3fd9b765497c2@segur.pangea.org>
Message-ID: <086701c3c0c0$34e23680$7e00a8c0@pc100>

http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?f=Articles/2003%2F12%2F14c9995f-5557-4dc4-ad48-4548360c2095%2F14c9995f-5557-4dc4-ad48-4548360
c2095.xml&hed=SiteFinder%20will%20return,%20VeriSign%20CEO%20says
________________________________________
"SiteFinder will come back," vowed Stratton Sclavos, CEO of VeriSign in an interview at the Red Herring Fall conference in Monterey,
California, although he did not give a specific relaunch date. "A group of 200 technical zealots were against it and they got all
the headlines," said Mr. Sclavos. "Did they misinterpret it? Of course. We're not going to let this go."
...
"Mr. Sclavos took the opportunity to take a swipe at ICANN: "It is time for the industry to grow up. The Internet is the
infrastructure running the economy for the next three to four decades. We should not have ICANN volunteers running the policy of the
Internet naming scheme." He noted that he may be the only CEO in history to ask the federal government to regulate his industry
because federal regulation would trump ICANN's powers."


Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info




From Armin.Murmann at ies.unige.ch  Fri Dec 12 15:54:36 2003
From: Armin.Murmann at ies.unige.ch (Armin Murmann - IES-HETS - =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gen=E8ve?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] censorship at the WSIS
In-Reply-To: <3FB90B7F.FA4784F2@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <3FB90B7F.FA4784F2@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.1.20031212163005.01f27ba0@mail.ies.unige.ch>


Hi all,

you may know the helloworldproject. For the WSIS summit a swiss artist got 
a lot of money (near half a millon swiss francs, partly form a governmental 
agency supporting cultural activities) to project with a huge laser e-mail 
messages on mountains (Rio), buildings (NYC, Bombay) or the famous Jet 
d'eau in Geneva.

This wednesday a raciste and xenophobe politician was elected into the 
swiss government, Mr. Blocher. I sent an e-mail saying <BLOCHER- worst case>.

I got the following message back :
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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:40:07 +0100 (CET)
From: do-not-reply@helloworldproject.com
Subject: HelloWorldProject
To: armin.murmann@ies.unige.ch
Message-id: <31150777.1071092407650.JavaMail.wwwrun@hw1>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
X-Comment: This message was scanned against viruses by kilo.unige.ch.

Hello

Thank you for contributing to The Helloworld Project.
Your message is not in line with the Editorial Guidelines and could not be
projected nor archived.

Try again at http://helloworldproject.com
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Conclusion :

a very nice censorship (with public money) in a very democratic country.


Armin Murmann


Institut d'?tudes sociales
HES sant?-social
rue Pr?vost-Martin 28
CH-1211 Gen?ve 4

0041 22 322'1'408 (direct) ou 414
www.ies-geneve.ch 


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Dec 12 16:04:16 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [English] Human Rights Caucus press release
Message-ID: <200312121604.hBCG4Gm1014138@ernesto.ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

This press release of the human rights caucus has been distributed to
journalists during the press conference we just had today.
Meryem
=====

HUMAN RIGHTS CAUCUS ASSESSES  WSIS OUTCOME

GENEVA, DECEMBER 12, 2003 -- The civil society Human Rights Caucus of the
World Summit on the Information Society is relieved that a major setback
in the international consensus on human rights has been avoided in the
final declaration of Principles.    The Caucus, which includes more than
45 organizations, has been working since the first preparatory meetings
18 months ago to ensure that human rights are not left off the WSIS
agenda.

The Caucus contributions have somewhat been taken into account. We are
pleased that the document begins with human rights. The first four
paragraphs include many principles that are supported by the human
rights caucus. The essential principles of universality and
indivisibility are reiterated and there are references to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights as well as to the Vienna Declaration and the
UN Charter. We are also pleased that Article 19 of the UDHR is quoted in
full rather than in an abridged version as some delegations were
proposing. We feel that the human rights section of the document would
be much weaker had we not been active throughout the process. We deplore
however the absences of any reference to the fundamental principle of
nondiscrimination as well as to international labor standards.

But beyond principles, there is the question of enforcement. The Plan of
Action is devoid of any mechanism to advance the human rights agenda.
The human rights caucus, supported by the civil society plenary, and the
International Symposium on the Information Society, Human Dignity and
Human Rights (convened by the People?s Movement for Human Rights
Education in November 2003) proposed an Independent Commission on the
Information Society and Human Rights, composed of highly qualified
experts with a broad geographical representation, to be established to
monitor practices and policies on human rights and the information
society. This is particularly urgent, given the tendency in many
countries ? both North and South -- to sacrifice human rights in the
name of ?security?.

The discussion around security would have been enhanced by a clear
understanding that true security can only be achieved by measures that
are fully compatible with international human rights and particularly
the right to privacy. We deplore the emphasis that continues to be
placed on creating a ?global culture of cyber-security? which aims at
?enhancing trade? instead of implementing human rights (paragraph 35).

Likewise, the caucus remains concerned that the rule of law and the
regulatory framework are expected to ?reflect national realities?
instead of being consistent with the legally binding obligations of
States according to the international human rights treaties they have
ratified (paragraph 39).

At this Summit, the Human Rights Caucus has sought to provide a forum so
that voices that have been silenced by authoritarian governments can be
heard. In this light, we have brought some of the top international
human rights advocates to speak about the situation in China and
Tunisia. They are not the only countries with serious human rights
problems. They stand however as proof that infrastructure alone is not
enough.

For more information:
Diana Bronson:  +41 (0) 79 296 4782 or dbronson@ichrdd.ca
Antoine Madelin:  +41 (0) 79 331 2450 or amadelin@fidh.org

Documents and action reports of the Human  Rights  Caucus:
www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Dec 12 16:05:21 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Francais] Communique du caucus droits de l'homme
Message-ID: <200312121605.hBCG5Lg1014524@ernesto.ras.eu.org>

Bonjour ? tous,

Ce communiqu? du caucus des droits de l'homme a ?t? distribu? aux
journalistes lors de la conf?rence de presse que le caucus a tenue
aujourd'hui.
Meryem
======
LE CAUCUS DES DROITS DE L?HOMME ?VALUE LES R?SULTATS DU SMSI

GEN?VE, 12 D?CEMBRE 2003 -- Le Caucus des droits de l?homme, form? par
des organisations de la soci?t? civile participant au SMSI, est soulag?
de constater qu?une r?gression majeure par rapport au consensus
international sur les droits de l?homme a pu ?tre ?vit?e dans la
D?claration de principe finale. Le Caucus, qui comprend plus de 45
organisations, s?est mobilis? depuis la premi?re conf?rence
pr?paratoire, il y a 18 mois, afin que les droits de l?homme ne soient
pas ?cart?s de l?agenda du SMSI.

Certaines des contributions du Caucus ont ?t? prises en compte. Nous
sommes satisfaits que le document s?ouvre par la r?f?rence aux droits de
l?homme. Les quatre premiers paragraphes contiennent plusieurs principes
promus par le Caucus des droits de l?homme. Les principes essentiels
d?universalit? et d?indivisibilit? sont r?affirm?s et les r?f?rences ?
la D?claration universelle des droits de l?homme, comme ? la D?claration
de Vienne et ? la Charte des Nations Unies, sont bien pr?sentes. Nous
sommes ?galement satisfaits que l?Article 19 de la DUDH soit cit? in
extenso plut?t que dans une version abr?g?e comme certaines d?l?gations
le proposaient. Nous consid?rons que la section du document portant sur
les droits de l?homme aurait ?t? bien plus faible si le Caucus ne
s??tait pas montr? si actif au cours de l?ensemble du processus. Nous
d?plorons toutefois l?absence d?une quelconque r?f?rence au principe
fondamental de non discrimination ainsi qu?aux standards internationaux
relatifs au droit du travail.

Mais au-del? des principes demeure la question de la mise en oeuvre. Le
Plan d?Action est d?nu? de tout m?canisme pour la progression de
l?agenda des droits de l?homme. Le Caucus des droits de l?homme, soutenu
par la pl?ni?re de la soci?t? civile, et le Symposium international sur
la soci?t? de l?information, la dignit? humaine et les droits de l?homme
(organis? par le Mouvement des peuples pour l??ducation aux droits de
l?homme en Novembre 2003), ont propos? l??tablissement d?une Commission
ind?pendante sur la soci?t? de l?information et les droits de l?homme.
Compos?e d?experts hautement qualifi?s et refl?tant une large
repr?sentation g?ographique, cette Commission aurait pour objectif de
contr?ler les pratiques et les politiques en mati?re de droits de
l?homme dans la soci?t? de l?information. Ce besoin est particuli?rement
urgent, ?tant donn? la tendance de plusieurs pays ? tant du Nord que du
Sud ? ? sacrifier les droits de l?homme au nom de la ? s?curit? ?.

Le d?bat sur la s?curit? aurait pu progresser par la reconnaissance
claire qu?une vraie s?curit? ne peut ?tre atteinte que gr?ce ? des
mesures enti?rement compatibles avec les droits de l?homme
internationalement reconnus, particuli?rement le droit ? la vie priv?e.
Nous d?plorons que l?emphase soit toujours mise sur la cr?ation d?une ?
culture mondiale de la cybers?curit? ?, visant ? ? am?liorer les
?changes commerciaux ? plut?t qu?? mettre en oeuvre les droits de
l?homme (paragraphe 35).

De m?me, le Caucus demeure pr?occup? que l??tat de droit et le cadre
r?glementaire soient suppos?s ? refl?ter la situation r?elle des pays ?,
plut?t qu??tre en coh?rence avec les obligations l?gales des ?tats
d?coulant des trait?s internationaux relatifs aux droits de l?homme
qu?ils ont ratifi?s (paragraphe 39).

Durant ce Sommet, le Caucus des droits de l?homme s?est voulu un forum
pour faire entendre les voix que des gouvernements autoritaires
voulaient faire taire. ? cet effet, nous avons fait venir certains des
avocats des droits de l?homme parmi les plus renomm?s
internationalement, afin de pr?senter la situation en Chine et en
Tunisie. Ces deux pays ne sont pas les seuls ? montrer de s?rieux
probl?mes en mati?re de droits de l?homme. Ils constituent toutefois la
preuve que l?infrastructure seule n?est pas suffisante.

Pour plus d?information:
Diana Bronson:  +41 (0) 79 296 4782 ou dbronson@ichrdd.ca
Antoine Madelin:  +41 (0) 79 331 2450 ou amadelin@fidh.org

Documents et actions du Caucus droits de l?homme:
www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis

From acarvin at benton.org  Fri Dec 12 07:48:27 2003
From: acarvin at benton.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] Blogging from WSIS
Message-ID: <34FCB0549227D7118420009027A8F38D0103F2AD@ws5.benton.org>

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that I've been blogging several times a day
from Geneva, and invite you to visit:

www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/

So far I have covered several events, including Richard Stallman's
presentation, the CS declaration press conference, Iranian President
Khatami's press conference, and speeches by President Obasanjo and Professor
Lawrence Lessig. 

Additionally, the team at DailySummit.net have done a crack job at covering
the summit; I would encourage you to check out their site. Their content is
available in English and Arabic.

Hope you get a chance to visit.

cheers,
ac

Andy Carvin
Benton Foundation
acarvin@benton.org
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From mediatec at sangonet.org.za  Fri Dec 12 09:28:44 2003
From: mediatec at sangonet.org.za (Eric Muragana)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS THETHA] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Cultural Diversity Workshop
Message-ID: <NHBBLPBHOLLJIKPHBOMCOEONDAAA.mediatec@sangonet.org.za>

World Electronic Media Forum
Cultural Diversity Workshop
Geneva, Palexpo - December 11, 2003
14:00 to 17:30 - Room Salle B
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Workshop Details

The projection of cultural diversity through the media has contributed to
the enrichment of the human community, and to the promotion of peace and
communal harmony amongst the diverse civilisations of the world, but in many
parts of the world there still remain significant concerns about one single
global culture expanding to dominate media content.

With the advent of the so-called 'Information Society', and the rapid
development of multi-media and convergent technology, will the cultural gap
widen along with that of the information, knowledge and digital divide?  How
will the role of television and radio broadcasters in the promotion and
preservation of cultural diversity now change?

What is likely to be the impact of new information and communication
technologies (ICTs) on the role of the traditional media?  Can they be used
to enhance the role that broadcasters have in keeping their audiences in
touch with their national or ethnic cultural values and traditions?  Or will
new media platforms usurp this role?

These are some of the key issues that the WEMF workshop on Cultural
Diversity will be examining.

Organised by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD)
and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the workshop will feature a
strong line-up of speakers and panelists whose backgrounds and experiences
enable them to provide authoritive views on the relationship between
broadcasting and cultural diversity in various parts of the world.

The workshop will examine how effective broadcasting has been in achieving
preservation of cultural identities, whilst still retaining the positive
influences of globalism, and will discuss how broadcasting might be linked
to an envisaged future Convention on Cultural Diversity.

It will explore in more detail some of the cultural issues raised in the
plenary sessions of the WEMF, namely:
- Do people around the world receive the information they need in their own
language and in a form that is appropriate for their culture?
- Do they find in the media an appropriate reflection of their culture and
traditions and of the themes that are most relevant to them in their
personal and professional lives?

The workshop speakers comprise both media practitioners and media academics,
and have been drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific Islands, to
provide a diversity of backgrounds and experiences in both television and
radio broadcasting.

Chairman
- Mr K S Sarma is Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati India
(Broadcasting Corporation of India).  Between 1996 and 1998, when he was
working as Director General of Doordarshan, he also held the post of Joint
Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Speakers
- Prof. Dr. Jong-ki Kim is the former chairman of the Korean Broadcasting
Commission, the statutory broadcast policy-making organisation in Korea.
His liberalist approach paved the way for the launch of Korea's first direct
broadcasting by satellite (DBS).

- Dr. Widiadnyana Merati is Deputy Minister for Media, Ministry of
Information and Communication, Government of the Republic of Indonesia.
Prior to his current post, Mr Merati had a long and distinguished academic
career at the Institut Teknologi Bandung.

- Dr Ihron Rensburg is Managing Director, Education, Public & Regulatory
Affairs for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). He joined
SABC in 2001, and was recently re-elected Chairperson of the National
Association of Broadcasters of South Africa.

- Mr Francis Herman is Chief Executive Officer, Fiji Broadcasting
Corporation Ltd (FBCL). Mr Herman leads a management team that is
responsible for the operation of Fiji's national radio broadcasting service.
The FBCL operates a network of six radio stations.

- Dr. Roza Tsagarousianou is a Senior Lecturer in Communication at the
Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster,
London. Dr  Tsagarousianou has undertaken many research projects on ethnic
minority audiences in Europe, particularly people of South Asian family
origin.

For the workshop discussions, the speakers will be joined by two panelists:
Ms Verena Wiedemann, Head of European Affairs at ARD's Brussels office, and
Ms Milagros Del Corral, a UNESCO Director. Ms Wiedemann has been closely
involved in the Canc?n Declaration on Cultural Diversity, which was adopted
at a side-event to the WTO Ministerial Conference in September.

Organised by

Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
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From greve at gnu.org  Fri Dec 12 11:17:52 2003
From: greve at gnu.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society "Vision"  declaration
In-Reply-To: <3FD60C89.3040407@lpi.org> (Evan Leibovitch's message of "Tue,
 09 Dec 2003 09:55:21 -0800")
References: <3FD60C89.3040407@lpi.org>
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Dear Evan,

your mail came as quite a surprise. I would have assumed you were very
happy with the strong positive stand that Civil Society took publicly
on Free Software in general; and internally GNU/Linux in particular.

Also, the large amount of Free Software installations from the
Cybercafe over the African Media Village to the Indian Simputer and
the advocacy for Free Software in many booths, including that of
Germany, are a very promising start, I think.


 || On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:42:53 -0800
 || Evan Leibovitch <evan@lpi.org> wrote: 

 el> The language used in the document represents a view that is
 el> needlessly limited,

I am not sure I understand this statement. In what sense do you think
it is limited?

Maybe it would be best if we discussed this in person. My mobile phone
number is +49-179-3909635, I should be around today and although I
have a few appointments, there should be time to meet and discuss.

I'll try to come to the LPI booth after an interview I now have to
give. 

Regards,
Georg

-- 
Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve@fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe	                 (http://fsfeurope.org)
GNU Business Network                        (http://mailman.gnubiz.org)
Brave GNU World	                           (http://brave-gnu-world.org)
From ljeffrey at tiber.mcluhan.org  Fri Dec 12 15:34:47 2003
From: ljeffrey at tiber.mcluhan.org (ljeffrey@tiber.mcluhan.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Policy dialogue demo on Saturday
Message-ID: <63340-2200312512153447399@M2W076.mail2web.com>

Congratulations to all of the civil society members and groups who have
done such an outstanding job of organizing, voicing and documenting cs
concerns.  
Bravo. 

Reminder that the Canadian foreign policy e dialogue, nominated best of
content and creativity in e government for national World Summit Awards, 
www.foreign-policy-dialogue.ca 
AND conducted as partnership between civil society consortium and Foreign
Affairs Ministry will be demonstrated again at the Canada Pavilion, booth
230 in the ICT4D on Saturday December 12, between 11 am and 12 pm.
Overview, results and lead developer David Mason will be on hand to discuss
the e dialogue platform and relevance of open source and free software
solutions.  
Just before, at 10:30 am, the eCommons/Agora and byDesign eLab will display
the Canadian gathering point for WSIS-SMSI eyewitness reports and
commentary, http://wsis.ecommons.ca , and call for comments on going
forward from Geneva to Tunis. ( Site up, receiving reports & links &
comments, many more promised.) Do stop by and say hello. Liss Jeffrey,
Jeremy Shtern, David Mason         

Original Message:
-----------------
From: Robert Guerra rguerra@privaterra.org
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:13 -0800 (PST)
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Daily press briefing


Paola from the secretarait has requested that those who wish to report on
the prior day's events, activities and happenings please drop by the
fountain by the civil society offices at 9:30 each morning.

she has also asked that we give her information on what will be happening
during the day.

she will them make a summary and report it to the press at thier 10:30
briefing.

regards

robert


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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Fri Dec 12 18:06:04 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] statement by High Commissioner for Human Rights to WSIS, 11 Dec
Message-ID: <DA3118E4-2CCD-11D8-8DEF-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Office of the High Commissioner
for Human Rights

World Summit on the Information Society

Statement by
Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan
Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights

PALEXPO, Geneva

11 December 2003
(10.00 p.m.)



Contact person: 	Osamu Shiraishi
Telephone: 022-917-9282
Fax: 022-917-9010
e-mail:



Original language: English

(Please check against delivery)
Mr. President,
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am honored to address the World Summit on the Information Society, 
the Summit where world leaders have gathered to set a path in this area 
for the future of the global community.

With the emergence of the Information Society the world is going 
through profound changes which have the potential to substantially 
transform our lives and the lives of future generations. We seek to 
build an Information Society where people and individuals are placed at 
its centre, where human dignity is firmly upheld and where human rights 
are recognized as its guiding principles. How can we best ensure that 
these principles are reflected in an Information Society? How can we 
make  best use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), 
which are the vital tools and building blocks in this endeavor? These 
questions await our answer, our commitment and  our concerted action.

Throughout the preparatory process for this World Summit, we have heard 
about and discussed international human rights standards. These 
standards have been developed on the basis of the United Nations 
Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and constitute a 
set of internationally adopted norms, relevant to all spheres of life. 
I want to reaffirm these standards today in particular in the context 
of formulating our common vision of the Information Society.


Mr. President,
Your Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

We all should be concerned about the potentially negative impact that 
the dramatic advances in telecommunications, broadcasting and other 
forms of information and communication technologies could have on human 
rights. Rapid advances in surveillance and security technologies can 
have a chilling impact on freedoms of expression and association and 
new technologies can also be used to restrict access to information. At 
the same time, and with due regard to the freedom of expression, 
governments surely have an interest in seeking to prevent the 
dissemination of hate and racist messages, child pornography and other 
abuses of human dignity.

These issues remind us of the serious responsibility of those who have 
the means, power and authority to ensure that technologies are applied 
for the promotion and protection of human rights and human dignity.

Let us remember that information and communication technologies are not 
only means of exchanging and disseminating information, but crucial 
tools to improve the enjoyment of human rights such as the freedom of 
expression, the right to seek, receive and impart information; the 
right to privacy; the right to an adequate standard of living; the 
right to education; the right to health; and the right to development.

The principle of non-discrimination demands universal access by all to 
information and services as an overall goal. All individuals, 
communities and peoples should be able to enjoy full and equal 
membership in the Information Society of the future. These technologies 
can bring enormous benefits to people in developing countries or 
countries in economic transition, and make government more accessible, 
transparent and democratic. Information and communication technologies 
can also preserve cultural diversity and multilingualism, and support 
marginalized and vulnerable groups-including migrants, refugees, 
children, persons with disabilities, the elderly and people living in 
rural areas. Such technologies can also accommodate the special needs 
of girls and women and be used as a tool to promote gender equality.


In my Human Rights Day message of yesterday, I pleaded for the world of 
the Universal Declaration to become reality for all the world?s 
peoples.  I pleaded for democracy, the rule of law, and for justice. 
Today, I join all of you to renew our commitment to building an 
equitable, participatory, democratic Information Society where all are 
free from fear, from want and from prejudice and fully enjoy his or her 
human rights.

Thank you.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
  Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
  World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
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From R.Correia at ru.ac.za  Fri Dec 12 18:24:27 2003
From: R.Correia at ru.ac.za (R.Correia@ru.ac.za)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Policy dialogue demo on Saturday 13
In-Reply-To: <63340-2200312512153447399@M2W076.mail2web.com>
References: <63340-2200312512153447399@M2W076.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <1071253467.3fda07db73c2d@imap.ru.ac.za>

Hi Robert

That would be Saturday 13. Guess we are all tired.

Best 

Rui

Quoting "ljeffrey@tiber.mcluhan.org" <ljeffrey@tiber.mcluhan.org>:

> Congratulations to all of the civil society members and groups who have
> done such an outstanding job of organizing, voicing and documenting cs
> concerns.  
> Bravo. 
> 
> Reminder that the Canadian foreign policy e dialogue, nominated best of
> content and creativity in e government for national World Summit Awards, 
> www.foreign-policy-dialogue.ca 
> AND conducted as partnership between civil society consortium and Foreign
> Affairs Ministry will be demonstrated again at the Canada Pavilion, booth
> 230 in the ICT4D on Saturday December 12, between 11 am and 12 pm.
> Overview, results and lead developer David Mason will be on hand to discuss
> the e dialogue platform and relevance of open source and free software
> solutions.  
> Just before, at 10:30 am, the eCommons/Agora and byDesign eLab will display
> the Canadian gathering point for WSIS-SMSI eyewitness reports and
> commentary, http://wsis.ecommons.ca , and call for comments on going
> forward from Geneva to Tunis. ( Site up, receiving reports & links &
> comments, many more promised.) Do stop by and say hello. Liss Jeffrey,
> Jeremy Shtern, David Mason         
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Robert Guerra rguerra@privaterra.org
> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:44:13 -0800 (PST)
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Daily press briefing
> 
> 
> Paola from the secretarait has requested that those who wish to report on
> the prior day's events, activities and happenings please drop by the
> fountain by the civil society offices at 9:30 each morning.
> 
> she has also asked that we give her information on what will be happening
> during the day.
> 
> she will them make a summary and report it to the press at thier 10:30
> briefing.
> 
> regards
> 
> robert
> 
> 
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From cnicol at pangea.org  Fri Dec 12 23:56:20 2003
From: cnicol at pangea.org (chris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:20 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Spanish version of CS Declaration
In-Reply-To: <1071233258.3fd9b8eacf264@segur.pangea.org>
References: <1071233258.3fd9b8eacf264@segur.pangea.org>
Message-ID: <1071273378.1730.107.camel@chrissony>

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 13:47, Chris Nicol wrote:
> Aqui la version en castellano de la Declaracion de la Sociedad Civil. Perdona 
> por los accentos. La version formateado estara disponible pronto en 
> http://www.worldsummit2003.org/.
> 

Esta vez lo he podido hacer en Open Office, no con Word.  8-)

Saludos,

Chris








"Construir sociedades de la informaciÃ³n que
atiendan a las necesidades humanas"

DeclaraciÃ³n de la sociedad civil en la Cumbre Mundial
sobre la Sociedad de la InformaciÃ³n


Adoptada por unanimidad en Plenaria por la sociedad civil de la CMSI el
8 de diciembre de 20031



"Construir sociedades de la informaciÃ³n que
atiendan a las necesidades humanas"
DeclaraciÃ³n de la sociedad civil a la Cumbre Mundial
sobre la Sociedad de la InformaciÃ³n
Adoptada por unanimidad en Plenaria por la sociedad civil de la CMSI el
8 de diciembre de 2003



Nosotros, mujeres y hombres de distintos continentes, contextos
culturales, perspectivas, experiencias y conocimientos tÃ©cnicos,
actuando como miembros de diferentes audiencias de una emergente
sociedad civil mundial, considerando que es fundamental la participaciÃ³n
de la sociedad civil en la primera Cumbre celebrada por las Naciones
Unidas sobre cuestiones de informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n, a saber, la
Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la InformaciÃ³n, hemos trabajado
durante dos aÃ±os en el marco del proceso de dicha Cumbre, consagrando
nuestros esfuerzos para definir un concepto incluyente y equitativo de
sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n centrado en las
personas1.
Hemos colaborado en lÃ­nea y fuera de lÃ­nea como entidades de la sociedad
civil, haciendo un uso incluyente y participativo de las tecnologÃ­as de
la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n, lo que nos ha permitido intercambiar
opiniones y definir posiciones comunes, asÃ­ como llegar colectivamente a
una visiÃ³n de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n. 
En esta fase del proceso, la primera de la Cumbre, Ginebra, diciembre de
2003, consideramos que nuestras opiniones y el interÃ©s general que
expresamos colectivamente no quedan adecuadamente reflejados en los
documentos de la Cumbre. Proponemos que este documento forme parte de
los resultados oficiales de la Cumbre. Con la convicciÃ³n de que nuestros
puntos de vista  pueden convertirse en realidad a travÃ©s de las vidas y
las acciones  de las mujeres y los hombres, las comunidades y los
pueblos, presentamos en la presente DeclaraciÃ³n nuestra visiÃ³n, como una
invitaciÃ³n  a participar en el presente diÃ¡logo en curso y a colaborar
con nosotros en la definiciÃ³n de nuestro futuro comÃºn.

1	Una sociedad visionaria
Nuestra visiÃ³n de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n se
basa esencialmente en el ser humano. La dignidad y los derechos de todos
los pueblos y cada persona han de promoverse, respetarse, protegerse y
afirmarse. Restablecer la inexcusable disparidad entre los niveles de
desarrollo, asÃ­ como entre la opulencia y la pobreza extrema, debe ser,
por tanto, nuestra primera preocupaciÃ³n.
Nos comprometemos a constituir sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n centradas en la gente, incluyentes y equitativas.
Sociedades en las que todas y todos puedan crear, utilizar, compartir y
diseminar libremente la informaciÃ³n y el conocimiento, asÃ­ como acceder
a Ã©stos, con el fin de que particulares, comunidades y pueblos sean
habilitados y habilitadas para mejorar su calidad de vida y llevar a la
prÃ¡ctica su pleno potencial. Sociedades fundadas en los principios de
justicia social, polÃ­tica y econÃ³mica, con plena participaciÃ³n y
habilitaciÃ³n de los pueblos y, en consecuencia, sociedades en que se
aborden realmente los desafÃ­os clave que el desarrollo tiene hoy
planteados en el mundo. Sociedades que persigan los objetivos de
desarrollo sostenible, democracia e igualdad de gÃ©nero, con miras a la
consecuciÃ³n de un mundo mÃ¡s pacÃ­fico, justo, igualitario y, por ende,
sostenible, basadas en los principios consagrados en la Carta de las
Naciones Unidas y en la DeclaraciÃ³n Universal de Derechos Humanos. 
Aspiramos construir sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n en
donde el desarrollo se enmarque en los derechos humanos fundamentales y
estÃ© orientado a lograr una distribuciÃ³n mÃ¡s equitativa de los recursos,
que conduzcan a eliminar la pobreza en el sentido de un ambiente
sostenible de no-explotaciÃ³n. Para ello, consideramos que las
tecnologÃ­as pueden utilizarse como medios fundamentales, y no asÃ­ como
fines en sÃ­ mismas, por lo cual reconocemos que reducir la brecha
digital es un paso mÃ¡s, entre otros, en el camino para conseguir el
desarrollo en favor de todos y todas. Reconocemos el enorme potencial de
las tecnologÃ­as de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n (TIC) para responder
a la devastaciÃ³n ocasionada por el hambre, las catÃ¡strofes naturales,
las nuevas pandemias, por ejemplo el VIH/SIDA, y la proliferaciÃ³n de
armamento.
Reafirmamos que la comunicaciÃ³n es un proceso social esencial, una
necesidad humana bÃ¡sica y el fundamento de toda organizaciÃ³n social.
Todos y todas, en cualquier lugar y en todo momento, deberÃ­amos tener la
oportunidad de participar en los procesos de comunicaciÃ³n y nadie
deberÃ­a ser excluido de sus beneficios. Esto hace necesario que
cualquier persona deba tener acceso a los medios de comunicaciÃ³n y estar
en condiciones de ejercer su derecho a la libertad de opiniÃ³n y
expresiÃ³n, lo que incluye el derecho a tener opiniones y a buscar,
recibir y difundir informaciÃ³n e ideas a travÃ©s de cualquier medio de
comunicaciÃ³n y con independencia de fronteras nacionales. Del mismo
modo, deben tambiÃ©n mantenerse el derecho a la privacidad, el derecho al
acceso a la informaciÃ³n pÃºblica y al conocimiento de dominio pÃºblico, y
muchos otros derechos humanos universales que guardan relaciÃ³n concreta
con los procesos de informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n. Todos estos derechos y
libertades de comunicaciÃ³n, asÃ­ como de acceso, deben garantizarse
activamente en favor de todos y todas en leyes nacionales claras, las
cuales deben aplicarse en conformidad con los adecuados requisitos
tÃ©cnicos.
Construir dichas sociedades hace necesaria la participaciÃ³n de las
personas en su calidad de ciudadanos y ciudadanas, asÃ­ como de sus
organizaciones y comunidades, en los procesos de toma de decisiones y
otros mecanismos de definiciÃ³n de polÃ­ticas de los gobiernos. Esto
significa que debe crearse un entorno habilitador para fomentar la
participaciÃ³n y el compromiso de las mujeres y los hombres de todas las
generaciones, y garantizar que estÃ©n presentes los diferentes grupos
sociales y lingÃ¼Ã­sticos, las diferentes culturas y los pueblos, las
poblaciones rurales y urbanas, sin exclusiÃ³n alguna. Asimismo, los
gobiernos deberÃ­an mantener y promover los servicios pÃºblicos
solicitados por los ciudadanos.  Garantizar la rendiciÃ³n de cuentas por
los Estados a los ciudadanos deberÃ­a ser un pilar de la polÃ­tica
pÃºblica, para garantizar que puedan corregirse y mejorarse continuamente
los modelos aplicables a las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n.
Reconocemos que no hay ninguna tecnologÃ­a neutra respecto a su impacto
social y, por consiguiente, la posibilidad del llamado principio "de
neutralidad tecnolÃ³gica " en los procesos fundamentales de toma de
decisiones resulta una falacia. Reviste suma importancia elegir
cuidadosamente opciones tÃ©cnicas favorables a la sociedad en su
conjunto, a la hora de introducir nuevas tecnologÃ­as, y ello desde su
diseÃ±o hasta su despliegue y aplicaciÃ³n. Normalmente, es muy difÃ­cil
rectificar efectos sociales y tÃ©cnicos negativos de los sistemas de
informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n que se descubren ulteriormente a su proceso
de diseÃ±o, por lo cual estos sistemas errados pueden ocasionar daÃ±os
duraderos. Prevemos una sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n en
que las tecnologÃ­as se conciban y apliquen de manera participativa, para
impedir o reducir a un mÃ­nimo sus consecuencias negativas.
Prevemos sociedades en que los conocimientos, la creatividad, la
cooperaciÃ³n y la solidaridad humanas sean considerados elementos
esenciales, en donde se promuevan no sÃ³lo la creatividad individual sino
tambiÃ©n la innovaciÃ³n colectiva, basada en la cooperaciÃ³n. Sociedades en
las que los recursos del conocimiento, informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n sean
reconocidos y protegidos como patrimonio comÃºn de la humanidad.
Sociedades que garanticen y promuevan la diversidad cultural y
lingÃ¼Ã­stica y el diÃ¡logo intercultural en entornos libres de
discriminaciÃ³n, violencia y odio.
Somos conscientes de que disponemos de informaciÃ³n, conocimientos y
medios de comunicaciÃ³n en una escala que no pudo siquiera soÃ±ar la
humanidad en el pasado, pero tambiÃ©n estamos conscientes de que la
exclusiÃ³n frente a los medios de comunicaciÃ³n, a la informaciÃ³n y a los
conocimientos especializados que se requieren para participar en la
esfera pÃºblica, sigue siendo una limitaciÃ³n fundamental, especialmente
en los paÃ­ses en desarrollo. Por otra parte, la informaciÃ³n y el
conocimiento se estÃ¡n transformando cada vez mÃ¡s en recursos privados
que pueden ser controlados, vendidos y comprados, como si se tratara de
simples mercancÃ­as y no de elementos fundamentales de la organizaciÃ³n y
el desarrollo social. AsÃ­ pues, reconocemos la urgencia de buscar
soluciones a estas contradicciones, ya que se trata de los principales
desafÃ­os que se plantean a las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n.
Estamos convencidos y convencidas de que con suficiente voluntad
polÃ­tica para movilizar este acervo de conocimientos humanos y los
recursos apropiados, la humanidad podrÃ­a lograr sin duda los objetivos
de la DeclaraciÃ³n del Milenio e incluso superarlos. En tanto
organizaciones de la sociedad civil, aceptamos nuestra parte de
responsabilidad para traducir a la prÃ¡ctica estos objetivos y hacer de
nuestra visiÃ³n una realidad.

Ã�NDICE
	PÃ¡gina
1 Una sociedad visionaria	3
2 Principios y desafÃ­os fundamentales	8
2.1 Justicia social y desarrollo sostenible centrado en el ser humano	8
2.1.1 ErradicaciÃ³n de la pobreza	9
2.1.2 CiudadanÃ­a global	9
2.1.3 Justicia de gÃ©nero	9
2.1.4 Importancia de la juventud	10
2.1.5 Acceso a la informaciÃ³n y los medios de comunicaciÃ³n	10
2.1.6 Acceso a la informaciÃ³n sanitaria	11
2.1.7 AlfabetizaciÃ³n bÃ¡sica	11
2.1.8 Desarrollo de soluciones de TIC sostenibles y comunitarias	12
2.1.9 Situaciones de conflicto	13
2.2 Importancia crucial de los derechos humanos	14
2.2.1 Libertad de expresiÃ³n 	14
2.2.2 Derecho a la privacidad	14
2.2.3 Derecho a participar en asuntos pÃºblicos	14
2.2.4 Derechos de los trabajadores	15
2.2.5 Derechos de las pueblos indÃ­genas 	15
2.2.6 Derechos de la mujer	15
2.2.7 Derechos del niÃ±o	16
2.2.8 Derechos de las personas con discapacidades	16
2.2.9 Reglamento e imperio de la ley	16
2.3 Cultura, conocimiento y dominio pÃºblico	16
2.3.1 Diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica	16
2.3.2 Medios de comunicaciÃ³n	17
2.3.3 DivulgaciÃ³n del conocimiento mundial	19
2.4 Entorno habilitador	21
2.4.1 Consideraciones Ã©ticas	21
2.4.2 Democracia y gobierno responsable	21
2.4.3 Infraestructura y acceso 	22
2.4.4 FinanciaciÃ³n e infraestructura 	23
2.4.5 Desarrollo humano - EnseÃ±anza y capacitaciÃ³n	23
2.4.6 GeneraciÃ³n de informaciÃ³n y desarrollo de los conocimientos	25
2.4.7 Gobierno mundial de las TIC y las comunicaciones	25
3 Conclusiones	27

2	Principios y desafÃ­os fundamentales
Con arreglo a esta visiÃ³n, resulta esencial que el desarrollo de las
sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n se base en principios
esenciales que reflejen una plena conciencia de los desafÃ­os que han de
afrontarse y la responsabilidad de los diferentes actores. Esto incluye
el pleno reconocimiento de las necesidades existentes, para abordar las
preocupaciones que suscitan las cuestiones de gÃ©nero y adquirir un
compromiso fundamental con respecto a la igualdad de gÃ©nero, la no
discriminaciÃ³n y la habilitaciÃ³n de mujeres, y reconocer que Ã©stas son
condiciones esenciales no negociables para lograr un desarrollo centrado
en las personas en el contexto de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n. Ese compromiso exige rectificar conscientemente los
efectos de la incidencia de relaciones de poder desiguales en las
esferas social, econÃ³mica y polÃ­tica, que se manifiesta en diferencias
de acceso, elecciÃ³n, oportunidades, participaciÃ³n, condiciÃ³n jurÃ­dica y
control de los recursos entre las mujeres y los hombres, asÃ­ como en las
comunidades por clase, etnia, religiÃ³n, raza, situaciÃ³n geogrÃ¡fica y
fase de desarrollo.
Hemos identificado las siguientes Ã¡reas centrales de preocupaciÃ³n .
Reconocemos y apoyamos los siguientes principios, y hemos definido
ciertas esferas prioritarias de acciÃ³n por parte de la comunidad
internacional.
2.1	Justicia social y desarrollo sostenible centrado en el ser humano
En un marco de justicia social, el desarrollo humano entraÃ±a condiciones
culturales, sociales, econÃ³micas, polÃ­ticas y ambientales que
materialicen el pleno potencial y habilliten a las personas y las
comunidades. Pese a los enormes progresos realizados por la humanidad en
el Ã¡mbito del conocimiento y la tecnologÃ­a, la mayorÃ­a de las personas
siguen viviendo en condiciones desastrosas.
En la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n la justicia social
sÃ³lo puede obtenerse  teniendo en cuenta las injusticias geopolÃ­ticas e
histÃ³ricas sobrevenidas en lo econÃ³mico, social, polÃ­tico y cultural. La
actual dinÃ¡mica del mundo se caracteriza por tensiones resultantes de la
interrelaciÃ³n entre la liberalizaciÃ³n econÃ³mica mundial, la
mundializaciÃ³n cultural, el mayor militarismo, el resurgimiento de
fundamentalismos, el racismo y la suspensiÃ³n y violaciÃ³n de derechos
humanos bÃ¡sicos.
La desigual distribuciÃ³n de las TIC y la falta de acceso a la
informaciÃ³n que tiene una gran parte de la poblaciÃ³n mundial, fenÃ³menos
que suelen denominarse brecha digital, son de hecho una expresiÃ³n de
nuevas asimetrÃ­as en el conjunto de brechas sociales existentes. Ã‰stas
incluyen las brechas entre el Norte y el Sur, los ricos y los pobres,
los hombres y las mujeres, las poblaciones urbanas y rurales, aquellos
que tienen acceso a la informaciÃ³n y aquellos que carecen del mismo.
Dichas disparidades pueden verse no sÃ³lo entre las diferentes culturas,
sino tambiÃ©n dentro de las fronteras nacionales. La comunidad
internacional debe ejercer su poder colectivo para garantizar que los
Estados adopten medidas con el fin de reducir las brechas digitales
nacionales.
Combatir todas las formas de discriminaciÃ³n, exclusiÃ³n y aislamiento que
padecen los diferentes grupos y comunidades marginalizados y vulnerables
exige algo mÃ¡s que el simple despliegue de tecnologÃ­as. Su total
participaciÃ³n en las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n
requieren que rechacemos en un nivel fundamental la promociÃ³n de TIC
para el desarrollo orientado al mercado y basado Ãºnicamente en la
bÃºsqueda de rÃ©dito econÃ³mico. SerÃ¡ necesario adoptar medidas conscientes
y dirigidas a objetivos definidos para garantizar que no se desplieguen
las nuevas TIC con el fin de perpetuar las tendencias negativas de la
mundializaciÃ³n econÃ³mica y la monopolizaciÃ³n de los mercados. Por el
contrario, el desarrollo y las aplicaciones TIC deberÃ­an orientarse a
promover el progreso social, econÃ³mico y cultural de los pueblos del
mundo y contribuir a transformar el paradigma del desarrollo.
HabrÃ­a que adoptar decisiones tecnolÃ³gicas con el fin de atender a
necesidades humanas esenciales y no sÃ³lo para enriquecer a las empresas
o hacer posible el control antidemocrÃ¡tico de los gobiernos. En
consecuencia, deben tomarse decisiones fundamentales sobre el diseÃ±o y
la utilizaciÃ³n de las tecnologÃ­as en cooperaciÃ³n con la sociedad civil,
incluyendo a los diferentes usuarios y usuarias finales, y a las
personas involucradas en el desarrollo de las tecnologÃ­as. En
particular, cuando se trate de las tecnologÃ­as basadas en las
comunidades, se deberÃ¡ aplicar en los  los correspondientes procesos de
diseÃ±o la teorÃ­a y la prÃ¡ctica de la informaciÃ³n comunitaria para
responder adecuadamente a las caracterÃ­sticas y necesidades especÃ­ficas
de las comunidades.
2.1.1	ErradicaciÃ³n de la pobreza
La erradicaciÃ³n de la pobreza debe ser una de las prioridades centrales
de la agenda de la CMSI. No puede conseguirse un desarrollo sostenible
que considere las nuevas TIC sin atacar las desigualdades existentes.
Debe permitirse a las personas que viven en extrema pobreza contribuir
con sus experiencias y conocimiento a un diÃ¡logo que involucre a todas
las partes. Atacar la pobreza requiere mÃ¡s que la elaboraciÃ³n de
"programas de desarrollo". Exige un compromiso bÃ¡sico para examinar la
situaciÃ³n actual, mejorar el acceso local a la informaciÃ³n relevante en
un contexto especÃ­fico, mejorar la formaciÃ³n en TIC y asignar
importantes recursos financieros y de otro tipo. Asimismo, por trabajar
a nivel de las bases, los voluntarios desempeÃ±an una funciÃ³n importante
en la inclusiÃ³n social.
Es necesario canalizar los recursos financieros, vinculados a la
solidaridad social y digital, a travÃ©s de mecanismos financieros nuevos
y existentes gestionados de manera transparente e inclusiva por parte de
todos los sectores de la sociedad. Entre los puntos que es necesario
examinar por sus posibles efectos negativos sobre el desarrollo
equitativo se encuentran los actuales acuerdos de reconocimiento y
gobierno del conocimiento y la informaciÃ³n monopolizados, lo cual
incluye la labor de la OMPI y el funcionamiento del Acuerdo sobre los
ADPIC.
2.1.2	CiudadanÃ­a global
Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n tienen el potencial
de catalizar y contribuir a la liberaciÃ³n de los enormes recursos
financieros, tÃ©cnicos, humanos y morales necesarios para el desarrollo
sostenible.  Estos recursos sÃ³lo estarÃ¡n disponibles  a medida que los
pueblos del mundo cultiven un profundo sentido de la responsabilidad por
el destino del planeta y el bienestar de toda la familia humana. En este
sentido, es necesario que las personas y las comunidades, asÃ­ como los
gobiernos, desarrollen una conciencia global y un sentido de ciudadanÃ­a
mundial. Puesto que la humanidad es una e indivisible, cada miembro de
la raza humana la representa en su conjunto y como tal se debe asegurar
la misma importancia a cada uno a travÃ©s de la observancia y la
aplicaciÃ³n proactivas de los derechos humanos a nivel internacional. 
2.1.3	Justicia de gÃ©nero
Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n equitativas, abiertas
e inclusivas deben basarse en la justicia de gÃ©nero y guiarse
particularmente por la interpretaciÃ³n de los principios sobre igualdad
de gÃ©nero, no discriminaciÃ³n y habilitaciÃ³n de las mujeres que contienen
la DeclaraciÃ³n de Beijing y la Plataforma para la AcciÃ³n (Cuarta
Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer) y el ConvenciÃ³n  para la eliminaciÃ³n
de todas las formas de discriminaciÃ³n contra la mujer (CEDAW). Todas las
acciones deben demostrar no sÃ³lo un fuerte compromiso, sino tambiÃ©n un
alto nivel de concienciaciÃ³n en pro de un enfoque intersectorial que
elimine la discriminaciÃ³n resultante de las relaciones de poder
desiguales en todos los niveles de la sociedad. Han de elaborarse
polÃ­ticas y programas proactivos en todos los sectores destinados a la
mujer en tanto que agente activo y primario de cambio en lo que ataÃ±e a
la posesiÃ³n, formulaciÃ³n, utilizaciÃ³n y adaptaciÃ³n de las TIC. Ha de
promoverse la creaciÃ³n de programas educativos adaptados al gÃ©nero y
entornos de aprendizaje adecuados para habilitar a las niÃ±as y mujeres
durante todo su ciclo vital, en tanto que formadoras y lÃ­deres de la
sociedad. Es fundamental realizar un anÃ¡lisis de gÃ©nero y elaborar
indicadores tanto cuantitativos como cualitativos que midan la igualdad
de gÃ©nero en el marco de un sistema nacional de vigilancia y evaluaciÃ³n
integrado y de gran alcance.
2.1.4	Importancia de la juventud
Reconocemos asimismo que los y las jÃ³venes son la mano de obra del
futuro, principales creadores y creadoras,  y mÃ¡s tempranos usuarios de
las TIC. Por consiguiente, se les debe formar para aprender, diseÃ±ar,
contribuir, crear empresas y formular decisiones. Debemos centrarnos
principalmente en los y las jÃ³venes que aÃºn no han podido beneficiarse
plenamente de las oportunidades que ofrecen las sociedades de la
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n. En concreto, es necesario encontrar la
manera de asistir y habilitar a los y las jÃ³venes de entornos
desfavorecidos, sobre todo los y las jÃ³venes de los paÃ­ses en
desarrollo. La igualdad de oportunidades para las niÃ±as y mujeres
jÃ³venes debe integrarse en nuestros esfuerzos y hemos de crear una mayor
concienciaciÃ³n sobre sus necesidades especÃ­ficas y posibilidades en el
campo de las TIC. TambiÃ©n han de resolverse las cuestiones a las que se
enfrentan los jÃ³venes trabajadores en las industrias de TIC, como los
bajos salarios, las pobres condiciones laborales y la falta de
estabilidad y representaciÃ³n colectiva. En tanto que principales
usuarios de las TIC, los y las jÃ³venes son los mÃ¡s afectados y
vulnerables a los riesgos sanitarios que supone su utilizaciÃ³n. AsÃ­, nos
comprometemos a desarrollar y utilizar Ãºnicamente aquellas TIC que
garanticen el bienestar, la protecciÃ³n y el desarrollo armonioso de toda
la infancia. 
2.1.5	Acceso a la informaciÃ³n y los medios de comunicaciÃ³n
El acceso a la informaciÃ³n y los medios de comunicaciÃ³n, en tanto que
bienes pÃºblicos y globales, debe ser participativo, universal, inclusivo
y democrÃ¡tico. Debe eliminarse cualquier desigualdad de acceso en
tÃ©rminos de brecha Norte/Sur, asÃ­ como de desigualdad entre las naciones
desarrolladas y menos desarrolladas. Los obstÃ¡culos que hay que superar
son de naturaleza econÃ³mica, educativa, tÃ©cnica, polÃ­tica, social,
Ã©tnica y de edad, y en todas ellas van incorporadas desigualdades de
gÃ©nero que deben atacarse especÃ­ficamente.
Debe garantizarse el acceso universal a la informaciÃ³n fundamental para
el desarrollo humano. La infraestructura y las formas mÃ¡s apropiadas de
tecnologÃ­as de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n deben ser accesibles
para todos independientemente de su contexto social, y debe promoverse
la  apropiaciÃ³n social de estas tecnologÃ­as. Esto implica involucrarse
en las diversas realidades experimentadas por los distintos grupos
sociales, como los pueblos indÃ­genas, vÃ­ctimas de la diÃ¡spora y las
migraciones, y privilegiar las soluciones focalizadas o a nivel local.
Los medios de comunicaciÃ³n tradicionales y las iniciativas de
informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n a nivel comunitario tienen una funciÃ³n
fundamental que desempeÃ±ar a este respecto, del mismo modo que la
utilizaciÃ³n efectiva de las nuevas TIC. Debe reforzarse el marco
reglamentario y jurÃ­dico en todas las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n para soportar la comparticiÃ³n universal de la tecnologÃ­a,
la informaciÃ³n y el conocimiento y promover el control comunitario
respetando los derechos y libertades humanos.
En el desarrollo de las TIC deben tenerse en cuenta las necesidades
especÃ­ficas y los requisitos de todos los participantes, incluidos los
discapacitados. Es mÃ¡s fÃ¡cil conseguir la accesibilidad e inclusividad
de las TIC en una fase temprana de su diseÃ±o, elaboraciÃ³n y producciÃ³n,
para que la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n sea una
sociedad para todos a un coste mÃ­nimo.
La necesidad de acceder, enviar y recibir informaciÃ³n es un reto
particularmente importante para las personas vulnerables como los
refugiados, los pueblos desplazados por guerras y aquellos que piden
asilo, que por desconocer sus derechos, a menudo se ven privados de
ellos. El acceso a los medios de comunicaciÃ³n para estos grupos es
necesario para que puedan defender y promover sus derechos y reclamar
legÃ­timamente lo que les corresponde de conformidad con la ley
internacional.
2.1.6	Acceso a la informaciÃ³n sanitaria
El acceso a la informaciÃ³n sobre la salud fÃ­sica y mental puede ser
facilitado y mejorado por las TIC. La falta de acceso a la informaciÃ³n y
la comunicaciÃ³n se ha identificado como un factor crÃ­tico de las crisis
de salud pÃºblica fÃ­sica y mental en todo el mundo. Varios expertos han
sugerido el proporcionar a las y los ciudadanos de los paÃ­ses en
desarrollo con puntos de acceso a nivel comunitario donde poder acceder
a la informaciÃ³n de salud fÃ­sica y mental, lo que significarÃ­a un punto
de partida crucial para solucionar las crisis de salud mental y fisica.
No obstante, estos puntos de acceso deben facilitar mÃ¡s que el flujo de
informaciÃ³n unidireccional (por ejemplo, del experto a la comunidad o al
paciente). Deben ser las comunidades quienes participen en la selecciÃ³n
y creaciÃ³n de flujos de comunicaciÃ³n que consideren Ãºtiles y necesarios
para la prevenciÃ³n, tratamiento y promociÃ³n de la atenciÃ³n en salud
fÃ­sica y mental para todos y todas. Un acceso abierto a la informaciÃ³n
mÃ©dica es absolutamente fundamental para que todo el personal mÃ©dico y
paramÃ©dico pueda acceder a los datos disponibles.
2.1.7	AlfabetizaciÃ³n bÃ¡sica
La alfabetizaciÃ³n y el acceso universal gratuito a la educaciÃ³n es un
principio fundamental. Las sociedades del conocimiento requieren una
ciudadanÃ­a informada y educada. La creaciÃ³n de capacidad debe incluir la
formaciÃ³n necesaria para utilizar las TIC, la capacidad crÃ­tica ante los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n y la informaciÃ³n, y las habilidades necesarias
para una ciudadanÃ­a activa, incluyendo la capacidad de encontrar,
discriminar, utilizar y crear informaciÃ³n y tecnologÃ­as. Debe darse
prioridad a los enfoques locales, horizontales, adaptados al gÃ©nero y
dirigidos y arraigados en lo social. Debe promoverse la combinaciÃ³n de
medios tradicionales y nuevos, asÃ­ como el acceso abierto al
conocimiento y la informaciÃ³n. Las bibliotecas, tanto reales como
virtuales, tienen la funciÃ³n importante de garantizar el acceso al
conocimiento y la informaciÃ³n a todos y todas. A nivel internacional y
multilateral, ha de protegerse el conocimiento y la cultura de dominio
pÃºblico. Las tecnologÃ­as de la informaciÃ³n centradas en las personas
pueden facilitar la erradicaciÃ³n de enfermedades y epidemias, y
contribuir a que todas las personas tengan comida, abrigo, libertad y
paz.
La alfabetizaciÃ³n, la educaciÃ³n y la investigaciÃ³n son componentes
fundamentales de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n, la comunicaciÃ³n y el
conocimiento. La creaciÃ³n y adquisiciÃ³n del conocimiento deben ser
nutridas a travÃ©s de procesos  participativos y colectivos y no
considerarse como un flujo unidireccional o confinado a un solo sector
en la creaciÃ³n de capacidades. La educaciÃ³n (formal, informal, continua)
construye la democracia alfabetizando a los pueblos y capacitando la
fuerza trabajadora. Pero sÃ³lo los pueblos informados y educados que
puedan acceder a los instrumentos de difusiÃ³n de una investigaciÃ³n
plural pueden participar plenamente y contribuir eficazmente a las
sociedades del conocimiento.
Debe prestarse atenciÃ³n urgente a las consecuencias positivas y
negativas que pueden tener las TIC en cuestiones tales como el
analfabetismo en los idiomas regionales, nacionales e internacionales de
las grandes mayorÃ­as de los pueblos del mundo. Entre los esfuerzos por
alfabetizar, educar e investigar en el contexto de las sociedades de la
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n debe hacerse hincapiÃ© en las necesidades
de las personas con discapacidades fÃ­sicas y promover todas las maneras
posibles de superarlas (por ejemplo, reconocimiento de voz,
ciberaprendizaje y capacitaciÃ³n a travÃ©s del formato universidad
abierta). 
2.1.8	Desarrollo de soluciones de TIC sostenibles y comunitarias
Para que las comunidades y las personas puedan disfrutar plenamente de
los beneficios de la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n, las
TIC deben diseÃ±arse y producirse de acuerdo con principios ambientales
sostenibles. Las soluciones tecnolÃ³gicas deben asimismo ser sostenibles
para que las comunidades puedan mantener su utilizaciÃ³n y evoluciÃ³n.
El reciclaje de equipos debe cumplir las normas medioambientales, y la
producciÃ³n de las tecnologÃ­as no debe consumir una cantidad no sotenible
de energÃ­a o recursos naturales.
Es fundamental desarrollar propuestas y polÃ­ticas concretas para mejorar
la eficacia en la utilizaciÃ³n de los recursos y encontrar recursos
energÃ©ticos renovables. Esto conlleva la "desmaterializaciÃ³n" (por
ejemplo, utilizar menos papel) y la reducciÃ³n de desechos originados por
las TIC; incrementar la vida Ãºtil del hardware y sus compponentes;
mejorar las condiciones de reciclaje; garantizar una eliminaciÃ³n segura
del hardware y componentes de las TIC; y promover alternativas a los
componentes tÃ³xicos de las TIC. Se trata asimismo de conceder la mayor
prioridad a la creaciÃ³n y utilizaciÃ³n de recursos energÃ©ticos renovables
para satisfacer las necesidades bÃ¡sicas de los pueblos de los paÃ­ses en
desarrollo. Deben utilizarse recursos energÃ©ticos renovables para la
diseminaciÃ³n, por vÃ­a de las TIC, de la informaciÃ³n y las
comunicaciones, con inclusiÃ³n de la radio y la televisiÃ³n. En especial,
Ã�frica puede beneficiarse de la energÃ­a solar gracias a su alto nivel de
exposiciÃ³n directa a la radiaciÃ³n solar. Movilizando las tecnologÃ­as
regionales, con la ayuda de la necesaria cooperaciÃ³n tÃ©cnica y
financiera, Ã�frica puede transformarse en lÃ­der en este campo
estratÃ©gico en la prÃ³xima dÃ©cada.
Las comunidades deben poder participar directamente en el desarrollo y
el mantenimiento de soluciones basadas en las TIC para sus propios
problemas. Para que las comunidades puedan crear y sostener sus propias
soluciones utilizando las TIC, deberÃ¡ dÃ¡rseles la capacidad de elaborar
sus propias fuerzas productivas y de controlar los modos de producciÃ³n
dentro de la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n. Debe asimismo otorgÃ¡rseles el
derecho de participar plenamente en el desarrollo y mantenimiento de
proyectos de TIC mediante procesos democrÃ¡ticos, con inclusiÃ³n de la
toma de decisiones en lo que afecta a las cuestiones econÃ³micas,
culturales, medioambientales y de otro tipo. AsÃ­, deben utilizarse las
TIC como instrumento para la creaciÃ³n de fuentes verdaderas y
sostenibles de trabajo, proporcionando asÃ­ nuevas oportunidades
laborales.
Para que las comunidades y las personas puedan encontrar sus propias
soluciones sostenibles a nivel econÃ³mico y tÃ©cnico deberÃ¡n poder
utilizar software libre, pudiendo asÃ­ adquirirlo a un precio mÃ¡s
asequible y participar en su desarrollo y mantenimiento2. La innovaciÃ³n
de las TIC debe ajustarse a normas tÃ©cnicas internacionales para el
hardware, el software, y los procesos, de modo abierto, libremente
aplicable, documentado a nivel pÃºblico, interoperable, no
discriminatorio y conforme a la demanda.
Es importante trabajar por que las comunidades utilicen para sus
comunicaciones los medios y las tecnologÃ­as de la comunicaciÃ³n tanto
tradicionales como nuevos. Es necesario desarrollar la informÃ¡tica
comunitaria y fomentar su implantaciÃ³n, centrÃ¡ndose en las
caracterÃ­sticas propias y en las necesidades de cada comunidad en lo que
ataÃ±e al diseÃ±o, el desarrollo, la instalaciÃ³n y el funcionamiento de
las TIC, asÃ­ como a la producciÃ³n de contenido local.
2.1.9	Situaciones de conflicto
Reconocemos que la utilizaciÃ³n de medios de comunicaciÃ³n puede tener
repercusiones tanto positivas como negativas en las situaciones de
conflicto, y tambiÃ©n en los procesos de paz posteriores. Por
consiguiente, insistimos en que se respeten cuidadosamente durante los
conflictos los derechos de los periodistas y todas las personas que se
recogen y comunican la informaciÃ³n utilizando cualquier tipo de medio.
Estos derechos deben respetarse en cualquier circunstancia, pero son
especialmente importantes durante las guerras, los conflictos violentos
y las manifestaciones no violentas.
Nos preocupa especialmente el despliegue de tecnologÃ­as y tÃ©cnicas de
"guerra de la informaciÃ³n", con inclusiÃ³n de la interferencia, bloqueo o
destrucciÃ³n intencionados de los sistemas de comunicaciÃ³n civiles
durante las situaciones de conflicto; la utilizaciÃ³n de periodistas
parciales y los ataques a los periodistas imparciales; la utilizaciÃ³n de
los medios de comunicaciÃ³n para promover el odio y el genocidio, ya sea
por parte de las fuerzas militares, polÃ­ticas o de seguridad,
gubernamentales, privadas o de otro tipo durante situaciones de
conflicto tanto a nivel internacional como nacional.
La intervenciÃ³n de la informaciÃ³n en las situaciones de conflicto debe
estar controlada por la ley internacional y la CMSI debe fomentar la
elaboraciÃ³n de un futuro convenio contra la guerra de la informaciÃ³n que
solucione estos problemas. Al mismo tiempo, la CMSI no debe sÃ³lo limitar
la guerra de la informaciÃ³n y el control ejercido sobre los medios de
comunicaciones en situaciones de conflicto, sino tambiÃ©n fomentar su
funciÃ³n en pro de la paz. Para ello, instamos a los gobiernos a
disminuir las subvenciones pÃºblicas a las tecnologÃ­as de comunicaciones
militares y reorientar esa financiaciÃ³n a la inversiÃ³n en herramientas y
aplicaciones de comunicaciones para la consecuciÃ³n de la paz.
2.2	Importancia crucial de los derechos humanos
Una sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n deberÃ­a basarse en los
derechos humanos y la dignidad humana. Tomando como bases la Carta de
las Naciones Unidas y la DeclaraciÃ³n Universal de los Derechos Humanos,
deben quedar plasmadas la universalidad, la indivisibilidad, la
interrelaciÃ³n y la interdependencia de todos los derechos humanos
-civiles, polÃ­ticos, econÃ³micos, sociales y culturales-, incluidos el
derecho al desarrollo y los derechos lingÃ¼Ã­sticos. Esto implica la plena
integraciÃ³n y la aplicaciÃ³n y el cumplimiento concretos de todos los
derechos, asÃ­ como el reconocimiento de su importancia crucial para la
democracia y el desarrollo sostenible. Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n
y la comunicaciÃ³n han de ser integradoras, de modo que todos los
pueblos, sin ningÃºn tipo de distinciÃ³n, puedan liberar su pleno
potencial. Se deben incorporar los principios de no discriminaciÃ³n y
diversidad en todos los reglamentos, polÃ­ticas y programas relativos a
las TIC.
2.2.1	Libertad de expresiÃ³n 
El ArtÃ­culo 19 de la DeclaraciÃ³n Universal de los Derechos Humanos es de
importancia fundamental y especÃ­fica, puesto que constituye una
condiciÃ³n esencial para crear sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n basadas en los derechos humanos. El ArtÃ­culo 19 estipula
que todo individuo tiene derecho a la libertad de opiniÃ³n y de
expresiÃ³n, asÃ­ como el derecho de investigar y recibir informaciones y
opiniones, y el de difundirlas, sin limitaciÃ³n de fronteras, por
cualquier medio de expresiÃ³n. Esta idea lleva implÃ­cita la libre
circulaciÃ³n de opiniones, el pluralismo de las fuentes de informaciÃ³n y
los medios de expresiÃ³n, la libertad de prensa y la disponibilidad de
los instrumentos necesarios para acceder a la informaciÃ³n e intercambiar
conocimientos. La libertad de expresiÃ³n a travÃ©s de Internet debe estar
protegida por el imperio de la ley mÃ¡s que por la autorregulaciÃ³n y
cÃ³digos de conducta. Ni los participantes en el proceso de comunicaciÃ³n
ni el contenido, la transmisiÃ³n o la difusiÃ³n de informaciÃ³n deben ser
objeto de censura, control arbitrario o limitaciones previos. Se ha de
proteger y promover el pluralismo de las fuentes de informaciÃ³n y los
medios de expresiÃ³n.
2.2.2	Derecho a la privacidad
El derecho a la privacidad, refrendada por el ArtÃ­culo 12 de la
DeclaraciÃ³n Universal de los Derechos Humanos, es fundamental para
lograr el desarrollo humano autodeterminado con respecto a las
actividades cÃ­vicas, polÃ­ticas, sociales, econÃ³micas y culturales. El
derecho a la privacidad hace frente a nuevos problemas en las sociedades
de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n, y debe estar protegido en los
espacios pÃºblicos, en lÃ­nea, fuera de lÃ­nea, en el hogar y en el lugar
de trabajo. Todo individuo debe tener derecho a decidir libremente si
quiere recibir informaciÃ³n y comunicarse con otros, y de quÃ© manera. Se
debe garantizar a todos la posibilidad de comunicarse de forma anÃ³nima.
El poder que tienen el sector privado y los gobiernos sobre los datos
personales incrementa el riesgo de cometer abusos, incluidos de control
y vigilancia. Se ha de responder de la gestiÃ³n de estas actividades, que
deben mantenerse a un nivel mÃ­nimo autorizado por la ley en una sociedad
democrÃ¡tica. Toda persona deberÃ­a controlar y determinar quiÃ©n puede
recopilar, conservar, procesar, utilizar y divulgar sus datos
personales.
2.2.3	Derecho a participar en asuntos pÃºblicos
En una sociedad democrÃ¡tica, la administraciÃ³n y la justicia Ã³ptimas de
un Estado implican apertura, transparencia, rendiciÃ³n de cuentas,
participaciÃ³n y cumplimento del imperio de la ley. Es necesario respetar
estos principios para tener derecho a participar en la gestiÃ³n de los
asuntos pÃºblicos. Se deberÃ­a asegurar el acceso pÃºblico a la informaciÃ³n
producida o mantenida por los Estados y velar por que la informaciÃ³n sea
oportuna, completa y accesible, y tenga un formato y una terminologÃ­a
que el pÃºblico pueda entender. Esto tambiÃ©n se aplica al acceso a
documentos de empresas relativos a actividades de especial interÃ©s
pÃºblico, sobre todo en los casos en que los Estados no hacen pÃºblica
esta informaciÃ³n.
2.2.4	Derechos de los trabajadores
Las TIC estÃ¡n cambiando paulatinamente nuestra forma de trabajar.
Respecto de las normas internacionales del trabajo, resulta fundamental
crear condiciones de trabajo justas, seguras, sin riesgo y sÃ³lidas en lo
que se refiere a la fabricaciÃ³n de equipos y programas informÃ¡ticos, y
al uso de las TIC en el lugar de trabajo en general, por ejemplo a
travÃ©s de un diÃ¡logo social tripartito. Las TIC deberÃ­an utilizarse para
contribuir a que se conozcan mejor, se respeten y se cumplan las normas
relativas a los derechos humanos y las normas internacionales del
trabajo. En el lugar de trabajo se han de respetar derechos humanos
tales como la privacidad, la libertad de expresiÃ³n, los derechos
lingÃ¼Ã­sticos, el derecho de los trabajadores en lÃ­nea a crear sindicatos
y afiliarse a ellos, y el derecho de los sindicatos a desempeÃ±ar
libremente sus funciones, incluida la de comunicarse con empleados.
2.2.5	Derechos de las pueblos indÃ­genas 
La evoluciÃ³n de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n debe
basarse en el respeto y la promociÃ³n del reconocimiento de los derechos
de las pueblos indÃ­genas y sus peculiaridades, como se expone en
distintas convenciones internacionales. Las pueblos indÃ­genas tienen los
derechos fundamentales de proteger, preservar y fomentar su propio
idioma, cultura e identidad. Las TIC deberÃ­an ser un factor de
diversidad y ayudar a las pueblos indÃ­genas a defender su derecho a
beneficiarse plenamente y de forma prioritaria de sus recursos
culturales, intelectuales y naturales.
2.2.6	Derechos de la mujer
Para hacer efectivos los derechos de la mujer en las sociedades de la
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n, como se define claramente en la
ConvenciÃ³n sobre la eliminaciÃ³n de todas las formas de discriminaciÃ³n
contra la mujer (CEDAW) y la DeclaraciÃ³n de Beijing y Plataforma de
AcciÃ³n (Quinta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer), es fundamental
reconocer y corregir las diferencias, disparidades y desventajas de que
son objeto las mujeres. Esto significa que se ha de tener en cuenta de
quÃ© manera las mujeres son distintas de los hombres y cÃ³mo se traducen
estas diferencias en los distintos niveles de acceso a las TIC, de
oportunidad, de participaciÃ³n en ellas y de uso de las mismas. Se ha de
velar por que las intervenciones y los programas normativos o jurÃ­dicos
corrijan expresamente estas diferencias. Para conseguir la igualdad real
de las mujeres respecto de los hombres y, por ende, conferirles la plena
capacidad de reclamar sus derechos humanos y hacer uso de ellos, es
necesario adoptar un enfoque equitativo completo en el anÃ¡lisis, en el
que se seÃ±ale el contenido de las polÃ­ticas y programas relativos a las
TIC. Adoptar este enfoque significa que las medidas destinadas a
promover los derechos de la mujer han de transformar la relaciÃ³n
desigual de poder entre mujeres y hombres. Las mujeres necesitan no sÃ³lo
igualdad de oportunidades sino tambiÃ©n igualdad de acceso a las
oportunidades y la posibilidad de aprovechar plenamente las mismas.
2.2.7	Derechos del niÃ±o
Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n deben respetar y
promover los principios de la ConvenciÃ³n sobre los Derechos del NiÃ±o.
Todos los niÃ±os tienen derecho a vivir una infancia feliz y ejercitar
los derechos y las libertades de que gozan todas las personas en virtud
de la DeclaraciÃ³n Universal de los Derechos Humanos. Todas las personas,
la sociedad civil, el sector privado y los Estados deberÃ­an
comprometerse a defender los derechos del niÃ±o en las sociedades de la
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n.
2.2.8	Derechos de las personas con discapacidades
En las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n incluyentes, las
polÃ­ticas pÃºblicas, las leyes y los reglamentos en todos los niveles
deben garantizar los derechos de las personas con discapacidades a
acceder plena y equitativamente a la informaciÃ³n y las comunicaciones,
incluidas las TIC, independientemente de los tipos y grados de
discapacidad. Para alcanzar este objetivo, se debe promover y respaldar
radicalmente la creaciÃ³n de un principio de diseÃ±o universal y el uso de
tecnologÃ­as de asistencia, en todo el proceso de creaciÃ³n y
mantenimiento de sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n en las
que las personas con discapacidades y las organizaciones que les
representan deben poder participar plenamente y en condiciones de
igualdad con las personas no discapacitadas.
2.2.9	Reglamento e imperio de la ley
El reglamento nacional deberÃ­a ajustarse plenamente a las normas
internacionales en materia de derechos humanos, con arreglo al imperio
de la ley. Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n no deben
redundar en discriminaciÃ³n o privaciÃ³n alguna de derechos humanos como
consecuencia de actos u omisiones de Estados o de actores ajenos a ellos
en virtud de sus jurisdicciones. Toda restricciÃ³n en el uso de las TIC
debe perseguir un objetivo legÃ­timo en virtud del derecho internacional,
ser conforme a la legislaciÃ³n, estar estrictamente proporcionada a dicho
objetivo y ser necesaria en una sociedad democrÃ¡tica.
2.3	Cultura, conocimiento y dominio pÃºblico
Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n se nutren de su
variedad de culturas e idiomas, que se conservan y transmiten a travÃ©s
de la tradiciÃ³n oral, o se graban y transmiten a travÃ©s de diversos
medios de expresiÃ³n, los cuales contribuyen todos ellos al acervo de
conocimientos humanos. El conocimiento humano es la herencia del gÃ©nero
humano y el origen de la creaciÃ³n de todo conocimiento nuevo. La
protecciÃ³n de la diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica, la libertad de los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n, y la defensa y la divulgaciÃ³n del dominio
pÃºblico del conocimiento mundial son tan fundamentales para las
sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n como la diversidad de
nuestro entorno natural.
2.3.1	Diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica
La diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica constituye una faceta fundamental
de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n centradas en las
personas. Cada cultura tiene una dignidad y un valor que han de
respetarse y protegerse. La diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica se basa,
entre otras cosas, en la libertad de informaciÃ³n y expresiÃ³n, y en la
libertad que tiene todo el mundo de participar libremente en la vida
cultural de la comunidad, en los Ã¡mbitos local, nacional e
internacional. Esta participaciÃ³n abarca actividades realizadas tanto en
calidad de usuarios como de productores de contenido cultural. A las
TIC, incluidos los medios de comunicaciÃ³n tradicionales, les corresponde
un cometido especialmente importante en el mantenimiento y el fomento de
las culturas e idiomas del mundo.
2.3.1.1	CreaciÃ³n de capacidad y educaciÃ³n
La diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica no sÃ³lo deberÃ­a protegerse, sino
que ha de fomentarse. Esto implica tener la capacidad de expresarse, en
su propio idioma, en todo momento, de cualquier modo, incluidos los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n tradicionales y las nuevas TIC. Para convertirse
en un contribuyente y un creador en las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y
la comunicaciÃ³n, se necesitan no sÃ³lo conocimientos tÃ©cnicos sino
tambiÃ©n competencia crÃ­tica y creativa. La educaciÃ³n en materia de
medios de comunicaciÃ³n debe recibir atenciÃ³n especÃ­fica en el marco de
los programas de educaciÃ³n y formaciÃ³n, en el sentido de la DeclaraciÃ³n
Grunwald de la UNESCO. La diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica tambiÃ©n
implica acceder de manera equitativa a los medios de expresiÃ³n y
divulgaciÃ³n de bienes y servicios culturales. Se deberÃ­a conceder
prioridad a las iniciativas impulsadas por las comunidades.
2.3.1.2	Idiomas
La pluralidad de idiomas constituye el nÃºcleo de la efervescencia de las
sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n. Las TIC pueden
utilizarse para reducir brechas culturales y lingÃ¼Ã­sticas, una vez
establecidas las prioridades correctas. En el pasado, el desarrollo de
las TIC ha contribuido con demasiada frecuencia a agudizar las
desigualdades, como por ejemplo al predominar los idiomas basados en la
escritura latina (sobre todo el inglÃ©s) y marginar idiomas locales,
regionales y minoritarios. Se deberÃ­a dar prioridad a la investigaciÃ³n y
el desarrollo de las TIC destinados a superar obstÃ¡culos y poner fin a
desigualdades entre idiomas y culturas.
2.3.1.3	Derecho y reglamento internacionales
El derecho y el reglamento internacionales deberÃ­an potenciar la
diversidad cultural, lingÃ¼Ã­stica y mediÃ¡tica, con arreglo a las
declaraciones y los pactos internacionales existentes, en particular a
los ArtÃ­culos 19 y 27 de la DeclaraciÃ³n Universal de los Derechos
Humanos, los ArtÃ­culos 19 y 27 del Pacto Internacional de Derechos
Civiles y PolÃ­ticos, los ArtÃ­culos 13 y 15 del Pacto Internacional de
Derechos EconÃ³micos, Sociales y Culturales, y los ArtÃ­culos 5 y 6 de la
DeclaraciÃ³n Universal sobre la Diversidad Cultural, adoptada por la
UNESCO en 2001. En los acuerdos de comercio internacional no se deberÃ­a
considerar la cultura, incluidos el contenido y los servicios
audiovisuales, como una mercancÃ­a, sino que se deberÃ­a tener en cuenta
la necesidad de diversidad cultural, lingÃ¼Ã­stica y mediÃ¡tica. Se deberÃ­a
acelerar la creaciÃ³n de una ConvenciÃ³n Internacional sobre Diversidad
Cultural con objeto de llegar a un acuerdo internacional eficaz y
vinculante. Los instrumentos internacionales de reglamentaciÃ³n de los
derechos de propiedad intelectual existentes, incluidos los ADPIC y los
instrumentos de la OMPI, deberÃ­an revisarse con miras a asegurarse de
que promueven la diversidad cultural, lingÃ¼Ã­stica y mediÃ¡tica, y
contribuyen al desarrollo del conocimiento humano.
2.3.2	Medios de comunicaciÃ³n
2.3.2.1	La funciÃ³n de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n
La libertad de expresiÃ³n y de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n son la esencia
de cualquier modelo de sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n. Los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n son un mecanismo integrador que puede contribuir
a la creaciÃ³n de una perspectiva mundial de las comunicaciones.
DesempeÃ±an una funciÃ³n fundamental en la producciÃ³n, recopilaciÃ³n y
distribuciÃ³n de contenido diverso que integre a todos los ciudadanos y
que permita la participaciÃ³n activa de Ã©stos. La radio y la televisiÃ³n
siguen siendo los mecanismos mÃ¡s eficaces para suministrar informaciÃ³n
de alta calidad, especialmente para los paÃ­ses en desarrollo. Los medios
de comunicaciÃ³n, en todas sus modalidades, pueden contribuir a la
cohesiÃ³n y desarrollo social en la era digital.
El ArtÃ­culo 19 es la base de las cinco declaraciones regionales sobre la
libertad y la pluralidad de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n, y tiene que
seguir siendo el marco que defina la funciÃ³n de los medios de
comunicaciÃ³n, en todas sus modalidades. Los Estados miembros de la
UNESCO se han pronunciado unÃ¡nimemente en favor de estos textos3.
Las consideraciones en materia de seguridad o de otro tipo no deben
menoscabar la libertad de expresiÃ³n y de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n. El
pluralismo y la diversidad de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n debe
garantizarse mediante la legislaciÃ³n adecuada, a fin de que no haya una
centralizaciÃ³n excesiva de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n.
Debe protegerse la independencia editorial de lo/as profesionales y
reportero/as de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n, y esto/as han de encargarse
de formular de normas profesionales y Ã©ticas del periodismo, en su
sentido mÃ¡s general,  y de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n. Lo/as autores,
periodistas y editores en lÃ­nea deben gozar de los mismos derechos
contractuales y protecciÃ³n social que lo/as demÃ¡s trabajadore/as de los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n.
Los servicios pÃºblicos de radio y televisiÃ³n tienen que desempeÃ±ar la
importante funciÃ³n de garantizar la participaciÃ³n de todos en la
sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n. Los medios de comunicaciÃ³n
pÃºblicos deben transformarse en organizaciones que ofrezcan un servicio
pÃºblico con independencia editorial.
2.3.2.2	Medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios
Los medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios, es decir medios de comunicaciÃ³n
independientes, gestionados por las comunidades y basados en la sociedad
civil, tienen una funciÃ³n especial que desempeÃ±ar a la hora de
posibilitar el acceso y la participaciÃ³n de todos y todas, en particular
de las comunidades mÃ¡s pobres y marginadas, en las sociedades de la
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n. Los medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios
pueden ser cruciales para fomentar la informaciÃ³n, y promover la
expresiÃ³n de opiniones y el diÃ¡logo. Es absolutamente fundamental la
existencia de un marco jurÃ­dico y reglamentario que proteja y promueva
los medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios y que a su vez garantice el
acceso de los grupos mÃ¡s vulnerables a la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n.
Los gobiernos deben asegurarse de que los marcos jurÃ­dicos para los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios no sean discriminatorios y tienen
que efectuar una atribuciÃ³n equitativa de frecuencias mediante
mecanismos transparentes y sujetos a control. Debe establecerse como
objetivo la concesiÃ³n de licencias que autoricen las emisiones
comunitarias de radio y televisiÃ³n en los lugares donde actualmente no
estÃ¡n permitidas. En la planificaciÃ³n y reglamentaciÃ³n del espectro se
debe destinar espectro y capacidad de canales suficientes para que los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios puedan desarrollarse, tanto en el
entorno analÃ³gico como en el digital, y se han de crear las normas
tÃ©cnicas adecuadas.
Se debe crear un fondo para los medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios que
se alimente con donaciones de asociaciones de la sociedad civil y
proporcione ayuda financiera y apoyo a los medios de comunicaciÃ³n
comunitarios, las iniciativas de informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n que utilicen
medios de comunicaciÃ³n tradicionales y las nuevas TIC, en particular
proyectos destinados a las comunidades mÃ¡s pobres, que fomenten la
diversidad cultural y lingÃ¼Ã­stica y que promuevan la participaciÃ³n
equitativa de las mujeres y las niÃ±as. Se debe fomentar la creaciÃ³n de
centros y medios de comunicaciÃ³n comunitarios, y ayudar a combinar las
tecnologÃ­as tradicionales de medios de comunicaciÃ³n, en particular la
radio y la televisiÃ³n, con el acceso a las nuevas TIC. 
2.3.3	DivulgaciÃ³n del conocimiento mundial
Para crear sociedades de la informaciÃ³n sÃ³lidas, es indispensable un
rico acervo de conocimientos de dominio pÃºblico, lo que servirÃ¡ para
reducir la brecha digital y sentar las bases del desarrollo positivo de
la creatividad intelectual, la innovaciÃ³n tecnolÃ³gica y el uso adecuado
de esa tecnologÃ­a. En las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n han surgido
nuevas formas de almacenamiento digital cuya peculiaridad es que la
informaciÃ³n se puede copiar y transmitir de manera innovadora, lo cual
ha planteado muchos problemas desde el punto de vista de los usos
sociales y las legislaciones existentes. El aumento de la privatizaciÃ³n
del conocimiento amenaza con restringir la disponibilidad de esos
resultados de las investigaciones. Han habido muchos intentos de
comercializar y explotar conocimientos indÃ­genas tradicionales sin
consultar a las comunidades, que son las legÃ­timas propietarias de dicho
conocimiento.
2.3.3.1	Conocimientos de los pueblos indÃ­genas
Los pueblos indÃ­genas son los que preservan su conocimiento tradicional
y tienen el derecho de proteger y controlar ese conocimiento. Los
regÃ­menes de propiedad intelectual existentes son insuficientes para
proteger estos derechos de propiedad intelectual y la cultura de los
pueblos indÃ­genas.
Se debe impedir cualquier intento de patentar conocimientos
tradicionales. Los pueblos indÃ­genas son las que han de decidir
libremente si su patrimonio es de dominio pÃºblico o no. AdemÃ¡s, deben
tener el derecho de decidir si su patrimonio puede comercializarse y de
quÃ© modo.
Es necesario adoptar medidas especiales destinadas a preservar la
diversidad de conocimientos y proteger los recursos culturales,
intelectuales y los denominados recursos naturales de los pueblos
indÃ­genas, en particular el conocimiento en materia de botÃ¡nica y
agricultura, para que Ã©stos no se apropien ni se exploten
comercialmente.
Instamos a las Naciones Unidas a que cree los marcos jurÃ­dicos
especÃ­ficos, de conformidad con el ArtÃ­culo 26.4 del Programa 21 de la
Cumbre para la Tierra, en los que se reconozcan los derechos de los
pueblos indÃ­genas a la autodeterminaciÃ³n y a sus territorios
ancestrales, lo cual es un requisito previo necesario para garantizar la
protecciÃ³n, preservaciÃ³n y desarrollo de su conocimiento tradicional en
las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n.
2.3.3.2	Derechos de autor, patentes y marcas registradas
Los monopolios intelectuales limitados, conocidos tambiÃ©n como derechos
de propiedad intelectual, se conceden Ãºnicamente para el beneficio de la
sociedad, mÃ¡s concretamente para fomentar la creatividad y la
innovaciÃ³n. La referencia para determinar cuÃ¡l de ellos debe examinarse
y ajustarse regularmente depende de en quÃ© medida satisfacen este
objetivo. En la actualidad, la inmensa mayorÃ­a de los habitantes del
planeta no tienen acceso a los conocimientos mundiales de dominio
pÃºblico, situaciÃ³n que estÃ¡ generando un crecimiento desigual y la
explotaciÃ³n de las poblaciones y comunidades mÃ¡s pobres. En lugar de
ampliar y favorecer la divulgaciÃ³n de los conocimientos mundiales, los
Ãºltimos avances tecnolÃ³gicos estÃ¡n privatizando cada vez mÃ¡s la
informaciÃ³n. Se estÃ¡n patentando programas informÃ¡ticos (e incluso
ideas) lo que ha dado lugar a una reducciÃ³n de la innovaciÃ³n y el
fortalecimiento de los monopolios. Existen medicamentos que podrÃ­an
salvar millones de vidas, pero las empresas farmacÃ©uticas que tienen las
patentes se niegan a facilitar estos medicamentos a los enfermos de
paÃ­ses que no pueden pagarlos. Los periodos de validez de los derechos
de autor se amplÃ­an mÃ¡s y mÃ¡s haciÃ©ndolos prÃ¡cticamente indefinidos, lo
que va en contra del propÃ³sito legÃ­timo de la protecciÃ³n.
2.3.3.3.	Programas informÃ¡ticos
Los programas informÃ¡ticos constituyen el medio y el marco reglamentario
para la informaciÃ³n digital, y el acceso a los mismos determina el
acceso a esa informaciÃ³n. Es fundamental que exista un acceso equitativo
a los programas informÃ¡ticos para integrar y fomentar las sociedades de
la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n digitales, para lo cual es esencial que
haya plataformas diversas.
Tenemos que ser conscientes de los efectos polÃ­ticos y reglamentarios de
los programas informÃ¡ticos en la sociedad digital y concienciar,
mediante polÃ­ticas que ataÃ±en al pÃºblico y programas especÃ­ficos, los
efectos y beneficios que se derivan de los diferentes modelos de
programas informÃ¡ticos. En particular, debe fomentarse el software
libre, que se puede utilizar, estudiar, modificar y redistribuir
libremente para cualquier propÃ³sito, y que por sus caracterÃ­sticas
ofrece beneficios y oportunidades desde el punto de vista social,
educativo, cientÃ­fico, polÃ­tico y econÃ³mico. Es necesario reconocer,
hacer publicidad y aprovechar las importantes ventajas que ofrecen este
tipo de programas para los paÃ­ses en desarrollo, pues son de bajo costo,
fomentan y estimulan sÃ³lidamente las economÃ­as locales y regionales, se
pueden adaptar a las culturas y a los idiomas locales, son mÃ¡s seguros,
permiten la creaciÃ³n de capacidad, etc. Los gobiernos deben promocionar
la utilizaciÃ³n de software libre en los colegios, en la educaciÃ³n
superior y en la administraciÃ³n pÃºblica.
Las Naciones Unidas deben llevar a cabo un examen fundamental de los
efectos sobre la pobreza y los derechos humanos del rÃ©gimen vigente de
aceptaciÃ³n y control de conocimiento e informaciÃ³n monopolizada, en
particular la labor de la OMPI y el funcionamiento del acuerdo sobre los
ADPIC. Debe hacerse lo posible para que los monopolios intelectuales
limitados estimulen la innovaciÃ³n y recompensen la iniciativa, y evitar
que los conocimientos permanezcan en manos privadas hasta el momento en
que pierden prÃ¡cticamente toda utilidad para la sociedad.
2.3.3.4	InvestigaciÃ³n
El aumento de la participaciÃ³n del sector privado en la investigaciÃ³n
cientÃ­fica ha fomentado la creaciÃ³n de patentes y la privatizaciÃ³n de
los conocimientos cientÃ­ficos, en lugar de hacerlos de dominio pÃºblico.
AdemÃ¡s, el aumento de la competencia entre cientÃ­ficos y equipos
cientÃ­ficos ha generado, en algunas ocasiones, prÃ¡cticas cientÃ­ficas
inadecuadas, secretismo y la creaciÃ³n de patentes sobre descubrimientos
que antes se hubieran hecho de dominio pÃºblico. La base de la
investigaciÃ³n debe seguir siendo la cooperaciÃ³n, la franqueza y la
transparencia.
Los centros pÃºblicos como bibliotecas, centros de investigaciÃ³n
cientÃ­fica y universidades, deben ser capaces de contribuir al
enriquecimiento de los bienes comunes culturales y de conocimiento, para
lo cual deben hacer de dominio pÃºblico los resultados de sus actividades
financiadas con dinero pÃºblico. La divulgaciÃ³n del conocimiento mundial
debe defenderse y ampliarse mediante polÃ­ticas pÃºblicas, la
concientizaciÃ³n y la inversiÃ³n en programas. De este modo, se ha de
garantizar que los resultados de cualquier labor financiada con fondos
pÃºblicos u organizaciones sin fines de lucro pasen a ser de dominio
pÃºblico y debe aumentarse el acceso a la informaciÃ³n a travÃ©s de los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n, en lÃ­nea o no, mediante la documentaciÃ³n
gratuita, bibliotecas pÃºblicas y otras iniciativas de divulgaciÃ³n de
informaciÃ³n, por ejemplo periÃ³dicos y archivos de acceso gratuito que
contengan informaciÃ³n de dominio pÃºblico cientÃ­fica y de otro tipo.
Todos los datos de informaciÃ³n cientÃ­fica, por ejemplo los genomas de
seres vivos, deben ser accesibles gratuitamente a travÃ©s de bases de
datos de libre acceso.
2.4	Entorno habilitador
2.4.1	Consideraciones Ã©ticas
Las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n se centran en la
manera en que nuestra comunidad crea, comparte y utiliza la informaciÃ³n,
la producciÃ³n cultural y los conocimientos, lo que a su vez conforma la
evoluciÃ³n de dichas sociedades. El valor bÃ¡sico de la sociedad de la
informaciÃ³n debe apoyarse en los principios contenidos en el conjunto de
los convenios, declaraciones y cartas acordados internacionalmente.
De forma mÃ¡s especÃ­fica, el acceso equitativo, justo y abierto a los
conocimientos y a los recursos de informaciÃ³n -cualesquiera que sean los
medios tÃ©cnicos utilizados para almacenarlos y transmitirlos- debe
constituir un principio fundamental de dichas sociedades. Las
consideraciones tecnolÃ³gicas, financieras y reglamentarias deben
conformar este principio. 
El gobierno transparente y responsable, la Ã©tica empresarial y las
prÃ¡cticas contables en las compaÃ±Ã­as del sector de comunicaciones y el
comportamiento Ã©tico de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n adquieren una
importancia particular en este contexto. Deben adoptarse cÃ³digos y
normas Ã©ticos en estos casos y deben establecerse mecanismos para la
supervisiÃ³n de su aplicaciÃ³n, asÃ­ como las sanciones adecuadas en caso
de transgresiÃ³n. La formulaciÃ³n de cÃ³digos y prÃ¡cticas Ã©ticas en el
periodismo y en otros medios de comunicaciÃ³n debe ser responsabilidad de
lo/as propio/as empleado/as de los medios. 
El respeto de la diversidad debe ser un criterio central a la hora de
establecer los principios y mecanismos para la resoluciÃ³n de los
conflictos que surgen en las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n. Dichas
sociedades, si son capaces de avanzar a partir de valores tales como la
cooperaciÃ³n, la equidad, la honestidad, la integridad, el respecto y la
solidaridad, pueden ejercer un efecto significativo en la calidad de la
interacciÃ³n entre las culturas y la promociÃ³n de un diÃ¡logo fructÃ­fero
entre civilizaciones, contribuyendo con ello a la paz mundial.
2.4.2	Democracia y gobierno responsable
La reglamentaciÃ³n nacional e internacional de las sociedades de la
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n debe ajustarse plenamente a las normas
internacionales sobre derechos humanos. La apertura, la transparencia,
la responsabilidad y el imperio de la ley deben ser los principios que
orienten el gobierno democrÃ¡tico de las sociedades a todos los niveles,
desde el Ã¡mbito local, al nacional y el internacional. Las sociedades de
la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n integradoras, participativas y
pacÃ­ficas siguen siendo responsabilidad de los entes gubernamentales,
asÃ­ como el resultado del compromiso de todos los actores participantes
en el gobierno, en el Ã¡mbito polÃ­tico y en los demÃ¡s, para implantar
progresivamente una mayor equidad polÃ­tica, social y econÃ³mica.
Es necesario incorporar una perspectiva democrÃ¡tica en las sociedades de
la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n en las que la informaciÃ³n es crucial
para los ciudadanos y las ciudadanas, a fin de poder adoptar decisiones
basÃ¡ndose en el conocimiento de las alternativas y las oportunidades. La
informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n son los cimientos de la transparencia, el
debate y la adopciÃ³n de decisiones. Puede suponer una contribuciÃ³n a la
cultura y a las iniciativas de cooperaciÃ³n que constituyen la base de la
renovaciÃ³n de la democracia. Las tecnologÃ­as de informaciÃ³n y
comunicaciÃ³n ofrecen posibles beneficios a las comunidades del mundo que
sÃ³lo podrÃ¡n obtenerse si existe la voluntad polÃ­tica para ello.
En este espÃ­ritu, el objetivo de la CMSI de "elaborar una visiÃ³n y una
comprensiÃ³n comunes de la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n" y los mÃ©todos para
lograr dicha visiÃ³n, exigen unos valores y unos mecanismos de
comunicaciÃ³n compartidos que incluyan el derecho a la comunicaciÃ³n, el
respeto por la libertad de opiniÃ³n y de expresiÃ³n en todas sus
dimensiones y un compromiso en cuanto a la transparencia, la
responsabilidad y la democracia.
2.4.3	Infraestructura y acceso 
La enorme falta de una estructura fiable constituye el obstÃ¡culo fÃ­sico
principal para la prestaciÃ³n de servicios basados en las TIC a los
pueblos de Ã�frica. En este caso, la estructura fragmentada e incompleta
y la falta de fiabilidad de la infraestructura actual y de las redes de
acceso constituyen la base de la denominada brecha digital.
La infraestructura de (tele)comunicaciones es fundamental para la
difusiÃ³n de los servicios basados en las TIC y es crucial en la
consecuciÃ³n del objetivo del acceso universal, sostenible, ubicuo y
asequible a estas tecnologÃ­as y servicios y a su utilizaciÃ³n por todos y
todas. AdemÃ¡s, la energÃ­a es un requisito previo para la infraestructura
y el acceso.
Actualmente, el mayor trÃ¡fico de voz, de datos e Internet entre los
paÃ­ses africanos se encamina en la actualidad por fuera del continente
debido a la falta de una red medular africana eficaz, lo que aumenta el
costo de este trÃ¡fico. El aumento de los costos limita siempre el
acceso. Debe respaldarse y ampliarse la labor actual de construcciÃ³n de
una infraestructura de red africana (por ejemplo, los puntos de
intercambio Internet).
La implementaciÃ³n y despliegue de una infraestructura de
(tele)comunicaciones y acceso en los paÃ­ses en desarrollo exigirÃ¡
inversiones financieras congruentes con las enormes necesidades en esta
materia. A fin de reducir el monto de los recursos financieros
necesarios, deben optimizarse las inversiones para consolidar proyectos
a nivel nacional o (sub)regional y efectuar un nuevo diseÃ±o y
actualizaciÃ³n tecnolÃ³gicos. AdemÃ¡s, la sinergia entre los distintos
sectores debe explotarse sistemÃ¡ticamente desde la fase de proyecto,
prestando especial atenciÃ³n a los sectores de energÃ­a y de transporte
con los que hay vÃ­nculos muy estrechos. Por Ãºltimo, la sinergia
especialmente intensa y la similitud tecnolÃ³gica entre las TIC y las
redes de radio y TV debe inducir a los gobiernos y a las autoridades de
planificaciÃ³n a desplegar y utilizar una infraestructura comÃºn para el
transporte y la difusiÃ³n de sus servicios.
Los telecentros comunitarios (centros de acceso pÃºblico) han pasado a
ser espacios para el acceso efectivo y la utilizaciÃ³n estratÃ©gica de las
tecnologÃ­as de informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n, haciendo hincapiÃ© en la
democratizaciÃ³n de las comunicaciones. Los gobiernos deben garantizar la
aplicaciÃ³n de polÃ­ticas encaminadas al desarrollo de telecentros, entre
otros, para dar acceso equitativo y asequible a la infraestructura y a
las TIC y para fomentar las polÃ­ticas de integraciÃ³n digital de la
poblaciÃ³n, con independencia del gÃ©nero, los aspectos Ã©tnicos, el
idioma, la cultura y la situaciÃ³n geogrÃ¡fica. De esta manera se
promoverÃ¡ el debate y la participaciÃ³n activa de las comunidades en los
procesos pÃºblicos de la polÃ­tica relacionados con la implementaciÃ³n y la
funciÃ³n de los telecentros para el desarrollo local.
Los proyectos de los satÃ©lites orbitales deben considerarse como un
recurso pÃºblico y deben atribuirse en beneficio del interÃ©s pÃºblico
mediante procesos transparentes y responsables. AdemÃ¡s, la planificaciÃ³n
y reglamentaciÃ³n del espectro deben asegurar un acceso equitativo entre
la pluralidad de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n, incluyendo la reserva de la
capacidad de satÃ©lites suficiente para los medios de difusiÃ³n
comunitarios. Debe reservase un porcentaje fijo de los recursos
orbitales, de la capacidad de los satÃ©lites y del espectro de
radiofrecuencias para fines educativos, humanitarios, comunitarios y
otros no comerciales.
La expansiÃ³n de la infraestructura mundial de la informaciÃ³n debe
basarse en principios de igualdad y asociaciÃ³n, y debe orientarse
mediante reglas de libre competencia y regulaciÃ³n a nivel nacional e
internacional.
La integraciÃ³n del acceso, la infraestructura y la capacitaciÃ³n del
pÃºblico, asÃ­ como la generaciÃ³n de contenidos locales en un marco de
redes sociales y de polÃ­ticas pÃºblicas o privadas claras es una base
fundamental para el desarrollo de sociedades de la informaciÃ³n
igualitarias e integradoras.
2.4.4	FinanciaciÃ³n e infraestructura 
Se deben prever y evaluar medidas de financiaciÃ³n de actualidad y otras
nuevas. Ã�frica ha propuesto el "Fondo de solidaridad digital". Dicho
fondo podrÃ­a ser una autÃ©ntica esperanza para los pueblos de Ã�frica si
se establecen claramente sus metas, si se gestiona de forma transparente
y se orienta al fomento de los servicios pÃºblicos primarios,
especialmente los de las poblaciones que viven en zonas desatendidas y
aisladas. AdemÃ¡s, hacemos hincapiÃ© en el papel significativo que pueden
desempeÃ±ar los pueblos en diÃ¡spora de todas las regiones del mundo para
la financiaciÃ³n de los programas y proyectos de TIC.
A fin de optimizar los recursos financieros escasos, deben utilizarse
las opciones tecnolÃ³gicas rentables adecuadas, evitando la duplicaciÃ³n
de la infraestructura. AdemÃ¡s, pueden explotarse con este fin las
sinergias entre los distintos sectores y redes, prestando especial
atenciÃ³n a los sectores de la energÃ­a y el transporte, dados sus
estrechos vÃ­nculos con el sector de las telecomunicaciones.
Debe establecerse un Fondo de Medios Comunitarios mediante una
asociaciÃ³n de donantes de la sociedad civil que apoye e invierta en
medios de comunicaciÃ³n basados en y dirigidos por las comunidades, asÃ­
como en iniciativas de informaciÃ³n y comunicaciÃ³n que se valgan de los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n tradicionales y de las nuevas TIC. Debe tratar de
eliminarse la duplicaciÃ³n de infraestructuras y consolidar proyectos en
un marco nacional o regional para alentar la inversiÃ³n de fondos.
Siempre que sea posible, las TIC y las redes de radio y TV deben emplear
una infraestructura comÃºn para la difusiÃ³n.
2.4.5	Desarrollo humano - EnseÃ±anza y capacitaciÃ³n
La alfabetizaciÃ³n, la enseÃ±anza y la investigaciÃ³n son componentes
fundamentales e interrelacionados en los intercambios de informaciÃ³n que
precisan las sociedades del conocimiento. La creaciÃ³n y la adquisiciÃ³n
del saber deben respaldarse como proceso participativo y colectivo; no
deben considerarse un flujo unilateral o limitado a un sector de la
creaciÃ³n de capacidades. La enseÃ±anza, en sus distintos componentes
-formal, informal, permanente- es fundamental para la construcciÃ³n de
las sociedades democrÃ¡ticas, creando una ciudadanÃ­a culta y una fuerza
laboral capacitada.
Para aprovechar todo el potencial de la enseÃ±anza electrÃ³nica y de la
educaciÃ³n a distancia, Ã©stas deben asociarse a los recursos y mÃ©todos
educativos tradicionales en un contexto local de pluralismo de los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n y de diversidad lingÃ¼Ã­stica.
Ãšnicamente la ciudadanÃ­a informada que pueda acceder a una enseÃ±anza de
calidad, a los diversos medios de informaciÃ³n y a los resultados de la
investigaciÃ³n puede participar plenamente en las sociedades del
conocimiento y contribuir de forma eficaz a ellas. Por tanto, tambiÃ©n es
fundamental reconocer el derecho a la enseÃ±anza que se refleja en la
DeclaraciÃ³n del Derecho al Desarrollo y en la DeclaraciÃ³n de Derechos
Humanos.
Las iniciativas de creaciÃ³n de capacidad humana concebidas para el
desarrollo individual y comunitario en la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n
deben incluir, ademÃ¡s de la alfabetizaciÃ³n bÃ¡sica y las aptitudes en
materia de TIC, unos conocimientos de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n y de
informaciÃ³n, asÃ­ como la posibilidad de encontrar, evaluar, utilizar y
crear la informaciÃ³n y la tecnologÃ­a. En particular, lo/as educadore/as,
lo/as estudiante/as y lo/as investigadore/as deben poder utilizar y
desarrollar el software libre que ofrece sin restricciones la
posibilidad de estudiar, modificar, copiar, distribuir y explotar el
software. Por Ãºltimo, las iniciativas de creaciÃ³n de capacidad humana
deben concebirse de forma que estimulen el deseo del aprendizaje general
y respondan a necesidades especÃ­ficas y especiales: las de personas
jÃ³venes y mayores, las de las mujeres, las de las personas con
discapacidades, las de los pueblos indÃ­genas, las de las comunidades
migratorias, las de los refugiados y las de personas que regresan a su
tierra tras los conflictos, en una perspectiva de largo plazo. Lo/as
voluntario/as pueden contribuir a la transmisiÃ³n de los conocimientos y
a la mejora de la capacidad humana, en particular la de los grupos
marginales a los que no llegan las instituciones de capacitaciÃ³n
estatales.
La creaciÃ³n de capacidad humana en las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la
comunicaciÃ³n exige personas que sean competentes en la enseÃ±anza de los
medios de comunicaciÃ³n y los conocimientos de comunicaciÃ³n. Por este
motivo, la capacitaciÃ³n de los enseÃ±antes y la formaciÃ³n de educadores
en todos los niveles tiene gran importancia para poder llegar a los
pueblos y hasta los lÃ­mites de la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n.
Las bibliotecas son un instrumento importante en el combate contra la
brecha digital y para asegurar un acceso continuo, y no dictado por el
mercado a la informaciÃ³n, liberando los resultados de la investigaciÃ³n
financiados con fondos pÃºblicos, intercambiando los contenidos y los
materiales de enseÃ±anza para promover la alfabetizaciÃ³n, desarrollar las
capacidades humanas y ahondar en la autonomÃ­a de lo/as enseÃ±antes de
todo tipo a lo largo del mundo. Ello implica tambiÃ©n que lo/as
productores de los contenidos persuasivos sean participantes activo/as
en el paradigma abierto de acceso al conocimiento.
Se han de evaluar de forma transparente las barreras mundiales al
conocimiento y la enseÃ±anza, mirando mÃ¡s allÃ¡ de los obstÃ¡culos
tecnolÃ³gicos en los imperativos legales e institucionales (como las
leyes de propiedad intelectual y las normas internacionales) promoviendo
un nuevo equilibrio de propiedades intelectuales para lo/as creadore/as
como fundamento comÃºn que proteja su trabajo y a fin de que la sociedad
civil aproveche sus contribuciones.
La sociedad civil necesita modelos alternativos para la producciÃ³n y el
intercambio de conocimientos e informaciÃ³n. Para garantizar y financiar
el conocimiento a nivel mundial, los actores de la sociedad civil deben
apoyar nuevos modelos abiertos y auto-organizativos de publicaciÃ³n
cientÃ­fica y de producciÃ³n de programas informÃ¡ticos y comunicaciones a
nivel comunitario que incorporen actividades de mantenimiento y
capacidades de actualizaciÃ³n.
2.4.6	GeneraciÃ³n de informaciÃ³n y desarrollo de los conocimientos
Debe promoverse la investigaciÃ³n a todos los niveles relacionados con
las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n, y su desarrollo debe
ser adecuado al empleo social de las TIC. En particular, debe
respaldarse la investigaciÃ³n en informÃ¡tica comunitaria4. Ello debe
incluir el desarrollo de un orden del dÃ­a de la investigaciÃ³n entre
profesionales, estudiantes y comunidades; la elaboraciÃ³n de un
repertorio de proyectos de informÃ¡tica comunitaria y la identificaciÃ³n
de los factores de fallo y de Ã©xito, asÃ­ como el respaldo a proyectos y
sistemas de investigaciÃ³n. La investigaciÃ³n fundamental debe reforzarse,
ampliando el acceso abierto a los datos y publicaciones cientÃ­ficos
primarios. Las entidades pÃºblicas tales como bibliotecas, centros de
investigaciÃ³n cientÃ­fica y universidades deben fomentar la investigaciÃ³n
independiente, crear un Ã³rgano plural de conocimientos y promover los
resultados de las actividades que se hayan financiado con el erario
pÃºblico. Esta entidad de conocimientos debe estar presente en todos los
espacios pÃºblicos o en los espacios con acceso pÃºblico (centros
comunitarios, universidades, escuelas, museos, bibliotecas, centros
mediÃ¡ticos y otras entidades especializadas), mediante modos de acceso
adecuados y plurales, evitando el riesgo de la dependencia de la
tecnologÃ­a digital por sÃ­ sola.
2.4.7	Gobierno mundial de las TIC y las comunicaciones
Las reglas de juego internacionales desempeÃ±an un papel fundamental en
la economÃ­a mundial de la informaciÃ³n. En los Ãºltimos aÃ±os, los
gobiernos han liberalizado los tradicionales regÃ­menes regulatorios
internacionales para las telecomunicaciones, el espectro de
radiofrecuencias y los servicios por satÃ©lite, y han establecido nuevos
acuerdos multilaterales para el comercio internacional en los servicios,
la propiedad intelectual, la "seguridad de la informaciÃ³n" y el comercio
electrÃ³nico. Al mismo tiempo, diversos grupos comerciales han creado una
amplia variedad de disposiciones "autorregulatorias" relativas a los
identificadores de Internet (nombres y nÃºmeros), su infraestructura y su
contenido.
No es aceptable que estos marcos de gobierno mundial y otros
relacionados sean diseÃ±ados por y para pequeÃ±os grupos de poderosos
gobiernos y empresas, y posteriormente sean exportados a todo el mundo
como hechos consumados. En vez de ello, deben reflejar las diversas
opiniones e intereses de la comunidad internacional en su conjunto. Este
principio general tiene dimensiones tanto de procedimiento como de
fondo.
Desde el punto de vista del procedimiento, los procesos de toma de
decisiones deben basarse en valores tales como participaciÃ³n global, la
transparencia y la responsabilidad democrÃ¡tica. En particular, se
necesitan reformas institucionales para facilitar la participaciÃ³n plena
y eficaz de las partes interesadas marginalizadas, tales como paÃ­ses en
desarrollo y en proceso de transiciÃ³n polÃ­tica, organizaciones de la
sociedad civil mundial, la pequeÃ±a y mediana empresa y usuario/as
individuales.
Fundamentalmente, los marcos de gobierno mundial deben promover una
distribuciÃ³n mÃ¡s equitativa de los beneficios entre las naciones y los
grupos sociales. Para ello, deben conseguir un mejor equilibrio entre
las consideraciones comerciales y otros objetivos sociales legÃ­timos.
Por ejemplo, los acuerdos internacionales actuales deben reformarse para
promover: una gestiÃ³n eficaz de las interconexiones de la red y de la
distribuciÃ³n de los ingresos por trÃ¡fico, sujeto al mutuo acuerdo entre
los operadores correspondientes; las asignaciones equitativas del
espectro de radiofrecuencias y de los intervalos orbitales de satÃ©lite
que soporten plenamente las aplicaciones de desarrollo y no comerciales;
un comercio equitativo de bienes y servicios electrÃ³nicos, teniendo en
cuenta las necesidades que tienen los paÃ­ses en desarrollo de un
tratamiento especial y diferenciado; un dominio pÃºblico abierto de
recursos de informaciÃ³n e ideas; y la protecciÃ³n de los derechos
humanos, la seguridad del consumidor o consumidora y la privacidad
personal. De forma paralela, es necesario concluir nuevos acuerdos
internacionales para promover: el apoyo financiero a fin de lograr un
desarrollo-e sostenible, especialmente en las naciones menos prÃ³speras,
pero no limitadas a ellas; la diversidad lingÃ¼Ã­stica, cultural y de
informaciÃ³n; y la disminuciÃ³n del poder del mercado concentrado en las
TIC y las industrias de los medios de comunicaciÃ³n de masas.
A la vista de las controversias suscitadas en el proceso de preparaciÃ³n
de la CMSI, debe prestarse especial atenciÃ³n a mejorar la coordinaciÃ³n
global en los recursos bÃ¡sicos de Internet. Cabe recordar que Internet
no es una "plataforma" de comunicaciones singular ligada a la red
telefÃ³nica pÃºblica; se trata de un conjunto de protocolos, procesos y
redes autoasociadas voluntariamente altamente distribuidas. De acuerdo
con ello, Internet no puede ser controlado de forma eficaz por una sola
organizaciÃ³n o un conjunto de intereses. Un modelo intergubernamental
excluyente no se adaptarÃ­a en modo alguno a sus caracterÃ­sticas
peculiares; sÃ³lo un enfoque plenamente abierto, que tenga en cuenta los
mÃºltiples intereses y sea flexible puede asegurar el continuo
crecimiento de Internet y su transiciÃ³n hacia un medio multilingÃ¼e.
Paralelamente, cuando puedan garantizarse las condiciones para lograr la
estabilidad del sistema y una gestiÃ³n firme, debe transferirse el
control de los recursos globales inherentes, como el sistema de
servidores raÃ­z, a una entidad mundial de intereses mÃºltiples.
La comunidad internacional debe tener un acceso pleno y sencillo al
conocimiento y a la informaciÃ³n sobre la toma de decisiones y el control
mundial de las TIC. Se trata de un requisito bÃ¡sico para la realizaciÃ³n
de los principios mencionados anteriormente y para el Ã©xito del propio
proceso de la CMSI. Necesitamos un control y un anÃ¡lisis orientados
hacia el interÃ©s pÃºblico de las actividades pertinentes de los
organismos tanto intergubernamentales como de autogobierno, incluidos,
entre otros, la UniÃ³n Internacional de Telecomunicaciones, la
OrganizaciÃ³n Mundial del Comercio, la OrganizaciÃ³n Mundial de la
Propiedad Intelectual, la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre
Comercio Internacional, la OrganizaciÃ³n para la CooperaciÃ³n y el
Desarrollo EconÃ³mico, la Conferencia de La Haya sobre Ley Privada
Internacional, la CooperaciÃ³n EconÃ³mica Asia-PacÃ­fico, el Acuerdo de
AmÃ©rica del Norte sobre Libre Comercio, la CorporaciÃ³n de AsignaciÃ³n de
NÃºmeros y Nombres Internet (ICANN) y el Acuerdo Wassenaar.
Como un primer paso viable en esta direcciÃ³n recomendamos la creaciÃ³n de
un comitÃ© observador independiente y en el que estÃ©n representados
verdaderamente todos los intereses para: 1) controlar y realizar un
seguimiento de los desarrollos en curso mÃ¡s urgentes en la toma de
decisiones sobre el control mundial de las TIC; 2) evaluar y solicitar a
los interesados informaciÃ³n sobre la conformidad de dicha toma de
decisiones con los objetivos seÃ±alados en la agenda de la CMSI; 3)
informar a todos los interesados en el proceso de la CMSI de forma
periÃ³dica hasta 2005, aÃ±o en el que podrÃ¡ tomarse una decisiÃ³n sobre la
necesidad de continuar o finalizar la actividad.
3	Conclusiones
Son las personas quienes fundamentalmente constituyen y conforman las
sociedades, y las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y la comunicaciÃ³n no son
una excepciÃ³n al respecto. Los actores de la sociedad civil han sido
creadores e innovadores fundamentales de la tecnologÃ­a, la cultura y el
contenido de las sociedades de la informaciÃ³n y las comunicaciones y
continuarÃ¡n siÃ©ndolo en el futuro.
Los derechos humanos se encuentran en el centro de nuestra visiÃ³n de la
sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y de las comunicaciones5. Desde ese punto de
vista, los planes de acciÃ³n, la aplicaciÃ³n, los mecanismos de
financiaciÃ³n y el control deben ser conformados y evaluados basÃ¡ndose en
su capacidad de satisfacer las necesidades fundamentales para la vida de
los seres humanos.
Los paÃ­ses anfitriones y las instituciones que contribuyan y participen
en el proceso de la CMSI posterior a la reuniÃ³n de Ginebra deben
respetar plenamente los principios enunciados en la DeclaraciÃ³n que
adopte la Cumbre de Ginebra, incluidos los que se refieren a derechos
humanos fundamentales para la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n y las
comunicaciones. Esos principios incluyen la libertad de expresiÃ³n, de
asociaciÃ³n y de informaciÃ³n, pero no estÃ¡n limitados exclusivamente a
Ã©stos.
Para lograr este objetivo, y preparar la segunda fase de la CMSI, debe
crearse una comisiÃ³n independiente que examine las regulaciones y
prÃ¡cticas de las TIC nacionales e internacionales y su conformidad con
las normas establecidas relativas a los derechos humanos
internacionales. Esta comisiÃ³n debe considerar tambiÃ©n las posibles
aplicaciones de las TIC destinadas a facilitar el respeto de los
derechos humanos, tales como el derecho al desarrollo, el derecho a la
educaciÃ³n y el derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado para la salud fÃ­sica
y mental y el bienestar de los individuos y su familia, incluida la
alimentaciÃ³n, el alojamiento y los cuidados sanitarios.
La plena realizaciÃ³n de una sociedad de la informaciÃ³n requiere la plena
participaciÃ³n de la sociedad civil en su concepciÃ³n, implantaciÃ³n y
funcionamiento. Para ello solicitamos a todos los gobiernos implicados
en los procesos preparatorios de la CMSI que trabajen de buena fe con
las organizaciones no gubernamentales y de la sociedad civil y cumplan
plenamente las recomendaciones de la ResoluciÃ³n 58/183 de la Asamblea
General de las Naciones Unidas. En particular, los gobiernos
participantes deben garantizar que se respetan los derechos de la
sociedad civil de participar plenamente en los restantes procesos
preparatorios intergubernamentales que desemboquen en la segunda fase de
la CMSI.
Nos comprometemos, independientemente de las modalidades de
participaciÃ³n que nos concedan los gobiernos, a proseguir por todos los
medios adecuados y pertinentes necesarios la realizaciÃ³n de la visiÃ³n de
la sociedad de la informaciÃ³n aquÃ­ presentada. Con ese propÃ³sito, las
organizaciones de la sociedad civil continuarÃ¡n cooperando entre sÃ­ para
elaborar un Plan de AcciÃ³n destinado a la segunda fase de la CMSI.
Solicitamos a los lÃ­deres del mundo que asuman urgentemente las
responsabilidades con las que se enfrentan, en colaboraciÃ³n con la
sociedad civil, para hacer que esta visiÃ³n sea una realidad.
Las declaraciones de apoyo a la presente DeclaraciÃ³n deben dirigirse a
ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org y se archivan en http://www.wsis-cs.org.


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From cnicol at pangea.org  Sat Dec 13 00:02:00 2003
From: cnicol at pangea.org (chris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] French version of CS Declaration
In-Reply-To: <1071233774.3fd9baee6f0c0@segur.pangea.org>
References: <1071233774.3fd9baee6f0c0@segur.pangea.org>
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On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 13:56, Chris Nicol wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The French version in text form will come later because the conversion to text 
> makes it unreadable because of the accents, and we have a Plenary now. Should 
> also be at http://www.worldsummit2003.org/ soon.





"D?finir des soci?t?s de l'information centr?es sur les besoins des
?tres humains"


         D?claration de la soci?t? civile au Sommet mondial 
                   sur la soci?t? de l'information


Adopt?e ? l'unanimit? par la pl?ni?re de la soci?t? civile du SMSI le 8
                            d?cembre 20031







        "D?finir des soci?t?s de l'information centr?es sur
                    les besoins des ?tres humains"

D?claration de la soci?t? civile au Sommet mondial 
                   sur la soci?t? de l'information

Adopt?e ? l'unanimit? par la pl?ni?re de la soci?t? civile du SMSI le 8
d?cembre 2003




  Nous, femmes et hommes, issus de continents et de milieux culturels
 diff?rents, aux perspectives, exp?riences et comp?tences diverses,
repr?sentant les membres de diff?rents groupes d'int?r?t d'une soci?t?
civile mondiale ?mergente et jugeant fondamentale la participation de la
 soci?t? civile au premier Sommet de l'ONU portant sur les questions
li?es ? l'information et ? la communication, ? savoir le Sommet mondial
sur la soci?t? de l'information, oeuvrons depuis deux ans dans le cadre
de ce processus, en d?ployant des efforts pour d?finir des soci?t?s de
   l'information et de la communication2qui soient centr?es sur les
                 personnes, inclusives et ?quitables.

Nous avons oeuvr? ensemble, en ligne et par des rencontres, en tant
qu'entit?s de la soci?t? civile, en utilisant des technologies de
l'information et de la communication de mani?re inclusive et
participative, ce qui nous a permis de partager nos vues, de construire
des positions communes, et d'?laborer ensemble une vision des soci?t?s
de l'information et de la communication.

A ce stade du processus, ? savoir la premi?re phase du Sommet (Gen?ve,
d?cembre 2003), les voix que nous avons fait entendre et l'int?r?t
g?n?ral que nous avons exprim? collectivement ne sont pas d?ment pris en
compte dans les documents du Sommet. Nous proposons que le pr?sent texte
soit pris en compte dans les r?sultats officiels du Sommet. Convaincus
que les femmes et les hommes, les communaut?s et les peuples pourront
concr?tiser cette vision dans leur quotidien, nous la pr?sentons pour
inviter chacun ? participer au dialogue en cours et pour unir nos forces
en vue de d?finir notre avenir commun.






1 Une soci?t? tourn?e vers l'avenir
L'?tre humain est au coeur de notre vision des soci?t?s de l'information
et de la communication. On doit promouvoir, respecter, prot?ger et
affirmer la dignit? et les droits de tous les peuples et de chaque
personne. Nous devons donc en priorit? nous attacher ? combler le foss?
injustifiable que l'on peut observer entre les diff?rents niveaux de
d?veloppement et entre l'opulence et l'extr?me pauvret?.

Nous sommes r?solus ? ?difier des soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication qui soient centr?es sur la personne, inclusives et
?quitables; des soci?t?s dans lesquelles chacun ait la possibilit? de
cr?er, d'obtenir, d'utiliser, de partager et de diffuser, librement,
l'information et le savoir, pour donner aux individus, aux communaut?s
et aux peuples des moyens suffisants d'am?liorer leur qualit? de vie et
de r?aliser l'int?grit? de leur potentiel; des soci?t?s fond?es sur le
principe d'une justice sociale, politique et ?conomique et sur la pleine
participation et l'autonomisation des peuples, et qui rel?vent ainsi
v?ritablement les principaux d?fis auxquels le monde fait aujourd'hui
face en mati?re de d?veloppement; des soci?t?s qui visent ? parvenir au
d?veloppement durable, ? la d?mocratie et ? l'?galit? entre les hommes
et les femmes pour instaurer un monde plus pacifique, plus juste et plus
?galitaire et, partant, un monde durable, conform?ment aux principes
consacr?s dans la Charte des Nations Unies et dans la D?claration
universelle des droits de l'homme.

Nous aspirons ? ?difier des soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication dans lesquelles le d?veloppement soit d?fini en fonction
des droits de l'homme fondamentaux et qui visent ? assurer une
distribution plus ?quitable des ressources, afin d'?liminer ainsi la
pauvret?, en faisant en sorte que les ressources ne soient pas
exploit?es et que l'environnement soit ?cologiquement durable. Nous
sommes convaincus qu'? cette fin les technologies peuvent constituer un
moyen indispensable, plut?t qu'une fin en soi et reconnaissons ainsi que
la r?duction de la fracture num?rique n'est qu'une ?tape pour parvenir
au d?veloppement pour tous. Nous reconnaissons le potentiel consid?rable
des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) pour
surmonter les d?sastres caus?s par la famine, les catastrophes
naturelles, les nouvelles pand?mies comme le VIH/SIDA, et par la
prolif?ration des armes.

Nous r?affirmons que la communication est un processus social
fondamental, un besoin essentiel de l'?tre humain et la base de toute
organisation sociale. Toute personne, o? que ce soit dans le monde, quel
que soit le moment, devrait avoir la possibilit? de participer ? des
processus de communication et nul ne devrait ?tre priv? des avantages
qu'ils offrent. Cela signifie que toute personne doit avoir acc?s aux
moyens de communication et doit pouvoir exercer son droit ? la libert?
d'opinion et d'expression, ce qui implique le droit d'avoir des opinions
et celui de chercher, de recevoir et de r?pandre, sans consid?rations de
fronti?res, les informations et les id?es par quelque moyen d'expression
que ce soit. De m?me, on doit aussi reconna?tre le droit au respect de
la vie priv?e, le droit d'acc?s ? l'information publique et au domaine
public du savoir, ainsi que nombre d'autres droits de l'homme universels
qui rev?tent une importance particuli?re pour les processus
d'information et de communication. Parall?lement ? l'acc?s, l'ensemble
de ces droits et libert?s dans le domaine de la communication doit ?tre
garanti, pour tous, dans des textes de loi d?finis clairement au niveau
national et doit ?tre appliqu? avec des exigences techniques
appropri?es. 

Pour ?difier de telles soci?t?s, les individus et les organisations et
communaut?s auxquelles ils appartiennent doivent participer
successivement en leur qualit? de citoyens et de d?cideurs, afin
d'?laborer des cadres, des politiques et des m?canismes
d'administration. Il est donc n?cessaire ? cette fin de cr?er un cadre
propice ? la participation et ? l'engagement de toutes les g?n?rations,
aussi bien des femmes que des hommes, et de faire en sorte que les
diff?rents groupes sociaux et linguistiques, les cultures et les
peuples, les populations rurales et urbaines, participent sans
exclusion. En outre, les gouvernements devraient assurer et promouvoir
des services publics lorsque les citoyens le jugent n?cessaire et
garantir la transparence de la gestion des affaires publiques, ce qui
est le fondement des politiques publiques, de sorte que les mod?les de
soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication puissent ?tre
continuellement revus et am?lior?s.

Nous reconnaissons qu'aucune technologie n'est neutre au regard de ses
incidences sociales et, par cons?quent, l'existence possible de
processus de d?cision soi-disant "technologiquement neutres" est une
illusion. Il est essentiel de faire des choix judicieux sur les plans
social et technique en ce qui concerne la mise en place des nouvelles
technologies, de leur conception jusqu'? leur d?ploiement et leur phase
d'exploitation. Il est souvent extr?mement difficile de rem?dier aux
effets n?gatifs, sur les plans social et technique, des syst?mes
d'information et de communication lorsque ces effets sont d?couverts
tardivement au stade de la conception, et ceux-ci risquent par
cons?quent de causer un pr?judice durable. Nous envisageons une soci?t?
de l'information et de la communication dans laquelle les technologies
soient con?ues de mani?re participative, avec et par les utilisateurs
finaux, de fa?on ? emp?cher ou ? limiter autant que possible leurs
incidences n?gatives. 

Nous envisageons des soci?t?s dans lesquelles le savoir, la cr?ativit?,
la coop?ration et la solidarit? entre les ?tres humains sont consid?r?s
comme des ?l?ments essentiels, dans lesquelles on encourage non
seulement la cr?ativit? individuelle, mais aussi l'innovation
collective, fond?es sur des r?seaux de coop?ration; des soci?t?s dans
lesquelles on reconnaisse et on prot?ge les ressources tir?es du savoir,
de l'information et de la communication en tant que patrimoine commun de
l'humanit?; des soci?t?s qui garantissent et encouragent la diversit?
culturelle et linguistique et le dialogue interculturel, dans des
environnements o? la discrimination, la violence et la haine n'existent
pas.

Nous sommes conscients du fait que l'information, le savoir et les
moyens de communication sont disponibles ? une ?chelle que l'humanit?
n'aurait jamais pu imaginer par le pass?; mais nous sommes ?galement
conscients du fait qu'?tre priv? d'un acc?s aux moyens de communication,
de l'information et des comp?tences n?cessaires pour participer ? la
sph?re publique demeure un probl?me majeur, en particulier dans les pays
en d?veloppement. En m?me temps, l'information et le savoir sont de plus
en plus transform?s en ressources priv?es susceptibles d'?tre
contr?l?es, vendues et achet?es, comme si elles ?taient de simples
marchandises et non des composantes indispensables ? l'organisation et
au d?veloppement social. Ainsi, nous reconnaissons qu'il est urgent de
trouver des solutions ? ces probl?mes, auxquels les soci?t?s de
l'information et de la communication sont confront?es au premier chef.

Nous sommes convaincus qu'avec une volont? politique suffisante pour
mobiliser la richesse que constituent le savoir et les ressources
appropri?es, l'humanit? pourrait certainement parvenir ? atteindre les
objectifs ?nonc?s dans la D?claration du Mill?naire, voire ? les
d?passer. En tant qu'organisations de la soci?t? civile, nous acceptons
notre part de responsabilit? pour faire en sorte que notre objectif et
notre vision deviennent r?alit?.











                          TABLE DES MATI?RES

Page

1 Une soci?t? tourn?e vers l'avenir 3

2 Principes et enjeux fondamentaux 5

2.1 Justice sociale et d?veloppement durable ax? sur l'individu 6

2.1.1 Eradication de la pauvret? 7

2.1.2 Citoyennet? mondiale 7

2.1.3 La justice dans les questions de genre 7

2.1.4 Importance de la jeunesse 8

2.1.5 Acc?s ? l'information et aux moyens de communication 8

2.1.6 Acc?s aux informations de sant? 9

2.1.7 Instruction ?l?mentaire 9

2.1.8 D?veloppement de solutions TIC durables et communautaires 10

2.1.9 Situations de conflit 11

2.2 R?le central des droits de l'homme 12

2.2.1 Libert? d'expression 12

2.2.2 Droit ? la vie priv?e 12

2.2.3 Droit de participer aux affaires publiques 12

2.2.4 Droits des travailleurs 13

2.2.5 Les droits des populations autochtones 13

2.2.6 Droits de la femme 13

2.2.7 Droits de l'enfant 13

2.2.8 Droits des handicap?s 14

2.2.9 R?glementation et primaut? du droit 14

2.3 Culture, savoir et domaine public 14

2.3.1 Diversit? culturelle et linguistique 14

2.3.1.1 Renforcement des capacit?s et ?ducation 14

2.3.1.2 Langues 15

2.3.1.3 Droit international et r?glementation internationale 15

2.3.2 M?dias 15

2.3.2.1 Le r?le des m?dias 15

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2.3.2.2 M?dias communautaires 16

2.3.3 Le domaine public du savoir universel 17

2.3.3.1 Savoir des peuples autochtones 17

2.3.3.2 Droits d'auteur, brevets et marques d?pos?es 17

2.3.3.3 Logiciels 18

2.3.3.4 Recherches 18

2.4 Cr?er un environnement propice 19

2.4.1 Dimensions ?thiques 19

2.4.2 Gouvernance d?mocratique et transparente 19

2.4.3 Infrastructure et acc?s 20

2.4.4 Financement et infrastructure 21

2.4.5 D?veloppement humain - Enseignement et formation 21

2.4.6 Cr?ation de l'information et d?veloppement du savoir 23

2.4.7 Gouvernance mondiale des TIC et communications 23

3 Conclusion 25




2 Principes et enjeux fondamentaux
Conform?ment ? cette vision, il est essentiel que le d?veloppement de
soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication repose sur des
principes fondamentaux qui tiennent compte des d?fis ? relever et de la
responsabilit? qui incombe aux diverses parties prenantes. Cela suppose
de reconna?tre pleinement les pr?occupations des femmes, d'adh?rer sans
r?serve aux principes d'?galit? des sexes, de non-discrimination et
d'autonomisation des femmes, et de reconna?tre que ces principes
constituent des pr?alables non n?gociables et essentiels pour un
d?veloppement ?quitable ax? sur l'individu dans le cadre des soci?t?s de
l'information et de la communication. L'adh?sion ? ces principes suppose
de rem?dier d?lib?r?ment aux effets de la conjonction de rapports de
force in?gaux au niveau social, ?conomique et politique, qui se
manifestent par des in?galit?s entre les femmes et les hommes en mati?re
d'acc?s, de choix, de chances, de participation, de situation et
d'exploitation des ressources, ainsi que par des diff?rences entre les
populations en termes de classe sociale, d'appartenance ethnique, d'?ge,
de religion, de race, d'origine g?ographique et de niveau de
d?veloppement.

Les principes et enjeux fondamentaux que nous reconnaissons et d?fendons
sont ?nonc?s ci apr?s; par ailleurs, nous avons identifi? un certain
nombre de domaines appelant des mesures prioritaires de la part de la
communaut? internationale.


2.1 Justice sociale et d?veloppement durable ax? sur l'individu
Dans un contexte de justice sociale, le d?veloppement humain suppose
l'instauration de conditions de vie satisfaisantes et ?mancipatrices sur
les plans culturel, social, ?conomique, politique et environnemental
tant pour les individus que pour les collectivit?s et qui leur donnent
les moyens de se prendre en charge. En d?pit des progr?s extraordinaires
accomplis par l'humanit? dans le domaine des connaissances et des
technologies, la majeure partie des habitants de la plan?te continue de
vivre dans des conditions d?plorables. 

Dans les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication, la justice
sociale ne peut ?tre r?alis?e qu'en tenant compte des injustices
g?opolitiques et historiques, ainsi qu??conomiques, sociales, politiques
et culturelles. La dynamique plan?taire actuelle se caract?rise par des
tensions r?sultant de la corr?lation ?troite entre la lib?ralisation
?conomique plan?taire, la mondialisation culturelle, le d?veloppement du
militarisme, la mont?e des fondamentalismes, le racisme ainsi que la
suspension et la violation des droits humains fondamentaux.

La r?partition g?ographique in?gale des technologies de l'information et
de la communication (TIC), conjugu?e ? l'impossibilit? d'acc?der ?
l'information dans laquelle se trouve la majeure partie des habitants de
la plan?te - souvent d?sign?e sous le vocable de "fracture num?rique" -
n'est autre que le reflet des fractures sociales existantes, qu'il
s'agisse de la fracture entre le Nord et le Sud, entre les riches et les
pauvres, les hommes et les femmes, les populations urbaines et rurales,
ou encore entre ceux qui ont acc?s ? l'information et ceux qui n'y ont
pas acc?s. De telles disparit?s s'observent non seulement entre cultures
diff?rentes, mais aussi au sein d'un m?me pays. La communaut?
internationale se doit d'user collectivement de son influence aupr?s des
diff?rents Etats pour les inciter ? prendre des mesures visant ? r?duire
la fracture num?rique dans leur pays.

L'?limination de toutes les formes de discrimination, d'exclusion et
d'isolement dont sont victimes diff?rents groupes et populations
marginalis?s et vuln?rables ne passera pas uniquement par la mise en
place de technologies. Si nous voulons que ces groupes et populations
participent pleinement aux soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication, il nous faut r?solument renoncer ? toute forme de
promotion des TIC au service du d?veloppement ? finalit? purement
lucrative et mue uniquement par les lois du march?. Il convient de
prendre sciemment et d?lib?r?ment des mesures en ce sens afin de veiller
? ce que les nouvelles TIC ne soient pas mises en place d'une mani?re
qui perp?tue encore les tendances n?gatives actuelles de la
mondialisation ?conomique et de la monopolisation des march?s. Le
d?veloppement des TIC et leurs applications devraient, au contraire,
viser ? favoriser le progr?s social, ?conomique et culturel de tous les
peuples et contribuer ? transformer le paradigme du d?veloppement.

Le choix de grandes options technologiques devrait viser ? r?pondre aux
besoins vitaux des ?tres humains et non pas ? enrichir des soci?t?s ou ?
permettre aux pouvoirs publics d'accro?tre leur influence par des moyens
non d?mocratiques. C'est pourquoi les d?cisions fondamentales concernant
la conception et l'utilisation de technologies doivent ?tre prises en
coop?ration avec la soci?t? civile, ? savoir les diff?rents
utilisateurs, des ing?nieurs et des scientifiques. En particulier, au
niveau local, il convient de tirer parti de ressources informatiques
collectives afin de r?pondre de mani?re appropri?e aux caract?ristiques
et besoins particuliers des habitants dans les processus de conception.


2.1.1 Eradication de la pauvret?
L'?radication de la pauvret? est une des t?ches prioritaires ? inscrire
? l'ordre du jour du SMSI. Sans lutte contre les in?galit?s actuelles,
il ne saurait y avoir de d?veloppement durable englobant les nouvelles
TIC. Les personnes vivant dans l'extr?me pauvret? doivent pouvoir
t?moigner de leurs ?preuves et des enseignements qu'elles en ont tir?s
en dialoguant avec toutes les parties concern?es. La lutte contre la
pauvret? ne passe pas uniquement par l'?tablissement de "calendriers de
d?veloppement". Elle exige d'avoir r?solument ? coeur de revoir les
structures en place, d'am?liorer l'acc?s local aux informations
importantes dans le contexte consid?r?, d'am?liorer la formation dans le
domaine des TIC et d'attribuer des ressources non n?gligeables,
financi?res et autres. Par ailleurs, du fait qu'ils travaillent sur le
terrain, les volontaires jouent un r?le important aupr?s de la
population en mati?re d'insertion sociale. 

Les ressources financi?res, alli?es ? la solidarit? sociale et
num?rique, doivent ?tre canalis?es par le biais des m?canismes
financiers en place ou nouveaux et g?r?s de mani?re transparente en
n'excluant aucun groupe par tous les secteurs de la soci?t?. Parmi les
structures qu'il y a lieu de revoir eu ?gard aux effets n?gatifs
qu'elles peuvent avoir, mentionnons les arrangements actuels visant ?
admettre et ? g?rer la monopolisation du savoir et de l'information, y
compris les travaux de l'Organisation mondiale de la propri?t?
intellectuelle (OMPI) et le fonctionnement de l'Accord sur les aspects
commerciaux des droits de propri?t? intellectuelle (TRIPS).


2.1.2 Citoyennet? mondiale
Les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication sont susceptibles
de catalyser et d'aider ? lib?rer des ressources financi?res,
techniques, humaines et morales consid?rables n?cessaires au
d?veloppement durable. Toutefois, la lib?ration de ces ressources ne
sera possible qu'? mesure que les habitants du monde entier prendront
conscience que l'avenir de la plan?te et le bien-?tre de l'humanit? tout
enti?re sont entre leurs mains. A cet ?gard, il y a lieu de faire un
travail de sensibilisation aupr?s de chaque individu, des collectivit?s
locales et des pouvoirs publics, qui favorise l'?veil d'une conscience
plan?taire et la prise de conscience que nous sommes tous citoyens du
monde. L'humanit? constituant un ensemble unique et indivisible, chaque
?tre humain est porteur ? sa naissance d'un h?ritage et d'une
responsabilit? universelle et il est dans son int?r?t sup?rieur de
veiller ? garantir l'?galit? de tous en mettant en oeuvre et en
appliquant ? un stade pr?coce les normes internationales en mati?re des
droits de l'homme.


2.1.3 La justice dans les questions de genre
Toute soci?t? de l'information et de la communication ?quitable, ouverte
et solidaire doit reposer sur la notion de justice entre les genres et
en particulier ?tre guid?e par les principes d'?galit? hommes/femmes, de
non-discrimination et d'autonomisation des femmes au sens de la
D?claration et du Programme d'action de Beijing (quatri?me Conf?rence
mondiale sur les femmes) et de la Convention sur l'?limination de toutes
les formes de discrimination ? l'?gard des femmes. Les mesures prises
doivent traduire un v?ritable engagement et une conscience aigu? du
besoin d?une approche intersectorielle, propre ? corriger toute
discrimination r?sultant de relations de pouvoir in?gales ? tous les
niveaux de la soci?t?. Des politiques et programmes orient?s vers
l'avenir, dans tous les secteurs, doivent ?tre ?labor?s pour les femmes,
consid?r?es comme agents essentiels et actifs du changement dans la
ma?trise, la conception, l'utilisation et l'adaptation des TIC. Pour
autonomiser les jeunes filles et les femmes tout au long de leur vie,
comme architectes et leaders de la soci?t?, des programmes ?ducatifs
adapt?s aux besoins sp?cifiques des femmes, des environnements
d'apprentissage appropri?s sont n?cessaires. 

L'analyse des questions de genre et l'?laboration d'indicateurs de
d?veloppement aussi bien quantitatifs que qualitatifs permettant de
mesurer v?ritablement l'?galit? entre les hommes et les femmes sont
indispensables. Elles doivent ?tre men?es dans des syst?mes nationaux et
coh?rents de suivi et d'?valuation.


2.1.4 Importance de la jeunesse
Nous reconnaissons aussi que la jeunesse est la population active de
demain, et que les jeunes sont les premiers cr?ateurs et les premiers
utilisateurs des TIC. Il faut donc leur donner l'autonomie dont ils ont
besoin ? tous les stades - apprentissage, cr?ation, contribution,
entreprise, prise de d?cision ... Nous devons nous int?resser plus
particuli?rement aux jeunes qui n'ont pas encore ?t? en mesure de tirer
pleinement parti des d?bouch?s offerts par les soci?t?s de l'information
et de la communication. Plus particuli?rement, nous devons nous efforcer
d'aider les jeunes provenant de groupes de population d?savantag?s,
notamment dans les pays en d?veloppement ? acqu?rir leur autonomie
technologique. L'?galit? des chances, pour les jeunes filles et les
jeunes femmes, doit faire partie int?grante de nos efforts, et nous
devons mieux mettre l'accent sur leurs besoins et leurs potentiels
sp?cifiques dans le domaine des TIC. Les probl?mes qui se posent aux
jeunes travailleurs dans les secteurs des TIC - r?mun?rations peu
?lev?es, mauvaises conditions de travail, manque de stabilit? de
l'emploi, absence de repr?sentation collective ... doivent ?galement
?tre abord?s. Principaux utilisateurs des TIC, les jeunes sont
particuli?rement expos?s et vuln?rables aux risques que l'utilisation de
ces technologies peut constituer pour leur sant?. C'est dire que nous
nous engageons ? ne cr?er et ? n'utiliser que des TIC qui soient propres
? assurer le bien-?tre, la protection et le d?veloppement harmonieux de
tous les enfants. 


2.1.5 Acc?s ? l'information et aux moyens de communication
L'acc?s ? l'information et aux moyens de communication, consid?r?s comme
un bien public et global, doit ?tre participatif, universel, inclusif et
d?mocratique. Le probl?me de l'in?galit? d'acc?s doit ?tre trait? dans
le contexte du foss? Nord/Sud et par r?f?rence aux in?galit?s
persistantes entre pays d?velopp?s et pays relativement moins avanc?s.
Les probl?mes qu'il faut surmonter se posent en termes d'?conomie,
d'?ducation, de technique, de politique, de soci?t?, d'ethnies et de
diff?rences d'?ge, et la question des relations in?gales entre les
hommes et les femmes, qui s'y trouve toujours en filigrane, doit ?tre
sp?cifiquement trait?e.

L'acc?s universel ? l'information, dont d?pend le d?veloppement humain,
doit ?tre assur?. Les infrastructures et les formes les plus appropri?es
de technologies de l'information et de la communication doivent ?tre
accessibles ? tous, ind?pendamment du contexte social. L'approbation
collective de ces technologies doit ?tre encourag?e. Il faut donc tenir
compte de la diversit? des r?alit?s que cr?ent les diff?rents groupes
sociaux tels que les populations indig?nes, les diasporas, les migrants,
et privil?gier des solutions locales ou cibl?es. Les programmes
d'information et de communication reposant sur les m?dias traditionnels
et sur les initiatives communautaires ont ici un r?le capital, tout
comme une utilisation efficace des nouvelles TIC. Les structures
r?glementaires et juridiques de toutes les soci?t?s de l'information et
de la communication doivent ?tre renforc?es pour faciliter le partage
g?n?ralis? des technologies, de l'information et du savoir, et pour
promouvoir un contr?le coop?ratif respectueux des droits et libert?s de
l'homme.

Les besoins et les imp?ratifs sp?cifiques de toutes les parties
prenantes, et notamment des personnes handicap?es, doivent ?tre pris en
compte dans le d?veloppement des TIC. Pour assurer l'acc?s ? des TIC
inclusives, le mieux est d'intervenir tr?s t?t dans le cycle
conception d?veloppement-production, afin que la soci?t? de
l'information et de la communication devienne la soci?t? de tous, et que
les co?ts soient minimis?s.

La n?cessit? de pouvoir acc?der ? l'information et de pouvoir envoyer et
recevoir de l'information est particuli?rement capitale pour les
personnes vuln?rables - r?fugi?s, personnes d?plac?es par les conflits
arm?s, demandeurs d'asile ... qui, souvent, ne connaissent pas leurs
droits, lesquels sont fr?quemment viol?s. L'acc?s ? des moyens de
communication est n?cessaire pour la d?fense et la pr?servation des
droits de ces groupes, pour qu'ils puissent l?gitimement se pourvoir en
justice conform?ment au droit international.


2.1.6 Acc?s aux informations de sant?
La communication des informations de sant? (aussi bien dans le domaine
de la sant? mentale que dans celui de la sant? physique), dans des
situations de vie ou de mort, peut ?tre facilit?e et am?lior?e par le
recours ? des solutions TIC. Il est ?tabli que l'impossibilit? d'acc?der
? des moyens d'information et de communication est un ?l?ment
d?terminant des grands probl?mes de sant? publique (mentale et physique)
dans le monde. Selon les sp?cialistes, une ?tape critique serait
franchie dans le traitement des grands probl?mes de sant? mentale et
physique si l'on fournissait aux citoyens des pays en d?veloppement des
points d'acc?s aux informations n?cessaires ? l'?chelle communautaire.
Toutefois, de tels points d'acc?s ne devraient pas ?tre limit?s ? des
flux d'information unidirectionnels (par exemple du sp?cialiste ? la
communaut? et au patient). Il faut que les communaut?s puissent
participer ? la s?lection et ? la cr?ation des flux de communication qui
leur paraissent utiles et n?cessaires pour la pr?vention et le
traitement des maladies mentales et physiques et la promotion des soins
de sant? en la mati?re pour toutes les populations. Le libre acc?s aux
informations m?dicales est absolument essentiel pour que toutes les
donn?es connues soient ? la disposition des m?decins et de tout le
personnel soignant.


2.1.7 Instruction ?l?mentaire
L'instruction ?l?mentaire et l'acc?s libre et universel ? l'?ducation
sont fondamentaux. Toute soci?t? du savoir repose sur une population
inform?e et ?duqu?e. Le d?veloppement des capacit?s doit couvrir les
aptitudes ? utiliser les TIC, les m?dias et les technologies de
l'information ainsi que promouvoir les comp?tences requises pour une
participation active du citoyen, notamment au niveau de la capacit? de
localiser, d'?valuer, d'utiliser et de cr?er l'information ou la
technologie. Il y a lieu de privil?gier en priorit? des approches
locales, horizontales, tenant compte des diff?rences entre les sexes,
d?finies et m?diatis?es dans une optique sociale. Il faudrait encourager
la combinaison des m?dias traditionnels et des nouveaux m?dias, ainsi
qu'un acc?s libre au savoir et ? l'information. Les biblioth?ques
- r?elles ou virtuelles - ont un r?le important dans la diffusion
g?n?rale du savoir et de l'information. A l'?chelle internationale et
multilat?rale, il faut prot?ger le domaine public de la connaissance et
de la culture. Des technologies de l'information centr?e sur les besoins
distribu?s des personnes peuvent faciliter la lutte contre les maladies
et les ?pid?mies, et contribuer ? faire en sorte que chacun mange ? sa
faim, dispose d'un toit et vive dans la paix et la libert?.

L'instruction ?l?mentaire, l'?ducation et la recherche sont les
composantes fondamentales des soci?t?s de l'information, de la
communication et du savoir. La cr?ation et l'acquisition de
connaissances doivent ?tre con?ues comme un processus de participation
collective, et ne pas ?tre consid?r?es comme un flux ? sens unique ou
limit? ? un seul secteur des activit?s de d?veloppement des capacit?s
humaines. L'?ducation (officielle, informelle, tout au long de la vie)
g?n?re la d?mocratie, puisque c'est gr?ce ? elle que la population
s'instruit et que les travailleurs acqui?rent leurs comp?tences. Mais
seule une population inform?e et ?duqu?e, ayant acc?s aux moyens et aux
produits d'une recherche pluraliste, est en mesure de participer de
fa?on pleine et enti?re et de contribuer aux soci?t?s du savoir.

Il nous faut de toute urgence porter notre attention sur les effets
potentiels, aussi bien positifs que n?gatifs, des TIC. Cela comporte les
probl?mes que pose, pour la grande majorit? des populations du monde, le
manque de connaissance des langues r?gionales, nationales et
internationales. Les efforts d'alphab?tisation, d'?ducation et de
recherche men?s dans les soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication doivent cibler plus particuli?rement les besoins des
personnes physiquement handicap?es et tous les moyens permettant de
d?passer ces handicaps (reconnaissance de la parole, cyberapprentissage,
universit? libre et ouverte ...).


2.1.8 D?veloppement de solutions TIC durables et communautaires
Afin que les communaut?s et les particuliers puissent tirer pleinement
profit des bienfaits de la soci?t? de l'information et de la
communication, les TIC doivent ?tre con?ues et fabriqu?es dans le
respect des principes de la durabilit? ?cologique. Les solutions
technologiques doivent ?galement ?tre durables, ? savoir que les
communaut?s doivent avoir les moyens de les utiliser et de les faire
?voluer.

Le recyclage de l'?quipement doit r?pondre aux normes environnementales.
La production de technologies ne doit pas consommer une quantit?
d'?nergie ou de ressources naturelles incompatibles avec le
d?veloppement durable.

Il est essentiel d'?laborer des propositions et des politiques visant ?
am?liorer l'efficacit? des ressources et ? d?velopper des ressources
?nerg?tiques renouvelables. Cela implique de "d?mat?rialiser" (par
exemple, en utilisant moins de papier), de r?duire les d?chets provenant
des TIC, de prolonger la dur?e de vie utile des mat?riels, d'am?liorer
les conditions de recyclage, d'assurer une ?limination sans danger pour
l'environnement des mat?riels et composants TIC mis au rebut et
d'encourager le d?veloppement d'alternatives aux composants toxiques des
mat?riels informatiques. Il s'agit aussi de donner le plus haut rang de
priorit? ? la cr?ation et ? l'utilisation de ressources ?nerg?tiques
renouvelables pour r?pondre aux besoins fondamentaux des populations
vivant dans les pays en d?veloppement. La diffusion de l'information et
des communications par les TIC, notamment par l'interm?diaire de la
radio et de la t?l?vision, doit se faire au moyen de ressources
?nerg?tiques renouvelables. L'Afrique peut particuli?rement tirer profit
de l'?nergie solaire compte tenu de son niveau ?lev? d'exposition au
rayonnement solaire direct. En mobilisant des synergies r?gionales,
compl?t?es par l'indispensable coop?ration technique et financi?re,
l'Afrique pourrait jouer un r?le de premier plan dans ce domaine
strat?gique dans la prochaine d?cennie.

Les communaut?s doivent pouvoir participer directement au d?veloppement
et au maintien de solutions TIC ? leurs propres probl?mes. Pour que les
communaut?s puissent mettre au point et maintenir leurs propres
solutions TIC, elles doivent recevoir les moyens de mettre en oeuvre
leurs propres forces de production et de ma?triser les modes de
production au sein des soci?t?s de l'information. Cela implique le droit
? participer pleinement au d?veloppement et au maintien de projets TIC
en suivant des voies d?mocratiques, notamment en prenant des d?cisions
dans les domaines ?conomique, culturel, environnemental et autres. Les
TIC devraient ?tre utilis?es comme moyen de cr?er de v?ritables sources
durables de travail et d'assurer ainsi de nouvelles possibilit?s
d'emplois.

Pour que les communaut?s et les individus puissent cr?er des solutions
?conomiquement et techniquement durables, elles doivent ?tre en droit
d'utiliser des logiciels libres/ ? code source libre3., ce qui rend les
logiciels plus abordables et permet aux individus de participer ? leur
propre d?veloppement. Les innovations qui font appel aux TIC devraient
respecter, pour ce qui est des mat?riels, des logiciels et des proc?d?s,
des normes techniques internationales qui soient ouvertes, librement
applicables et accessibles au public, interop?rables, non
discriminatoires et induites par la demande.

Il est important de favoriser des communications ? l'?chelle
communautaire qui fassent appel ? la fois aux technologies
traditionnelles et nouvelles en mati?re de m?dia et de communication. Il
faut mettre au point et d?velopper une discipline - l'informatique
communautaire - ax?e sur les caract?ristiques et les besoins propres aux
communaut?s, en ce qui concerne la conception, le d?veloppement, le
d?ploiement et le fonctionnement des TIC ainsi que la production du
contenu local.


2.1.9 Situations de conflit
Nous reconnaissons que l'utilisation des m?dias peut avoir ? la fois des
effets positifs et n?gatifs dans des situations de conflit, notamment
pour la consolidation de la paix apr?s les conflits. Nous insistons donc
sur le besoin, pendant les conflits, de respecter tout particuli?rement
le droit des journalistes et de tout un chacun au recueil et ? la
communication des informations par tous les moyens. Ce droit, inviolable
? tout moment, est crucial en temps de guerre, de conflit violent et de
protestation non violente.

Nous sommes particuli?rement pr?occup?s par le d?ploiement de
technologies et de techniques de "guerre de l'information" : le blocage
d?lib?r? ou la destruction de syst?mes de communication civils en
p?riode de conflits, l'utilisation de journalistes "embarqu?s", associ?e
? la prise pour cibles de journalistes non embarqu?s, le recours aux
m?dias et aux syst?mes de communication pour encourager la haine et le
g?nocide, par des forces militaires, de police ou d'autres forces de
s?curit? qu'elles soient gouvernementales ou priv?es, ou par des acteurs
non ?tatiques, dans des situations de conflit tant internationales que
nationales.

L'utilisation de l'information dans les situations de conflit devrait
?tre assujettie au droit international et le SMSI devrait pour r?pondre
? ces pr?occupations, encourager la pr?paration d'une future convention
contre la guerre de l'information. Par ailleurs, le SMSI ne devrait pas
seulement limiter ? la guerre de l'information ? et au contr?le des
m?dias par les militaires ou autres forces de s?curit? dans les
situations de conflit mais ?galement promouvoir activement l'action des
m?dias et des communications en faveur de la paix. A cette fin, nous
encourageons les gouvernements ? r?duire l'aide publique ? la
technologie des communications militaires et ? consacrer plut?t ces
fonds directement au d?veloppement d'outils et d'applications de
communication ? des fins pacifiques.


2.2 R?le central des droits de l'homme
Une soci?t? de l'information et de la communication doit reposer sur les
droits de l'homme et la dignit? humaine. Avec pour fondement la Charte
des Nations Unies et la D?claration universelle des droits de l'homme,
elle doit incarner l'universalit?, l'indivisibilit?, l'interconnexion et
l'interd?pendance de tous les droits de l'homme - civils, politiques,
?conomiques, sociaux et culturels - y compris le droit au d?veloppement
et les droits ? la diversit? linguistique. Il s'agit donc d'int?grer
pleinement, d'appliquer concr?tement et de faire respecter tous les
droits tout en reconnaissant leur r?le central en mati?re de d?mocratie
et de d?veloppement durable. Les soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication doivent ?tre ouvertes ? tous, de mani?re ? ce que tous,
sans aucune distinction, puissent r?aliser pleinement leur potentiel.
Les principes de la non-discrimination et de la diversit? doivent ?tre
int?gr?s et banalis?s dans toutes les r?glementations, les politiques et
les programmes concernant les TIC.


2.2.1 Libert? d'expression
L'Article 19 de la D?claration universelle des droits de l'homme rev?t
une importance fondamentale concr?te puisqu'il s'agit d'une condition
essentielle dans l'existence des soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication qui repose sur les droits de l'homme. L'Article 19 exige
que tout un chacun ait droit ? la libert? d'opinion et d'expression et
le droit de chercher, de recevoir et de r?pandre les informations et les
id?es par tous les moyens et sans consid?ration de fronti?res. Cela
implique la libre circulation des id?es, le pluralisme des sources
d'information et des m?dias, la libert? de la presse et la disponibilit?
d'instruments permettant d'acc?der ? l'information et de partager les
connaissances. La libert? d'expression sur l'Internet doit ?tre prot?g?e
par l'application du droit plut?t que par l'autor?gulation et les codes
de d?ontologie. Il ne doit pas y avoir de censure pr?alable, de contr?le
arbitraire ou de mise sous contrainte des participants au processus de
communication ni du contenu, de la transmission et de la diffusion de
l'information. Le pluralisme des sources d'information et des m?dias
doit ?tre sauvegard? et encourag?.


2.2.2 Droit ? la vie priv?e
Le droit ? la vie priv?e, consacr? dans l'Article 12 de la D?claration
universelle des droits de l'homme, est essentiel ? l'?panouissement
autonome de l'homme dans le domaine civique, politique, social,
?conomique et culturel. De nouveaux d?fis se posent en mati?re de droit
? la vie priv?e dans les soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication et ce droit doit ?tre prot?g? dans les espaces publics, en
ligne, hors connexion dans la vie quotidienne, ? la maison et sur les
lieux de travail. Tout un chacun doit avoir le droit de d?cider
librement s'il souhaite et de quelle mani?re il souhaite recevoir des
informations et communiquer avec autrui. La possibilit? de communiquer
dans l'anonymat doit ?tre garantie ? tout le monde. Le pouvoir dont
disposent le secteur priv? et les gouvernements en ce qui concerne
l'acc?s aux donn?es personnelles renforce les risques d'abus, y compris
le risque de surveillance voire d?espionnage. Ces activit?s doivent ?tre
restreintes, dans une soci?t? d?mocratique, ? un minimum l?galement
justifi? et v?rifiables. Le rassemblement, la r?tention, le traitement,
l'utilisation et la divulgation de renseignements personnels, qui que ce
soit qui s'y livre, doivent rester sous le contr?le de la personne
concern?e et ?tre d?termin?s par elle.


2.2.3 Droit de participer aux affaires publiques
Dans une soci?t? d?mocratique, une bonne administration du gouvernement
et la justice supposent ouverture, transparence, responsabilit?,
participation et observation de l'?tat de droit. Il faut que ces
principes soient respect?s pour que le droit de participer ? la conduite
des affaires publiques puisse ?tre exerc?. Il convient d'assurer l'acc?s
public ? l'information produite ou conserv?e par l'Etat et de veiller ?
ce que cette information soit ? jour, compl?te et accessible sous une
forme et dans une langue compr?hensibles du public. Cela vaut ?galement
pour l'acc?s aux documents des entreprises relatifs ? celles de leurs
activit?s qui concernent l'int?r?t public, notamment dans les situations
o? l'Etat n'a pas rendu public cette information.


2.2.4 Droits des travailleurs
Les TIC modifient peu ? peu notre mani?re de travailler. Il est
fondamental de cr?er des conditions de travail justes, sures, fiables et
salubres - dans la fabrication des mat?riels et des logiciels et dans
l'utilisation des TIC sur le lieu de travail en g?n?ral ? dans le
respect des normes internationales du travail, par exemple gr?ce ? un
dialogue social tripartite. Les TIC doivent servir ? faire comprendre
les r?gles relatives aux droits de l'homme et les normes internationales
du travail et ? les faire respecter et appliquer. Les droits de l'homme,
tels que le droit ? la vie priv?e, la libert? d'expression, les droits
linguistiques, le droit pour les travailleurs en ligne de constituer des
syndicats et d'y adh?rer et le droit des syndicats de fonctionner
librement, notamment en communiquant avec les employ?s, doivent ?tre
respect?s sur le lieu de travail.


2.2.5 Les droits des populations autochtones
L'?volution des soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication doivent
reposer sur le respect et la promotion des droits des populations
autochtones et de leur caract?re distinctif tel que reconnu dans les
conventions internationales. Les populations autochtones ont un droit
fondamental ? prot?ger, ? conserver et ? renforcer leur propre langue,
culture et identit?. Les TIC devraient servir ? appuyer et ? encourager
la diversit? ainsi que les droits et les moyens qu'ont les populations
autochtones de tirer profit pleinement et en priorit? de leurs
ressources culturelles, de leurs ressources intellectuelles et de leurs
ressources dites naturelles.


2.2.6 Droits de la femme
Pour que les droits de la femme puissent ?tre mis en place dans les
soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication tels qu'?nonc?s dans la
Convention sur l'?limination de toutes les formes de discrimination ?
l'?gard des femmes et dans la D?claration et le Plan d'action de Beijing
(cinqui?me Conf?rence mondiale sur les femmes), il est crucial
d'admettre les in?galit?s, les disparit?s et les d?savantages dont
souffrent les femmes et d'y rem?dier. A cet effet, il faut tenir compte
des diff?rences entre hommes et femmes et de la mani?re dont elles se
traduisent en d?veloppant des niveaux diff?renci?s d'acc?s, de
d?bouch?s, de participation et d'utilisation des TIC. Il faut veiller ?
ce que les interventions et les programmes relevant des pouvoirs publics
ou des autorit?s judiciaires tiennent pleinement compte de ces
diff?rences. Pour assurer l'?galit? des femmes en toute efficacit? et
donc leur permettre de pouvoir v?ritablement revendiquer et exercer
leurs droits fondamentaux, il faut adopter une approche analytique
fond?e sur l'?galit? r?elle comme base du contenu des politiques et des
programmes en mati?re de TIC. Cette approche suppose que les mesures
prises pour promouvoir les droits des femmes transforment la relation
in?gale entre les femmes et les hommes. Les femmes ont non seulement
besoin de b?n?ficier de l'?galit? en mati?re de d?bouch?s mais ?galement
de l?acc?s ? ces d?bouch?s et de pouvoir pleinement s?approprier leur
mise en ?uvre.


2.2.7 Droits de l'enfant
Les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication doivent respecter
et promouvoir les principes de la Convention sur les droits de l'enfant.
Chaque enfant a droit ? une enfance heureuse, et ? la jouissance des
droits et des libert?s dont dispose toute personne au titre de la
D?claration universelle des droits de l'homme. Tout le monde, la soci?t?
civile, le secteur priv? et les Etats, devraient s'engager ? d?fendre
les droits de l'enfant dans les soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication.


2.2.8 Droits des handicap?s
Dans des soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication solidaires,
les droits des handicap?s ? b?n?ficier d'un acc?s total et ?quitable ?
l'information et aux communications, y compris aux TIC, ind?pendamment
du type et du degr? de leur handicap, doivent ?tre garantis par les
politiques, les lois et les r?glementations publiques ? tous les
niveaux. A cette fin, un principe universel de
Conception-D?veloppement-Production et l'utilisation de technologies
fonctionnelles et assist?es doivent ?tre s?rieusement encourag?s et
soutenus pendant tout le processus d??dification et de consolidation des
soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication. Les personnes
handicap?es et leurs organisations doivent ?tre autoris?es ? y
participer pleinement, en toute ?galit? avec les personnes non
handicap?es.


2.2.9 R?glementation et primaut? du droit
Les dispositions r?glementaires nationales devraient ?tre en pleine
conformit? avec les normes internationales en mati?re de droits de
l'homme, dans le respect de la primaut? du droit. Les soci?t?s de
l'information et de la communication ne doivent donner lieu ? aucune
discrimination, ni ? la privation des droits de l'homme suite ? des
actions ou omissions des Etats ou d'entit?s non ?tatiques relevant de
leur autorit?. Toute restriction ? l'utilisation des TIC doit r?pondre ?
un objectif l?gitime en vertu du droit international, ?tre pr?vue en
droit, ?tre strictement proportionn?e ? cet objectif et ?tre n?cessaire
dans une soci?t? d?mocratique.


2.3 Culture, savoir et domaine public
Les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication sont riches de la
diversit? de leurs cultures et de leurs langues, entretenues et
v?hicul?es par la tradition orale, ou enregistr?es et transmises par
divers m?dias. Ensemble, elles contribuent ? la somme des connaissances
de l'homme. Le savoir de l'homme est le patrimoine de l'humanit? tout
enti?re et le r?servoir de tout nouveau savoir. La pr?servation de la
diversit? culturelle et linguistique, la libert? des m?dias et la
protection et l'extension du domaine public du savoir mondial sont aussi
essentielles, pour des soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication,
que la diversit? de notre milieu naturel.


2.3.1 Diversit? culturelle et linguistique
La diversit? culturelle et linguistique est une dimension essentielle
des soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication centr?es sur les
personnes. Chaque culture poss?de une dignit? et une valeur qui doivent
?tre respect?es et pr?serv?es. La diversit? culturelle et linguistique
se fonde, entre autres, sur la libert? d'information, sur la libert?
d'expression et sur le droit pour quiconque de participer librement ? la
vie culturelle de la communaut?, aux niveaux local, national ou
international. Cette participation s'exprime au travers d'activit?s
r?alis?es en tant qu'utilisateurs mais aussi producteurs de contenus
culturels. Les TIC et les moyens de communication traditionnels ont un
r?le particuli?rement important ? jouer dans le d?veloppement et la
promotion des cultures et des langues du monde entier.


2.3.1.1 Education et renforcement et d?veloppement des capacit?s 
La diversit? culturelle et linguistique devrait ?tre non seulement
pr?serv?e, mais encore promue. Cela implique de permettre ? quiconque de
s'exprimer soi m?me, dans sa propre langue, ? tout moment, par n'importe
quel moyen, en particulier par les m?dias traditionnels et les toutes
nouvelles TIC. Pour devenir artisans et cr?ateurs dans les soci?t?s de
l'information et de la communication, il faut non seulement des
comp?tences techniques, mais aussi un esprit critique et un talent
cr?atif. Dans les programmes d'enseignement et de formation, une
attention particuli?re 

doit ?tre accord?e ? l'?ducation en mati?re de m?dias au sens de la
D?claration Grunwald de l'UNESCO. La diversit? culturelle et
linguistique suppose en outre l'?galit? des chances d'acc?s aux moyens
d'expression et de diffusion des biens et services culturels. La
priorit? devrait ?tre accord?e aux initiatives communautaires.


2.3.1.2 Langues
La pluralit? des langues est au coeur de soci?t?s de l'information et de
la communication dynamiques. Les TIC peuvent ?tre utilis?es pour r?duire
les fractures culturelles et linguistiques, suivant des rangs de
priorit? appropri?s. Nagu?re, le d?veloppement des TIC a trop souvent
renforc? les in?galit?s, t?moin la domination des langues latines et
anglo-saxonnes (en particulier l'anglais) et la marginalisation des
parlers locaux, r?gionaux et minoritaires. La recherche et le
d?veloppement en mati?re de TIC devraient avoir pour priorit? d'?viter
ces ?cueils et de r?duire les in?galit?s entre les langues et les
cultures.


2.3.1.3 Droit international et r?glementation internationale
Le droit international et la r?glementation internationale devraient
renforcer la diversit? culturelle, linguistique et m?diatique en
application des d?clarations et pactes internationaux existants, en
particulier de l'Article 19 et de l'Article 27 de la D?claration
universelle des droits de l'homme, des Articles 19 et 27 du Pacte
international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, des Articles 13
et 15 du Pacte international relatif aux droits ?conomiques, sociaux et
culturels, et des Articles 5 et 6 de la D?claration universelle sur la
diversit? culturelle adopt?e par l'UNESCO en 2001. Les accords
commerciaux internationaux devraient traiter la culture, y compris les
contenus et services audiovisuels, non pas simplement comme des produits
de base, mais devraient tenir compte de la n?cessit? de la diversit?
culturelle, linguistique et m?diatique. L'?laboration d'une Convention
internationale sur la diversit? culturelle devrait ?tre acc?l?r?e, en
vue de la conclusion d'un accord international effectif et contraignant.
Il faudrait revoir les instruments internationaux existants qui
r?gissent les droits d'auteur, en particulier les aspects ADPIC et les
instruments de l'OMPI, pour s'assurer qu'ils encouragent la diversit?
culturelle, linguistique et m?diatique et contribuent ?
l'approfondissement des connaissances humaines.


2.3.2 M?dias
2.3.2.1 Le r?le des m?dias
La libert? d'expression et la libert? des m?dias sont essentielles ?
toute conception des soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication.
Les m?dias sont en effet un m?canisme propre ? traduire dans la r?alit?
la vision des communications mondiales dont ils font partie int?grante.
Le r?le qu'ils jouent dans la production, la collecte et la diffusion de
contenus divers ? l'?laboration desquels sont mis ? contribution tous
les habitants de la plan?te et ? l'?laboration desquels ils peuvent
participer activement est vital. La radiodiffusion et la t?l?vision
continueront, en particulier dans les pays en d?veloppement, d'?tre les
moyens les plus efficaces de transmettre des informations de qualit?.
Les m?dias peuvent apporter, sous toutes leurs formes, des contributions
cruciales ? la coh?sion des soci?t?s et ? leur d?veloppement ? l'?re du
num?rique.

L'Article 19 est le fondement de cinq d?clarations r?gionales sur la
libert? et la pluralit? des m?dias qui doivent continuer d'en d?terminer
le r?le, quel qu'en soit le mode de transmission. Ces textes4ont ?t?
approuv?s ? l'unanimit? par les Etats Membres de l'UNESCO.

On ne devrait pas permettre ? des consid?rations de s?curit?, entre
autres, de compromettre la libert? d'expression et la libert? des
m?dias. Le pluralisme et la diversit? des m?dias devraient ?tre garantis
par des dispositions l?gislatives appropri?es pour ?viter toute
concentration excessive.

L'ind?pendance ?ditoriale des professionnels des m?dias et des cr?ateurs
doit ?tre prot?g?e, et la formulation de normes d?ontologiques et
?thiques en journalisme et autres domaines de production de
l'information doit ?tre la responsabilit? des travailleurs de
l'information eux m?mes. Les auteurs, journalistes et r?dacteurs en
ligne devraient avoir les m?mes droits contractuels et b?n?ficier des
m?mes protections sociales que les autres travailleurs de l'information.

La radiodiffusion par le service public a un r?le particulier et
d?terminant ? jouer pour garantir la participation de tous aux soci?t?s
de l'information et de la communication. Les m?dias sous contr?le d??tat
devraient ?tre transform?s en organismes de service public
?ditorialement ind?pendants.


2.3.2.2 M?dias communautaires
Les m?dias communautaires, c'est ? dire des m?dias ind?pendants, au
service d'une communaut? et s?appuyant sur la soci?t? civile, ont un
r?le particulier ? jouer pour permettre l'acc?s et la participation de
tous aux soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication, notamment les
communaut?s les plus pauvres et marginalis?es. Les m?dias communautaires
peuvent ?tre des rouages essentiels de l'information, de l'expression et
des capacit?s de dialogue. Il est particuli?rement important de disposer
de cadres juridiques et r?glementaires qui prot?gent et encouragent les
m?dias communautaires pour garantir aux groupes vuln?rables l'acc?s ?
l'information et ? la communication.

Les Etats devraient faire en sorte que les cadres juridiques applicables
aux m?dias communautaires soient non discriminatoires et garantissent
l'attribution ?quitable de fr?quences selon des m?canismes transparents
et v?rifiables. Des ?ch?ances devraient ?tre fix?es en vue de
l'ouverture des licences de radiodiffusion pour permettre, l? o? ce
n'est actuellement pas le cas, l'exploitation de la radiodiffusion
communautaire. La planification et la r?glementation du spectre
devraient garantir des bandes de fr?quences et des canaux suffisants
ainsi que des normes techniques appropri?es pour permettre aux m?dias
communautaires de se d?velopper dans l'environnement tant analogique que
num?rique.

Il faudrait instaurer un Fonds des M?dias Communautaires par
l'interm?diaire d'un partenariat entre donateurs et soci?t? civile pour
le financement et le soutien des m?dias communautaires, des initiatives
d'information et de communication utilisant des m?dias traditionnels et
de toutes nouvelles TIC. Il soutiendrait en particulier des projets qui
tiennent compte des communaut?s les plus pauvres, de la diversit?
culturelle et linguistique et de la participation sur un pied d'?galit?
des femmes et des jeunes filles. Il conviendrait d'encourager la
cr?ation de centres de m?dias communautaires et de les aider ? combiner
les techniques de transmission traditionnelles (y compris la radio et la
t?l?vision) ? l'acc?s aux toutes nouvelles TIC.


2.3.3 Le domaine public du savoir universel
L'?dification de soci?t?s de l'information durables passe par la
cr?ation d'un domaine public fertile sur le plan du savoir, afin que
l'on puisse r?duire la fracture num?rique et cr?er des conditions
favorables ? la cr?ativit? intellectuelle, ? l'innovation technologique
et ? l'utilisation efficace des technologies. Dans les soci?t?s de
l'information, les nouvelles formes num?riques de stockage de
l'information permettent la copie et la transmission selon des modalit?s
nouvelles qui remettent en question les pratiques et les l?gislations
existantes. La diffusion des r?sultats dans le domaine de la recherche
risque d'?tre entrav?e par la privatisation croissante de la production
du savoir. Certains ont entrepris d'exploiter commercialement le savoir
traditionnel des autochtones sans consulter les communaut?s concern?es,
qui sont propri?taires de ce savoir.


2.3.3.1 Savoir des peuples autochtones
Les peuples autochtones sont les gardiens de leur savoir traditionnel,
qu'ils ont le droit de prot?ger et de ma?triser. Les cadres existants
r?glementant la propri?t? intellectuelle sont insuffisants pour assurer
la protection des droits des populations autochtones en mati?re de
propri?t? intellectuelle et culturelle.

Le savoir traditionnel devrait ?tre prot?g? contre toutes les tentatives
de brevetage. Les populations autochtones devraient se prononcer
librement sur le fait de savoir si leur patrimoine doit ou non relever
du domaine public. Elles devraient d?cider s'il doit ?tre exploit?
commercialement et, si tel est le cas, selon quelles modalit?s.

Une attention particuli?re doit ?tre accord?e aux mesures visant ?
maintenir la diversit? du savoir et ? prot?ger les ressources
culturelles, intellectuelles et "naturelles" des populations
autochtones, en particulier en ce qui concerne la botanique et
l'agriculture, contre leur appropriation et leur exploitation ? des fins
commerciales.

Nous demandons instamment aux Nations Unies d'?tablir des cadres
juridiques pr?cis, conform?ment ? l'Article 26.4 du programme Action 21
du Sommet de la Terre, de reconna?tre les droits des populations
autochtones ? l'autod?termination et ? la pr?servation de leurs
territoires ancestraux, condition pr?alable ? la protection, ? la
pr?servation et au d?veloppement de leur savoir traditionnel dans les
soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication.


2.3.3.2 Droits d'auteur, brevets et marques d?pos?es
Les monopoles intellectuels limit?s, ou droits de propri?t?
intellectuelle, ne sont accord?s qu'? des fins utiles ? la soci?t?,
essentiellement pour encourager la cr?ativit? et l'innovation. Le
crit?re ? l'aune duquel ils doivent ?tre ?valu?s et r?guli?rement revus
est leur ad?quation ? cet objectif. Aujourd'hui, la grande majorit? de
l'humanit? n'a pas acc?s au domaine public du savoir universel,
situation qui contribue ? creuser les in?galit?s et ? favoriser
l'exploitation des peuples et des communaut?s les plus d?munis.
Pourtant, au lieu que ce domaine universel soit ?largi et renforc?, la
tendance actuelle est, de plus en plus, ? la concentration des
informations entre les mains de propri?taires priv?s. Le champ
d'application des brevets est ?largi aux logiciels (voire aux id?es), ce
qui a pour effet d'?touffer l'innovation et de renforcer les monopoles.
Des malades n'ont pas acc?s ? des m?dicaments qui pourraient sauver des
millions de vies humaines parce que les compagnies pharmaceutiques
d?tentrices des brevets refusent de les mettre ? la port?e des pays qui
ne peuvent en payer le prix ?lev?. La dur?e de validit? des droits
d'auteur a ?t? prorog?e ? de multiples reprises, jusqu'? ?tre pour ainsi
dire ind?finie, ce qui contredit leur finalit? premi?re.


2.3.3.3 Logiciels
Les logiciels sont ? la fois le support et le cadre r?glementaire de
l'information num?rique. L'acc?s aux logiciels d?termine qui est admis ?
participer ? la soci?t? de l'information. L'?galit? d'acc?s est donc
fondamentale pour des soci?t?s de l'information, de la communication et
du num?rique solidaires et donnant les moyens d'une plus grande
autonomie et il est essentiel ? cet ?gard de disposer d'une pluralit? de
plates-formes.

Il nous faut reconna?tre les incidences politiques et r?glementaires des
logiciels sur les soci?t?s du num?rique et faire prendre conscience des
incidences des diff?rents mod?les de logiciels et de leurs avantages,
par l'interm?diaire de programmes, tant sp?cifiques que d'int?r?t
g?n?ral. Il conviendrait en particulier, d'encourager les logiciels
libres, qui offrent une grande libert? d'utilisation ? diverses fins
(?tudes, modification et redistribution) et pr?sentent des avantages
exceptionnels sur le plan social, ?ducatif, scientifique, politique et
?conomique. Ces logiciels sont particuli?rement int?ressants pour les
pays en d?veloppement, pour diff?rentes raisons: faible co?t,
possibilit?s de favoriser une plus grande autonomie, stimulation d'une
vie ?conomique locale et r?gionale durable, facilit? d'adaptation aux
cultures locales et cr?ation de versions linguistiques locales,
meilleure s?curit?, renforcement des capacit?s, etc. Toutes ces
caract?ristiques doivent ?tre prises en compte, port?es ? la
connaissance de tous et exploit?es. Les Etats devraient promouvoir
l'utilisation de logiciels libres dans les ?coles et les ?tablissements
d'enseignement sup?rieur ainsi que dans l'administration publique.

Les Nations Unies devraient r?aliser une ?tude approfondie sur les
incidences, sur le plan de la pauvret? et des droits de l'homme, des
dispositions actuelles r?gissant la reconnaissance et la gouvernance des
monopoles sur le savoir et l'information, y compris les travaux de
l'OMPI et le fonctionnement de l'accord ADPIC. Des efforts devraient
?tre d?ploy?s pour faire en sorte que les monopoles intellectuels
limit?s stimulent l'innovation et r?compensent l'initiative, au lieu que
le savoir reste cantonn? en des mains priv?es et soit ainsi de peu
d'utilit? pour la soci?t? dans son ensemble.


2.3.3.4 La Recherche
Du fait du renforcement de la participation du secteur priv? aux
recherches scientifiques, les brevets et les connaissances scientifiques
sont de plus en plus souvent d?tenus par des entreprises priv?es, au
lieu d'?tre vers?s dans le domaine public; en outre, l'intensification
de la concurrence entre scientifiques et ?quipes scientifiques se
traduit quelquefois par une d?gradation des pratiques, un renforcement
de la confidentialit? et le brevetage de d?couvertes dont auparavant
tous auraient pu avoir connaissance. La recherche doit continuer ? ?tre
fond?e sur la coop?ration, l'esprit d'ouverture et la transparence.

Les organismes publics tels que les biblioth?ques, les centres de
recherche scientifique et les universit?s devraient ?tre en mesure de
contribuer ? enrichir le patrimoine commun de la culture et du savoir en
versant dans le domaine public les r?sultats de leurs activit?s
financ?es par des fonds publics. Le domaine public du savoir universel
doit ?tre pr?serv? et ?largi par le biais de politiques d'int?r?t
g?n?ral, de programmes de sensibilisation et d'investissements dans des
projets. Ces projets doivent permettre de s'assurer que tous les travaux
financ?s par des organismes publics ou philanthropiques rel?vent du
domaine public et doivent accro?tre l'acc?s ? l'information en ligne ou
non, par diff?rents moyens: documentation libre, biblioth?ques publiques
et autres m?thodes de diffusion d'informations, telles que les revues en
Acc?s Libre ou les Archives Ouvertes donnant acc?s ? des informations
scientifiques et ? d'autres informations du domaine public. Toutes les
donn?es scientifiques, telles que les g?nomes des ?tres vivants,
devraient ?tre librement accessibles ? tous dans le cadre de bases de
donn?es ? Acc?s Libre. 


2.4 Cr?er un environnement propice
2.4.1 Dimensions ?thiques
Dans les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication, il s'agit de
savoir comment on cr?e, on partage et on utilise l'information, la
production culturelle et le savoir, ce qui, ? son tour, d?termine
l'?volution de ces soci?t?s. Les valeurs propres ? la soci?t? de
l'information doivent ?tre fond?es sur les principes contenus dans
l'ensemble des conventions, d?clarations et chartes qui ont ?t?
approuv?s au niveau international.

En particulier, on doit assurer un acc?s ?quitable, juste et ouvert au
savoir et aux ressources de l'information - quels que soient les moyens
techniques utilis?s pour les stocker et les transmettre - cet acc?s
?tant un principe fondamental dans de telles soci?t?s. Les conditions
techniques, financi?res et r?glementaires doivent ?tre conformes ? ce
principe.

Une gouvernance transparente et responsable, un commerce ?thique et des
pratiques comptables, au sein des entreprises du secteur des
communications, ainsi que l'adoption par les m?dias de pratiques
?thiques, sont particuli?rement importants dans ce contexte. Il faudrait
adopter des codes de d?ontologie et des normes, ?tablir des m?canismes
pour suivre leur application et d?finir des sanctions appropri?es en cas
de violation. Ceux qui travaillent dans le secteur des m?dias devraient
eux-m?mes r?diger ces codes de d?ontologie et normes applicables au
journalisme et ? d'autres productions des m?dias. 

Le respect de la diversit? doit ?tre un ?l?ment d?terminant dans
l'?tablissement des principes et des m?canismes qui permettent de
r?soudre les conflits se faisant jour dans les soci?t?s de
l'information. De telles soci?t?s, si elles reposent sur des valeurs
telles que la coop?ration, l'?quit?, l'honn?tet?, l'int?grit?, le
respect et la solidarit?, peuvent avoir une incidence consid?rable sur
la qualit? des rapports entre les diff?rentes cultures et sur la
promotion d'un dialogue fructueux entre les civilisations, et contribuer
ainsi ? faciliter l'instauration de la paix dans le monde.


2.4.2 Gouvernance d?mocratique et transparente
La r?glementation qui s'applique aux niveaux national et international
aux soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication devrait ?tre
pleinement conforme aux normes internationales relatives aux droits de
l'homme. Dans ces soci?t?s, la gouvernance d?mocratique devrait reposer
sur les principes d'ouverture, de transparence, de responsabilisation et
de primaut? du droit, ? tous les niveaux, aussi bien local, national
qu'international. Les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication
inclusives, participatives et pacifiques s'appuient sur la capacit? de
r?action des instances dirigeantes ainsi que sur l'engagement de tous
les acteurs participant ? la gouvernance, aussi bien au niveau
gouvernemental qu'au niveau non gouvernemental, afin de mettre
progressivement en oeuvre une plus grande ?quit? aux niveaux politique,
social et ?conomique.

Pour permettre de faire des choix en ?tant conscient des solutions
?ventuelles et des diff?rentes possibilit?s qui existent, les soci?t?s
de l'information et de la communication, dans lesquelles l'information
est fondamentale pour les citoyens, doivent ?tre plac?es sous l'angle de
la d?mocratie. L'information et la communication sont le fondement de la
transparence, du d?bat et de la prise de d?cision; elles peuvent
contribuer ? une culture et une pratique de la coop?ration, ? la base
d'un renouveau de la d?mocratie. Les technologies de l'information et de
la communication offrent des avantages potentiels aux communaut?s du
monde entier, avantages qui ne pourront ?tre exploit?s que s'il existe
une volont? politique dans ce sens.

Dans cet esprit, pour atteindre le but du SMSI qui est d"'?laborer une
optique et une interpr?tation communes de la soci?t? de l'information",
et pour trouver les m?thodes qui permettront d'y parvenir, on doit
s'attacher ? des valeurs et des m?canismes de communication partag?e,
notamment le droit de communiquer, le respect de la libert? d'opinion et
d'expression sous toutes ses formes, ainsi qu'? la transparence, ? la
responsabilisation et ? la d?mocratie.


2.4.3 Infrastructure et acc?s
Le manque cruel d'infrastructures fiables est la principale entrave
physique ? la fourniture de services fond?s sur les TIC aux populations
vivant en Afrique. Sur ce continent, les structures ?parses et
incompl?tes et le manque de fiabilit? de l'infrastructure et des r?seaux
d'acc?s existants sont ? l'origine de la "fracture num?rique".

Il est essentiel de disposer d'une infrastructure des
(t?l?)communications pour fournir des services fond?s sur les TIC et
parvenir ? atteindre l'objectif de l'acc?s universel, durable,
ubiquitaire et abordable ? ces technologies et services et pour faire en
sorte qu'ils soient utilis?s par tous. En outre, afin de disposer d'une
infrastructure et d'un acc?s, il faut avant tout avoir une source
d'?nergie. 

La plupart du trafic de voix, de donn?es et d'acc?s ? l'Internet entre
pays africains est actuellement achemin? en dehors du continent
puisqu'il n'existe pas de r?seau f?d?rateur africain efficace, ce qui
entra?ne une augmentation du co?t de ce trafic. Un co?t ?lev? limite
syst?matiquement l'acc?s. Il faut encourager et multiplier les efforts
actuellement fournis afin de cr?er une infrastructure de r?seaux en
Afrique (en ?tablissant, par exemple, des points d'?change Internet).

Pour mettre en oeuvre des infrastructures de (t?l?)communications et un
acc?s dans les pays en d?veloppement, les investissements financiers
devront ?tre ? la hauteur des besoins qui sont consid?rables dans ce
domaine. Afin de r?duire les ressources financi?res n?cessaires, il
faudrait utiliser au mieux les investissements en regroupant les projets
aux niveaux national ou (sous) r?gional et en (re)concevant et en
mettant ? jour la technologie. En outre, il faudrait syst?matiquement
tirer parti des synergies qui existent entre les diff?rents secteurs d?s
la phase de projet, en pr?tant une attention particuli?re aux secteurs
de l'?nergie et des transports qui sont tr?s ?troitement li?s. Enfin, du
fait des synergies particuli?rement fortes et de la similarit? sur le
plan technologique qui existent entre les TIC et les r?seaux de
radio-t?l?vision, les gouvernements et les autorit?s charg?es de la
planification devraient ?tre amen?s ? d?ployer et ? utiliser une
infrastructure commune qui permette ? la fois de transmettre et de
diffuser ces services. 

Les t?l?centres communautaires (centres publics d'acc?s) permettent
maintenant d'acc?der efficacement aux technologies de l'information et
de la communication et de les utiliser de fa?on strat?gique, tout en
mettant l'accent sur la d?mocratisation des communications. Les
gouvernements devraient garantir des politiques favorables ? la cr?ation
de t?l?centres, notamment pour fournir un acc?s ?quitable et abordable
aux infrastructures et aux TIC, et encourager les politiques
d'int?gration des populations par le num?rique, quel que soit le sexe,
l'appartenance ethnique, la langue, la culture et la situation
g?ographique des individus. Cela permettrait de promouvoir le d?bat et
la participation active des communaut?s ? l'?laboration de politiques
publiques relatives ? la mise en oeuvre et au r?le des t?l?centres en
faveur du d?veloppement local.

Les orbites des satellites devraient ?tre reconnues comme une ressource
publique et devraient ?tre attribu?es de mani?re ? servir l'int?r?t
public, par le biais de cadres transparents. En outre, en ce qui
concerne la planification et la r?glementation du spectre, il faudrait
veiller ? assurer un acc?s ?quitable aux diff?rents m?dias, et notamment
r?server une capacit? suffisante du satellite aux m?dias communautaires.
Un pourcentage fixe des ressources orbite, de la capacit? du satellite
et du spectre des fr?quences radio?lectriques devrait ?tre r?serv? ? des
fins ?ducatives, humanitaires, communautaires et ? d'autres utilisations
non commerciales.

Le d?veloppement de l'infrastructure de l'information au niveau mondial
devrait se fonder sur les principes d'?galit? et de partenariat, et se
conformer ? des r?gles de concurrence loyale et ? la r?glementation, ?
l'?chelle nationale et internationale.

Il est essentiel de prendre en consid?ration l'acc?s, l'infrastructure
et la formation des membres des communaut?s, ainsi que la production de
contenus locaux, dans le cadre de r?seaux sociaux et de politiques
publiques ou priv?es clairement d?finies, pour pouvoir d?velopper des
soci?t?s de l'information ?galitaires et inclusives.


2.4.4 Financement et infrastructure
Il faut ?valuer les mesures de financement existantes et envisager d'en
prendre de nouvelles. L'Afrique a propos? la cr?ation d'un "Fonds de
solidarit? num?rique" qui pourrait repr?senter un r?el espoir pour les
peuples africains, ? condition que ses objectifs soient clairement
?nonc?s, qu'il soit g?r? de mani?re transparente et qu'il vise ?
encourager principalement les services publics, en particulier pour les
populations qui vivent dans des zones recul?es ou mal desservies. En
outre, nous insistons sur le r?le important que peuvent jouer les
diasporas de toutes les r?gions du monde dans le financement des
programmes et des projets li?s aux TIC.

Afin de tirer le meilleur parti possible de ressources financi?res qui
sont limit?es, il faut avoir recours ? des options techniques pr?sentant
un bon rapport co?t-efficacit?, en ?vitant la mise en place
d'infrastructures faisant double emploi. On peut mettre ? profit ? cette
fin les synergies qui existent entre les diff?rents secteurs et r?seaux,
en accordant une attention particuli?re aux secteurs de l'?nergie et des
transports, qui sont ?troitement li?s au secteur des t?l?communications.

Il faut instituer un Fonds pour les m?dias communautaires, dans le cadre
d'un partenariat entre les bailleurs de fonds et la soci?t? civile, pour
financer et appuyer les initiatives communautaires dans les domaines des
m?dias, de l'information et de la communication et au moyen des m?dias
traditionnels et des nouvelles TIC. Il faut s'employer ? ?viter la mise
en place d'infrastructures faisant double emploi et int?grer les projets
dans un cadre national ou r?gional, pour encourager le financement des
investissements. Les r?seaux de TIC, de radiodiffusion et de t?l?vision
doivent si possible utiliser des infrastructures communes pour la
diffusion.


2.4.5 D?veloppement humain - Enseignement et formation
L'alphab?tisation, l'enseignement et la recherche sont des composantes
essentielles et interd?pendantes des ?changes d'informations n?cessaires
? l'?dification de soci?t?s du savoir. La cr?ation et l'acquisition de
connaissances doivent ?tre encourag?es dans le sens d'un processus
participatif et collectif et ne pas ?tre consid?r?es comme un flux
unidirectionnel ou confin? dans une section "renforcement des
capacit?s". La formation sous ses diff?rents aspects (formelle,
informelle et tout au long de la vie) est primordiale si l'on veut
mettre en place des soci?t?s d?mocratiques, en favorisant l'?mergence
d'une citoyennet? inform?e et d'un personnel qualifi?.

Pour exploiter pleinement le potentiel du cyberapprentissage et du
t?l?enseignement, il faut utiliser ? titre compl?mentaire des ressources
et des m?thodes p?dagogiques classiques, dans un contexte local de
pluralisme des m?dias et de diversit? linguistique.

Seuls des citoyens inform?s et instruits ayant acc?s ? une formation qui
les rende autonomes et ? des moyens d'information ainsi qu'? des
r?sultats de travaux de recherche pluralistes peuvent participer
pleinement et contribuer efficacement aux soci?t?s du savoir. Il est
donc indispensable de reconna?tre le droit ? la formation tel qu'il est
affirm? dans la D?claration sur le droit au d?veloppement et dans la
D?claration universelle des droits de l'homme.

Les initiatives en faveur du renforcement des capacit?s destin?es ?
rendre plus autonomes les personnes et les communaut?s dans la soci?t?
de l'information doivent comprendre, outre les connaissances de base et
les comp?tences dans le domaine des TIC, une culture des m?dias et de
l'information et la capacit? de trouver, d'?valuer, d'utiliser et de
cr?er l'information et les techniques. Enseignants, ?tudiants et
chercheurs doivent pouvoir utiliser et concevoir des logiciels libres,
qui offrent la possibilit? de les ?tudier, les modifier, les copier, les
distribuer et les faire fonctionner. Enfin, les initiatives en faveur du
renforcement des capacit?s doivent ?tre con?ues de mani?re ? stimuler le
d?sir d'apprendre et ? r?pondre ? des besoins sp?cifiques: ceux des
jeunes et des personnes ?g?es, des femmes, des personnes handicap?es,
des peuples autochtones, des communaut?s de migrants, des r?fugi?s et
des rapatri?s dans les situations d'apr?s-guerre, dans une perspective ?
long terme. Les volontaires peuvent contribuer ? transmettre des
connaissances et ? renforcer les capacit?s, en particulier au sein des
groupes marginalis?s qui n'ont pas acc?s aux ?tablissements de formation
publics.

Pour renforcer les capacit?s dans les soci?t?s de l'information et de la
communication, on a besoin de professionnels pour dispenser une
formation dans les domaines des m?dias et de la communication. En
cons?quence, il est tout aussi important d'assurer la formation de
formateurs que celle d'enseignants ? tous les niveaux si l'on veut
r?pondre aux besoins de ceux qui sont en marge de la soci?t? de
l'information.

Les biblioth?ques constituent un instrument important pour r?duire la
fracture num?rique et garantir un acc?s continu ? l'information qui ne
soit pas laiss? uniquement aux forces du march?, en diffusant les
r?sultats de travaux de recherche financ?s par l'Etat, en partageant les
contenus et les programmes ?ducatifs afin de promouvoir l'instruction,
de renforcer les capacit?s et de rendre autonomes tous ceux qui ont le
d?sir d'apprendre dans le monde. Pour ce faire, il faut aussi convaincre
les producteurs de contenu de contribuer activement au libre acc?s au
savoir.

Il faut ?valuer en toute transparence les obstacles qui s'opposent au
savoir et ? l'enseignement dans le monde, qu'il s'agisse d'obstacles
technologiques ou d'obstacles d'ordre juridique et institutionnel (par
exemple, les l?gislations et les normes internationales sur la propri?t?
intellectuelle), et promouvoir un nouvel ?quilibre des droits de
propri?t? intellectuelle qui constituerait en quelque sorte un consensus
permettant aux cr?ateurs de prot?ger leurs oeuvres et ? la soci?t?
civile de tirer parti de leurs contributions.

La soci?t? civile pense qu'il est n?cessaire d'envisager d'autres
mod?les de production et d'?change du savoir et de l'information. Pour
mettre en place et financer le patrimoine mondial de la connaissance,
les acteurs de la soci?t? civile sont favorables ? l'utilisation de
nouveaux mod?les de publication ouverts et autog?r?s dans les domaines
de la production scientifique, de l'?laboration de logiciels et des
communications communautaires, avec des programmes de maintenance
int?gr?s et des capacit?s de mise ? niveau.


2.4.6 Cr?ation de l'information et d?veloppement du savoir
Il faut encourager la recherche dans tous les domaines li?s aux soci?t?s
de l'information et de la communication et faire en sorte que son
d?veloppement tienne compte des utilisations sociales des TIC. Il faut
notamment encourager les travaux de recherche sur l'informatique
communautaire5. A cette fin, il faudra ?laborer un programme de
recherche parmi les professionnels, les universitaires et les
communaut?s concern?s, recenser les projets d'informatique
communautaire, identifier les facteurs de r?ussite et d'?chec et fournir
un appui ? des projets de recherche et ? des essais de syst?mes. Il faut
promouvoir la recherche fondamentale, en ?largissant le libre acc?s aux
donn?es et aux publications scientifiques essentielles. Les organismes
publics tels que les biblioth?ques, les centres de recherche
scientifique et les universit?s doivent encourager les ?tudes
ind?pendantes, construire un ensemble de connaissances pluraliste et
promouvoir les r?sultats d'activit?s financ?es par les pouvoirs publics.
Cet ensemble de connaissances doit ?tre mis ? disposition dans tous les
espaces publics, ou dans les espaces d'acc?s public (centres
communautaires, universit?s, ?tablissements scolaires, mus?es,
biblioth?ques, centres de presse et autres organismes sp?cialis?s) par
l'interm?diaire de divers modes d'acc?s, afin d'?viter toute d?pendance
excessive ? l'?gard des techniques num?riques.


2.4.7 Gouvernance mondiale des TIC et communications
Les "r?gles du jeu" internationales jouent un r?le de plus en plus
central dans la soci?t? mondiale de l'information. R?cemment, les
gouvernements ont lib?ralis? les r?gimes r?glementaires internationaux
traditionnels r?gissant les t?l?communications, le spectre
radio?lectrique et les services ? satellite et ont cr?? de nouveaux
m?canismes multilat?raux pour le commerce international des services, la
propri?t? intellectuelle, la "s?curit? de l'information" et le commerce
?lectronique. Dans le m?me temps, des groupes d'entreprises ont mis sur
pied une s?rie de m?canismes d'"autor?glementation" concernant les
identificateurs de l'Internet (noms et nombres), l'infrastructure et le
contenu.

Il n'est pas acceptable que ces structures de gouvernance mondiale et
autres soient con?ues par et pour de petits groupes de gouvernements et
de soci?t?s puissants pour ?tre ensuite export?es dans le monde entier
en tant que produit final non n?gociable. Ces structures doivent au
contraire rendre compte de la diversit? des points de vue et des
int?r?ts de la communaut? internationale dans son ensemble. Ce principe
g?n?ral a des dimensions qui touchent ? la fois la forme et le fond.

Sur le plan des proc?dures, les processus d?cisionnels doivent ?tre
fond?s sur des valeurs telles que la participation plurielle, la
transparence et la responsabilisation d?mocratique. En particulier, des
r?formes institutionnelles sont n?cessaires pour faciliter la
participation int?grale et effective de partenaires marginalis?s comme
les pays en d?veloppement et les pays en phase de transition, les
organisations de la soci?t? civile mondiale, les entreprises de petites
et moyennes dimensions et les particuliers. 

En ce qui concerne le fond, les structures de la gouvernance mondiale
doivent promouvoir une r?partition plus ?quitable des avantages entre
les nations et entre les groupes sociaux. Pour ce faire, elles doivent
?tablir un meilleur ?quilibre entre les consid?rations commerciales et
les autres objectifs sociaux l?gitimes. Par exemple, il conviendrait de
r?former les m?canismes internationaux existants pour permettre: une
gestion efficace des interconnexions de r?seaux et de la r?partition des
recettes du trafic, sous r?serve d'un accord mutuel des op?rateurs
correspondants; une r?partition ?quitable des bandes de fr?quences et
des cr?neaux orbitaux susceptibles de r?pondre pleinement aux
applications de d?veloppement et ? caract?re non commercial; un commerce
?quitable des biens et des services ?lectroniques, en tenant compte du
besoin particulier qu'ont les pays en d?veloppement de disposer d'un
traitement sp?cial et diff?rentiel; un domaine public librement
accessible englobant les ressources et les id?es en mati?re
d'information; et enfin la protection des droits de l'homme, la s?curit?
du consommateur et le respect de la vie priv?e de l'individu.
Parall?lement, il est n?cessaire de mettre en place de nouveaux
m?canismes internationaux divers pour encourager un appui financier au
cyberd?veloppement rentable, en particulier mais pas exclusivement dans
les pays moins riches; la diversit? linguistique, culturelle et de
l'information et enfin, la r?duction de la concentration d'une position
dominante sur le march? dans les secteurs des TIC et des moyens de
communication de masse.

Compte tenu des controverses importantes soulev?es dans le cadre du
SMSI, il convient de veiller en particulier ? am?liorer la coordination
mondiale des ressources fondamentales de l'Internet. Il faut se rappeler
que l'Internet n'est pas une nouvelle "plate forme" de communication
unique, semblable ? un r?seau t?l?phonique public mais qu'il est au
contraire un ensemble extr?mement d?centralis? de protocoles, de
processus et de r?seaux qui se f?d?rent sur une base volontaire. Par
cons?quent, l'Internet ne peut ?tre r?gi efficacement par une seule
organisation ou par un seul groupe d'int?r?ts. Un mod?le
intergouvernemental limitatif serait particuli?rement mal adapt? aux
caract?ristiques exceptionnelles de ce r?seau. Seule une approche
v?ritablement ouverte, multilat?rale et souple peut permettre ?
l'Internet de continuer ? se d?velopper et ? se transformer en un
support multilingue. Parall?lement, lorsque les conditions n?cessaires ?
la stabilit? du syst?me et ? une gestion efficace pourront ?tre
garanties, il conviendra de transf?rer la responsabilit? de ressources
essentiellement mondiales, comme les serveurs de base, ? une entit?
internationale r?unissant de nombreux partenaires.

La communaut? internationale doit disposer d'un acc?s total et facile
aux connaissances et ? l'information en ce qui concerne la prise de
d?cisions en mati?re de gouvernance mondiale des TIC. Il s'agit l? d'une
condition pr?alable de base ? la mise en oeuvre des principes
susmentionn?s et ? la r?ussite du SMSI proprement dit. Nous avons besoin
d'un suivi et d'une analyse orient?s sur l'int?r?t public des activit?s
pertinentes men?es ? la fois par les organismes intergouvernementaux et
d'"autor?glementation", dont entre autres: l'Union internationale des
t?l?communications, l'Organisation mondiale du commerce, l'Organisation
mondiale de la propri?t? intellectuelle, la Conf?rence des Nations Unies
sur le droit commercial international, l'Organisation de coop?ration et
de d?veloppement ?conomiques, la Conf?rence de La Hague sur le droit
international priv?, le Conseil de l'Europe, la coop?ration ?conomique
Asie-Pacifique, l'Accord de libre ?change nord-am?ricain, l'Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers et l'Arrangement de
Wassenaar.

En tant que premi?re mesure r?alisable dans cette direction, nous
recommandons la cr?ation d'un comit? d'observation ind?pendant et
v?ritablement multilat?ral charg?: 1) de rep?rer et de suivre les
derniers ?l?ments les plus fondamentaux de la prise de d?cision au
niveau de la gouvernance mondiale des TIC; 2) de demander des
contributions aupr?s des parties prenantes sur la conformit? de ce
processus d?cisionnel avec les objectifs ?nonc?s dans l'ordre du jour du
SMSI et d'?valuer ces contributions; et 3) de faire rapport ? tous les
partenaires du SMSI ? intervalles r?guliers jusqu'en 2005, lorsqu'une
d?cision pourra ?tre prise sur la question de savoir s'il faut
poursuivre ou cesser l'activit?.


3 Conclusion
Ce sont les peuples qui, pour l'essentiel, d?terminent et fa?onnent les
soci?t?s. Les soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication ne font
pas exception ? la r?gle. Les acteurs de la soci?t? civile ont ?t? des
innovateurs et des concepteurs d?cisifs de la technologie, de la culture
et du contenu des soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication et
ils continueront ? l'?tre dans l'avenir.

Les droits de l'homme sont au c?ur de notre conception de la soci?t? de
l'information et de la communication5. De ce point de vue, les plans
d'action, la mise en oeuvre, les m?canismes de financement et la
gouvernance doivent ?tre d?finis et ?valu?s dans leur totalit? en
fonction de leur aptitude ? r?pondre aux besoins de la personne qui sont
vitaux.

Les pays h?tes et les institutions qui contribuent et qui participent ?
la deuxi?me phase du Sommet devraient respecter pleinement les principes
?nonc?s dans la D?claration adopt?e au Sommet de Gen?ve, y compris les
principes relatifs aux droits de l'homme qui sont fondamentaux pour la
soci?t? de l'information et de la communication. Il s'agit notamment,
mais pas exclusivement, de la libert? d'expression, d'association et de
l'information.

Dans cette optique et en pr?vision de la seconde phase du SMSI, il
conviendrait de cr?er une commission ind?pendante charg?e d?examiner les
r?gles et les pratiques nationales et internationales en mati?re de TIC
ainsi que leur conformit? aux normes internationales des droits de
l'homme. Cette commission devrait aussi examiner les possibilit?s
d?utilisation des TIC pour la mise en oeuvre des droits de l'homme comme
le droit au d?veloppement, le droit ? l'?ducation et le droit d'avoir un
niveau de vie adapt? ? la sant? mentale et physique ainsi qu'au
bien-?tre de l'individu et de sa famille, y compris la nourriture, le
logement et les soins m?dicaux.

La r?alisation ? part enti?re d'une soci?t? de l'information juste exige
la participation compl?te de la soci?t? civile au niveau de sa
conception, de sa mise en oeuvre et de son fonctionnement. A cette fin,
nous appelons tous les gouvernements qui participent au processus de
pr?paration du SMSI ? travailler de bonne foi avec les organisations non
gouvernementales et de la soci?t? civile et ? honorer pleinement les
recommandations de la R?solution 56/183 de l'Assembl?e g?n?rale des
Nations Unies. En particulier, les gouvernements doivent respecter le
droit de la soci?t? civile de participer int?gralement aux processus
pr?paratoires intergouvernementaux jusqu'? la seconde phase du SMSI.

Nous nous engageons - ind?pendamment de la participation qui nous est
accord?e par les gouvernements - ? contribuer par tous les moyens justes
et appropri?s ? la r?alisation de l'id?e de la soci?t? de l'information
qui est d?velopp?e ici. A cet effet, les organisations de la soci?t?
civile continueront de coop?rer entre elles en vue d'?laborer un Plan
d'action pour la seconde phase du SMSI. Nous invitons les dirigeants de
la plan?te ? assumer d'urgence les lourdes responsabilit?s qui leur
incombent, en partenariat avec la soci?t? civile, pour donner corps ?
cette id?e.

Les appuis fournis ? cette d?claration sont compil?s ? l'adresse
ct-endorse@wsis-cs.orget archiv?s sous http://www.wsis-cs.org.



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1 Version corrig?e le 12-12-2003. Traduction provisoire au fran?ais.


2  Il n'existe pas une seule et unique soci?t? de l'information, de la
communication ou du savoir. De multiples soci?t?s sont possibles, ?
l'?chelle locale, nationale et mondiale. En outre, consid?rant la
communication comme un aspect fondamental de toute soci?t? de
l'information, nous utilisons dans le pr?sent document le libell?
"soci?t?s de l'information et de la communication". Pour reprendre la
terminologie qui a ?t? utilis?e dans le cadre du SMSI, nous employons
les termes "soci?t? de l'information" lorsque nous faisons directement
r?f?rence au SMSI.


3 Dans le pr?sent document, nous utilisons l'expression "logiciel libre"
exactement dans le sens qui lui est donn? par la Free Software
Foundation. Un logiciel libre est un logiciel faisant l'objet d'une
licence qui permet de faire fonctionner, de copier, de distribuer,
d'?tudier, de modifier et d'am?liorer ce logiciel. Le logiciel libre
implique d'acc?der au code source comme c'est le cas des "logiciels ?
code source libre"; toutefois, un logiciel ? code source libre dans le
sens qui lui est donn? couramment n'est pas n?cessairement un logiciel
libre selon notre d?finition. Certaines organisations mettent en
circulation des logiciels ? code source libre sans donner toutes ces
autorisations. Pour une ?tude approfondie de ce concept, voir
http://www.fsf.org et http://www.fseurope.org.


4 D?claration de Windhoek sur la promotion d'une presse libre et
pluraliste en Afrique, 1991; D?claration de Alma Ata sur la promotion de
m?dias ind?pendants et pluralistes en Asie, 1992; D?claration de Sana'a
sur la promotion de m?dias ind?pendants et pluralistes, 1994;
D?claration de Sofia sur la promotion de m?dias pluralistes et
ind?pendants, 1997 (adopt?e en 1995 et 1997).


5 L'informatique communautaire d?signe l'?tude et la pratique
interdisciplinaires de la conception, de la mise en oeuvre et de la
gestion des technologies de l'information et de la communication cr??es
par des communaut?s pour r?soudre leurs propres probl?mes. Cette
discipline tient compte des travaux de recherche en sciences sociales
sur les incidences des TIC sur le plan social, ?galement connues sous le
nom d'informatique sociale, et des techniques d'analyse et de conception
de syst?mes de l'information et de la communication.


5 Rien dans la pr?sente d?claration ne saurait ?tre interpr?t? comme
signifiant que la soci?t? civile souhaite s'engager dans une activit? ou
entreprendre une action quelconque visant ? supprimer les diff?rents
droits et libert?s ?nonc?s dans la D?claration internationale des droits
de l'homme et dans d'autres trait?s relatifs aux droits de l'homme.




From rikp at bluewin.ch  Fri Dec 12 19:08:19 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final versions of CS declarations available in French, Spanish and English
Message-ID: <8C78CFCA-2CD6-11D8-8DEF-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Colleagues,

The final versions of Civil Society Declaration are available in  
English, French and Spanish at the following links on wsis-online:

English	Word  
Ver		http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl- 
08Dec2003-en.doc?version_id=324410
		HTML		http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl- 
08Dec2003-en.doc?version_id=324408

Espanol	Word  
Ver		http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl- 
08Dec2003-en.doc?version_id=325861
		HTML		http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl- 
08Dec2003-en.doc?version_id=325939

Francais	Word  
Ver		http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl- 
08Dec2003-en.doc?version_id=324416		HTML		http://wsis-online.net/smsi/ 
file-storage/download/WSIS-CS-Decl-08Dec2003-en.doc?version_id=325938

Tell me if you have some formatting problems or other issues with these  
versions.

Rik Panganiban
WFM

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Civil Society News Centre for the WSIS
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Fri Dec 12 19:16:53 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Governments adopt Declaration and Plan of Action
Message-ID: <BEBCCF45-2CD7-11D8-8DEF-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Colleagues,

This evening, governments formally and unanimously adopted the WSIS 
Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action in their final plenary, 
after hearing a final set of interventions from multi-stakeholder 
parallel events, and receiving the Civil Society Declaration from Bill 
McIver of the Content and  Themes Civil Society Group.

The agreed language can be found at 
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all-en-s%7C1.asp

Rik Panganiban
WFM

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Rik Panganiban, Reports Coordinator

Civil Society News Centre for the WSIS
web: 	           http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews
email: 	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
AOL IM:               SlickRik999
Yahoo/MSN IM:  rikomatic@yahoo.com
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Dec 12 20:01:33 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] pdf versions of CS declaration
In-Reply-To: <8C78CFCA-2CD6-11D8-8DEF-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
References: <8C78CFCA-2CD6-11D8-8DEF-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.58.0312122059300.6186609@Komma.ZEDAT.FU-Berlin.DE>

Hi all,

if you want to have the nice layout and the logo and everything:
The PDF versions are now available on http://www.worldsummit2003.org.

Best, Ralf

From anais_ac at yahoo.fr  Sat Dec 13 08:27:14 2003
From: anais_ac at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?Olivier=20Nana=20Nz=E9pa?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CONGRATULATIONS/FELICITATIONS
In-Reply-To: <20031209133137.30960.qmail@web10910.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20031213082714.31750.qmail@web14310.mail.yahoo.com>

 Dear ALL
I avail myself this stop at Paris Airport to extend my
congratulations to all of you, who have maid it
possible to achieve what we did in Geneva. This goes
as well to those who managed to make it to Geneva as
those who worked behind the scene.
The African civil society has been successfull in
puting our agenda on the World civil Society
Declaration. Thanks to the help of African Diaspora,
we made the issue of social Development one of the
priorities.
I wish to all a safe journey back. In order to make
that the Geneva Summit not stay as the others
encounters, with a lot of speaches and no result, we
have to organize ourselves to act like watchdogs to
make sure in two years, we have concrete realizations
to present in Tunis. For that purpose, we felt the
need to set up a coordinating mechanism, which could
reach all the good wills dedicated to help rooting
ICTs in Africa.
The ones present in Geneva met on the 11th to kick
start the process. A working group, some countries and
regional representative volunteer to help design:
The kind of structure we might put in place; its
mission, and the criteria to be elected as country of
regional focal points. Nnenna and Diana have volunteer
to send to all of you the proposals already on the
table. It's up to you to enrish, or propose otherwise.
We have one month to complete this exercise.Beginning
Feb. we should start with what we have at hands at
that moment, in order to proactively lunch our action
plan for the year to come.
P.S Sorry for mispellings,etc. I will send the french
version while back home. They call for boarding.
Best
Olivier

_________________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en fran?ais !
Yahoo! Mail : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From jgagain at unadr.org  Sat Dec 13 11:33:01 2003
From: jgagain at unadr.org (John Gagain Jr.)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final Version (English)
Message-ID: <200312130633.AA105709642@unadr.org>

The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (FUNGLODE) endorses the Civil Society Declaration.

John R. Gagain Jr.




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: zielinskic@who.int
Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 08:07:01 +0100

>The International Alliance on Information for All (IAIA) endorses the Civil
>Society Declaration.
>
>Chris Zielinski
>Corrdinator, IAIA,
>Geneva, Switzerland
>Tel: 004122-7914435 or mobile 0044797-1045354
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
>Behalf Of Bill McIver, University at Albany
>Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2003 01:24
>To: WSIS Civil Society Plenary List
>Cc: andre.kovacs@ties.itu.ch
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS -- Civil Society Declaration -- Final
>Version (English)
>
>
>
>Dear Members of Civil Society,
>
>The final draft of the English version of
>Civil Society Declaration of the first phase
>of the World Summit on the Information Society
>is available at the following URL in
>Text, RTF, and Word formats:
>
>http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/%7Emciver/WSIS/CSDeclaration/Summit/Final/
>
>We expect to have Spanish and French translations late tomorrow (Dec 9th)
>or early thursday (Dec 10th).
>
>
>*** Endorsements:                                      ***
>*** Send ensorsements to Ct-endorse@wsis-cs.org        ***
>***                                                    ***
>*** Archives of endorsements will be located at:       ***
>*** http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/ct-endorse/  ***
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>WJM
>-- 
>
>Bill McIver
>Assistant Professor
>School of Information Science and Policy
>University at Albany, State University of New York
>Albany, New York 12222
>USA
>
>e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
>URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>
>
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Sat Dec 13 16:43:38 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Benchmarks document available in English, French and Spanish
Message-ID: <8074A1E8-2D8B-11D8-A25C-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear friends,

The Civil Society "Essential Benchmarks" document is available on  
WSIS-online:

Espa?ol
RTF  
version	http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/CS- 
Benchmarks111203_ESP.rtf?version_id=326307
HTML  
version	http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/CS- 
Benchmarks111203_ESP.htm?version_id=326305

Fran?ais
RTF  
version	http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/CS- 
Benchmarks111203_FR.rtf?version_id=326299
HTML  
version	http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/CS- 
Benchmarks111203_FR.htm?version_id=326297

English
RTF  
version	http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/CS- 
Benchmarks111203.rtf?version_id=326303
HTML  
version	http://wsis-online.net/smsi/file-storage/download/CS- 
Benchmarks111203.htm?version_id=326301


Rik Panganiban
WFM

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Rik Panganiban, Reports Coordinator

Civil Society News Centre for the WSIS
web: 	           http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews
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From sburch at alainet.org  Sat Dec 13 18:21:46 2003
From: sburch at alainet.org (sburch@alainet.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS press statement on Summit
Message-ID: <1071339706.3fdb606acc4ab@mweb1.alainet.org>

This press statement was published on the official WSIS site yesterday.  Take a 
look at the commercial partnerships that have been offered.  No comment...

Sally

------------

Geneva, 12 December 2003 ? The World Summit on the Information Society closed 
on an optimistic note of consensus and commitment, but Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-
General of the International Telecommunication Union and Summit cautioned that 
the meeting was only the start of a long and complex process.

"Telephones will not feed the poor, and computers will not replace textbooks. 
But ICTs can be used effectively as part of the toolbox for addressing global 
problems. The Summit?s successes now give us the necessary momentum to achieve 
this," he said.

"Building the inclusive information society requires a multi-stakeholder 
approach. The challenges raised ? in areas like Internet governance, access, 
investment, security, the development of applications, intellectual property 
rights and privacy ? require a new commitment to work together if we are to 
realize the benefits of the information society."

Seeing the fruits of today?s powerful knowledge-based tools in the most 
impoverished economies will be the true test of an engaged, empowered and 
egalitarian information society, he added. 

Over 54 Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Presidents, Vice-Presidents and 83 
ministers and vice-ministers from 176 countries came together in Geneva to 
endorse a Declaration of Principles ? or a common vision of an information 
society?s values ? and a Plan of Action which sets forth a road map to build on 
that vision and to bring the benefits of ICTs to underserved economies.

The three-day Summit is the first multi-stakeholder global effort to share and 
shape the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for a 
better world.

But the Summit was groundbreaking in other ways too. It offered a 
genuine "venue of opportunity" in a unique meeting of leaders, policy-makers, 
ICT business people, voluntary and non-governmental organizations of every 
possible kind, and top-level thinkers and speakers. Alongside the three-days of 
Plenary meetings and high-level roundtables, nearly 300 side-events helped 
bring the dream of an inclusive information society one-step closer to becoming 
reality. 

Partnership announcements included a USD 400,000 grant by the US Government for 
ICT development in low-income countries. Cisco and ITU also signed a Memorandum 
of Understanding to open 20 more Internet Training Centres in developing 
countries. As well, Hewlett-Packard will provide low-cost products that will 
help overcome the illiteracy barrier to ICT. Handwritten texts for example will 
be recognized for e-mail transmission. Microsoft, working with UNDP, will 
provide a billion dollar programme over 5 years to bring ICT skills to 
underserved communities. One innovative initiative announced to bridge the 
digital divide is the Bhutan E-Post project. For faster, cheaper and more 
reliable communication to remote, mountainous areas of Bhutan, the Government 
of India will deliver e-post services to the Bhutanese Postal Service via a USD 
400,000 a V-satellite network and solar panels power system. The partners 
include ITU, Bhutan Telecom and Post, Worldspace and Encore India. And at the 
very close of the Summit, the cities of Geneva and Lyon and the Government of 
Senegal have announced contributions totaling about 1 million euros to fund 
information technology in developing countries. The contributions will 
represent the first three payments towards the Digital Solidarity Fund, the 
creation of which is to be considered by a UN working group for the Tunis phase.

The second phase of the Summit takes place in Tunis in 2005 and will measure 
ambitious goals set this week. With WSIS phase I over, the hard work begins and 
hard work lies ahead in the two years before Tunis, to show that the 
information society is on the right path. 

The overarching goal of the Summit has been to gain the will and commitment of 
policy-makers to make ICTs a top priority, and to bring together public and 
private sector players to forge an inclusive dialogue based on the interests of 
all. In these two respects, the Summit has been heralded a success.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told delegates "technology has 
given birth to the information age. Now it is up to all of us to build an 
information society from trade to telemedicine, from education to environmental 
protection, we have in our hands, on our desktops and in the skies above, the 
ability to improve standards of living for millions upon millions of people.

Top Summit targets now remain to be achieved, including connecting all schools, 
villages, governments and hospitals, and bringing half the world?s population 
within ICT reach, all by the year 2015.

The Summit has clearly identified national e-strategies as the key vehicle to 
meet the targets. Connecting public places, revising school curricula, 
extending the reach of TV and radio broadcasting services and fostering rich 
multilingual content are all recognized as needing strong national-level 
governmental commitments. To encourage and assist national and local 
governments in this work, the Summit also foresees the development of 
international statistical indicators to provide yardsticks of progress; 
exchanges of experience to help develop "best practice" models, and the 
fostering of public-private partnerships internationally in the interests of 
sustainable ICT development.

Indeed, collaboration across the complex information society chain ? from the 
scientists that create powerful ICT tools, to the governments that foster a 
culture of investment and rule of law, to the businesses that build 
infrastructure and supply services, to the media that create and disseminate 
content and ? above all ?human society which ultimately employs such tools and 
shapes their use ?lays the foundation for an inclusive knowledge-based world on 
which the riches of an information society can flourish. 

The Summit?s most notable achievement was across-the-board consensus earned for 
a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action wording around several 
contentious issues, and the spirit of cooperation that permeated the Summit.

Internet governance, and financing ICT investments in underserved economies 
were two of the issues which called for long negotiations. On the issue of 
Internet management, the involvement of all stakeholders and intergovernmental 
organizations to address both technical and public policy issues has been 
underscored although global Internet governance is set to be the subject of 
deeper talks up to Tunis in 2005. An open and inclusive working group will be 
set up on the topic, in order to review and make proposals for action by the 
2005 Summit.

Similarly on the issue of financing for underserved economies, a task force 
will be established to undertake a review of existing ICT funding mechanisms 
and will also study the feasibility of an international voluntary Digital 
Solidarity Fund.

On the areas of intellectual property rights and the need for enabling 
environments, universal access policies, and multilingual, diverse and 
culturally appropriate content to speed ICT adoption and use ? particularly in 
the world?s most underserved economies ? government-level commitment to follow 
a set of common values and principles has been attained.

Although these achievements fuel hope and may stoke further collaboration, Mr. 
Utsumi, together with many world leaders, appealed to all stakeholders keep the 
spirit of cooperation alive well beyond the two years to Tunis, and to back up 
universally agreed principles with concrete actions to spark more peace and 
prosperity across the planet.

"The realization of the Plan of Action is crucial to the long-term success of 
the Summit. We need imagination and creativity to develop projects and 
programmes that can really make a difference. We need commitment ? on the part 
of governments, the private sector and civil society ? to realistic targets and 
concrete actions. We need the mobilization of resources and investment," he 
said.

"With the unique occasion of a World Summit, we have the chance to scale up our 
ambitions to the global level, which is equal to the size of the challenge. Let 
us not miss this opportunity."

To access the Declaration and the Plan of Action go to: 
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all-en-s|1.asp


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From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Sat Dec 13 19:16:16 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS press statement on Summit
Message-ID: <mnet1.1071339376.10210.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

>This press statement was published on the official WSIS site yesterday.  Take a 
>look at the commercial partnerships that have been offered.  No comment...

Does it mean we might have to reconsider the "PPP concept" ? 

 

PF ;-). 


>
>Sally
>
>------------
>
>Geneva, 12 December 2003 ? The World Summit on the Information Society closed 
>on an optimistic note of consensus and commitment, but Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-
>General of the International Telecommunication Union and Summit cautioned that 
>the meeting was only the start of a long and complex process.
>
>"Telephones will not feed the poor, and computers will not replace textbooks. 
>But ICTs can be used effectively as part of the toolbox for addressing global 
>problems. The Summit?s successes now give us the necessary momentum to achieve 
>this," he said.
>
>"Building the inclusive information society requires a multi-stakeholder 
>approach. The challenges raised ? in areas like Internet governance, access, 
>investment, security, the development of applications, intellectual property 
>rights and privacy ? require a new commitment to work together if we are to 
>realize the benefits of the information society."
>
>Seeing the fruits of today?s powerful knowledge-based tools in the most 
>impoverished economies will be the true test of an engaged, empowered and 
>egalitarian information society, he added. 
>
>Over 54 Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Presidents, Vice-Presidents and 83 
>ministers and vice-ministers from 176 countries came together in Geneva to 
>endorse a Declaration of Principles ? or a common vision of an information 
>society?s values ? and a Plan of Action which sets forth a road map to build on 
>that vision and to bring the benefits of ICTs to underserved economies.
>
>The three-day Summit is the first multi-stakeholder global effort to share and 
>shape the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for a 
>better world.
>
>But the Summit was groundbreaking in other ways too. It offered a 
>genuine "venue of opportunity" in a unique meeting of leaders, policy-makers, 
>ICT business people, voluntary and non-governmental organizations of every 
>possible kind, and top-level thinkers and speakers. Alongside the three-days of 
>Plenary meetings and high-level roundtables, nearly 300 side-events helped 
>bring the dream of an inclusive information society one-step closer to becoming 
>reality. 
>
>Partnership announcements included a USD 400,000 grant by the US Government for 
>ICT development in low-income countries. Cisco and ITU also signed a Memorandum 
>of Understanding to open 20 more Internet Training Centres in developing 
>countries. As well, Hewlett-Packard will provide low-cost products that will 
>help overcome the illiteracy barrier to ICT. Handwritten texts for example will 
>be recognized for e-mail transmission. Microsoft, working with UNDP, will 
>provide a billion dollar programme over 5 years to bring ICT skills to 
>underserved communities. One innovative initiative announced to bridge the 
>digital divide is the Bhutan E-Post project. For faster, cheaper and more 
>reliable communication to remote, mountainous areas of Bhutan, the Government 
>of India will deliver e-post services to the Bhutanese Postal Service via a USD 
>400,000 a V-satellite network and solar panels power system. The partners 
>include ITU, Bhutan Telecom and Post, Worldspace and Encore India. And at the 
>very close of the Summit, the cities of Geneva and Lyon and the Government of 
>Senegal have announced contributions totaling about 1 million euros to fund 
>information technology in developing countries. The contributions will 
>represent the first three payments towards the Digital Solidarity Fund, the 
>creation of which is to be considered by a UN working group for the Tunis phase.
>
>The second phase of the Summit takes place in Tunis in 2005 and will measure 
>ambitious goals set this week. With WSIS phase I over, the hard work begins and 
>hard work lies ahead in the two years before Tunis, to show that the 
>information society is on the right path. 
>
>The overarching goal of the Summit has been to gain the will and commitment of 
>policy-makers to make ICTs a top priority, and to bring together public and 
>private sector players to forge an inclusive dialogue based on the interests of 
>all. In these two respects, the Summit has been heralded a success.
>
>United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told delegates "technology has 
>given birth to the information age. Now it is up to all of us to build an 
>information society from trade to telemedicine, from education to environmental 
>protection, we have in our hands, on our desktops and in the skies above, the 
>ability to improve standards of living for millions upon millions of people.
>
>Top Summit targets now remain to be achieved, including connecting all schools, 
>villages, governments and hospitals, and bringing half the world?s population 
>within ICT reach, all by the year 2015.
>
>The Summit has clearly identified national e-strategies as the key vehicle to 
>meet the targets. Connecting public places, revising school curricula, 
>extending the reach of TV and radio broadcasting services and fostering rich 
>multilingual content are all recognized as needing strong national-level 
>governmental commitments. To encourage and assist national and local 
>governments in this work, the Summit also foresees the development of 
>international statistical indicators to provide yardsticks of progress; 
>exchanges of experience to help develop "best practice" models, and the 
>fostering of public-private partnerships internationally in the interests of 
>sustainable ICT development.
>
>Indeed, collaboration across the complex information society chain ? from the 
>scientists that create powerful ICT tools, to the governments that foster a 
>culture of investment and rule of law, to the businesses that build 
>infrastructure and supply services, to the media that create and disseminate 
>content and ? above all ?human society which ultimately employs such tools and 
>shapes their use ?lays the foundation for an inclusive knowledge-based world on 
>which the riches of an information society can flourish. 
>
>The Summit?s most notable achievement was across-the-board consensus earned for 
>a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action wording around several 
>contentious issues, and the spirit of cooperation that permeated the Summit.
>
>Internet governance, and financing ICT investments in underserved economies 
>were two of the issues which called for long negotiations. On the issue of 
>Internet management, the involvement of all stakeholders and intergovernmental 
>organizations to address both technical and public policy issues has been 
>underscored although global Internet governance is set to be the subject of 
>deeper talks up to Tunis in 2005. An open and inclusive working group will be 
>set up on the topic, in order to review and make proposals for action by the 
>2005 Summit.
>
>Similarly on the issue of financing for underserved economies, a task force 
>will be established to undertake a review of existing ICT funding mechanisms 
>and will also study the feasibility of an international voluntary Digital 
>Solidarity Fund.
>
>On the areas of intellectual property rights and the need for enabling 
>environments, universal access policies, and multilingual, diverse and 
>culturally appropriate content to speed ICT adoption and use ? particularly in 
>the world?s most underserved economies ? government-level commitment to follow 
>a set of common values and principles has been attained.
>
>Although these achievements fuel hope and may stoke further collaboration, Mr. 
>Utsumi, together with many world leaders, appealed to all stakeholders keep the 
>spirit of cooperation alive well beyond the two years to Tunis, and to back up 
>universally agreed principles with concrete actions to spark more peace and 
>prosperity across the planet.
>
>"The realization of the Plan of Action is crucial to the long-term success of 
>the Summit. We need imagination and creativity to develop projects and 
>programmes that can really make a difference. We need commitment ? on the part 
>of governments, the private sector and civil society ? to realistic targets and 
>concrete actions. We need the mobilization of resources and investment," he 
>said.
>
>"With the unique occasion of a World Summit, we have the chance to scale up our 
>ambitions to the global level, which is equal to the size of the challenge. Let 
>us not miss this opportunity."
>
>To access the Declaration and the Plan of Action go to: 
>http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all-en-s|1.asp
>
>
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From rikp at bluewin.ch  Sat Dec 13 20:05:19 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Quick Thoughts on WSIS Geneva
Message-ID: <AD6B4E48-2DA7-11D8-A37D-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Greetings to all,

I just wanted to share some quick thoughts immediately after 
WSIS-Geneva:

The Good

* ICT4D Exhibitions. I found it quite inspiring seeing the hundreds and 
hundreds of great exhibitions and stands in the ICT4D.  Comparing this 
fair to the Geneva Telecom 2003 last month, one can see how colorful 
and vibrant are the many activities being engaged in by civil society, 
governments, international institutions and businesses.   It makes me 
think that we need more frequent gatherings where people and groups 
developing ICT applications to meet real human needs can assemble and 
celebrate each others work.

* Civil Society Declaration.  Great work all around assembling such an 
ambitious document, representing a diverse assemblage of views and 
vision of hundreds of groups of civil society.  Kudos to Sally Burch 
and Bill McIver for guiding the process, all the drafting committee 
folks, and caucus and working groups for their input and refinements.

* Parallel CS Events:  It was incredibly frustrating knowing that there 
were at any time several interesting meetings going on that I wanted to 
attend.  I hope that groups will make reports, powerpoints, videos and 
other materials available on wsis-online.net and their own websites, so 
I can see a flavor of what I missed.  I went to lots of great events, 
including the CPSR meeting on ICT governance, the AMARC community media 
forum, the TRP meeting on "democracy, freedom and digital divide" and 
the UBUNTU meeting on global governance and WSIS.  Congrats to all the 
organizers for your great work.

The Bad

* Overpasses:  Turns out there was PLENTY of room in the plenary hall, 
hundreds of available seats.  So making us come up with these complex 
distribution systems, fight with each other, and put poor Robert 
through the wringer, was all for nothing.

* WIFI / Internet Access. This was abyssmal how substandard our 
internet access was.  I confess to being guilty of assuming that at the 
information society summit that we would have in place adequate 
information technology.  WIFI barely worked, even after having to pay 
exhorbitant amounts for it.  SMTP NEVER worked, so sending email was 
impossible for most of us.

* Noise.  The noise factor was a significant and constant nuisance the 
entire week, with no soundproofing of any meeting spaces and frequent 
loud music, booming noises, and the overall buzz of a thousand 
conversations.   Many people commented that they had never been at a 
meeting of this stature where the noise level was so bad.

* Official Roundtables. I understand that the roundtable speakers only 
got 3 minutes to make their interventions.  What exactly was the point 
of bringing all this expertise together if no actual dialogue was going 
to happen?


Anyway it was all in all a wonderful week spent seeing old friends, 
making new contacts, going to interesting events, and getting renewed 
energy to work on these important civil society concerns.  I wish you 
all a much-deserved rest, and I look forward to getting back to work 
with all of you in the coming year.

In Peace,

Rik Panganiban
WFM


PS My pictures from WSIS will be online soon at 
http://mypage.bluewin.ch/rikp/WSISpics/WSISpics.html
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From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Sat Dec 13 22:16:58 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS-Tunisia-HR : report  of a Geneva meeting
Message-ID: <mnet1.1071350218.2935.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

Hi all,

Below is the french report of the meeting on Tunisia and freedom of expression arganized by the NGO Verite Action that took place in Geneva - Maison des association - last 10th december.

Bonjour ? tous,

Vous trouverez-ci-dessous un compte rendu de la r?union sur la Tunisie et la libert? d'expression organis?e par l'association V?rit?-Action qui s'est d?roul? ? la maison des Association de Gen?ve le 10 d?cembre dernier.

Rds, PF.

-----------------------------------------

V?rit?-Action

En marge du SMSI-Gen?ve

La libert? d?expression en Tunisie : ?tat des lieux et t?moignages

 

Dans le cadre de sa comm?moration annuelle de la D?claration universelle des droits de l?homme et ? l?occasion de la tenue du sommet mondial de la soci?t? de l?information, V?rit?-Action a organis?, en partenariat avec l?Association internationale de soutien aux prisonniers politiques en Tunisie (AISPP) et le Conseil national des libert?s en Tunisie (CNLT) ? la maison des associations de Gen?ve une Soir?e-D?bat  ayant pour th?me : la libert? d?expression en Tunisie : ?tat des lieux et t?moignages. 

 

Cette soir?e s?inscrivait aussi dans le cadre de la protestation contre la tenue de la deuxi?me phase du sommet mondial de l?information en Tunisie en 2005. Cette d?cision consid?r?e comme en totale contradiction avec la r?alit? des libert?s d?expression en Tunisie et les pratiques honteuses du r?gime en place dans ce domaine.

Apr?s l?annonce au dernier moment de l?absence du journaliste Tahar Labidi et l?interdiction faite ? Me Mohamed Nouri de se d?placer pour pr?senter l?allocution de l?AISPP, le public pr?sent a eu l?occasion d?entendre des interventions vari?es sur divers th?mes qui touchent ? la libert? de l?information.

 

Madame N?ziha Rejiba (alias Oum Ziad), en tant que journaliste et repr?sentante du CNLT, a pr?sent? les difficult?s qu??prouvent les journalistes pour exercer leur m?tier et les diff?rents moyens utilis?s pour les entraver. Son exp?rience riche, qui commen?a d?j? dans les ann?es 70, a ?t? l?occasion au public pour relier le pass? au pr?sent. Sa condamnation ? 8 mois dans une affaire truqu?e a ?t? aussi l?illustration de l?arbitraire qui r?gne au pays.

 Me Samir ben Amor, en tant que membre AISPP, s?est pench?, apr?s une petite illustration historique, sur les aspects  juridiques et l?gaux de la violation des droits et libert?s relatifs ? l?information. Il a notamment soulign? quelques aspects p?naux qui visent ? dissuader les organes de presse et les m?dias de pratiquer l?auto-censure.

Il s?agit de l?amendement de la loi ?lectorale en incriminant tout utilisation d?un organe d?information ?tranger pour faire de la propagande ?lectorale. A cela s?ajoute, la nouvelle loi sur le terrorisme et qui m?lange p?le-m?le les chefs d?accusation pour arriver ? tout int?grer sous la notion de terrorisme et ainsi ?largir les interdictions actuelles pourtant tr?s pouss?es.

 

M. Georges Gordon Lennox, secr?taire g?n?ral de Reporters sans fronti?res en Suisse a parl? de la politique adopt?e par RSF dans le cadre du Sommet mondial de la soci?t? de l?information. Il a ?galement pr?sent? la position de RSF par rapport ? la participation tunisienne et la tenue de la deuxi?me phase en Tunisie.  Puis c??tait au tour de M. Ronald Koven, repr?sentant du comit? international de la libert? de presse.

 

Le fils de Abdallah Zouari t?moigne

Ainsi a ?t? clos le volet de pr?sentation pour offrir le plateau aux t?moignages. Le  jeune Mozahim Zouari, fils du journaliste emprisonn? M. Abdallah Zouari, a bri?vement mis en exergue les souffrances inflig?es ? la famille et les mauvaises conditions d?emprisonnement de son p?re.

Quant ? Me Philippe Grant, pr?sident de l?association TRIAL qui lutte contre l?impunit?, il a rappel? le contexte et les d?marches entrepris pour d?poser une plainte contre le g?n?ral Habib Ammar lors de sa venue ? Gen?ve le 17 septembre 2003 pour pr?parer le d?roulement de la premi?re phase du Sommet Mondial pour la soci?t? de l?information. L?accord entre la Suisse et le Comit? ex?cutif du SMSI pour emp?cher toute poursuite contre les invit?s du Sommet, a servi selon Me Grant de pr?texte pour rejeter
cette plainte. Cela n?emp?che pas l?association TRIAL de continuer ce combat.

 

La journaliste exil?e Safwa Aissa, responsable du service de l?information de V?rit?-Action, a termin? sur les difficult?s que rencontre une ONG tunisienne ? l??tranger ? r?colter les informations sur le pays et les repr?sailles dirig?s contre ses membres notamment la coupure des liaisons t?l?phoniques depuis la Tunisie et l?attaque contre les boites de courrier ?lectronique et les sites.

 Etaient ?galement pr?sents ? cette soir?e  en plus de quelques journalistes:Mme Audrey Rinaldi, Human Right officer charg? de coordination Tunisie, une d?l?gation de RSF, une d?l?gation d?Amnesty International, quelques membres de la plate-forme soci?t? civile du Sommet et Mme Christine Ferrier de l?OMCT. Divers ONG tunisiennes de Suisse et de la France ont ?t? aussi pr?sentes.

 

Les ? barbouzes ? du r?gime sont venus en renfort, g?n?s par le succ?s de la Soir?e, dont l?information a ?t? largement relay?e parmi les ONG participant au Sommet. Ils ont proc?d? comme d?habitude ? toutes sortes de man?uvres pour perturber l?ambiance sereine de la soir?e. Le public a largement condamn? leur attitude.

Cette Soir?e-D?bat a ?t? l?occasion pour V?rit?-Action de diffuser son nouveau recueil sur la libert? de l?information en Tunisie form? d?un rapport g?n?ral et de dossiers portant sur le cas de MM. Abdallah Zouari, Hamadi Jbali et Zouhair Yahyaoui.

 

Rassemblement contre la visite de Ben Ali en Suisse

Le 10 d?cembre 2003, et d?s r?ception de l?information de la participation officielle de Ben Ali au sommet de la soci?t? de l?information, nous avons appel? ? un rassemblement ? Gen?ve. Le but ?tant de protester contre la pr?sence de Ben Ali en Suisse et sa participation au sommet mondial de l?information. Des dizaines de tunisiens vivant en Suisse et des organisations internationales ont manifest? leur d?sapprobation ? l??lection de la Tunisie pour abriter la deuxi?me phase du sommet en 2005.

Plusieurs slogans ont appel? le r?gime tunisien ? la llib?ration des prisonniers politiques et notamment les journalistes encore emprisonn?s qui sont : MM. Abdallah Zouari et Hamadi Jebali. La t?l?vision suisse et quelques journalistes ?taient au rendez-vous pour couvrir ce rassemblement, jug? r?ussi.


Fribourg, le 11 d?cembre 2003

Service de l?information


From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sat Dec 13 22:30:52 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Quick Thoughts on WSIS Geneva
In-Reply-To: <AD6B4E48-2DA7-11D8-A37D-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
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Thank you for this report - very much appreciated by
those communicating virtually.

Amali De Silva - Mitchell

Director Vancouver Community Network, Canada
Director Freedom of Information & Privacy Association,
Canada

--- Rik Panganiban <rikp@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Greetings to all,
> 
> I just wanted to share some quick thoughts
> immediately after 
> WSIS-Geneva:
> 
> The Good
> 
> * ICT4D Exhibitions. I found it quite inspiring
> seeing the hundreds and 
> hundreds of great exhibitions and stands in the
> ICT4D.  Comparing this 
> fair to the Geneva Telecom 2003 last month, one can
> see how colorful 
> and vibrant are the many activities being engaged in
> by civil society, 
> governments, international institutions and
> businesses.   It makes me 
> think that we need more frequent gatherings where
> people and groups 
> developing ICT applications to meet real human needs
> can assemble and 
> celebrate each others work.
> 
> * Civil Society Declaration.  Great work all around
> assembling such an 
> ambitious document, representing a diverse
> assemblage of views and 
> vision of hundreds of groups of civil society. 
> Kudos to Sally Burch 
> and Bill McIver for guiding the process, all the
> drafting committee 
> folks, and caucus and working groups for their input
> and refinements.
> 
> * Parallel CS Events:  It was incredibly frustrating
> knowing that there 
> were at any time several interesting meetings going
> on that I wanted to 
> attend.  I hope that groups will make reports,
> powerpoints, videos and 
> other materials available on wsis-online.net and
> their own websites, so 
> I can see a flavor of what I missed.  I went to lots
> of great events, 
> including the CPSR meeting on ICT governance, the
> AMARC community media 
> forum, the TRP meeting on "democracy, freedom and
> digital divide" and 
> the UBUNTU meeting on global governance and WSIS. 
> Congrats to all the 
> organizers for your great work.
> 
> The Bad
> 
> * Overpasses:  Turns out there was PLENTY of room in
> the plenary hall, 
> hundreds of available seats.  So making us come up
> with these complex 
> distribution systems, fight with each other, and put
> poor Robert 
> through the wringer, was all for nothing.
> 
> * WIFI / Internet Access. This was abyssmal how
> substandard our 
> internet access was.  I confess to being guilty of
> assuming that at the 
> information society summit that we would have in
> place adequate 
> information technology.  WIFI barely worked, even
> after having to pay 
> exhorbitant amounts for it.  SMTP NEVER worked, so
> sending email was 
> impossible for most of us.
> 
> * Noise.  The noise factor was a significant and
> constant nuisance the 
> entire week, with no soundproofing of any meeting
> spaces and frequent 
> loud music, booming noises, and the overall buzz of
> a thousand 
> conversations.   Many people commented that they had
> never been at a 
> meeting of this stature where the noise level was so
> bad.
> 
> * Official Roundtables. I understand that the
> roundtable speakers only 
> got 3 minutes to make their interventions.  What
> exactly was the point 
> of bringing all this expertise together if no actual
> dialogue was going 
> to happen?
> 
> 
> Anyway it was all in all a wonderful week spent
> seeing old friends, 
> making new contacts, going to interesting events,
> and getting renewed 
> energy to work on these important civil society
> concerns.  I wish you 
> all a much-deserved rest, and I look forward to
> getting back to work 
> with all of you in the coming year.
> 
> In Peace,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> WFM
> 
> 
> PS My pictures from WSIS will be online soon at 
> http://mypage.bluewin.ch/rikp/WSISpics/WSISpics.html
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>   Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
>   Special Adviser            Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
>   World Federalist Movement  www.wfm.org
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> 


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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 14 00:53:15 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] Blogging from WSIS
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Thank you Andy!

Amali (VCN )

--- Andy Carvin <acarvin@benton.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I just wanted to let you know that I've been
> blogging several times a day
> from Geneva, and invite you to visit:
> 
> www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/
> 
> So far I have covered several events, including
> Richard Stallman's
> presentation, the CS declaration press conference,
> Iranian President
> Khatami's press conference, and speeches by
> President Obasanjo and Professor
> Lawrence Lessig. 
> 
> Additionally, the team at DailySummit.net have done
> a crack job at covering
> the summit; I would encourage you to check out their
> site. Their content is
> available in English and Arabic.
> 
> Hope you get a chance to visit.
> 
> cheers,
> ac
> 
> Andy Carvin
> Benton Foundation
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From: aidan.white at ifj.org (Aidan White)
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Thank you Andy!

Amali (VCN )

--- Andy Carvin <acarvin@benton.org> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I just wanted to let you know that I've been
> blogging several times a day
> from Geneva, and invite you to visit:
> 
> www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/
> 
> So far I have covered several events, including
> Richard Stallman's
> presentation, the CS declaration press conference,
> Iranian President
> Khatami's press conference, and speeches by
> President Obasanjo and Professor
> Lawrence Lessig. 
> 
> Additionally, the team at DailySummit.net have done
> a crack job at covering
> the summit; I would encourage you to check out their
> site. Their content is
> available in English and Arabic.
> 
> Hope you get a chance to visit.
> 
> cheers,
> ac
> 
> Andy Carvin
> Benton Foundation
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From duhamic at rwanda1.com  Mon Dec 15 06:37:02 2003
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
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Cher Olivier

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> Dear ALL
> I avail myself this stop at Paris Airport to extend my
> congratulations to all of you, who have maid it
> possible to achieve what we did in Geneva. This goes
> as well to those who managed to make it to Geneva as
> those who worked behind the scene.
> The African civil society has been successfull in
> puting our agenda on the World civil Society
> Declaration. Thanks to the help of African Diaspora,
> we made the issue of social Development one of the
> priorities.
> I wish to all a safe journey back. In order to make
> that the Geneva Summit not stay as the others
> encounters, with a lot of speaches and no result, we
> have to organize ourselves to act like watchdogs to
> make sure in two years, we have concrete realizations
> to present in Tunis. For that purpose, we felt the
> need to set up a coordinating mechanism, which could
> reach all the good wills dedicated to help rooting
> ICTs in Africa.
> The ones present in Geneva met on the 11th to kick
> start the process. A working group, some countries and
> regional representative volunteer to help design:
> The kind of structure we might put in place; its
> mission, and the criteria to be elected as country of
> regional focal points. Nnenna and Diana have volunteer
> to send to all of you the proposals already on the
> table. It's up to you to enrish, or propose otherwise.
> We have one month to complete this exercise.Beginning
> Feb. we should start with what we have at hands at
> that moment, in order to proactively lunch our action
> plan for the year to come.
> P.S Sorry for mispellings,etc. I will send the french
> version while back home. They call for boarding.
> Best
> Olivier
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Mon Dec 15 10:11:38 2003
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Fullsack Jean-Louis)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] memo from today's plennary
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Hi Veni
Did you see a likely "majority" of the audience in our "meeting" applaud
your proposal ?
So if you have a remaining sense of respect for democratic expression,
please don't "fight a lost battle". We need our energy and attention for our
future and still ongoing activity, notably by improving our documents and
gain support of other CS organisations.
By the way I find your thanks rather inappropriate, because they associate
our CS people who really did their best (Sally, Meryem, Bill, ...) with
others who were/are to be facilitators (WSIS CS Bureau)  and organisers
(WSIS Secretariat) at our service and paid for their job. Yet they not only
have miserably failed but they also where scandalously absent on our
debates.
At last the CS Secretariat argument ("if they weren't, we ought to be
outside fighting withe the police") is simply unacceptable for any CS
delegate at the Summit.
Therefore CSDPTT protests energically against such allegations and
confusions.
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT


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Chairing: Sally
    * To have statement of the CS on the official DP and AP of the
governments by tonight or tomorrow morning.(accredited organizations can
endorse the declaration on their own, too)
    * The caucus to send names for press-contacts
    * press-conference tomorrow (Thu) at 4 p.m.
    * room C at 5p.m. tomorrow (Thu(
    * thanks the Swiss government, the CS Secretariat, Alain, as well as
Sally, Myriam, Karen and Bill for their work. some problems showed up - why
do we have to thank when there's such a bad organisation of the meetings
during the WSIS itself. Argument in favour was that if it wasn't for the CS
Secretariat we would have been outside, clashing with the police. So,
thanks with some reserves about the WSIS itself

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From veni at veni.com  Mon Dec 15 10:31:15 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
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Jean-Louis,

At 11:11 15.12.2003 '?.'  +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Veni
>Did you see a likely "majority" of the audience in our "meeting" applaud
>your proposal ?
>So if you have a remaining sense of respect for democratic expression,
>please don't "fight a lost battle". We need our energy and attention for our

I have done what I felt proper to do - offer to thank some people (actually 
all of them who were actively participating in the CS plenary) and the 
government of Swiss for their financial support.

Yes, it's true that for some people, coming from the developed countries, 
to stay 2 weeks in Geneva or 1 week in Paris is nothing in terms of 
covering the expenses (I guess not many people paid from their pocket), as 
a person coming from the developing countries, I *am* thankful for the work 
they did first in getting us there, secondly in providing us with 
facilities to work, third, in facilitating the work between the CSP and the 
Secretariat.

While I can understand the frustration from the WSIS itself, as well as 
from all other glitches on the road, I can't accept that this alone is 
enough not to be polite, and to say "thank you" to the people who - at the 
end - made it possible to be there, and to talk in a free, open and 
transparent manner.

The fact that I alone raise my voice to thank doesn't make my position 
weaker; quite the contrary - it only shows that I feel things differently. 
On the other hand, people like Wolfgang, Renate and others, have been in 
support for this "thank you note".

At the end, I will stop to care if the CS Plenary has decided to thanks or 
not. I will do it on my own and on behalf ot the Internet Society of 
Bulgaria in a letter to the CS Secretariat and the Swiss government.

On a minor issue, what's not acceptable for "any CS delegate at the WSIS" 
is a question that you can not generalize. I feel quite confident that 
working within WSIS helps the CS much more than working outside - in front 
of the police. Whether we want to admit it or not, but that seems to be one 
of the not so many world summits, where CS has played a major role inside 
the halls, and not outside.

regards,
veni

>future and still ongoing activity, notably by improving our documents and
>gain support of other CS organisations.
>By the way I find your thanks rather inappropriate, because they associate
>our CS people who really did their best (Sally, Meryem, Bill, ...) with
>others who were/are to be facilitators (WSIS CS Bureau)  and organisers
>(WSIS Secretariat) at our service and paid for their job. Yet they not only
>have miserably failed but they also where scandalously absent on our
>debates.
>At last the CS Secretariat argument ("if they weren't, we ought to be
>outside fighting withe the police") is simply unacceptable for any CS
>delegate at the Summit.
>Therefore CSDPTT protests energically against such allegations and
>confusions.
>Jean-Louis Fullsack
>CSDPTT


From fortinp at club-internet.fr  Mon Dec 15 11:40:33 2003
From: fortinp at club-internet.fr (fortinp@club-internet.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] memo from today's plennary
Message-ID: <mnet4.1071484833.10356.fortinp@club-internet.fr>

>De: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com>

(...)
>At the end, I will stop to care if the CS Plenary has decided to thanks or 
>not. I will do it on my own and on behalf ot the Internet Society of 
>Bulgaria in a letter to the CS Secretariat and the Swiss government.

Thats for sure a good compromise.

Bye, PF ;-)


From veni at veni.com  Mon Dec 15 10:59:05 2003
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] memo from today's plennary
In-Reply-To: <mnet4.1071484833.10356.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
References: <mnet4.1071484833.10356.fortinp@club-internet.fr>
Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20031215124941.02adbc90@198.111.183.129>

> >At the end, I will stop to care if the CS Plenary has decided to thanks or
> >not. I will do it on my own and on behalf ot the Internet Society of
> >Bulgaria in a letter to the CS Secretariat and the Swiss government.
>
>Thats for sure a good compromise.

No, that's a bad compromise. It's good for me, and bad for the CS, since we 
can't reach consensus on such a normal, educational if you wish, issue.

Anyway, let's not fill the mailing lists with things, which I guess, do not 
deserve the attention and the time of the members.

v. 


From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Mon Dec 15 15:11:16 2003
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west Asia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS need rest-and thanks
Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV64ZkYvSpjYP0000aa68@hotmail.com>

Dear All members of CS

I think we all need a two weeks of leave and full rest! after such a huge
event and unbelievable efforts of all which make us all very tired and some
times frustrated, we need to regain and restore our energies for the next
fight for the next phase, which is even worse as we are dealing with
Tunisia, which does not have Swiss resources and history of tolerance and
democracy! by the way for the times being we gain a lot, but we need more
and should work hard for it as we did. I also should thank the youth who
really done a great job.

See you for the next phases, I also should sincerely thank and appreciate
the CSD of WSIS, Louise, Paola, Alain, Liliane, Claire, Mehdi, and others,
there worked really hard, maybe we are not all happy with many things, but
we should keep good contact and relations for future, dialogue is more
important. I should also thank the Swiss government and nation for their
support, we owe them.

See you in the next prepcoms and we're ready!

Best wishes for all and marry Christmas

Amir Barmaki


----- Original Message -----
From: "Renata BLOEM" <rbloem@ngocongo.org>
To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:59 PM
Subject: RE: CSB themes candidacy


> CONGO/NGO Family wants also to be included in the evaluation and strategy
> group. But let us have a break until mid January. It was great working
with
> you. Warm Christmas greetings and best wishes for a happy and healthy New
> Year!
> Renata
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bureau-request@geneva2003.org
> [mailto:bureau-request@geneva2003.org]On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 2:57 PM
> To: bureau@geneva2003.org
> Subject: Re: CSB themes candidacy
>
>
> I too, from the North American and European family would like to express
> our interest to be included in the evaluation and strategy groups.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
> --On 14 de dezembro de 2003 10:14 +0000 Barmaki Amir Hossein
> <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > All
> >
> > Western asia region is happy to be inlduded in the evaluation and
> > strategy groups of CSB for the follow up to the next phase. I think we
> > should restore and re-organise soon to avoid the past dificulties.
> >
> > It was also a pleasure to meet you again and working with you. Miss
> > you untill the next prepcoms!
> >
> > Best Wishes
> >
> > Amir Barmaki
> > ICTRC
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*
> > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

From jimfleming at Ameritech.Net  Mon Dec 15 15:34:27 2003
From: jimfleming at Ameritech.Net (Jim Fleming)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS need rest-and thanks
References: <Sea1-DAV64ZkYvSpjYP0000aa68@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <0f0601c3c320$f07560e0$7e00a8c0@pc100>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "west Asia" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
> I think we all need a two weeks of leave and full rest! after such a huge
> event and unbelievable efforts of all which make us all very tired
===

If you use the Internet and the InterNAT and other technology that you claim to be
helping the world keep open and free, you might not be so tired and in need of a vacation.

As for 2005 and Tunisia, that might as well be in the next century in InterNAT time...

Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info


From jimfleming at Ameritech.Net  Mon Dec 15 15:50:15 2003
From: jimfleming at Ameritech.Net (Jim Fleming)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Where can one obtain copies of all of the financial records related to .ORG registrations ?
References: <Sea1-DAV64ZkYvSpjYP0000aa68@hotmail.com> <0f0601c3c320$f07560e0$7e00a8c0@pc100>
Message-ID: <0f4501c3c323$223e8460$7e00a8c0@pc100>

http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/board.shtml
http://www.isoc.org/dotorg/
orginfo@isoc.org
Internet Society
1775 Wiehle Ave., Suite 102
Reston, VA 20190-5321 USA
tel +1 703.326.9880
fax +1 703.326.9881
http://www.isoc.org

info@pir.org
Public Interest Registry
1775 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 102A
Reston, VA 20190
USA
Phone: +1 703.464.7005
Fax: +1 703.464.7006

Where can one obtain copies of all of the financial records related to .ORG
registrations ?

As a starting point, where does every penny go from a $6 per year .ORG
registration ?
[It appears that on some days the .ORG registrations gross $200,000 per
day...where does the money go ?]
http://www.dailychanges.com

What are the salaries of all of the PIR employees ?

What fees are paid to the PIR Directors ?

What fees, if any, are paid to the people listed here and/or their companies
?
http://www.postel.org/people.html


Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info


From rikp at bluewin.ch  Mon Dec 15 19:33:36 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update your event information on wsis-online
Message-ID: <93E9457E-2F35-11D8-A838-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Dear Colleagues,

For those of you who organized panels, forums, symposia and other 
meetings at WSIS last week, just a reminder that your event is listed 
in the WSIS-online website (http://www.wsis-online.net), which will be 
available as a WSIS community resource between now and Tunis in 2005.  
If you have meeting reports, speakers' notes, powerpoints, even photos 
and videos, these can be uploaded to the WSIS-online site, or just 
provide a link if these are already on your own websites.  In this way, 
your event will continue to be a resource for people who were not able 
to attend.

I know how quickly memory fades, so I hope these reports can be 
provided as soon as possible.

Keeping your personal, organizational, event and project information 
current on the WSIS-online platform is a great way to ensure that 
others with similar interests and concerns can find you.  And if you 
haven't registered yourself or your organization, it's not too late!

Among my 14 other hats, I am a civil society contact point for 
WSIS-online. So if you have any problems or questions about the 
platform, feel free to contact me.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@bluewin.ch
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From bill at circuitspackets.com  Mon Dec 15 19:47:52 2003
From: bill at circuitspackets.com (Bill Kagai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FOSSFA Meetings during WSIS - Report Card
References: <93E9457E-2F35-11D8-A838-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <019601c3c344$553169c0$0501a8c0@nbnet.co.ke>

Dear all,

FOSSFA held a meeting in which 13 council members attended and also
participated in a number of events. The chronology of the events follows
below.

1. The 13 Council members met on 11th Dec. 2003 and discussed on number of
activities that can be achieved before IDLELO. DFID/CATIA and UNECA will be
funding 17 Council members who applied for support to IDLELO. The list of
the 17 beneficiaries will be published on the list when I have a micro-
second to spare but hopefully by tomorrow. The list of the FOSSFA members
who attended the meeting is annexed below.

On strengthening the FOSSFA structure it was recommended that we form an
advisory board of international composition to help advocate for FOSS in
governments and international fora. The management team has to be
strengthened and funding solicited to support an independent physical
office from Circuits and Packets so that FOSSFA can have the autonomy it
deserves. Alegal adviser should also be engaged to assist in the policy
issues. Nnenna also suggested that we draft a FOSSFA Charter to be endorsed
by members during the IDLELO Conference. I have approached UNCTAD and they
will be willing to support us put up a constitution and an internal
controls manual to help FOSSFA move forward aptly.

With regard to FOSSFA programmes, the workshop we will hold during IDLELO
should focus on strengthening our Action Plan and addressing the key areas
that we feel need critical and urgent attention. There is also a strong
need to link the FOSSFA Council with the developers community which seems
to be not very adequate at the moment. With regard to establishinbg
regional standards and certification so that employers (especially
governments) can be able to recruit, FOSSFA has approached the Linux
Professional Institute (LPI) www.lpi.org which undertakes international
FOSS certification and LPI has agreed to incorporate FOSSFA as its
affiliate member for Africa. LPI will be represented during IDLELO and they
will hold certification programmes among other activities during the
conference. This can go hand in hand with the Hackathon we are prposing to
run as a parallel session. (Derek please take note). There is also need to
ignite the dynamics of networking during the conference and due to
bandwidth problems and lack of internet connectivity especially to
government decision makers, FOSSFA is determined to produce 500 CDs
containing all the relevant data, information (new and old), policy papers
from around the world on how some govts have managed to incorporate FOSS in
its policies to educate African govts and other FOSS activists in the
continent. THe secretariat has approached Heinrich Boell Foundation to
support this endeavour which we are estimating to cost about USD4,000.00
and we will let you know on the progress. LPI has also allowed FOSSFA to
reproduce its white papers on FOSS in the CD that we will distribute.
IDLELO is probably the best opportunity we will have to distribute FOSS
related info packs in a long time to come.

With regard to public relations, the council members identified that
language barrier is still a major divide especially when it comes to
sharing resources amongst the Anglophone, Francophone and Lusophone
Communities in Africa. We hope to adress this issue critically during the
IDLELO conference. Gender and geographical divides also pose a major
challenge to FOSSFA..

2. FOSSFA at the Open Source Workshop organised by UNDP.
FOSSFA was invited to participate in the UNDP workshop on Open Source and
also to submit a key presentation. The priority areas we felt UNDP can be
of great impact were;
a) UNDP to reconsider relocating the proposed FOSS Resource Center to Addis
Ababa at ECA (Information Technology Centre for Africa) since various
decision makers in Africa frequent there regularly throughout the year.
b) UNDP to consider expanding its Intenational Open Source Network
(initially started in Asia) so that resources can be shared more
effectively amongst the regions.
c) UNDP to consider involving African governments decision makers in its
FOSS related activities so that they can get to learn of what is happening
in other regions.
d) UNDP to consider supporting the vibrant FOSS businesses that have
started coming up in support of FOSS products due to the heavy challenges
they are encountering from competition. Such companies mentioned include
DireqLearn, Seven Cs, Linux Solutions, Circuits and Packets, NetDay,
Obsidian, Sohne.Net amongst others which are trying to make FOSS as their
core business line.
e) UNDP through its elaborate national offices to try as much to ensure
that decision makers are made aware and educated on software choices in
their decisions.

3. FOSSFA at the World Communication Rights Forum
With support from Heinrich Boell Foundation, FOSSFA was given the
opportunity to present its experiences on the FOSS rights with regard to
copyrights, patents and other legal tussles that come with FOSS. Richard
Stallman directed us to useful resources that helped us prepare a well
received presentation and which was also an eye opener on the challenges we
will soon be facing in our endeavours to entrench FOSS in our continent.
This was the first meeting of the many we intend to collaborate with
Heinrich Boell Foundation as we prepare ourselves to full maturity.

4. FOSSFA at High Level FOSS Meeting at ICT4D
With support from the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) Thanks to Simbo
Ntiro and Paula Uimonnen, FOSSFA was given the opportunity to air the
challenges in Africa with regard to the pros and cons of using FOSS
products especially in government. The key presenter in this forum was Dr.
Edgar Villanueva Nunez, Vice President of Congress in Peru who assured us
that we are moving in the right direction. Dr. Villanueva is well known for
his battles with Microsoft in entrenching FOSS in Peru.

5. We also had an opportunity to chat with Messrs. Lane Smith and Tom
Chesney of USAID who have been very instrumental in getting FOSSFA where it
is today. USAID has been with us since supporting 4 members to WSIS
PrepCom2 meeting to launch the foundation up to today where they are
helping us strengthen our communication links with the aim of building
alliances for FOSSFA.

6. A final note is to be aware that FOSS was very well represented in the
ICT4D exhibition where Linux Solutions (Uganda), Schoolnet Namibia, Linux
Professional Institute (Amongst others) show-cased their FOSS products. The
African Media Village also had a cyber cafe running  free software coutesy
of Computer Aid and FOSSFA members such as Gideon Chonia who ensured the
cafe was running througout... It was indeed a highly successful event for
the free software and open source movement.

______________________________________________________
With very kind regards,
Bildad Kagai
Co-ordinator
Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA)
CEO - Circuits and Packets Communications Limited
Suite B2, Tetu Apartments, State House Avenue
P. O. Box 20311 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. 254 20 2728332
Fax. 254 20 2726965
Email. bill@circuitspackets.com
URL. www.fossfa.org
URL. www.circuitspackets.com

______________________________________________________


FOSSFA Members Present during the FOSSFA Meeting in Geneva. 11th December
2003.
Milton Aineruhanga (Uganda)
Priscilla Jere (Zambia)
John Dada (Nigeria)
Nnenna Nwakanma (Cote D'Ivoire)
Dimo Calovski (UNCTAD)
Philpp Schmidt (Bridges.Org)
Thabo Mogajwa (South Africa)
Claire Sibthorpe (APC/CATIA)
James Wire (Uganda)
Dapo Ladimeji (UK - Diaspora)
Joris Komen (Namibia)
Evan Leibovitch (LPI - Canada)
Leopold Rweyemamu (Tanzania)
Myself (Kenya)

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From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update your event information on
  wsis-online
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Mon Dec 15 21:30:19 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] latest versions of CS benchmarks document online
Message-ID: <3FDE27EB.41ACC1FF@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi all,

the updated versions of the "Civil Society Essential Benchmarks"
Document are now available at http://www.worldsummit2003.org.

English:
<http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CS-Essential-Benchmarks-for-WSIS-11-12-03-en.rtf>

Espanol:
<http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CS-Essential-Benchmarks-for-WSIS-11-12-03-es.rtf>

Francais:
<http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CS-Essential-Benchmarks-for-WSIS-11-12-03-fr.rtf>

Best, Ralf

From PMbecke at csir.co.za  Mon Dec 15 06:52:03 2003
From: PMbecke at csir.co.za (Paulin Mbecke)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CONGRATULATIONS/FELICITATIONS
Message-ID: <sfdd763e.090@cs-emo.csir.co.za>

Hi Olivier,

Thank you very much for the message and all the work done by the team that was present in Geneva, I really wanted to be part of that forum but couldn't make it because I was informed on a short notice. 
You are right that a follow up on what was decided is needed, thanks for those who volunteered to take the matter forwards, I am also availing myself to contribute as much as I can, I live in Pretoria South Africa and am accessible through e-mail and telephone...

Bye for now
Paulin

>>> Olivier Nana Nz?pa <anais_ac@yahoo.fr> 13/12/2003 10:27:14 >>>
 Dear ALL
I avail myself this stop at Paris Airport to extend my
congratulations to all of you, who have maid it
possible to achieve what we did in Geneva. This goes
as well to those who managed to make it to Geneva as
those who worked behind the scene.
The African civil society has been successfull in
puting our agenda on the World civil Society
Declaration. Thanks to the help of African Diaspora,
we made the issue of social Development one of the
priorities.
I wish to all a safe journey back. In order to make
that the Geneva Summit not stay as the others
encounters, with a lot of speaches and no result, we
have to organize ourselves to act like watchdogs to
make sure in two years, we have concrete realizations
to present in Tunis. For that purpose, we felt the
need to set up a coordinating mechanism, which could
reach all the good wills dedicated to help rooting
ICTs in Africa.
The ones present in Geneva met on the 11th to kick
start the process. A working group, some countries and
regional representative volunteer to help design:
The kind of structure we might put in place; its
mission, and the criteria to be elected as country of
regional focal points. Nnenna and Diana have volunteer
to send to all of you the proposals already on the
table. It's up to you to enrish, or propose otherwise.
We have one month to complete this exercise.Beginning
Feb. we should start with what we have at hands at
that moment, in order to proactively lunch our action
plan for the year to come.
P.S Sorry for mispellings,etc. I will send the french
version while back home. They call for boarding.
Best
Olivier

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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Tue Dec 16 08:17:01 2003
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS need rest-and thanks
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV64ZkYvSpjYP0000aa68@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <20031216081701.5602.qmail@web21324.mail.yahoo.com>


This is in good and true spirit of fellowship and co-operation Amir ! I wish to extend the very best of wishes to all of you for the new year and the next phase!
Amali

west Asia <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear All members of CS

I think we all need a two weeks of leave and full rest! after such a huge
event and unbelievable efforts of all which make us all very tired and some
times frustrated, we need to regain and restore our energies for the next
fight for the next phase, which is even worse as we are dealing with
Tunisia, which does not have Swiss resources and history of tolerance and
democracy! by the way for the times being we gain a lot, but we need more
and should work hard for it as we did. I also should thank the youth who
really done a great job.

See you for the next phases, I also should sincerely thank and appreciate
the CSD of WSIS, Louise, Paola, Alain, Liliane, Claire, Mehdi, and others,
there worked really hard, maybe we are not all happy with many things, but
we should keep good contact and relations for future, dialogue is more
important. I should also thank the Swiss government and nation for their
support, we owe them.

See you in the next prepcoms and we're ready!

Best wishes for all and marry Christmas

Amir Barmaki


----- Original Message -----
From: "Renata BLOEM" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:59 PM
Subject: RE: CSB themes candidacy


> CONGO/NGO Family wants also to be included in the evaluation and strategy
> group. But let us have a break until mid January. It was great working
with
> you. Warm Christmas greetings and best wishes for a happy and healthy New
> Year!
> Renata
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bureau-request@geneva2003.org
> [mailto:bureau-request@geneva2003.org]On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 2:57 PM
> To: bureau@geneva2003.org
> Subject: Re: CSB themes candidacy
>
>
> I too, from the North American and European family would like to express
> our interest to be included in the evaluation and strategy groups.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
> --On 14 de dezembro de 2003 10:14 +0000 Barmaki Amir Hossein
> wrote:
>
> >
> > All
> >
> > Western asia region is happy to be inlduded in the evaluation and
> > strategy groups of CSB for the follow up to the next phase. I think we
> > should restore and re-organise soon to avoid the past dificulties.
> >
> > It was also a pleasure to meet you again and working with you. Miss
> > you untill the next prepcoms!
> >
> > Best Wishes
> >
> > Amir Barmaki
> > ICTRC
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*
> > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Tue Dec 16 12:31:47 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS news
Message-ID: <2147483647.1071559907@[192.168.0.55]>

Subject: RFID Bug devices track officials at world summit
From: rguerra@privaterra.org
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 02:39:46 -0500
X-Message-Number: 1

Sigh!

FYI - Stephanie Perrin and I  attended the UN World Summit on the
Information Society
(WSIS) last week in Geneva.

As per the story below , i'll just say .. The most important point
missed is that it being a UN summit, the data protection directives that
would apply are those in place are UN ones...which, i'm not sure exist.
or
do they?

regards

Robert

>
> Subject: RFID Bug devices track officials at world summit
> From: Jim Kelly <jimkelly@shaw.ca>
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:28:11 -0800
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031214-011754-1280r.htm
> December 14, 2003
>
>
>                      Bug devices track officials at summit
>
>
>                        By Audrey Hudson
>                        THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>
>
>
>                            Officials who attended a world Internet and
>                        technology summit in Switzerland last week
>                        were unknowingly bugged, said researchers
>                        who attended the forum.
>

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive/2003
/=
12/15/EDGGA3G8H41.DTL


Bumps on the Road to a Global Internet
Call for a wired world unplugged

Simon Davies      Monday, December 15, 2003
=20
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It was promoted as the great event for the Internet. Fifty heads of =
state and 12,000 delegates from 175 countries had gathered in Geneva to =
hammer out a blueprint for the future of the global information society.
=
Two years in preparation at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars =
and last week it spectacularly failed.

The U.N. World Summit on the Information Society was set up to reach =
global agreement on complex problems such as bridging the digital divide
=
between rich and poor, broadening access to information and enshrining =
the right of free expression. This would be measured by setting as the =
central goal to get the Internet, telephones and other communications to
=
at least half the world's inhabitants by 2015.

Such a worldwide effort was long overdue: Nearly half the world's people
=
have never made a phone call; crucial and often life-saving information =
about health and education is seldom available outside Western =
countries; and the majority of the world's governments still maintain an
=
iron grip over their citizens' communications.

Adopting the celebratory tone common to all such occasions, the leaders
of the rich and powerful governments and corporations agreed at the
summit's conclusion that a Neil Armstrong-like step had been taken in
the evolution of the information age.

Rubbish.

The event was an expensive boondoggle. It was such a waste that last
week I turned down a rare invitation to speak at its grand plenary.

"We are going through a historic transformation in the way we live,
learn, work, communicate and do business," said U.N. Secretary-General
Kofi Anan in his opening remarks. "We must do so not passively, but as
makers of our own destiny. Technology has produced the information age.
Now it is up to all of us to build an information society."

He went on to remind the thousands of delegates of the crucial
challenges ahead in opening up communications and information for the
poor of the world. Strong words indeed -- such a pity they went into
thin air.

Even as Anan was speaking, the Chinese delegates were busy gutting civil
rights from the summit's declaration of principles. Meanwhile, the U.S.
delegation and its corporate allies were stitching up a deal to
eliminate the establishment of a fund to finance telecommunications
infrastructure for poor African countries just as the Egyptians were
finalizing the death blow for a proposed guarantee of free expression.

Then came the nauseating hypocrisy, as country after country declared
principles that were diametrically opposed to their hidden agendas.
China's minister for the information industry proclaimed: "Freedom of
speech should be guaranteed and human dignity and rights safeguarded by
law" (subject, he added, to respect for cultural norms).

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak ignored his own country's appalling
record of censorship and discrimination to declare his commitment to
"freedom, democracy and respect of human rights" (subject to the caveat
of respect for national identity).

Nor is the United States immune to a charge of serial hypocrisy. While
it was proclaiming support for openness and freedom for the world, the
delegation was silently destroying a proposal to endorse the use of
"open source" software that might have been affordable to poor nations,
rather than the expensive "proprietary" software such as Microsoft
Windows. The U.S. efforts paid dividends: The draft declaration of
principles of the summit quickly changed from "support" for such
software to merely "promoting awareness."

The whole affair was a deplorable sham and a corporate gravy train in
which the poorest countries on Earth had yet again been exploited.

Of course, I might have been wrong. Maybe the free market can solve the
problems of the world's poor. Then I reflected on the news that all
delegates to the summit, rich and poor alike, were being forced to pay
$170 for access to the Internet for the week. Welcome to the future. 

From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Tue Dec 16 12:40:12 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet ICT Governance Caucus Report
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From: rguerra at privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS news
Message-ID: <2147483647.1071559369@[192.168.0.55]>

Subject: RFID Bug devices track officials at world summit
From: rguerra@privaterra.org
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 02:39:46 -0500
X-Message-Number: 1

Sigh!

FYI - Stephanie Perrin and I  attended the UN World Summit on the
Information Society
(WSIS) last week in Geneva.

As per the story below , i'll just say that there are certain factual
errors in the
article. The most important being that it being a UN summit, the data
protection
directives that would apply are those in place at the UN...which, i'm
not sure exist. or
do they?

regards

Robert

>
> Subject: RFID Bug devices track officials at world summit
> From: Jim Kelly <jimkelly@shaw.ca>
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:28:11 -0800
> X-Message-Number: 1
>
> http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031214-011754-1280r.htm
> December 14, 2003
>
>
>                      Bug devices track officials at summit
>
>
>                        By Audrey Hudson
>                        THE WASHINGTON TIMES
>
>
>
>                            Officials who attended a world Internet and
>                        technology summit in Switzerland last week
>                        were unknowingly bugged, said researchers
>                        who attended the forum.
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Fw: WSIS coverage
From: "Stephanie Perrin" <stephanie@digitaldiscretion.ca>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:21:34 -0500


WSIS coverageTo those interested in the WSIS Summit this week.  Simon =
Davies is being scathing, he was invited at the last minute to come and =
speak for three minutes at a plenary meeting on behalf of Civil Society,
=
and declined.  While the event was expensive and not well organized in =
some respects, on balance I must say that I think it is time the world =
started talking together about all of these topics.  Those multilateral =
multi-stakeholder efforts are always tedious, slow, and expensive; so is
=
democracy.  What is the alternative?  Watching while those on the other =
side of the digital divide fall off the economic map? Not talking to the
=
dictators and torturers and robber barons?

Canada had a huge delegation, including the federal government and =
provinces, a really great exhibit, had a lot to say in terms of internet
=
prevalence, content, and policy, and I am certainly proud as a Canadian =
of the many great projects we have funded both overseas and here at =
home.  Many human rights advocates were disappointed at the lowest =
common denominator which we reached in the final texts; welcome to =
international drafting parties.  However, we are closer to knowing the =
size of the job that needs to be done:  Immense.  And there is nothing =
more invigorating, when overwhelmed by complex expensive problems, than =
meeting dedicated people from around the world who are working =
tirelessly to make progress in their own areas of interest.  For lots of
=
folks, that interest is still making money and advancing their own =
interests.  For lots of others, it is education, human rights, economic =
development, a free press, health and agriculture, ....even equity.

I spoke on one of the high level roundtables, on behalf of Civil =
Society, along with Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation and
=
Peter Leuprecht, Dean of McGill law school.  Although our sense was that
=
our messages, about human rights, privacy and transparency, and free =
software, were not as welcome as the cheery messages that Simon Davies =
complains about below, nevertheless I think we are all committed to =
hammering away on these issues forever.  We'll be back, as Arnold =
says...

the website for the WSIS conference is at http://www.itu.int/wsis/

Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:13 AM
Subject: WSIS coverage




In today's San Francisco Chronicle.=20

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive/2003
/=
12/15/EDGGA3G8H41.DTL


Bumps on the Road to a Global Internet
Call for a wired world unplugged

Simon Davies      Monday, December 15, 2003
=20
------------------------------------------------------------------------


It was promoted as the great event for the Internet. Fifty heads of =
state and 12,000 delegates from 175 countries had gathered in Geneva to =
hammer out a blueprint for the future of the global information society.
=
Two years in preparation at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars =
and last week it spectacularly failed.

The U.N. World Summit on the Information Society was set up to reach =
global agreement on complex problems such as bridging the digital divide
=
between rich and poor, broadening access to information and enshrining =
the right of free expression. This would be measured by setting as the =
central goal to get the Internet, telephones and other communications to
=
at least half the world's inhabitants by 2015.

Such a worldwide effort was long overdue: Nearly half the world's people
=
have never made a phone call; crucial and often life-saving information =
about health and education is seldom available outside Western =
countries; and the majority of the world's governments still maintain an
=
iron grip over their citizens' communications.

Adopting the celebratory tone common to all such occasions, the leaders =
of the rich and powerful governments and corporations agreed at the =
summit's conclusion that a Neil Armstrong-like step had been taken in =
the evolution of the information age.

Rubbish.

The event was an expensive boondoggle. It was such a waste that last =
week I turned down a rare invitation to speak at its grand plenary.

"We are going through a historic transformation in the way we live, =
learn, work, communicate and do business," said U.N. Secretary-General =
Kofi Anan in his opening remarks. "We must do so not passively, but as =
makers of our own destiny. Technology has produced the information age. =
Now it is up to all of us to build an information society."

He went on to remind the thousands of delegates of the crucial =
challenges ahead in opening up communications and information for the =
poor of the world. Strong words indeed -- such a pity they went into =
thin air.

Even as Anan was speaking, the Chinese delegates were busy gutting civil
=
rights from the summit's declaration of principles. Meanwhile, the U.S. =
delegation and its corporate allies were stitching up a deal to =
eliminate the establishment of a fund to finance telecommunications =
infrastructure for poor African countries just as the Egyptians were =
finalizing the death blow for a proposed guarantee of free expression.

Then came the nauseating hypocrisy, as country after country declared =
principles that were diametrically opposed to their hidden agendas. =
China's minister for the information industry proclaimed: "Freedom of =
speech should be guaranteed and human dignity and rights safeguarded by =
law" (subject, he added, to respect for cultural norms).

Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak ignored his own country's appalling =
record of censorship and discrimination to declare his commitment to =
"freedom, democracy and respect of human rights" (subject to the caveat =
of respect for national identity).

Nor is the United States immune to a charge of serial hypocrisy. While =
it was proclaiming support for openness and freedom for the world, the =
delegation was silently destroying a proposal to endorse the use of =
"open source" software that might have been affordable to poor nations, =
rather than the expensive "proprietary" software such as Microsoft =
Windows. The U.S. efforts paid dividends: The draft declaration of =
principles of the summit quickly changed from "support" for such =
software to merely "promoting awareness."

The whole affair was a deplorable sham and a corporate gravy train in =
which the poorest countries on Earth had yet again been exploited.

Of course, I might have been wrong. Maybe the free market can solve the =
problems of the world's poor. Then I reflected on the news that all =
delegates to the summit, rich and poor alike, were being forced to pay =
$170 for access to the Internet for the week. Welcome to the future.

From yjpark at myepark.com  Tue Dec 16 13:39:05 2003
From: yjpark at myepark.com (YJ Park)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet ICT Governance Caucus Report
References: <FE05132E-2FC4-11D8-BB39-000393CB284C@imv.au.dk>
Message-ID: <01f201c3c3da$0b933730$122c3b18@YJ>

For clarification of Wolfgang's message as one of co-coordinators 
of this group.

1. Caucus name

The current caucus name is named as ICT Global Governance since Sept.
http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html

[Internet ICT Governance caucus] is suggested as one of candidates for 
caucus name together with [Internet Governance caucus]. The decision 
will be made in the mailing list through voting.

2. Caucus coordinator election is suggested in the future through mailing list.
In the F2F meeting, Jeanette Hofmann(Wissenschaftszentrum) and Adam 
Peake(GLOCOM) were nominated. Nomination process in the mailing list 
will be continued and more specific election process will be identified.

3. 2nd Governance Caucus Meeting Minutes in WSIS Phase I

https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/private/governance/2003-December/000531.html

4. Governance group is expected to respect its rules and procedures.

YJ Park
Co-Coordinator of ICT Global Governance Caucus
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wolfgang Kleinw?chter 
  To: Veni Markovski 
  Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org ; governance@lists.cpsr.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 7:40 AM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet ICT Governance Caucus Report


  FYI

  wolfgang





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  Summary of the meetings of the Civil Society Internet ICT Governance Caucus during the 1st Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Geneva, December, 10 - 12, 2003

  1. The Internet ICT Governance Caucus had two meetings during the summit. The first meeting took place on Tuesday, December, 9, 2003 from 16.15 - 18.00 (26 participants). The second meeting took place on Friday, December, 12, 2003, from 15.00 - 16.20 (13 participants). The two meetings discussed both internal and procedural matters of the caucus as well as strategic policy issued for further activities. 

  2. 'The policy discussion was related mainly to the new consensus language which was adopted by the governments in the WSIS declaration and the WSIS Action Plan. The participants agreed after a first reading of the new text, that a substantial number of civil society input* is reflected in the two documents and the text as a whole is rather acceptable from the civil society point of view. 

  3. With regard to the declaration the following remarks can be made
  . para 48
  a. the recognition of "multilateral, transparent and democratic" was one key issue of the caucus, although the caucus would have preferred instead of "multilateral" multistakeholder"
  b. "full involvement of ... civil society and international organisation" is a success, although "intergovernmental" is not mentioned
  c. "ensure equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and ensure stable and secure functioning of the Internet, taking into account multilingualism". This is mnore or less exactly the language we proposed in Paris and during PrepCom3. 
  . para.49
  a. "should involve all stakeholders", that is we wanted to have
  b. "civil society has played an important role on Internet matters, especially on the community level", this is for the first time, the role of civil society is officially recognized and defined as "important". Certainly, it adds "community level" and does not mention "individual Internet users", but the spirit is there
  . para. 50
  a. "in a coordinated manner", we always said the "coordination, consultation and cooperation" is more important than "govern"
  b. "open and inclusive process", this is we wanted to have
  c. "a mechanism", a word, we introduced as part of the argumentation that no single organization but a networks of organizations should manage different aspects
  d. "full and active particiation of ... civil society from both developed and developing countries", that is what we wanted

  4. With regard to the plan of action the following comments can be made
  . para. 13:
  a. "transparency" was one of the main points for the Caucus, it welcomes also that "incentives" should be given not only to "investment" but also to "community development"
  b. the inclusion of civil society on a more or less equal footing in to the work of the planned mechanism can be seen as an achievement. The mandat for the group follows a number of proposals of the caucus like a workable definition of internet governance, and the clarification of the role of different players, by recognizing that no single organization alone can be responsible for the internet as a whole. 
  c. while civil society had reservations to strengthen too much national souvereignty in connection with ccTLDs, we see the formulation in 13.c.ii with the addition "as appropriate" as acceptable.
  d. it is imporyant that the root server issue is mentioned, although it is unclear what the "promotion of regional root servers" means in practice. (mirroring existing root servers in a vertical way or adding new root servers and establishing alternative roots?). It is also important that iDNs are mentioned in the context of overcoming barriers to access.

  5. The key issues for the next time is the question, how the caucus is included into the creation of the new "Kofi Annan Group". Two options has been discussed: Writing an official letter to Kofi Annan, offering the Internet ICT Caucus as the CS platform for further cooperation or continuing with bilateral consultations of caucus members with key players from government and private industry by organizing a series if events which would demonstrate the competence and capacity of the caucus and to which other stakeholders should be invited. The majority supported the second approach.

  6. The following timetable for the forthcoming events was elaborated
  . February, 5-6, 2004, Zuerich, Domain Plus ccTLD Meeting
  . March, 2 - 5, 2004, Rome, ICANN Meeting
  . March, 30 - 31, New York, UN ICT Task Force
  . April, 20 - 24, 2004, Berkeley, CPF Conference
  . May, 10 - 14, 2004, Barcelona, INET/ISOC
  . June 2004, WSIS II PrepCom
  . July, 20 - 23, 2004, Kuala Lumpur, ICANN Meeting
  . September, 24 - 25, 2004, Aarhus, ICANN Studienkreis 
  . December, 1 - 5, Cape Town, ICANN meeting

  7. These and other events should be used by individual members either to make statements on behalf of the caucus or to organize Sessions and Round Tables on issues, related to the mandate of the "Kofi Annan Group". Furthermore, it was discussed that members of the caucus should start to produce academic papers on 
  a. a definition of Internet Governance and
  b. on the inter-relationship between public policy and technical issues in internet governance

  8. The next main F2F event for the Caucus itself should be in connection with the ICANN Rome meeting in early March. This meeting would give also an opportunity to discuss the further relationship between the emerging At lagre Structures of ICANN and the WSIS CS Internet ICT Caucus.- 

  9. On procedural issues the Caucus discussed the following issued and supported the relevant recommendations
  . The Caucus should be renamed into "CS Internet ICT Governance Caucus"
  . The main mission of the Caucus should be related to the framework, set by the WSIS Declaration and the WSIS Plan of Action
  . The Caucus should have an own Website (Affilias offered to sponsor Webspace under .info)
  . The Caucus should start a series of Online Publication Series under "CS Internet ICT Governance Caucus Papers". A Logo should be developed
  . Discussions and other material should be archived and made accessible via the website
  . The governance list should be extended and more outreach should bring more members

  10. There was a discussion on the need for an evaluation of the work of the Caucus, the further clarification of its mission and the outreach to new members. It was discussed, whether individual members should be seen mainly as "academic experts" or as representatives of their institutions and organisations. Members said, that there is no conflict between the two options. 

  11. As new Co-Chairs Jeanette Hofmann, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, and Adam Peake, GLOCOM Tokio, were proposed. 


  Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
  Co-Chair

  Aarhus, December, 15. 2003


  * Input of the CS Internet ICT Caucus into the WSIS Process included next to numerous individual bilateral consultations with governmental representatives and representatives of the private sector and concrete contributions to the Civil Society Declaration and the benchmark document
  . a round table discussion during PrepCom2, Geneva, June 2003
  . a statement on Internet Governance in the Plenary during PrepCom2, Geneva, June 2003
  . two statements on Internet Governance in the Plenary during the InterSessional meeting in Paris, July 2003.
  . One Round table discussion during PrepCom3 in Geneva, September 2003
  . two statements in the Plenary and in the working group during PrepCom3, Geneva, September 2003
  . two oral statements in the informal Internet governance working group during PrepCom3, geneva, June 2003, 
  . one statement in the Working Group in PrepCom3bis, Geneva, November 2003
  . one oral statement in the informal working group in PrepCom3bis, Geneva, November 2003 


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From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] A quiet summit...?
Message-ID: <2147483647.1071564499@[192.168.0.55]>

<http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/a_quiet_summit.a
sp>



A quiet summit. Civil society has had a quiet summit. It has delivered
few of the press conferences, eye-catching stunts and noisy
demonstrations that normally keep the media entertained.

Its representatives adopted a counter-declaration, condemned the Swiss
authories and summit organisers, but failed to provide a definitive
assessment of the summit's outcome. 

Instead, the human rights caucus delivered a somewhat lacklustre final
press conference, expressing relief that "a major setback in the
international consensus on human rights has been avoided in the final
declaration."

After the conference, Diana Bronson said that WSIS had not been a waste
of time, despite the brick wall activists had met on a number of issues. 

"There is a sense of real frustration that there has been a lack of
advance but it is never a waste of time for governments to sit down and
talk," she said. "I am pleased that they understand that the information
society is not just about laying a cable around the world."

Civil society's uncertainty has two causes. Invited into the WSIS
process, it's now reluctant to stamp its feet when it doesn't get its
own way. Also, it knows this is a summit of two halves. NGOs may well
arrive in Tunis in much less compliant mood.

Written with Claire Regan.

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Tue Dec 16 13:50:38 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] A parting shot
Message-ID: <2147483647.1071564638@[192.168.0.55]>

<http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/a_parting_shot.a
sp>



A parting shot. Civil Society wound up summit proceedings with a
strongly worded statement condemning both the Swiss authorities and the
summit organisers - a statement that caused Kofi Annan's special
advisor, Nitin Desai, to erupt in fury when it was put to him by Daily
Summit at WSIS's closing press conference.

Civil society activists, however, ducked questions over whether they
would boycott the second part of the summit in Tunis, if Tunisia did not
improve its human rights record. An indication, we suspect, of deep
divisions within the lobby. 

"We unanimously condemn the undemocratic actions of the Swiss
authorities and the summit organisers in suppressing dissenting and
alternative voices," the statement said.

It highlighted the eviction of Polymedia (previously reported as
morecock-up than conspiracy), the alleged confiscation of newspapers,
and the treatment of 50 protestors who were surrounded by 40 police
officers, before being searched and taken to the police station if they
refused to identify themselves.

?These events continue the pattern of political repression that has been
a constant feature of public life in Geneva since the G-8 meeting early
in 2003. We strongly condemn these violations of the right to assemble
and freedom of expression that have cast a shadow of hypocrisy over the
summit."

"I have a feeling that these people were at a different conference,"
Nitin Desai responded when we read extracts from the statement to him.
"I would like to see who these people are, who they are speaking for,
and what level of consensus there have behind them."

Civil society's troubles over Tunisia continue. Rights and democracy
activistDiana Bronson said she was unable to speak on behalf of civil
society, when asked whether NGOs would be prepared to go to Tunis. After
the press conference, however, she told Daily Summit there was a boycott
was on the cards. 

?Speaking personally, I would say that there is possibility that civil
society will not be going if there aren't improvements in Tunisia. But I
would add that the chances of a boycott are not strong," she said.

President of Switzerland, Pascal Couchepin commented: "The decision [to
go to Tunis] is absolutely clear. It was taken at international level by
the United Nations. We know there are problems in Tunisia. We know
progress is needed in human rights. But we don't think it is right for a
single country to say anything against a decision taken by the
international community." 

Claire Regan @ December 12, 2003 07:27 PM

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Tue Dec 16 13:56:10 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at?
Message-ID: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]>

<http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/2003_12_01_archive.html#107115743
343833842>

Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at???
At the closing press conference for the World Summit on the Information
Society, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Nitin Desai voiced
pointed skepticism over civil society's lambasting of the Summit's
treatment of protesters and alternative media. Civil Society
representatives had released a statement criticizing the authorities for
the way they've handled the protestors: "We strongly condemn these
violations of the right to assemble and freedom of expression that have
cast a shadow of hypocrisy over the summit." 

Desai, however, shot back when asked about this by DailySummit.net's
David Steven. "I think these people were attending a different
conference," he said. "I'd like to see what they're talking about, who
they're speaking for." Yoshio Utsumi of the ITU, meanwhile, cited how
civil society had a place at the table throughout the entire preparatory
process. "All stakeholders could express their views." 

President Couchepin of the Swiss Confederation praised the event as "a
success" whose declaration and action plan will form "the constitution
of the information society." Regarding the failure of the summit to
successfully address Internet governance and the approval of a digital
solidarity fund, Utsumi added, "We couldn't set up clear measures, but
we all agreed to continue to work to the Tunisian phase" of the summit,
which takes place in November 2005. Desai seconded this, saying that the
UN needed to "maintain the momentum" generated in Geneva in order to
work out a final plan of action for Tunis. 

When asked about the lack of free expression in Tunisia, which will host
the next summit, panelists demurred. "It's not up to Switzerland to
judge," Couchepin said. Nitin Desai added, "The standard of access
within the conference will be the same" as other UN conferences. Tell
that to the dissidents standing outside the Tunisia summit's security
cordon, I thought. A representative from Tunisian state television then
jumped in and insisted that people should stop harping on Tunisia for
its record on free expression and dissent. "I think we need to put an
end to this childish debate," he declared, before being asked by the
moderator if he actually had a question to ask the panel. 

He did not. -ac 


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Tue Dec 16 15:22:25 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] A quiet summit...?
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1071564499@[192.168.0.55]>
Message-ID: <A6F26344-2FDB-11D8-ACDC-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Next time, we should think about immolating someone, to entertain the  
media.
Meryem

Le mardi, 16 d?c 2003, ? 14:48 Europe/Paris, Robert Guerra a ?crit :

> <http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/ 
> a_quiet_summit.a
> sp>
>
>
>
> A quiet summit. Civil society has had a quiet summit. It has delivered
> few of the press conferences, eye-catching stunts and noisy
> demonstrations that normally keep the media entertained.
>
> Its representatives adopted a counter-declaration, condemned the Swiss
> authories and summit organisers, but failed to provide a definitive
> assessment of the summit's outcome.
>
> Instead, the human rights caucus delivered a somewhat lacklustre final
> press conference, expressing relief that "a major setback in the
> international consensus on human rights has been avoided in the final
> declaration."
>
> After the conference, Diana Bronson said that WSIS had not been a waste
> of time, despite the brick wall activists had met on a number of  
> issues.
>
> "There is a sense of real frustration that there has been a lack of
> advance but it is never a waste of time for governments to sit down and
> talk," she said. "I am pleased that they understand that the  
> information
> society is not just about laying a cable around the world."
>
> Civil society's uncertainty has two causes. Invited into the WSIS
> process, it's now reluctant to stamp its feet when it doesn't get its
> own way. Also, it knows this is a summit of two halves. NGOs may well
> arrive in Tunis in much less compliant mood.
>
> Written with Claire Regan.
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Tue Dec 16 15:32:51 2003
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] A quiet summit...?
In-Reply-To: <A6F26344-2FDB-11D8-ACDC-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <A6F26344-2FDB-11D8-ACDC-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <p06010200bc04d4fd9b43@[192.168.1.100]>

Yes, perhaps we should compile a list of nominees 
to submit to the CS secretariat. Of course, those 
identified as nominees should not be informed 
that they are to be "immolees," rather that they 
are to be honored recipients of overpasses:-)

Lisa


>Next time, we should think about immolating someone, to entertain the media.
>Meryem
>
>Le mardi, 16 d?c 2003, ? 14:48 Europe/Paris, Robert Guerra a ?crit :
>
>><http://www.dailysummit.net/english/archives/2003/12/12/a_quiet_summit.a
>>sp>
>>
>>
>>
>>A quiet summit. Civil society has had a quiet summit. It has delivered
>>few of the press conferences, eye-catching stunts and noisy
>>demonstrations that normally keep the media entertained.
>>
>>Its representatives adopted a counter-declaration, condemned the Swiss
>>authories and summit organisers, but failed to provide a definitive
>>assessment of the summit's outcome.
>>
>>Instead, the human rights caucus delivered a somewhat lacklustre final
>>press conference, expressing relief that "a major setback in the
>>international consensus on human rights has been avoided in the final
>>declaration."
>>
>>After the conference, Diana Bronson said that WSIS had not been a waste
>>of time, despite the brick wall activists had met on a number of issues.
>>
>>"There is a sense of real frustration that there has been a lack of
>>advance but it is never a waste of time for governments to sit down and
>>talk," she said. "I am pleased that they understand that the information
>>society is not just about laying a cable around the world."
>>
>>Civil society's uncertainty has two causes. Invited into the WSIS
>>process, it's now reluctant to stamp its feet when it doesn't get its
>>own way. Also, it knows this is a summit of two halves. NGOs may well
>>arrive in Tunis in much less compliant mood.
>>
>>Written with Claire Regan.
>>_______________________________________________
>>Plenary mailing list
>>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Dec 16 17:25:08 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] How was the summit? A helpful list in case your friends (or any
 reporters) ask you
Message-ID: <3FDF3FF4.315A8E76@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi all,

now that the summit is a few days away and most of the participants are
home again, their loved ones and peers who could not go themselves will
be asking how it was. Rik Panganiban and myself have compiled a helpful
list to make sure you do not forget anything: 

*drumroll*

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the summit". 

read it at http://www.worldsummit2003.org

Best, Ralf

From sacoura at pariswave.com  Tue Dec 16 21:45:53 2003
From: sacoura at pariswave.com (Yoshiko Kurisaki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:21 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] How was the summit? A helpful list in case
	your friends (or any reporters) ask you
In-Reply-To: <3FDF3FF4.315A8E76@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <BC053853.22F1%sacoura@pariswave.com>

Rik, Ralph,

Thanks a lot for this timely work. Good summary of the fresh air from the
WSIS.

I would like to add "Smoke" as one of the Bad's.  The entire summit venue
was full of smoke from cigarettes. Improved ventilation, smoking corners
separated by walls, etc. could have been solutions. Maybe next time.

Thanks again for your energy devoted to the WSIS.

Best regards,   Yoshiko



From XAVIER.ANSELMO at wanadoo.fr  Tue Dec 16 20:25:18 2003
From: XAVIER.ANSELMO at wanadoo.fr (XAVIER.ANSELMO@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT : GAIA THEMIS
Message-ID: <20031216202525.0E08D2BB52@dingbat.gn.apc.org>

Gaia Themis , la seule association dont l'unique objectif est la creation de l'OME en partenariat avec l'universite et la societe civile.

Bonjour,
 
 
L'association environnementale GAIA THEMIS a le plaisir de vous inviter a la projection d'un film-documentaire sur l'ascension du Mustagh Ata suivi d'une rencontre avec les fondateurs de cette association dont l'objet principal est de promouvoir la creation d'une Organisation Mondiale de l'Environnement.
 
Pour plus de details sur GAIA THEMIS je vous invite a visiter notre site internet  a l'adresse suivante : 

http://www.gaiathemis.com

et 

http://homepage.mac.com/gimalac1/Menu4.html
 
Par ailleurs, vous trouverez en piece jointe la plaquette d'invitation avec possibilite de reserver en ligne vos places. Vous pourrez y trouver tous les renseignements utiles (date, lieu et heure).

Pour reserver, cliquer sur : http://homepage.mac.com/gimalac1/Education16.html

 
En esperant vous compter parmi nous.
 
cordialement.
 
 
Le secretaire General de l'association GAIA THEMIS 


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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Wed Dec 17 08:19:52 2003
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were
 You at?
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]>
References: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]>
Message-ID: <p05100316bc05c07c0d96@[192.168.1.229]>

><http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/2003_12_01_archive.html#107115743
>343833842>
>
>Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at???
>At the closing press conference for the World Summit on the Information
>Society, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Nitin Desai voiced
>pointed skepticism over civil society's lambasting of the Summit's
>treatment of protesters and alternative media. Civil Society
>representatives had released a statement criticizing the authorities for
>the way they've handled the protestors: "We strongly condemn these
>violations of the right to assemble and freedom of expression that have
>cast a shadow of hypocrisy over the summit."


Did we release a press statement after the final plenary on Friday 
afternoon?  Bit confused about what was said, where the quote comes 
from.

Thanks,

Adam

-- 

From albert.koellner at vibe.at  Wed Dec 17 10:07:22 2003
From: albert.koellner at vibe.at (Albert Koellner)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at?
In-Reply-To: <p05100316bc05c07c0d96@[192.168.1.229]>
References: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]>
Message-ID: <20031217100729.6DBD714B679@mail.gn.apc.org>

On 17 Dec 2003 at 17:19, Adam Peake wrote:

> ><http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/2003_12_01_archive.html#107115743
> >343833842>
> >
> >Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at???
> >At the closing press conference for the World Summit on the Information
> >Society, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Nitin Desai voiced
> >pointed skepticism over civil society's lambasting of the Summit's treatment
> >of protesters and alternative media. Civil Society representatives had
> >released a statement criticizing the authorities for the way they've handled
> >the protestors: "We strongly condemn these violations of the right to
> >assemble and freedom of expression that have cast a shadow of hypocrisy over
> >the summit."
> 
> 
> Did we release a press statement after the final plenary on Friday 
> afternoon?  Bit confused about what was said, where the quote comes 
> from.

http://www.hubproject.org/news/2003/12/404.php
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/12/282794.html
> PRESS RELEASE
> December 12, 2003
> 
> The Civil Society Plenary, meeting in its final session during the first
> phase of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) taking place
> from December 10-12, 2003 in Geneva, unanimously condemns the undemocratic
> actions of the Swiss authorities and the Summit organisers in suppressing
> dissenting and alternative voices. 
[...]

IIRC the statement was read at the HR Caucus press conference, the video 
stream is here:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/coverage/archive-en-pc|12.asp

Albert
-- 
VIBE!AT - Verein f?r Internet-Benutzer ?sterreichs
VIBE!AT - Austrian Association for Internet Users
http://www.vibe.at/ 


From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Wed Dec 17 15:48:38 2003
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statement RT III Wolfgang
In-Reply-To: <E1AUXBR-0002NW-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>
References: <E1AUXBR-0002NW-00@smtp.imv.au.dk>
Message-ID: <p05100335bc062aad55ab@[192.168.1.229]>

Catching up on a backlog of mail.  Just came to read the statement 
Wolfgang read during one of the roundtables at WSIS last week.

I think it's exceptional.  It captures not just the differences 
between CS and govt declarations, but my whole impression of Palexpo: 
from the vibrancy and vision of the ICT4D hall, and drudgery of the 
plenary space.

Wolfgang, very well done.

Thanks,

Adam




>Round Table III: ICT and the Goals of the Millenium Declaration
>Geneva, December, 11, 2003
>
>
>Statement by
>Wolfgang Kleinwaechter
>University of Aarhus, Member of the Civil Society WSIS Bureau
>
>
>
>Dear Mr. Moderator,
>
>Last night I heard the first WSIS joke. Three Heads of State are 
>coming to WSIS in Geneva. The first one says ?Yes?. The second one 
>says ?No?. And the third one says ?I agree?. Here we have the 
>consensus.
>
>What this joke tells us? The Governmental WSIS Declaration is a 
>consensus document on the lowest level. But to reach the aims of the 
>Millenium Declaration, you need more than the lowest level. While it 
>is understandable, that governments has to follow to principle of 
>consensus, it becomes also evident, that, when governments are 
>unable to agree, other stakeholders, private industry and civil 
>society, has to step in to move things forward. People can and will 
>not wait.
>
>Civil society can play an tremendous role in achieving the goals of 
>the Millenium Declaration, reducing poverty and promoting 
>sustainable development. They have the knowledge and the expertise, 
>they have the networks and they have the linkage to the day-to-day 
>problems of the people on the ground. Governments should invite, 
>encourage and enable civil society organisations to take a lot of 
>the WSIS issues in their own hands to let things grow bottom up. 
>Only such a bottom up approach will lead to sustainable development. 
>If it comes top down, it will fail.
>
>The interesting thing here in WSIS is, that at the end of the Summit 
>we have two declarations. The Governmental WSIS Declaration, which 
>is signed tomorrow, and the Civil Society WSIS Declaration, which is 
>signed today. If you compare the two documents, you will find, that 
>the Governmental WSIS Declaration says what could be done, while the 
>Civil Society WSIS Declaration says what should be done. With other 
>words, the two declarations mark the distance between today?s 
>realities and tomorrow?s expectations.
>
>To take only one example, the question of Human Right. The 
>governments celebrate the consensus on Article 19 of the Human 
>Rights Declaration of 1948 as the basis for the global information 
>society. Certainly, the reaffirmation of the status quo is better 
>than a status quo minus. But Article 19 was drafted in the 
>Industrial Age. We are living now in the Information Age. Civil 
>Society expected  from the summit a status quo plus. It expected, 
>that the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 19 of 
>the Human Rights Declaration, will be further developed with access 
>and participation rights for information and communication in the 
>cyberspace. No word about this in the Governmental WSIS Declaration.
>
>The Civil Society WSIS Declaration is not an Anti-Governmental 
>Declaration, it is complementary. It says what governments are 
>unable to say and it offers constructive engagement.
>
>This signals also a new relationship between Civil Society and 
>Governments in the WSIS process, probably one of the most important 
>side effects oif WSIS. Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not 
>throw stones, it produces papers. Civil Society has moved from 
>turmoil to trust. And there is an opportunity, that continues input 
>on the road to Tunis will lead to growing impact.
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Wsis Mailingliste
>JPBerlin - Mailbox und Politischer Provider
>Wsis@ilpostino.jpberlin.de
>http://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/wsis


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From annewalker at iwtc.org  Wed Dec 17 16:33:04 2003
From: annewalker at iwtc.org (Anne S Walker)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statement RT III Wolfgang
In-Reply-To: <p05100335bc062aad55ab@[192.168.1.229]>
Message-ID: <BC05EF70.5348%annewalker@iwtc.org>

I would agree with Adam. It's just a fine, crisp and to-the-point piece by
Wolfgang and I would like permission to send it out on the IWTC Women's
GlobalNet if that is OK?

Particularly like the quote "Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not
throw stones, it produces papers. Civil Society has moved from
turmoil to trust."

Let's hope the trust is warranted!!

Anne


Anne S. Walker
IWTC Special Projects Coordinator
1308/14 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, VIC 3006
AUSTRALIA
Tel: (+61-3) 9682-1510
Mobile: (+61-409) 518-780
E-mail: <annewalker@iwtc.org> or
<aswalker@bigpond.net.au>
Web: <http://www.iwtc.org>

on 17/12/03 10:48 AM, Adam Peake at ajp@glocom.ac.jp wrote:

> Catching up on a backlog of mail.  Just came to read the statement
> Wolfgang read during one of the roundtables at WSIS last week.
> 
> I think it's exceptional.  It captures not just the differences
> between CS and govt declarations, but my whole impression of Palexpo:
> from the vibrancy and vision of the ICT4D hall, and drudgery of the
> plenary space.
> 
> Wolfgang, very well done.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Adam
> 
> Round Table III: ICT and the Goals of the Millenium Declaration
>Geneva, December, 11, 2003
>> 
>> 
>> Statement by
>> Wolfgang Kleinwaechter
>> University of Aarhus, Member of the Civil Society WSIS Bureau
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Dear Mr. Moderator,
>> 
>> Last night I heard the first WSIS joke. Three Heads of State are
>> coming to WSIS in Geneva. The first one says ?Yes?. The second one
>> says ?No?. And the third one says ?I agree?. Here we have the
>> consensus.
>> 
>> What this joke tells us? The Governmental WSIS Declaration is a
>> consensus document on the lowest level. But to reach the aims of the
>> Millenium Declaration, you need more than the lowest level. While it
>> is understandable, that governments has to follow to principle of
>> consensus, it becomes also evident, that, when governments are
>> unable to agree, other stakeholders, private industry and civil
>> society, has to step in to move things forward. People can and will
>> not wait.
>> 
>> Civil society can play an tremendous role in achieving the goals of
>> the Millenium Declaration, reducing poverty and promoting
>> sustainable development. They have the knowledge and the expertise,
>> they have the networks and they have the linkage to the day-to-day
>> problems of the people on the ground. Governments should invite,
>> encourage and enable civil society organisations to take a lot of
>> the WSIS issues in their own hands to let things grow bottom up.
>> Only such a bottom up approach will lead to sustainable development.
>> If it comes top down, it will fail.
>> 
>> The interesting thing here in WSIS is, that at the end of the Summit
>> we have two declarations. The Governmental WSIS Declaration, which
>> is signed tomorrow, and the Civil Society WSIS Declaration, which is
>> signed today. If you compare the two documents, you will find, that
>> the Governmental WSIS Declaration says what could be done, while the
>> Civil Society WSIS Declaration says what should be done. With other
>> words, the two declarations mark the distance between today?s
>> realities and tomorrow?s expectations.
>> 
>> To take only one example, the question of Human Right. The
>> governments celebrate the consensus on Article 19 of the Human
>> Rights Declaration of 1948 as the basis for the global information
>> society. Certainly, the reaffirmation of the status quo is better
>> than a status quo minus. But Article 19 was drafted in the
>> Industrial Age. We are living now in the Information Age. Civil
>> Society expected  from the summit a status quo plus. It expected,
>> that the right to freedom of expression, enshrined in Article 19 of
>> the Human Rights Declaration, will be further developed with access
>> and participation rights for information and communication in the
>> cyberspace. No word about this in the Governmental WSIS Declaration.
>> 
>> The Civil Society WSIS Declaration is not an Anti-Governmental
>> Declaration, it is complementary. It says what governments are
>> unable to say and it offers constructive engagement.
>> 
>> This signals also a new relationship between Civil Society and
>> Governments in the WSIS process, probably one of the most important
>> side effects oif WSIS. Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not
>> throw stones, it produces papers. Civil Society has moved from
>> turmoil to trust. And there is an opportunity, that continues input
>> on the road to Tunis will lead to growing impact.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Wsis Mailingliste
>> JPBerlin - Mailbox und Politischer Provider
>> Wsis@ilpostino.jpberlin.de
>> http://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/wsis
> 


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Dec 17 17:14:36 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statement RT III Wolfgang
References: <BC05EF70.5348%annewalker@iwtc.org>
Message-ID: <3FE08EFC.4C8DC212@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi,

I agree with you all that Wolfgangs statement was one of the very good
ones. 
(That is why I have put it online at www.worldsummit2003.org.) 

And this sentence ist for sure correct: 
> Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not
> throw stones, it produces papers. 

We still must make sure that we have an influence here and are not lured
into playing the game by the rules of those in power. For that reason
some turmoil and some publicly voiced distrust sometimes can be very
useful. 
The question is always: When and what and in which dosage?

I just want to make sure that what happens here is not what an Austrian
journalist recently said to me: 

"I see - after Seattle, they took you off the streets and decided to
ignore you inside." :-) 

But we can probably say that we could not be ignored here any more. 

We only have to make sure this trend moves further, and reflect our
(changing) role in the process all the time.

Just my 5 per cent.

Ralf

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Dec 17 17:43:28 2003
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Fullsack Jean-Louis)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at?
References: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]> <p05100316bc05c07c0d96@[192.168.1.229]>
Message-ID: <007e01c3c4c5$4a02ba40$0a00000a@default>

Hi Adam
During our last CS plenary during the Summit (Friday afternoon, Room C) we
were informed of the events that happened outside of Palexpo and about the
behaviour of the Swiss police face to people peacefully manifesting for the
same issues we dealt with since the WSIS beginning. I therefore asked the
Bureau to protest energically against that. The Plenary backed my proposal
quasi unanimously. Susanna and myself volonteered to work out a press
release following this decision, with the assistance of a couple of young
people who testified what they lived during the manifestation.
I do believe that this press release was necessary and a quite "natural"
expression of our solidarity to the peaceful manifesting people. If we miss
that there is neither need nor reason for CS WSIS organisation entailing a
"Human rights Caucus" and discussing their different ways of expression and
application in an IS.
Furthermore I'd like to add that if CS wants to be consistent with itself
and witness its credibility and respectability, we must be very rigourous in
democratic countries in the "North" before we want to condemn threats for
civil rights in "the South" and especially in Tunesia.
I'm sure Adam that you'll agree on these explanations.
Sorry for having been too long and for my approximative english
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You
at?


><http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/2003_12_01_archive.html#107115743
>343833842>
>
>Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at??
>At the closing press conference for the World Summit on the Information
>Society, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Nitin Desai voiced
>pointed skepticism over civil society's lambasting of the Summit's
>treatment of protesters and alternative media. Civil Society
>representatives had released a statement criticizing the authorities for
>the way they've handled the protestors: "We strongly condemn these
>violations of the right to assemble and freedom of expression that have
>cast a shadow of hypocrisy over the summit."


Did we release a press statement after the final plenary on Friday
afternoon?  Bit confused about what was said, where the quote comes
from.

Thanks,

Adam

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From charles.geiger at itu.int  Wed Dec 17 16:12:40 2003
From: charles.geiger at itu.int (charles.geiger@itu.int)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [CRIS Info] censorship at the WSIS
Message-ID: <055DA814F0A9C643A0594D50C23D6C7B03C29787@mailsrv7.itu.ch>

Dear Mr. Murmann

It was very clear from the beginning that all messages had to be screened,
simply in order, among other, to avoid racist and xenophobe messages. The
screening was done by a team, which may sometimes (and in your case) have
been too strict. Another Message  BLOCHER  NO passed on the Jet d'eau (and
came into the newspapers in Geneva). 

More information on the screening is contained in the last bulletin from Mr.
Gees, see attachment.

Kind regards

Charles Geiger
Coordination
Executive Secretariat
World Summit on the Information Society
c/o ITU, Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

  





-----Original Message-----
From: Armin Murmann - IES-HETS - Gen?ve
[mailto:Armin.Murmann@ies.unige.ch]
Sent: vendredi, 12. d?cembre 2003 16:55
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; mh@wacc.org.uk; crisinfo@comunica.org;
redaction@lecourrier.ch; woz@woz.ch
Subject: [CRIS Info] censorship at the WSIS




Hi all,

you may know the helloworldproject. For the WSIS summit a swiss artist got 
a lot of money (near half a millon swiss francs, partly form a governmental 
agency supporting cultural activities) to project with a huge laser e-mail 
messages on mountains (Rio), buildings (NYC, Bombay) or the famous Jet 
d'eau in Geneva.

This wednesday a raciste and xenophobe politician was elected into the 
swiss government, Mr. Blocher. I sent an e-mail saying <BLOCHER- worst
case>.

I got the following message back :
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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:40:07 +0100 (CET)
From: do-not-reply@helloworldproject.com
Subject: HelloWorldProject
To: armin.murmann@ies.unige.ch
Message-id: <31150777.1071092407650.JavaMail.wwwrun@hw1>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
X-Comment: This message was scanned against viruses by kilo.unige.ch.

Hello

Thank you for contributing to The Helloworld Project.
Your message is not in line with the Editorial Guidelines and could not be
projected nor archived.

Try again at http://helloworldproject.com
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Conclusion :

a very nice censorship (with public money) in a very democratic country.


Armin Murmann


Institut d'?tudes sociales
HES sant?-social
rue Pr?vost-Martin 28
CH-1211 Gen?ve 4

0041 22 322'1'408 (direct) ou 414
www.ies-geneve.ch 


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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Dec 17 18:08:43 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Press Release on Police Repression?
References: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]> <p05100316bc05c07c0d96@[192.168.1.229]> <007e01c3c4c5$4a02ba40$0a00000a@default>
Message-ID: <3FE09BAB.40F58B80@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Fullsack Jean-Louis wrote:
> Susanna and myself volonteered to work out a press release 

Does anybody have an electronic copy of this press release? Or could a
helpful hand type it down from a paper version taken home?

Susanna had asked me to save it from the computer in the C&T office,
where it had been drafted, but they already took away all the equipment
on Friday evening before I had a chance to save it. 

I would like to put it online together with all the other joint civil
society documents and statements on www.worldsummit2003.org.

Ralf

From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Wed Dec 17 18:32:25 2003
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statement RT III Wolfgang
In-Reply-To: <3FE08EFC.4C8DC212@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <BC05EF70.5348%annewalker@iwtc.org>
 <3FE08EFC.4C8DC212@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <p06010200bc064e71fbf7@[192.168.1.100]>

My 5 percent, and with all due respect: the statement by Wolfgang 
suggests that CS is in a relationship of trust with the governments? 
If this were so, why did we create our own declaration? What did the 
governments do to earn our trust? And, please, can we not malign what 
happened at Seattle as the mere throwing of stones? This statement 
seems to reflect a conciliatory posture that is at odds with many of 
the positions taken by CS during this process, not least the 
statements that declared our solidarity with the protesters outside 
of the summit. This statement appears to adopt the governments' 
posture in respect to a "fear of the pressure of the street," and, as 
might be clear, I am very troubled by this representation of CS.

Lisa

>Hi,
>
>I agree with you all that Wolfgangs statement was one of the very good
>ones.
>(That is why I have put it online at www.worldsummit2003.org.)
>
>And this sentence ist for sure correct:
>>  Geneva is not Seattle. Civil Society does not
>>  throw stones, it produces papers.
>
>We still must make sure that we have an influence here and are not lured
>into playing the game by the rules of those in power. For that reason
>some turmoil and some publicly voiced distrust sometimes can be very
>useful.
>The question is always: When and what and in which dosage?
>
>I just want to make sure that what happens here is not what an Austrian
>journalist recently said to me:
>
>"I see - after Seattle, they took you off the streets and decided to
>ignore you inside." :-)
>
>But we can probably say that we could not be ignored here any more.
>
>We only have to make sure this trend moves further, and reflect our
>(changing) role in the process all the time.
>
>Just my 5 per cent.
>
>Ralf
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>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Wed Dec 17 19:13:30 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Press Release on Police Repression?
In-Reply-To: <3FE09BAB.40F58B80@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEKHGGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

I will check to see if I still have an extra copy among my papers as I
helped with the language of the initial drafting of the press release, a
copy of which I left for Susanna on Friday.  I have not had a chance to go
through my papers since returning, but will look through after I finish
seeing patients this evening.

However, I am not sure if the wording was changed to include any updated
information. Sally Burch also reviewed the draft and she may also have a
copy.

Another possibility - Diana mentioned that the press release was read at the
HR Caucus press conference.  If the HR press conference video is on the
website, the reading of the press release can be transcribed.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group,
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
Tel: 631-754-2424
Fax: 631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Ralf Bendrath
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:09 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Press Release on Police Repression?


Fullsack Jean-Louis wrote:
> Susanna and myself volonteered to work out a press release

Does anybody have an electronic copy of this press release? Or could a
helpful hand type it down from a paper version taken home?

Susanna had asked me to save it from the computer in the C&T office,
where it had been drafted, but they already took away all the equipment
on Friday evening before I had a chance to save it.

I would like to put it online together with all the other joint civil
society documents and statements on www.worldsummit2003.org.

Ralf
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Dec 17 19:22:05 2003
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Press Release on Police Repression?
References: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEKHGGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <3FE0ACDD.990557A6@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Meryem was first. :-)

See:

CIVIL SOCIETY DOCUMENTS SINCE PREPCOM3
Joint Statements and Combined Documents

http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/467.htm

Ralf

From schock at riseup.net  Wed Dec 17 22:45:29 2003
From: schock at riseup.net (Sasha Costanza-Chock)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CS Plenary statement condemning repression
In-Reply-To: <20031217183400.A98D43C36@seven.gn.apc.org>
References: <20031217183400.A98D43C36@seven.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <3FE0DC89.6090800@riseup.net>

Hello all,
I wanted to be sure that those who were not present at the final plenary 
did have the chance to see the statement on repression we drafted and 
released after unanimous (except for World Press Freedom Committee) 
agreement that a statement had to be made:

--from http://hubproject.org/news/2003/12/420.php --

PRESS RELEASE
December 12, 2003

The Civil Society Plenary, meeting in its final session during the first 
phase of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) taking 
place from December 10-12, 2003 in Geneva, unanimously condemns the 
undemocratic actions of the Swiss authorities and the Summit organisers 
in suppressing dissenting and alternative voices.

Over the past three days:

- The Polimedia Lab organised by Geneva 03 collective 
(http://www.geneva03.net), meant to be an open space for participatory 
communication, was shut down by riot police on Tuesday December 9th, 2003.

- Printed documents critical of the WSIS and of the media and IT 
corporate monopolies were confiscated and prevented from being 
circulated inside the Palexpo, the official venue of the WSIS on 
December 10th, 2003.

- A peaceful demonstration of 50 local and international people at the 
Gare Cornavin, Geneva, on December 12th, 2003, protesting the WSIS and 
the corporate control of information and supporting community media, was 
surrounded by about 40 civil police and several vans filled with riot 
police, and prevented from continuing. Demonstrators were detained, 
searched, identified and those refusing to be identified were taken to 
the police station.

These events continue the pattern of political repression that has been 
a constant feature of public life in Geneva since the G-8 meeting in 
June 2003.

We strongly condemn these violations of the right to assemble and 
freedom of expression that have cast a shadow of hypocrisy over the summit.

For more information on these incidents, please contact Geneva 03, 
telephone 079-757-4372

---

From schock at riseup.net  Thu Dec 18 00:15:29 2003
From: schock at riseup.net (Sasha Costanza-Chock)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] seattle/geneva
In-Reply-To: <20031217024404.3777C3BB5@seven.gn.apc.org>
References: <20031217024404.3777C3BB5@seven.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <3FE0F1A1.2050307@riseup.net>

I don't mean this as a personal attack, so please don't take it that way 
- it's just that I think there's an important discussion we need to have 
immediately. I'm frankly dismayed that any of us would continue to fall 
into the trap of setting ourselves as 'good' alternative voices who 
write documents, against the 'unruly' alternative voices, violent 
protestors (or even...'terrorists'...) who fight police.

Are we so ignorant of history? This has always been the tactic employed 
by those in power: split dissent into 'moderates' and 'radicals,' offer 
the moderates a place at the table, then crush the 'radicals' while the 
moderates look the other way...and happily ignore the timid suggestions 
of the moderates.

Before I go further, I'll clarify that I am speaking as someone who 
truly supports the CS Plenary process, has been involved on the 'inside' 
since the first preparatory meeting, who has spent large chunks of time 
over the past two years drafting documents of all kinds - suggested 
changes to governmental language, sentences for civil society language, 
and statements from 'outside' events. I have also, during the past two 
years, spent time on the streets over these same issues - and when our 
rights to free speech and peaceful assembly were violated, as in Cancun 
and in Miami, I have stood with my brothers and sisters from North and 
South, farmers, workers, indigenous, men and women, young and old, and 
together with them have, when necessary, fought with the police.

Now, geneva is not cancun, and the WSIS is not the WTO. But there are 
some quite simple, highly relevant political lessons that have been 
widely discussed and adopted by the global justice movement but seem 
unknown in the WSIS civil society process:

- avoid the 'in/out' dichotomy.
To realize our aims requires people working inside the official process, 
people working to expose the faults and flaws of the official process, 
and people working to develop parallel/alternative/autonomous proposals. 
The greatest victories come when all work closely together, and the 
greatest defeats when they are set against one another.

- power concedes nothing without a threat.
CS delegates have made repeated references to requirements that were not 
met. For example, there was no space for organizing within the palexpo; 
a physical space 'owned' by and always available for CS Plenary meeting 
was absent. Documents were rarely translated on time. Our access was 
limited, our voices were not heard. All of these - and much more, of 
substance - could have been obtained quite easily by making an organized 
demand at any point up to (or even, most likely, during) the Summit. I 
say this with certainty since I was part of the team from Geneva03 that 
obtained a wonderful space for the Polimedia lab, after the first space 
was shut down by police. How did we do it? Simple: a clear demand backed 
by a threat. We said "we've been planning for months, and now you shut 
our space down. Unless we have access to an accessible space with high 
bandwidth internet and free printing by tomorrow, we will do disruptive 
actions inside Palexpo." Voila. At 7 am the next day we were inside the 
Paladium and fibre-optic cable had been laid to provide us with more 
bandwidth than 200 multimedia activists could fill. (Incidentally, this 
is how we will achieve 'Universal Access': not 'Public Private 
Partnership' but organized demands).

Now, I am not saying that CS Plenary necessarily needs to threaten to do 
spectacular disruptive actions when its demands are not met (though I 
personally can think of many situations in which this would be 
important). But regardless of the form of the symbolic action, the 
leverage held by CS delegates working inside this process is not 
insignificant: CS participation grants legitimacy to what is actually a 
top-down, non-participatory process. The threat of withdrawal, rather 
than floating as a vague fear in the background, is a political tool 
that we need to seize and utilize between here and Tunis. We need a list 
of minimum demands, which if not met, mean our withdrawal and quite 
frankly the collapse of the process.

So I propose that this be high on our agenda post-geneva: in taking the 
decision between the competing proposals (continue as before; boycott 
Tunis; etc. etc.) it is fundamental that we develop a common 
understanding of our minumum demands, make them concrete in a written 
document and deliver them publicly, along with a clear picture of what 
happens if they are met/not met.

Sasha Costanza-Chock






From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Thu Dec 18 02:38:28 2003
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were
 You at?
In-Reply-To: <007e01c3c4c5$4a02ba40$0a00000a@default>
References: <2147483647.1071564970@[192.168.0.55]>
 <p05100316bc05c07c0d96@[192.168.1.229]>
 <007e01c3c4c5$4a02ba40$0a00000a@default>
Message-ID: <p05100300bc06c311bbcf@[192.168.1.229]>

Albert, Jean-Louis.

Thanks very much for the clarification.  I wasn't paying enough 
attention during the last plenary.

Adam



>Hi Adam
>During our last CS plenary during the Summit (Friday afternoon, Room C) we
>were informed of the events that happened outside of Palexpo and about the
>behaviour of the Swiss police face to people peacefully manifesting for the
>same issues we dealt with since the WSIS beginning. I therefore asked the
>Bureau to protest energically against that. The Plenary backed my proposal
>quasi unanimously. Susanna and myself volonteered to work out a press
>release following this decision, with the assistance of a couple of young
>people who testified what they lived during the manifestation.
>I do believe that this press release was necessary and a quite "natural"
>expression of our solidarity to the peaceful manifesting people. If we miss
>that there is neither need nor reason for CS WSIS organisation entailing a
>"Human rights Caucus" and discussing their different ways of expression and
>application in an IS.
>Furthermore I'd like to add that if CS wants to be consistent with itself
>and witness its credibility and respectability, we must be very rigourous in
>democratic countries in the "North" before we want to condemn threats for
>civil rights in "the South" and especially in Tunesia.
>I'm sure Adam that you'll agree on these explanations.
>Sorry for having been too long and for my approximative english
>Jean-Louis Fullsack
>CSDPTT
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You
>at?
>
>
>><http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/2003_12_01_archive.html#107115743
>>343833842>
>>
>>Desai to Civil Society: What Summit Were You at??
>>At the closing press conference for the World Summit on the Information
>>Society, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary-General Nitin Desai voiced
>>pointed skepticism over civil society's lambasting of the Summit's
>>treatment of protesters and alternative media. Civil Society
>>representatives had released a statement criticizing the authorities for
>  >the way they've handled the protestors: "We strongly condemn these
>  >violations of the right to assemble and freedom of expression that have
>  >cast a shadow of hypocrisy over the summit."
>
>
>Did we release a press statement after the final plenary on Friday
>afternoon?  Bit confused about what was said, where the quote comes
>from.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Adam
>
>--
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-- 

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Thu Dec 18 03:48:45 2003
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Pictures@WSIS
Message-ID: <2147483647.1071701325@[192.168.0.55]>

I've created an online photo album that has the pictures I took at the 
summit last week.


http://gallery.privaterra.org

Note:

1. If you are in the album and want your photo removed, please contact 
me privately so that I can remove the picture in question.

2. If you have pictures of your own and would like to upload them, 
please email me privately so that i can give you upload access.

3. If you appear in the album and want to add a comment - feel free :)

regards

Robert


From wolfgang at imv.au.dk  Thu Dec 18 08:45:32 2003
From: wolfgang at imv.au.dk (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Pictures@WSIS
In-Reply-To: <2147483647.1071701325@[192.168.0.55]>
Message-ID: <8A4E8C51-3136-11D8-8B7F-000393CB284C@imv.au.dk>

Robert, could you send info about login?

Thanks

wolfgang


On torsdag, dec 18, 2003, at 04:48 Europe/Copenhagen, Robert Guerra 
wrote:

> I've created an online photo album that has the pictures I took at the 
> summit last week.
>
>
> http://gallery.privaterra.org
>
> Note:
>
> 1. If you are in the album and want your photo removed, please contact 
> me privately so that I can remove the picture in question.
>
> 2. If you have pictures of your own and would like to upload them, 
> please email me privately so that i can give you upload access.
>
> 3. If you appear in the album and want to add a comment - feel free :)
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
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>


From rikp at bluewin.ch  Thu Dec 18 09:52:33 2003
From: rikp at bluewin.ch (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] seattle/geneva
In-Reply-To: <3FE0F1A1.2050307@riseup.net>
Message-ID: <E70B6FB3-313F-11D8-92F2-0003937B7670@bluewin.ch>

Sasha,

I agree with the general thrust of your argument.  In fact I would take 
it a step further and say that while we are fighting for ways to keep 
ourselves at the table instead of huddled in the lobby or shouting in 
the street, we also are developing our own methods of reaching 
consensus and solutions to these IS issues.    So we continue to work 
with the flawed modalities that we are offered to a point, and we 
develop our own better mechanisms among ourselves, and invite other 
stakeholders to join us.

I also agree that we should have this discussion on minimum 
requirements for our own participation, both collectively and for each 
organization.  I.e. a Beijing-level of "participation" would be 
unacceptable at this point.  If these requirements are not met, than we 
have to resort to other (nonviolent) methods to get our message heard.

The point to emphasize is that there is only one summit, with two 
phases. So all modalities developed so far should remain in effect. And 
if they are changed, they should be enhanced, not diminished in the 
run-up to Tunis.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM

On Jeudi, d?cembre 18, 2003, at 01:15  AM, Sasha Costanza-Chock wrote:

> I don't mean this as a personal attack, so please don't take it that 
> way - it's just that I think there's an important discussion we need 
> to have immediately. I'm frankly dismayed that any of us would 
> continue to fall into the trap of setting ourselves as 'good' 
> alternative voices who write documents, against the 'unruly' 
> alternative voices, violent protestors (or even...'terrorists'...) who 
> fight police.
>
> Are we so ignorant of history? This has always been the tactic 
> employed by those in power: split dissent into 'moderates' and 
> 'radicals,' offer the moderates a place at the table, then crush the 
> 'radicals' while the moderates look the other way...and happily ignore 
> the timid suggestions of the moderates.
>
> Before I go further, I'll clarify that I am speaking as someone who 
> truly supports the CS Plenary process, has been involved on the 
> 'inside' since the first preparatory meeting, who has spent large 
> chunks of time over the past two years drafting documents of all kinds 
> - suggested changes to governmental language, sentences for civil 
> society language, and statements from 'outside' events. I have also, 
> during the past two years, spent time on the streets over these same 
> issues - and when our rights to free speech and peaceful assembly were 
> violated, as in Cancun and in Miami, I have stood with my brothers and 
> sisters from North and South, farmers, workers, indigenous, men and 
> women, young and old, and together with them have, when necessary, 
> fought with the police.
>
> Now, geneva is not cancun, and the WSIS is not the WTO. But there are 
> some quite simple, highly relevant political lessons that have been 
> widely discussed and adopted by the global justice movement but seem 
> unknown in the WSIS civil society process:
>
> - avoid the 'in/out' dichotomy.
> To realize our aims requires people working inside the official 
> process, people working to expose the faults and flaws of the official 
> process, and people working to develop parallel/alternative/autonomous 
> proposals. The greatest victories come when all work closely together, 
> and the greatest defeats when they are set against one another.
>
> - power concedes nothing without a threat.
> CS delegates have made repeated references to requirements that were 
> not met. For example, there was no space for organizing within the 
> palexpo; a physical space 'owned' by and always available for CS 
> Plenary meeting was absent. Documents were rarely translated on time. 
> Our access was limited, our voices were not heard. All of these - and 
> much more, of substance - could have been obtained quite easily by 
> making an organized demand at any point up to (or even, most likely, 
> during) the Summit. I say this with certainty since I was part of the 
> team from Geneva03 that obtained a wonderful space for the Polimedia 
> lab, after the first space was shut down by police. How did we do it? 
> Simple: a clear demand backed by a threat. We said "we've been 
> planning for months, and now you shut our space down. Unless we have 
> access to an accessible space with high bandwidth internet and free 
> printing by tomorrow, we will do disruptive actions inside Palexpo." 
> Voila. At 7 am the next day we were inside the Paladium and 
> fibre-optic cable had been laid to provide us with more bandwidth than 
> 200 multimedia activists could fill. (Incidentally, this is how we 
> will achieve 'Universal Access': not 'Public Private Partnership' but 
> organized demands).
>
> Now, I am not saying that CS Plenary necessarily needs to threaten to 
> do spectacular disruptive actions when its demands are not met (though 
> I personally can think of many situations in which this would be 
> important). But regardless of the form of the symbolic action, the 
> leverage held by CS delegates working inside this process is not 
> insignificant: CS participation grants legitimacy to what is actually 
> a top-down, non-participatory process. The threat of withdrawal, 
> rather than floating as a vague fear in the background, is a political 
> tool that we need to seize and utilize between here and Tunis. We need 
> a list of minimum demands, which if not met, mean our withdrawal and 
> quite frankly the collapse of the process.
>
> So I propose that this be high on our agenda post-geneva: in taking 
> the decision between the competing proposals (continue as before; 
> boycott Tunis; etc. etc.) it is fundamental that we develop a common 
> understanding of our minumum demands, make them concrete in a written 
> document and deliver them publicly, along with a clear picture of what 
> happens if they are met/not met.
>
> Sasha Costanza-Chock
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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>
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From rkoven at compuserve.com  Thu Dec 18 13:44:26 2003
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: CS Plenary statement condemning
  repression
Message-ID: <200312180844_MC3-1-60E3-49F5@compuserve.com>

Dear All --

I did NOT say there should be no statement.

I DID say that we should know what the facts were before making one.

There was a description made of what had happened that was neither rigorous
nor professional, by a person who had made previous statements that were
clearly misleading on other subjects at a meeting I had attended the
previous day. (The person claimed that axes and knives had been brought
into the Summit, while his leaflets were seized by security.) I thought it
was in the interest of Civil Society to have a serious image and not to let
itself be stampeded into doing something by a partial account of
circumstances.

Subsequent to my speaking in the plenary meeting to that effect, Alain
Clerc told me that the Geneva chief of police had called him to say that
nobody had been arrested, that four persons who refused to give their
identities to the police were held briefly on the scene -- not taken to the
police station, as the speaker in plenary had said -- and that they were
released there as soon as their identities were established. That version
may or may not be accurate, but it differs from what the plenary was told.

One can be outraged that supposedly peaceful demonstrators had to give
their identities to the police, but in continental Europe, everyone must be
carrying his or her ID papers and must be ready to show them to the police.
There is simply a difference in culture concerning these things between the
Continent and Anglo-Saxon countries. (The way things are trending, those
differences are being erased; we simply must face that, unfortunately.)

Anyway, the only point I was trying to make, as a professional journalist,
is that one must know what it is one is talking about before making
statements. The person describing what had happened was doing so in
emotional terms and had a record of misleading statements, including
insulting statements he made to me after the meeting -- categorically
alleging that I am a CIA agent, on the basis of zero evidence (and which I
am not now and have never been. In fact, as the Foreign Editor of The
Washington Post, I told reporters working for me that any such attachment
would be grounds for dismissal).

If Civil Society groups want to be taken seriously, their statements should
be accurate, as far as is humanly possible. That is and was the only point
I was and am making. Without credibility, Civil Society groups will not be
listened to.

Best regards,

Rony Koven
European Representative
World Press Freedom Committee



From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Dec 18 14:17:42 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RFID at WSIS - Washington Times
Message-ID: <F1BA4E26-3164-11D8-B2E5-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

FYI. Meryem
=========
Summit group confirms use of ID chip
By Audrey Hudson and Betsy Pisik
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published December 18, 2003


     Organizers of the World Summit on the Information Society yesterday 
confirmed that badges worn by high-level attendees were affixed with 
identification chips some say were unknown to the forum's participants.
     However, a spokesman for the International Telecommunication Union 
(ITU), which was the host of the three-day event in Geneva last week, 
scoffed at concerns by privacy advocates that the technology could 
monitor an individual's movement or that the data it collects could be 
misused.
     Three European researchers who discovered the chips in their 
badges, first reported by The Washington Times on Sunday, said 
participants were not told about the chips. [...]
(whole article at: 
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20031217-115051-5373r.htm)


From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Dec 18 22:50:33 2003
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Fullsack Jean-Louis)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] How was the summit? A helpful list in case your friends (or any reporters) ask you
References: <3FDF3FF4.315A8E76@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <027a01c3c5b9$5a4e2c00$0a00000a@default>

Hi all
Many thanks tio Rik and Ralf for this very realistic restitution of  "the
good, the bad, and the ugly of the Summit" !
Merry Chrismas and all the best in 2004
By the way : many thanks also for the Heinrich Boell Foundation for these
userfriendly webpages.
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralf Bendrath" <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
To: "wsis-cs-plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:25 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] How was the summit? A helpful list in case your
friends (or any reporters) ask you


> Hi all,
>
> now that the summit is a few days away and most of the participants are
> home again, their loved ones and peers who could not go themselves will
> be asking how it was. Rik Panganiban and myself have compiled a helpful
> list to make sure you do not forget anything:
>
> *drumroll*
>
> "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the summit".
>
> read it at http://www.worldsummit2003.org
>
> Best, Ralf
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar  Fri Dec 19 00:05:02 2003
From: beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar (Beatriz Busaniche)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS declaration
Message-ID: <004d01c3c5c3$c3688f50$a1abfea9@equipo>



English / espa?ol 

Hi all
First, i want to say thank you to all the people that worked hard during
this process,  it was a pleasure to meet you in Geneva.

The other thing is that i am still worried about the spanish translation of
the civil society visionary document.  In the spanish version still remains
sentences like free software as a matter of cost nos of freedom (because
translators considere free as gratis, not as libre).  And the expression
indigenous peoples was translated also as "poblaciones ind?genas" instead of
the right word, "Pueblos Ind?genas".

Here i send a revised version, without those mistakes, Please, if you are
publishing the civil society document in spanish version, consider this
revised one, because it conteins those expressions as they have to be.

This needs another revision, but this one, at least doen't have those
unacceptable mistakes.

Thank you all for all the efforts!!!


Hola
Primero, quisiera decir gracias a todos los que han trabajado duro en este
proceso. Fue un placer conocerlo  a varios de ustedees en Ginebra.

La otra cosa es que todav?a estoy preocupada sobre la traducci?n al espa?ol
del documento de sociedad civil. En la versi?n al espa?ol todav?a aparecen
frases como Free software  como un tema de costo y no de libertad (porque
los traductores interpretan free como gratis y no como libre)  Y la
expresi?n Pueblos ind?genas, fue traducida como poblaciones ind?genas y no
como pueblos.

Aqu? mando una versi?n revisada, sin esos errores. Por favor, si est?n
publicando el documento de sociedad civil en espa?ol, cnsideren esta versi?n
revisada porque contiene esas expresiones como deben ser.

Esto necesita otra revisi?n, pero esta, al menos no tiene esos errorres
inaceptables.

Gracias a todos por los esfuerzos

Regards / Saludos
Beatriz

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From ecarll at optonline.net  Fri Dec 19 01:03:22 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WG on Health  (Mental and Physical) - Invitation
In-Reply-To: <p05100300bc06c311bbcf@[192.168.1.229]>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAOELNGGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear All,

I had the pleasure of meeting many people from diverse backgrounds and
interest groups at WSIS and was impressed by the extensive work done by many
to accomplish agreement on the CS Declaration by such a diverse group.

In discussing the omission of any reference to the utilization of ICT for
access to and dissemination of mental health information in the WSIS
Principles and Plan of Action,  it became apparent that much needed to be
done to highlight this  important area.  Fortunately we were able to include
language in the CS Declaration as to the important role of ICT to mental
health.

As a result of the need to continue to highlight the importance of a
comprehensive view of health care, as often mental health is seen as
disconnected from physical health care, the formation of a Health Working
Group/Network was recommended with the goal of having both mental and
physical health information made available to all people via ICT and
integrated in the outcome processes leading to WSIS Phase Two.  All those
interested in health issues are invited to join to exchange information and
strategies.

Mental health is fundamental to overall health and productivity and is the
foundation for learning, thinking, communicating, self-esteem, resilience,
as well as successful functioning in one's work, family, community, and
society. Yet the majority of the world's people do not receive treatment for
diagnosable mental disorders as mental health is often viewed as
disconnected from health services.

While physical health information is recognized as needing to be accessed
via ICT, mental health information needs to be made available, especially to
developing countries, in the following important areas:

1.  Prevention and treatment of  mental disorders - More than 400 million
people are known to suffer from mental and brain disorders and these numbers
are expected to rise sharply over the next few decades, particularly among
people in the developing world.  Despite, the enormous social and economic
burden, more than 40% of the world's countries have no articulated mental
health policy, and over 30% have no mental health programs.

2.  Access to mental health expertise and scientific knowledge to benefit
traumatized populations - survivors of war, oppression, violations of human
rights, terrorism, and other traumatizing life events, as well as
underserved communities or those without services due to dangerous
circumstances, will be able to receive support and maximize coping.  An
important component would  include the development of effective risk
communications strategies to disseminate necessary information and also help
alleviate fear and anxiety in the wake of traumatic community events.

3.  Promotion and protection of mental health -such as information about
normal psychological development of children needs to be made available to
health care professionals as well as the public, particularly women who are
the main health providers in families, to help foster health and resilience.
Access to information is also necessary about the psychological impact of
catastrophic and chronic diseases such as AIDS, cancer, heart disease.
Research and information needs to be made available as to the psychology of
behavioral change approaches to foster treatment compliance and best
practices to limit spread of diseases such as AIDS.

If you are interested in joining Working Group on Health (Mental and
Physical) and/or have suggestions regarding issues, please contact me.

Best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all,

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group,
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

.






From schock at riseup.net  Fri Dec 19 01:42:19 2003
From: schock at riseup.net (Sasha Costanza-Chock)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reply to Mr. Ronald Koven
In-Reply-To: <20031219000603.6BFF23C1B@seven.gn.apc.org>
References: <20031219000603.6BFF23C1B@seven.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <3FE2577B.40305@riseup.net>

Although we have far more important things to discuss on this list, I 
feel it's necessary to briefly respond to Mr. Koven. See below.

> There was a description made of what had happened that was neither rigoro=
> us
> nor professional, by a person who had made previous statements that were
> clearly misleading on other subjects at a meeting I had attended the
> previous day. (The person claimed that axes and knives had been brought
> into the Summit, while his leaflets were seized by security.) 

I made no misleading, exaggerated, or fabricated statements to the 
Plenary. Each repressive act I described has been documented on video. 
If anyone believes that I am fabricating stories, please contact me and 
I will be happy to point you to documentation.

I thought i=
> t
> was in the interest of Civil Society to have a serious image and not to l=
> et
> itself be stampeded into doing something by a partial account of
> circumstances.

I agree that we should have a clear picture of events before releasing 
statements. The statement we released, and the unanimous (except for mr. 
Koven) consensus on releasing it, reflect the fact that the internal 
hypocrisy of the WSIS was blatant and plain for all to see. Not only We 
Seize!, but RSF, Human Rights in China, IPS (Terra Viva), Adbusters, and 
others all experienced censorship and repression of free speech, to 
varying degrees, in Geneva.

> Subsequent to my speaking in the plenary meeting to that effect, Alain
> Clerc told me that the Geneva chief of police had called him to say that
> nobody had been arrested, that four persons who refused to give their
> identities to the police were held briefly on the scene -- not taken to t=
> he
> police station, as the speaker in plenary had said -- and that they were
> released there as soon as their identities were established. That version=

> may or may not be accurate, but it differs from what the plenary was told=
> .

The Geneva chief of police lied. Demonstrators were taken to the 
station, and we are currently gathering video to provide legal support 
for the case of one activist from Lausanne charged with 'making death 
threats' against an officer. In addition, I recorded the testimony of a 
reporter from aporrea.org in Venezuela who was taken to the station, not 
for PARTICIPATING in a nonviolent protest at the train station, but for 
PHOTOGRAPHING the protest. He did so clearly marked as Press (wearing a 
vest marked 'PRENSA,' a hat marked the same, and a press credential 
hanging around his neck). He was not arrested during the action: after 
taking photos, he stepped into a store in Gare Cornavan to buy a watch 
for his wife. When he came out 5 minutes later, he was seized by police, 
pushed into a police car without any explanation, taken to the police 
station, and questioned as to why he was taking photos and what his 
relation to the protesters was. He was not released after showing 
personal identification, press credential or NGO delegate credential - 
he was only released upon providing a diplomatic visa from the 
government of Venezuela.
> 
> One can be outraged that supposedly peaceful demonstrators had to give
> their identities to the police, but in continental Europe, everyone must =
> be
> carrying his or her ID papers and must be ready to show them to the polic=
> e.
> There is simply a difference in culture concerning these things between t=
> he
> Continent and Anglo-Saxon countries. (The way things are trending, those
> differences are being erased; we simply must face that, unfortunately.)
> 
> Anyway, the only point I was trying to make, as a professional journalist=
> ,
> is that one must know what it is one is talking about before making
> statements. The person describing what had happened was doing so in
> emotional terms and had a record of misleading statements, including
> insulting statements he made to me after the meeting -- categorically
> alleging that I am a CIA agent, on the basis of zero evidence (and which =
> I
> am not now and have never been. In fact, as the Foreign Editor of The
> Washington Post, I told reporters working for me that any such attachment=
> 
> would be grounds for dismissal).

The statement about Mr. Koven being a CIA agent was made 
tongue-in-cheek, in response to his earlier allegations that Cees 
Hamelink is a Stalinist.

> If Civil Society groups want to be taken seriously, their statements shou=
> ld
> be accurate, as far as is humanly possible. That is and was the only poin=
> t
> I was and am making. Without credibility, Civil Society groups will not b=
> e
> listened to.

But all humor aside, I completely agree with you, Mr. Koven. I invite 
and encourage you and the World Press Freedom Committee to conduct a 
thorough investigation of the allegations of censorship and suppression 
of free speech that took place in Geneva last week, both in the city 
center and in the Palexpo. I am confident that you will find my 
allegations to be true and I hope that the WPFC will release an 
appropriate condemnation of the Summit organizers and the Geneva 
authorities in response - and I hope that we can work together towards 
Tunis, where the situation will undoubtedly be much worse.

Regards,

Sasha Costanza-Chock

coordinator, Global Communication Project
Free Press media reform network
mediareform.net


From rkoven at compuserve.com  Fri Dec 19 08:40:57 2003
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reply to Mr. Ronald Koven
Message-ID: <200312190341_MC3-1-6129-1A44@compuserve.com>

Dear Sasha Costanza-Chock --

I'm sorry, but your accusation about me was clearly not made tongue in
cheek, It was clearly made seriously and in anger, and I think that the
persons who were standing with me when you made it can testify to that. I
consider your statement to the contrary to be disingenuous. But if it
constitutes an apology, I accept it. 

Nor do I recall calling Cees Hamelink a Stalinist. I know exactly what I
think of Cees Hamelink, who is BOTH an old friend and adversary of many
years standing and whom I have often debated. Our disagreements have always
been respectful, civil and friendly. As far as I'm concerned, he's a very
fine chap. Cees has floated many dangerous ideas, but he's certainly not a
Stalinist (even if a Stalinist would be happy to exploit some of his more
extreme ideas on regulating free speech/press freedom). Cees is far too
openminded and willing to change his position to be a Stalinist. That said,
I have had Stalinist friends who were intellectually honest and did not
indulge in some of the rhetorical tricks that I have heard you use on
occasion. 

As to whether we have better things to discuss on this list, given that my
inbox regularly overflows with endless messages about who is going where
and when and a number of other things of interest to one or two persons at
most, I think that setting the record straight on WPFC's position is well
worth doing.

Along with the other major press freedom groups, we have called for a
transfer of WSIS II from Tunis, or its cancellation, unless and until
Tunisia demonstrates its respect for human rights, notably free speech/free
press.

And that the Swiss police can be rough and tough is absolutely nothing new.
Democratic police states are rife in Western Europe. Welcome to reality.

Best, Rony Koven



 

From sean at nexus.ie  Fri Dec 19 15:00:40 2003
From: sean at nexus.ie (Sean O Siochru)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sasha and Ronald
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20031219145529.02bb97c0@gpo.iol.ie>

Hi

On the discussion between Sasha and Ronald, I think we should fully compile 
and prepare the case for harassment and censorship (including the 
documentation and evidence ) for what happened, and agree to take follow up 
action, as appropriate.

I think both sides agree on the value of evidence.  So lets try to put it 
together and use it.  The reported skepticism voiced by from UN Special 
Advisor to the Secretary-General Nitin Desai can only really be countered 
by hard evidence - these people have a natural inclination to believe the 
police and main organisers (they often hear no other voices), and we have 
to work twice as hard to persuade them.

It was by no means the most repressive Summit around - but there really is 
no excuse for the kind of petty censorship and small-time harassment that 
was going on.  It seems governments these days believe they have to go 
through the motions of this, even where there is nothing other than the 
most peaceful of protests. They should not be let away with it.

Sean


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From: sean at nexus.ie (Sean O Siochru)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS next phase is different...
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From web at globalcn.org  Fri Dec 19 21:54:11 2003
From: web at globalcn.org (CMIC / WFCN / FMIC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyeuses_F=EAtes/Happy_Holidays/Felices_Fiestas?=
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English below / Espa?ol abajo

Toute l'?quipe du Carrefour mondial de l'Internet citoyen vous souhaite un excellent 
passage ? 2004.

Nous profitons de l'occasion  pour remercier les partenaires qui ont contribu? 
? la Plateforme des r?seaux citoyens (<http://globalcn.org>) et les lectrices 
et lecteurs qui nous ont ?t? fid?les. 

L'ann?e 2003 a ?t? charg?e mais riche en enseignements pour tous les tenants 
d'une soci?t? de la communication ?quitable et d?mocratique. Faisons qu'en 2004 
s'amplifie la concertation et la collaboration de toutes les composantes de la 
soci?t? civile pour un monde de paix et de solidarit?. 

Meilleurs v?ux! 

Alain Ambrosi, Lucie Bernier, Louise Chicoine, Marc Lavall?e, Ana Mar?a Mujica

************************************

The World Forum on Community Networking would like to wish you an excellent transition 
to 2004. 

We take this opportunity to thank our partners who have contributed to the Platform 
for Community Networks (<http://globalcn.org>) and our faithful readers.

The year 2003 was heavy in terms of work but very enriching in terms of lessons 
for all the supporters of an equitable and democratic communications society. 
Let us hope that 2004 permits an extension of consultation and collaboration 
of all components of civil society in favour of a world of peace and solidarity. 

Best wishes!

Alain Ambrosi, Lucie Bernier, Louise Chicoine, Marc Lavall?e, Ana Mar?a Mujica

************************************

El equipo del Foro mundial del Internet cuidadano le desea un excelente paso 
al a?o 2004.

Aprovechamos esta oportunidad para agradecer nuestros co-part?cipes que contribuyeron 
a la Plateforma de redes ciudadanas (<http://globalcn.org>) y nuestros fieles 
lectores.

El a?o 2003 estuvo cargado en t?rminos de trabajo pero rico en lecciones para 
todos los defensores de una sociedad de la comunicaci?n equitativa y democr?tica. 
Hagamos que en 2004 se ampl?e la concertaci?n y la colaboraci?n de todos los 
componentes de la sociedad civil para un mundo de paz y de solidaridad. 

?Nuestros mejores deseos! 

Alain Ambrosi, Lucie Bernier, Louise Chicoine, Marc Lavall?e, Ana Mar?a Mujica


From patcha at patcha.jinbo.net  Fri Dec 19 23:35:10 2003
From: patcha at patcha.jinbo.net (PatchA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS pictures
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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Sat Dec 20 13:09:57 2003
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS next phase is different...
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20031219110330.0277ac80@gpo.iol.ie>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOGEJKCMAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi Sean,

This is helpful.  I would just add a point with respect to structural issues that I also made yesterday on the governance list.  There is no guarantee that the UN will necessarily look exclusively or even first to the CS structure that's evolved for CS input on the working group and task force.  We already had a situation where ISOC did a press conference on Internet governance early at WSIS, so (as I understand it) the governance caucus was told there was no need for it to hold one covering the same ground.  Generalizing the point, now that things are getting interesting, CS or nominally CS organizations that have not participated in our structure may wish to weigh in on the working group and task force, and the UN in turn may wish to selectively reach out to organizations or individuals it considers to be luminaries to represent third sector views.  Which is to say that we will need to think not only about how we want to organize internally, but also how we want to position ourselves in relation to/liaison with other nonparticipating organizations, as well as the UN.

Best,

Bill Drake


  -----Original Message-----
  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Sean O Siochru
  Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 3:59 PM
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS next phase is different...


  Hi everyone,

  I think we should start thinking about the difference between the run up to the Geneva Summit and the run up to the Tunis Summit.  They will be very different, for a number of reasons, and hence our approach must also be different. Although it is early days yet, a few differences might be as follows:

  1)  The issues will be narrower in the second Phase, and involve different fora. 

  Governments are surely not going to revisit the broad range of issues that were covered in WSIS I. Issues such as copyright, concentration of ownership, community media, open source etc. and all the rest will be left the way they are with regard to a Declaration.  We will no longer be working alongside/in parallel with governments, in an intergovernmental forum, on these issues.

  So the issues open for ongoing discussion seem likely to be Internet Governance and the Digital Solidarity Fund, and related matters.  In the first, the core of discussion and lobbying might be in, or directed at, the proposed working group on Internet Governance; in the second, the Task Force under the auspices of the Secretary General is the focus.  Thus our lobbying focus and actions are likely to narrower and different.

  Another possible area for our participation is around the Follow-up and Evaluation activities proposed in the action plan - which seem to have no explicit civil society participation, and certainly should have.  How can we ensure that people-centred criteria are selected?  The data gathered in a coherent manner etc.?  (Anyone know who is expected to lead this?  ITU?  UN ICT Task Force?)

  2)  The Structures of Civil Society in this second stage are likely to be different.  

  It could be a big mistake to try to 'institutionalise' the structures we have set up over the last two years.  One of the great values of them is that they have acted more as a 'network'  than as formal structures - they were dynamic, fluid, quick to respond, open and participative (and, yes, very messy at times).  This would change with a move to institutionalisation.  Our legitimacy up to now can be characterised as 'good-enough-legitimacy'  (sometimes, 'just-in-time legitimacy', narrowly averting collapse)  i.e. although there were numerous flaws of transparency and accountability in the bodies we created, almost all of us were willing to work within them because we knew we could make a fuss, and change them, if enough people felt strongly about it.  They were not set in stone.

  I am not suggesting how we should restructure within the WSIS process - perhaps the best approach will emerge only gradually, and we must be aware that there might be a very different attitude from a new Secretariat.  A further complicating factor is that there could be an influx of Tunisian 'civil society' actors, whose sole goal is to divert and disrupt criticism of Tunisia's human rights record - existing structures are hardly robust enough for that.

  But I am saying that it is likely that most of the civil society actors involved in the Plenary may wish to reorganise outside the WSIS process, in their chosen areas of work (indeed sometimes joining with the WE SEIZE and others external groups).  A couple of examples are given below.  

  2) Civil Society could focus on national Action Plan implementation

  Implementation of the Action Plan at national level, in the broad range of areas where action is called for, is very open at the moment.  Unlike for instance the Rio Summit, where implementation was built-in through e.g. UNDP's Agenda 21,  I cannot see any concrete mechanisms for government to move the Action Plan forward. I worked with a few governments just before the Summit on how they intend to implement, and they hadn't a clue!  So a key area for civil society could be at the national level, or even regional level, pursuing governments in terms of what they intend to do.  (The UNDP work that I was involved with did a trial of a civil-society driven multi-stakeholder approach to this, which seemed to work well.) An option for existing CS Working Groups could, for instance, be to coordinate approaches to governments on matters where positive commitments are in the Action Plan (few enough!), put pressure on them, and share ideas and results.   So the focus might shift to national and regional levels.

  3)  Civil Society could move the issues to new Fora

  Many of the issues that we dealt with but are now effectively closed in the WSIS could be taken elsewhere.  Issues such as copyright (WIPO, WTO), allocation of radio spectrum (ITU, governments), concentration of media ownership (government, WTO?), cultural diversity (UNESCO, WTO) and many more are fought out in other global fora.  At the same time, the main collective civil society organising fora are the World Social Forums, regional and thematic Social Forums, and other similar events.  Perhaps Working Groups might consider how they could continue their interactions and deliberations in these contexts.  Certainly, the CRIS Campaign, which has always located itself within broader civil society and not just in the WSIS, intends to do so, and will be seeking to join with others  (as soon as we get a chance to take our breath).

  It would be a shame to waste the impetus and the connections that were built up during this phase of the WSIS, and they may be frittered away if we just try to retain them within WSIS phase II.  

  These are just a few thoughts, maybe to open a debate when people get the time.

  Bye

  Sean.  


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From: acarvin at benton.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Andy Carvin's WSIS photos
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Hi everyone,

I've just posted my photos from WSIS on the Web, in case you're interested:

http://www.edwebproject.org/wsis03/

happy holidays,

Andy Carvin
Digital Divide Network
Washington, DC
acarvin@benton.org
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/

From sean at nexus.ie  Sun Dec 21 13:06:12 2003
From: sean at nexus.ie (Sean O Siochru)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS next phase is different...
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From ralf.bendrath at sfb597.uni-bremen.de  Tue Dec 23 12:56:31 2003
From: ralf.bendrath at sfb597.uni-bremen.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS declaration
References: <004d01c3c5c3$c3688f50$a1abfea9@equipo>
Message-ID: <3FE83B7F.667941C9@sfb597.uni-bremen.de>

Hi Beatriz, hi all,

> The other thing is that i am still worried about the spanish translation of
> the civil society visionary document.  

The pdf-version available at http://www.worldsummit2003.org is and has
always been the correct translation.

Best, Ralf

From jsarr at refer.sn  Wed Dec 24 19:48:59 2003
From: jsarr at refer.sn (Joseph Sarr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Joyeux =?iso-8859-1?b?Tm/rbA==?= - Bonne =?iso-8859-1?b?QW5u6WU=?= 2004
In-Reply-To: <200312121605.hBCG5Lg1014524@ernesto.ras.eu.org>
References: <200312121605.hBCG5Lg1014524@ernesto.ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <1072295339.3fe9edab32a0c@www.refer.sn>

Chers Coll?gues 

Ce fut un immense plaisir pour moi de travailler avec vous tous pendant tous ces
mois de labeur. Je profite des f?tes de fin d'ann?e pour vous remercier d'abord
pour votre patience et ensuite pour la qualit? des r?sultats obtenus pendant le
Sommet de Gen?ve. 
Permettez-moi de vous souhairer un Joyeux No?l et une Bonne Ann?e 2004. 
Salutations cordiales. 

Joseph SARR 



From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Mon Dec 29 21:28:39 2003
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west Asia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Hope all is ok - Greetings from Toronto-Bam earthquake
References: <47D01DD0-3A12-11D8-BD16-000A95DC303E@privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV30A2x4yuqFQ00017537@hotmail.com>

Dear Robert, All

Thanks a lot for your kind attention, yes the Bam earthquake is a terrible
incident, fortunately international help arrived on time, but most of the
city has already destroyed and we believe around 40000 people died, and some
of the most important historical places of Iran and world have  been
vanished.

Mrs.Shirin Ebadi has setup an bank account for receiving international
donations to be used safely and correctly, so if there is anyone who could
help, please inform me, we need a lot of help in future for re-building the
city and helping the remaining people and cure their mental traumas. There
will be a lot of kids which need foster or guardian families, from around
the world.

Anyhow, this life and Iran is full of natural disasters.

Thanks again for all your attention and sympathy, have a happy new year,
wish you the best.

With Regards

Amir Barmaki




----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra@privaterra.org>
To: "Barmaki Amir Hossein" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: Hope all is ok - Greetings from Toronto


> Amir:
>
>
> No doubt all your WSIS friends, and you do have a great deal of them,
> are worried about you.
>
> Been hearing the terrible news about th earthquake in southern Iran.
> Hope you, your family and friends are ok. Do let us know if you are ok.
>
> Wanted to let you know that early in the new year i'll be speaking at a
> conference close to you, not in Iran, but in Dubai. Not sure if you had
> planned on going to the Dubtech conference, but would be good to see
> you there.
>
> keep well my friend. Please do keep in touch
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
> The 9th Dubtech Summit
> Tuesday-Wednesday January 13-14, 2004
> Dubai - UAE
> http://www.datamatix-dubai.com/index2.asp?page=agenda/agenda_dubtech.htm
>
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>

From ecarll at optonline.net  Mon Dec 29 23:57:49 2003
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Hope all is ok - Greetings from Toronto-Bam
 earthquake
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV30A2x4yuqFQ00017537@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACEFKGHAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Amir,

We were saddened to hear about the disastrous earthquake in Iran and the
many people who have died.  If there is any way that I can help with regard
to mental health information and services in the wake of disaster, please
let me know.

 I would be happy to send you a copy of the manual I edited, "Developing a
Comprehensive Disaster and Crisis Response Program for Mental Health:
Guidelines and Procedures.  The manual focuses on the practical aspects of
organizing mental health teams and developed from my work in organizing the
first statewide (1990 in New York) volunteer disaster mental health network
in the US, which I coordinated for 10 years. At that time only emergency
service workers had such help available as the public did not.  As a trauma
psychologist, I believed   information and probono services should be
readily available to the public in times of crises.   I also was a founding
member of the national disaster response advisory task force of the American
Psychological  Association and served on it for 7 years and also served on
the task force that evaluated the mental health response to the Oklahoma
City bombing.

Actually my interest in the news media and ICT developed in conjunction with
my trauma work and the recognition for the need to disseminate helpful
psychological information to the public following crises, especially
regarding post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which many people were not
familiar with at the time.  Many people are not aware that PTSD is a
relatively new term that originated in 1980 in the wake of the Viet Nam War
and was used to describe stress and trauma following war.  It was not until
the 1990's that there was increasing recognition of the impact of PTSD on
victims of crime/violence, accidents, natural disasters, catastrophic and
chronic illness, etc.

 I have been working with the news media for more than 14 years to help
communities cope with the psychological aftermath of disasters and crises.
This led to my interest in working with United Nations activities and I had
organized a first of a kind workshop on "Peace building in the aftermath of
terrorism: The role of media and mental health professionals" for the 2002
Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference in New York City.

I would be happy to send you a copy of the disaster response manual or
perhaps to another mental health specialist in Iran as I have a couple of
copies left from the second printing.  I have written a variety of articles
on disaster and trauma and would gladly send those as well or help in any
other way that may be needed.

Best regards and wishes for a happy and healthy New Year,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group,
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of west Asia
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 4:29 PM
To: Robert Guerra; Planery WSIS
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Hope all is ok - Greetings from
Toronto-Bam earthquake


Dear Robert, All

Thanks a lot for your kind attention, yes the Bam earthquake is a terrible
incident, fortunately international help arrived on time, but most of the
city has already destroyed and we believe around 40000 people died, and some
of the most important historical places of Iran and world have  been
vanished.

Mrs.Shirin Ebadi has setup an bank account for receiving international
donations to be used safely and correctly, so if there is anyone who could
help, please inform me, we need a lot of help in future for re-building the
city and helping the remaining people and cure their mental traumas. There
will be a lot of kids which need foster or guardian families, from around
the world.

Anyhow, this life and Iran is full of natural disasters.

Thanks again for all your attention and sympathy, have a happy new year,
wish you the best.

With Regards

Amir Barmaki




----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra@privaterra.org>
To: "Barmaki Amir Hossein" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: Hope all is ok - Greetings from Toronto


> Amir:
>
>
> No doubt all your WSIS friends, and you do have a great deal of them,
> are worried about you.
>
> Been hearing the terrible news about th earthquake in southern Iran.
> Hope you, your family and friends are ok. Do let us know if you are ok.
>
> Wanted to let you know that early in the new year i'll be speaking at a
> conference close to you, not in Iran, but in Dubai. Not sure if you had
> planned on going to the Dubtech conference, but would be good to see
> you there.
>
> keep well my friend. Please do keep in touch
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
> The 9th Dubtech Summit
> Tuesday-Wednesday January 13-14, 2004
> Dubai - UAE
> http://www.datamatix-dubai.com/index2.asp?page=agenda/agenda_dubtech.htm
>
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>
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