From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Sun Jun  1 14:19:06 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working groups
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20030515091235.0169ee28@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <9F06EF6A-9433-11D7-A58E-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi,

Where can one find a *really* updated list of caucuses and of their 
members and objectives ? The page at
http://www.wsis-cs.org/content.htm only provides names of caucuses and 
names of contact persons, but there is no information on whether a 
caucus input (if any) results from discussions among 100, 10 or 
even...1 member ?!

I would also like to have more information on some caucuses I never 
heard of.

Let me add that the Human Rights caucus web page is at:
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis and its mailing list is 
at:
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/list/

I've tried to have it indicated on the cs-wsis website 
(http://www.wsis-cs.org/index.html) but without any success till now... 
Still trying anyway :-))

Thanks,
Meryem

Le jeudi, 15 mai 2003, ? 10:16 Europe/Paris, karen banks a ?crit :

> hi everyone
>
> Apologies for a slight diversion from the current topic.
>
> Severeal people have been asking for more details of existing regional 
> caucuses and thematic working groups, who to contact, where mailing 
> list archives are.
>
> We have posted a list of those we know here (based on the work sally 
> and bill have done) but would like to update it - and if possible, 
> include a one paragraph 'purpose'statement.
>
> At the moment, we only have some contact points, no mailinglist 
> addresses, and no 'purpose' statements.
>
> http://www.wsis-cs.org/content.htm
>
> Replies to this message will be returned to me (and i'll post a 
> summary once i have some feedback) - and in general, replies to both 
> the plenary and CT lists, will go to the original sender. If you wish 
> to send your message to the entire list, make sure you select 'reply 
> to all'
>
> karen
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sun Jun  1 14:26:15 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working groups
In-Reply-To: <9F06EF6A-9433-11D7-A58E-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <5.2.1.1.0.20030515091235.0169ee28@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20030601142340.016a6bd8@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi meryem

err.. that would be me, trying to get your info on the site.. we took 
administering of the wsis-cs.org domain voluntarioly, along with setting up 
a bunch of lists.. keeping the website up to date with all the caucus info 
is time consuming - but, we are committed to doing that..

i am now based in london til the intersessionals - and now have time to 
organise many of the items on my todo list, this is one of them

however, at some point,  i understood that alice dechter (formally of 
mediachannel) was maintaining such a list?.. if so, i could put it online..

i have also learnt of a couple of thematic caucuses (such as the patents, 
copyright and trademarks caucus) and it's important we make this 
information available publically..

karen
ps.. shall certainly get round to putting HR caucus info and other info i 
have, online, this week



From mh at wacc.org.uk  Mon Jun  2 09:03:07 2003
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working groups
Message-ID: <171664EA9CFCA84EADE9CF3865973F99356489@wacc_commserver.wacc.org.uk>

Hi Karen
Aliza Dichter has indeed been working on a map of lists that work around
the WSIS, but they do not include all the recent development since
prepcom 2. Aliza has been little involved in WSIS and is not aware of
WISIS cicil society lists (but more interested in general communication
lists also dealing with WSIS, if that distinction makes any sense). One
place to find all the Civil Society lists that have been created by you
guys since prepcom 2 would be very useful.
On our side we need to set ip a Communication Rights Caucus list, how
can I do that?
Thank you
Myriam

-----Original Message-----
From: karen banks [mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org]
Sent: 01 June 2003 14:26
To: Meryem Marzouki; plenary@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org
Cc: heather@gn.apc.org
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working
groups


hi meryem

err.. that would be me, trying to get your info on the site.. we took 
administering of the wsis-cs.org domain voluntarioly, along with setting
up 
a bunch of lists.. keeping the website up to date with all the caucus
info 
is time consuming - but, we are committed to doing that..

i am now based in london til the intersessionals - and now have time to 
organise many of the items on my todo list, this is one of them

however, at some point,  i understood that alice dechter (formally of 
mediachannel) was maintaining such a list?.. if so, i could put it
online..

i have also learnt of a couple of thematic caucuses (such as the
patents, 
copyright and trademarks caucus) and it's important we make this 
information available publically..

karen
ps.. shall certainly get round to putting HR caucus info and other info
i 
have, online, this week


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

From sacod at icon.co.za  Mon Jun  2 09:06:03 2003
From: sacod at icon.co.za (Chris Kabwato)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working groups
In-Reply-To: <171664EA9CFCA84EADE9CF3865973F99356489@wacc_commserver.wacc.org.uk>
Message-ID: <NEBBJOCAALLEPFOKOAOBCEMDDKAA.sacod@icon.co.za>

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THIS FORUM IS ALL ABOUT. YOU CAN'T REALLY BE SENDING
US E-MAILS TALKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT LIST WHEN CLEARLY THAT COULD BE DONE
PRIVATELY. IF THIS FORUM WAS CREATED FOR THIS KIND OF COMMUNICATION THEN
PLEASE TAKE US OFF.

chris kabwato


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Myriam Horngren
Sent: 02 June 2003 10:03
To: karen banks; Meryem Marzouki; plenary@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org
Cc: heather@gn.apc.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of
caucuses/working groups


Hi Karen
Aliza Dichter has indeed been working on a map of lists that work around
the WSIS, but they do not include all the recent development since
prepcom 2. Aliza has been little involved in WSIS and is not aware of
WISIS cicil society lists (but more interested in general communication
lists also dealing with WSIS, if that distinction makes any sense). One
place to find all the Civil Society lists that have been created by you
guys since prepcom 2 would be very useful.
On our side we need to set ip a Communication Rights Caucus list, how
can I do that?
Thank you
Myriam

-----Original Message-----
From: karen banks [mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org]
Sent: 01 June 2003 14:26
To: Meryem Marzouki; plenary@wsis-cs.org; ct@wsis-cs.org
Cc: heather@gn.apc.org
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working
groups


hi meryem

err.. that would be me, trying to get your info on the site.. we took
administering of the wsis-cs.org domain voluntarioly, along with setting
up
a bunch of lists.. keeping the website up to date with all the caucus
info
is time consuming - but, we are committed to doing that..

i am now based in london til the intersessionals - and now have time to
organise many of the items on my todo list, this is one of them

however, at some point,  i understood that alice dechter (formally of
mediachannel) was maintaining such a list?.. if so, i could put it
online..

i have also learnt of a couple of thematic caucuses (such as the
patents,
copyright and trademarks caucus) and it's important we make this
information available publically..

karen
ps.. shall certainly get round to putting HR caucus info and other info
i
have, online, this week


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



From karenb at gn.apc.org  Mon Jun  2 09:48:00 2003
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of
  caucuses/working groups
In-Reply-To: <NEBBJOCAALLEPFOKOAOBCEMDDKAA.sacod@icon.co.za>
References: <171664EA9CFCA84EADE9CF3865973F99356489@wacc_commserver.wacc.org.uk>
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20030602094511.034b9708@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi chris

It's a good point. Some of these communications don't need to be on the 
list. On announcement with a request to send information to a private email 
address should suffice.

At the moment, we are simply trying to bring together as much information 
as we can, about existing WSIS caucuses (regional and thematic) and their 
work spaces... and to make that information available via a central point

So, i would ask that everyone just send any information related to lists to 
my personal email address.. please..

thanks
karen

At 10:06 AM 6/2/2003 +0200, Chris Kabwato wrote:
>CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THIS FORUM IS ALL ABOUT. YOU CAN'T REALLY BE SENDING
>US E-MAILS TALKING ABOUT THIS OR THAT LIST WHEN CLEARLY THAT COULD BE DONE
>PRIVATELY. IF THIS FORUM WAS CREATED FOR THIS KIND OF COMMUNICATION THEN
>PLEASE TAKE US OFF.
>
>chris kabwato



From nne75 at yahoo.com  Mon Jun  2 10:52:38 2003
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (nnenna nwakanma)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working groups
In-Reply-To: <9F06EF6A-9433-11D7-A58E-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20030602095238.793.qmail@web10910.mail.yahoo.com>

I thought inputs were due for the 31st of May. Best Nnenna

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From: nne75 at yahoo.com (nnenna nwakanma)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:22 2007
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updating of caucuses/working groups
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Dear all
 
I agree with Chris that sometimes it can be unnerving to get a mail that could have better been sent privately on this list.  It is equally so when I get mails in uppercase.
 
No offense intended
 
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Jun  5 09:38:00 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Please sign-on - Letter to OHCHR
Message-ID: <03B4A382-9731-11D7-9AFF-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

[This is a call for signatures by NGOs]

Hi all,

Below you will find a letter to the Deputy High Commissioner for Human 
Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, to ask him to attend next PrepCom of the 
World Summit on the Information society (WSIS) and the Summit itself, 
in order "to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
language developed through the various UN world summits and 
conferences.", as written in the letter.

This letter is an initiative from Rik Panganiban from the World 
Federalist Movement, who submitted the proposal to the WSIS Human 
Rights caucus, coordinated by Rikke Frank Jorgensen from the Danish 
Institute for Human Rights and myself as IRIS representative (see the 
HR caucus website at:
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis).

After some modifications from HR caucus members, the final text of the 
letter has been agreed (see below).
Now we would like to gather as much signatures from organizations as 
possible, so that the letter can be seen as a strong demand.

You are then asked to send signatures before the deadline of June 12. 
Please send them directly to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org), I'll post the 
final list here.
Please provide: name of the org, web site if any, contact person name 
and email.

You don't need to be accredited to the Summit for that, not to have 
taken an active part in its process till now.

Thanks you in advance,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-coordinator
=======
Final text of the letter:
June 2003

Bertrand Ramcharan
Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations
Geneva, Switzerland

RE: Human Rights and the World Summit on the Information Society


Your Excellency Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan:

The under-signed civil society organizations strongly encourage your 
active participation in the preparatory committee and summit meeting of 
the World Summit on the Information Society, taking place in September 
and December 2003, respectively.  Human rights are an essential 
requirement of the Information Society, as elaborated in the draft 
declaration of the WSIS (WSIS/PCIP/DT/1-E):

10. The essential requirements for the development of an equitable 
Information Society include: The respect for all internationally 
recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms. Notably the right to 
freedom of opinion and expression, including the right to hold opinions 
without interference and seek to, receive and impart information and 
ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers in accordance with 
article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to 
unhindered access by individuals to communication media and information 
sources?

As the United Nations highest human rights official, your good offices 
are needed to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
language developed through the various UN world summits and conferences.

Civil society organizations view ICTs as having both tremendous 
applications that enhance human rights, such as through the rapid 
dissemination of action alerts and instant access to human rights 
information, and disturbing capacities to greatly diminish human 
rights, such as by providing governments with means enabling intrusive 
surveillance and monitoring and therefore, repression.

Only through the active participation of governments, civil society, 
and international human rights institutions such as your Office can 
these ICTs be best harnessed to maximize the protection of human rights 
worldwide.

We hope the Office of the High Commissioner will become involved in 
this event and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration in ensuring 
that the World Summit on the Information Society has a strong human 
rights focus. In particular we are hoping that you personally will be 
able to attend the Third Prep Com, to take place in Geneva in September 
15-27, 2003, and we look forward to meeting with you at that time. We 
also hope that the Office of the High Commissioner will be prominent in 
the deliberations of the Summit in December, and that we will harness 
the potential of information technology to serve the cause of human 
rights to the Summit in Tunisia and beyond.

We look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

[under-signed NGOs. 15 till now]


From sacha at forumasia.org  Fri Jun  6 07:24:21 2003
From: sacha at forumasia.org (Sacha Jotisalikorn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Please sign-on - Letter to OHCHR
In-Reply-To: <03B4A382-9731-11D7-9AFF-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <82BCE3D1-97E7-11D7-8E82-000393DB8C92@forumasia.org>

Hi Meryem,

Please add our endorsement:

Name of org: Forum-Asia
Contact person: Sacha Jotisalikorn
email: sacha@forumasia.org
website: forumasia.org

On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 03:38 PM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> [This is a call for signatures by NGOs]
>
> Hi all,
>
> Below you will find a letter to the Deputy High Commissioner for Human 
> Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, to ask him to attend next PrepCom of the 
> World Summit on the Information society (WSIS) and the Summit itself, 
> in order "to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
> comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
> adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
> language developed through the various UN world summits and 
> conferences.", as written in the letter.
>
> This letter is an initiative from Rik Panganiban from the World 
> Federalist Movement, who submitted the proposal to the WSIS Human 
> Rights caucus, coordinated by Rikke Frank Jorgensen from the Danish 
> Institute for Human Rights and myself as IRIS representative (see the 
> HR caucus website at:
> http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis).
>
> After some modifications from HR caucus members, the final text of the 
> letter has been agreed (see below).
> Now we would like to gather as much signatures from organizations as 
> possible, so that the letter can be seen as a strong demand.
>
> You are then asked to send signatures before the deadline of June 12. 
> Please send them directly to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org), I'll post the 
> final list here.
> Please provide: name of the org, web site if any, contact person name 
> and email.
>
> You don't need to be accredited to the Summit for that, not to have 
> taken an active part in its process till now.
>
> Thanks you in advance,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucus co-coordinator
> =======
> Final text of the letter:
> June 2003
>
> Bertrand Ramcharan
> Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
> United Nations
> Geneva, Switzerland
>
> RE: Human Rights and the World Summit on the Information Society
>
>
> Your Excellency Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan:
>
> The under-signed civil society organizations strongly encourage your 
> active participation in the preparatory committee and summit meeting 
> of the World Summit on the Information Society, taking place in 
> September and December 2003, respectively.  Human rights are an 
> essential requirement of the Information Society, as elaborated in the 
> draft declaration of the WSIS (WSIS/PCIP/DT/1-E):
>
> 10. The essential requirements for the development of an equitable 
> Information Society include: The respect for all internationally 
> recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms. Notably the right to 
> freedom of opinion and expression, including the right to hold 
> opinions without interference and seek to, receive and impart 
> information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers in 
> accordance with article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human 
> Rights and to unhindered access by individuals to communication media 
> and information sources?
>
> As the United Nations highest human rights official, your good offices 
> are needed to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
> comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
> adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
> language developed through the various UN world summits and 
> conferences.
>
> Civil society organizations view ICTs as having both tremendous 
> applications that enhance human rights, such as through the rapid 
> dissemination of action alerts and instant access to human rights 
> information, and disturbing capacities to greatly diminish human 
> rights, such as by providing governments with means enabling intrusive 
> surveillance and monitoring and therefore, repression.
>
> Only through the active participation of governments, civil society, 
> and international human rights institutions such as your Office can 
> these ICTs be best harnessed to maximize the protection of human 
> rights worldwide.
>
> We hope the Office of the High Commissioner will become involved in 
> this event and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration in 
> ensuring that the World Summit on the Information Society has a strong 
> human rights focus. In particular we are hoping that you personally 
> will be able to attend the Third Prep Com, to take place in Geneva in 
> September 15-27, 2003, and we look forward to meeting with you at that 
> time. We also hope that the Office of the High Commissioner will be 
> prominent in the deliberations of the Summit in December, and that we 
> will harness the potential of information technology to serve the 
> cause of human rights to the Summit in Tunisia and beyond.
>
> We look forward to your reply.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> [under-signed NGOs. 15 till now]
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>


From sam_bj2000 at yahoo.fr  Fri Jun  6 09:34:11 2003
From: sam_bj2000 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?BAUDOUIN=20SCHOMBE?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Please sign-on - Letter to OHCHR
In-Reply-To: <82BCE3D1-97E7-11D7-8E82-000393DB8C92@forumasia.org>
Message-ID: <20030606083411.88288.qmail@web10907.mail.yahoo.com>

Please,

You can add our endoursement also:

Name of organisation:PROMOCULTURE/CENTRE AFRICAIN
D'ECHANGE CULTUREL
Person contact:SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN
EMAIL:sam_bj2000@yahoo.fr
site web:www.web-africa.org/promoculture







 --- Sacha Jotisalikorn <sacha@forumasia.org> a
?crit?: > Hi Meryem,
> 
> Please add our endorsement:
> 
> Name of org: Forum-Asia
> Contact person: Sacha Jotisalikorn
> email: sacha@forumasia.org
> website: forumasia.org
> 
> On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 03:38 PM, Meryem
> Marzouki wrote:
> 
> > [This is a call for signatures by NGOs]
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Below you will find a letter to the Deputy High
> Commissioner for Human 
> > Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, to ask him to attend
> next PrepCom of the 
> > World Summit on the Information society (WSIS) and
> the Summit itself, 
> > in order "to ensure that human rights language in
> the WSIS process is 
> > comprehensive, strong and consistent with
> resolutions and decisions 
> > adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and
> build upon human rights 
> > language developed through the various UN world
> summits and 
> > conferences.", as written in the letter.
> >
> > This letter is an initiative from Rik Panganiban
> from the World 
> > Federalist Movement, who submitted the proposal to
> the WSIS Human 
> > Rights caucus, coordinated by Rikke Frank
> Jorgensen from the Danish 
> > Institute for Human Rights and myself as IRIS
> representative (see the 
> > HR caucus website at:
> > http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis).
> >
> > After some modifications from HR caucus members,
> the final text of the 
> > letter has been agreed (see below).
> > Now we would like to gather as much signatures
> from organizations as 
> > possible, so that the letter can be seen as a
> strong demand.
> >
> > You are then asked to send signatures before the
> deadline of June 12. 
> > Please send them directly to me
> (marzouki@ras.eu.org), I'll post the 
> > final list here.
> > Please provide: name of the org, web site if any,
> contact person name 
> > and email.
> >
> > You don't need to be accredited to the Summit for
> that, not to have 
> > taken an active part in its process till now.
> >
> > Thanks you in advance,
> > Meryem Marzouki
> > HR caucus co-coordinator
> > =======
> > Final text of the letter:
> > June 2003
> >
> > Bertrand Ramcharan
> > Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
> > United Nations
> > Geneva, Switzerland
> >
> > RE: Human Rights and the World Summit on the
> Information Society
> >
> >
> > Your Excellency Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan:
> >
> > The under-signed civil society organizations
> strongly encourage your 
> > active participation in the preparatory committee
> and summit meeting 
> > of the World Summit on the Information Society,
> taking place in 
> > September and December 2003, respectively.  Human
> rights are an 
> > essential requirement of the Information Society,
> as elaborated in the 
> > draft declaration of the WSIS (WSIS/PCIP/DT/1-E):
> >
> > 10. The essential requirements for the development
> of an equitable 
> > Information Society include: The respect for all
> internationally 
> > recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms.
> Notably the right to 
> > freedom of opinion and expression, including the
> right to hold 
> > opinions without interference and seek to, receive
> and impart 
> > information and ideas through any media and
> regardless of frontiers in 
> > accordance with article 19 of the UN Universal
> Declaration of Human 
> > Rights and to unhindered access by individuals to
> communication media 
> > and information sources

> >
> > As the United Nations highest human rights
> official, your good offices 
> > are needed to ensure that human rights language in
> the WSIS process is 
> > comprehensive, strong and consistent with
> resolutions and decisions 
> > adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and
> build upon human rights 
> > language developed through the various UN world
> summits and 
> > conferences.
> >
> > Civil society organizations view ICTs as having
> both tremendous 
> > applications that enhance human rights, such as
> through the rapid 
> > dissemination of action alerts and instant access
> to human rights 
> > information, and disturbing capacities to greatly
> diminish human 
> > rights, such as by providing governments with
> means enabling intrusive 
> > surveillance and monitoring and therefore,
> repression.
> >
> > Only through the active participation of
> governments, civil society, 
> > and international human rights institutions such
> as your Office can 
> > these ICTs be best harnessed to maximize the
> protection of human 
> > rights worldwide.
> >
> > We hope the Office of the High Commissioner will
> become involved in 
> > this event and we look forward to our ongoing
> collaboration in 
> > ensuring that the World Summit on the Information
> Society has a strong 
> > human rights focus. In particular we are hoping
> that you personally 
> > will be able to attend the Third Prep Com, to take
> place in Geneva in 
> > September 15-27, 2003, and we look forward to
> meeting with you at that 
> > time. We also hope that the Office of the High
> Commissioner will be 
> > prominent in the deliberations of the Summit in
> December, and that we 
> > will harness the potential of information
> technology to serve the 
> > cause of human rights to the Summit in Tunisia and
> beyond.
> >
> > We look forward to your reply.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > [under-signed NGOs. 15 till now]
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
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From jntan at mail.wangonet.org  Wed Jun 11 10:03:48 2003
From: jntan at mail.wangonet.org (John Ntan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Please sign-on - Letter to OHCHR
Message-ID: <200306110503.AA2166358278@mail.wangonet.org>

Hi Meryem,
We the Human Rights Information Network (HURINET), Nigeria 
11, Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
also want to sign on, requesting the participation of the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at the WSIS.
Regards,
Ntan.





---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 10:38:00 +0200

>[This is a call for signatures by NGOs]
>
>Hi all,
>
>Below you will find a letter to the Deputy High Commissioner for Human 
>Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, to ask him to attend next PrepCom of the 
>World Summit on the Information society (WSIS) and the Summit itself, 
>in order "to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
>comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
>adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
>language developed through the various UN world summits and 
>conferences.", as written in the letter.
>
>This letter is an initiative from Rik Panganiban from the World 
>Federalist Movement, who submitted the proposal to the WSIS Human 
>Rights caucus, coordinated by Rikke Frank Jorgensen from the Danish 
>Institute for Human Rights and myself as IRIS representative (see the 
>HR caucus website at:
>http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis).
>
>After some modifications from HR caucus members, the final text of the 
>letter has been agreed (see below).
>Now we would like to gather as much signatures from organizations as 
>possible, so that the letter can be seen as a strong demand.
>
>You are then asked to send signatures before the deadline of June 12. 
>Please send them directly to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org), I'll post the 
>final list here.
>Please provide: name of the org, web site if any, contact person name 
>and email.
>
>You don't need to be accredited to the Summit for that, not to have 
>taken an active part in its process till now.
>
>Thanks you in advance,
>Meryem Marzouki
>HR caucus co-coordinator
>=======
>Final text of the letter:
>June 2003
>
>Bertrand Ramcharan
>Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
>United Nations
>Geneva, Switzerland
>
>RE: Human Rights and the World Summit on the Information Society
>
>
>Your Excellency Mr. Bertrand Ramcharan:
>
>The under-signed civil society organizations strongly encourage your 
>active participation in the preparatory committee and summit meeting of 
>the World Summit on the Information Society, taking place in September 
>and December 2003, respectively.  Human rights are an essential 
>requirement of the Information Society, as elaborated in the draft 
>declaration of the WSIS (WSIS/PCIP/DT/1-E):
>
>10. The essential requirements for the development of an equitable 
>Information Society include: The respect for all internationally 
>recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms. Notably the right to 
>freedom of opinion and expression, including the right to hold opinions 
>without interference and seek to, receive and impart information and 
>ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers in accordance with 
>article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to 
>unhindered access by individuals to communication media and information 
>sources

>
>As the United Nations highest human rights official, your good offices 
>are needed to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
>comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
>adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
>language developed through the various UN world summits and conferences.
>
>Civil society organizations view ICTs as having both tremendous 
>applications that enhance human rights, such as through the rapid 
>dissemination of action alerts and instant access to human rights 
>information, and disturbing capacities to greatly diminish human 
>rights, such as by providing governments with means enabling intrusive 
>surveillance and monitoring and therefore, repression.
>
>Only through the active participation of governments, civil society, 
>and international human rights institutions such as your Office can 
>these ICTs be best harnessed to maximize the protection of human rights 
>worldwide.
>
>We hope the Office of the High Commissioner will become involved in 
>this event and we look forward to our ongoing collaboration in ensuring 
>that the World Summit on the Information Society has a strong human 
>rights focus. In particular we are hoping that you personally will be 
>able to attend the Third Prep Com, to take place in Geneva in September 
>15-27, 2003, and we look forward to meeting with you at that time. We 
>also hope that the Office of the High Commissioner will be prominent in 
>the deliberations of the Summit in December, and that we will harness 
>the potential of information technology to serve the cause of human 
>rights to the Summit in Tunisia and beyond.
>
>We look forward to your reply.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>[under-signed NGOs. 15 till now]
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Tue Jun 17 09:31:30 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Letter to OHCHR
Message-ID: <1823E8BC-A09E-11D7-B5B7-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

The letter to Mr Bertrand Ramcharan, UN Deputy High Commissioner for 
Human Rights, has been sent, with a list of 43 endorsements from 
national and international NGOs. Many thanks to all who signed.

This letter sollicitates his participation to WSIS PrepCom3 and to the 
Summit to ensure that human rights language in the WSIS process is 
comprehensive, strong and consistent with resolutions and decisions 
adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and build upon human rights 
language developed through the various UN world summits and conferences.

A copy has been sent by email to Mr Adama Samassekou, President of the 
WSIS Preparatory Process, and to Mr Pierre Gagn?, Director of the WSIS 
Executive Secretariat.

This letter is a joint initiative from the World Federalist Movement 
(contact: Rik Panganiban, rikp@bluewin.ch) and the WSIS Human Rights in 
the Information Society Caucus, a group of 22 NGOs (contact: Rikke 
Frank Jorgensen, Danish Institute for Human Rights, rfj@humanrights.dk, 
and Meryem Marzouki, Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire, 
Meryem.Marzouki@iris.sgdg.org).

The letter with the list of signatures is available on the Human Rights 
Caucus web site:
http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis
(HTML and PDF versions. Up to now only English version is available).

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
Co-coordinator of the WSIS Human Rights in the Information Society 
Caucus

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IRIS - Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire
294 rue de Charenton - 75012 Paris
Tel/Fax. +33(0)144749239

From conciencia2 at concienciaccion.org  Tue Jun 17 14:35:33 2003
From: conciencia2 at concienciaccion.org (Angela-Jo Medina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Letter to OHCHR
References: <1823E8BC-A09E-11D7-B5B7-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <01c401c334d5$5478ff00$6401a8c0@VALUED7B9600FA>

Dear Merymen:

I am contacting you to express a concern of mine. I feel it the Human Rights
Caucus' purpose would be better served if the information were also
available in Spanish.

Perhaps we might help you with this?

Kind Regards,

Angela-Jo Medina


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
?ngela-Jo Medina
"A veces lav?ndonos las manos nos ensuciamos la conciencia." - An?nimo
www.concienciaccion.org : conciencia2@concienciaccion.org



From oeyen at pino.cbb.entelnet.bo  Tue Jun 17 14:09:03 2003
From: oeyen at pino.cbb.entelnet.bo (Victor van Oeyen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] inscription in Families
In-Reply-To: <171664EA9CFCA84EADE9CF3865973F99356489@wacc_commserver.wac
 c.org.uk>
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20030617090903.008a9b30@pino.cbb.entelnet.bo>

Hi All,

talking about Caucuses and Families......

Whom can I direct myself to if the head of the media-'family' (Mr. Koven)
doesn't answer my e-mails in which I ask him to include me in this family? 

Does anybody know about a 'supreme family court' or something like that? 

Thanks for orientation! 

Victor 

Victor van Oeyen
Coordinaci?n Departamento de Investigaci?n ERBOL-ALER

Telefono (trabajo/work - ERBOL)  591+  2 - 2203650 - 2204011
Fax:                             		 591+  2 - 2203888
OJO: NUEVO (domicilio/home-La Paz)  591+  2 - 2790873
G.S.M. (Bolivia)	 	 591+  7 - 2001198
G.S.M. (Europa)		   31+  6 - 12777747





From asqz at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 17 17:31:45 2003
From: asqz at yahoo.com (Alcimar Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Letter to OHCHR
In-Reply-To: <01c401c334d5$5478ff00$6401a8c0@VALUED7B9600FA>
Message-ID: <20030617163145.85767.qmail@web41511.mail.yahoo.com>

I AGREE, Srª Medina,

I MIGHT HELP THE PLENARY WITH THE TRANSLATION TO
PORTUGUESE, IF NECESSARY...

Alcimar Silva de Queiroz


--- Angela-Jo Medina <conciencia2@concienciaccion.org>
wrote:
> Dear Merymen:
> 
> I am contacting you to express a concern of mine. I
> feel it the Human Rights
> Caucus' purpose would be better served if the
> information were also
> available in Spanish.
> 
> Perhaps we might help you with this?
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Angela-Jo Medina
> 
> 
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> Ángela-Jo Medina
> "A veces lavándonos las manos nos ensuciamos la
> conciencia." - Anónimo
> www.concienciaccion.org :
> conciencia2@concienciaccion.org
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


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From rkoven at compuserve.com  Tue Jun 17 18:58:00 2003
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] inscription in Families
Message-ID: <200306171358_MC3-1-3DAA-AE55@compuserve.com>

Dear Plaintiff (Victor van Oeyen) --

Sorry I haven't answered you. I had a very serious operation at the start
of April, and, as soon I was able, I had to go on three out-of-town trips
in succession.

There is nothing magical or mysterious about joining the media family.

When we meet during the intersession in Paris or at Prepcom 3 in Geneva,
the meeting times and places will be posted, and you should show up if you
are in town.

Aside from that, the media family/caucus agreed at Prepcom 2 to some very
general statements that were submitted to to-whom-it-may-concern, and there
has been almost no further discussion.

I anticipate we will review those statements at the intersession.

I hope this satisfies any desire you may have for litigation. 

Best regards,

Ronald Koven

From oeyen at pino.cbb.entelnet.bo  Tue Jun 17 22:50:08 2003
From: oeyen at pino.cbb.entelnet.bo (Victor van Oeyen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] inscription in Families
In-Reply-To: <200306171358_MC3-1-3DAA-AE55@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20030617175008.008305c0@pino.cbb.entelnet.bo>

Thank you very much for your kind answer Mr. Koven. 

I won't be able to make it for the intersessional meeting in Paris but will
show up in Prep comIII. 

I would appreciate it very much if you could maintain us informed about any
eventual previous discussions in the media-family. Is there any list
available about who are actually integrating the Media Family? 

Thank you again!

Kind regards, 

Victor van Oeyen


Victor van Oeyen
Representante a la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n
N?mero de registro: al10358bo
ALER - Asociaci?n Latinoamericana de Educaci?n Radiof?nica
La Paz - BOLIVIA
Tel.: (591) +2 - 2203650 / 2204011
Fax:  (591) +2 - 2203888



From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Tue Jun 17 23:34:40 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Letter to OHCHR
In-Reply-To: <20030617163145.85767.qmail@web41511.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <E25CB621-A113-11D7-B8C9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

Thanks for your offers ! Translation of the Human Rights Caucus  
documents in Spanish and Portuguese are more than welcome ! Please  
consider that these documents are obviously public, and their free  
dissemination is strongly encouraged.
In case a translation is ready, just let me know so that I can add it  
to the caucus web site.

Meryem

Le mardi, 17 juin 2003, ? 18:31 Europe/Paris, Alcimar Silva a ?crit :

> I AGREE, Sr? Medina,
>
> I MIGHT HELP THE PLENARY WITH THE TRANSLATION TO
> PORTUGUESE, IF NECESSARY...
>
> Alcimar Silva de Queiroz
>
>
> --- Angela-Jo Medina <conciencia2@concienciaccion.org>
> wrote:
>> Dear Merymen:
>>
>> I am contacting you to express a concern of mine. I
>> feel it the Human Rights
>> Caucus' purpose would be better served if the
>> information were also
>> available in Spanish.
>>
>> Perhaps we might help you with this?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Angela-Jo Medina
>>
>>
>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -----
>> -----
>> ?ngela-Jo Medina
>> "A veces lav?ndonos las manos nos ensuciamos la
>> conciencia." - An?nimo
>> www.concienciaccion.org :
>> conciencia2@concienciaccion.org
>>
>>
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>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>
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From nne75 at yahoo.com  Wed Jun 18 17:54:43 2003
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (nnenna nwakanma)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Ronald
In-Reply-To: <200306171358_MC3-1-3DAA-AE55@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <20030618165443.96444.qmail@web10902.mail.yahoo.com>

Sorry about your operation Ronald
 
Hope you get well soon
 
Nnenna


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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Jun 19 22:09:25 2003
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Site SMSI en Francais / WSIS website in French
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[English below]

Une fois n'est pas coutume, un message en Fran?ais et en Anglais.
L'agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie a aussi ouvert son 
site sur le SMSI.
http://smsi.francophonie.org/

I assume I should write this message in both French and English.
The French speaking nations intergovernmental agency has opened its own 
WSIS website (in French:-)).
http://smsi.francophonie.org/

Meryem


From info at laneta.apc.org  Fri Jun 20 09:43:23 2003
From: info at laneta.apc.org (Olinca Marino)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:23 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Information Note to CS Bureau
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030619211120.02e152f0@gpo.iol.ie>
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20030620103949.00c3f1b8@laneta.apc.org>

At 19/06/2003 Sean wrote:


>Note that the agenda for the CS Bureau meeting is below.  If anyone has 
>any issues they wish myself or YJ Park to raise regarding Coalitions and 
>Networks 'Family',  please let us know.  (I will not be attending, but YJ 
>will).
>
>Any general issues regarding the agenda could also be raised on this list.

I will be attending the CS Bureau meeting.  I can put in the Bureau 
meeting's discussion some issues or documents as well.

Olinca Marino


From sean at nexus.ie  Mon Jun 23 09:03:28 2003
From: sean at nexus.ie (Sean O Siochru)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU Draft Action Plan
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030623085204.0229b738@gpo.iol.ie>

Attached find the EU Contribution to the Draft Action Plan.

This appears to be a risk-averse document, with very little of interest.  e.g.

- on open-source, the uses the word of 'encourage' not 'promote', which is 
almost the US line; no mention of free software;
- on public domain, there is no talk of expanding only  'policy guidelines 
for development and promotion'
- on intellectual property rights, there is talk of the 'actions should be 
taken towards the protection  of rights of creators'  ...  'with special 
attention to the fair balance ... ' .  Action is what matters here.
- on investment, the role of the public sector is to pay 'in those regions 
which are not yet sufficiently attractive for private investments'  at the 
same time as ensuring a 'conducive environment' for the private 
sector  i.e. the poor can wait, but let us not let anything get in the way 
of profits.

At first read, this is a disappointing document.

Sean

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From dbarnard at sangonet.org.za  Tue Jun 24 12:43:46 2003
From: dbarnard at sangonet.org.za (dbarnard@sangonet.org.za)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] THETHA - "World Summit on the Information Society" - 30 July 2003
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THETHA - THE SANGONeT ICT DISCUSSION FORUM

"World Summit on the Information Society"

30 July 2003

On 27 March 2003 the Southern African Non-Governmental     
Organisation Network (SANGONeT) launched Thetha: The 
SANGONeT ICT Discussion Forum, a new one-day discussion 
forum initiative focusing on the role and relevance of ICT-related
issues to the South African CSO sector.

The Thetha forums provide an opportunity to both CSOs which are
ICT-enabled, as well as those organisations which are considering
introducing ICT solutions to their work, with an opportunity to
discuss issues of common concern and learn from one another?s
experiences.

The next Thetha will be held on Wednesday, 30 July 2003  
(09h00-16h30) at the Parktonian Hotel, 120 De Korte Street, 
Braamfontein.

The theme of this Thetha will be the "World Summit on the  
Information Society".

The objectives of this Thetha will be to provide South African
CSOs with an opportunity to develop an understanding and reflect
on the focus and objectives of the WSIS and related processes, 
and to discuss the position of the South African government and 
civil society in this regard.

The Summit will be held in two phases, namely from 10-12 
December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, and from 16-18 November 
2005 in Tunis, Tunisia. The preparatory process involves two 
mechanisms, namely regional conferences and Preparatory 
Committee meetings (PrepComs). 

The African regional conference was held in Bamako, Mali, in May
2002, while 2 PrepComs have taken place in Geneva in July 2002
and February 2003. A third PrepCom will be held from 15-26
September 2003 in Geneva, while a special Intersessional Meeting
will be held from 15-18 July 2003 in Paris, France.

Representatives of various local CSOs which have participated in
the WSIS process during the past year are involved in the planning 
of the Thetha, and will provide input and feedback during the 
meeting. These organisations include SANGONeT, Media Institute 
of Southern Africa (MISA) - South Africa, National Community 
Radio Forum (NCRF), Link Centre at Wits University, Freedom of 
Expression Institute (FXI), Association for Progressive 
Communications (APC) and Women?sNet. 

During the next few weeks SANGONeT will distribute information 
on various aspects of the WSIS to assist CSOs in preparing for the
Thetha, as well as to learn about the WSIS process in general.

If you are interested in participating in this Thetha, please contact
Matsela Mosoetsi or Malefu Thibedi at SANGONeT before 25 July 
2003 on:

Tel: (011) 838-6943
Fax: (011) 492-1058
E-mail: matsela@sangonet.org.za / malefut@sangonet.org.za

Participation in the Thetha is free of charge.

For more information on Thetha - The SANGONeT ICT 
Discussion Forum, please contact Eric Muragana, SANGONeT's  
Media Coordinator at - mediatec@sangonet.org.za - or visit the  
SANGONeT website at -  http://www.sangonet.org.za

"Come Thetha with us"

From kpjarboe at athenaalliance.org  Tue Jun 24 14:42:08 2003
From: kpjarboe at athenaalliance.org (Kenan Jarboe)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU Draft Action Plan
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030623085204.0229b738@gpo.iol.ie>
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030624093433.014bb828@athenaalliance.org>

Sean -- thanks for sending this out.  I think risk-averse is a good way of 
characterizing not just this document, but the entire summit process.  At 
least the EU document seems to acknowledge that the focus of the meeting is 
on the Information Society -- and not narrowly on the technology.  Based on 
my read of the various documents, it seems to me that the title of the 
meeting should be the World Summit on Information Technology Infrastructure.




At 04:03 AM 6/23/2003, you wrote:
>Attached find the EU Contribution to the Draft Action Plan.
>
>This appears to be a risk-averse document, with very little of interest.  e.g.
>
>- on open-source, the uses the word of 'encourage' not 'promote', which is 
>almost the US line; no mention of free software;
>- on public domain, there is no talk of expanding only  'policy guidelines 
>for development and promotion'
>- on intellectual property rights, there is talk of the 'actions should be 
>taken towards the protection  of rights of creators'  ...  'with special 
>attention to the fair balance ... ' .  Action is what matters here.
>- on investment, the role of the public sector is to pay 'in those regions 
>which are not yet sufficiently attractive for private investments'  at the 
>same time as ensuring a 'conducive environment' for the private 
>sector  i.e. the poor can wait, but let us not let anything get in the way 
>of profits.
>
>At first read, this is a disappointing document.
>
>Sean
>
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From titiakinsanmi at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 24 15:34:27 2003
From: titiakinsanmi at yahoo.com (Titilayo Akinsanmi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU Draft Action Plan
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030624093433.014bb828@athenaalliance.org>
Message-ID: <20030624143427.75442.qmail@web11805.mail.yahoo.com>

I couldn't agree more!
Titi Akinsanmi

Kenan Jarboe <kpjarboe@athenaalliance.org> wrote:
Sean -- thanks for sending this out. I think risk-averse is a good way of 
characterizing not just this document, but the entire summit process. At 
least the EU document seems to acknowledge that the focus of the meeting is 
on the Information Society -- and not narrowly on the technology. Based on 
my read of the various documents, it seems to me that the title of the 
meeting should be the World Summit on Information Technology Infrastructure.




At 04:03 AM 6/23/2003, you wrote:
>Attached find the EU Contribution to the Draft Action Plan.
>
>This appears to be a risk-averse document, with very little of interest. e.g.
>
>- on open-source, the uses the word of 'encourage' not 'promote', which is 
>almost the US line; no mention of free software;
>- on public domain, there is no talk of expanding only 'policy guidelines 
>for development and promotion'
>- on intellectual property rights, there is talk of the 'actions should be 
>taken towards the protection of rights of creators' ... 'with special 
>attention to the fair balance ... ' . Action is what matters here.
>- on investment, the role of the public sector is to pay 'in those regions 
>which are not yet sufficiently attractive for private investments' at the 
>same time as ensuring a 'conducive environment' for the private 
>sector i.e. the poor can wait, but let us not let anything get in the way 
>of profits.
>
>At first read, this is a disappointing document.
>
>Sean
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From patcha at patcha.jinbo.net  Wed Jun 25 05:58:13 2003
From: patcha at patcha.jinbo.net (PatchA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Letter to Executive Secretariat from Korean Civil Society Network for WSIS
Message-ID: <JOEFJEKMEJDFNEFEKAKNOEMPCBAA.patcha@patcha.jinbo.net>

Dear all,

Recently, we, Korean Civil Society Network for WSIS, 
discussed the important affairs related to the accreditation
and observers' status in the official process of WSIS. 
And we sent our requests to the executive secretariat of WSIS.
The letter is below. (I attach the MS file also)

And we are now gathering endorsement to the requests letter 
from other civil society entities. If you want to join, please let me know.
and also if you have any comments, please let me know.

Thanks and Warm Regards,
PatchA

International Coordinator
Korean Progressive Network, Jinbonet
http://www.jinbo.net
patcha@patcha.jinbo.net
Tel) +82-2-7744-551


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To Executive Secretariat (wsis.csd@ties.itu.int)
World Summit on the Information Society
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

Dear Executive Secretariat for WSIS,

We, Korean Civil Society Network for WSIS (KCSN), thank the executive secretariat¡¯s efforts for WSIS. KCSN was launched in May, 2003 and seventeen civil society organizations including Korean Progressive Network (Jinbonet), PeaceNet, Labor News Production, Korean Federation for Environment Movement, Korean Labor Net, People¡¯s Solidarity for the Participatory Democracy, IPLeft, Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, Korean Christian Network, Media Center, Civil Network for Cultural Reform, Korea Women¡¯s Association United Citizens¡¯ Action Network, Korea Contingent Workers Center, Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity, Research Institute for the Disables' Rights and Interest, and Kangwon Branch of the Korean People's Artists Federation have participated in KCSN.

KCSN would like to propose the important amendments on the accreditation and observers' status in the official process of WSIS, based on the discussion and evaluation by the participating organizations and individuals in KCSN. The detailed proposal is as follows.

1. Accreditation process
WSIS secretariat announced that all of the civil society entities and NGOs should get the accreditation in order to join the official process of WSIS. The secretariat requests at least three materials for the accreditation -- annual report (2001 and 2002), financial report (2001 and 2002) and constitutional status document. But, lots of civil society entities have already been doing many activities for WSIS without any legitimated accreditation. And civil society division of executive secretariat for WSIS announced that it decided to gather the information regarding the national initiatives that are developing around the summit in each county.

Civil society organizations and NGOs have usually made coalition, caucus, committee or network for WSIS and already carried out many activities at national, regional and international levels.

But now there is very serious problem to the accreditation process. If any civil society entities including organization, network, caucus, and committee don¡¯t get the accreditation, they cannot join the official process of WSIS, however they should be considered as one of the most important and active constituencies for WSIS, and can provide significant contribution to the declaration and action plans for WSIS. 

Especially, anyone from newly launched organization, network, caucus, and committee after 2002 cannot fundamentally take part in the official process because of the accreditation. For example, Korean civil society network for WSIS was launched in May 2003, and has organized many activities for WSIS at national and regional levels. But this network has no documents which WSIS secretariat requested for the accreditation. And many civil societies in other countries are facing similar problems like us.

Korean civil society network for WSIS requests that the accreditation process should be modified to a new one based on more open, democratic and transparent rules of procedure. As there are already many accredited organizations and entities. We propose that the accredited organizations and entities can recommend other non-accredited organizations and entities to join the official process of WSIS, instead of the existing accreditation process. The detailed process of alternative can be as follows.

a. The WSIS secretariat receives the recommendation from accredited organization.
b. The WSIS secretariat announces it on the website for certain period (about one week)
c. On the condition that there is no objection of the recommendation, the recommended organizations or entities will be considered to get the accreditation, with the announcement by WSIS secretariat. 
d. If there is any objection, then there will be direct discussion with the accredited organizations or entities, which recommended others, and decide. (Detailed regulations on conflict resolution process should be made)

2. Observers' status
Observers' status including civil society is very vague and mostly unfair compared than the government status in the WSIS process. The UN announced, "In Resolution 56/183 the General Assembly also encouraged contributions from all relevant UN bodies and other intergovernmental organizations, including international and regional institutions, non-governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to actively participate in the intergovernmental preparatory process of the Summit and the Summit itself." And It adds, "It (WSIS) aims to bring together Heads of State, Executive Heads of United Nations agencies, industry leaders, non-governmental organizations, media representatives and civil society in a single high-level event. The roles of the various partners (Member States, UN specialized agencies, private sector and civil society) in ensuring smooth coordination of the practical establishment of the information society around the globe will also be at the heart of the Summit and its preparation."

However, observers¡¯ participation in the official process of WSIS has been varied and limited. Back in the situation to the PrepCom II, civil society could speak only thirty minutes total in official meeting for two weeks.

Although the UN emphasizes that all the key stakeholders' participation including government, private sector and civil society is very important in this WSIS process, in reality, observers activities are very limited even to speak their attitude and opinions.

Korean civil society network for WSIS requests that fair status of observers in the WSIS process should be guaranteed in every step and process. At least, observers should be able to speak their opinion in the equal position of the governments.

Korean civil society network for WSIS honestly requests these two affairs which we assume are critical factors for democratizing the process. 

Hope to hear you soonest.

Sincerely yours,

PatchA
International Coordinator 
Korean Civil Society Network for WSIS.
http://www.wsis.or.kr
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From muguet at noos.fr  Thu Jun 26 00:28:42 2003
From: muguet at noos.fr (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Web site of the PCT working group
Message-ID: <3EFA302A.6020700@noos.fr>

   Announcement :

   After several preliminary versions,
   the site of the thematic Working Group (WG)
   dealing with Patents,Copyrights, Trademarks (P.C.T) is now open at

                            http://www.wsis-pct.org

   This group has been previously known as the IPR group
    ( the site may still be reached at its old URL: www.wsis-ipr.org )
   but the "Intellectual Property Rights" term
    has been avoided on purpose.
   as explained in detail on our site.

   In this context, it is interesting to read the recent article
   by Richard Stallman :
 
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2914132,00.html

   The PCT-WG plans to organize WSIS and ICT4D events


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From muguet at noos.fr  Thu Jun 26 00:34:01 2003
From: muguet at noos.fr (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:17:24 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Web site of the scientific information working group
Message-ID: <3EFA3169.1010502@noos.fr>

  Announcement :

   After several preliminary versions,
   the site of the thematic Working Group (WG)
   dealing with Scientific Information is now open at

                            http://www.wsis-si.org

   The site has been formally openned on June 16,
   the first day of the I3S international
   scientific meeting held in Paris.
                     http://www.mdpi.net/sensors/I3S/

   This working group plans to organize
   WSIS and ICT4D events in relationship
   to Open Access Journals and Open Archives.


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