From webmaster at nilebasin.com  Sun Aug  1 13:43:18 2004
From: webmaster at nilebasin.com (Nabil El-Khodari)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance and 'spam'
In-Reply-To: <410BA535.2080607@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAnKjosiYaGkCy7DrFcuiPt8KAAAAQAAAA1KGtlG7UBECu9Rvntqfb8wEAAAAA@nilebasin.com>

Dear all:

I am not sure if that issue have been covered under the scope of Internet
Governance. I am one of the believers that the Internet should not be
'governed' except may be within the frame of technical issues like IP
addresses and domain names. Even domain names now are seeing more
liberalization.

The issue I am raising is basically the 'governmental' influences on
blocking sites and e-mails from advocacy groups. The 3 domain names owned
by us are now considered as 'spam' sites at least by Hotmail and Yahoo
rendering delivery of our newsletters and even contacts with our members
difficult or even impossible. As most of our target group is in the Nile
Basin, they rely heavily on free e-mail accounts offered by Yahoo and
Hotmail. Of course the problem also extends beyond that to even inclusion
on 'spam filters' available from different sources.

NGOs are (and should) not subject to 'spam' regulations. Even though all
our services are opt-in and opt-out (mailing list and discussion forum)
where the user can unsubscribe automatically at any time. The only time we
send an 'unsolicited' e-mail is when we are contacting official
governmental or international organization sources that are involved in
Nile Basin development issues. I certainly believe that this should not be
considered as 'spam'.

The solution needed is the establishment of a 'central independent
authority' to which complaints about 'spam blocking' from information
providers like ourselves can be resolved. At least a warning that a
certain domain name would be considered as spam source should be issued to
the webmaster or postmaster together with details of the complaint
received.

Sincerely,

Nabil El-Khodari
Treasurer/Founder
Nile Basin Society

http://www.nilebasin.com
http://nile.ca/
http://www.nilebasin.net

Tel: +1 (647) 722-3265
Fax: +1 (647) 722-3273

108 Waterbury Dr.
Toronto, Ontario M9R 3Y3
Canada

"If the people will lead, the leaders will follow." Dr. David Suzuki
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From mueller at syr.edu  Sun Aug  1 15:05:46 2004
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CS-Plenary] Internet governance and spam
Message-ID: <s10cc090.054@gwia201.syr.edu>

It is true and important that spam is an issue that 
involves "content regulation" or "freedom of expression"
problems, it is not just a security/nuisance issue.
Your post helps to increase awareness of that fact. 

--MM

>>> webmaster@nilebasin.com 08/01/04 08:43AM >>>
The 3 domain names owned
by us are now considered as 'spam' sites at least by Hotmail and Yahoo
rendering delivery of our newsletters and even contacts with our
members difficult or even impossible. As most of our target group is in
the Nile Basin, they rely heavily on free e-mail accounts offered by
Yahoo and
Hotmail. Of course the problem also extends beyond that to even
inclusion on 'spam filters' available from different sources.



From webmaster at nilebasin.com  Mon Aug  2 12:46:05 2004
From: webmaster at nilebasin.com (Nabil El-Khodari)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Governance? Liberalization and VoIP
Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAnKjosiYaGkCy7DrFcuiPt8KAAAAQAAAAlXzSpViV8Ei8mUvwXGNZPQEAAAAA@nilebasin.com>

Dear all:

I would like to know if there is a committee involved in the issues of new
and emerging technologies in ICT that have a huge impact on communications
and is usually 'controlled/resisted' by developing countries to protect
the high tariffs charged for 'traditional' line telephony.

Even here in Canada for example, the provision of VoIP has just begun.
Personally, I found it a much better alternative than using the services
of the local telephone companies. For the monthly charges paid for a
regular telephone line (we had two; one for telephony and one for fax), we
now have 2 VoIP lines with full features (and even newer ones) with free
calling in all Canada and the USA. The international rates are much
cheaper than even using pre-paid telephone cards. (see for example
http://vonage.com/)

The reason I am writing this is an article in Balancing  Act's News Update
218 (1 August 2004) - to subscribe or unsubscribe send an e-mail to
info@balancingact-africa.com - entitled "VOIP TELEPHONY WILL BE LEGALISED
FIRST IN WEST AFRICA, SAYS NEW REPORT". 

The article mentions that "According to one of the report?s author?s
Russell Southwood:?Grey markets in international VoIP calling have grown
up almost everywhere in Africa because of the large difference between the
price charged to the African customer by monopoly incumbent telephone
companies and the much cheaper cost at which they buy that call on the
international market. Grey market operators like ISPs and cyber-cafes can
offer the calls more cheaply and still make a profit.?

The legalization of VoIP will change the structure of both the internet
and telecoms industries and the report looks at how this might occur and
the type of new operators that will emerge, offering VoIP calling both
domestically and internationally."

There are some more interesting information about this subject as it
concerns West African countries, but lessons/positions should be taken on
this important issue by the NGOs involved in the WSIS. I have made the
article available here: http://nilebasin.com/home/documents/VoIP.doc

Sincerely, 
 
Nabil El-Khodari
Treasurer/Founder
Nile Basin Society
 
http://www.nilebasin.com
http://nile.ca/
http://www.nilebasin.net
 
Tel: +1 (647) 722-3265
Fax: +1 (647) 722-3273
 
108 Waterbury Dr.
Toronto, Ontario M9R 3Y3
Canada
 
"If the people will lead, the leaders will follow." Dr. David Suzuki
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From adavidziuk at yahoo.com  Tue Aug  3 05:49:13 2004
From: adavidziuk at yahoo.com (alejandra davidziuk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Digest - CRIS Campaign
Message-ID: <20040803044913.12774.qmail@web12005.mail.yahoo.com>

DECLARACION: OTRA COMUNICACION ES POSIBLE
En apoyo a la Campaña CRIS, las organizaciones
integrantes de la Red Latinoamericana de Comunicación
(ALAI - ALER - AMARC – Proyecto Monitor de Políticas
TIC en LAC de APC - OCLACC - Radipaz – WACC)
extendieron la siguiente declaración, que tuvo como
marco al Foro Social de las Américas, realizado del 25
al 30 de Julio de 2004 en Quito, Ecuador. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/368/

FSA 2004 DIARY: SOCIAL EXPRESSIONS DURING THE FORUM
[Video by OWTV]
During the FSA 2004 diverse type of events were held:
specialized conferences, Mass protest on Wednesday
against globalization, craft fairs, and expression
about local problems. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/373/

DIARIO DEL FSA 2004: UN SINFÍN DE EXPRESIONES SOCIALES

[Fuente de imágenes: OWTV]
Durante el transcurso del FSA 2004 no sólo hubo
conferencias de analistas especializados sino que
también tuvieron lugar diversas manifestaciones
sociales, muestras de artículos regionales y
presentación de problemáticas socioeconómicas locales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/372/

DIARIO DEL FSA 2004: DERECHOS DE LA COMUNICACIÓN:
ACTORES, ARTICULACIONES, ESTRATEGIAS
[Por Orlando Arratia CRIS-Bolivia y Eida Janeth Castro
CRIS Colombia]
Luego de la conferencia magistral de Armand Mattelard,
tuvo lugar una mesa redonda con diferentes
conferencistas latinoamericanos, quienes expusieron
una gran variedad de temáticas acerca del Derecho de
la Comunicación: actores, articulaciones,
estrategias”.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/371/

DIARIO DEL FSA 2004: CONFERENCIA MAGISTRAL: ARMAND
MATTELARD 
 [Por Orlando Arratia CRIS-Bolivia y Eida Janeth
Castro CRIS Colombia]
El experto francés, Armand Mattelard, plantea desde
una retrospectiva histórica una noción crítica de la
Sociedad de la Información, para lo cual plantea fases
o periodos históricos de largo, mediano y corto
alcance.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/370/

DIARIO DEL FSA 2004: COMUNICACIÓN CULTURA Y CONTRA
HEGEMONÍA 
[Por Orlando Arratia CRIS-Bolivia y Eida Janeth Castro
CRIS Colombia]
En el marco de nuestra participación como becarios de
CRIS en los eventos referidos a Comunicación del Foro
Social de las Américas, presentamos las perspectivas
relevantes de la conferencia que ofreció Frei Betto de
Brasil sobre “Comunicación Cultura y Contra
hegemonía”.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/369/

DIARIO DE FSA 2004: CIFRAS Y DETALLES DEL EVENTO
Resulta imposible recrear el clima que se vive en
estas horas en la ciudad de 
Quito, recorrida por casi 10.000 personas que
participan en esta primera edición del Foro Social de
las Américas. Datos extraoficiales hablan de 700
organizaciones inscriptas, casi 600 periodistas de más
de 32 países y 200 voluntarios que colaboran en las
diversas áreas de organización. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/367/

DIARIO FSA 2004: ENCUENTRO POR LOS DERECHOS DE LA
COMUNICACIÓN EN LAS AMÉRICAS
[Fuente: ALER Ecuador] El 26 de julio, durante el
“Encuentro por los Derechos de la Comunicación en las
Américas”, la Red de Organizaciones de Comunicación en
apoyo a la Campaña CRIS (ALAI - ALER - AMARC - APC -
OCLACC - Radipaz – WACC) presentó la conferencia
magistral del analista en comunicación Armand
Mattelart (Francia). Asimismo, dio paso a una mesa
redonda sobre “Derechos de la Comunicación: Actores,
articulaciones, estrategias” con reconocidos
especialistas de Latinoamérica. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/366/



	
		
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From philip.thigo at eltaller.org  Wed Aug  4 10:59:32 2004
From: philip.thigo at eltaller.org (philip.thigo@eltaller.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HIGH-LEVEL OPEN-ENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AND CAPACITY-BUILDING TO BE HELD IN NAIROBI, 2-4 SEPTEMBER 2004
Message-ID: <011401c47a09$c4aec960$e1c7fea9@eltaller>


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dinah Korir" <Dinah.Korir@unep.org>
To: <undisclosed-recipients:>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: HIGH-LEVEL OPEN-ENDED INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AND
CAPACITY-BUILDING TO BE HELD IN NAIROBI, 2-4 SEPTEMBER 2004


>
>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Please find attached, the electronic version of the invitation to the
> second session of the High-level Open-ended Intergovernmental Working
Group
> on an Intergovernmental Strategic Plan for Technology Support and
> Capacity-building, established by the Governing Council/Global Ministerial
> Environment Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by
> Governing Council decision SS.VIII/1 of 31 March 2004, to be convened at
> UNEP headquarters, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya, 2-4 September
> 2004.
>
> Best regards.
>
>
>
> Olivier Deleuze
> Chief, Major Groups & Stakeholders Branch
> Division of Policy Development & Law (DPDL)
> United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
> Room T-336
> P.O. Box 30552 - 00100
> Nairobi, Kenya
> Tel.: (254-20) 62 4686
> Fax: (254-20) 62 3022
> E-mail: olivier.deleuze@unep.org
>
>
>
>
> (See attached file: E_Notification.doc)   (See attached file:
> Agenda_K0471869-E.doc)   (See attached file:
> Elements_VIII5_Add1_English.doc)(See attached file: Exp consultations
> k0471706 IGSP-1-4 E.doc)
>
>
>
> (See attached file: K0471891 IGSP2-INF1.doc)     (See attached file:
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Aug  4 21:37:51 2004
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: INFO: Public Voice Symposium - 13 September, 2004 - Wroclaw, Poland
Message-ID: <278D1A37-E656-11D8-A259-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

FYI. Meryem

D?but du message r?exp?di? :

> De: Cedric Laurant <chlaurant@epic.org>
> Date: Mer 4 ao? 2004  21:41:02 Europe/Paris
> ?: marzouki@ras.eu.org, Meryem.Marzouki@iris.sgdg.org
> Objet: INFO: Public Voice Symposium - 13 September, 2004 - Wroclaw, 
> Poland
>
> Hi Meryem,
> Could you post this announcement on relevant European mailing lists, 
> especially the ones whose audience consists of Easter European NGOs 
> and civil liberties groups?
> There are travel fellowship opportunities.  See below our conference 
> web site for more information.
> Thanks,
> Cedric
> ---
> "Public Voice Symposium: Privacy in a New Era: Challenges,
> Opportunities and Partnerships," 13 September, 2004, Dorint Hotel,
> Wroclaw, Poland. This conference aims to provide an opportunity for
> civil society leaders and academic experts, particularly in the New
> European Union Member States, to meet with European data protection
> authorities and to explore emerging challenges to the protection of
> personal privacy. The event will be held in conjunction with the
> annual meeting of the International Conference on Privacy and
> Personal Data Protection.  Announcement:
> http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/wroclaw04/wroclaw-flyer.pdf
> Registration:
> http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/wroclaw04/registr_form.pdf
> Information: http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/wroclaw04/
> Fellowship opportunities for new EU Member States: 
> http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/wroclaw04/fell_app.pdf
> Privacy and Human Rights 2003 is available online at:
> http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2003/
>
> -- 
> Cedric Laurant - Policy Counsel
> Electronic Privacy Information Center
> 1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 200
> Washington, DC 20009  -  U.S.A.
> Tel: +1 (202) 483-1140 (x114)
> Fax: +1 (202) 483-1248
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> epic.org - privacy.org - thepublicvoice.org
> gilc.org  - observingsurveillance.org
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Privacy and Human Rights 2003 is available online at:
> http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2003/
>


From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Thu Aug  5 23:29:44 2004
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS CS-Plenary]: Conference on Inequalities, Conflicts and
 Intellectual Property
In-Reply-To: <410BA535.2080607@mdpi.org>
References: <410BA535.2080607@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <p06010200bd3864006f83@[192.168.1.100]>

Hello to all,

The following CFP for a conference in New Delhi, India (Jan. 2005) 
might be of interest to CS members. Please note that the deadline for 
abstracts is 15 September 2004. Also please note that organizers are 
supporting travel and board for all selected participants from the 
Global South.

All the best,

Lisa




Call for Papers

Contested Commons/Trespassing Publics ::
A Conference on Inequalities, Conflicts and Intellectual Property

6th - 8th January 2005 in New Delhi, India.

The past  few years have seen conflicts over the regulation of information;
knowledge and cultural materials increase in intensity and scope. This
conflict has widened to include new geographical spaces, particularly
China, India, South Africa and Brazil. Moreover, a range of new problems,
including the expansion of intellectual property protection to almost all
spheres of our social life, has intensified the nature of the conflict. It
is important to recognize that the nature of the conflict gets configured
differently as we move from the United States and Europe to social
landscapes marked by sharp inequalities in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

In the light of these transformations, we would like to revisit earlier
discussions on creativity, innovation, authorship, and the making of
property. Is it possible to draw comparative registers between earlier
histories of violence and dispossession that accompanied the making of
property, and the current turbulence around intellectual property on world
scale?

In this conference, we would like to push comparative discussions between
earlier and contemporary moments of dispossession and criminalisation,
between the open source movement and discussions on traditional knowledge
and bio diversity. We would also like to build a dialogue between different
moments in media history: print, film, music and the new media, so as to
prise open questions around culture, circulation and property.

This conference aspires to interrogate the philosophical persuasions,
cultural dynamics, political economy and legal grids that constitute the
contemporary consensus. This cross-disciplinary conference will bring
together people from different areas of study: law, history, sociology,
literature, anthropology, development and cultural studies, film and media
studies.

The conference is organised by Sarai (<http://www.sarai.net>www.sarai.net),
a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, and
the Alternative Law Forum (ALF), Bangalore. Sarai's research programme
focuses on urban culture and the media, while ALF is a collective of
critical legal researchers and practitioners based in Bangalore. Sarai and
ALF have been collaborating on research and practice in the domain of
'Knowledge and Culture Commons' over the last two years.

Abstracts of three hundred words (300) are invited. The abstracts may
address anyone of the above themes.

We will support travel and board of all selected participants resident in
the South.

Last date for submission of abstracts is the 15th of September 2004

Please mail your abstracts to
<mailto:ipabstract@sarai.net><ipabstract@sarai.net>

--------------
Conference Editors:
  >From Sarai/CSDS: Jeebesh Bagchi, Ravi Sundaram
  >From ALF: Lawrence Liang, Sudhir Krishnaswamy
--------------------------

Sarai
Center for Study of Developing Studies (CSDS)
29, Rajpur Road
Delhi 110054, India
Ph: 91 11 23960040
Fax: 91 11 23943450
Email: <mailto:ipl@sarai.net><ipl@sarai.net>

Alternative Law Forum (ALF)
122/4 Infantry Road,
Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka
Phone: 91 80 22865757
Email: <mailto:alforum@vsnl.net><alforum@vsnl.net>
---------------------------

From magaly at greatvideo.com  Fri Aug  6 01:58:08 2004
From: magaly at greatvideo.com (magaly pazello)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] fyi: foss at unctad intergovernmental meeting
Message-ID: <AEABD45C-E743-11D8-B1AF-000A95B172C6@greatvideo.com>

Dear all,

(sorry for cross-posting)


An Intergovernmental meeting will be held in Geneva on FOSS under 
UNCTAD coordination:

Expert meeting on Free and Open Source Software: Policy and development 
implications
Geneva, 22?24 September 2004

http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=8936

Resources available on UNCTAD webpage on FOSS linkaged to some issues 
and aplications:

http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/ecommerce_en/freeopen_en.htm

For who from developing and LD countries has good relationship or 
contacts with key people in its Governement and also can be considered 
an expert on FOSS by the Government there are fellowships available.

Cheers,

Magaly Pazello

_______________________________
Notification

The Expert Meeting on Free and Open Source Software, convened in 
accordance with the decision taken by the Commission on Enterprise, 
Business Facilitation and Development at its eighth session, will be 
held from 22 to 24 September 2004. The Meeting will open at the Palais 
des Nations, Geneva, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 22 September 2004.

Background and purpose of the Meeting

An increasing number of countries are developing national policies and 
strategies to promote the digital economy. Many have recognized the 
important role of software - in addition to hardware, affordable access 
and human capacities and skills - as the medium that enables people to 
use technology productively.

Because social and economic activities are heterogeneous and human and 
natural environments are varied and different, the role of software as 
the interface between this human diversity and, often ubiquitous, hard 
technology is fundamental to the wide adoption of information 
technologies and to closing the digital divide.

Given this singularly important role of software, the increasing 
prominence and use of so-called free and open source software (FOSS) 
has encouraged a debate about its ability to help, in particular, 
developing countries overcome the digital divide and increase the use 
and productive effects of information technology in commercial 
activities, governance and other fields. FOSS is software whose source 
code - its set of instructions - has been made open to the public and 
freely available under a license that prevents its appropriation. It is 
not necessarily free, as in "gratis" or free-of-charge. It is "free" 
and "open" because it can be used, changed and redistributed in a 
relatively unhindered manner.

This Expert Meeting will bring together experts from both developed and 
developing countries, from international and regional bodies involved 
in FOSS issues, from the software technology industry and from civil 
society organizations. The objective of the Expert Meeting is twofold. 
First, it will provide the UNCTAD Commission on Enterprise, Business 
Facilitation and Development with a substantive basis that could 
support discussions about FOSS at a higher policy level. Second, it 
will allow an assessment and exchange of experience among experts from 
UNCTAD member States, while benefiting from inputs from participating 
FOSS specialists from academia, business and civil society.

Participation

Experts are expected to include officials from government offices 
responsible for information technology strategy, including software and 
FOSS policy and implementation. Representatives from other public or 
private institutions, the academic world and NGOs, with proven 
expertise in the subject, will also be invited to participate. Experts 
are nominated by their national governments but will participate in the 
Meeting in their personal capacities. Nominations should be submitted 
to the UNCTAD secretariat no later than 26 July 2004.

In addition, experts from international and regional organizations 
dealing with FOSS issues will be invited. Specialized agencies and 
intergovernmental bodies wishing to participate in the Meeting, as well 
as non-governmental organizations in the General Category and those in 
the Special Category wishing to participate as observers, are requested 
to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of the names of their representatives.

Financial assistance

Funds will be made available to finance the participation of a limited 
number of officially nominated experts from developing countries and 
economies in transition. Governments of developing countries and 
countries with economies in transition requiring funding are therefore 
invited to explicitly request financing in their letters of nomination. 
The Secretary-General of UNCTAD will base the decision as to which 
experts should receive financing on the principle of equitable 
geographical representation, beneficiary needs, in particular LDCs, and 
the expertise of the experts concerned. Changes in nominated experts 
will be considered as new nominations. Nominations with requests for 
financing should be received no later than eight weeks before the 
meeting (i.e. by 26 July 2004 at the latest), and should be accompanied 
with the following information about the nominee:
	? 	Curriculum vitae;
	? 	 Mailing address;
	? 	 Telephone and fax number;
	? 	 E-mail address; and
	? 	 Name of a contact person in the Permanent Mission in Geneva.

  It should be noted in this connection that once the list of experts to 
be financed has been finalized, the Secretary-General of UNCTAD will 
have all travel arrangements made in accordance with United Nations 
rules and regulations, though use of the least costly travel fare will 
be authorized.

Background documents and contributed papers

The provisional agenda for the meeting, together with the secretariat?s 
annotations, is being circulated as document TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/1. The 
UNCTAD secretariat has prepared, as official documentation for the 
meeting, a background paper entitled "Free and open source software" 
(TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/2), aimed at facilitating the discussions.

Experts are encouraged to submit written contributions on experiences 
with FOSS at the national level, focusing on the following items: (i) 
overall familiarity with FOSS and the FOSS debate in the Government; 
(ii) what strategic, administrative or normative approaches are being 
considered or implemented; (iii) the extent of FOSS use in business and 
households; (iv) examples of significant localization efforts and 
applications; (v) possible economic effects and influence on related 
sectors and issues such as education and intellectual property 
regulation.

These papers will be made available to other participants in the form 
and language in which they are received.

Logistics

The meeting will take place at the United Nations Office of Geneva, 
Palais des Nations. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the 
six official languages of the United Nations.

Upon arrival, participants are requested, before entering the Palais 
des Nations, to collect their badge at the UN Security Service, Villa 
Les Feuillantines, 13 Avenue de la Paix (close to the main entrance to 
the Palais on the Place des Nations, on the opposite side of the road). 
The Security Service is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (non-stop). Due to 
the existing security measures in force, participants are strongly 
advised to arrive before 8.30 a.m. in order to complete procedures and 
reach the Meeting in good time. Walking from Villa Les Feuillantines to 
the E-Building (B?timent E) of the Palais takes about 10 minutes. 
Participants are requested to carry a passport or similar national 
identity card with them. There is a general interdiction on the entry 
of taxis to the grounds of the Palais des Nations, and visitors will be 
dropped off at the requested entrance gates. Further, luggage is not 
authorized inside the buildings unless the Security Service grants 
special clearance.

Further information and contact details

Links to information and details can be accessed at: 
http://www.unctad.org/ecommerce

Nominations and related communications concerning representation at the 
Meeting should be sent to the UNCTAD Secretariat, Intergovernmental 
Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10;  
fax: + 41(0)22 917 0056;  e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org.

Substantive and other enquiries should be addressed to Mr. Dimo 
Calovski, Economic Affairs Officer, as the coordinator in the Services 
Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency Division; E.7063, 
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10; tel: +41(0)22 917 9946 or 917 
5912 or 917 5515, fax: +41(0)22 917 0052, e-mail:  fossem@unctad.org

(signed)
  Rubens Ricupero
  Secretary-General of UNCTAD
  1 June 2004


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From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN ICT Task Force Meeting in Berloin - now 19th to 20th of November!
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From: "Niall Bishop" <<Niall.Bishop@dcmnr.gov.ie>
Date: August 6, 2004 6:36:02 AM EDT
To: <human@unicttaskforce.org>
Subject: [human] Next Task Force Meeting

Dear all,

Further to my last email, I would like to clarify that the next meeting
of the UN ICT Task Force will now take place on the 19th to 20th of
November next and not the 5th to 7th as I had previously advised. The
location will be Berlin. The first one-and-a-half days will be in a
format of a Global Forum on enabling environment for digital
development. I shall forward you more detailed information as it becomes
available.

<remaining text cut out - not related to this, RB>

Warm Regards,

Niall Bishop
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From atanu.garai at oneworld.net  Mon Aug  9 08:43:28 2004
From: atanu.garai at oneworld.net (Atanu Garai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] fyi: foss at unctad intergovernmental meeting
In-Reply-To: <AEABD45C-E743-11D8-B1AF-000A95B172C6@greatvideo.com>
Message-ID: <GFEDKBEIKFFCGKADJIGFCEHMCFAA.atanu.garai@oneworld.net>

Hi everyone,
May I know which organisations from South from this list are going to participate in this event?
Regards,
Atanu


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of magaly pazello
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:28 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] fyi: foss at unctad intergovernmental meeting


Dear all,

(sorry for cross-posting)


An Intergovernmental meeting will be held in Geneva on FOSS under 
UNCTAD coordination:

Expert meeting on Free and Open Source Software: Policy and development 
implications
Geneva, 22?24 September 2004

http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=8936

Resources available on UNCTAD webpage on FOSS linkaged to some issues 
and aplications:

http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/ecommerce_en/freeopen_en.htm

For who from developing and LD countries has good relationship or 
contacts with key people in its Governement and also can be considered 
an expert on FOSS by the Government there are fellowships available.

Cheers,

Magaly Pazello

_______________________________
Notification

The Expert Meeting on Free and Open Source Software, convened in 
accordance with the decision taken by the Commission on Enterprise, 
Business Facilitation and Development at its eighth session, will be 
held from 22 to 24 September 2004. The Meeting will open at the Palais 
des Nations, Geneva, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 22 September 2004.

Background and purpose of the Meeting

An increasing number of countries are developing national policies and 
strategies to promote the digital economy. Many have recognized the 
important role of software - in addition to hardware, affordable access 
and human capacities and skills - as the medium that enables people to 
use technology productively.

Because social and economic activities are heterogeneous and human and 
natural environments are varied and different, the role of software as 
the interface between this human diversity and, often ubiquitous, hard 
technology is fundamental to the wide adoption of information 
technologies and to closing the digital divide.

Given this singularly important role of software, the increasing 
prominence and use of so-called free and open source software (FOSS) 
has encouraged a debate about its ability to help, in particular, 
developing countries overcome the digital divide and increase the use 
and productive effects of information technology in commercial 
activities, governance and other fields. FOSS is software whose source 
code - its set of instructions - has been made open to the public and 
freely available under a license that prevents its appropriation. It is 
not necessarily free, as in "gratis" or free-of-charge. It is "free" 
and "open" because it can be used, changed and redistributed in a 
relatively unhindered manner.

This Expert Meeting will bring together experts from both developed and 
developing countries, from international and regional bodies involved 
in FOSS issues, from the software technology industry and from civil 
society organizations. The objective of the Expert Meeting is twofold. 
First, it will provide the UNCTAD Commission on Enterprise, Business 
Facilitation and Development with a substantive basis that could 
support discussions about FOSS at a higher policy level. Second, it 
will allow an assessment and exchange of experience among experts from 
UNCTAD member States, while benefiting from inputs from participating 
FOSS specialists from academia, business and civil society.

Participation

Experts are expected to include officials from government offices 
responsible for information technology strategy, including software and 
FOSS policy and implementation. Representatives from other public or 
private institutions, the academic world and NGOs, with proven 
expertise in the subject, will also be invited to participate. Experts 
are nominated by their national governments but will participate in the 
Meeting in their personal capacities. Nominations should be submitted 
to the UNCTAD secretariat no later than 26 July 2004.

In addition, experts from international and regional organizations 
dealing with FOSS issues will be invited. Specialized agencies and 
intergovernmental bodies wishing to participate in the Meeting, as well 
as non-governmental organizations in the General Category and those in 
the Special Category wishing to participate as observers, are requested 
to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of the names of their representatives.

Financial assistance

Funds will be made available to finance the participation of a limited 
number of officially nominated experts from developing countries and 
economies in transition. Governments of developing countries and 
countries with economies in transition requiring funding are therefore 
invited to explicitly request financing in their letters of nomination. 
The Secretary-General of UNCTAD will base the decision as to which 
experts should receive financing on the principle of equitable 
geographical representation, beneficiary needs, in particular LDCs, and 
the expertise of the experts concerned. Changes in nominated experts 
will be considered as new nominations. Nominations with requests for 
financing should be received no later than eight weeks before the 
meeting (i.e. by 26 July 2004 at the latest), and should be accompanied 
with the following information about the nominee:
	? 	Curriculum vitae;
	? 	 Mailing address;
	? 	 Telephone and fax number;
	? 	 E-mail address; and
	? 	 Name of a contact person in the Permanent Mission in Geneva.

  It should be noted in this connection that once the list of experts to 
be financed has been finalized, the Secretary-General of UNCTAD will 
have all travel arrangements made in accordance with United Nations 
rules and regulations, though use of the least costly travel fare will 
be authorized.

Background documents and contributed papers

The provisional agenda for the meeting, together with the secretariat?s 
annotations, is being circulated as document TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/1. The 
UNCTAD secretariat has prepared, as official documentation for the 
meeting, a background paper entitled "Free and open source software" 
(TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/2), aimed at facilitating the discussions.

Experts are encouraged to submit written contributions on experiences 
with FOSS at the national level, focusing on the following items: (i) 
overall familiarity with FOSS and the FOSS debate in the Government; 
(ii) what strategic, administrative or normative approaches are being 
considered or implemented; (iii) the extent of FOSS use in business and 
households; (iv) examples of significant localization efforts and 
applications; (v) possible economic effects and influence on related 
sectors and issues such as education and intellectual property 
regulation.

These papers will be made available to other participants in the form 
and language in which they are received.

Logistics

The meeting will take place at the United Nations Office of Geneva, 
Palais des Nations. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the 
six official languages of the United Nations.

Upon arrival, participants are requested, before entering the Palais 
des Nations, to collect their badge at the UN Security Service, Villa 
Les Feuillantines, 13 Avenue de la Paix (close to the main entrance to 
the Palais on the Place des Nations, on the opposite side of the road). 
The Security Service is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (non-stop). Due to 
the existing security measures in force, participants are strongly 
advised to arrive before 8.30 a.m. in order to complete procedures and 
reach the Meeting in good time. Walking from Villa Les Feuillantines to 
the E-Building (B?timent E) of the Palais takes about 10 minutes. 
Participants are requested to carry a passport or similar national 
identity card with them. There is a general interdiction on the entry 
of taxis to the grounds of the Palais des Nations, and visitors will be 
dropped off at the requested entrance gates. Further, luggage is not 
authorized inside the buildings unless the Security Service grants 
special clearance.

Further information and contact details

Links to information and details can be accessed at: 
http://www.unctad.org/ecommerce

Nominations and related communications concerning representation at the 
Meeting should be sent to the UNCTAD Secretariat, Intergovernmental 
Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10;  
fax: + 41(0)22 917 0056;  e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org.

Substantive and other enquiries should be addressed to Mr. Dimo 
Calovski, Economic Affairs Officer, as the coordinator in the Services 
Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency Division; E.7063, 
Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10; tel: +41(0)22 917 9946 or 917 
5912 or 917 5515, fax: +41(0)22 917 0052, e-mail:  fossem@unctad.org

(signed)
  Rubens Ricupero
  Secretary-General of UNCTAD
  1 June 2004





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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] media
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From katitza at cpsr.org  Mon Aug  9 22:43:46 2004
From: katitza at cpsr.org (Katitza Rodriguez)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CPSR-Peru: Richard Stallman in Lima
Message-ID: <10627.200.121.140.229.1092087826.squirrel@secure.privaterra.org>

(Spanish version below)

PRESS RELEASE
Contact details
CPSR-Peru
cpsr-peru@peru.cpsr.org
http://www.peru.cpsr.org


Richard M. Stallman, initiator of the free software movement, founder of
the GNU project (1984) and of the Free Software Foundation (1985), will be
the featured speaker at the conference called The Free Software Movement
and the ?GNU/Linux Operating System to be held in the auditorium of the
Faculty of Law of the University Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
(PUCP), on friday August 20, at 10:00 a.m.

Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software
Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in
combination with the kernel Linux is now used by twenty of millions of
users world-wide. Also will explain how software patents obstruct software
development. Stallman has said: "Software patents are patents that cover
software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every
design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields
restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user.
Economic research shows that they even retard progress".

The event is being organized jointly by the Faculty of Sciences and
Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru - PUCP and
CPSR-Peru, the Peruvian chapter of Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility. The purpose of the conference is to encourage the
dissemination of knowledge about free software, provide an opportunity for
people to exchange ideas and experiences in GNU/linux as a technological,
reliable, powerful and economic alternative, and to promote the development
of FLOSS in Peru.

Stallman (www.stallman.org), from United States, will
be in our country after his tour around Bolivia and Argentina, where
he will attend several conferences, met with the Argentine Minister of
Education, Dr Daniel Filmus, and received an honorary doctorate granted by
the University of Salta.

In addition, in Peru he will participate in the XII Students National
Congress of Engineering and Systems - CONEIS and will also speak in the
city of Arequipa (http://www.linuxarequipa.org.pe).

The Free Software Foundation said that the software is free/libre when you
have:

The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs
Access to the source code is a precondition for this. (freedom 1).
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the
public, so that the whole community benefits. Access to the
source code is a precondition for this. (freedom 3).

Richard Stallman is the principal author of the GNU Compiler Collection, a
portable optimizing compiler which was designed to support diverse
architectures and multiple languages. The compiler now supports over 30
different architectures and 7 programming languages. Stallman also wrote
the GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), GNU Emacs, and various other GNU
programs. Graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in physics. During his
college years, he also worked at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab,
developing operating systems, position to which resigned, in January 1984,
to begin GNU Project. In 1999, Dr. Stallman received the Norbert Wiener
Award, that Computer for Professionals Social Responsibility - CPSR
(http://www.cpsr.org) annually organized.

Source: CPSR-Peru (http://peru.cpsr.org)

NOTA DE PRENSA
Datos de contacto
CPSR-Peru
cpsr-peru@peru.cpsr.org
http://www.peru.cpsr.org



Richard M. Stallman, iniciador del movimiento del software libre, fundador
del Proyecto GNU (1984) y de la Free Software Foundation (1985), ofrecer?
la conferencia El software libre y el sistema operativo GNU/Linux en el
auditorio de la Facultad de Derecho de la Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica
del Per? (PUCP), el pr?ximo viernes 20 de agosto, a horas 10:00 a.m.

Stallman disertar? sobre el prop?sito, metas, filosof?a, historia,
situaci?n y perspectivas del sistema operativo GNU, el cual, en
combinaci?n con el kernel Linux, se calcula que es utilizado por m?s de 20
millones de usuarios en todo el mundo. Asimismo explicar? c?mo las
patentes de software obstruyen el desarrollo de software, pues abarcan las
ideas que lo fundamentan.
?
El evento es co-organizado por la Facultad de Ciencias e Ingenier?a de la
PUCP y por CPSR-Per?. Apunta a contribuir a la transmisi?n del
conocimiento, al intercambio de ideas y experiencias en software libre
como alternativa tecnolog?a viable, confiable, potente, econ?mica, y a
promover el inter?s en el desarrollo del software libre en el Per?.
?
Con tal finalidad Stallman (www.stallman.org), de nacionalidad
estadounidense, arribar? a nuestro pa?s luego de su gira por Argentina y
Bolivia, en donde ha ofrecido m?ltiples conferencias, se reuni? con el
Ministro de Educaci?n argentino, Dr. Daniel Filmus, y recibi? un doctorado
honorario otorgado por la Universidad de Salta.
?
En el Per? participar? adem?s en el XII Congreso Nacional de Estudiantes de
Ingenier?a de Sistemas - CONEIS y dictar? una conferencias m?s en la ciudad
de Arequipa (http://www.linuxarequipa.org.pe).
?
Seg?n la Free Software Foundation un programa inform?tico puede
considerarse software libre:
?
?- Si se tiene libertad para ejecutarlo, para cualquier prop?sito.
?- Si se posee libertad para estudiar su funcionamiento y para adaptarlo a
las necesidades propias, lo cual supone tener acceso al c?digo fuente.
?- Si existe la libertad para redistribuir copias del programa, tanto
gratuitas como pagadas.
?- Si se tiene libertad para mejorar y distribuir versiones modificadas del
programa, de tal manera que la comunidad pueda beneficiarse con sus mejoras.
?
?Conforme destaca, la palabra "libre", unida al sustantivo "software",
alude a "libertad" y no a "gratuidad", por tanto no existe contradicci?n
entre la venta de copias del programa y el software libre.
?
?Stallman es el principal autor del GCC (GNU Compiler Collection),
compilador dise?ado para soportar diversas arquitecturas y m?ltiples
lenguajes. Tambi?n ha escrito el GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), GNU Emacs y
varios otros programas GNU. Graduado en la Universidad de Harvard, en
f?sica (1974), durante sus a?os de estudiante trabaj? en el Laboratorio de
Inteligencia Artificial del Instituto Tecnol?gico de Massachusetts (MIT),
desarrollando sistemas operativos, cargo al que renunci?, en enero de
1984, para comenzar el Proyecto GNU. En 1999 recibi? el Norbert Wiener
Award, premiaci?n que anualmente organiza Computer Professionals for
Social Responsibility - CPSR (http://www.cpsr.org).

From Francesca.Martinese at comune.bologna.it  Tue Aug 10 00:01:26 2004
From: Francesca.Martinese at comune.bologna.it (Francesca.Martinese@comune.bologna.it)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Francesca Martinese/Comune di Bologna/IT
 =?iso-8859-1?Q?=E8_assente_dall'ufficio=2E?=
Message-ID: <OF8962A253.CCAF5F9A-ONC1256EEB.007E79C5-C1256EEB.007E79C5@comune.bologna.it>

Sar? assente dall'ufficio a partire da  08/08/2004 e rientrer? il
30/08/2004.

Risponder? al messaggio al mio ritorno.
Per questioni urgenti, rivolgersi a Marzia Bettocchi o a Greta Zanetti
(Tel. 051 203395).
I will be out of office from 8th until 30th August.
I'll answer the message as soon as I'm back.
For urgent matters, please refer to Marzia Bettocchi or Greta Zanetti (Tel.
+39 051 203395).



From ariwae at unl.ac.uk  Mon Aug  9 18:42:36 2004
From: ariwae at unl.ac.uk (ariwae@unl.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] fyi: foss at unctad intergovernmental meeting
In-Reply-To: <GFEDKBEIKFFCGKADJIGFCEHMCFAA.atanu.garai@oneworld.net>
References: <AEABD45C-E743-11D8-B1AF-000A95B172C6@greatvideo.com>
    <GFEDKBEIKFFCGKADJIGFCEHMCFAA.atanu.garai@oneworld.net>
Message-ID: <1757.217.35.123.138.1092073356.squirrel@webmail1.londonmet.ac.uk>

Dear Sir/Madam

I am interested in participatiing in the UNCTAD Expert Meeting on
Free and Open Source Software to be held in Geneva on 22-24 September 2004

I am involved in academic research and lecturing at the London
Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. I have research expertise in the
relevant areas of e-strategy, strategic information systems and
e-commerce; facilities management and knowledge management

Kindly send me the necessary information and programme involvdement
relevant to my roles

I look forward to your reply


Ezendu Ariwa



> Hi everyone,
> May I know which organisations from South from this list are going to
> participate in this event?
> Regards,
> Atanu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of magaly pazello
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:28 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] fyi: foss at unctad intergovernmental meeting
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> (sorry for cross-posting)
>
>
> An Intergovernmental meeting will be held in Geneva on FOSS under
> UNCTAD coordination:
>
> Expert meeting on Free and Open Source Software: Policy and development
> implications
> Geneva, 22???24 September 2004
>
> http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=8936
>
> Resources available on UNCTAD webpage on FOSS linkaged to some issues
> and aplications:
>
> http://r0.unctad.org/ecommerce/ecommerce_en/freeopen_en.htm
>
> For who from developing and LD countries has good relationship or
> contacts with key people in its Governement and also can be considered
> an expert on FOSS by the Government there are fellowships available.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Magaly Pazello
>
> _______________________________
> Notification
>
> The Expert Meeting on Free and Open Source Software, convened in
> accordance with the decision taken by the Commission on Enterprise,
> Business Facilitation and Development at its eighth session, will be
> held from 22 to 24 September 2004. The Meeting will open at the Palais
> des Nations, Geneva, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, 22 September 2004.
>
> Background and purpose of the Meeting
>
> An increasing number of countries are developing national policies and
> strategies to promote the digital economy. Many have recognized the
> important role of software - in addition to hardware, affordable access
> and human capacities and skills - as the medium that enables people to
> use technology productively.
>
> Because social and economic activities are heterogeneous and human and
> natural environments are varied and different, the role of software as
> the interface between this human diversity and, often ubiquitous, hard
> technology is fundamental to the wide adoption of information
> technologies and to closing the digital divide.
>
> Given this singularly important role of software, the increasing
> prominence and use of so-called free and open source software (FOSS)
> has encouraged a debate about its ability to help, in particular,
> developing countries overcome the digital divide and increase the use
> and productive effects of information technology in commercial
> activities, governance and other fields. FOSS is software whose source
> code - its set of instructions - has been made open to the public and
> freely available under a license that prevents its appropriation. It is
> not necessarily free, as in "gratis" or free-of-charge. It is "free"
> and "open" because it can be used, changed and redistributed in a
> relatively unhindered manner.
>
> This Expert Meeting will bring together experts from both developed and
> developing countries, from international and regional bodies involved
> in FOSS issues, from the software technology industry and from civil
> society organizations. The objective of the Expert Meeting is twofold.
> First, it will provide the UNCTAD Commission on Enterprise, Business
> Facilitation and Development with a substantive basis that could
> support discussions about FOSS at a higher policy level. Second, it
> will allow an assessment and exchange of experience among experts from
> UNCTAD member States, while benefiting from inputs from participating
> FOSS specialists from academia, business and civil society.
>
> Participation
>
> Experts are expected to include officials from government offices
> responsible for information technology strategy, including software and
> FOSS policy and implementation. Representatives from other public or
> private institutions, the academic world and NGOs, with proven
> expertise in the subject, will also be invited to participate. Experts
> are nominated by their national governments but will participate in the
> Meeting in their personal capacities. Nominations should be submitted
> to the UNCTAD secretariat no later than 26 July 2004.
>
> In addition, experts from international and regional organizations
> dealing with FOSS issues will be invited. Specialized agencies and
> intergovernmental bodies wishing to participate in the Meeting, as well
> as non-governmental organizations in the General Category and those in
> the Special Category wishing to participate as observers, are requested
> to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of the names of their representatives.
>
> Financial assistance
>
> Funds will be made available to finance the participation of a limited
> number of officially nominated experts from developing countries and
> economies in transition. Governments of developing countries and
> countries with economies in transition requiring funding are therefore
> invited to explicitly request financing in their letters of nomination.
> The Secretary-General of UNCTAD will base the decision as to which
> experts should receive financing on the principle of equitable
> geographical representation, beneficiary needs, in particular LDCs, and
> the expertise of the experts concerned. Changes in nominated experts
> will be considered as new nominations. Nominations with requests for
> financing should be received no later than eight weeks before the
> meeting (i.e. by 26 July 2004 at the latest), and should be accompanied
> with the following information about the nominee:
> 	??? 	Curriculum vitae;
> 	??? 	 Mailing address;
> 	??? 	 Telephone and fax number;
> 	??? 	 E-mail address; and
> 	??? 	 Name of a contact person in the Permanent Mission in Geneva.
>
>   It should be noted in this connection that once the list of experts to
> be financed has been finalized, the Secretary-General of UNCTAD will
> have all travel arrangements made in accordance with United Nations
> rules and regulations, though use of the least costly travel fare will
> be authorized.
>
> Background documents and contributed papers
>
> The provisional agenda for the meeting, together with the secretariat??s
> annotations, is being circulated as document TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/1. The
> UNCTAD secretariat has prepared, as official documentation for the
> meeting, a background paper entitled "Free and open source software"
> (TD/B/COM.3/EM.21/2), aimed at facilitating the discussions.
>
> Experts are encouraged to submit written contributions on experiences
> with FOSS at the national level, focusing on the following items: (i)
> overall familiarity with FOSS and the FOSS debate in the Government;
> (ii) what strategic, administrative or normative approaches are being
> considered or implemented; (iii) the extent of FOSS use in business and
> households; (iv) examples of significant localization efforts and
> applications; (v) possible economic effects and influence on related
> sectors and issues such as education and intellectual property
> regulation.
>
> These papers will be made available to other participants in the form
> and language in which they are received.
>
> Logistics
>
> The meeting will take place at the United Nations Office of Geneva,
> Palais des Nations. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in the
> six official languages of the United Nations.
>
> Upon arrival, participants are requested, before entering the Palais
> des Nations, to collect their badge at the UN Security Service, Villa
> Les Feuillantines, 13 Avenue de la Paix (close to the main entrance to
> the Palais on the Place des Nations, on the opposite side of the road).
> The Security Service is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (non-stop). Due to
> the existing security measures in force, participants are strongly
> advised to arrive before 8.30 a.m. in order to complete procedures and
> reach the Meeting in good time. Walking from Villa Les Feuillantines to
> the E-Building (B??timent E) of the Palais takes about 10 minutes.
> Participants are requested to carry a passport or similar national
> identity card with them. There is a general interdiction on the entry
> of taxis to the grounds of the Palais des Nations, and visitors will be
> dropped off at the requested entrance gates. Further, luggage is not
> authorized inside the buildings unless the Security Service grants
> special clearance.
>
> Further information and contact details
>
> Links to information and details can be accessed at:
> http://www.unctad.org/ecommerce
>
> Nominations and related communications concerning representation at the
> Meeting should be sent to the UNCTAD Secretariat, Intergovernmental
> Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10;
> fax: + 41(0)22 917 0056;  e-mail: correspondence@unctad.org.
>
> Substantive and other enquiries should be addressed to Mr. Dimo
> Calovski, Economic Affairs Officer, as the coordinator in the Services
> Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency Division; E.7063,
> Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10; tel: +41(0)22 917 9946 or 917
> 5912 or 917 5515, fax: +41(0)22 917 0052, e-mail:  fossem@unctad.org
>
> (signed)
>   Rubens Ricupero
>   Secretary-General of UNCTAD
>   1 June 2004
>
>
>
>
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From katitza at speedy.com.pe  Mon Aug  9 21:55:10 2004
From: katitza at speedy.com.pe (Katitza Rodriguez)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CPSR-Peru: Richard Stallman in a conference in Lima
Message-ID: <200408091555.10943.katitza@speedy.com.pe>

(Spanish version below)

PRESS RELEASE
Contact details
CPSR-Peru
cpsr-peru@peru.cpsr.org
http://www.peru.cpsr.org


Richard M. Stallman, initiator of the free software movement, founder of
the GNU project (1984) and of the Free Software Foundation (1985), will be
the featured speaker at the conference called The Free Software Movement
and the ?GNU/Linux Operating System to be held in the auditorium of the
Faculty of Law of the University Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
(PUCP), on friday August 20, at 10:00 a.m.

Stallman will speak about the goals and philosophy of the Free Software
Movement, and the status and history of the GNU operating system, which in
combination with the kernel Linux is now used by twenty of millions of
users world-wide. Also will explain how software patents obstruct software
development. Stallman has said: "Software patents are patents that cover
software ideas. They restrict the development of software, so that every
design decision brings a risk of getting sued. Patents in other fields
restrict factories, but software patents restrict every computer user.
Economic research shows that they even retard progress".

The event is being organized jointly by the Faculty of Sciences and
Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru - PUCP and
CPSR-Peru, the Peruvian chapter of Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility. The purpose of the conference is to encourage the
dissemination of knowledge about free software, provide an opportunity for
people to exchange ideas and experiences in GNU/linux as a technological,
reliable, powerful and economic alternative, and to promote the development
of FLOSS in Peru.

Stallman (www.stallman.org), from United States, will
be in our country after his tour around Bolivia and Argentina, where
he will attend several conferences, met with the Argentine Minister of
Education, Dr Daniel Filmus, and received an honorary doctorate granted by
the University of Salta.

In addition, in Peru he will participate in the XII Students National Congress
of Engineering and Systems - CONEIS and will also speak in the
city of Arequipa (http://www.linuxarequipa.org.pe).

The Free Software Foundation said that the software is free/libre when you
have:

The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs
Access to the source code is a precondition for this. (freedom 1).
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the
public, so that the whole community benefits. Access to the
source code is a precondition for this. (freedom 3).

Richard Stallman is the principal author of the GNU Compiler Collection, a
portable optimizing compiler which was designed to support diverse
architectures and multiple languages. The compiler now supports over 30
different architectures and 7 programming languages. Stallman also wrote
the GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), GNU Emacs, and various other GNU
programs. Graduated from Harvard in 1974 with a BA in physics. During his 
college years, he also worked at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, 
developing operating systems, position to which resigned, in January 1984, to 
begin GNU Project. In 1999, Dr. Stallman received the Norbert Wiener Award, 
that Computer for Professionals Social Responsibility - CPSR
(http://www.cpsr.org) annually organized.

Source: CPSR-Peru (http://peru.cpsr.org)

NOTA DE PRENSA
Datos de contacto
CPSR-Peru
cpsr-peru@peru.cpsr.org
http://www.peru.cpsr.org



Richard M. Stallman, iniciador del movimiento del software libre, fundador del 
Proyecto GNU (1984) y de la Free Software Foundation (1985), ofrecer? la 
conferencia El software libre y el sistema operativo GNU/Linux en el 
auditorio de la Facultad de Derecho de la Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del 
Per? (PUCP), el pr?ximo viernes 20 de agosto, a horas 10:00 a.m.

Stallman disertar? sobre el prop?sito, metas, filosof?a, historia, situaci?n y 
perspectivas del sistema operativo GNU, el cual, en combinaci?n con el kernel 
Linux, se calcula que es utilizado por m?s de 20 millones de usuarios en todo 
el mundo. Asimismo explicar? c?mo las patentes de software obstruyen el 
desarrollo de software, pues abarcan las ideas que lo fundamentan. 
 
 El evento es co-organizado por la Facultad de Ciencias e Ingenier?a de la 
PUCP y por CPSR-Per?. Apunta a contribuir a la transmisi?n del conocimiento, 
al intercambio de ideas y experiencias en software libre como alternativa 
tecnolog?a viable, confiable, potente, econ?mica, y a promover el inter?s en 
el desarrollo del software libre en el Per?. 
 
 Con tal finalidad Stallman (www.stallman.org), de nacionalidad 
estadounidense, arribar? a nuestro pa?s luego de su gira por Argentina y 
Bolivia, en donde ha ofrecido m?ltiples conferencias, se reuni? con el 
Ministro de Educaci?n argentino, Dr. Daniel Filmus, y recibi? un doctorado 
honorario otorgado por la Universidad de Salta. 
 
 En el Per? participar? adem?s en el XII Congreso Nacional de Estudiantes de 
Ingenier?a de Sistemas - CONEIS y dictar? una conferencias m?s en la ciudad 
de Arequipa (http://www.linuxarequipa.org.pe). 
 
 Seg?n la Free Software Foundation un programa inform?tico puede considerarse 
software libre: 
 
 - Si se tiene libertad para ejecutarlo, para cualquier prop?sito. 
 - Si se posee libertad para estudiar su funcionamiento y para adaptarlo a las 
necesidades propias, lo cual supone tener acceso al c?digo fuente. 
 - Si existe la libertad para redistribuir copias del programa, tanto 
gratuitas como pagadas. 
 - Si se tiene libertad para mejorar y distribuir versiones modificadas del 
programa, de tal manera que la comunidad pueda beneficiarse con sus mejoras. 
 
 Conforme destaca, la palabra "libre", unida al sustantivo "software", alude a 
"libertad" y no a "gratuidad", por tanto no existe contradicci?n entre la 
venta de copias del programa y el software libre. 
 
 Stallman es el principal autor del GCC (GNU Compiler Collection), compilador 
dise?ado para soportar diversas arquitecturas y m?ltiples lenguajes. Tambi?n 
ha escrito el GNU symbolic debugger (gdb), GNU Emacs y varios otros 
 programas GNU. Graduado en la Universidad de Harvard, en f?sica (1974), 
durante sus a?os de estudiante trabaj? en el Laboratorio de Inteligencia 
Artificial del Instituto Tecnol?gico de Massachusetts (MIT), desarrollando 
sistemas operativos, cargo al que renunci?, en enero de 1984, para comenzar 
el Proyecto GNU. En 1999 recibi? el Norbert Wiener Award, premiaci?n que 
anualmente organiza Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - CPSR 
(http://www.cpsr.org). 
-- 
Katitza Rodriguez Pereda
Directora, CPSR-Peru
Directora, CPSR

http://peru.cpsr.org
http://www.cpsr.org

From faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe  Tue Aug 10 03:04:15 2004
From: faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Erick Iriarte Ahon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VII Taller sobre Tecnologias de Redes Internet para America
 Latina
Message-ID: <6.0.2.0.0.20040809210300.02343e78@amauta.rcp.net.pe>

VII TALLER SOBRE TECNOLOGIA DE REDES INTERNET PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
Cusco, 4 al 8 de Octubre.
http://www.walc2004.cepes.org.pe

Desde 1992, la Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed) ha hecho la 
diferencia en Am?rica Latina proporcionando capacitaci?n de primer nivel en 
todo lo relacionado con tecnolog?a de redes y promoviendo el debate sobre 
temas clave relacionados con las tecnolog?as de informaci?n y comunicaci?n 
y el desarrollo de la regi?n. Bajo un enfoque inclusivo y orientado al 
software libre, la Escuela ha venido proporcionando entrenamiento intensivo 
en espa?ol a profesionales y t?cnicos de la regi?n, facilitando la 
apropiaci?n de las tecnolog?as de informaci?n y comunicaci?n.

Desde 1998, ESLARED acord? celebrar los Talleres sobre Tecnolog?a de Redes 
Internet para Am?rica Latina y el Caribe (WALC). Anteriormente ?stos, 
denominados INET, eran organizados a iniciativa de la ISOC fuera de 
latioamerica. El primer WALC se realiz?n en Rio de Janeiro. Muchos de los 
actuales instructores y organizadores de los WALC han sido formados en los 
talleres INET.

La organizaci?n del evento ha sido encargada a TIC. PE 
(http://www.walc2004.cepes.org.pe/tic.pe.shtml).

Los esperamos en Cusco para esta edici?n del Taller de Redes.

Comite Organizador
VII TALLER SOBRE TECNOLOGIA DE REDES INTERNET PARA AMERICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE
http://www.walc2004.cepes.org.pe 


From webmaster at nilebasin.com  Tue Aug 10 10:08:07 2004
From: webmaster at nilebasin.com (Nabil El-Khodari)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GNU is only one approach!!
In-Reply-To: <200408091555.10943.katitza@speedy.com.pe>
Message-ID: <20040810090807.31702.qmail@web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

In relation to Richard Stallman article, I suggest we
make the WSIS 2005 in Tunis as anti-Microsoft
movement.

I would also suggest that we should request the ITU to
boycott Microsoft even at the exhibition, whatever
money they would pay to support the event.

I have no doubt in my mind that Microsoft is using
illegal and unethical techniques to harass those who
are unfortunate enough to have to run pirated
operating system, mostly from developing countries.

Furthermore, I suggest changing copyright laws for
software patents should have a limited time of maximum
3 years. Every patent (like in industry and
pharmaceuticals) does have a time-limit, why not
software?

Even nowadays, the patents for Anti-retroviral
(AIDS/HIV) have been broken by developing countries.
We should call for the same - regarding operating
systems at least. This is 'essential technology 
without which the developing world get more backwards.
The technology gap increases by leaps.

Recently, downloading of songs through the Internet in
Canada has been deemed legal, in spite of the best
efforts of the recording industry.

Microsoft is resorting to illegal techniques to
enforce its homogony over the operating system
industry (at least). For example, Windows XP comes
with the  3 spyware programs included (use Spyware
Doctor - available from download.com - to diagnose and
remove them). If you have the right license key, may
be you do not need to, unless you have pirated
software installed. 

Now, for the average developing country user, who
usually have paid most of his/her salary to have a
second-hand computer and to afford the extremely
prohibitive internet access fees, buying software is a
luxury. Furthermore, most probably the computer comes
with pirated operating system from the supplier. This
unfortunate person will be subjected to the following:
1.	Changes to the operating system, most probably even
denying access to their own computer. These changes
include destruction to all installed software with
un-repairable loss of data like e-mails. This is done
through the Wireless Zero Configuration Service (if
you do not use it, disable it!!), from a server in
Czechoslovakia (most probably to avoid law suits in
the USA).  (See note 1).
2.	Active installation of virus and Trojan horses
(please note that 2 of the Spyware included in Windows
XP are actually hacker software allowing up to full
control of your computer.
3.	Sending of virus-containing software to all your
contacts and to others (most probably also users of MS
pirated software) in your own name!!!
4.	Changes to “Windows Setup” so as you cannot install
(or actually defective installation of) new software.
5.	If you are unfortunate enough to have any password
protected services on the Internet, for example if you
are a webmaster, they will be hacked destroying the
usability of the websites and driving you to paranoia.
Frequent changes to the password does not help either.
changing firewalls and/or Spyware detectors (unless
applied directly after installation and before
accessing the Internet and provided that you disabled
the Zero Wireless Configuration Service directly after
installation). This is not a lasting solution however,
once you use the “automatic update” or even if you
download some updates from Microsoft, these changes
are reversed and MS gets a full report of all
anti-spyware and firewalls installed on your computer.

Please note that the XP SP2 seems to ‘address this
issue’ by the windowsxp-kb826942-x86-enu patch. I
believe that the ‘authentication process’ of the
Wireless service does more than just authenticating
the user.  This is intentional, otherwise why include
as an “essential/enabled” part of the OS rather than
as an option that can be installed ‘on demand’ or
installed ‘disabled’ to be enabled by the user? Of
course Windows XP (as well as Windows 2003, based on
same Windows 2000 technology) also is installed with
telnet service ‘enabled’?!! 

In short, if you are a poor person from a developing
country that would like to use computer technology
beyond Windows 98, you are doomed. No wonder there is
no sufficient human ICT infrastructure in developing
countries. All the countries that have advanced ICT
human infrastructure like Korea, India or Japan does
have an active pirate software movement. However, even
well-known ‘english’ hack (warez, appz, selialz, etc.)
sites seems to have succumbed to financial
temptations. Almost all these sites use ‘invasive
techniques’ to identify users and keep track of them
and/or at least make their life ‘hell’ through pop-up
ads.  Downloads from these sites include executable
programs named ‘run’ as a first layer (usually the
real hack is in a subfolder) which either destroys
your operating system or installs Trojans.

Yes, GNU OS/programs is a solution, but if ICT is
about creating economic opportunities, do not you
believe that experience with Windows environment is an
important asset in employment? How can such an
experience be gained in developing countries?

We should employ two-tier solution to the problem. In
fact, I am calling on the NGO partners in the WSIS
process to announce the formation of a coalition of
experienced hackers that provide true service to
whoever want it. May be they have to be anonymous and
may be the server has to be in a country that have ‘no
problem’ with hacking/pirated software. 

Actions speak louder than words. Let us act to serve
ICT development in developing countries. If we all act
together, even big financial rewards paid by Microsoft
to the police forces in developing countries to
enforce the software copyrights (of course they also
supply then with exact credentials of at least
businesses using/distributing pirated software.

Above all, let us push developing countries
governments to announce that they will not enforce
software copy write laws in their present state with
no time limit. Let us also provide them with the
know-how.

Note 1:  Back-trace record of firewall:

inetnum:      217.31.48.0 - 217.31.52.255
netname:      IGNUM-CZ
descr:        Ignum s.r.o
country:      CZ
admin-c:      RP6279-RIPE
tech-c:       PK7410-RIPE
status:       ASSIGNED PA
notify:       tech@ignum.cz
mnt-by:       IGNUM-MNT
changed:      petr.kohout@ignum.cz 20031113
source:       RIPE

route:        217.31.48.0/20
descr:        Network of Ignum s.r.o.
descr:        http://www.ignum.cz/
origin:       AS29134
mnt-by:       IGNUM-MNT
notify:       tech@ignum.cz
changed:      petr.kohout@ignum.cz 20031113
source:       RIPE

person:       Robert Prokes
address:      IGNUM s.r.o.
address:      Novotneho lavka 5
address:      Praha 1
address:      11668
address:      Czech republic
phone:        +420 2 22220412
fax-no:       +420 2 21082314
e-mail:       root@ignum.cz
notify:       root@ignum.cz
nic-hdl:      RP6279-RIPE
changed:      root@ignum.cz 20030613
source:       RIPE

person:       Petr Kohout
address:      Zarubova 506/4
address:      Praha 4
address:      142 00
address:      Czech Republic
phone:        +420.605215347
e-mail:       petr.kohout@kyberdigi.cz
nic-hdl:      PK7410-RIPE
notify:       petr.kohout@kyberdigi.cz
changed:      petr.kohout@kyberdigi.cz 20030617
source:       RIPE

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Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 4:03 PM
To: webmaster@nilebasin.com
Subject: RE: Cyber Incident Report Form

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http://nilebasin.com/
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"If the people will lead, the leaders will follow" D. Suzuki

From webmaster at nilebasin.com  Tue Aug 10 17:14:56 2004
From: webmaster at nilebasin.com (Nabil El-Khodari)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ACT 2004 WORKSHOP OUTLINES
Message-ID: <20040810161456.59575.qmail@web88012.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

ACT 2004 WORKSHOP OUTLINES

Workshop 1 : VSAT Implementation – Practical technical
training 
Presented by the Global VSAT Forum 

That there is an unmet requirement to bridge the
digital divide is long established. What is less
evident is that satellite is being cost-effectively
applied to address this challenge right now. 

Following-on from the GVF Telecommunications Operators
Forum, which is to be held at ACT 2004 on 8 September,
this Training Workshop will provide a focused
opportunity to hear from key stakeholders as to
exactly how, when, where, and for whom satellite
systems – which are being increasingly employed in
conjunction with other communications technologies
such as fibre, mobile telephony and WiFi – are
delivering vital connectivity solutions for an
expanding user community. 

The Workshop will bring together such key stakeholders
as the project finance community, NGOs, government
ministries and regulators, satellite system and
service providers, local telcos, local industry and
other representatives of the user community, to
explore real deployments….. really working. 

Workshop 2 : Breaking into new markets through
International Alliances and Strategic Relationships 

Presented by Sesh Sukhdeo, AITEC Consultant &
International Expert on International Growth
Strategies 

WORKSHOP AGENDA 

As many organizations review their business plans and
income strategies, many leaders are investing time and
efforts on identifying and developing higher level
relationships, are you? 

This high level workshop will walk you through a range
of business concepts and best practices. 

Workshop Leader Sesh Sukhdeo former International
Development Director for 

the British Computer Society and an independent
consultant to organizations throughout the world
covering the Business Process Outsourcing sector and
International Trade 

Alliance Building 


Structuring an Alliance 
Completing a business Gap analysis 
Assessing Strategic Returns on Investment 
The 6C's - Secrets of business linkage 
Trust Builders and Breakers

Market Entry Strategy 


Defining your goals and business proposition 
Approaching new contacts 
Creating International awareness 
The importance of a solid marketing mix

Extraordinary Growth 

Linking People to Business Goals 
Understanding the motivations of your buyer 
Breaking barriers down leading to greater commitment 
Understanding how to ask for business and gain Trust 
The power of referrals and professional networks

Who must attend: 

Chief Executives 
Directors 
Senior Marketing Managers 
Sales Executives 
Management Consultants 
Representatives of organizations wishing to become
global players

Participants will learn: 


How to Build International Alliances 
How to Develop International Market 
Entry Strategy 
How to encourage extraordinary growth


Workshop 3: Next Generation Enhanced Services - The
key to new revenue streams for operators 

Presented by Glenayre 

As networks progress toward saturation new exciting
and “sticky” services are needed to grow and retain
subscriber base. 

This workshop will introduce new technology concepts
and stimulate thinking that will assist you, the
operator, to take advantage of the next generation
enhanced services platforms to grow your business 

This Telco VAS workshop will benefit: 

CEO’s, CTO’s and the marketing teams from the
Operators 

Workshop Agenda: 



Next Generation Platforms 

> Operators are thinking about the move to next
generation platforms. This presentation will introduce
the advantages open systems platforms as the
foundation for next generation services. 

Applications that make Money 

> A look at new applications that are making money for
operators: 

Application messaging 
Multi-Media messaging and the matter of Content 
IVR for Competitions and Promotions – a major revenue
generator 
Missed Call notification 

Workshop 4 : New generation software solutions to
improve telco efficiency 
Presented by Microsoft 

Turning the Vision Into Reality (OSS/BSS): This
session will discuss some of the technology
mega-trends reshaping your industry and how the
Microsoft .NET vision is set out to help you gain
unmatched competitive advantage in the value-added
services space. 

Customer Contact Framework: To ensure customer loyalty
and reduced churn by showing you some interesting
changes that will drastically improve your customer
contact centre and offer huge cost savings 

Messaging as a revenue generating opportunity: We will
show you how you can increase your ARPU and retain
customer loyalty - Showcase Hosted Exchange demos and
videos and how we can help you achieve hosting goals. 

Workshop 5: Storage & Business Continuity 

Presented by VERITAS Software 
Philippe Nicolas, EMEA Senior Product Marketing
Manager 

Evaluating the cost of a disaster : All your data, all
your applications do not have the same value, and each
downtime have a different business impact. The first
step in a business continuity plan is to evaluate
risks and associated costs in order to choose the
right solution, VERITAS Software with a strong
experience in helping customers creating disaster
recovery plans, will explain in this session the
basics to create your plan. 

Basic data protection : Your backup have difficulties
to complete during the night but what about the time
needed for restore ? You will learn all the solutions
to protect against data lost and how to select the
best recovery methodology according your needs. 

Local disaster protection : Protecting your data is
not enough in some cases you need to ensure continuity
for your applications. You will discover what is a
cluster and how to implement a clustering solution
will help you reducing planned and unplanned downtime 

Site disaster protection : In case you want to protect
your complete site against failure you can in addition
to the backup /recovery methods replicate your data to
a secondary site, but what technology can you
implement if you don’t have high speed lines? 

VERITAS Software leader in Data Protection and
Availability is uniquely qualified for providing
business continuity solutions while improving IT
efficiency and reducing costs. 

Workshop 6: ICT Entrepreneurship: The art of making
things happen 

Presented by Russell Southwood, Balancing Act 

This workshop is a guide to being an ICT entrepreneur
aimed at those wanting to start a new business or
those wanting to expand in a new direction. 

It will cover the following: 


What does it mean to be an entrepreneur – drawing on
the experience of others. 
Starting with a good idea – looking at where good ICT
ideas can found in Africa. 
Planning a business idea – what questions need answers
in your business plan. 
The skills needed to create a new business – an
overview of the skills you will need to find. 
Finding finance and deciding when you need it – who
funds new businesses and what are they looking for in
return. 
Strategic alliances and partnerships – making friends
and influencing people. 
Information sources – A review of the range of sources
that will help you develop a new business.


Workshop 7 : Revenue transition strategies for VoIP 

Presented by Vocaltec 

Alon Roth, Director, Middle East & Africa 


Where are phone services going? 
Benefits of VoIP technologies 
Technology architectures for immediate service
creation and revenue 
Combining VoIP and wireless/satellite to bring rural
telecom services to rural and dense urban markets


VoIP is one of the most promising technologies to help
carriers evolve their phone services and grow revenue,
as well as aid the development of economies and
improve the quality of life of ordinary citizens in
both rural and densely populated areas in Africa. 

Voice over IP equipment vendors have evolved their
technology platforms to meet the real-world business
needs of carriers and service providers. Packet
telephony/VoIP architectures enable service providers
to maintain their current revenue streams while
significantly increasing their new revenue potential
by enabling the rapid design and rollout of new
enhanced SIP-based services, such as Voice VPNs and IP
Centrex. Another attractive service offering is VoIP
broadband access that allows any service provider to
gain revenues from offering VoIP telephony services to
residentials or SOHO/SMEs with broadband access.
Broadband residential/SOHO voice is a growing market,
which offers a lot of opportunity. 

Overall, the shift to NGN should be seamless to the
customer, except that eventually, customers will
benefit from price reductions and the rollout of new
and improved services. End-customers will experience
better quality phone services and cheaper costs. 

VocalTec brings to this workshop the longest track
record in IP communications in international markets
with carrier customers such as Deutsche Telekom, China
Telecom PTAs, ISM - Telecom Italia Sparkle, Adesemi
Nigeria, and others. Additionally, it leads the
industry in international standards development and
compatibility testing, in working with local solutions
partners, and, finally with an outstanding reputation
for technical and product excellence. 

This workshop will also examine cost-effective ways of
expanding telecommunications services in densely
populated urban areas, as well as in rural, isolated
areas, through an architecture based on satellite
(VSAT) stations, VoIP and potentially Wireless Local
Loop (WLL). Additionally, it will provide e real-life
lessons from applications of this solution in Nigeria
for dense urban areas. 

Workshop 8: Best practice for network security 
Presented by Sophos 

Threat evolution and future projections 
Malware containment 
Incident management 
Prevention vs cure 
General systems best practice


Workshop 9: Call centre customer service and support
skills: Developing a robust and sustainable human
capital policy 
Presented by Sesh Sukhdeo, AITEC Consultant &
International Expert on International Growth
Strategies 
Understand the role and importance of: 

Training needs analysis 
Competency definitions 
Challenges recruitment, selection and development 
Employer or employee focused learning 
Skills certification and developing a roadmap 
Developing a just-in-time framework 
Professional ethics 
Continuing professional development 
International Best practices 
Value chain analysis

Workshop spaces are limited. 

Full details of the main Summit conference programme
and delegate registration form are available on http://www.aitecafrica.com

=====
Nabil M. El-Khodari
Founder,
Nile Basin Society, Canada

http://nilebasin.com/
http://nile.ca/ 

"If the people will lead, the leaders will follow" D. Suzuki

From aileen at isiswomen.org  Thu Aug 12 08:38:42 2004
From: aileen at isiswomen.org (Aileen Familara)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Women in Action No. 1, 2004, issue on "Corporatised Media and ICT
 Structures and Systems"
Message-ID: <411B1E82.2070006@isiswomen.org>

The online version of Women in Action No. 1, 2004, issue on 
"Corporatised Media and ICT Structures and Systems" is now available at 
<http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/index.html>. The print edition 
will be off the press by the end of August 2004.

Women in Action No. 1, 2004
Theme: Corporatised Media and ICT Structures and Systems

Editorial: For Whom Media Speaks: The Paucity of Todays ICT Explosion
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/editorial.htm

Globalisation and Media: Making Feminist Sense
By Susanna George
Locates recent developments in mediathe fantabulous business mergers, 
the permeation of advertising in all of human activity, the ringside 
view of the Iraq warwithin the overall struggle against patriarchy.
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/susanna.htm

IT in India: Social Revolution or Approaching Implosion?
By Kalyani Menon-Sen
Warns against the dangers posed by the IT Revolution
including the numbers of women employed in call centres facetheir 
unused college education, abnormal working hours and consequently, 
compromised human interaction and relationships.
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/kalyani.htm

When Technology, Media and Globalisation Conspire: Old Threats, New 
Prospects
By Anita Gurumurthy
Speaks about the downsides of globalised ICTs and the actions that must 
be taken to counter these.
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/anita1.htm

False and Real Differences:Alternative and Mainstream Media in Latin 
America
By Maria Su?rez Toro and Margaret Thompson
Relates how a womens organisation seized the potential of modern ICTs, 
introduced webcasts of its community radio programmes and captured a 
marketof women and menlooking for information other than that provided 
by mainstream media.
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/maria.htm

Choices We (Must) Make For Ourselves: Women and Transnational Media
By Lynne Muthoni Wanyeki
Analyses the methods of exclusion employed by the major media 
establishmentswhether those supportive of Americas agenda against the 
Muslim world, or those that seek to perpetuate the traditional, 
one-dimensional representations of Arab and Muslim women.
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/muthoni.htm

Media and ICT Systems, Globalisation, Militarism and Fundamentalisms
By Anuradha M. Chenoy
Dissects how media and ICTs are being used in India by nationalist 
groups to push their fundamentalist and militarist agenda. Such 
virtual 
recruitment
 of foot soldiers perpetuates not only womens subordination 
but also the ruling elites strategic political control.
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/anuradha.htm

Knowledge Economy: Does It Come with a Knowledge Society?
By Anita Gurumurthy
Presents the irony of a 
knowledge society
 in a context where ICTs are 
galloping but one-third of the population is illiterate and knowledge 
remains controlled by a few
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/anita2.htm

Recalling the Past, Looking to the Future
By Marilee Karl
Explores the changesbig and smallbrought about by the womens 
movements use of various communication technologies to forward gender 
equality; and identifies the issues that have fallen in the wayside
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/marilee.htm

Common Agenda, Different Methods: Womens Use of ICTs in Conflict 
Situations
By Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng
Examines how ICTs became a vehicle in Uganda for putting womens agenda 
on the international negotiating tables
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/ruth.htm

WILMA: Making a Difference
By Rhona O. Bauista
Describes the making of an ICT application that preserves information 
resources useful to womens movements and links feminists, activists and 
the public, with or without Internet connectivity
http://www.isiswomen.org/pub/wia/wia1-04/rhona.htm


For more information, please write to us at
Media, Information and Communications Programme
Isis International-Manila
3 Marunong St., Bgy Central, Quezon City 1100, Philippines
Fax: (63-2) 924 1065
E-mail: communications@isiswomen.org



From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Thu Aug 12 23:42:58 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] linux day - 11 de setiembre
In-Reply-To: <411B1E82.2070006@isiswomen.org>
Message-ID: <20040812224258.71573.qmail@web11802.mail.yahoo.com>

> Hola a todos.
> 
> 
> En vista de tener a puertas del "Linux Day ? Casos de ?xito y Ventaja
> Competitiva", he visto coveniente cambiar el dia del evento.
> 
> Antes : viernes 27 de Agosto
> 
> Actual: Sabado 11  de Septiembre.

> La agenda seria la siguiente:
> 
> 
> 
> 09.00 - 9.15 Inaguraci?n
> 9.15 - 10:00 DVD Revolution OS
> 10:00 - 10:30 APESOL
> Conceptos de Software Libre
> (marco filosofico, experiencias, penetracion en el pais)
> Carlos Horna - 
> 
> 10:30 - 11:00 PLUG
> Programaci?n para Administradores de Redes
> Caso AmericaTel
> Breno Colom y Nestor Ruiz
> 
> 
> 11:00 - 12:00 NoveliX
> Seguridad Corporativa en Linux
> Miguel de la Borda - Gerente General
> 
> 12:00 - 12:45 Caso Real presentado en Canada 
> Proyecto de Clustering
> Richard Miguel (alumno FIA)
> 
> 12:45 - 13:45 BREAK 
> 
> 13:45 - 14:45 Hablemos Linux
> Walter Cuestas - Leader Solution LinuX
> 
> 14:45 - 15:45 Linux Professional Institute
> La Certificaci?n de la Comunidad Linux
> Lady Murrugarra - Presidenta LPI Andino
> 
> 15:45 - 16:45 IBM Corporation
> Linux: La base de un negocio On Demand
> Mario Rodriguez Rossi
> 
> 16:45 - 17:45 CONECTIVA
> VPN con Conectiva linux-Casa Andina - OswaLdo Bastante 
> Seguridad-JNE -Guillermo Perez
> Jefes 
> 17:45 - 18:00 Break
> 
> 18:00 - 19:00 RED HAT
> Soluciones Corporativas
> Julian Somodi - General Manager 
> 
> 19:00 - 20:00 CASO DE EXITO - DEFENSORIA DEL PUEBLO 
> PROYECTO DE MIGRACION
> 
> 20:00 - 21:00 Presentacion Proyecto OSS de la USMP y FIRMA DE 
CONVENIOS
> 
> 
> 



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From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Fri Aug 13 10:56:05 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] violence et exclavage en arabie
Message-ID: <20040813095605.37302.qmail@web52505.mail.yahoo.com>

ARABIE SAOUDITE 
Des expatri?s trait?s
comme des esclaves 
Un grand nombre d'ouvriers ?trangers sont maltrait?s et exploit?s, certains ?tant carr?ment trait?s comme des esclaves selon Human Rights Watch. 

U n grand nombre d'ouvriers ?trangers en Arabie saoudite sont syst?matiquement maltrait?s et exploit?s, certains ?tant carr?ment trait?s comme des esclaves, a affirm? jeudi 15 juillet l'organisation des droits de l'Homme Human Rights Watch (HRW).
"Nous avons trouv? des hommes et des femmes vivant dans des conditions similaires ? l'esclavage", dit Sarah Leah Whitson, directrice de HRW pour le Moyen-Orient et l'Afrique du Nord, en r?sumant un rapport de 135 pages rendu public par l'organisation bas?e ? New York.
La discrimination ? l'?gard des femmes dans la riche monarchie conservatrice du Golfe s'aggrave pour les femmes ?trang?res employ?es dans ce pays, certaines ?tant victimes de viols et d'isolement forc?, selon le rapport.
Les Asiatiques forment le gros des expatri?s en Arabie, qui sont au nombre de 8,8 millions selon le ministre du Travail Ghazi al-Gossaibi. La population autochtone compte quelque 17 millions d'habitants.

"L'ex?cution des condamn?s"

Le rapport ?voque dans les d?tails "les mauvais traitement qu'endurent les travailleurs ?trangers un peu partout" dans le royaume, montrant "les conditions ?pouvantables et l'exploitation que connaissent de nombreux travailleurs et l'?chec total du syst?me judiciaire ? leur assurer des r?parations", indique HRW.
Le document d?crit aussi "comment des expatri?s d?tenus en Arabie saoudite se voient refuser des visites de leur consulat et comme ils sont forc?s de signer des aveux qu'ils ne pouvaient pas lire".
Il ?voque aussi "les d?capitations dont les ambassades et les familles des supplici?s ne sont inform?es qu'apr?s l'ex?cution des condamn?s".
Des informations obtenues aupr?s de femmes asiatiques qui ?taient employ?es en Arabie saoudite font ?tat d'"une pratique r?pandue qui consiste ? interner des femmes dans des conditions malsaines", ajoute l'ONG.
Elle ?voque "le cas de quelque 300 femmes d'Inde, du Sri Lanka et des Philippines qui travaillent pendant 12 heures quotidiennement, six jours par semaine, dans le nettoyage des h?pitaux ? Djeddah (ouest)".

Victimes de violences sexuelles

"A la fin de chaque journ?e de travail, elles sont ramen?es dans un dortoir surpeupl?, avec 14 femmes partageant une petite chambre dot?e de lits superpos?s. La porte de chaque chambre est ferm?e ? cl? de l'ext?rieur, privant les femmes de toute libert? de mouvement pour les 2 ou 3 ans de leur contrat" de travail dans le royaume, ajoute le texte.
HRW indique avoir examin? quatre cas de femmes, maintenue en isolement forc? et victimes de violences sexuelles, et, dans trois cas de viols.
"Dans les quatre cas, les auteurs de ces crimes -- dont trois accus?s de viol -- n'ont jamais fait l'objet d'une enqu?te criminelle, ni d'un processus d'inculpation", ajoute l'organisation humanitaire, affirmant disposer aussi d'informations sur des femmes emprisonn?es ? Ryad, "o? elles purgent leur peine pour grossesse ill?gitime".
HRW indique avoir avoir men? la plupart des entretiens cit?s dans son rapport en Inde, au Bangladesh et aux Philippines, avec des expatri?s rentr?s r?cemment d'Arabie saoudite, apr?s s'?tre vue interdire l'autorisation d'enqu?ter sur place, m?me si une d?l?gation de cette organisation a ?t? invit?e l'an dernier ? rencontrer des responsables dans le royaume.
L'organisation formule une s?rie de recommandations ? Ryad, l'invitant ? "suspendre l'application de la peine de mort aux citoyens saoudiens et aux ?trangers jusqu'il soit ?tabli d'une mani?re ind?pendante que la torture n'est pas utilis?e et que l'obtention des aveux ne se fait pas sous la contrainte".
Elle invite aussi le gouvernement saoudien ? mettre fin ? "l'isolement des travailleurs, ? imposer des p?nalit?s substantielles ? ceux qui continuent ? le pratiquer et ? apporter une compensation juste et ?quitable aux victimes" d'une telle pratique. 












		
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From tnacli at yahoo.com  Sat Aug 14 15:42:53 2004
From: tnacli at yahoo.com (Teresa Nacli-Napoli)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HOW CAN WOMEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY  HELP PEACE?
Message-ID: <20040814144253.45424.qmail@web53901.mail.yahoo.com>

HOW CAN WOMEN AND CIVIL SOCIETY  HELP PEACE?
 
This is my project for PEACE!!!
 
I hope WSIS can make some time for PEACE!

http://www.click.vi.it/sistemieculture/Golan.html
 
May Peace Prevail on Earth!

Teresinha Nacli
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From zielinskic at who.int  Wed Aug 11 12:28:30 2004
From: zielinskic at who.int (zielinskic@who.int)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Call for papers IFIP WG 9.2 Conference on Landscapes of ICT and S
 ocial Accountability
Message-ID: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D0BBE8F19@whqkaki01.who.int>

Of possible interest to this group. Apologies for cross-posting.

Chris Zielinski 

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

Call for Papers

IFIP WG 9.2 Conference on Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability
June 27-29, 2005

University of Turku, Turku, Finland

This is a call for papers for a conference on social accountability in
information and communications technologies (ICT). The conference will
be held from 27th to 29th  June 2005 at the University of Turku,
Finland. It is being organised by the Working Group on Social
Accountability of the International Federation for Information
Processing (IFIP), a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organisation
for national societies working in the field of information processing.

The conference aims to review the landscapes: what are the social
consequences of information and communication technologies today and how
are they evolving?

Topics of interest for the conference include ICT and social
accountability in relation to:
1. Philosophy, ethics and sociological aspects
2. Culture and education
3. Social aspects
4. Politics and regulation
5. Economics and work
6. Technology, virtual reality and emerging technologies
7. New challenges: what needs to be done?

The decision to accept will be based on an extended abstract of 2-4
pages to be sent to Kai Kimppa, kai.kimppa@it.utu.fi.

Important 

From zielinskic at who.int  Wed Aug 11 12:28:30 2004
From: zielinskic at who.int (zielinskic@who.int)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Call for papers IFIP WG 9.2 Conference on Landscapes of ICT and S
 ocial Accountability
Message-ID: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D0BBE8F19@whqkaki01.who.int>

Of possible interest to this group. Apologies for cross-posting.

Chris Zielinski 

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

Call for Papers

IFIP WG 9.2 Conference on Landscapes of ICT and Social Accountability
June 27-29, 2005

University of Turku, Turku, Finland

This is a call for papers for a conference on social accountability in
information and communications technologies (ICT). The conference will
be held from 27th to 29th  June 2005 at the University of Turku,
Finland. It is being organised by the Working Group on Social
Accountability of the International Federation for Information
Processing (IFIP), a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organisation
for national societies working in the field of information processing.

The conference aims to review the landscapes: what are the social
consequences of information and communication technologies today and how
are they evolving?

Topics of interest for the conference include ICT and social
accountability in relation to:
1. Philosophy, ethics and sociological aspects
2. Culture and education
3. Social aspects
4. Politics and regulation
5. Economics and work
6. Technology, virtual reality and emerging technologies
7. New challenges: what needs to be done?

The decision to accept will be based on an extended abstract of 2-4
pages to be sent to Kai Kimppa, kai.kimppa@it.utu.fi.

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of extended abstracts: October 1st, 2004.
Decision on abstract: November 15th, 2004.
Full papers due: February 28th, 2005.
Final papers due: April 15th, 2005.
Conference: June 27-29 th, 2005.

Further Information:

http://www.cs.utu.fi/ifip/WG9.2_Conference_2005/

Regards,
-- 
Kai Kimppa
Lecturer, University of Turku
Organizing Committee Chair

-------Cut here-------

Best regards,

-- 
Kai Kimppa
Lecturer, Information Systems, Department of Information Technology,
University of Turku
Areas of interest: IT Ethics, IPR's, HCI, UI Design
Tel. +358 2 333 8665
Mobile. +358 44 060 1321 

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Tue Aug 17 11:05:09 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Hossein Amir)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
Message-ID: <BAY10-F21LGqCsTYQmQ00025d09@hotmail.com>

Dear All

This is an invitation I receved recently on youth, does anyone has any clue 
of is it a valid group or cofnerence or not?

Thanks

Amir


>From: "international youth conf international youth conf" 
><internationalyouthconf@usa.com>
>To: westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>Subject: Special Invitation to our conference
>Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:31:57 -0500
>
>Special Invitation
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Over the years, the global planning summit for HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse, Crime 
>and Violent preventions have brought together youth health professionals 
>around the globe to network and learn from each other about youth planning 
>efforts.
>
>This year, the steering Committee has decided to enhance and expand the 
>format of the meeting. To reflect this change, the name of the meeting has 
>been changed to International Youth Conference (IYC). The 2004 meeting will 
>compose of two-planned international conference to be held from Sept 26th 
>to 30th, 2004 in Florida, United states and on Oct. 03rd to 8th 2004 in 
>Madrid, Spain.
>
>The theme of the conference is to educate and retooling to maximize the 
>power of prevention. The steering committee is planning an extremely 
>rewarding and though- provoking meeting.
>
>In addition to the focus on the global planning, this year’s conference 
>also will provide participants with a forum for information sharing, skills 
>building, lesson learned, and networking opportunities. The 2004 conference 
>will showcase several workshops, as well as roundtables and other sessions 
>designed for staff and health professionals for prevention programs.
>
>The goal of the meeting is to bring together the youth professionals to 
>facilitate increased linkages among professionals, community based 
>organizations and capacity building assistance providers, as well as the 
>world health organization, and the international agencies for the 
>prevention programs.
>
>The purpose of these linkages is to be more effective in providing adequate 
>preventive programs. In the light of the steering committee initiative, 
>advancing the menace prevention, new strategies for a changing epidemic, 
>there is a greater emphasis on the prevention needs of the people living 
>with the menace, counseling and testing including rapid testing, and 
>creating effective linkages between prevention and care.
>
>See the registration procedure at the website 
>www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf , the flight air ticket thro and 
>fro the two conference Venues will be provided by the organizers and 
>sponsors of the conferences free including the hotel accommodation for both 
>conferences.
>
>For registration and participation contact any of the following addresses 
>with photocopies of your International passport for proper registration 
>confirmation: John Newton, or Roger Philips e-mail, 
>internationalyouthconf@usa.com, rogerphilips5050@usa.com, Interworld youth 
>Development foundations. 956, 7th AVENUE, SOUTH NAPLES, FL, 34102 TEL: 
>+1-321-238-2132, Fax: +1-315-292-5403,or Spain: johnnewton2004@usa.com, or 
>Tel: (+00)34-657-041549, Tel: (+00) 34-646-939-625 Interested participants 
>should submit application forms before 25th August, 2004 with completed 
>registration Application form to enable process visa documents for those 
>that need visa to enter united states and Spain.
>
>For more information visit our website: 
>www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf,
>
>We look forward to seeing you in Florida, United States and Spain.
>
>Yours Sincerely,
>Dr. John Newton
>(Secretary Organizing Committee)
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From rim_nour at yahoo.fr  Tue Aug 17 11:18:13 2004
From: rim_nour at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?Rim=20Nour?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
In-Reply-To: <BAY10-F21LGqCsTYQmQ00025d09@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <20040817101813.91338.qmail@web40808.mail.yahoo.com>

HI,

i once had a very similar invitation in terms and it
was not a valid one, i do not persobnally think it is
a valid conference,especially if they ask about
passports and numbers...

take care,
Rim

 --- Hossein Amir <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> a
?crit?: 
> Dear All
> 
> This is an invitation I receved recently on youth,
> does anyone has any clue 
> of is it a valid group or cofnerence or not?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Amir
> 
> 
> >From: "international youth conf international youth
> conf" 
> ><internationalyouthconf@usa.com>
> >To: westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >Subject: Special Invitation to our conference
> >Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:31:57 -0500
> >
> >Special Invitation
> >
> >Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >Over the years, the global planning summit for
> HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse, Crime 
> >and Violent preventions have brought together youth
> health professionals 
> >around the globe to network and learn from each
> other about youth planning 
> >efforts.
> >
> >This year, the steering Committee has decided to
> enhance and expand the 
> >format of the meeting. To reflect this change, the
> name of the meeting has 
> >been changed to International Youth Conference
> (IYC). The 2004 meeting will 
> >compose of two-planned international conference to
> be held from Sept 26th 
> >to 30th, 2004 in Florida, United states and on Oct.
> 03rd to 8th 2004 in 
> >Madrid, Spain.
> >
> >The theme of the conference is to educate and
> retooling to maximize the 
> >power of prevention. The steering committee is
> planning an extremely 
> >rewarding and though- provoking meeting.
> >
> >In addition to the focus on the global planning,
> this year?s conference 
> >also will provide participants with a forum for
> information sharing, skills 
> >building, lesson learned, and networking
> opportunities. The 2004 conference 
> >will showcase several workshops, as well as
> roundtables and other sessions 
> >designed for staff and health professionals for
> prevention programs.
> >
> >The goal of the meeting is to bring together the
> youth professionals to 
> >facilitate increased linkages among professionals,
> community based 
> >organizations and capacity building assistance
> providers, as well as the 
> >world health organization, and the international
> agencies for the 
> >prevention programs.
> >
> >The purpose of these linkages is to be more
> effective in providing adequate 
> >preventive programs. In the light of the steering
> committee initiative, 
> >advancing the menace prevention, new strategies for
> a changing epidemic, 
> >there is a greater emphasis on the prevention needs
> of the people living 
> >with the menace, counseling and testing including
> rapid testing, and 
> >creating effective linkages between prevention and
> care.
> >
> >See the registration procedure at the website 
> >www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf , the
> flight air ticket thro and 
> >fro the two conference Venues will be provided by
> the organizers and 
> >sponsors of the conferences free including the
> hotel accommodation for both 
> >conferences.
> >
> >For registration and participation contact any of
> the following addresses 
> >with photocopies of your International passport for
> proper registration 
> >confirmation: John Newton, or Roger Philips e-mail,
> 
> >internationalyouthconf@usa.com,
> rogerphilips5050@usa.com, Interworld youth 
> >Development foundations. 956, 7th AVENUE, SOUTH
> NAPLES, FL, 34102 TEL: 
> >+1-321-238-2132, Fax: +1-315-292-5403,or Spain:
> johnnewton2004@usa.com, or 
> >Tel: (+00)34-657-041549, Tel: (+00) 34-646-939-625
> Interested participants 
> >should submit application forms before 25th August,
> 2004 with completed 
> >registration Application form to enable process
> visa documents for those 
> >that need visa to enter united states and Spain.
> >
> >For more information visit our website: 
> >www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf,
> >
> >We look forward to seeing you in Florida, United
> States and Spain.
> >
> >Yours Sincerely,
> >Dr. John Newton
> >(Secretary Organizing Committee)
> >--
>
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Tue Aug 17 14:25:05 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] INVITACION INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO
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From magaly at greatvideo.com  Tue Aug 17 14:57:09 2004
From: magaly at greatvideo.com (magaly pazello)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] INVITACION INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO
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Dear Lady,

could you please just send to this list a briefing about your 
activities that could be effective examples for future actions 
addressed the cs agenda on wsis, instead of to send the full 
information about whqat you are involved.

Regards,
Magaly Pazello

On 17/08/2004, at 10:25, Lady Murrugarra wrote:

> ?UNASE A NUESTRA CAMPA?A? -? MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA
>
> INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO
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From Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca  Tue Aug 17 17:24:12 2004
From: Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Bill McIver)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] INVITACION INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO
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Estimada Lady Murrugarra,

Si yo puedo entender su mensaje (no lo le? todo y mi castella?o es m?s o 
menos),
tengo un interes en estos asuntos.  Yo he escrito en la area de TICs y 
la sistema
penal, en principio en EE.UU.

Yo quisiera hablar m?s con usted.

Atentamente,

WJM



Lady Murrugarra wrote:

> **
>
> *"UNASE A NUESTRA CAMPA?A" -  **_MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA_*
>
> */_INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO_/**/__/*
>
> */_ _/*
>
> */ESTABLECIMIENTO DE EJECUCION DE  PENAS LIMITATIVAS DE DERECHO Y 
> ASISTENCIA POST-PENITENCIARIO - CHORRILLOS/*
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> */ /*
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> *_ _*
>
> *TIENE POR FINALIDAD LA REHABILITACION, REINCORPORACION Y REEDUCACION 
> DEL PENADO A LA SOCIEDAD. *
>
> * **_Decreto Supremo 015-2003-JUS_*
>
> * *
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> * *
>
> *_ART.6.-_** La sociedad, las instituciones de derecho publico o 
> privado y las personas participan en forma activa en el _tratamiento_ 
> del interno y en acciones de Asistencia Post-Penitenciario a trav?s de 
> los _COMITES_ de apoyo al interno y las JUNTAS DE ASISTENCIA 
> POST-PENITENCIARIO en coordinaci?n.*
>
> * ** *
>
> *?QUE PERSEGUIMOS?*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *CONSOLIDARNOS COMO UNA ORGANIZACI?N MODERNA Y LIDER EN LA 
> RESOCIALIZACION DEL PENADO, QUE BRINDE PROGRAMAS TECNICOS CIENTIFICOS, 
> HUMANISTA. EFICIENTE Y EFICAZ CON PERSONAL ALTAMENTE CALIFICADO Y 
> SENSIBLE A LA PECULARIEDAD DEL SISTEMA PENITENCIARIO _E INTEGRAR LA 
> PARTICIPACION ACTIVA DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL_*
>
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> *_MISION DEL AREA   POST-PENITENCIARIO_*
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> *ES EL AREA QUE ESTABLECE UN PROCESO SISTEMATICO Y PROGRESIVO DE 
> REINSERCION DEL SENTENCIADO A SU MEDIO NATURAL, MEDIANTE UNA 
> INTERVENSION PROFESIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARIA QUE BRINDE ATENCION DE 
> CAR?CTER INDIVIDUAL, FALIMIAR Y SOCIAL _CONTANDO CON LA PARTICIPACION 
> DE INSTITUCIONES PUBLICAS Y PRIVADAS_ ADEMAS DE ACCIONES TENDIENTES A 
> ELIMINAR O REDUCIR LA REINCIDENCIA EN LA COMISION DE NUEVOS DELITOS.*
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *_VISION DE LA JUNTA DE ASISTENCIA POST- PENITENCIARIA_*
>
> * *
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> * *
>
> *SENSIBILIZAR A LA SOCIEDAD A FIN DE QUE EL LIBERADO LOGRE ACCEDER A 
> TODAS LAS OPORTUNIDADES SIN MARGINACION ALGUNA PRINCIPALMENTE EN EL 
> ASPECTO LABORAL, ES ATRAVES DEL TRABAJO QUE ASUME SU ROL FAMILIAR Y 
> OPTIMA RESOCIALIZACION, PARA LO CUAL SE CONTARA CON LA PARTICIPACION 
> ACTIVA, ORGANIZADA, INTEGRADA Y SISTEMATICA DE LAS INSTITUCIONES 
> PUBLICAS, PRIVADAS Y SOCIEDAD CIVIL QUE _BRINDEN UNA RED DE AYUDA 
> HUMANISTA, TECNICO Y CIENTIFICO EN EL TRATAMIENTO POST-PENITENCIARIO._*
>
> *             *
>
> *  _Delincuencia_*
>
> Como todos sabemos, la delincuencia es unos de los temas que m?s nos 
> preocupan a los  peruanos. Por eso  haremos especial hincapi? en este 
> tema.
> La delincuencia no se termina "metiendo balas a los ladrones" como 
> dice Ruckauf. Tampoco teniendo leyes m?s duras. La delincuencia se 
> termina con *educaci?n y con otras oportuni dades de calidad de vida.*
>
>
> ?C?mo lo podemos lograr? primero que nada, accediendo a los alumnos de 
> las escuelas primarias, secundarias y universidades. Donde se les 
> impartir? informaci?n de "c?mo  puedo ser ?til a la sociedad".  Se le 
> explicar? a los chicos que hay otras formas de conseguir dinero, como 
> por ejemplo: trabajando, _ingresando al mundo virtual, (Internet)_ 
> etc. al mismo tiempo que estar?amos desarrollando un trabajo 
> preventivo del delito
>
> Adem?s, vamos a crear oportunidades de puestos de trabajo; no solo en 
> la construcci?n de c?rceles, (por si de todas maneras deciden la v?a 
> f?cil) sino tambi?n en otras ?reas.
> ?Si queremos seguridad en las calles! , ?Si queremos que nuestros 
> hijos trabajen y no caigan en el delito!
>
> */_?SUMENSE A ESTE PROYECTO!_/*
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>  
>
> POR ELLO LES INVITAMOS A PARTICIPAR DE NUESTRA REUNION DE TRABAJO, EL 
> *_DIA 27 DE AGOSTO_*, 2004; EN NUESTRO LOCAL SITO EN: AV. INDUSTRIAL 
> 384 - CHORRILLOS, A HORAS 2:30 PM. (HORA EXACTA), SIRVASE  CONFIRMAR 
> SU PARTICIPACION A LOS TELEFONOS:
>
> 251-0998 - 97279244 Y/O CORREO ELECTRONICO /_phcb03@hotmail.com 
> <mailto:phcb03@hotmail.com>._/__
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> ESPERANDO CONTAR CON SU ASISTENCIA.
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> Subject:
> INVITACION INPE
> From:
> Lady Virginia Murrugarra Velarde <ladym@upch.edu.pe>
> Date:
> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:10:49 -0400
> To:
> Sociedad Chotana de Ciencias <sociedadchotanadeciencias@yahoo.es>, 
> Informatica Medica Lambayeque <imlambayeque@yahoogroups.com>, 
> "Asociacion Peruana Estudiantes Ing. Sistemas" <apeis@elistas.net>, 
> generotecnologia@yahoogroups.com
>
> To:
> Sociedad Chotana de Ciencias <sociedadchotanadeciencias@yahoo.es>, 
> Informatica Medica Lambayeque <imlambayeque@yahoogroups.com>, 
> "Asociacion Peruana Estudiantes Ing. Sistemas" <apeis@elistas.net>, 
> generotecnologia@yahoogroups.com
>
>


-- 
Bill McIver, Ph.D                     
==
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National Research Council             | Conseil national de recherches Canada
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From Ramin.Kaweh at unctad.org  Tue Aug 17 16:27:00 2004
From: Ramin.Kaweh at unctad.org (Ramin.Kaweh@unctad.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WGIG Consultations Sept 2004 - registration forms available now
In-Reply-To: <4113F35E.5D470E9D@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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Dear All,

Regarding the consultations on the establishment of the Working Group on 
Internet Governance (WGIG) in September 2004 in Geneva, 
please note that all interested participants are invited to fill in the 
registration forms until 3 September 2004, at the following link:   
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1285|0

The Consultations will be open to all governments and observes accredited 
to the WSIS and its preparatory process. The meeting will focus on the 
establishment of the WGIG, its structure and working methods, as well as 
the scope of its work. It will take place on the 20/21 September 2004, in 
Room XVIII at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

For further information, see the following link:  
http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/wgig/index.html

Best regards,
Ramin


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ramin Kaweh
Programme Officer
UN-NGLS (Non-Governmental Liaison Service)
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
tel:  0041.22. 917 2078
fax: 0041.22. 917 0432
ramin.kaweh@unctad.org
www.un-ngls.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 


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From khaled.khelifi at ati.tn  Wed Aug 18 08:45:11 2004
From: khaled.khelifi at ati.tn (khaled khelifi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] festival d'internet
References: <20040817132505.75645.qmail@web11807.mail.yahoo.com> <4122312C.9040804@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <001401c484f7$4aa0b090$23445fc1@khelifi>

Festival de l'Internet 2004:

Le melting-pot de la Tunisie on line

La 5?me ?dition du Festival d'?t? de l'Internet, qui se d?roulera ? Hammam Sousse du 19 au 22 ao?t, se veut cette ann?e une d?monstration de ce que la Tunisie a r?ussi en tant que soci?t? de l'information en marge du Sommet mondial de la soci?t? de l'information Tunis 2005. En plus des rubriques qui ont fait le succ?s des quatre premi?res moutures, plusieurs nouveaut?s y appara?tront: jumelage du festival entre Marsa et Kantaoui, connexions ? haut d?bit, show room des derni?res nouveaut?s TIC. Le tout sous le Haut Patronage du Chef de l'Etat.

 
Cette ann?e, beaucoup d'innovations sont au programme. La plus importante du point de vue 
technologique, c'est que notre cyber-espace de 100 ordinateurs aura cette ann?e une connexion g?n?ralis?e ? un tr?s haut d?bit de 34 mb/s. Le festival de Hammam Sousse s'enrichira ?galement d'un nouveau cyber-espace de 50 ordinateurs ? Kasr Essa?da ? la Marsa, ?galement en haut d?bit. Car cette manifestation de grande envergure n'est pas organis?e par l'Etat ou le secteur priv?, c'est un membre de la soci?t? civile qui en assure toute la cha?ne d'organisation, avec la particularit? d'apporter la mani?re de faire si caract?ristique des associations.
D'abord, l'ATIM a d?cid? d?s la premi?re mouture du Festival que sa pr?sidence serait coll?giale. Il faut, bien s?r, du temps aux interlocuteurs de l'Association de s'y habituer, mais cette pratique s'est r?v?l?e assez f?conde car vous avez toujours ? qui parler. Et toutes ces personnes ne seront pas de trop pour g?rer les nombreux ?l?ments du festival: cyber-espace, animation du port, Miss Net, spectacle sons et lumi?res, meilleur e-photographe. qui en sont les jalons habituels. Puis, en profondeur, une enqu?te sur les Tunisiens et les ?trangers qui le visitent pour recueillir leurs attentes ? l'?gard du Sommet Tunis 2005.
En plus, il y aura 3 ateliers (s?curit? informatique, commerce ?lectronique, formation ? distance), 2 tables rondes (haut d?bit en Tunisie, r?le de la soci?t? civile et du secteur priv? pour le SMSI 2005), un show room, une projection des sites des universit?s pour les nouveaux bacheliers. 
Cette ann?e aussi, l'ATIM a d?cid? que ses animateurs seront issus de l'Institut sup?rieur des arts du multim?dia de Sousse pour impliquer le plus possible la r?gion dans le Festival.
Cette ann?e, la Libye sera un partenaire privil?gi? du Festival par le biais de certaines de ses associations et de ses organisateurs d'?v?nement.



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From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Wed Aug 18 15:14:03 2004
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WGIG Consultations Sept 2004 - registration
 forms available now
In-Reply-To: 
 <OF48D2464E.0758F662-ONC1256EF3.0054945E-C1256EF3.0054DEE0@unctad.org>
Message-ID: <SIMEON.10408181503.B@00200520.londonmet.ac.uk>

Dear Sir/Madam 

I hereby enclose my Registration form for the Working Group on 
Internet Governance (WGIG) in September 2004 in Geneva

I am happy to contribute to the development of this work  

I look forward to your positive reply 

Ezendu Ariwa 



On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:27:00 +0200 Ramin.Kaweh@unctad.org 
wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Regarding the consultations on the establishment of the Working Group on 
> Internet Governance (WGIG) in September 2004 in Geneva, 
> please note that all interested participants are invited to fill in the 
> registration forms until 3 September 2004, at the following link:   
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1285|0
> 
> The Consultations will be open to all governments and observes accredited 
> to the WSIS and its preparatory process. The meeting will focus on the 
> establishment of the WGIG, its structure and working methods, as well as 
> the scope of its work. It will take place on the 20/21 September 2004, in 
> Room XVIII at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
> 
> For further information, see the following link:  
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/wgig/index.html
> 
> Best regards,
> Ramin
> 
> 
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Ramin Kaweh
> Programme Officer
> UN-NGLS (Non-Governmental Liaison Service)
> Palais des Nations
> 1211 Geneva 10
> Switzerland
> tel:  0041.22. 917 2078
> fax: 0041.22. 917 0432
> ramin.kaweh@unctad.org
> www.un-ngls.org
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 
> 
> 

----------------------
Ezendu Ariwa 
Dept of Accounting, Banking and Financial Systems
London Metropolitan University 
Stapleton House
277- 281 Holloway Road
London N7 8HN 
Tel. 020 7133 3123  Fax 020 7133 3076

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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Aug 19 09:27:34 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] festival d'internet
In-Reply-To: <001401c484f7$4aa0b090$23445fc1@khelifi>
Message-ID: <20040819082734.8328.qmail@web60704.mail.yahoo.com>

Excellente information que ce Festival de l'Internet.
Espérant une grande participation populaire à
Hammamet-Sousse et à travers la Tunisie qui a besoin
de manifestations de la sorte pour renforcer sa
crédibilité quant à l'organisation du prochain sommet
de novembre 2005.
Je continue à croire que la Tunisie est une chance
extraordinaire pour renforcer la caonscience
collective dans le Magreb et je salue l'implication de
la Lybie qu'il aurait fallu étendre à l'Algérie, au
maroc et à la Mauritanie et avec Internet cela reste
encore possible de monter des initiatives à distance,
mais aussi une chance inespérée pour le monde arabe
trés en recul, une chance aussi pour la monde de la
francophonie et un appui aux défenseurs de la
diversité des cultures et des langues, celui du Tiers
monde, de la pauvreté et du sous développement.
Dans tous les cas, bonne chance à ce festival et
surtout n'hésitez pas à rendre compte quotidiennement
de l'état d'avancement, de la tenue et des suites de
cet évènement... que le monde entier soit informé des
avancées mais aussi des insuffisances et difficultés
de votre pays et de votre société civile et des
combats qu'elle mène pour le Sommet mondial de la
société de l'information que vous préparez.
Amitiés
Djilali



--- khaled khelifi <khaled.khelifi@ati.tn> wrote:

> Festival de l'Internet 2004:
> 
> Le melting-pot de la Tunisie on line
> 
> La 5ème édition du Festival d'été de l'Internet, qui
> se déroulera à Hammam Sousse du 19 au 22 août, se
> veut cette année une démonstration de ce que la
> Tunisie a réussi en tant que société de
> l'information en marge du Sommet mondial de la
> société de l'information Tunis 2005. En plus des
> rubriques qui ont fait le succès des quatre
> premières moutures, plusieurs nouveautés y
> apparaîtront: jumelage du festival entre Marsa et
> Kantaoui, connexions à haut débit, show room des
> dernières nouveautés TIC. Le tout sous le Haut
> Patronage du Chef de l'Etat.
> 
>  
> Cette année, beaucoup d'innovations sont au
> programme. La plus importante du point de vue 
> technologique, c'est que notre cyber-espace de 100
> ordinateurs aura cette année une connexion
> généralisée à un très haut débit de 34 mb/s. Le
> festival de Hammam Sousse s'enrichira également d'un
> nouveau cyber-espace de 50 ordinateurs à Kasr
> Essaâda à la Marsa, également en haut débit. Car
> cette manifestation de grande envergure n'est pas
> organisée par l'Etat ou le secteur privé, c'est un
> membre de la société civile qui en assure toute la
> chaîne d'organisation, avec la particularité
> d'apporter la manière de faire si caractéristique
> des associations.
> D'abord, l'ATIM a décidé dès la première mouture du
> Festival que sa présidence serait collégiale. Il
> faut, bien sûr, du temps aux interlocuteurs de
> l'Association de s'y habituer, mais cette pratique
> s'est révélée assez féconde car vous avez toujours à
> qui parler. Et toutes ces personnes ne seront pas de
> trop pour gérer les nombreux éléments du festival:
> cyber-espace, animation du port, Miss Net, spectacle
> sons et lumières, meilleur e-photographe. qui en
> sont les jalons habituels. Puis, en profondeur, une
> enquête sur les Tunisiens et les étrangers qui le
> visitent pour recueillir leurs attentes à l'égard du
> Sommet Tunis 2005.
> En plus, il y aura 3 ateliers (sécurité
> informatique, commerce électronique, formation à
> distance), 2 tables rondes (haut débit en Tunisie,
> rôle de la société civile et du secteur privé pour
> le SMSI 2005), un show room, une projection des
> sites des universités pour les nouveaux bacheliers. 
> Cette année aussi, l'ATIM a décidé que ses
> animateurs seront issus de l'Institut supérieur des
> arts du multimédia de Sousse pour impliquer le plus
> possible la région dans le Festival.
> Cette année, la Libye sera un partenaire privilégié
> du Festival par le biais de certaines de ses
> associations et de ses organisateurs d'événement.
> 
> 
> 
> www.atim.org.tn
> 


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From veni at veni.com  Thu Aug 19 09:37:40 2004
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WGIG Consultations Sept 2004 -
  registration forms available now
In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.10408181503.B@00200520.londonmet.ac.uk>
References: <OF48D2464E.0758F662-ONC1256EF3.0054945E-C1256EF3.0054DEE0@unctad.org>
 <SIMEON.10408181503.B@00200520.londonmet.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <6.1.2.0.2.20040819113705.02ee7ec0@193.200.15.187>

actually you don't need to send it here, but faxt it to Geneva.
Also, if your organization is already accredited, you don't need to do 
that, I believe.

best,
veni

At 15:14 18-08-04  +0100, Ezendu Ariwa wrote:
>Dear Sir/Madam
>
>I hereby enclose my Registration form for the Working Group on
>Internet Governance (WGIG) in September 2004 in Geneva
>
>I am happy to contribute to the development of this work
>
>I look forward to your positive reply
>
>Ezendu Ariwa


From emem_o at yahoo.com  Thu Aug 19 11:37:12 2004
From: emem_o at yahoo.com (Emem Okon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
In-Reply-To: <20040817101813.91338.qmail@web40808.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20040819103712.28835.qmail@web52606.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi,
I had a similar invitation on a youth conference to be
held in the US. I responded and was told we have to
pay a hotel accommodation for a follow up conference
in Guinea before we can be admitted to the first
conference in the US. I do not think it is a valid
conference. A great number of people get invited to
this conference which the organisers claim is by
special invitation only but I an yet to see someone
who has attended.

Take care.
Emem 
--- Rim Nour <rim_nour@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> HI,
> 
> i once had a very similar invitation in terms and it
> was not a valid one, i do not persobnally think it
> is
> a valid conference,especially if they ask about
> passports and numbers...
> 
> take care,
> Rim
> 
>  --- Hossein Amir <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> a
> écrit : 
> > Dear All
> > 
> > This is an invitation I receved recently on youth,
> > does anyone has any clue 
> > of is it a valid group or cofnerence or not?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Amir
> > 
> > 
> > >From: "international youth conf international
> youth
> > conf" 
> > ><internationalyouthconf@usa.com>
> > >To: westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> > >Subject: Special Invitation to our conference
> > >Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:31:57 -0500
> > >
> > >Special Invitation
> > >
> > >Dear Colleagues,
> > >
> > >Over the years, the global planning summit for
> > HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse, Crime 
> > >and Violent preventions have brought together
> youth
> > health professionals 
> > >around the globe to network and learn from each
> > other about youth planning 
> > >efforts.
> > >
> > >This year, the steering Committee has decided to
> > enhance and expand the 
> > >format of the meeting. To reflect this change,
> the
> > name of the meeting has 
> > >been changed to International Youth Conference
> > (IYC). The 2004 meeting will 
> > >compose of two-planned international conference
> to
> > be held from Sept 26th 
> > >to 30th, 2004 in Florida, United states and on
> Oct.
> > 03rd to 8th 2004 in 
> > >Madrid, Spain.
> > >
> > >The theme of the conference is to educate and
> > retooling to maximize the 
> > >power of prevention. The steering committee is
> > planning an extremely 
> > >rewarding and though- provoking meeting.
> > >
> > >In addition to the focus on the global planning,
> > this year’s conference 
> > >also will provide participants with a forum for
> > information sharing, skills 
> > >building, lesson learned, and networking
> > opportunities. The 2004 conference 
> > >will showcase several workshops, as well as
> > roundtables and other sessions 
> > >designed for staff and health professionals for
> > prevention programs.
> > >
> > >The goal of the meeting is to bring together the
> > youth professionals to 
> > >facilitate increased linkages among
> professionals,
> > community based 
> > >organizations and capacity building assistance
> > providers, as well as the 
> > >world health organization, and the international
> > agencies for the 
> > >prevention programs.
> > >
> > >The purpose of these linkages is to be more
> > effective in providing adequate 
> > >preventive programs. In the light of the steering
> > committee initiative, 
> > >advancing the menace prevention, new strategies
> for
> > a changing epidemic, 
> > >there is a greater emphasis on the prevention
> needs
> > of the people living 
> > >with the menace, counseling and testing including
> > rapid testing, and 
> > >creating effective linkages between prevention
> and
> > care.
> > >
> > >See the registration procedure at the website 
> > >www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf , the
> > flight air ticket thro and 
> > >fro the two conference Venues will be provided by
> > the organizers and 
> > >sponsors of the conferences free including the
> > hotel accommodation for both 
> > >conferences.
> > >
> > >For registration and participation contact any of
> > the following addresses 
> > >with photocopies of your International passport
> for
> > proper registration 
> > >confirmation: John Newton, or Roger Philips
> e-mail,
> > 
> > >internationalyouthconf@usa.com,
> > rogerphilips5050@usa.com, Interworld youth 
> > >Development foundations. 956, 7th AVENUE, SOUTH
> > NAPLES, FL, 34102 TEL: 
> > >+1-321-238-2132, Fax: +1-315-292-5403,or Spain:
> > johnnewton2004@usa.com, or 
> > >Tel: (+00)34-657-041549, Tel: (+00)
> 34-646-939-625
> > Interested participants 
> > >should submit application forms before 25th
> August,
> > 2004 with completed 
> > >registration Application form to enable process
> > visa documents for those 
> > >that need visa to enter united states and Spain.
> > >
> > >For more information visit our website: 
> > >www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf,
> > >
> > >We look forward to seeing you in Florida, United
> > States and Spain.
> > >
> > >Yours Sincerely,
> > >Dr. John Newton
> > >(Secretary Organizing Committee)
> > >--
> >
>
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From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Fri Aug 20 10:17:19 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] media
Message-ID: <20040820091719.86375.qmail@web52509.mail.yahoo.com>

 Chaine Elhiwar : deuxi?me d?faite avant la victoire? 

 Tahar Ben Hassine

 
La cha?ne Elhiwar est de nouveau arr?t?e. Ce n'est ni faute de moyens mat?riels ni d'enthousiame et de d?vouement humains. Nous soup?onnons simplement nos adversaires de disposer de plus de moyens et surtout de ne reculer devant rien pour faire taire toute voix libre. Mais contrairement au premier arr?t, nous allons cette fois-ci exploiter tous les moyens politiques et judiciaires pour d?noncer les m?thodes et d?voiler les connivences qui se sont ligu?es pour "r?ussir" cet exploit m?prisable et ?galement pour obtenir r?paration. 
Exposons d'abord les circonstances de cet arr?t. 

 
Le contrat qui nous lie, avec nos partenaires de ZALEA TV, ? l'op?rateur de diffusion (GlobeCast, filiale de France T?l?com), stipule que l'op?rateur peut effectivement pr?empter le canal s'il trouve un locataire ? plein temps. Il n'est tenu vis-?-vis de nous qu'? un pr?avais de deux semaines, et ?ventuellement ? nous proposer une solution de remplacement. Les deux semaines de pr?avis devraient d'ailleurs servir ? d?placer notre audience vers d'autres coordonn?es. 
Mais ce qui s'est r?ellement pass?, c'est que sans aucun pr?avis, m?me t?l?phonique, GlobeCast n'a pas diffus? l'?mission du mardi 13 juillet. Nous ne l'avons nous-m?mes appris que par les multiples appels t?l?phoniques de Tunisie, croyant ? une panne technique, puisque seule la mire GlobeCast ?tait affich?e pendant l'horaire de notre ?mission. 
Venant aux nouvelles aupr?s de GlobeCast, d?s le 15 juillet (le 14 ?tant f?ri?), le responsable commercial nous informe alors que le canal est pr?empt?, et qu'il va nous envoyer un courrier de confirmation de la r?siliation avec "effet r?troactif" (puisqu'il se propose d'envoyer la lettre le 15, alors qu'il a arr?t? de diffuser le 13). 
En protestant contre les conditions de r?siliation, non contractuelles, le responsable de GlobeCast nous fait comprendre qu'il "s'en fout" et que "nous pourrons porter plaint". 
Quelques heures apr?s, nous recevons en effet par fax un courrier de GlobeCast nous pr?cisant : 
"Je vous informe que la capacit? spatiale utilis?e pour vos transmissions (HB6) est pr?empt?e ? partir de ce jour. 

.......... "Conscient de la g?ne occasionn?e, je vous prie d'accepter toutes mes excuses". 
Or l'article 4 de la commande sign?e avec GlobeCast, r?f?rence 143/FS/2003, stipule textuellement ce qui suit : 
4. DUREE DU SERVICE 
La dur?e du service sera de 1 an ? compter de la date de mise en service. Le service pourra ?tre pr?empt? ? tout moment par GlobeCast, pour ce faire GlobeCast devra avertir le client par lettre recommand?e au moins 15 (quinze) jours avant la pr?emption du service. 
Nous ?tions avertis deux jours apr?s la pr?emption. 


Pourquoi une telle pr?cipitation ? 
 

   Les multiples plaintes au CSA pour faire arr?ter l'?mission (trois plaintes pour le seul mois de mai 2004) n'ont pas abouti, parce que nous avons toujours eu des positions fermes mais un ton mod?r?. Une sanction du CSA aurait provoqu? dans ces conditions un toll? politique en France m?me. 

   Le r?gime est devenu de plus en plus incommod? par l'audience de la cha?ne dans ses propres rangs. Les adh?rents du RCD sont les plus nombreux et les plus fid?les t?l?spectateurs de la cha?ne. Des amis m'ont m?me inform? que des ministres, rencontr?s dans des r?ceptions diplomatiques, affirment suivre et appr?cier le contenu de la cha?ne. 

   Les objectifs de la cha?ne pour les prochaines ?ch?ances ?lectorales ont ?t? annonc?es et confirm?es depuis longtemps d?j? : appuyer les listes et les candidats ind?pendants du pouvoir et surtout d?voiler "in vivo" les falsifications et les m?thodes frauduleuses habituellement utilis?es par le pouvoir dans toutes les consultations ?lectorales. 
Il serait permis de penser que, ne serait-ce que pour ?viter cette derni?re alternative, le pouvoir pourrait pr?f?rer pr?empter le canal durant 3 ou 4 mois en le laissant vide, que de courir le risque que notre projet se r?alise. 


L'arr?t de l'?mission peut ?galement ?tre un cadeau de nos "amis fran?ais", ? la veille de la visite officielle du ministre fran?ais des affaires ?trang?res en Tunisie, pr?vue pour la semaine prochaine. Si c'est le cas, ce serait bien dommage aussi bien pour la Tunisie qui se trouverait ainsi avec des amis strat?giques qui se d?sint?ressent de son avenir, que pour la France qui ferait ainsi preuve de plus d'attachement ? des int?r?ts imm?diats qu'? un partenariat harmonieux et ? long terme, guid? par les int?r?ts des peuples et non des pouvoirs en place.

Nous esp?rons que la bataille m?diatique, politique et judiciaire que nous nous proposons de lancer d?s ? pr?sent ?clairera l'opinion aussi bien fran?aise que tunisienne sur les dessous de cette affaire et qu'entre temps, d'autres solutions techniques se pr?senteront ? nous pour continuer ce noble combat pour une Tunisie plus d?mocratique et plus tol?rante. 

 
 
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From mueller at syr.edu  Fri Aug 20 15:13:35 2004
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Criteria for candidates
Message-ID: <s125cee5.014@gwia201.syr.edu>

>>> Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette@wz-berlin.de> 08/18/04 06:30AM >>>
>I am afraid, we havn't come up with a clean and solid procedure 
>yet to put together a list of candidates.

The Noncommercial Users Constituency has instituted a process
to come up with a list of civil society nominees to the WGIG. We 
waited for some time for this list/caucus to act on this, but now 
that it is clear that no action will be forthcoming we feel the need 
to do something. NCUC does have in place established procedures 
and an elected council capable of producing results.

We are attempting to develop a list of 10 names, 2 for each
world region, with one from the technical side and one from
the policy side. 

The NCUC process is intended to supplement, not substitute for,
whatever this caucus eventually does. There is enough overlap
in the membership for these activities to be complementary
and coordinated. For example, people on this list who are not 
NCUC members can suggest names, preferably openly on the 
caucus list, for consideration in our process. When our list is 
complete, it will be forwarded to this list for consideration, etc. 
We also intend to forward the list to the ICANN At Large Advisory 
Committee, which also has a stake and role in this. If a joint list 
can be agreed upon, clearly that would be optimal. What is 
obviously suboptimal is for nothing to be done, or for civil society 
names to be put forward in an opaque, disorganized, "insider-
dominated" manner. 

--MM



From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Fri Aug 20 17:21:10 2004
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Criteria for candidates
In-Reply-To: <s125cee5.013@gwia201.syr.edu>
References: <s125cee5.013@gwia201.syr.edu>
Message-ID: <p0611046dbd4bd4898fcd@[192.168.0.2]>

At 10:13 AM -0400 8/20/04, Milton Mueller wrote:
>  >>> Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette@wz-berlin.de> 08/18/04 06:30AM >>>
>>I am afraid, we havn't come up with a clean and solid procedure
>>yet to put together a list of candidates.
>
>The Noncommercial Users Constituency has instituted a process
>to come up with a list of civil society nominees to the WGIG. We
>waited for some time for this list/caucus to act on this, but now
>that it is clear that no action will be forthcoming we feel the need
>to do something.



The Internet governance caucus has been working towards a number of 
statements regarding the Working Group on Internet Governance. We 
hope to make a number of contributions to the WGIG open consultation 
meeting in September. We are developing recommendations on the basic 
structure and principles of the working group, its working 
methodology, and hopefully scope, as well as names of civil society 
participants. We have been trying to build towards discussion on how 
to best submit names from WSIS civil society. All involved in the 
discussion of speakers for the Summit last year will remember that 
was a difficult process, we are trying to avoid those problems.

The caucus is slow, but then it's August!

Last week (08/13) Jeanette Hofmann and I wrote to the civil society 
bureau to advise on the situation of the working group and  to seek 
advice on procedural issues, particularly requesting assistance from 
the CS families on how we can best go about recommending names 
(Jeanette and I are the caucus' coordinators.)  The plenary and the 
contact points of all the civil society working groups and caucuses 
were informed about the WGIG and tasks civil society needed to 
consider some time ago.

We will keep CS plenary updated on progress and hope to have the 
first of the draft statements I mentioned ready soon.

The Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) is a constituency of 
ICANN's Generic Names Supporting Organization -- it is involved in 
the development of policy for generic top level domain names.  It has 
a small membership, but its policy representatives do a good job 
within ICANN.  My organization has been a member since the 
constituency was formed in 1999 and I encourage people interested in 
this important part of ICANN to join <http://www.ncdnhc.org>. The 
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) <http://alac.icann.org/> Milton 
also mentioned is how individuals can get involved in ICANN and also 
needs civil society support.

Interested in WGIG: please join the caucus...

List-Subscribe: <https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance>,
	<mailto:governance-request@lists.cpsr.org?subject=subscribe>


Many thanks,

Adam






>NCUC does have in place established procedures
>and an elected council capable of producing results.
>
>We are attempting to develop a list of 10 names, 2 for each
>world region, with one from the technical side and one from
>the policy side.
>
>The NCUC process is intended to supplement, not substitute for,
>whatever this caucus eventually does. There is enough overlap
>in the membership for these activities to be complementary
>and coordinated. For example, people on this list who are not
>NCUC members can suggest names, preferably openly on the
>caucus list, for consideration in our process. When our list is
>complete, it will be forwarded to this list for consideration, etc.
>We also intend to forward the list to the ICANN At Large Advisory
>Committee, which also has a stake and role in this. If a joint list
>can be agreed upon, clearly that would be optimal. What is
>obviously suboptimal is for nothing to be done, or for civil society
>names to be put forward in an opaque, disorganized, "insider-
>dominated" manner.
>
>--MM
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>governance mailing list
>governance@lists.cpsr.org
>https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance


From mauric75 at adinet.com.uy  Fri Aug 20 22:44:13 2004
From: mauric75 at adinet.com.uy (Mauricio de los Santos)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US and its concern on intellectual property
Message-ID: <00b001c486fe$d74428c0$1201a8c0@ladrillo>

(Abajo en espa?ol) 

US and its concern on intellectual property 

 US government will finance training projects on intellectual property rights in different parts of the world, such as Latin America. 

There are six projects that have already been planned for a first round of courses. Although the date for the beginning of these courses is still uncertain, it's sure that half of the 2.5 million dollars that would finance the total trainings would be destined for this first round. 

 Read more... 

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Estados Unidos y su preocupaci?n por la propiedad intelectual 

 El gobierno estadounidense financiar? proyectos de entrenamiento sobre derechos de propiedad intelectual en distintas regiones del mundo, entre ellas Am?rica Latina.

Hay seis proyectos que ya han sido programados para una primera ronda de cursos, y si bien las fechas de comienzo de los cursos a?n no est?n confirmadas, se sabe que se destinar? la mitad de los 2,5 millones de d?lares que financiar?n el total de los entrenamientos.

 Leer m?s... 


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From info at virtualactivism.net  Wed Aug 18 15:49:56 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
In-Reply-To: <BAY10-F21LGqCsTYQmQ00025d09@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <000001c48532$a3babdc0$501c723e@Marlyn>

This is a total hoax. In fact I teach it to my students [and to NGOs] as
an example of an elaborate hoax and how to spot a hoax. They actually
improved upon it now and have a website, although it used to come by
email before. The website makes it more impressive to those who do not
know. First, the site has an address from a free website which is
orgsites.com . Also, it has yahoo and hotmail as email addresses. For an
organization that purports to invite 6 participants per organization,
the least is that it can afford a website.. no? Or a logo? Also, the
organization is not in any search engine, nor are the names of the
people  involved. The problem with this hoax is not the passport numbers
because they cannot do anything with that [I hope!!] But the problem is
that they ask you to pay for an 'hotel specially reserved for you'  and
when you pay of course [via a hotmail address], you have lost the money.

There are of course many many other indications, but those are enough
for now. 
Please make sure to tell about this hoax to as many people as you can
because NGOs HAVE fallen for it and I have received calls for help from
such organizations. 

Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
http://www.mengos.net
http://www.virtualactivism.org 
?????? ?????
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hossein Amir [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:05 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference

Dear All

This is an invitation I receved recently on youth, does anyone has any
clue 
of is it a valid group or cofnerence or not?

Thanks

Amir


>From: "international youth conf international youth conf" 
><internationalyouthconf@usa.com>
>To: westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>Subject: Special Invitation to our conference
>Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:31:57 -0500
>
>Special Invitation
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Over the years, the global planning summit for HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse,
Crime 
>and Violent preventions have brought together youth health
professionals 
>around the globe to network and learn from each other about youth
planning 
>efforts.
>
>This year, the steering Committee has decided to enhance and expand the

>format of the meeting. To reflect this change, the name of the meeting
has 
>been changed to International Youth Conference (IYC). The 2004 meeting
will 
>compose of two-planned international conference to be held from Sept
26th 
>to 30th, 2004 in Florida, United states and on Oct. 03rd to 8th 2004 in

>Madrid, Spain.
>
>The theme of the conference is to educate and retooling to maximize the

>power of prevention. The steering committee is planning an extremely 
>rewarding and though- provoking meeting.
>
>In addition to the focus on the global planning, this year?s conference

>also will provide participants with a forum for information sharing,
skills 
>building, lesson learned, and networking opportunities. The 2004
conference 
>will showcase several workshops, as well as roundtables and other
sessions 
>designed for staff and health professionals for prevention programs.
>
>The goal of the meeting is to bring together the youth professionals to

>facilitate increased linkages among professionals, community based 
>organizations and capacity building assistance providers, as well as
the 
>world health organization, and the international agencies for the 
>prevention programs.
>
>The purpose of these linkages is to be more effective in providing
adequate 
>preventive programs. In the light of the steering committee initiative,

>advancing the menace prevention, new strategies for a changing
epidemic, 
>there is a greater emphasis on the prevention needs of the people
living 
>with the menace, counseling and testing including rapid testing, and 
>creating effective linkages between prevention and care.
>
>See the registration procedure at the website 
>www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf , the flight air ticket thro
and 
>fro the two conference Venues will be provided by the organizers and 
>sponsors of the conferences free including the hotel accommodation for
both 
>conferences.
>
>For registration and participation contact any of the following
addresses 
>with photocopies of your International passport for proper registration

>confirmation: John Newton, or Roger Philips e-mail, 
>internationalyouthconf@usa.com, rogerphilips5050@usa.com, Interworld
youth 
>Development foundations. 956, 7th AVENUE, SOUTH NAPLES, FL, 34102 TEL: 
>+1-321-238-2132, Fax: +1-315-292-5403,or Spain: johnnewton2004@usa.com,
or 
>Tel: (+00)34-657-041549, Tel: (+00) 34-646-939-625 Interested
participants 
>should submit application forms before 25th August, 2004 with completed

>registration Application form to enable process visa documents for
those 
>that need visa to enter united states and Spain.
>
>For more information visit our website: 
>www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf,
>
>We look forward to seeing you in Florida, United States and Spain.
>
>Yours Sincerely,
>Dr. John Newton
>(Secretary Organizing Committee)
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From mauric75 at adinet.com.uy  Mon Aug 23 15:13:48 2004
From: mauric75 at adinet.com.uy (Mauricio de los Santos)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US and its concern on intellectual property (Text)
Message-ID: <007301c4891b$6b70e6a0$1201a8c0@ladrillo>

(Espa?ol abajo)

US and its concern on intellectual property

US government will finance training projects on intellectual property rights
in different parts of the world, such as Latin America.

There are six projects that have already been planned for a first round of
courses. Although the date for the beginning of these courses is still
uncertain, it's sure that half of the 2.5 million dollars that would finance
the total trainings would be destined for this first round.

According to what was expressed by US State Department spokesmen, the
initiative means "an effort to promote the importance of the law and the
protection of intellectual property rights all over the world". US
government's goal is "to protect intellectual property outside US".

The six first programs will be carried out in countries like Paraguay,
Thailand and Mexico. However, there would also be support to the
Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Association of South East
Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

US State Department will destine 320,000 dollars to Paraguay, which would
become the main receiver of available economic resources to develop these
six first courses.

According to US government's projections, the courses that will be
implemented will emphasize training and technical support to people trained
in intellectual property rights.

There will also be support to units to fight piracy, especially digital and
visual media piracy and there will be mechanisms of actions against
counterfeit articles.

Based on http://www.realworldradio.fm/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estados Unidos y su preocupaci?n por la propiedad intelectual

El gobierno estadounidense financiar? proyectos de entrenamiento sobre
derechos de propiedad intelectual en distintas regiones del mundo, entre
ellas Am?rica Latina.

Hay seis proyectos que ya han sido programados para una primera ronda de
cursos, y si bien las fechas de comienzo de los cursos a?n no est?n
confirmadas, se sabe que se destinar? la mitad de los 2,5 millones de
d?lares que financiar?n el total de los entrenamientos.

La iniciativa, de acuerdo a lo expresado por portavoces del Departamento de
Estado norteamericano, se trata de "un esfuerzo para promover el imperio de
la ley y la protecci?n de los derechos de propiedad intelectual (DPI) en
todo el mundo". El objetivo del gobierno estadounidense es "proteger la
propiedad intelectual en el extranjero".

Los primeros seis programas ser?n aplicados en pa?ses como Paraguay,
Tailandia, M?xico. No obstante, tambi?n se brindar? apoyo al Foro de
Cooperaci?n Econ?mica entre Asia y el Pac?fico (APEC), a la Asociaci?n de
Naciones del Sureste Asi?tico (ASEAN) y al Acuerdo de Libre Comercio de
Am?rica Central (CAFTA).

El Departamento de Estado destinar? a Paraguay 320.000 d?lares, que as? ser?
el pa?s al que se le destinar?n la mayor parte de los recursos econ?micos
disponibles para realizar estos primeros seis cursos.

De acuerdo a lo proyectado por el gobierno estadounidense, los cursos que se
implementar?n pondr?n ?nfasis en el entrenamiento y ayuda t?cnica a personas
capacitadas en los derechos de propiedad intelectual.

Tambi?n se prestar? apoyo, entre otras cosas, a unidades que combaten la
pirater?a, especialmente la pirater?a digital y de medios ?pticos, y se
instrumentar?n mecanismos de acci?n contra la falsificaci?n de mercanc?as.

Fuente: www.radiomundoreal.fm

************************************
Mauricio de los Santos
Montevideo - Uruguay


From muguet at noos.fr  Tue Aug 24 13:35:41 2004
From: muguet at noos.fr (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Microsoft Quits a U.N. Standards Group
Message-ID: <412B361D.5070406@noos.fr>

English/Fran?ais ( Article in English only )

Hello,

The activity of the U.N./Cefact falls
clearly within the scope of the WSIS
( Open Standards, Proprietary/Free Software, e-commerce )
and as part of the UN, the work of this
group is bound to respect the WSIS recommendations.
  ( nonbinding for the states, but compulsory for
all the UN system )
Furthermore, the attendants of WSIS
have every right to examin and
be informed of the activity of this group in
order to assess the implemention of the
WSIS recommendations as part of WSIS
phase II.

This must be asked, not from the governements,
but from the organizers themselves : the UN.

Best regards

Francis

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

Bonjour

Les activit?s du groupe U.N/Cefact tombent
clairement dans le domaine de comp?tence du SMSI
( Standards ouverts, logiciels libres, cybercommerce ),
et faisant partie de l'ONU, les travaux de ce groupe
doivent respecter les recommandations du SMSI.
( facultative pour les Etats; obligatoires pour l'ONU
  elle-m?me et son syst?me )
De plus, les participants du SMSI ont le droit d'examiner
et d'?tre informer des activit?s de ce groupe aux fins
de mesurer la mise en oeuvre des recommandations du
SMSI, dans le cadre de la phase II du SMSI.

Cette question doit ?tre pos?e, non aux gouvernements,
mais aux organisateurs eux-m?mes cad : l'ONU

Cordialement

Francis


------------------------------------------------------------------
Source :
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/24/technology/24soft.html

August 24, 2004
Microsoft Quits a U.N. Standards Group
By JOHN MARKOFF

AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 - Microsoft on Monday withdrew from a United
Nations software standards group for commerce, citing "business reasons."

Earlier this year, Microsoft's participation had created controversy
within the group, which is attempting to define standards for creating a
new generation of Internet services to automate buying and selling
through networks of computers.

Advocates of proprietary and open approaches to software technology
standards had clashed within the organization, which is known as the
United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business, or
U.N./Cefact. Microsoft, a maker of proprietary software, opposes the use
of open-source software, which is freely shared.

But Microsoft's withdrawal on Monday was apparently not directly related
to the earlier controversy, according to several industry
representatives. Rather, they said, it stemmed from a set of thorny
issues over control of intellectual property that is being contributed
to the standards-setting effort.

In an e-mail message sent Monday to two officials of the U.N. standards
group, Dave Welsh, a Microsoft program manager, wrote: "Microsoft
regularly evaluates its standards participation and its available
resources for effective participation. Unfortunately, for now, we have
made the decision to stop participating in U.N./Cefact for business
reasons and this serves as notification of our immediate withdrawal from
all U.N./Cefact activities."

The e-mail message also noted that previous Microsoft contributions to
the group were not bound by the negotiations taking place over the
control of intellectual property.

Microsoft executives declined to comment on the message, but a company
spokesman said that the decision to withdraw "was a question of
priorities" and that the focus of the standards body was moving away
from Microsoft's expertise.

Various U.N./Cefact officials also refused comment or did not return
phone calls.

Two people who participate in the standards group said that several
United States and European companies were concerned about intellectual
property rights guidelines in effect within the group. The guidelines
would force corporations who contribute technology to indemnify the
United Nations against potential challenges involving intellectual
property claims.

In May, at a meeting of the United Nations group, the general counsel
for SAP, the German business software firm, announced that his company
would suspend all participation in the organization until the
intellectual property issues had been settled.

The dispute parallels issues raised in a lawsuit brought in the United
States by the SCO Group, a software company, against I.B.M. SCO has
accused I.B.M. of illegally placing software owned by SCO into the Linux
open-source operating system.

Earlier this year, the United Nations group became embroiled in an
industry squabble over an open standard for commerce known as ebXML. The
United Nations standard, which was backed by some American companies and
which has been widely adopted in Asia and Europe and by the Pentagon,
competes in some ways with a joint Microsoft-I.B.M. effort to establish
a competing set of standards.

The dispute became public in February, when some members of the United
Nations organization complained that Microsoft was financing the group's
activities in an effort to persuade the organization to adopt its software.

At the time, Microsoft disputed the charges and said that it had made
only "modest" contributions to the organization.




From webmaster at nilebasin.com  Tue Aug 24 18:04:42 2004
From: webmaster at nilebasin.com (Nabil El-Khodari)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Challenging the NT Authority
In-Reply-To: <412B361D.5070406@noos.fr>
References: <412B361D.5070406@noos.fr>
Message-ID: <gemini.i2ynfu004jgoi01s8.webmaster@nilebasin.com>

I would like to stress the importance of making the WSIS 2 as a protest by
the NGOs of the hemogomy of Microsoft and its bad effects on the progress of
ICT in developing countries.

In this regard, it may be imporatnt to provide a complete guide of
alternatives to the MS software/OS. 

Sun Systems has developed Solaris 8 (and 9) to run on the X86 platform. It
also developed an Office alternative (StarOffice 7). Also the OpenOffice.org
has its GNU Office alternative (Soto Office is another GNU software). For
people/businesses accustomed to MS Outlook, I am not aware of a GNU
alternative. However, I found Gemini to be a better alternative.

Again, I would like that we all request the WSIS 2 organizers to boycott
Microsoft, whatever the financial contributions they offer.

Microsoft does not fairly deal with its customers and particularly does
counteract with vengance those who pirate its software (mostly developing
countries users) setting them further back. 

I also suggest that special speakers/activists about the effects Microsoft
had on ICT be invited as well as those who have GNU alternatives. As many of
heads of states nd officials from developing countries attend the WSIS, may
be this would lead to policy changes hopefully towards adoption of Open
Source.

We have to take a stand.  


-- 
Nabil El-Khodari 
Founder/Treasurer 
Nile Basin Society
http://nilebasin.com

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Aug 24 19:05:06 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] second annual report of the UN ICT Task Force just published
Message-ID: <412B8352.253F6932@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

(French and Spanish below)

Hi all, 

the second annual report of the UN ICT Task Force just came out today
(in proprietary format again - when will they learn it?).

Remember the next meeting of the Task Force in Berlin from 19-20
November 2004 here in Berlin. The German WSIS coordination group will
meet Friday next week and start planning for civil society events around
this. Let us know if you also plan or are interested in helping with
something.

Best, Ralf

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

*babelfish french*

Bonjour tous, 

le deuxi?me rapport annuel annuel du groupe de travail de travail de
l'ONU ICT est juste venu hors d'aujourd'hui (dans le format de propri?t?
industrielle encore - quand ils l'apprendront ?). 

Rappelez-vous la prochaine r?union du groupe de travail de travail ?
Berlin ? partir du 19-20 novembre 2004 ici ? Berlin. Le groupe de
coordination allemand de WSIS rencontrera vendredi la semaine prochaine
et commencera ? projeter pour des ?v?nements civils de soci?t? autour de
ceci. Faites-nous savoir si vous ?galement projetez ou ?tes int?ress? ?
aider avec quelque chose. 

Mieux, Ralf

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

*babelfish spanish*

Hi todos, 

el segundo informe anual del destacamento de fuerzas de la O.N.U ICT
acaba de venir fuera de hoy (en formato propietario otra vez - cuando lo
aprender?n?). 

Recuerde la reuni?n siguiente del destacamento de fuerzas en Berl?n
desde el 19-20 noviembre de 2004 aqu? en Berl?n. El grupo de
coordinaci?n alem?n de WSIS resolver? viernes la semana pr?xima y
comenzar? a planear para los acontecimientos civiles de la sociedad
alrededor de esto. Sepamos si usted tambi?n planea o est? interesado en
ayudar con algo. 

Lo m?s mejor Posible, Ralf

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

http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1385

Second annual report of the Information and Communication Technologies
Task Force

Description: 	

In its second year, the Information and Communication Technologies Task
Force, through its core activities, working groups, and regional nodes,
successfully served as a multi-stakeholder mechanism to facilitate and
promote collaborative initiatives at the regional, subregional and
national levels and to mobilize new public and private resources to
support information and communication technologies (ICT)-for-development
programmes and projects. The Task Force facilitated the pooling of
relevant experience of both developed and developing countries and the
sharing of lessons learned in introducing and promoting ICT. Its ability
to leverage extensive networks and to develop new models of
collaboration to advance the global effort to bridge the digital divide
and foster digital opportunity has established the Task Force as an
effective and influential platform to mobilize worldwide support and
action to harness the potential of ICT for the objective of attaining
the Millennium Development Goals. The Task Force was instrumental in
placing development at the centre of the outcomes of the first phase of
the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva. It will
continue to pursue a focused strategy to build upon its demonstrated
success.

Author: 	UN ICT Task Force Secretariat
Posted on: 	24 August 2004
Language: 	English
Files: 	

    * E200462.doc (309.00 Ko)
     
<http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?do=download;id=641>

    * E200462Corr.1.doc (43.00 Ko)
     
<http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?do=download;id=642>

Areas: 	African Stakeholders Network (ASN), Arab States, Asia, Business
Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, Enabling Environment, Europe and
Central Asia, Human Resource Development and Capacity Building, ICT
Policy and Governance, Latin America and the Caribbean, Low Cost
Connectivity and Access, Members Only, Moscow Node, National and
Regional e-Strategies, Panel of Advisors, Working Party on ICT
Indicators and MDG Mapping

Related Themes: 	Digital Divide, Millenium Development Goals, United
Nations

Posted by: 	Serge KAPTO



From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Aug 24 22:49:40 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] second annual report of the UN ICT Task
  Force just published
In-Reply-To: <412B8352.253F6932@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <412B8352.253F6932@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040824224911.041a53a8@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi ralf

APC will participate in the meetings, and would be keen to support any 
associated civil society events..

karen



From mueller at syr.edu  Wed Aug 25 06:02:59 2004
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] semi-serious question about multilingual emails
Message-ID: <s12be54f.007@gwia201.syr.edu>

A question for the French and Spanish speakers: is a Babelfish translation better than nothing? Or is it mainly good for a laugh?

Une question pour les haut-parleurs fran?ais et espagnols : une traduction de Babelfish est-elle meilleure que rien ? Ou est-il principalement bon pour un rire ?

Una pregunta para los altavoces franceses y espa?oles: ?es una traducci?n de Babelfish mejor que nada? ?O es principalmente bueno para una risa?

--MM



From zielinskic at who.int  Wed Aug 25 07:49:10 2004
From: zielinskic at who.int (zielinskic@who.int)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] semi-serious question about multilingual em
	ails
Message-ID: <500752877A5A1440BA50AB3292372F9D0C079C1A@whqkaki01.who.int>

MM,

How funny do you want to be? In your "trilingual" text, Haut-parleurs =
altavoces = the sort of "speakers" you have on your stereo system, not human
beings who speak languages. 

Cheers,

Chris

Chris Zielinski 
STP AHSPR-RPC/EIP 
World Health Organization 
Avenue Appia, CH1211, Geneva, Switzerland 
Office: 004122-7914435 Home: 004122-3100551 Mobile: 0044-7971045354
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Milton Mueller
Sent: 25 August 2004 07:03
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
Cc: wsis@listi.jpberlin.de
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] semi-serious question about multilingual emails

A question for the French and Spanish speakers: is a Babelfish translation
better than nothing? Or is it mainly good for a laugh?

Une question pour les haut-parleurs fran?ais et espagnols : une traduction
de Babelfish est-elle meilleure que rien ? Ou est-il principalement bon pour
un rire ?

Una pregunta para los altavoces franceses y espa?oles: ?es una traducci?n de
Babelfish mejor que nada? ?O es principalmente bueno para una risa?

--MM


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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Wed Aug 25 09:23:22 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Hossein Amir)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
Message-ID: <BAY10-F53GA9cwdvUyw00013bf5@hotmail.com>

Thanks a lot,

for everyones immediate attention.

Amir

>From: <info@virtualactivism.net>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:49:56 -0400
>
>This is a total hoax. In fact I teach it to my students [and to NGOs] as
>an example of an elaborate hoax and how to spot a hoax. They actually
>improved upon it now and have a website, although it used to come by
>email before. The website makes it more impressive to those who do not
>know. First, the site has an address from a free website which is
>orgsites.com . Also, it has yahoo and hotmail as email addresses. For an
>organization that purports to invite 6 participants per organization,
>the least is that it can afford a website.. no? Or a logo? Also, the
>organization is not in any search engine, nor are the names of the
>people  involved. The problem with this hoax is not the passport numbers
>because they cannot do anything with that [I hope!!] But the problem is
>that they ask you to pay for an 'hotel specially reserved for you'  and
>when you pay of course [via a hotmail address], you have lost the money.
>
>There are of course many many other indications, but those are enough
>for now.
>Please make sure to tell about this hoax to as many people as you can
>because NGOs HAVE fallen for it and I have received calls for help from
>such organizations.
>
>Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
>Executive Director
>http://www.mengos.net
>http://www.virtualactivism.org
>ãÇÑáíä ÊÇÏÑÓ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hossein Amir [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:05 AM
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: Special Invitation to our conference
>
>Dear All
>
>This is an invitation I receved recently on youth, does anyone has any
>clue
>of is it a valid group or cofnerence or not?
>
>Thanks
>
>Amir
>
>
> >From: "international youth conf international youth conf"
> ><internationalyouthconf@usa.com>
> >To: westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >Subject: Special Invitation to our conference
> >Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:31:57 -0500
> >
> >Special Invitation
> >
> >Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >Over the years, the global planning summit for HIV/AIDS, Drug Abuse,
>Crime
> >and Violent preventions have brought together youth health
>professionals
> >around the globe to network and learn from each other about youth
>planning
> >efforts.
> >
> >This year, the steering Committee has decided to enhance and expand the
>
> >format of the meeting. To reflect this change, the name of the meeting
>has
> >been changed to International Youth Conference (IYC). The 2004 meeting
>will
> >compose of two-planned international conference to be held from Sept
>26th
> >to 30th, 2004 in Florida, United states and on Oct. 03rd to 8th 2004 in
>
> >Madrid, Spain.
> >
> >The theme of the conference is to educate and retooling to maximize the
>
> >power of prevention. The steering committee is planning an extremely
> >rewarding and though- provoking meeting.
> >
> >In addition to the focus on the global planning, this year’s conference
>
> >also will provide participants with a forum for information sharing,
>skills
> >building, lesson learned, and networking opportunities. The 2004
>conference
> >will showcase several workshops, as well as roundtables and other
>sessions
> >designed for staff and health professionals for prevention programs.
> >
> >The goal of the meeting is to bring together the youth professionals to
>
> >facilitate increased linkages among professionals, community based
> >organizations and capacity building assistance providers, as well as
>the
> >world health organization, and the international agencies for the
> >prevention programs.
> >
> >The purpose of these linkages is to be more effective in providing
>adequate
> >preventive programs. In the light of the steering committee initiative,
>
> >advancing the menace prevention, new strategies for a changing
>epidemic,
> >there is a greater emphasis on the prevention needs of the people
>living
> >with the menace, counseling and testing including rapid testing, and
> >creating effective linkages between prevention and care.
> >
> >See the registration procedure at the website
> >www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf , the flight air ticket thro
>and
> >fro the two conference Venues will be provided by the organizers and
> >sponsors of the conferences free including the hotel accommodation for
>both
> >conferences.
> >
> >For registration and participation contact any of the following
>addresses
> >with photocopies of your International passport for proper registration
>
> >confirmation: John Newton, or Roger Philips e-mail,
> >internationalyouthconf@usa.com, rogerphilips5050@usa.com, Interworld
>youth
> >Development foundations. 956, 7th AVENUE, SOUTH NAPLES, FL, 34102 TEL:
> >+1-321-238-2132, Fax: +1-315-292-5403,or Spain: johnnewton2004@usa.com,
>or
> >Tel: (+00)34-657-041549, Tel: (+00) 34-646-939-625 Interested
>participants
> >should submit application forms before 25th August, 2004 with completed
>
> >registration Application form to enable process visa documents for
>those
> >that need visa to enter united states and Spain.
> >
> >For more information visit our website:
> >www.orgsites.com/fl/internationalyouthconf,
> >
> >We look forward to seeing you in Florida, United States and Spain.
> >
> >Yours Sincerely,
> >Dr. John Newton
> >(Secretary Organizing Committee)
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] projet de loi français sur la protection des personnes physiques à l'égard des traitements de données
Message-ID: <20040825084651.65131.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com>

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Premi?re lectureDeuxi?me lectureD?cision du Conseil constitutionnelLoi promulgu?e
LOI RELATIVE ? LA PROTECTION DES PERSONNES PHYSIQUES ? L'?GARD DES TRAITEMENTS DE DONN?ES ? CARACT?RE PERSONNEL ET MODIFIANT LA LOI N? 78-17 DU 6 JANVIER 1978 RELATIVE ? L'INFORMATIQUE, AUX FICHIERS ET AUX LIBERT?S

   Loi n? 2004-801 du 6 Ao?t 2004 parue au JO n? 182 du 7 Ao?t 2004 
   D?cision du Conseil constitutionnel n? 2004-499 du 29 Juillet 2004 (partiellement conforme)
Dossier l?gislatif
PROJET DE LOI relatif ? la protection des personnes physiques ? l'?gard des traitements de donn?es ? caract?re personnel et modifiant la loi n? 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative ? l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libert?s 

Premi?re lecture

Assembl?e nationale

   Texte n? 3250 (2000-2001) de Mme Marilyse LEBRANCHU, garde des Sceaux, ministre de la justice, d?pos? ? l'Assembl?e Nationale le 18 juillet 2001 
   Rapport n? 3526 (2001-2002) de M. G?rard GOUZES, d?put?, fait au nom de la commission des lois, d?pos? le 9 janvier 2002 
   Texte n? 780 (2001-2002) adopt? par l'Assembl?e nationale le 30 janvier 2002 

S?nat

   Texte n? 203 (2001-2002) transmis au S?nat le 31 janvier 2002 
   Travaux de la commission des lois 
   Rapport n? 218 (2002-2003) de M. Alex T?RK, fait au nom de la commission des lois, d?pos? le 19 mars 2003 
   Amendements d?pos?s sur ce texte 
   Compte rendu int?gral des d?bats en s?ance publique (1er avril 2003) 
   R?sum? des d?bats en s?ance publique 
   Texte n? 96 (2001-2002) adopt? avec modifications par le S?nat le 1er avril 2003 

Deuxi?me lecture

Assembl?e nationale

   Texte n? 762 (2002-2003) transmis ? l'Assembl?e nationale le 2 avril 2003 
   Rapport n? 1537 (2003-2004) de M. Francis DELATTRE, d?put?, fait au nom de la commission des lois, d?pos? le 13 avril 2004 
   Texte n? 283 (2003-2004) adopt? avec modifications par l'Assembl?e nationale le 29 avril 2004 

S?nat

   Texte n? 285 (2003-2004) transmis au S?nat le 30 avril 2004 
   Travaux de la commission des lois 
   Rapport n? 367 (2003-2004) de M. Alex T?RK, fait au nom de la commission des lois, d?pos? le 23 juin 2004 
   Amendements d?pos?s sur ce texte 
   Compte rendu int?gral des d?bats en s?ance publique (15 juillet 2004) 
   Texte n? 108 (2003-2004) adopt? d?finitivement par le S?nat le 15 juillet 2004 

D?cision du Conseil constitutionnel

   D?cision du Conseil constitutionnel n? 2004-499 du 29 Juillet 2004 (partiellement conforme)

Loi promulgu?e

   Loi n? 2004-801 du 6 Ao?t 2004 relative ? la protection des personnes physiques ? l'?gard des traitements de donn?es ? caract?re personnel et modifiant la loi n? 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative ? l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libert?s, parue au JO n? 182 du 7 Ao?t 2004 
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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Wed Aug 25 09:49:52 2004
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Progress, CS participation funding,and the civil society / business boundary line
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEPHDJAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi,

The second point below may be of particular interest to people not in the
governance caucus.

Best,

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: William Drake [mailto:wdrake@ictsd.ch]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:11 AM
To: ewan@intug.net; mueller@syr.edu; ajp@glocom.ac.jp;
governance@lists.cpsr.org
Cc: jeanette@wz-berlin.de
Subject: [governance] Progress, CS participation funding,and the civil
society / business boundary line


Hi Ewan,

Good to hear from you, didn't know you were here.  Just to clarify on your
second point, which I'm guessing is referring to my separate comments on
Mike Nelson's presentation rather than on the procedural issue, I don't
think I said that all business folks or others leaning more toward the
status quo are opposed to using the g-word.  There has indeed been some
notable shiftings on position in light of the WSIS process; even the US
government, for example, not only uses the phrase Internet governance but
explicitly construes it broadly to include a range of rule systems beyond
those pertaining to addressing.  For the DC policy mafia this is an
interesting mid-course adjustment, one that could entail both opportunities
(e.g. deflecting attention from ICANN) and risks (e.g. possible
strengthening of calls for rules on Internet interconnection pricing, spam,
etc).  So I agree progress, or at least change, is occurring.

I also certainly agree with you about money.  All these governments called
for the creation of the WG, but nobody but Switzerland has put up a dime
yet.  I don't think this is a simple collective action problem, with each
waiting on the other to move first or seeking to be a free rider.  It's hard
not to think there's more going on here of a strategic nature.  In any
event, to make it really clear, at present there is NO budget---none---set
aside to bring civil society members of the WG to meetings, whether in
Geneva or elsewhere.  The only funding at present is a bit of Swiss cash
earmarked for any participants from the least developed countries, which of
course could include CSO people as well.  This might be expandable to other
developing countries.  Unless more funds are forthcoming, CSO people from
the global North and perhaps mid-to upper GDP developing countries are
likely to have to find their own way.  Whether that should impact our
recommendations on people, as I think you're suggesting, is obviously a
rather problematic question.  I don't think it should; I'd rather we
nominated people on their merits and told governments, you wanted a WG, now
put your money where your mouths were.  If they're not prepared to fund CS
participation, then that raises some obvious questions about the whole
process.

Different question.  Since you are the head of a major industry association
comprising many of the big dogs in global ICT, it would be interesting to
hear your views on this matter we've discussed about the matter of
delineating between business and CSO (nonprofit) participants when it comes
to allocating scarce slots....

Cheers,

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ewan@intug.net [mailto:ewan@intug.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:31 AM
> To: mueller@syr.edu; ajp@glocom.ac.jp; wdrake@ictsd.ch;
> governance@lists.cpsr.org
> Cc: jeanette@wz-berlin.de
> Subject: RE: [governance] new version Draft 1st statement on WGIG
> structureandbasic principles
>
>
> Milton
>
> I would agree with Bill, it looks a bit obsessive. You are quite right
> that something similar is used in the US of A, under force of law.
> However, it is not the practice elsewhere. Unless you are steeped in
> that tradition it always seems very peculiar. Worse than that, you make
> mistakes. So the danger is that those from the US tradition carefully
> log everything and the others don't and you get into arguments over what
> was, should have been or should not have been logged.
>
> Just to be even-handed, I will also disagree with Bill :-)  My sense is
> that the visceral opposition to the word governance has abated. For
> example, in early June I saw two presentation from AT&T that voluntarily
> used the g-word. So I think some progress has been made.
>
> Setting to one side the idealism of the various ideas for nominations, I
> have seen nothing about money. My assumption is that nobody is going to
> pay for these people. That must severely curtail the list of nominees.
> If it sits permanently in Geneva that favours some nominees, if it
> adopts the ICANN travelling circus model, then the costs are rather
> different.
>
> Ewan
>
> Ewan Sutherland
> http://www.intug.net/ewan.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Milton Mueller
> Sent: 25 August 2004 07:10
> To: ajp@glocom.ac.jp; wdrake@ictsd.ch; governance@lists.cpsr.org
> Cc: jeanette@wz-berlin.de
> Subject: RE: [governance] new version Draft 1st statement on WGIG
> structureandbasic principles
>
>
>
> Maybe Adam (and Bill) would like to read the U.S. Federal Communications
> Commission's rules on "ex parte communications."
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/ogc/admain/ex_parte_factsheet.html
>
>
> >>> "William Drake" <wdrake@ictsd.ch> 08/24/04 01:24PM >>>
> >I'm sorry, but I still
> >think this is wildly impractical and makes us look obsessive.  How
> would
> >that work in practice?
>
>
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From Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca  Wed Aug 25 13:22:44 2004
From: Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Bill McIver)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI -- Australia & Open Source
Message-ID: <412C8494.3090205@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>

http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39123460,00.htm

-- 
Bill McIver, Ph.D                     
==
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e-Government/e-Citizen Group          | Groupe de gouvernement ?lectronique/citoyen ?lectronique
National Research Council             | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Institute for Information Technology  | Institut de technologie de l'information
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From atanu.garai at oneworld.net  Wed Aug 25 14:03:08 2004
From: atanu.garai at oneworld.net (Atanu Garai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Australia seeks comments on Internet Governance
In-Reply-To: <412C8494.3090205@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <GFEDKBEIKFFCGKADJIGFCENDCHAA.atanu.garai@oneworld.net>

Hi - 
this may be of interest to you all.
best,
Atanu



Australia opens public consultation on WSIS
23.08.2004 The Australian government has sought comments from the public as it prepares inputs to be submitted at the Working Group on Internet Governance meeting on September 20- 21, 2004. Views on the composition of the working group and its work can be sent by August 28, 2004.
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/
http://www2.dcita.gov.au/ie/international/internet_governance

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Bill McIver
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 5:53 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI -- Australia & Open Source



http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39123460,00.htm

-- 
Bill McIver, Ph.D                     
==
Research Officer                      | Agente de recherche
e-Government/e-Citizen Group          | Groupe de gouvernement ?lectronique/citoyen ?lectronique
National Research Council             | Conseil national de recherches Canada
Institute for Information Technology  | Institut de technologie de l'information
46 Dineen Drive                       | 46, promenade Dineen
Fredericton, NB E3B 9W4 Canada        | Fredericton, NB E3B 9W4 Canada
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From Mueller at syr.edu  Wed Aug 25 16:03:11 2004
From: Mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] semi-serious question about multilingual
	emails
Message-ID: <s12c7210.000@gwia201.syr.edu>

That's exactly the sort of thing I was worried about!
Gotta love the 'fish.

>>> zielinskic@who.int 8/25/2004 2:49:10 AM >>>
MM,

How funny do you want to be? In your "trilingual" text, Haut-parleurs =
altavoces = the sort of "speakers" you have on your stereo system, not human
beings who speak languages. 

Cheers,

Chris

Chris Zielinski 
STP AHSPR-RPC/EIP 
World Health Organization 
Avenue Appia, CH1211, Geneva, Switzerland 
Office: 004122-7914435 Home: 004122-3100551 Mobile: 0044-7971045354
-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Milton Mueller
Sent: 25 August 2004 07:03
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de 
Cc: wsis@listi.jpberlin.de 
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] semi-serious question about multilingual emails

A question for the French and Spanish speakers: is a Babelfish translation
better than nothing? Or is it mainly good for a laugh?

Une question pour les haut-parleurs fran?ais et espagnols : une traduction
de Babelfish est-elle meilleure que rien ? Ou est-il principalement bon pour
un rire ?

Una pregunta para los altavoces franceses y espa?oles: ?es una traducci?n de
Babelfish mejor que nada? ?O es principalmente bueno para una risa?

--MM


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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Wed Aug 25 17:02:53 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REHABILITACION, REINCORPORACION Y REEDUCACION DEL PENADO A LA SOCIEDAD.
In-Reply-To: <002301c48abb$968da840$2b1911ac@upch.edu.pe>
Message-ID: <20040825160253.5143.qmail@web11802.mail.yahoo.com>

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"UNASE A NUESTRA CAMPA?A"

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INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO



ESTABLECIMIENTO DE EJECUCION DE PENAS LIMITATIVAS DE DERECHO Y ASISTENCIA POST-PENITENCIARIO ? CHORRILLOS



 

TIENE POR FINALIDAD LA REHABILITACION, REINCORPORACION Y REEDUCACION DEL PENADO A LA SOCIEDAD. 

JUNTA DE ASISTENCIA POST- PENITENCIARIA

SENSIBILIZAR A LA SOCIEDAD A FIN DE QUE EL LIBERADO LOGRE ACCEDER A TODAS LAS OPORTUNIDADES SIN MARGINACION ALGUNA PRINCIPALMENTE EN EL ASPECTO LABORAL, ES ATRAVES DEL TRABAJO QUE ASUME SU ROL FAMILIAR Y OPTIMA RESOCIALIZACION, PARA LO CUAL SE CONTARA CON LA PARTICIPACION ACTIVA, ORGANIZADA, INTEGRADA Y SISTEMATICA DE LAS INSTITUCIONES PUBLICAS, PRIVADAS Y SOCIEDAD CIVIL QUE BRINDEN UNA RED DE AYUDA HUMANISTA, TECNICO Y CIENTIFICO EN EL TRATAMIENTO POST-PENITENCIARIO.



La delincuencia se termina con educaci?n y con oportunidades.

?C?mo lo podemos lograr? primero que nada, accediendo a los alumnos de las escuelas primarias, secundarias y universidades. Donde se les impartir? informaci?n de "c?mo puedo ser ?til a la sociedad". Se le explicar? a los chicos que hay otras formas de conseguir dinero, como por ejemplo: trabajando, ingresando al mundo virtual, (Internet) etc. al mismo tiempo que estar?amos desarrollando un trabajo preventivo del delito



REUNION DE TRABAJO, EL DIA 27 DE AGOSTO, 2004; EN NUESTRO LOCAL SITO EN: AV. INDUSTRIAL 384 ? CHORRILLOS, A HORAS 2:30 PM. (HORA EXACTA), SIRVASE CONFIRMAR SU PARTICIPACION A LOS TELEFONOS: 

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"SE LO AGRADECE UN HERMANO EN DESGRACIA QUE ESTA DECIDIDO A CAMBIAR"



CONTACTO: 

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   COMPA??A DE BOMBEROS DEL PERU
   CLINICA MAISON DE SANTE
   CONSORCIO DE CENTROS EDUCATIVOS DEL PERU
   COMISION EPISCOPAL
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   MUNICIPALIDAD DE CHORRILLOS
   MUNICIPALIDAD DE BARRANCO
   MUNICIPALIDAD DE SURCO
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From magaly at greatvideo.com  Wed Aug 25 17:26:56 2004
From: magaly at greatvideo.com (magaly pazello)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REHABILITACION, REINCORPORACION Y REEDUCACION DEL PENADO A LA SOCIEDAD.
In-Reply-To: <20040825160253.5143.qmail@web11802.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20040825160253.5143.qmail@web11802.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <94E3C522-F6B3-11D8-8B12-000A95B172C6@greatvideo.com>

Lady,

he trabajado en el sistema penal durante cuatro a?os en Brasil, Rio de 
Janeiro y no s? porqu? a?n me sorprendo con iniciativas simplista con 
base moral para cuestiones como la pobreza y el crimen. Nadie quiere 
debatir las pol?ticas y als relaciones de poder, nadie quiere debatir 
que es criminalizaci?n y qu? cosas se est?n criminalizando etc. etc.

Por lo menos en Per?, aunque basados en una perspectiva paternalista 
del penado, lo hacen publicamente lo que permite seguir con el tema en 
la agenda.

Lametnablemente tambi?n est?n poniendo demasiada fuerza en la 
utilizaci?n de las TICs como una herramienta de oportunidad totalmente 
instrumentalizada en lugar de enfocar acciones de empoderamiento. 
Espero sinceramente y hago pensamiento positivo para que las 
organizaciones involucradas puedan hacer un trabajo e igual una cr?tica 
a esta perspectiva asistencialista de las TICs.

Abrazos,
Magaly


On 25/08/2004, at 13:02, Lady Murrugarra wrote:

> "UNASE A NUESTRA CAMPA?A"
>
>
> MINISTERIO DE JUSTICIA
>
>
> INSTITUTO NACIONAL PENITENCIARIO
>
>
> ESTABLECIMIENTO DE EJECUCION DE PENAS LIMITATIVAS DE DERECHO Y 
> ASISTENCIA POST-PENITENCIARIO ? CHORRILLOS
>
>
> ?
>
>
> TIENE POR FINALIDAD LA REHABILITACION, REINCORPORACION Y REEDUCACION 
> DEL PENADO A LA SOCIEDAD.
>
>
>  JUNTA DE ASISTENCIA POST- PENITENCIARIA
>
>
> SENSIBILIZAR A LA SOCIEDAD A FIN DE QUE EL LIBERADO LOGRE ACCEDER A 
> TODAS LAS OPORTUNIDADES SIN MARGINACION ALGUNA PRINCIPALMENTE EN EL 
> ASPECTO LABORAL, ES ATRAVES DEL TRABAJO QUE ASUME SU ROL FAMILIAR Y 
> OPTIMA RESOCIALIZACION, PARA LO CUAL SE CONTARA CON LA PARTICIPACION 
> ACTIVA, ORGANIZADA, INTEGRADA Y SISTEMATICA DE LAS INSTITUCIONES 
> PUBLICAS, PRIVADAS Y SOCIEDAD CIVIL QUE BRINDEN UNA RED DE AYUDA 
> HUMANISTA, TECNICO Y CIENTIFICO EN EL TRATAMIENTO POST-PENITENCIARIO.
>
>
>
> La delincuencia se termina con educaci?n y con oportunidades.
>
> ?C?mo lo podemos lograr? primero que nada, accediendo a los alumnos de 
> las escuelas primarias, secundarias y universidades. Donde se les 
> impartir? informaci?n de "c?mo puedo ser ?til a la sociedad". Se le 
> explicar? a los chicos que hay otras formas de conseguir dinero, como 
> por ejemplo: trabajando, ingresando al mundo virtual, (Internet) etc. 
> al mismo tiempo que estar?amos desarrollando un trabajo preventivo del 
> delito
>
>
> REUNION DE TRABAJO, EL DIA 27 DE AGOSTO, 2004; EN NUESTRO LOCAL SITO 
> EN: AV. INDUSTRIAL 384 ? CHORRILLOS, A HORAS 2:30 PM. (HORA EXACTA), 
> SIRVASE CONFIRMAR SU PARTICIPACION A LOS TELEFONOS:
>
>
>  251-0998 ? 97279244 Y/O CORREO ELECTRONICO phcb03@hotmail.com.
>
> "SE LO AGRADECE UN HERMANO EN DESGRACIA QUE ESTA DECIDIDO A CAMBIAR"
>
>
> CONTACTO:
>
>
>  DR. DIMAS ACHAHUI MORA
>
>
> DIRECTOR DEL MEDIO LIBRE - CHORRILLOS
>
>
> INPE
>
>
>
> ?
>
> INSTITUCIONES PARTICIPANTES
>
> ?
>
>
> 	1.  	ACCION SOCIAL
> 	2.  	ASOCIACION VECINAL DE LA COMUNIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE CHORRILLOS
> 	3.  	COMPA??A DE BOMBEROS DEL PERU
> 	4.  	CLINICA MAISON DE SANTE
> 	5.  	CONSORCIO DE CENTROS EDUCATIVOS DEL PERU
> 	6.  	COMISION EPISCOPAL
> 	7.  	COOPERACION PERUANA PARA LA PRESENTACION DE LA PROBLEM?TICA DE 
> LAS DROGAS Y Ni?EZ EN ALTO RIESGO (OPCION)
> 	8.  	COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE LIMA
> 	9.  	COLEGIO DE SOCIOLOGOS DEL PERU
> 	10.  	DIRECCION EDUCACIONAL CHORRILLOS
> 	11.  	DIRECCION GENERAL DE SALUD
> 	12.  	DISA 2 ? CHORRILLOS
> 	13.  	E-GOVERNMENT / E-CITIZEN GROUP ? NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL - 
> CANADA
> 	14.  	GRUPO GENERO y TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION, COMUNICACION PARA 
> LA SOCIEDAD
> 	15.  	IGLESIA CATOLICA DEL PERU
> 	16.  	INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT - UPCH
> 	17.  	INSTITUTO PERUANO DEL DEPORTE
> 	18.  	MUNICIPALIDAD DE CHORRILLOS
> 	19.  	MUNICIPALIDAD DE BARRANCO
> 	20.  	MUNICIPALIDAD DE SURCO
> 	21.  	MUNICIPALIDAD MARIA DEL TRIUNFO
> 	22.  	MUNICIPALIDAD DE PACHACAMAC
> 	23.  	POLICIA NACIONAL DEL PERU
>
> Saludos
> ?
> Lady Murrugarra
> ?
>
>
>  ****************************************************
> Lady V.?Murrugarra V.
> www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales
> www.wowem.org
> www.concytec.gob.pe/generotics/
> www.galenonet.com/CYTED/
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Aug 27 13:35:45 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CONGO meeting with Karklins & Kummar today
Message-ID: <23892218.1093610145933.JavaMail.root@gonzo.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

Ambassador Janis Karklins, president of the WSIS Preparatory Committee, and Mr. Markus Kummar, head of the secretariat of the Working Group on Internet Governance, met with the CONGO Board on 27 August in Geneva.  Here is a brief report on their presentations, which may be helpful to others following the WSIS.

Amb. Karklins emphasized that civil society is one of three equal partners in the WSIS process.  

He reported that there will be an informal brainstorming meeting at the end of August on ???stocktaking??? organized by the WSIS secretariat.  He noted that we have two good documents from Geneva, but no implementation mechanisms.  He suggested that civil society consider how they could gather information on their own implementation efforts.

The next bureau meeting is 17 September, during which they will discuss the composition of the group of the Friends of the Chair, which will hopefully include 1-2 members from civil society and the private sector.  In addition, the bureau will discuss how to decide which events will be counted as official thematic meetings of the WSIS.

On the preparatory process, for the second preparatory commission in February 2005, they plan to finish consideration of the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms and to begin consideration of internet governance.  The full consideration of internet governance will be left until the final prepcom in September 2005.  

The deadline for receiving input from the Task Force on Financing Mechanisms is the end of 2004.  The Friends of the Chair group plans to meet between Christmas and New Year???s on this report with a draft document completed in January.  

Markus Kummar updated the participants on the status of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG).  He noted that the working group will have limited membership, but will interact at regular intervals with all stakeholders.  The first consultation meeting will take place from 20-21 September in Geneva at the Palais des Nations.  The meeting will discuss the scope of work, priorities, composition and structure, and timetable of the WGIG.  He noted that all actors accredited to the WSIS can participate in the meeting, and even those not yet accredited can register to attend, assuming they meet the requirements for general accreditation to the WSIS.

On the composition of the WGIG, there will be a short list sent from the WGIG secretariat to the UN Secretary General based on their consultations.  Afterwards the Secretary General will name the members.  He emphasized that this was not a nomination process.

The WGIG should be nominated by the Secretary General in October and having meetings in November.  An initial report will be sent to the second prepcom, with a more final report sent to the third prepcom.

-- Notes by Rik Panganiban


===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) 
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524

From muguet at mdpi.org  Sat Aug 28 00:01:58 2004
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Software Freedom Day August 28, 2004
Message-ID: <412FBD66.6000608@mdpi.org>

English/Fran?ais

Dear Friends

The first annual Software Freedom Day is being held.
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
now, on  August 28, 2004,

the FSF is supporting the event and
it is interesting to notice that
IOSN ( helped by UNDP ie the UN )
The International Open Source Network (IOSN)
a Center of Excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region
http://www.iosn.net/events/sfd-2004/
is participating to the event.

The WSIS Civil society should actively support this event next year.

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

Chers  Amis

Actuellement se tient la premi?re f?te annuelle :
La journ?e de la Lib?ration des Logiciels
La FSF soutient cet ?v?nement et il est int?ressant
de remarquer que l'IOSM (financ?e par l'ONU et actif
dans la r?gion Asie-Pacifique )
participe ? cet ?venement
voir :
http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/technologie/0,39020809,39168170,00.htm
Quand l'ONU aide ? vulgariser l'usage des PC Linux

La soci?t? civile du SMSI devrait activement s'engager et soutenir
cette initiative l'ann?e prochaine.

Francis

-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET 
Redactor-in-Chief  IJMS
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
an Open Access Journal  http://www.ijms.org
MDPI Foundation   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org  muguet@mdpi.net


Scientific Information Development Laboratory
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
ENSTA 
32 Blvd Victor 75739 PARIS cedex FRANCE 
Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19  Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82 
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet 
mirror            http://www.muguet.org

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




From muguet at mdpi.org  Sat Aug 28 00:01:21 2004
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Software Freedom Day August 28, 2004
Message-ID: <412FBD41.30102@mdpi.org>

English/Fran?ais

Dear Friends

The first annual Software Freedom Day is being held.
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
now, on  August 28, 2004,

the FSF is supporting the event and
it is interesting to notice that
IOSN ( helped by UNDP ie the UN )
The International Open Source Network (IOSN)
a Center of Excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region
http://www.iosn.net/events/sfd-2004/
is participating to the event.

The WSIS Civil society should actively support this event next year.

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

Chers  Amis

Actuellement se tient la premi?re f?te annuelle :
La journ?e de la Lib?ration des Logiciels
La FSF soutient cet ?v?nement et il est int?ressant
de remarquer que l'IOSM (financ?e par l'ONU et actif
dans la r?gion Asie-Pacifique )
participe ? cet ?venement
voir :
http://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/technologie/0,39020809,39168170,00.htm
Quand l'ONU aide ? vulgariser l'usage des PC Linux

La soci?t? civile du SMSI devrait activement s'engager et soutenir
cette initiative l'ann?e prochaine.

Francis

-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET 
Redactor-in-Chief  IJMS
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
an Open Access Journal  http://www.ijms.org
MDPI Foundation   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org  muguet@mdpi.net


Scientific Information Development Laboratory
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
ENSTA 
32 Blvd Victor 75739 PARIS cedex FRANCE 
Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19  Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82 
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet 
mirror            http://www.muguet.org

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




From adavidziuk at yahoo.com  Mon Aug 30 03:22:41 2004
From: adavidziuk at yahoo.com (alejandra davidziuk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP - August 8, 2004
Message-ID: <20040830022241.85293.qmail@web12010.mail.yahoo.com>

[Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP - August 8, 2004]

SUPPORTING THE MEDIA ACTIVIST MS SUPINYA KLANGNARONG
>From 3rd to 6th August 2004, over 40 Pan-Asians
organisations met in Manila, the Philippines to
strategise and coordinate actions around Communication
Rights in the region. All present undersigned the
letter that was sent out to SHIN Corp. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/379/

BRINDANDO APOYO A LA ACTIVISTA TAILANDESA SUPINYA
KLANGNARONG
Del 3 al 6 de Agosto de 2004, más de 40 organizaciones
panamericanas y asiáticas se reunieron en Manila, Las
Filipinas, para acordar una estrategia y coordinar las
acciones para fomentar los Derechos a la Comunicación
en la región. Todos los presentes firmaron la carta
que WACC envió a SHIN Corp en apoyo a Supinya
Klangnarong, secretaria general de la Campaña por la
Reforma Popular de los Medios.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/381/

SPECIAL INTERVIEW: MS. SUPINYA KLANGNARONG
"I just tell myself, if you do not regret and you can
be proud of yourself, you are confident in what you
do, that is enough. You let it be." Ms. Supinya
Klangnarong, Secretary General of the Campaign for
Popular Media Reform in Thailand, sums up her feeling
as the court day in early September is near, in an
interview August 6th, in Manila with IBON, a long time
WACC corporate member in the Philippines. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/382/

A HISTORIC DAY IN THE LONG JOURNEY OF COMMUNITY RADIO
Full time Community Radio was made legal earlier this
week, after over twenty years of campaigning by the
Community Media Association and its members. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/378/

UN DÍA HISTÓRICO EN EL LARGO VIAJE DE LA RADIO
COMUNITARIA
La Radio Comunitaria ha sido legalizada plenamente a
principios de esta semana, luego de alrededor de 20
años de campaña de la Asociación de Medios
Comunitarios y sus miembros. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/377/

WACC: CURSO DE DIREITOS À COMUNICAÇÃO - CONCEITOS
BÁSICOS
O curso foi preparado pela Região América Latina da
World Association for Christian Communication (WACC ),
a partir de documentos, discussões e diretrizes
compartilhadas pelos participantes da Campanha CRIS -
Communication Rights in the Information Society.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/376/

WACC IMPULSA CURSO CON CONCEPTOS BÁSICOS DE DERECHOS A
LA COMUNICACIÓN
La Asociación Mundial para la Comunicación Cristiana
(WACC) promueve el curso "Derechos a la comunicación -
Conceptos Básicos". El curso se basa en los principios
de libertad, inclusión, diversidad y participación.
Según la organización WACC, se trata del tema
principal de la Campaña de los Derechos de
Comunicación en la Sociedad de la Información (CRIS).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/375/

URUGUAY: SOCIEDAD CIVIL CREA FORO DE COMUNICACIÓN Y
PARTICIPACIÓN CIUDADANA
El 31 de agosto se realizará el lanzamiento del Foro
de Comunicación y Participación Ciudadana, un espacio
de articulación, reflexión, elaboración conjunta e
incidencia en políticas públicas de comunicación. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/384/

ARGENTINA: POR UNA LEGISLACION DEMOCRATICA
Celebrando el día de la Radiodifusión en Argentina (27
de agosto), doce distintas personalidades de la
cultura de ese país realizaron una lectura de los 21
pasos necesarios para reemplazar la legislación de la
dictadura, que fue transmitida en cadena hoy a las 12
por las emisoras de Radio Nacional, radios
comunitarias, universitarias, de frontera y todas las
emisoras que adhieren a esta propuesta.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/383/

¿QUIERE PARTICIPAR? FIRME LA CARTA DE CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se
fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de
acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida
social, económica y cultural de las personas y las
comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que
las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para
cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la
información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación, justicia social y
económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y las
perspectivas culturales y regionales. Lo invitamos a
conocer más sobre la Campaña de CRIS y a participar
firmando la Carta de CRIS: 
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

LA CHARTE DE CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l’information» est
basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré
comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l’homme et
améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des
personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est
essentiel que les organisations de la société civile
se réunissent afin d’aider à la construction d’une
société de l’information basée sur les principes de
transparence, de diversité, de participation et de
justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une
approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture
et des aspects régionaux.
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED? ENDORSE THE CRIS
CHARTER
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in
the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human
rights and to strengthen the social, economic and
cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to
this is that civil society organisations come together
to help build an information society based on
principles of transparency, diversity, participation
and social and economic justice, and inspired by
equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
We invite you to read more about CRIS Campaign and get
involved endorsing the CRIS Chapter:
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/ 

READ MORE / LEA MAS / LISEZ PLUS
http://www.crisinfo.org/ 




		
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Mon Aug 30 03:40:00 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda of UN ICT Task Force meeting in Berlin online now
Message-ID: <41329380.684474D0@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

I've had encouraging feedback on some mails regarding civil society
events around this. We'll discuss this here in Berlin on Friday. Stay
tuned.

Best, Ralf

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

http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting/

Seventh Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force
19-20 November 2004, Berlin, Germany

"Enabling Environment for Digital Development" will be the overall theme
of the Seventh Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force, to be held in Germany
this november.

Following the format adopted during its Sixth Meeting, the first
one-and-a-half day of the event will consist of a Global Forum where
participants will be expected to address issues on Enabling Environment.

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

http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting/agenda.html

UN ICT Task Force Global Forum on
Promoting Enabling Environment For Digital Development
19-20 November 2004, Berlin, Germany

Provisional Agenda (as of 12 August 2004)

		
Friday, 19 November
08.00 - 09.00 	Registration/Breakfast
09.00 - 09.15 	Opening Session

Opening statement by the Deputy Secretary-General

The Chairman introduces the structure/format/time management rules of
the Global Forum
09.15 - 10.45 	Session I: Setting the Stage: Role of Stakeholders in
Fostering Enabling Environment

Panel discussion

Moderator: Deputy Secretary-General - tbc

Interactive discussion with Forum participants
10.45 - 11.15 	Networking Break (coffee)
11.15 - 13.00 	Session II: Policy and Regulatory Issues

Moderated panel discussion on policy and regulatory issues framing
enabling environment, including:
# existing barriers to infrastructure building and to providing low cost
(affordable) access
# Promoting competition and market development
# Institution and capacity building

Interactive discussion with Forum participants
13.15 - 14.30 	Working Lunch

Brief outline of the WSIS process
Brief outline of ICT Task Force activities by the Chairman of the Task
Force
14.45 - 16.00 	Session III: Finacing ICT for Development

# Moderated panel discussion on issues related to financing ICT for
development (ICTD), including: How to assess "adequacy" of financing?
# Conventional financing mechanisms: scope and effectiveness
# Changing roles of public, private and not-for-profit sectors
# Enhancing development impact of financing ICTD

Chair: UNDP
16.00 - 16.30 	Networking Break (coffee)

16.30 - 18.00 	Break-out Sessions

The break-out groups will focus on specific proposals that can advance
the enabling environment and promote investment in ICTs.

Areas of focus:

    Group 1: Policy and regulatory issues
    Group 2: New models for financing ICT for development
    Group 3: Promoting private sector investment and entrepreneurship
 
Saturday, 20 November
09.00 - 09.45 	Session IV: Reports on the Outcomes of the Breask-out
Sessions

Reports by moderators of the break-out groups
09.45 - 10.45 	Session V: The Way Ahead - Engaging Stakeholders

# Presentation of the experience of innovative partnerships Defining
areas of action and collaboration
# Engaging the stakeholders
10.45 - 11.15 	Networking Break (coffee)
11.15 - 12.15 	Session V: The Way Ahead - Engaging Stakeholders

Continued ...
12.15 - 12.30 	Closing Session

Chairperson's Summary


From Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr  Mon Aug 30 11:42:36 2004
From: Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr (oudet)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Traduction en francais de la note de RIK sur reunion Bureau CONGO/SMSI
Message-ID: <4133049C.7030605@imag.fr>

Il m'a sembl? que la note que Rik nous a envoy? le 27 A?ut m?ritait une 
traduction. Voici la traduction fran?aise retravaill?e ? partir  de la 
sortie du traducteur de Google.

BO
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