[WSIS CS-Plenary] UN Official Document System is online

[Adam Peake]

A reasonable place to begin a dialogue with the 
technical staff is to point them to the W3C 
guidelines on accessibility 
<http://www.w3.org/WAI/>.  Andy, Carlos and 
others mentioned.

UN surely has standards for web design? If it 
doesn't, or they aren't being followed, then 
that's something to work on.  And hopefully the 
PWD caucus will have something to say.

Adam





At 11:37 AM -0500 1/10/05, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>I sent off an email to the NGO liaison to the 
>Department of Public Information on Friday late, 
>in particular looking for the correct technical 
>and organizational point-person for further 
>dialogue and feedback on these issues.
>
>The New York offices of lots of UN bodies don't 
>really get going in the new year until today, so 
>we shouldn't expect much response until perhaps 
>Wednesday.  But if people would like to start 
>drafting a statement, I think that would be ok.
>
>Frankly I am more interested in getting an 
>ongoing feedback loop and dialogue going between 
>civil society and the technical staff and 
>managers at the UN.  Just delivering a statement 
>to them seems a little simplistic to me, since 
>user consultation is a continual process not an 
>event.  Creating a big political statement and 
>delivering it to governments might just as 
>easily backfire on us by alienating the very UN 
>office and staffers we are trying to develop 
>closer relationships with.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>CONGO
>
>On Jan 10, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>>
>>Getting back to the original thread and subject of the message....
>>
>>
>>is there any news on contacting the officials 
>>behind the UN document system? if not, who 
>>might volunteer to start drafting a 
>>statement...time to act is running short..
>>
>>I mention this it would be a good idea to have 
>>a CS statement presented at two upcoming events 
>>-
>>
>>* African Regional meeting - First week in Feb
>>* PrepCom - 2/3 week of Feb
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>
>>
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