From Parminder at ITforChange.net  Mon Oct 31 18:14:58 2005
From: Parminder at ITforChange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:26 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Proposed statement to GFC on paras 10, 11 and 29 - Endorsement
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Oct  1 00:20:08 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] longer analysis of the PrepCom outcomes
Message-ID: <433DC828.8020708@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Just finished:

PrepCom closes in Disarray
Internet Governance and Follow-Up after Summit still open
30 September 2005. The last preparatory conference, less than 60 days 
before the Tunis summit, ended tonight at 21:00 without an agreement. The 
open questions will have to be dealt with in the time before Tunis ? and 
basically without civil society participation. More...
http://www.worldsummit2005.org/

Have fun.

Ralf <- going out now - finally after two weeks!




From laina at getit.org  Sat Oct  1 02:27:58 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Message-ID: <20051001093940.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Hi Rik,
 
I did send you another note, but thought for transparency sake, would ask on
this list. I notice some organisations got more than 2  slots with some
persons speaking more than once and some caucuses also more than 1. There is
none from our caucus and I just wanted to know was there are reason for this
kind of distribution. I know you have all the answers :> so I thought I
would ask.
 
Thanks,
Laina

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:22 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


Dear Friends,
?
Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the
ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as
compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night.
For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you
approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants
composed of the following individuals:

?? ?1 representative from each regional group
?? ?1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
?? ?1 representative of the CS Bureau 
?? ?1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory
capacity
?
The Committee worked hard to achieve several ?balances? including regional,
gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.? We also worked hard to make sure
that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of
their nominations included.? You see here the regional and gender breakdown
of the nominees:
?
?? ?Opening Ceremony
?? ?Gender: man (1) /? woman (1)
?? ?Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
?
?? ?High Level Panel ? ?
?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa?(2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia?(3): Thailand,
Philippines, India

?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (3) / Men (2)
?
? ? ?Round Tables
?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa (1)?: Senegal; Asia (4)?: India, Japan,
Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4)?: France, Germany (2),
Russian Federation
?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (4) / Men (6)
?
?? ?Plenary Sessions
?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2);
Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):?
Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran
(1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom
(1)? 
?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (10) / Men (12)
?
There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a
very difficult and painful task.? However we feel confident that the current
list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.
?
Sincerely,
?
?
Rik Panganiban
On Behalf of the Selection Committee


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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sat Oct  1 08:38:54 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Final Plenary CS Statements
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20051001083119.03393eb0@pop.gn.apc.org>

dear all

Civil Society ended up making three statements in the final plenary last night.

This wasn't intended. Our original plan was to have one CS speaker from 
Sub-ComA and one from Sub-ComB.

However, the chair of subcom A - due to a 'misunderstanding/technical 
error' didn't allow civil society or the private sector to speak in the 
final subcom A meeting (just prior to plenary. So, after a personal 
intervention from izumi, the chair apologised and requested that Amb 
Karklins give them space in the final plenary.

So, Avri read the statement we had prepared on SubCom A, not too long 
before njenga read a statement based on the press conference statement with 
a little re-working. There was some overlap, but it didn't matter - the 
fact that the statements echoed one another was quite good.

Bertrand also read a statement, emphasizing amongst other things, the 
concern about process from now, until tunis - and beyond.

The two statements prepared by the IG caucus are below, i don't have a copy 
of bertrands

karen
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ps.. note - the statements below are not exactly what was read - some 
adjustments had to be made on the fly due to the general confusion - both 
statements have been submitted to the WSIS/ITU secretariat

statements by avri doria (1) and emmanuel njenga njuguna (2)
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(1) Internet Governance Statement for SUBCOM A ? 30 September

We see promise in the proposal from Argentina of 30 September, which takes 
the WGIG report seriously and includes some general principles that are 
close to our own.

We welcome the references to the participation of all stake-holders in, for 
example, the development of multi-stakeholder processes at the national and 
regional levels, and in training and capacity building activities.

However, the proposal must include explicit references to including all 
stakeholders as peers, at all levels of the forum, in line with the Geneva 
principles.

Although the forum has an important role as a space ?to facilitate the 
exchange of information and best practices 
 ? (etc), we believe that, as 
the WGIG report recommended, the forum should be a place where any issue, 
specific or multidimensional, can be addressed; e.g the issue of 
international interconnection costs has not been adequately addressed by 
any single organization.

We agree that the forum should not replace existing mechanisms or 
institutions and should build on the existing structures, but it should 
certainly facilitate greater interaction and cooperation between mechanisms.

There is no mention of where and in what form the forum would be 
constituted; we have suggested that it should be outside of, but related 
to, the UN.
We certainly don't want it based in an existing institution though we do 
see a role for existing institutions to act as hosts for its meetings.

We are concerned about the process from here to Tunis. How will the multi 
stakeholder model be accommodated? If the process is closed, the wealth of 
CS expertise will not be available to the governments.  We would like to 
know whether the proposals made by civil society and other stakeholders are 
to be considered in the continuing process.

How can we move forward together?

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(2) Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna, Association for Progressive Communications, 
for the WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus

Statement to Plenary, WSIS PrepCom III, September 30th 2005

After 2 weeks of PrepCom the governments have still not reached agreement 
on Internet governance.

The Geneva principles create the opportunity for this impasse to be 
resolved constructively and creatively by including the perspectives and 
expertise of all stakeholders. We believe this would have been more 
effective than the ongoing deadlock that emerged from counter positioning 
among governments.

This is the only way to arrive at a legitimate and sustainable outcome as 
it includes the participation of the people and institutions involved in 
the evolution, use and management of the Internet.

Most governments now support the creation of an Internet Governance Forum, 
which we value as a positive outcome of the work of Sub Committee A during 
PrepCom III.

---- cut on the fly, a bit of adlibbing, as the statement was not intended 
to be read out so soon after avris

We think that the Forum will only work if it?s formation is based on the 
Geneva principles, addresses cross cutting issues and provides a space that 
addresses the multidimensional aspects of development in relation to 
Internet governance and public policy issues.  We believe that there are 
many creative solutions to the establishment of a Forum and hope that the 
governments will give our suggestions full consideration.

----->

We would like to add that the Prepcom would have made much more progress if 
governments had begun their negotiations explicitly based on the work done 
by the WGIG, a body that was exemplary in that it afforded all sectors full 
participation as peers.

Civil society made a statement on Wednesday 28 September 2005 protesting 
the exclusion of non-governmental organizations from the working 
groups.  Our protest questioned the legitimacy of a process that excluded 
the meaningful participation of all stakeholders. Meaningful participation 
involves the ability to take part in all discussions.

While conditions for participation did not change in a material way after 
the reading of the statement, the chairs of the subcommittees did try to 
accommodate non-governmental participants as best they could.  We 
appreciate their efforts, and regret, due to circumstances beyond their 
control, that they were not able to sustain them throughout the PrepCom.

We are concerned about the process from here to Tunis.

Will all stakeholders be included?

If they are not, the legitimacy of this uniquely inclusive process will be 
at risk.


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sat Oct  1 09:09:47 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FINAL: Statement on CS Participation (E/F/S)
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20051001090314.0330e210@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all,

Attached is the revised version of the Civil Society statement on 
participation as read by Avri Doria, Sep 28th - which had the endorsement 
of the CS plenary.

This statement has been referred to quite often (by the CCBI, in the press 
conference, and in our final statement to plenary last night) so good to 
have the latest version here in english, french and spanish.

Many thanks to conchita and jean-louis for translation of the original 
version into french, and to alejandra from CONGO for translation into spanish.

and to alejandra and her french speaking colleque from CONGO (i'm afraid i 
don't know her name) for translation of the revised version into spanish 
and french respectively.

karen
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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Sat Oct  1 09:58:04 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
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-----Original Message-----
From: governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org]On Behalf Of William Drake
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:49 AM
To: Governance
Subject: [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG


Hi,

We are all probably pretty burnt out on this and could use some time off to
focus on other things.  But somewhere in not too distant future it will be
necessary to explore options for an IG Caucus response to the PrepCom
'outcomes.'   Some thoughts for when that moment rolls around...

1. As everyone probably knows by now, there will be an Intersessional
"open-ended" negotiation group to negotiate the chapters on Implementation
(Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2) and Follow-up (Chapter 4),
and to finalize the political part of the document. "Open ended" in this
context means all governments can participate.  If I heard correctly,
civil society and the private sector are out in the cold, although
Karklins said there'd be regular reporting out.  Woop de doo.  WSIS
multistakeholderism revealed.

2.  Chapter 3 on IG will be taken up in a resumed crisis session of the
PrepCom in Tunis just prior to the summit.  I'm not clear on what the
modalities of participation will be, if someone else here is please
inform, but would presume it'd be the same wonderful conditions we got at
PC-3.

3.  Unless everything falls apart in rancor, the Internet Governance Forum
(IGF---it has a name, even) is a done deal.  One bit of good news and a CS
win, methinks.

4.  In its press office spin, below, the ITU characterizes the situation
on oversight as a "breakthrough."  To put it mildly, this is not obvious.
It is true that the EU finally put its cards on the table and allowed its
position to be folded together with the Like Minded Group, and
specifically endorsed Khan distributing his Food for Thought doc and
having it forwarded alongside others to Tunis.  But the story obviously
does not end there.  As the EU president of the moment and chair of the EU
discussions, the UK rep presumably was not really free to press his
government's views in their meetings.  There could now be some push back.
I'm a little puzzled by the stances of some of the other European
governments that generally lean more toward more neoliberalism and/or
currying favor with the US, and wonder whether they might not join in if
the UK moves.  And certainly they will all be hearing from Washington.
(BTW it's pretty surprising to see the David Gross telling the press that
the EU position was a bolt out of the blue; if we knew were they were
heading, how could he have not?  Can it really be that there was no prior
consultation, as has been claimed, or is this just disingenuous playing to
the US domestic political scene?)  So one would guess that the EU stance
is still in flux, the coalition could soften, and the alignment with the
LMG could be more apparent than real.  And Japan, Canada, and Australia
backed the US, plus the others who signed onto the Argentine 'middle
ground' text...

5.  Whatever happens in the intergovernmental haggling over the next six
weeks (which will be offline and utterly non-transparent), it would be
useful if the caucus could come to a shared view and issue a declaration
in advance of Tunis.  This would require confronting the question of where
we stand on government oversight---institutional form, substantive scope.
Prior efforts to start that conversation didn't really pan out, but now
that we have a concrete proposal to refer to, perhaps it will be easier to
focus.  If we can't come to a unified view, then as previously suggested,
a sign-on declaration would seem the logical choice.  I believe Milton
said IGP could post something.

So when we're in the mood to stomach all this again, a view on the Council
vs internal GAC reform will be needed.  The Food paper specifies the
former in seemingly rather expansive terms.  Obvious options would be for
us to say

a. Yahoo, what a great idea, let's have the Chinese, Saudi, Iranian, et al
governments drive discussions of binding agreements on WHOIS and privacy,
the Taiwanese domain, etc etc--rather unlikely to be a widely shared view;

b. We can live with a discussion about the possible establishment of a
Council if there are up front guarantees that its mandate will be
specified in a very narrow and non-threatening manner;

c. Stop, this is madness, let's just improve GAC, and we can continue to
discuss and clarify the governance of core resources in the non-binding
IGF.

The latter being the closest evolution to our PrepCom-3 statement.

The Food and ITU below, for those who've not seen...

Ok, time to change channels,

Bill

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A NEW COOPERATION MODEL

67. For coordination and management of critical Internet resources, we
will strive to establish a phased transition to the elaboration of a new
public-private cooperation model. That model could include the development
and application of globally-applicable public policy principles and
examine the feasibility of the involvement of governments, in an
international setting, at the level of overarching principles in matters
related to naming, numbering and addressing. These could include:

a)      A global allocation system of IP number blocks, which is equitable
and efficient;

b)      Procedures for the root zone file, specifically for new top-level
domains and changes of country-code top level domains ;

c)      Contingency plans to ensure the continuity of crucial domain name
system functions;

d)      Arbitration and dispute resolution mechanisms, based on
international law in case of disputes;

OVERSIGHT

68.       We call for, at the conclusion of the transitional period,
examination of the establishment of an Inter-Governmental Council for
global public policy and oversight of Internet governance. Such a Council,
if and when established, should be based on the principles of transparency
and democracy with the involvement, in an advisory capacity, of the
private sector, civil society and the relevant inter-governmental and
international organisations. Such a Council could be anchored in the UN
system and deal with the following issues:

a)      Public policy development and decision-making on international
Internet-related public policy issues;

b)      Oversight relating to Internet resource management including IP
addresses, generic top-level domains and country-code top-level domains;

c)      Global coordination of Internet governance through dialogue
between governments, the private sector, civil society and international
organisation.

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 NEWSROOM : NEWS RELEASE

Tunis ?Summit of Solutions? Now in Sight

ITU Secretary-General Utsumi praises achievements,
but stresses need for greater effort:?We cannot fail?

Geneva, 30 September 2005 - The third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3) of
the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
closed its doors at 21:00 tonight after a gruelling two weeks of day and
night sessions that saw agreement on large sections of the Summit text,
some major developments in the international community?s approach to
Internet governance, but ultimately disappointing progress on a raft of
contentious issues.

With just six weeks to go before the Summit opens in Tunis, ITU
Secretary-General and Secretary-General of WSIS, Mr Yoshio Utsumi, urged
delegates to focus their hearts and minds on arriving at consensus
solutions that would assure a credible outcome document that will serve as
an effective instrument for promoting ICT development and access
worldwide.

Speaking after the close of PrepCom-3?s final Plenary session, Mr Utsumi
praised delegates? hard work, but said more effort is needed. ?During the
last two weeks we have seen enormous political will to develop meaningful
texts that will serve as a solid foundation for tomorrow?s Information
Society,? he said.

?If some issues remain unresolved, this is a testament to delegates?
refusal to compromise on the principles they believe to be fundamental to
promoting access to ICTs. A strong Summit outcome is the goal of all
delegates ? and we must all continue to work hard to achieve this. If we
wish to build a just and equitable Information Society, this Summit cannot
be allowed to fail.?

New round of meetings planned
In the face of lack of agreement on small but controversial sections of
the Summit outcome document, delegates will now reconvene in Geneva ahead
of the Tunis event to try to resolve some of the sticking points, which
include provisions for implementation and follow-up of the WSIS Action
Plan, and the wording of the political document outlining participating
member states? political commitments.

In line with formal procedures, PrepCom-3 will be suspended and an
intersessional open-ended negotiation group will be set up under the
chairmanship of Ambassador Janis Karklins, Chairman of the Tunis Phase of
the PrepCom process. This group's mandate will be to negotiate the
chapters on Implementation (Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2)
and Follow-up (Chapter 4). It will also finalize the political part of the
document.

Chapter 3 on Internet Governance will be considered during a resumed
session of PrepCom-3, to be held back-to-back with the Summit in Tunis.

PrepCom-3 agreed that the Summit negotiation group will hold two sessions
of 2 ? 3 days each in Geneva in October to conclude negotiations: one
session to finalize the political document and agree on the outstanding
parts of the chapter on financing mechanisms, and the other to try to
reach agreement on the outstanding issues contained in Chapters 1 and
Chapter 4.

PrepCom-3 agreed to entrust the WSIS Bureau, or steering committee, to
decide on the place, date and modalities of the resumed PrepCom meeting.
It also agreed to split the Summit outcome into two ? a political document
and an operational document.

Breakthrough on Internet governance
The PrepCom-3 Internet governance debate centered around the report of the
multi-stakeholder Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), set up
following the Geneva Phase of WSIS to investigate and make proposals on
the future governance of the Internet. The group?s final report released
in Geneva on 18 July, along with comments on the report by all
stakeholders, served as a source of inspiration for discussions over the
two-week period.

After a slow start characterized by strongly polarized positions, the pace
picked up substantially in Week 2 following the release of a draft
document by the Chair, which saw delegates knuckle down to the task of
brokering agreement and drafting new text on issues ranging from spam and
cybercrime to interconnection costs and ? most crucially ? management of
critical Internet resources such as the domain name and IP addressing
systems.

While many delegations from the developing world had been vocal on the
urgent need for new management and oversight mechanisms to better reflect
the global nature of the Internet, others, led by the US, had presented a
relatively united front generally supportive of the status quo.

That scenario changed, however, two days before the end of PrepCom, when
the UK delegation, speaking on behalf of the European Union, tabled a new
proposal that marked a clear departure from its earlier position.
The proposal outlined a new framework for international cooperation that
would see the creation of a new, multi-stakeholder forum to develop public
policy, and ? most significantly ? international government involvement in
allocation of IP addressing blocks and procedures for changing the root
zone file to provide for insertion of new top-level domain names and
changes of country-code top level domain name (ccTLDs) managers.

Other countries added their suggestions, and with eight proposals now
tabled, informal consultations will continue to be held from now until the
back-to-back meeting in Tunis.

Implementation and follow-up
The other key agenda items for PrepCom-3 included finalization of
arrangements for financing of WSIS Action Plan commitments, and the
setting out of future mechanisms for implementation of the Action Plan and
the follow-up of the Summit.

Following adoption of the Plan by 175 countries during the Geneva Phase of
the Summit, clear arrangements setting out responsibility for ensuring
that the Plan?s targets are implemented and monitored are considered
essential, not only for the successful outcome of the Tunis phase, but
also for ensuring that deliverables are met.

Under proposals tabled at PrepCom-3, many delegations support the
establishment of a multi-stakeholder coordination approach made up of one
or more lead UN agencies, with responsibility for each action line
allocated to each agency according to its specific area of expertise.
Others preferred that the United Nations? Secretary-General be charged
with managing the coordination process.

A main stumbling block in negotiations remains the precise role of
different agencies, including ITU, in ongoing WSIS activities. The
reporting mechanisms and the relationship between the WSIS follow-up
mechanisms and the review process of the implementation of the UN
Millennium Declaration also proved problematic for some delegations.

ICT financing mechanisms
The problem of effective financial strategies to promote the development
of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the world?s
under-served regions was raised during the WSIS Geneva Phase. Without
consensus on the best way to address the issue, the first phase of WSIS
requested UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to establish a Task Force on
Financial Mechanisms (TFFM).

The group?s final report tabled at PrepCom-2 served as a basis for the
discussions. PrepCom-2 largely agreed on the text of Chapter 2, with only
a few paragraphs to be approved by PrepCom-3.

Acknowledging the key role played by the private sector, the text already
agreed by PrepCom-2 endorse the focusing of financial resources in areas
including:

ICT capacity-building programmes
Regional backbone infrastructure and Internet Exchange Points
Assistance for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing
States to lower transaction costs related to international donor support
Integration of ICTs into the implementation of poverty eradication
strategies, particularly in the health, education, agriculture and the
environment
Funding of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)
Fostering of local ICT manufacturing in developing countries
ICT regulatory reform
Local government and community-owned initiatives that deliver ICT services
to communities
The meeting also stressed the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach
and coordination between government and business.
While there was no major impediment to consensus, due to lack of time,
PrepCom-3 did not finalize Chapter 2.

Political commitments
In addition, the political part of the Tunis document proved more
difficult to negotiate than expected.

Disagreement centred around whether text from the original Geneva
Declaration should remain unchanged or reinforced in the Tunis output,
given that the first PrepCom had agreed not to reopen what had been
adopted in Geneva.

Discussions were also intense over issues such as open source and
proprietary software, free access to information and the handling of
harmful content, the importance of human rights and fundamental freedoms
for the Information Society, trade liberalization and debt relief to
bridge the digital divide, and the regulatory role of governments.

At the close of PrepCom-3, with no consensus on around 50% of the text,
the document will tackled again by the negotiating group.


Sub-Committee A
Internet governance

Chairman: Ambassador Masood Khan (Pakistan)

PrepCom-3 Output Text Chapter 3 and proposals.

Key achievements during PrepCom-3:

Starting from scratch, around 80% of Chapter 3 of the WSIS outcome
document was drafted and agreed
Ground-breaking consensus on the need for a coordinated international
approach to spam, e-commerce, cybercrime, international Internet
connectivity charges, multilingualism, and ICT capacity-building, for
which no international treaties yet exist
Remaining focus of negotiations between now and the Summit:

Management of critical Internet resources (IP names and addresses and root
zone file system)
The governance function
The proposed creation of a forum

Sub-Committee B
Implementation, financing mechanisms, follow-up and the political document

Chairman: Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole (South Africa)

PrepCom-3 Output text Chapters 1 and 4 and chapter 2
Looking Ahead to Tunis
In addition to Summit Plenary sessions, a number of roundtables,
High-Level Panels and an Exhibition, as well as media events, are planned
during the three days of the Summit (16-18 November). This innovative
format will emphasize the role of the private sector and civil society in
shaping the new Information Society, providing Heads of State and
Government with the opportunity to engage in public discussions on the
future of the Information Society with prominent business and civil
society leaders.

In addition, more than 230 separate Parallel Events are planned by civil
society organizations, business entities and national delegations,
comprising debates and presentations on a whole spectrum of issues
relevant to the Summit agenda.


PrepCom-3 participants

1?925 participants attended the two-week event, of which;

1?047 delegates represented 152 governments and the European Community;
635 participants represented 200 NGOs or Civil society entities;
152 participants from 54 entities representing International organizations
73 participants from 36 entities representing business entities
18 participants representing six entities with standing invitation from
the United Nations General Assembly
For a full summary of debates during PrepCom-3, see the meeting Highlights


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From iza at anr.org  Sat Oct  1 09:15:36 2005
From: iza at anr.org (Izumi Aizu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] from IHT - "Internet users say debate over control misses
 point"
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185>

 From today's IHT:

"The UN is not a good body to run the Internet," said Jeanette 
Hofmann, a German academic representing the Internet Governance 
Caucus, a nongovernmental group. "We don't want nondemocratic 
countries to have influence over a system that is so important to the 
freedom of expression."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/30/business/net.php

izumi


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New Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaboration
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From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Sat Oct  1 11:10:52 2005
From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
Message-ID: 
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Dear Bill and everybody,
 
exhausted like all of you (and still struggling with a cold) I shaRE MOST OF THE VIEWS OF bILL:
 
Here are some additional points:
1. EU vs. US. As far as I know, there was indeed no prior detailed information before David did read the statement in the Plenary. The way how it was perceived by the US (and by the US Press) has put the whole story on a higher political level and we will see now that the Internet issue will be handeled on a similar level like Kyodo Protocol, International Criminal Court etc. And wheh higher political levels are involved, the subject will bevome more complex (and less flexible). I agree with Bill, it is rather unrealistic that we will see consensus on an intergovernmental council. Procedurally, is there an option to have a voting on the issue? 
 
2. The more interesting point is, that China was rather silent in all the debates. It made clear statements, but wateched the debate with patience and no own proposal for Chapter 5. The original EU plan, to wait until the US vs. China confronation is boiling and than to enter as a broker, failed because China did not jump. Now we have US vs. EU with China in an waiting position.  
 
3. The EU has now a difficult diplomatic task. It has to distance itself a little bit from supporters like Iran and Saudi Arabia, it has to convince the US that governments should play a greater role and it has to specify more in detail where the border line is between "the level of principle" and the "day to day operation". The EU will have to explain, that its model will be different from the procedure it has used to establish a governmental oversight for the .eu Domain. A small white governmental cloud on a blue sky over the Internet landscape is okay, but if this cloud will become full of rain drops and falling rain will "water" the ground, this is different. And the EU paper, as it stands now, is open both for a "light cloud" and a "raincloud". Eu argues, that the "definition of the cloud" is the subject of negotiations. But this negotiations will be not only with the US but also with China. Insofar I share Bill?s point, that the Chairs "Food for Thought" paper is far away from a breakthrough. 
 
4. I think we have achieved a consensus in the caucus and in the CS Plenary to produce our own "CS IG Tunis Declaration". The statements made during PrepCom3 are a sufficient basis. We need a little bit more for Forum and Oversight, but this can be done online with a final reading in Tunis. Adam and jeanette could you take the lead again (and once thanks for the great coordination work and jeanette, congratulations for the quatation in the IHT). 
 
5.In the Food forThought Paper", apara 68, is an interesting point, which takes a proposal we made in the EU-CS consultation on Thursday.  The parasays, that an "Inter-Governmental Council, if and when established, should be based on the principles of transparencyand democracy with the full involvment, in an advisory capacity, of private sector, civil society ...". As you remember, I asked Martin Boyle about a "Civil Society Advisory Committee" for the body, proposed by the EU and his first reaction was that the original plan is to have  "governmental only zone". The proposal by Khan looks a little bit like an ICANN 1.0 which is turned around. Now the private parties, provider and users of services, are in an advisory position (like the GAC in ICANN). Should we discuss this issue a little bit more in detail on the list? How a "Civil Society Advisory Council" could work in such a new cooperative model, learning from the ALAC experiences within ICANN?
 
Best regards and enjoy the weekend.
 
wolfgang
 
  
 
Bob Sha  and the , b With the demonstrated If you look into the .eu legislation, great s very patIs But it could be that it ends 190 vs. 1 So it will become more complex It came really as a surprise for ERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL EE from two weeks
 

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Hi,

We are all probably pretty burnt out on this and could use some time off to
focus on other things.  But somewhere in not too distant future it will be
necessary to explore options for an IG Caucus response to the PrepCom
'outcomes.'   Some thoughts for when that moment rolls around...

1. As everyone probably knows by now, there will be an Intersessional
"open-ended" negotiation group to negotiate the chapters on Implementation
(Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2) and Follow-up (Chapter 4),
and to finalize the political part of the document. "Open ended" in this
context means all governments can participate.  If I heard correctly,
civil society and the private sector are out in the cold, although
Karklins said there'd be regular reporting out.  Woop de doo.  WSIS
multistakeholderism revealed.

2.  Chapter 3 on IG will be taken up in a resumed crisis session of the
PrepCom in Tunis just prior to the summit.  I'm not clear on what the
modalities of participation will be, if someone else here is please
inform, but would presume it'd be the same wonderful conditions we got at
PC-3.

3.  Unless everything falls apart in rancor, the Internet Governance Forum
(IGF---it has a name, even) is a done deal.  One bit of good news and a CS
win, methinks.

4.  In its press office spin, below, the ITU characterizes the situation
on oversight as a "breakthrough."  To put it mildly, this is not obvious.
It is true that the EU finally put its cards on the table and allowed its
position to be folded together with the Like Minded Group, and
specifically endorsed Khan distributing his Food for Thought doc and
having it forwarded alongside others to Tunis.  But the story obviously
does not end there.  As the EU president of the moment and chair of the EU
discussions, the UK rep presumably was not really free to press his
government's views in their meetings.  There could now be some push back.
I'm a little puzzled by the stances of some of the other European
governments that generally lean more toward more neoliberalism and/or
currying favor with the US, and wonder whether they might not join in if
the UK moves.  And certainly they will all be hearing from Washington.
(BTW it's pretty surprising to see the David Gross telling the press that
the EU position was a bolt out of the blue; if we knew were they were
heading, how could he have not?  Can it really be that there was no prior
consultation, as has been claimed, or is this just disingenuous playing to
the US domestic political scene?)  So one would guess that the EU stance
is still in flux, the coalition could soften, and the alignment with the
LMG could be more apparent than real.  And Japan, Canada, and Australia
backed the US, plus the others who signed onto the Argentine 'middle
ground' text...

5.  Whatever happens in the intergovernmental haggling over the next six
weeks (which will be offline and utterly non-transparent), it would be
useful if the caucus could come to a shared view and issue a declaration
in advance of Tunis.  This would require confronting the question of where
we stand on government oversight---institutional form, substantive scope.
Prior efforts to start that conversation didn't really pan out, but now
that we have a concrete proposal to refer to, perhaps it will be easier to
focus.  If we can't come to a unified view, then as previously suggested,
a sign-on declaration would seem the logical choice.  I believe Milton
said IGP could post something.

So when we're in the mood to stomach all this again, a view on the Council
vs internal GAC reform will be needed.  The Food paper specifies the
former in seemingly rather expansive terms.  Obvious options would be for
us to say

a. Yahoo, what a great idea, let's have the Chinese, Saudi, Iranian, et al
governments drive discussions of binding agreements on WHOIS and privacy,
the Taiwanese domain, etc etc--rather unlikely to be a widely shared view;

b. We can live with a discussion about the possible establishment of a
Council if there are up front guarantees that its mandate will be
specified in a very narrow and non-threatening manner;

c. Stop, this is madness, let's just improve GAC, and we can continue to
discuss and clarify the governance of core resources in the non-binding
IGF.

The latter being the closest evolution to our PrepCom-3 statement.

The Food and ITU below, for those who've not seen...

Ok, time to change channels,

Bill

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A NEW COOPERATION MODEL

67. For coordination and management of critical Internet resources, we
will strive to establish a phased transition to the elaboration of a new
public-private cooperation model. That model could include the development
and application of globally-applicable public policy principles and
examine the feasibility of the involvement of governments, in an
international setting, at the level of overarching principles in matters
related to naming, numbering and addressing. These could include:

a)      A global allocation system of IP number blocks, which is equitable
and efficient;

b)      Procedures for the root zone file, specifically for new top-level
domains and changes of country-code top level domains ;

c)      Contingency plans to ensure the continuity of crucial domain name
system functions;

d)      Arbitration and dispute resolution mechanisms, based on
international law in case of disputes;

OVERSIGHT

68.       We call for, at the conclusion of the transitional period,
examination of the establishment of an Inter-Governmental Council for
global public policy and oversight of Internet governance. Such a Council,
if and when established, should be based on the principles of transparency
and democracy with the involvement, in an advisory capacity, of the
private sector, civil society and the relevant inter-governmental and
international organisations. Such a Council could be anchored in the UN
system and deal with the following issues:

a)      Public policy development and decision-making on international
Internet-related public policy issues;

b)      Oversight relating to Internet resource management including IP
addresses, generic top-level domains and country-code top-level domains;

c)      Global coordination of Internet governance through dialogue
between governments, the private sector, civil society and international
organisation.

-----------

 NEWSROOM : NEWS RELEASE

Tunis 'Summit of Solutions' Now in Sight

ITU Secretary-General Utsumi praises achievements,
but stresses need for greater effort:"We cannot fail"

Geneva, 30 September 2005 - The third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3) of
the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
closed its doors at 21:00 tonight after a gruelling two weeks of day and
night sessions that saw agreement on large sections of the Summit text,
some major developments in the international community's approach to
Internet governance, but ultimately disappointing progress on a raft of
contentious issues.

With just six weeks to go before the Summit opens in Tunis, ITU
Secretary-General and Secretary-General of WSIS, Mr Yoshio Utsumi, urged
delegates to focus their hearts and minds on arriving at consensus
solutions that would assure a credible outcome document that will serve as
an effective instrument for promoting ICT development and access
worldwide.

Speaking after the close of PrepCom-3's final Plenary session, Mr Utsumi
praised delegates' hard work, but said more effort is needed. "During the
last two weeks we have seen enormous political will to develop meaningful
texts that will serve as a solid foundation for tomorrow's Information
Society," he said.

"If some issues remain unresolved, this is a testament to delegates'
refusal to compromise on the principles they believe to be fundamental to
promoting access to ICTs. A strong Summit outcome is the goal of all
delegates - and we must all continue to work hard to achieve this. If we
wish to build a just and equitable Information Society, this Summit cannot
be allowed to fail."

New round of meetings planned
In the face of lack of agreement on small but controversial sections of
the Summit outcome document, delegates will now reconvene in Geneva ahead
of the Tunis event to try to resolve some of the sticking points, which
include provisions for implementation and follow-up of the WSIS Action
Plan, and the wording of the political document outlining participating
member states' political commitments.

In line with formal procedures, PrepCom-3 will be suspended and an
intersessional open-ended negotiation group will be set up under the
chairmanship of Ambassador Janis Karklins, Chairman of the Tunis Phase of
the PrepCom process. This group's mandate will be to negotiate the
chapters on Implementation (Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2)
and Follow-up (Chapter 4). It will also finalize the political part of the
document.

Chapter 3 on Internet Governance will be considered during a resumed
session of PrepCom-3, to be held back-to-back with the Summit in Tunis.

PrepCom-3 agreed that the Summit negotiation group will hold two sessions
of 2 - 3 days each in Geneva in October to conclude negotiations: one
session to finalize the political document and agree on the outstanding
parts of the chapter on financing mechanisms, and the other to try to
reach agreement on the outstanding issues contained in Chapters 1 and
Chapter 4.

PrepCom-3 agreed to entrust the WSIS Bureau, or steering committee, to
decide on the place, date and modalities of the resumed PrepCom meeting.
It also agreed to split the Summit outcome into two - a political document
and an operational document.

Breakthrough on Internet governance
The PrepCom-3 Internet governance debate centered around the report of the
multi-stakeholder Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), set up
following the Geneva Phase of WSIS to investigate and make proposals on
the future governance of the Internet. The group's final report released
in Geneva on 18 July, along with comments on the report by all
stakeholders, served as a source of inspiration for discussions over the
two-week period.

After a slow start characterized by strongly polarized positions, the pace
picked up substantially in Week 2 following the release of a draft
document by the Chair, which saw delegates knuckle down to the task of
brokering agreement and drafting new text on issues ranging from spam and
cybercrime to interconnection costs and - most crucially - management of
critical Internet resources such as the domain name and IP addressing
systems.

While many delegations from the developing world had been vocal on the
urgent need for new management and oversight mechanisms to better reflect
the global nature of the Internet, others, led by the US, had presented a
relatively united front generally supportive of the status quo.

That scenario changed, however, two days before the end of PrepCom, when
the UK delegation, speaking on behalf of the European Union, tabled a new
proposal that marked a clear departure from its earlier position.
The proposal outlined a new framework for international cooperation that
would see the creation of a new, multi-stakeholder forum to develop public
policy, and - most significantly - international government involvement in
allocation of IP addressing blocks and procedures for changing the root
zone file to provide for insertion of new top-level domain names and
changes of country-code top level domain name (ccTLDs) managers.

Other countries added their suggestions, and with eight proposals now
tabled, informal consultations will continue to be held from now until the
back-to-back meeting in Tunis.

Implementation and follow-up
The other key agenda items for PrepCom-3 included finalization of
arrangements for financing of WSIS Action Plan commitments, and the
setting out of future mechanisms for implementation of the Action Plan and
the follow-up of the Summit.

Following adoption of the Plan by 175 countries during the Geneva Phase of
the Summit, clear arrangements setting out responsibility for ensuring
that the Plan's targets are implemented and monitored are considered
essential, not only for the successful outcome of the Tunis phase, but
also for ensuring that deliverables are met.

Under proposals tabled at PrepCom-3, many delegations support the
establishment of a multi-stakeholder coordination approach made up of one
or more lead UN agencies, with responsibility for each action line
allocated to each agency according to its specific area of expertise.
Others preferred that the United Nations' Secretary-General be charged
with managing the coordination process.

A main stumbling block in negotiations remains the precise role of
different agencies, including ITU, in ongoing WSIS activities. The
reporting mechanisms and the relationship between the WSIS follow-up
mechanisms and the review process of the implementation of the UN
Millennium Declaration also proved problematic for some delegations.

ICT financing mechanisms
The problem of effective financial strategies to promote the development
of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the world's
under-served regions was raised during the WSIS Geneva Phase. Without
consensus on the best way to address the issue, the first phase of WSIS
requested UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to establish a Task Force on
Financial Mechanisms (TFFM).

The group's final report tabled at PrepCom-2 served as a basis for the
discussions. PrepCom-2 largely agreed on the text of Chapter 2, with only
a few paragraphs to be approved by PrepCom-3.

Acknowledging the key role played by the private sector, the text already
agreed by PrepCom-2 endorse the focusing of financial resources in areas
including:

ICT capacity-building programmes
Regional backbone infrastructure and Internet Exchange Points
Assistance for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing
States to lower transaction costs related to international donor support
Integration of ICTs into the implementation of poverty eradication
strategies, particularly in the health, education, agriculture and the
environment
Funding of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)
Fostering of local ICT manufacturing in developing countries
ICT regulatory reform
Local government and community-owned initiatives that deliver ICT services
to communities
The meeting also stressed the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach
and coordination between government and business.
While there was no major impediment to consensus, due to lack of time,
PrepCom-3 did not finalize Chapter 2.

Political commitments
In addition, the political part of the Tunis document proved more
difficult to negotiate than expected.

Disagreement centred around whether text from the original Geneva
Declaration should remain unchanged or reinforced in the Tunis output,
given that the first PrepCom had agreed not to reopen what had been
adopted in Geneva.

Discussions were also intense over issues such as open source and
proprietary software, free access to information and the handling of
harmful content, the importance of human rights and fundamental freedoms
for the Information Society, trade liberalization and debt relief to
bridge the digital divide, and the regulatory role of governments.

At the close of PrepCom-3, with no consensus on around 50% of the text,
the document will tackled again by the negotiating group.


Sub-Committee A
Internet governance

Chairman: Ambassador Masood Khan (Pakistan)

PrepCom-3 Output Text Chapter 3 and proposals.

Key achievements during PrepCom-3:

Starting from scratch, around 80% of Chapter 3 of the WSIS outcome
document was drafted and agreed
Ground-breaking consensus on the need for a coordinated international
approach to spam, e-commerce, cybercrime, international Internet
connectivity charges, multilingualism, and ICT capacity-building, for
which no international treaties yet exist
Remaining focus of negotiations between now and the Summit:

Management of critical Internet resources (IP names and addresses and root
zone file system)
The governance function
The proposed creation of a forum

Sub-Committee B
Implementation, financing mechanisms, follow-up and the political document

Chairman: Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole (South Africa)

PrepCom-3 Output text Chapters 1 and 4 and chapter 2
Looking Ahead to Tunis
In addition to Summit Plenary sessions, a number of roundtables,
High-Level Panels and an Exhibition, as well as media events, are planned
during the three days of the Summit (16-18 November). This innovative
format will emphasize the role of the private sector and civil society in
shaping the new Information Society, providing Heads of State and
Government with the opportunity to engage in public discussions on the
future of the Information Society with prominent business and civil
society leaders.

In addition, more than 230 separate Parallel Events are planned by civil
society organizations, business entities and national delegations,
comprising debates and presentations on a whole spectrum of issues
relevant to the Summit agenda.


PrepCom-3 participants

1'925 participants attended the two-week event, of which;

1'047 delegates represented 152 governments and the European Community;
635 participants represented 200 NGOs or Civil society entities;
152 participants from 54 entities representing International organizations
73 participants from 36 entities representing business entities
18 participants representing six entities with standing invitation from
the United Nations General Assembly
For a full summary of debates during PrepCom-3, see the meeting Highlights


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From nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  1 13:08:30 2005
From: nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com (NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051001093940.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
Message-ID: <20051001120830.47097.qmail@web34314.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Friends.
The same observations I made even before the list was
even produced-for I did advise against having more
than one speaker from the same subregion talkless from
one country.
We all know that the Prep Com 3 is still a learning
process. So many things went wrong and can be improved
upon.
Most NGOS who had more opportunities than their
colleaques from other African Countries who had visa
problems coming to Geneva monopolised the process.
There are even those who who are foreign based and yet
pretend to represent their countrie of Origin.
In any event, in the months ahead, we shall push for a
serious over haul of ALL the process of the WSIS as it
relates to the CIVIL SOCEITY as a whole.
May I reiterate here and now that that THE DENIAL OF
VISA TO ACCREDITED DEPEGATES IS AKIN TO A DENIAL OF
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION-COMMUNICATION WHICH 
DEFINITELY NEGATES THE SPIRIT  AND PRINCIPLES OF THE
WSIS.
Good luck to all.

--- Laina Raveendran Greene <laina@getit.org> wrote:

> Hi Rik,
>  
> I did send you another note, but thought for
> transparency sake, would ask on
> this list. I notice some organisations got more than
> 2  slots with some
> persons speaking more than once and some caucuses
> also more than 1. There is
> none from our caucus and I just wanted to know was
> there are reason for this
> kind of distribution. I know you have all the
> answers :> so I thought I
> would ask.
>  
> Thanks,
> Laina
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:22 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers
> for Tunis
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
> ?
> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees
> to be delivered to the
> ITU for their consideration for the various speaking
> slots in Tunis, as
> compiled by the selection committee which met until
> very late last night.
> For your recollection, at the Plenary Session
> yesterday morning, you
> approved of a selection committee to narrow down the
> list of applicants
> composed of the following individuals:
> 
> ?? ?1 representative from each regional group
> ?? ?1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
> ?? ?1 representative of the CS Bureau 
> ?? ?1 representative of the WSIS Executive
> Secretariat in an advisory
> capacity
> ?
> The Committee worked hard to achieve several
> ?balances? including regional,
> gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.? We also
> worked hard to make sure
> that all caucuses and working groups that proposed
> names had at least one of
> their nominations included.? You see here the
> regional and gender breakdown
> of the nominees:
> ?
> ?? ?Opening Ceremony
> ?? ?Gender: man (1) /? woman (1)
> ?? ?Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany;
> Africa (1): Mali
> ?
> ?? ?High Level Panel ? ?
> ?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa?(2): Kenya,
> Senegal; Asia?(3): Thailand,
> Philippines, India
> 
> ?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (3) / Men (2)
> ?
> ? ? ?Round Tables
> ?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa (1)?: Senegal; Asia
> (4)?: India, Japan,
> Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4)?:
> France, Germany (2),
> Russian Federation
> ?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (4) / Men (6)
> ?
> ?? ?Plenary Sessions
> ?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1);
> Guinea (1); Kenya (2);
> Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia
> (1); Americas (3):?
> Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh
> (1), India (1), Iran
> (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1),
> France (2), United Kingdom
> (1)? 
> ?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (10) / Men (12)
> ?
> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing
> down the list was a
> very difficult and painful task.? However we feel
> confident that the current
> list is a good one that we hope meets with your
> approval.
> ?
> Sincerely,
> ?
> ?
> Rik Panganiban
> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
> 
> 
> 


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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sat Oct  1 16:31:05 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FINAL: Statement on CS Participation - Need for Action
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20051001090314.0330e210@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCCEJNKAAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Karen and all,

The statements are excellent and articulately make the points.  However,
what actions should take place now?  Asking governments to conduct business
in a fair  and transparent manner is all well and good but what happens, as
it appears is the case now, when it doesn't happen?

While behind the scenes negotiations are obviously important, world
attention to the matter is important as well.  Media is important to shine
light on abuses.

I would suggest CS publish a periodic WSIS Global Report Card with a simple
rating system ( perhaps 1 to 10 with ten being the standard of excellence to
strive for, etc) evaluating the various governments on key principles such
as transparency, accountability for their promises, etc.   This would bring
positive attention to those governments who support democratic participation
and simultaneously publicize those who are greatly lacking.

The media resonates to these types of simple rating reports and as a result
messages can be conveyed very easily.  The report card should be something
that becomes standard operating procedure on all summits, meetings etc.
Most people understand the concept of  report cards and the more it is
used/repeated the more effective a tool it will become.

Discussion should take place with governments as to why they are receiving a
particular rating and what they plan to do, to improve their actions in
front of the eyes of the world.  This can be an ongoing process for the
future.  Concrete ways of publicizing accountability is important and
effective in countering the typical propaganda published by governments.

The use of a report card implies that there obviously will be follow up to
any discussion, rather than just one more meeting to discuss issues.  It can
be the spring board/platform for ongoing discussion.

>From a psychological perspective,  a report card conveys the image of  CS
power  to the public, much like a parent holding the child accountable for
their school marks and any need for improvement.

Rather simplistic, but we need something that the public can understand, as
most are clueless as to the issues involved.

Any other suggestions?

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of karen banks
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 4:10 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FINAL: Statement on CS Participation (E/F/S)


Dear all,

Attached is the revised version of the Civil Society statement on
participation as read by Avri Doria, Sep 28th - which had the endorsement
of the CS plenary.

This statement has been referred to quite often (by the CCBI, in the press
conference, and in our final statement to plenary last night) so good to
have the latest version here in english, french and spanish.

Many thanks to conchita and jean-louis for translation of the original
version into french, and to alejandra from CONGO for translation into
spanish.

and to alejandra and her french speaking colleque from CONGO (i'm afraid i
don't know her name) for translation of the revised version into spanish
and french respectively.

karen



From ronda.netizen at gmail.com  Sat Oct  1 17:18:42 2005
From: ronda.netizen at gmail.com (Ronda)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] from IHT - "Internet users say debate over control misses point"
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185>
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185>
Message-ID: <ecb9aa080510010918g6e8d8815nfe15fc953adf6195@mail.gmail.com>

Can someone explain what the events will be for the upcoming Tunis
Summit and what kinds of passes are needed to attend them?

I have seen various emails on  this list about people asking for
passes for a certain number of people to attend certain events. Is
there some place these events are listed so one can understand what
events there are and how to get passes to attend them?

I will be attending the summit along with a few other people who have
not yet been to any of the events that have been part of WSIS.

I have been following what is happening for a while though so I know
the issues, just not the organizational details of how one prepares to
go to Tunis.

Can someone either explain or give a url that provides some info.

Thanks for any help on this.

with best wishes

Ronda

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sat Oct  1 18:36:36 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Participations to the Summit by individuals (was Re: from IHT...)
In-Reply-To: <ecb9aa080510010918g6e8d8815nfe15fc953adf6195@mail.gmail.com>
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185> <ecb9aa080510010918g6e8d8815nfe15fc953adf6195@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <433EC924.60009@bertola.eu.org>

Ronda ha scritto:
> Can someone explain what the events will be for the upcoming Tunis
> Summit and what kinds of passes are needed to attend them?
> 
> I have seen various emails on  this list about people asking for
> passes for a certain number of people to attend certain events. Is
> there some place these events are listed so one can understand what
> events there are and how to get passes to attend them?
> 
> I will be attending the summit along with a few other people who have
> not yet been to any of the events that have been part of WSIS.
> 
> I have been following what is happening for a while though so I know
> the issues, just not the organizational details of how one prepares to
> go to Tunis.
> 
> Can someone either explain or give a url that provides some info.

I am not an expert at all - someone from the Bureau or the valiant 
people from CONGO should be able to give a better reply. However, this 
is the URL:

http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/index.html

Organizational accreditation is already closed. If you want to enter the 
premises for the Summit (and/or for the "resume session" of PrepCom-3 
that will take place in Tunis just before the Summit) you have to find 
an already accredited civil society organization that inserts you in the 
list of its delegates. I might imagine that either one of the 
organizations that participate in the IG Caucus, or other 
Internet-related organizations such as the Internet Society, might be 
willing to help.

I had the same problem - basically, I could attend the Summit and the 
past PrepComs only thanks to Adam Peake's kind offer to include me in 
the GLOCOM delegation. Also, my written contributions for this last 
PrepCom were rejected as well, apparently because, as an individual, I 
have no right to submit contributions to the PrepCom (however I did not 
even receive a formal reply, and I could only ascertain this through 
informal channels). It is something that, as an individual used at 
participating in global Internet policy processes in an individual 
capacity, I find extremely frustrating.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sat Oct  1 19:20:05 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on
 IG
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOMEEIFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOMEEIFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <433ED355.6060108@bertola.eu.org>

William Drake ha scritto:

>1. As everyone probably knows by now, there will be an Intersessional
>"open-ended" negotiation group to negotiate the chapters on Implementation
>(Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2) and Follow-up (Chapter 4),
>and to finalize the political part of the document. "Open ended" in this
>context means all governments can participate.  If I heard correctly,
>civil society and the private sector are out in the cold, although
>Karklins said there'd be regular reporting out.  Woop de doo.  WSIS
>multistakeholderism revealed.
>  
>
I think we have to push very hard on this, and at the same time give to 
the friendly governmental people (including Karklins, I think) some room 
to make some practical advancements.

For example: why don't we formally put together a "civil society 
delegation", composed by a few people (3-5) entrusted by this Plenary, 
and send a letter to Karklins saying that we would like such delegation 
to be formally included in the open ended negotiations? After all, the 
EU openly supported our participation in the plenary, and I think that, 
while asking to move these consultations to the resumed session of the 
PrepCom or to any excessively open environment would not fly, the 
request to have one more seat for civil society (and one for private 
sector of course), to be added to the 150+ seats of the governments, 
could be more reasonable and more supportable by Western governments. 
And we can do this together with the private sector.

>2.  Chapter 3 on IG will be taken up in a resumed crisis session of the
>PrepCom in Tunis just prior to the summit.  I'm not clear on what the
>modalities of participation will be, if someone else here is please
>inform, but would presume it'd be the same wonderful conditions we got at
>PC-3.
>  
>
I assume so.

I am pissed up by the fact that our contributions are not included in 
the compilation of proposals. I am wondering whether we should not 
produce (in a few days!) our version of section 5, i.e. actual language, 
and submit it to Khan and Karklins, asking for it to be included in the 
proposals transmitted to the resumed session. At least, we could reuse 
that language for the (now apparently likely) CS declaration :-)

In any case, I personally think that we must knock harder and harder at 
all closed doors, and not lose any opportunity to do so.

>4.  In its press office spin, below, the ITU characterizes the situation
>on oversight as a "breakthrough."  To put it mildly, this is not obvious.
>It is true that the EU finally put its cards on the table 
>
The US as well. Actually, the real advancement of the PrepCom is that 
now almost all cards are on the table.

>and allowed its
>position to be folded together with the Like Minded Group, and
>specifically endorsed Khan distributing his Food for Thought doc and
>having it forwarded alongside others to Tunis.
>
Well, no, in the discussion the EU said "do as you like, we only have a 
moderate preference for you to release the paper". It was a mild and 
cautious endorsement, not as if the EU was a strong supporter of this.

>  But the story obviously
>does not end there.  As the EU president of the moment and chair of the EU
>discussions, the UK rep presumably was not really free to press his
>government's views in their meetings.  There could now be some push back.
>I'm a little puzzled by the stances of some of the other European
>governments that generally lean more toward more neoliberalism and/or
>currying favor with the US, and wonder whether they might not join in if
>the UK moves.  
>
Of course, I can't tell you about the internal dynamics of the EU, but 
it is definitely surprising that the representatives of some governments 
that generally have a pro-deregulation and even pro-US foreign policy 
were among the strongest supporters of not moving towards the US. This 
might be due to the fact that not all EU countries had Foreign Ministry 
officers participating in the discussion - actually many of them have 
delegations composed of relatively technical people. So if the level of 
the clash rises, the position of these countries might change. After 
all, I guess that's also the purpose of the people getting articles 
published in prominent positions on the IHT and the NYT: trying to get 
these people confronted with phone calls from the capitals on the line 
of "I just read the IHT, what the hell are we doing there?"

>And certainly they will all be hearing from Washington.
>(BTW it's pretty surprising to see the David Gross telling the press that
>the EU position was a bolt out of the blue; if we knew were they were
>heading, how could he have not?  Can it really be that there was no prior
>consultation, as has been claimed, or is this just disingenuous playing to
>the US domestic political scene?)  
>
The EU position was ultimately agreed just a few minutes before being 
handed out at the meeting. You might consider it incredible that the 
council of people who have been following the process for the EU member 
states for months, while knowing well that governmental oversight was 
the core issue and the most divisive one, did not manage to discuss it 
and agree on a position until Wednesday afternoon, but... welcome to Europe.

>So one would guess that the EU stance
>is still in flux, the coalition could soften, and the alignment with the
>LMG could be more apparent than real.
>
No, well, observing carefully the situation from the outside, there 
clearly are two different possible strategies: one sees Europe as the 
left-wing end (i.e., pro moderate change) of the coalition of Western 
countries plus most Latin Americans and Africans, aimed at determining a 
progressive evolution of the present IG system, and the other sees 
Europe as the leader of a coalition including the LMG and most of the 
Third World, and aimed at isolating the US in a high level Summit of 
Heads of State, using IG and the orderly evolution of the Internet as a 
sacrificable tool to that political objective. Which will prevail, if 
any... it is totally unclear to me. I'd say that no one knows yet.

>5.  Whatever happens in the intergovernmental haggling over the next six
>weeks (which will be offline and utterly non-transparent), it would be
>useful if the caucus could come to a shared view and issue a declaration
>in advance of Tunis.
>
As I support, I think we should have our own language ready for section 
5, as soon as possible.

-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
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From ldmf at att.net  Sat Oct  1 19:37:49 2005
From: ldmf at att.net (l.d.misek-falkoff)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
Message-ID: <027a01c5c6b7$3af8b5e0$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Dear Vittorio and WIlliam and all:

As just one small voice (listerve member) here, may I resonate with your post by commenting on its immediate and universal importance in many aspects.

Even though different instances rely on different facts - still there seem some pertinent and even compelling comparisons here.  The recent UNGA (UN General Assembly and NGO joint hearing at the U.N. New York Headquarters  NY faced such issues; and voices calling for far more meaningul participation also arose at the well over 2500 NGO individual-participant 58th DPI/NGO Conference just recently in the same venue.  It is indeed voices which must be heard across all borders and the messages they intone.

Feeling sure many here will want to offer support, I do the same. My Internet and pre-Internet design, programming, and user-view too online experiences are over 40 years; it is great that among all the voices here, frontally including the very exciting and adep-at-sharing present ICT generation, one meets from time to time the pioneers of prior periods as well. Everyone in ICT is a pioneer at a particular slice in e-time. What counts a lot is continuing...

Call on us all.

And sending very best wishes, : ) LDMF.
Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D..
For Identification here: *Respectful Interfaces* Programme / Communications
Coordination Committee for the United Nations.  ACM ABA.  International
Disability Caucus for the Disability Convention (toward Treaty) - Founder, Persons with Pain International.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> William Drake ha scritto:
> 
> >1. As everyone probably knows by now, there will be an Intersessional
> >"open-ended" negotiation group to negotiate the chapters on Implementation
> >(Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2) and Follow-up (Chapter 4),
> >and to finalize the political part of the document. "Open ended" in this
> >context means all governments can participate.  If I heard correctly,
> >civil society and the private sector are out in the cold, although
> >Karklins said there'd be regular reporting out.  Woop de doo.  WSIS
> >multistakeholderism revealed.
> >  
> >
> I think we have to push very hard on this, and at the same time give to 
> the friendly governmental people (including Karklins, I think) some room 
> to make some practical advancements.
> 
> For example: why don't we formally put together a "civil society 
> delegation", composed by a few people (3-5) entrusted by this Plenary, 
> and send a letter to Karklins saying that we would like such delegation 
> to be formally included in the open ended negotiations? After all, the 
> EU openly supported our participation in the plenary, and I think that, 
> while asking to move these consultations to the resumed session of the 
> PrepCom or to any excessively open environment would not fly, the 
> request to have one more seat for civil society (and one for private 
> sector of course), to be added to the 150+ seats of the governments, 
> could be more reasonable and more supportable by Western governments. 
> And we can do this together with the private sector.
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Oct  1 19:45:23 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] from IHT - "Internet users say debate over
 control misses point"
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References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185> <ecb9aa080510010918g6e8d8815nfe15fc953adf6195@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <433ED943.5070206@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Ronda wrote:
> Can someone explain what the events will be for the upcoming Tunis 
> Summit and what kinds of passes are needed to attend them?
Vittorio was kind enough t explain what you have to do to enter the summit
premises (find an accredited organization - if yours is not already
accredited), and then register yourself.

The _overpasses_ are a totally different thing. It's a crowd control 
mechanism they already used in the first summit, because the plenary hall 
can not accomodate all the people going to the summit. Overpasses are 
distributed through CS caucuses and families, and the requests have been 
delivered yesterday. Some people just don't understand that "reply" goes 
to the whole list, instead of to the CONGO staff kindly handling the pass 
distribution.

Don't worry too much if you don't get any overpasses - the sessions will 
all be streamed and after the first day nobody really goes there anymore, 
as the ministers' speeches all tend to sound the same. And the passes can 
be passed on to other people, they are not linked to names.

Ralf

From acjpintl at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  1 20:14:05 2005
From: acjpintl at yahoo.com (Yogesh Varhade)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051001093940.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
Message-ID: <20051001191405.48202.qmail@web31802.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Rik: Would you please  look into getting one slot for our organisation to speak as requested.
Thak you.
Yogesh Varhade, Ambedkar Centre for Justice and Peace

Laina Raveendran Greene <laina@getit.org> wrote:
Hi Rik,
 
I did send you another note, but thought for transparency sake, would ask on this list. I notice some organisations got more than 2  slots with some persons speaking more than once and some caucuses also more than 1. There is none from our caucus and I just wanted to know was there are reason for this kind of distribution. I know you have all the answers :> so I thought I would ask.
 
Thanks,
Laina


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From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 5:22 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis



Dear Friends,
?
Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals:


?? ?1 representative from each regional group
?? ?1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
?? ?1 representative of the CS Bureau 
?? ?1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory capacity
?
The Committee worked hard to achieve several ?balances? including regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.? We also worked hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.? You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:
?
?? ?Opening Ceremony
?? ?Gender: man (1) /? woman (1)
?? ?Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
?
?? ?High Level Panel ? ?
?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa?(2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia?(3): Thailand, Philippines, India

?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (3) / Men (2)
?
? ? ?Round Tables
?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa (1)?: Senegal; Asia (4)?: India, Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4)?: France, Germany (2), Russian Federation
?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (4) / Men (6)
?
?? ?Plenary Sessions
?? ?Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):? Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1)? 
?? ?Gender?balance?: Women (10) / Men (12)
?
There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a very difficult and painful task.? However we feel confident that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.
?
Sincerely,
?
?
Rik Panganiban
On Behalf of the Selection Committee






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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct  1 22:31:24 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 34000 pages printed at the CyberCafé a miss understanding ?
In-Reply-To: <433D6350.7040705@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20051001213124.20267.qmail@web60711.mail.yahoo.com>

Very dear friend, Francis !
As long as the use of the CyberCafe has been largely
the CS one, i cannot agree with your message which can
be serve to limt in future the access to such
facilities.
The civile society is considered as noisy if any it is
accepted in official debates, now CS thanks to you and
your message become the terminator of threes and
nature for nothing ?
During my 2 or 3 days in Geneva i have not seen somme
SC members printing thousands times their own faces...
What is the meaning of your message ? no premises in
the future ? Why not a special user name and a
wordpass for each user in Genva this time and tomorow
in Tunisia ? or the best of, a private operator and a
price for each printed page !
As said those who beleive only on private sector :
every  free product or access is an unacceptable lost
for those who live for profit.
Best regards and friendly yours
Djilali  

--- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> wrote:

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> 
> Hello
> 
> The computer specialist just told me
> that 34,000 pages have printed so far at
> the Cybercaf?...
> not counting photocopier use...
> just astounding...
> 
> Just think about the number of trees this is
> representing and for what outcome ?
> 
> Best
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> -- 
>
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Oct  2 00:50:02 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:53 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canada Statement read in PrepCom 3 plenary - Sept 30
In-Reply-To: <8137B235-8492-471E-AD10-6039E53F551A@acm.org>
References: <8137B235-8492-471E-AD10-6039E53F551A@acm.org>
Message-ID: <4FFBFD26-210F-445B-89C6-79833BBB64A1@lists.privaterra.org>

Copied from the written text made available at the Canada desk after  
the statement was read. TThe text below is an unofficial copy.

The authentic text will shortly be available on the WSIS/ITU site.



WSIS Preparatory committee 3
Second phase, Tunis
Geneva, 19-30 September 2005

      Statement
Delivered by Canada


Mr. Chairman,

I take the floor on behalf of the 25 member states of the European  
Union as well as Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro,  
Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Monaco, Australia, the  
United States of America and Canada in order to emphasize that our  
governments are dedicated to achieving a successful World Summit on  
the Information Society (WSIS), as demonstrated by our active  
involvement in the first phase and our continued engagement in the  
preparations for the second phase in Tunis.

We believe that the subject matter of the Summit is key to  
development for all members of the United Nations, whether developing  
or developed. Therefore, we wish to work closely with Tunisia, as  
host of the Summit in November, to ensure a successful outcome.

We find it necessary to make this statement because of several  
incidents which occurred during the Preparatory Committee, raising  
concerns about the participatory nature of the summit.

Our Governments expect the Governments, Institutions and non-State  
actors taking part in the WSIS process to respect fully the  
Declaration of Principles agreed on the 10 to 12 December 2003.

The Geneva Declaration reaffirms the right to freedom of opinion and  
expression, including the right to hold opinions without interference  
and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any  
media regardless of frontiers. These rights must be upheld in all  
countries in order to promote the building of the global information  
society and ensure a successful second phase of the World Summit. We  
expect Tunisia, as host of this UN Summit, to demonstrate that it   
strongly upholds and promotes these rights.

As the Government of Tunisia will know, the Summit envisages and  
important and inclusive role for the Private sector, civil society,  
international organizations, institutions of knowledge production and  
of editorially independent media both for the preparations and in the  
final summit itself. We expect Tunisia,as host country, to do all it  
can to eliminate any grounds for concern and to ensure that  
arrangements for the Summit take account of and guarantee the  
unhindered participation of Non Governmental Organizations and their  
members.

This is the only way to make sure that this will be a Summit in  
Tunisia, not a Summit on Tunisia.

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From james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca  Sun Oct  2 01:16:25 2005
From: james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca (james.archibald@staff.mcgill.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canada Statement read in PrepCom 3 plenary - Sept 30
In-Reply-To: <4FFBFD26-210F-445B-89C6-79833BBB64A1@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <8137B235-8492-471E-AD10-6039E53F551A@acm.org> <4FFBFD26-210F-445B-89C6-79833BBB64A1@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <1128212185.433f26d9330be@webmail.mcgill.ca>

Thanks, Robert.

A good example of Canada's efforts to "engage constructively".  Let's hope all
the stakeholders will be able to stay the course, focus on the big picture and
make the Summit work.

Regards,

Jim


Quoting Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:

> Copied from the written text made available at the Canada desk after
> the statement was read. TThe text below is an unofficial copy.
>
> The authentic text will shortly be available on the WSIS/ITU site.
>
>
>
> WSIS Preparatory committee 3
> Second phase, Tunis
> Geneva, 19-30 September 2005
>
>       Statement
> Delivered by Canada
>
>
> Mr. Chairman,
>
> I take the floor on behalf of the 25 member states of the European
> Union as well as Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro,
> Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Monaco, Australia, the
> United States of America and Canada in order to emphasize that our
> governments are dedicated to achieving a successful World Summit on
> the Information Society (WSIS), as demonstrated by our active
> involvement in the first phase and our continued engagement in the
> preparations for the second phase in Tunis.
>
> We believe that the subject matter of the Summit is key to
> development for all members of the United Nations, whether developing
> or developed. Therefore, we wish to work closely with Tunisia, as
> host of the Summit in November, to ensure a successful outcome.
>
> We find it necessary to make this statement because of several
> incidents which occurred during the Preparatory Committee, raising
> concerns about the participatory nature of the summit.
>
> Our Governments expect the Governments, Institutions and non-State
> actors taking part in the WSIS process to respect fully the
> Declaration of Principles agreed on the 10 to 12 December 2003.
>
> The Geneva Declaration reaffirms the right to freedom of opinion and
> expression, including the right to hold opinions without interference
> and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any
> media regardless of frontiers. These rights must be upheld in all
> countries in order to promote the building of the global information
> society and ensure a successful second phase of the World Summit. We
> expect Tunisia, as host of this UN Summit, to demonstrate that it
> strongly upholds and promotes these rights.
>
> As the Government of Tunisia will know, the Summit envisages and
> important and inclusive role for the Private sector, civil society,
> international organizations, institutions of knowledge production and
> of editorially independent media both for the preparations and in the
> final summit itself. We expect Tunisia,as host country, to do all it
> can to eliminate any grounds for concern and to ensure that
> arrangements for the Summit take account of and guarantee the
> unhindered participation of Non Governmental Organizations and their
> members.
>
> This is the only way to make sure that this will be a Summit in
> Tunisia, not a Summit on Tunisia.
>
>



From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Sun Oct  2 11:05:49 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <433ED355.6060108@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOCEFLFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi v,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Vittorio Bertola

> For example: why don't we formally put together a "civil society
> delegation", composed by a few people (3-5) entrusted by this Plenary,
> and send a letter to Karklins saying that we would like such delegation
> to be formally included in the open ended negotiations? After all, the

You're welcome to try, but it won't work.  Karklins and all others are
undoubtedly fully aware that we are deeply unhappy with the approach taken,
and they have taken it anyway.  I would think that decision is final.

> I am pissed up by the fact that our contributions are not included in
> the compilation of proposals. I am wondering whether we should not
> produce (in a few days!) our version of section 5, i.e. actual language,
> and submit it to Khan and Karklins, asking for it to be included in the
> proposals transmitted to the resumed session. At least, we could reuse
> that language for the (now apparently likely) CS declaration :-)

I remain skeptical that we could come quickly to a shared position in the
caucus, much less CS more generally, on the oversight question due to
varying views on the proper roles of governments.  It will take some
sustained and focused dialogue, and if we cannot agree in the end, I would
again suggest that "like minded" orgs and individuals do sign-on letters
reflecting their respective orientations.  That said, all our contributions
agreed and submitted to date should have been included alongside the others,
and it would be entirely reasonable for our coordinators to write asking
that a revised and complete compilation be issued, no?

> >and allowed its
> >position to be folded together with the Like Minded Group, and
> >specifically endorsed Khan distributing his Food for Thought doc and
> >having it forwarded alongside others to Tunis.
> >
> Well, no, in the discussion the EU said "do as you like, we only have a
> moderate preference for you to release the paper". It was a mild and
> cautious endorsement, not as if the EU was a strong supporter of this.

This seems like a distinction without a difference.  It was a binary choice.

> Of course, I can't tell you about the internal dynamics of the EU, but
> it is definitely surprising that the representatives of some governments
> that generally have a pro-deregulation and even pro-US foreign policy
> were among the strongest supporters of not moving towards the US. This
> might be due to the fact that not all EU countries had Foreign Ministry
> officers participating in the discussion - actually many of them have
> delegations composed of relatively technical people. So if the level of

I do think there was a principles and agents problem going on with the
delegations, which is part of why I expect some backtracking.  But again,
it's remarkable to think that after years of preparation, any EU government
representatives could have been operating under less than crystal clear
instructions from their capitals and ended up joining in on a position that
went notably beyond their previous pronouncements.

> The EU position was ultimately agreed just a few minutes before being
> handed out at the meeting. You might consider it incredible that the

Right on both counts.

> >So one would guess that the EU stance
> >is still in flux, the coalition could soften, and the alignment with the
> >LMG could be more apparent than real.
> >
> No, well, observing carefully the situation from the outside, there
> clearly are two different possible strategies: one sees Europe as the
> left-wing end (i.e., pro moderate change) of the coalition of Western
> countries plus most Latin Americans and Africans, aimed at determining a
> progressive evolution of the present IG system, and the other sees
> Europe as the leader of a coalition including the LMG and most of the
> Third World, and aimed at isolating the US in a high level Summit of
> Heads of State, using IG and the orderly evolution of the Internet as a
> sacrificable tool to that political objective. Which will prevail, if
> any... it is totally unclear to me. I'd say that no one knows yet.

This seems to be agreement rather than disagreement; it's in flux.  Not sure
I characterizing the first as left-wing is right but whatever.

Cheers,

Bill



From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sun Oct  2 11:18:25 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] oldcomer's angst
In-Reply-To: <BAY9-DAV867948912DBFF9CCF4823D88F0@phx.gbl>
References: <2F5A93E5-865F-4D15-A9A5-EE8D893736F2@acm.org><46596941-3009-4968-8BE7-40B177008B68@earthlink.net>	<15BEBCF2-16E2-44CF-9D52-1CE2D0F0B007@acm.org> <BAY9-DAV867948912DBFF9CCF4823D88F0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <433FB3F1.3000509@bertola.eu.org>

Dear all,

this started as a reply to the Working Methods list, where how to deal 
with newcomers to the process was being discussed, but as it grew it 
became a general reflection on where do we go from here, so I'm sharing 
it with everyone.

west ha scritto:
> Dear Avri
> 
> I agree with you in principle, but I should also say that the new comers 
> should also behave and be more careful when getting into meetings of the 
> groups who are seriously working on issues for a long time and investing 
> time , energy, money to do something.

I was not present when the episode you and Avri refer to, so I cannot 
talk about that specifically. However, now that the PrepCom is finished, 
I feel the need to share my personal angst towards this kind of view 
that surfaces every now and then in our discussion: the idea that civil 
society meetings are "meetings of the groups who are seriously working 
on issues for a long time", and everyone else who shows up in the room 
is, by definition, a nuisance to them that needs to be "damage controlled".

At this PrepCom, I missed many of the Civil Society gatherings. I did so 
not because I wanted to, but because my only practicable option to 
attend the PrepCom was to get my government fund me, and my government 
accepted provided that they get help back from me, which means, having 
me attend drafting groups and other meetings on their behalf. So, I 
quite often had other commitments I could not skip, overlapping with 
civil society meetings.

However, I fought hard to be able to attend the Plenary session where 
the new Charter of the Plenary was being discussed. I had already voiced 
my concerns to the mailing lists, and I was looking forward to a 
discussion in person. So I went there, I sat, and when the agenda item 
came, I listened to some speakers, then I thought of raising my hand, 
and I waited... I waited... I waited... and then the Chair said "we 
don't have time to hear all comments, so let's stop speaking: are you in 
favour of adopting this document? yes? (show of hands) ok, fine, approved".

The Chair did not even bother to ask whether there was anyone contrary 
in the room. I would have voted against, but I couldn't: apparently, 
voting in favour was the only allowed option.

Personally, I found my government delegation much more friendly and open 
to me and my ideas than the official civil society structures outside of 
the IG Caucus. While keeping a lot of respect for people that work hard 
for substantial objectives that I share, I find their procedural 
approach bureaucratic, exclusionary, obsolete, illegitimate, and closed 
minded.

Especially when you talk about the Internet, people are not used at 
Bureaus, accreditations, and the likes. When we tried them, they 
substantially failed. If anyone thinks that they can be used as a model 
for civil society participation in Internet Governance, think again. 
Internet activists are used to subscribing to a mailing list and 
speaking up freely without having to explain which NGO they belong to - 
if any, as usually there's none. Trying to push this kind of approach 
onto a well established and lively community of this nature will only 
create an insanable fraction inside civil society.

Now, according to the new charter, I will have no voting rights in the 
Plenary from now on. I must confess that I don't really feel like 
attending Plenary meetings any more. I would like to have a more 
constructive message, as I did plenty of times in the past, but I 
exhausted my options and my energy.

But I don't think that any statement coming out of this kind of 
processes can in any way be said to represent civil society.

Regards,
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From avri at acm.org  Sun Oct  2 11:31:58 2005
From: avri at acm.org (Avri Doria)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Participations to the Summit by individuals (was Re: from IHT...)
In-Reply-To: <433EC924.60009@bertola.eu.org>
References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185> <ecb9aa080510010918g6e8d8815nfe15fc953adf6195@mail.gmail.com> <433EC924.60009@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <7590514C-AD4A-4C87-BF42-F0A85046CDF2@acm.org>

On 1 okt 2005, at 19.36, Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Also, my written contributions for this last PrepCom were rejected  
> as well, apparently because, as an individual, I have no right to  
> submit contributions to the PrepCom (however I did not even receive  
> a formal reply, and I could only ascertain this through informal  
> channels). It is something that, as an individual used at  
> participating in global Internet policy processes in an individual  
> capacity, I find extremely frustrating.

I have been think about this a lot lately and have been wondering how  
to express my views on it.  Since the Forum has become a real  
possibility and we need to start thinking about how CS will be  
organized for participation, I think this is an issue we need to try  
and reach some rough consensus on.

And since I am in work avoidance mode on something else I should be  
doing, I figured now is as good a time as any to contribute some of  
my thoughts to the issue.

I definitely support the view that individuals must have a voice in  
the process.  As a long time participant in the IETF, I consider the  
ability to participate in something where my employer (when i have  
one) is somewhat proscribed from limiting my voice a blessing.

But i have trouble understanding how, as participants in this global  
process the many voices of individuals could be included in a  
manageable way.  To require the process to allow everyone to input  
their opinion directly could eventually lead to thousand of  
statements and requests to speak - the volume would tend to make all  
of our voices disappear into an unmanageable mass that was easy to  
ignore.  Scaling in such a process seems to require that there be  
ways to combine our voices into the aggregate voice of affinity  
groups of like minded individuals.

I agree that needing an accredited associations endorsement, the  
current aggregation technique, in order to participate is too onerous  
a process for many.  My solution was to request that the university I  
am affiliated with become accredited, but this is not possible for  
everyone.

I am wondering whether an intermediate way can be found.  Is it  
reasonable or possible for groups such as those who consider  
themselves netizens, the technologists who create the FOSS that is  
critical to the innovation of the network, and other affinity groups  
of a similar sort, to form themselves into structures that can  
sponsor participants. Just as the IETF existed for a long time  
without any formal organizational anchoring (e.g. the IETF was not an  
NGO or incorporated in any way, yet it functioned as a mechanism for  
producing a rough consensus for many individuals) yet was able to  
make the collective voice of a group of somewhat like minded  
individuals heard in the community. So we could have structures like  
the Netizen's Action Committee or the Association of FOSS  
Contributors set themselves up within the context of Civil society  
and have those groupings 'accredited' by the system and able to  
register participants.  It would certainly take a concerted effort on  
the part of civil society to get accreditation for those affinity  
groups, but it might be worth the effort, especially if it made it  
possible for the myriad of voices who are not currently represented  
to be included in a manageable way.

To try and make the suggestion a little more explicit, I am not  
suggesting that these new affinity groups (AG?) form them outside of  
the the process by incorporation.  I am rather suggesting that like  
caucuses or families they become a part of the civil society  
community within the process.  Participation in one of these AGs  
would be sufficient for a person to gain access to the process and  
would serve as a vehicle for getting ones voice included in the  
discussions.  I would suggest that it should be enough for the AGs to  
have some self determined structure in line with the civil society  
guidelines for other civil society entities.  the way in which they  
differed from caucuses and families is that they would count as  
affiliated entities for the purposes of speaking and for quorum etc  
in civil society processes.


Note: some who have read my email on netizens in the past may wonder  
if i have come to accept the term.  for myself i don't even though i  
might fit the definition used, but if there are enough people who who  
see themselves as netizens and are happy calling themselves netizens,  
who am i to say they don't exist.  just because i don't really  
understand how they differ from the rest of us, if they have a  
collective view of what makes them an affinity group they should be  
able to participate in the process using the defining term for  
themselves that they find most appropriate.  I think this is an  
important point.  If a group of people defines themselves as an AG,  
and can describe that affinity in language they have rough consensus  
on, that should be good enough.  Perhaps I am wrong, but I don't  
think any of us is alone, we all belong to many affinity groups of  
one sort or another.  We just need to find the affinity group we are  
most comfortable being known as a participant of.

i hope this makes some sort of sense.

thanks

a.




From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Sun Oct  2 12:14:32 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: oldcomer's angst
References: <2F5A93E5-865F-4D15-A9A5-EE8D893736F2@acm.org><46596941-3009-4968-8BE7-40B177008B68@earthlink.net>	<15BEBCF2-16E2-44CF-9D52-1CE2D0F0B007@acm.org> <BAY9-DAV867948912DBFF9CCF4823D88F0@phx.gbl> <433FB3F1.3000509@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <BAY9-DAV22A8B04735C07B0DCA5CFCD8810@phx.gbl>

 Dear All,

I think this is an issue that should be raised in the next working group 
discussion to find a solution for it, we are dealing with a UN process and 
according to it rules and procedures, its not an outside UN process, which 
enables everyone's contribution directly or even participation.Only 
accredited entities, we like or not,are allowed to get involved in the 
process and it's very political. I think we did the very correct thing to 
organize ourselves in a way to deal with this bureaucratic process in most 
efficient way possible (and avoid the prepcom 1 mess!!). Accredited entities 
are allowed to cover individuals to attend the meetings, but there is an 
obligation to follow the policy of that entity, which even in case of our 
colleague, she was forced to follow her commitments with Govt. same applies 
for NGOs, if our NGO registered someone, fur sure it will control or direct 
what he/she is saying and it should be in line with general policy of the 
group. Imagine someone registered by a human rights groups and start 
defending the execution law in a UN process.  I still insist on my first 
words, than this is a serious process for all of us and we are using a lot 
of resources, which could be used for other good things, so we should be 
careful for not wasting our limited time and achieve most possible. To my 
personal point of view, opening every debate for every person who joins the 
process, is a very time consuming and we should think of a solution. Govt 
have structure who briefs people before they join a mission, what we have?

We live in reality and a real world, we should face it, like it or not this 
is a UN Inter-Governmental process with all of its characteristics. If 
someone don't like this way of work, should suggest realistic alternates and 
solutions. What we could and should do? come up with recommendations.

regards
Amir

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
To: "west" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
Cc: "Avri Doria" <avri@acm.org>; "WSIS Plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; 
<workingmethods@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 1:48 PM
Subject: oldcomer's angst


> Dear all,
>
> this started as a reply to the Working Methods list, where how to deal 
> with newcomers to the process was being discussed, but as it grew it 
> became a general reflection on where do we go from here, so I'm sharing it 
> with everyone.
>
> west ha scritto:
>> Dear Avri
>>
>> I agree with you in principle, but I should also say that the new comers 
>> should also behave and be more careful when getting into meetings of the 
>> groups who are seriously working on issues for a long time and investing 
>> time , energy, money to do something.
>
> I was not present when the episode you and Avri refer to, so I cannot talk 
> about that specifically. However, now that the PrepCom is finished, I feel 
> the need to share my personal angst towards this kind of view that 
> surfaces every now and then in our discussion: the idea that civil society 
> meetings are "meetings of the groups who are seriously working on issues 
> for a long time", and everyone else who shows up in the room is, by 
> definition, a nuisance to them that needs to be "damage controlled".
>
> At this PrepCom, I missed many of the Civil Society gatherings. I did so 
> not because I wanted to, but because my only practicable option to attend 
> the PrepCom was to get my government fund me, and my government accepted 
> provided that they get help back from me, which means, having me attend 
> drafting groups and other meetings on their behalf. So, I quite often had 
> other commitments I could not skip, overlapping with civil society 
> meetings.
>
> However, I fought hard to be able to attend the Plenary session where the 
> new Charter of the Plenary was being discussed. I had already voiced my 
> concerns to the mailing lists, and I was looking forward to a discussion 
> in person. So I went there, I sat, and when the agenda item came, I 
> listened to some speakers, then I thought of raising my hand, and I 
> waited... I waited... I waited... and then the Chair said "we don't have 
> time to hear all comments, so let's stop speaking: are you in favour of 
> adopting this document? yes? (show of hands) ok, fine, approved".
>
> The Chair did not even bother to ask whether there was anyone contrary in 
> the room. I would have voted against, but I couldn't: apparently, voting 
> in favour was the only allowed option.
>
> Personally, I found my government delegation much more friendly and open 
> to me and my ideas than the official civil society structures outside of 
> the IG Caucus. While keeping a lot of respect for people that work hard 
> for substantial objectives that I share, I find their procedural approach 
> bureaucratic, exclusionary, obsolete, illegitimate, and closed minded.
>
> Especially when you talk about the Internet, people are not used at 
> Bureaus, accreditations, and the likes. When we tried them, they 
> substantially failed. If anyone thinks that they can be used as a model 
> for civil society participation in Internet Governance, think again. 
> Internet activists are used to subscribing to a mailing list and speaking 
> up freely without having to explain which NGO they belong to - if any, as 
> usually there's none. Trying to push this kind of approach onto a well 
> established and lively community of this nature will only create an 
> insanable fraction inside civil society.
>
> Now, according to the new charter, I will have no voting rights in the 
> Plenary from now on. I must confess that I don't really feel like 
> attending Plenary meetings any more. I would like to have a more 
> constructive message, as I did plenty of times in the past, but I 
> exhausted my options and my energy.
>
> But I don't think that any statement coming out of this kind of processes 
> can in any way be said to represent civil society.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
> 

From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Sun Oct  2 12:50:27 2005
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (Jeanette Hofmann)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on
 IG
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOCEFLFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOCEFLFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>


William Drake wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hi v,
> 

>>For example: why don't we formally put together a "civil society
>>delegation", composed by a few people (3-5) entrusted by this Plenary,
>>and send a letter to Karklins saying that we would like such delegation
>>to be formally included in the open ended negotiations? After all, the

If they are open ended, every government can attend. Why would we want 
to limit ourselves to a few people?
> 
> 
> You're welcome to try, but it won't work.  Karklins and all others are
> undoubtedly fully aware that we are deeply unhappy with the approach taken,
> and they have taken it anyway.  I would think that decision is final.

It might still be worth to express our opinion on this issue.
> 
> 
>>I am pissed up by the fact that our contributions are not included in
>>the compilation of proposals. I am wondering whether we should not
>>produce (in a few days!) our version of section 5, i.e. actual language,
>>and submit it to Khan and Karklins, asking for it to be included in the
>>proposals transmitted to the resumed session. At least, we could reuse
>>that language for the (now apparently likely) CS declaration :-)
> 
> 
> I remain skeptical that we could come quickly to a shared position in the
> caucus, much less CS more generally, on the oversight question due to
> varying views on the proper roles of governments. 

I agree with Victorio. As far as our diverging positions are concerned, 
we just do it like the governments. We become vague or refer to general 
principles were we disagree. I think the one aspect we probably all 
subscribe to in the context of political oversight is the need of 
accountability. Who or whatever will be in charge of names and numbers 
should be embedded in in some form of check and balances. What we 
disagree about is how tight this structure should be and whether or not 
governments should play a role in it. Would you agree?


[...]

>>Of course, I can't tell you about the internal dynamics of the EU, but
>>it is definitely surprising that the representatives of some governments
>>that generally have a pro-deregulation and even pro-US foreign policy
>>were among the strongest supporters of not moving towards the US. 

The Internet Governance caucus had a short meeting with the EU Troika to 
discuss the EU proposal. Towards the end we discussed two options of 
moving forward from the present unilateral regime. Control by one 
government could be replaced by a many-governments model or by a private 
non-governments model. When we asked Martin Boyle from the UK about the 
reasons why the EU chose the first, he asked back: Do you REALLY believe 
it would be possible to run the Internet without any government 
involvement? (this is non verbatim, I don't recall his exact words) I 
left this meeting with the impression that the EU is much more serious 
about their proposal than I thought. This was more than a mere strategic 
intervention as some of us suggested.


This
>>might be due to the fact that not all EU countries had Foreign Ministry
>>officers participating in the discussion - actually many of them have
>>delegations composed of relatively technical people. So if the level of

My impression was that the larger countries had people from at least two 
ministries in the delegation. Plus there are always non technical 
mission people involved.
> 
> 
> I do think there was a principles and agents problem going on with the
> delegations, which is part of why I expect some backtracking. 
But again,
> it's remarkable to think that after years of preparation, any EU government
> representatives could have been operating under less than crystal clear
> instructions from their capitals and ended up joining in on a position that
> went notably beyond their previous pronouncements.

At least in Germany, there is nobody above the members of the delegation
who would instruct them. Internet Governance used to be a rather 
irrelevant policy field that didn't get much attention outside the 
ministerial units directly involved.
 From what I heard the EU has at present no intention to change its 
proposal. This could well change of course :-)
jeanette

> 

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sun Oct  2 13:12:10 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Participations to the Summit by individuals
 (was Re: from IHT...)
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References: <6.2.3.4.2.20051001171455.0908cbb0@211.125.95.185> <ecb9aa080510010918g6e8d8815nfe15fc953adf6195@mail.gmail.com> <433EC924.60009@bertola.eu.org> <7590514C-AD4A-4C87-BF42-F0A85046CDF2@acm.org>
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Avri Doria ha scritto:
> I definitely support the view that individuals must have a voice in  the 
> process.  As a long time participant in the IETF, I consider the  
> ability to participate in something where my employer (when i have  one) 
> is somewhat proscribed from limiting my voice a blessing.
> 
> But i have trouble understanding how, as participants in this global  
> process the many voices of individuals could be included in a  
> manageable way.  To require the process to allow everyone to input  
> their opinion directly could eventually lead to thousand of  statements 
> and requests to speak - the volume would tend to make all  of our voices 
> disappear into an unmanageable mass that was easy to  ignore.  Scaling 
> in such a process seems to require that there be  ways to combine our 
> voices into the aggregate voice of affinity  groups of like minded 
> individuals.

I think caucuses would be here for that. After all, the IG caucus 
already works much like any other Internet active group, i.e. people 
subscribe and post as individuals, select a coordinator, and manage to 
get rough consensus on common statements, on the basis of "one 
subscriber one voice" (as opposed to "one organization one vote"). So if 
you had individuals able to participate in caucuses (and plenary :) ) in 
that capacity, that could be enough.

But your proposal is interesting anyway:

> somewhat like minded  individuals heard in the community. So we could 
> have structures like  the Netizen's Action Committee or the Association 
> of FOSS  Contributors set themselves up within the context of Civil 
> society  and have those groupings 'accredited' by the system 

It depends whether you talk about informal, CS-run accreditation (which 
is something we could definitely manage to do) or formal, UN-run 
accreditation. The latter requires budgets, formal incorporation etc., 
so could be too burdensome.

But also at the level of principle I think that we should seek 
independence from UN accreditation processes. You saw what happened with 
Human Rights in China! I think we should, to the extent possible, refuse 
to let other stakeholders (let alone governments) determine who can or 
cannot join us.

> am i to say they don't exist.  just because i don't really  understand 
> how they differ from the rest of us, 

Nor do I. I think that the term 'netizen' has come in use to reaffirm 
some citizens' desire to play a more active and direct role in the 
governance of the Internet environment, than the one they play in the 
offline environment. But to me it is more of a slogan than of a concept.

> i hope this makes some sort of sense.

It certainly does :-)
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sun Oct  2 13:24:34 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on
 IG
In-Reply-To: <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>
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Jeanette Hofmann ha scritto:
>>>For example: why don't we formally put together a "civil society
>>>delegation", composed by a few people (3-5) entrusted by this Plenary,
>>>and send a letter to Karklins saying that we would like such delegation
>>>to be formally included in the open ended negotiations? After all, the
> 
> If they are open ended, every government can attend. Why would we want 
> to limit ourselves to a few people?

My point is: it's clear that bringing these negotiations into an open 
forum, even with the PrepCom procedures, is impossible; then, rather 
than to have speaking slots (where and at whom?), we could propose that 
for this phase we are included under the form of one extra delegation. 
The point is not about how many of us are into it, but about asking to 
let us speak as a group with one single voice; this should appear 
reasonable and could not be refused with the justification that we would 
disrupt the process with our colourful and repeated appearances and by 
dissenting each with the other.

But it's just my two cents. I agree it's not likely to happen, but I 
think we have to insist, and not yield so easily.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Sun Oct  2 13:33:48 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOAEFPFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi Jeanette,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org]On Behalf Of Jeanette Hofmann

> >>For example: why don't we formally put together a "civil society
> >>delegation", composed by a few people (3-5) entrusted by this Plenary,
> >>and send a letter to Karklins saying that we would like such delegation
> >>to be formally included in the open ended negotiations? After all, the
>
> If they are open ended, every government can attend. Why would we want
> to limit ourselves to a few people?

This was v's suggestion, just to keep the threads straight.

> > You're welcome to try, but it won't work.  Karklins and all others are
> > undoubtedly fully aware that we are deeply unhappy with the
> approach taken,
> > and they have taken it anyway.  I would think that decision is final.
>
> It might still be worth to express our opinion on this issue.

Go for it

> > I remain skeptical that we could come quickly to a shared
> position in the
> > caucus, much less CS more generally, on the oversight question due to
> > varying views on the proper roles of governments.
>
> I agree with Victorio. As far as our diverging positions are concerned,
> we just do it like the governments. We become vague or refer to general
> principles were we disagree. I think the one aspect we probably all
> subscribe to in the context of political oversight is the need of
> accountability. Who or whatever will be in charge of names and numbers
> should be embedded in in some form of check and balances. What we
> disagree about is how tight this structure should be and whether or not
> governments should play a role in it. Would you agree?
>

I don't think when there's specific proposals on the table---evolution
toward a Council vs continuing reform within the extant ICANN
structure---being vague really cuts it. There can be no illusions that what
we say will in any way be decisive on this matter, but if we support or at
least come closer to what one bloc of governments is saying vs another bloc,
the former might cite this as support for its view.  So if I were a
government person, I wouldn't be too moved if CS came back and said whatever
you do has to be accountable, that's like saying we are for good things
rather than bad things.  I'd think they'd want to know where do we stand,
which of the two main options under discussion do we favor, or if we have an
alternative, what is it.  And at this level, there are clearly differences
of view within the caucus, with some people being more favorable to or
critical of ICANN and correspondingly less or more inclined to see greater
government involvement.  If you can quickly engineer a dialogue that sorts
this out and reaches strong consensus great, go for it.  But it hasn't
happened yet, and I just wouldn't want to have another situation where we
think something's agreed and go off and make a statement and then someone
comes back and says hey I strongly dissent, etc.  Best to make sure
everyone's on board.

> The Internet Governance caucus had a short meeting with the EU Troika to
> discuss the EU proposal. Towards the end we discussed two options of
> moving forward from the present unilateral regime. Control by one
> government could be replaced by a many-governments model or by a private
> non-governments model. When we asked Martin Boyle from the UK about the
> reasons why the EU chose the first, he asked back: Do you REALLY believe
> it would be possible to run the Internet without any government
> involvement? (this is non verbatim, I don't recall his exact words) I
> left this meeting with the impression that the EU is much more serious
> about their proposal than I thought. This was more than a mere strategic
> intervention as some of us suggested.

Interesting to know.  I'd heard from others that the UK was probably not
supporting this but just couldn't push the point as chair, and it has also
bee suggested that it was sort of a rushed and maybe not entirely worked
through, settled decision.  Would be important to clarify just how firmly
united on the now semi-detailed proposal the EU is, which will have a big
impact on the bargaining going forward.  I'd expect the US will at least try
to pick off some friends and loosen things up, if not undermine it.  If you
hear anything more in Berlin or elsewhere do let us know...

> At least in Germany, there is nobody above the members of the delegation
> who would instruct them. Internet Governance used to be a rather
> irrelevant policy field that didn't get much attention outside the
> ministerial units directly involved.
>  From what I heard the EU has at present no intention to change its
> proposal. This could well change of course :-)

:-)  Right, this will not change, except it could.  Antinomic as ever.

Best,

Bill



From baptista at cynikal.net  Sun Oct  2 14:53:00 2005
From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOCEFLFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch> <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510020914570.26765@ruby.cynikal.net>

On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> I agree with Victorio. As far as our diverging positions are concerned,
> we just do it like the governments. We become vague or refer to general
> principles were we disagree. I think the one aspect we probably all

Thats not an honest approach - is it?  Its only a make belive game.

> moving forward from the present unilateral regime. Control by one
> government could be replaced by a many-governments model or by a private
> non-governments model. When we asked Martin Boyle from the UK about the
> reasons why the EU chose the first, he asked back: Do you REALLY believe
> it would be possible to run the Internet without any government
> involvement? (this is non verbatim, I don't recall his exact words) I

Nonsense.  Mr. Boyle is most certainly wrong on that.  The internet has
survived very well thank you without governments and I assure all ere that
the final model will not have governments involved.  Unless of course they
finally get a clue. In which case their participation will be on an equal
footing with everyone else - whch is the way the Internet works - everyone
is included - thats the default protocol.

regards
joe baptista

Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593

Public-Root Disclosure Documents: http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/
Public-Root Discussion Forum: http://lair.lionpost.net/mailman/listinfo/pr-plan

From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Sun Oct  2 09:55:27 2005
From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CD67@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

Bill wrote:
 
>4.  In its press office spin, below, the ITU characterizes the situation on oversight as a "breakthrough."  To put it mildly, this is not obvious. It is true that the EU finally put its cards on the table

Vittorio wrote:
The US as well. Actually, the real advancement of the PrepCom is that now almost all cards are on the table.

Wolfgang:
No all the cards. There is no paper from China on the table. Everybody expected US vs. China, but now it is US vs. EU. If you read the Chinese statement from week 1 very carefully, you will discover, that China is now probably in a position to propose a "middle of the road" for the forum/oversight function. Perfect diplomacy with a lot of patience from Bejing so far. :-((.
 
w
 
 

From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Sun Oct  2 19:49:20 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
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Message-ID: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch>

DEAR ALL,

YES, EVERYTHING IS UNBRACKETED BUT THERE IS ONE FUNDAMENTAL NOTION THAT IS
MISSING IN THE TEXT WHICH IS "GENDER SENSITIVE".  THIS OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
INSERTED AT LEAST ONCE UNDER NEW PARA. 41 OF CHAPTER 1, PREAMBULAR PARA.
41 WITHIN THE ENUMERATION "PEOPLE-CENTERED, INCLUSIVE (INSERT - GENDER SENSITIVE)
DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY INFORMATION SOCIETY.  THIS IS
PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN ICTs AND TRADITIONAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FOR
THE FOLLOWING REASONS:. 

Justification:  It is true that women should attain an equal level field
with men in ordered to achieve "power", but this is more the ideal that will
probably not be attained in our present generation.  But "gender sensitive"
means that governance has to be a shared responsibility to capture those
information and language and programmes from the point of view of how they
impact on men and how they impact on women.  Women are of course currently
disadvantaged and unable because the majority of producers anhd users are
still in the majority men and on the other hand women are the subject of
cultural relativism and violence against women emanates from this - the projection
of women's images and men's images are not the same but rather harmful to
women,considered as objects rather than partner-sharing with half of the
population; media and other forms of dissemination of information is still
dominated by men.  So, when we insert "gender sensitive", it sim?ply means
to take into account these asseymetries that tip in favour of men than women.
 I could make a whole thesis here of what gender sensitivity is all about
but I am sure you are all on the same track.
 GOALS 
AFTER THE FINAL SESSION , I WENT DIRECTLY TO AMBASSADOR KHAN TO EXPLAIN THAT
THIS NOTION IS SPELLED OUT IN THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS: WSIS I GENEVA DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES (PARA )AND THE SEPTEMBER
GLOBAL  SUMMIT 2005 ON FOLLOW UP TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS OUTCOME
DOCUMENT (PARA 12) COMMITS TO GENDER EQUALITY AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND
SPECIFICALLY (PARA 58(d) ON EQUAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.  OTHER COMMITMENTS
ARE FOUND IN ECOSOC (RESOLUTION L2 TO MAINSTREAM GENDER AND INTEGRATE WOMEN'S
RIGHTS IN ALL THE UN SYSTEM (1997)AND IN 2002 TO DISCUSS FOLLOW UP ON GM,THE
1995 FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND
THE DECISION 22 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMLY IN 2000 AND COMMISSION ON THE STATUS
OF WOMEN 2005 REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO BEIJING, GA 22 AND CEDAW (CONVENTION
ON TH ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, ADOPTED IN 1979) AND THE
OTHER WORLD CONFERENCES ON POPULATION DEVELOPMENT, COPENHAGEN SOCIAL SUMMKIT,
AGENDA 21 OF RIO FOLLOWED BY JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT ON ENVIRONMENTS, ETC.  

AMBASSADOR KHAN REASSURED ME THAT HE WILL INSERT THIS PHRASE (MAYBE IN HIS
FOOD FOR THOUGHT PAPER)    

IF WE DO NOT INCLUDE THIS NOTION IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE WE CAN EXPECT AN
EVEN HARDER STRUGLE AND FAILURE IN SUBSEQUENT MONITOIRING OF FOLLOW-UP AND
IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IT IS ONLY WHEN THERE IS SUCH WRITTEN COMMITMENTS
TO ICT COULD WE ADVOCATE. 

I URGE ALL CAUCUSES TO INCLUDE THIS IN ALL THEIR INTERVENTIONS - GENDER IS
ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN AND CERTAINLY MEN HAVE A DETERMINING ROLE IN THIS QUEST.

YOURS IN SOLIDARITY,

CONCHITA PONCINI 
International Federation of University Women


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>>4.  In its press office spin, below, the ITU characterizes the situation
>on oversight as a "breakthrough."  To put it mildly, this is not obvious.
>It is true that the EU finally put its cards on the table
>
>Vittorio wrote:
>The US as well. Actually, the real advancement of the PrepCom is that now
>almost all cards are on the table.
>
>Wolfgang:
>No all the cards. There is no paper from China on the table. Everybody expected
>US vs. China, but now it is US vs. EU. If you read the Chinese statement
>from week 1 very carefully, you will discover, that China is now probably
>in a position to propose a "middle of the road" for the forum/oversight
function.
>Perfect diplomacy with a lot of patience from Bejing so far. :-((.
> 
>w
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From aizu at anr.org  Sun Oct  2 21:35:36 2005
From: aizu at anr.org (Izumi AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Notes from informal consultation with EU
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20051003053723.08383820@211.125.95.185>

Sep 30, 5 pm -
  Civil Society informal consultation meeting with EU

Martin Boyle UK as EU presidency, Michael Niebel from European Commission)

Martin

Here follows is my crude note taken from the informal
consultation meeting with EU, Sep 30.

thanks,

izumi

This is EU proposal on behalf of EU

New position for EU   evolution and development
  Telecom council last June

Jeanette
Number of concerns:
  Not clear   forum
    How the forum itself is composed
Canadian proposal looks much nicer
  Operation mode of WGIG as concrete, that could be built upon
  Composition

Governments plan to expand the role   of regulation of names and numbers
  Part a)  IP number blocks   taken care of RIR and IANA
   Assume position to tell RIR how to do the job or principles, for Ipv6 numbers
We are wondering why governments would like to do that?

Introductory note
  $B!H(BGlobally applicable principles$B!I(B ?
    human rights?
  How all governments can possibly agree on such policy issues
French like to see global regulatory framework on identifiers
  Regional framework


Martin
Thank you for Interesting   challenging questions

Forum function
  Description really isn$B!G(Bt the last word in full detail, but what is 
essentially a need for forum function
My boss, he liked Canadian proposal!
  We need coordination among 25 nations and two associate   Swiss and Norway
   There are areas where everybody has to compromise
  Perhaps it is better to elaborate subsequently

Canada   plus or less   may happen
The dialogue has got to start
If you say too many things, then it is difficult to move to 
compromise and develop your ideas

Essential tasks and government plans
  Let$B!G(Bs step back from this
We have a situation where there is a general feeling   among a lot of 
countries that current system is not responsive to their requirement and concerns
We try to identify issues and how to deal with deal issues
The way to describe this is actually in the level of principles
If you are talking about the level of principles, these are not 
necessary in conflict with the bottom up exercise of, for example of 
IP address allocations
   What is $B!H(Bequitable$B!I(B  - etc
So carefully $B!H(Bhere is probably where issues exist$B!I(B

US may turn and say   root zone file, we are not going to change$B!I(B
  But there is some need to respond to these concerns
Very concerns   if it is not broken, but a lot of dissatisfaction, 
then it is going to be broken, hence we feel a need to respond

Europe is a very broad church   who do have regulatory instincts and who don$B!G(Bt

Idea to getting involved in defining human right is not an attractive 
option in this context

  Jeanette
New cooperation model
Multi-stakeholder is one of the pre-requisite

Martin
Yes this is area of delicate
Europe- always consult with key stakeholders, always identify their 
actions on society
Not all countries sit down for more open policy creation in public
That$B!G(Bs where the role of forum function

Jermy
Application of global public policy   national, regional global
Existing international law? Or establish new legal entity?

Martin
$B!H(Bglobal public policy$B!I(B  - area of national and global
in Europe we are highly aware
the balance-  subsidiarity principle   you do at the lowest level possible

one   root zone file  - can we get arbitration
another   more important   if you have dispute resolution process 
based in country difficult to access  - you might have problem
using international law   everybody got same
whole RAFT? Cases   ICC   for arbitration
  a matter of   if you have matter of global thing   you need to do

Wolfgang
Do you plan that new model has a channel for Civil Society advisory, for example.
Where do you draw the border between principle and day-to-day operation?

Martin
Government will not come into existing organization for management.
There might be difficulty between that model and interface with 
existing model of other stakeholders
EU
At the end of the day it is the Commission and member states how to run ccTLD
  Very lightweight, hands-off   very successful result

Rikke
Human rights
  Global public policy   including international Human Right?

Martin
Subject directly applicable to these topics

Izumi
We are concerned
Not only from EU but other governments, who want more control on 
Internet not only in these ICANN areas, but may bring these to other 
areas of Internet governance as precedence.
I hope you could address these in the negotiation towards open minded 
end, like civil society   not towards governments who want to control more.

Jeanette
We like EU to adopt Canadian proposal
 From one government to many governments, or from one to no government

Martin
Do you really believe that no government involvement even vaguely possible?

END of Meeting with EU 


From ronda at panix.com  Sun Oct  2 13:43:55 2005
From: ronda at panix.com (Ronda Hauben)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOCEFLFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch> <433FC983.5060700@wz-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.63.0510020816100.5229@panix2.panix.com>

On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> William Drake wrote:
>>
>> I remain skeptical that we could come quickly to a shared position in the
>> caucus, much less CS more generally, on the oversight question due to
>> varying views on the proper roles of governments.

The point of the caucus seems to be to put together a position that
some agree to, rather than to have substantial discussion on the mailing
lists to try to understand the salient issues involved.

Thus the list functions more like the governments are functioning,
come up with something that some people agree to and put it forward
as the position. It doesn't have the online discussion to expolore
the issues with arguments and thus to work out a position.

>
> I agree with Victorio. As far as our diverging positions are concerned,
> we just do it like the governments. We become vague or refer to general
> principles were we disagree. I think the one aspect we probably all
> subscribe to in the context of political oversight is the need of
> accountability. Who or whatever will be in charge of names and numbers
> should be embedded in in some form of check and balances. What we
> disagree about is how tight this structure should be and whether or not
> governments should play a role in it. Would you agree?
>
So then the issues remain on a superficial level.

It isn't just an issue of accountability. ICANN or whatever entity
replaces ICANN has in its control the Internet's infrastructure.

This involves a great deal of wealth and power.

This needs a very capable management structure. A management structure
where there is protection from control by those with vested interests.

>
> [...]
>
>>> Of course, I can't tell you about the internal dynamics of the EU, but
>>> it is definitely surprising that the representatives of some governments
>>> that generally have a pro-deregulation and even pro-US foreign policy
>>> were among the strongest supporters of not moving towards the US.

Being pro-deregulation of the country's corporations and being 
pro-deregulation of who owns and controls the names and numbers
and protocols of the Internet are very different issues.

It is good to see that perhaps some governments have recognized that abuse
of the Internet is of serious consequence.
>
> The Internet Governance caucus had a short meeting with the EU Troika to
> discuss the EU proposal. Towards the end we discussed two options of
> moving forward from the present unilateral regime. Control by one
> government could be replaced by a many-governments model or by a private
> non-governments model.

There is a need to understand what the problem is to determine what
kind of model is needed to solve the problem.

Was there any realization that this was an issue? That it isn't just
a matter of pulling some arbitrary model out of a hat and putting it
in place, but rather of understanding the nature of the Internet's
infrastructure and determining what model is appropriate.

That is why I have been saying here is a serious need to understand
the history of the development of the Internet and the model that
develops from that history.


> When we asked Martin Boyle from the UK about the
> reasons why the EU chose the first, he asked back: Do you REALLY believe
> it would be possible to run the Internet without any government
> involvement? (this is non verbatim, I don't recall his exact words) I
> left this meeting with the impression that the EU is much more serious
> about their proposal than I thought. This was more than a mere strategic
> intervention as some of us suggested.
>
Interesting.

It would be helpful to consider why he said this. What he felt was
the need.

I have been talking with people about what would be needed.

I think there are lessons from the development of the Internet that
could help to think through what kinds of considerations to take
into account when considering what is needed.

ICANN was formed to coincide with an ideology, rather than drawing
on the lessons from the development of the Internet.

>>> This
>>> might be due to the fact that not all EU countries had Foreign Ministry
>>> officers participating in the discussion - actually many of them have
>>> delegations composed of relatively technical people. So if the level of
>
> My impression was that the larger countries had people from at least two
> ministries in the delegation. Plus there are always non technical
> mission people involved.
>>
>>
>> I do think there was a principles and agents problem going on with the
>> delegations, which is part of why I expect some backtracking.

I propose that leaving the situation as ICANN, and as the US government
turning ICANN loose is the backtracking.

There is a serious problem that the world has facing it with regard to
creating a management structure that is international, public and
protects the Internet from vested interests, but which responds to 
feedback and has a way to learn the problems and respond to them.

The Internet provides a way to create such a structure. This is a research 
problem as well as a problem to be negotiated.

I tried to propose this to Ira Magaziner before he created ICANN. He
asked me to come up with a proposal to begin to tackle the problem and
I did. But it was ignored, rather than the subject for serious discussion
and consideration.

(...)
> From what I heard the EU has at present no intention to change its
> proposal. This could well change of course :-)

It is good to see the EU came up with a proposal. But also Brazil
and other countries were saying that the current situation with ICANN
is no an acceptable situation.

Ronda

Below is the proposal I submitted to Ira Magaziner before the creation of 
ICANN - It would have been appropriate to at least discuss it. Instead it 
was was ignored.

"The Internet an International Public Treasure: A Proposal 
for the Creation of a Prototype to Manage the Internet's Infrastructure"

www.wgig.org/docs/Comment-Hauben-April.pdf

Licklider advised that if you are really trying to solve a problem you 
can't exclude areas to consider as that may be where you will find the 
solution.


From t.n.anuradha at oneworld.net  Mon Oct  3 05:08:49 2005
From: t.n.anuradha at oneworld.net (T N Anuradha)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <B9B481FB-124C-47C8-B48F-8B5B12A30B0E@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: 
 <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAXyrpJPnPBUyLAj8uhfQck8KAAAAQAAAAJ5Iw8VW6a0iUElTONxIbeAEAAAAA@oneworld.net>

I don't see anyone nominated from grassroots Caucus, If the basics of
equal representation has been followed
Anuradha

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis



Dear Friends,
 
Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to
the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis,
as compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last
night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning,
you approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of
applicants composed of the following individuals:

    1 representative from each regional group
    1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
    1 representative of the CS Bureau 
    1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory
capacity
 
The Committee worked hard to achieve several "balances" including
regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to
make sure that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had
at least one of their nominations included.  You see here the regional
and gender breakdown of the nominees:
 
    Opening Ceremony
    Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
    Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
 
    High Level Panel    
    Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3):
Thailand, Philippines, India

    Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
 
     Round Tables
    Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan,
Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2),
Russian Federation
    Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
 
    Plenary Sessions
    Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya
(2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas
(3):  Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India
(1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2),
United Kingdom (1)  
    Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
 
There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a
very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident that the
current list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Rik Panganiban
On Behalf of the Selection Committee



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From laina at getit.org  Mon Oct  3 06:39:03 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Thanks for keeping this issue alive Anuradha. I am still awaitingthe
response to my question why all Caucuses were not included and also why some
organisations and caucuses  had more than one slot, sometimes with the same
speaker speaking more than once. Was hoping we could discuss this and if Rik
could share his wisdomw with us. Not trying to be difficult,  just a matter
of understanding the logic for this and hoping for more inclusiveness amonst
CS as well.
 
Thanks,
Laina 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of T N Anuradha
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 6:09 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


I don't see anyone nominated from grassroots Caucus, If the basics of equal
representation has been followed
Anuradha

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis



Dear Friends,
 
Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the
ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as
compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night.
For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you
approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants
composed of the following individuals:

    1 representative from each regional group
    1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
    1 representative of the CS Bureau 
    1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory
capacity
 
The Committee worked hard to achieve several "balances" including regional,
gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to make sure
that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of
their nominations included.  You see here the regional and gender breakdown
of the nominees:
 
    Opening Ceremony
    Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
    Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
 
    High Level Panel    
    Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand,
Philippines, India

    Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
 
     Round Tables
    Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan,
Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2),
Russian Federation
    Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
 
    Plenary Sessions
    Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2);
Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):
Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran
(1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom
(1)  
    Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
 
There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a
very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident that the current
list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Rik Panganiban
On Behalf of the Selection Committee



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From laina at getit.org  Mon Oct  3 06:50:01 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.63.0510020816100.5229@panix2.panix.com>
Message-ID: <200510031402525.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Good points and yes, wonder if there is any thought given to this- see
Milton's and my comments on the emails regarding being careful to see what
we are fixing. I wonder if anyone has ever studied the models proposed
through the process Ira Magaziner started as opposed to pulling models out
of the air. I am sure this had been done but it would be good to know. Also,
I would like to see some of the princ of the White Paper, which did come out
as a compromise from  regional consultation with gov (Singapore, EU and some
other countries were involved in that process too), bus and civil society
around the world, could be considered in models we propose.

Bottom line- I too would like to understand the postmortem and next steps
issues of civil society. This would help some of us understand how to input
into these online collaborations and to see whatinfo to uncover through our
other channels if this helps.

Meanwhile, interesting, that this methology points to the other issue Avri
raised on how civil society is working at WSIS(I think it was in ref to
something regarding the CSP etc) . The similar problems raisd by them
(irritation of new comers) ironically did manifest itself in the IG caucus
in some ways and will continue on our online collaborations if we don't work
soemthing out soon, to be most effective. 

How can we ensure a mechanism to ensure inclusive multistakeholder in the
WSIS process with governments and amongst civil society. (there have been
some work done in other quarters on this which we could learn from.) 

More importantly, is just helping others who either could not be in Geneva
or had to leave Geneva earlier for "hardship" reasons, would like to be
involved before, at and post Tunis, or even to just decide if we should go
to Tunis at all.

Laina 

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Ronda Hauben
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 2:44 PM
To: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus; Jeanette Hofmann
Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org; William Drake; Vittorio Bertola; Ronda Hauben
Subject: Re: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on IG


There is a need to understand what the problem is to determine what kind of
model is needed to solve the problem.

Was there any realization that this was an issue? That it isn't just a
matter of pulling some arbitrary model out of a hat and putting it in place,
but rather of understanding the nature of the Internet's infrastructure and
determining what model is appropriate.

That is why I have been saying here is a serious need to understand the
history of the development of the Internet and the model that develops from
that history.


> When we asked Martin Boyle from the UK about the reasons why the EU 
> chose the first, he asked back: Do you REALLY believe it would be 
> possible to run the Internet without any government involvement? (this 
> is non verbatim, I don't recall his exact words) I left this meeting 
> with the impression that the EU is much more serious about their 
> proposal than I thought. This was more than a mere strategic 
> intervention as some of us suggested.
>
Interesting.

It would be helpful to consider why he said this. What he felt was the need.

I have been talking with people about what would be needed.

I think there are lessons from the development of the Internet that could
help to think through what kinds of considerations to take into account when
considering what is needed.

ICANN was formed to coincide with an ideology, rather than drawing on the
lessons from the development of the Internet.

>>> This
>>> might be due to the fact that not all EU countries had Foreign 
>>> Ministry officers participating in the discussion - actually many of 
>>> them have delegations composed of relatively technical people. So if 
>>> the level of
>
> My impression was that the larger countries had people from at least 
> two ministries in the delegation. Plus there are always non technical 
> mission people involved.
>>
>>
>> I do think there was a principles and agents problem going on with 
>> the delegations, which is part of why I expect some backtracking.

I propose that leaving the situation as ICANN, and as the US government
turning ICANN loose is the backtracking.

There is a serious problem that the world has facing it with regard to
creating a management structure that is international, public and protects
the Internet from vested interests, but which responds to feedback and has a
way to learn the problems and respond to them.

The Internet provides a way to create such a structure. This is a research
problem as well as a problem to be negotiated.

I tried to propose this to Ira Magaziner before he created ICANN. He asked
me to come up with a proposal to begin to tackle the problem and I did. But
it was ignored, rather than the subject for serious discussion and
consideration.

(...)
> From what I heard the EU has at present no intention to change its 
> proposal. This could well change of course :-)

It is good to see the EU came up with a proposal. But also Brazil and other
countries were saying that the current situation with ICANN is no an
acceptable situation.

Ronda

Below is the proposal I submitted to Ira Magaziner before the creation of
ICANN - It would have been appropriate to at least discuss it. Instead it
was was ignored.

"The Internet an International Public Treasure: A Proposal for the Creation
of a Prototype to Manage the Internet's Infrastructure"

www.wgig.org/docs/Comment-Hauben-April.pdf

Licklider advised that if you are really trying to solve a problem you can't
exclude areas to consider as that may be where you will find the solution.

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


From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Mon Oct  3 07:21:55 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Tunis 'Summit of Solutions' Now in Sight
References: <23243.Sebgarsh.AS-43377.2005.10.1.2461.952.wsismedia.mailb@itu.int>
Message-ID: <91481242-D7E1-4262-B5CD-99CDE58C68ED@traceynaughton.com>


?? 	?News Release

Telephone:	 +41 22 730 6039
Fax:	 +41 22 730 5201
E-mail:	 wsismedia@itu.int
Website:	 www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/2/

Tunis 'Summit of Solutions' Now in Sight ITU Secretary-General Utsumi  
praises achievements, but stresses need for greater effort: "We  
cannot fail"

Geneva, 30 September 2005 - The third Preparatory Committee  
(PrepCom-3) of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information  
Society (WSIS) closed its doors at 21:00 tonight after a gruelling  
two weeks of day and night sessions that saw agreement on large  
sections of the Summit text, some major developments in the  
international community?s approach to Internet governance, but  
ultimately disappointing progress on a raft of contentious issues.

With just six weeks to go before the Summit opens in Tunis, ITU  
Secretary-General and Secretary-General of WSIS, Mr Yoshio Utsumi,  
urged delegates to focus their hearts and minds on arriving at  
consensus solutions that would assure a credible outcome document  
that will serve as an effective instrument for promoting ICT  
development and access worldwide.

Speaking after the close of PrepCom-3?s final Plenary session, Mr  
Utsumi praised delegates? hard work, but said more effort is  
needed. ?During the last two weeks we have seen enormous political  
will to develop meaningful texts that will serve as a solid  
foundation for tomorrow?s Information Society,? he said.

?If some issues remain unresolved, this is a testament to  
delegates? refusal to compromise on the principles they believe to  
be fundamental to promoting access to ICTs. A strong Summit outcome  
is the goal of all delegates ? and we must all continue to work hard  
to achieve this. If we wish to build a just and equitable Information  
Society, this Summit cannot be allowed to fail.?

New round of meetings planned
In the face of lack of agreement on small but controversial sections  
of the Summit outcome document, delegates will now reconvene in  
Geneva ahead of the Tunis event to try to resolve some of the  
sticking points, which include provisions for implementation and  
follow-up of the WSIS Action Plan, and the wording of the political  
document outlining participating member states? political commitments.

In line with formal procedures, PrepCom-3 will be suspended and an  
intersessional open-ended negotiation group will be set up under the  
chairmanship of Ambassador Janis Karklins, Chairman of the Tunis  
Phase of the PrepCom process. This group's mandate will be to  
negotiate the chapters on Implementation (Chapter 1), Financial  
Mechanisms (Chapter 2) and Follow-up (Chapter 4). It will also  
finalize the political part of the document.

Chapter 3 on Internet Governance will be considered during a resumed  
session of PrepCom-3, to be held back-to-back with the Summit in Tunis.

PrepCom-3 agreed that the Summit negotiation group will hold two  
sessions of 2 ? 3 days each in Geneva in October to conclude  
negotiations: one session to finalize the political document and  
agree on the outstanding parts of the chapter on financing  
mechanisms, and the other to try to reach agreement on the  
outstanding issues contained in Chapters 1 and Chapter 4.

PrepCom-3 agreed to entrust the WSIS Bureau, or steering committee,  
to decide on the place, date and modalities of the resumed PrepCom  
meeting. It also agreed to split the Summit outcome into two ? a  
political document and an operational document.

Breakthrough on Internet governance
The PrepCom-3 Internet governance debate centered around the report  
of the multi-stakeholder Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG),  
set up following the Geneva Phase of WSIS to investigate and make  
proposals on the future governance of the Internet. The group?s  
final report released in Geneva on 18 July, along with comments on  
the report by all stakeholders, served as a source of inspiration for  
discussions over the two-week period.

After a slow start characterized by strongly polarized positions, the  
pace picked up substantially in Week 2 following the release of a  
draft document by the Chair, which saw delegates knuckle down to the  
task of brokering agreement and drafting new text on issues ranging  
from spam and cybercrime to interconnection costs and ? most  
crucially ? management of critical Internet resources such as the  
domain name and IP addressing systems.

While many delegations from the developing world had been vocal on  
the urgent need for new management and oversight mechanisms to better  
reflect the global nature of the Internet, others, led by the US, had  
presented a relatively united front generally supportive of the  
status quo.

That scenario changed, however, two days before the end of PrepCom,  
when the UK delegation, speaking on behalf of the European Union,  
tabled a new proposal that marked a clear departure from its earlier  
position.
The proposal outlined a new framework for international cooperation  
that would see the creation of a new, multi-stakeholder forum to  
develop public policy, and ? most significantly ? international  
government involvement in allocation of IP addressing blocks and  
procedures for changing the root zone file to provide for insertion  
of new top-level domain names and changes of country-code top level  
domain name (ccTLDs) managers.

Other countries added their suggestions, and with eight proposals now  
tabled, informal consultations will continue to be held from now  
until the back-to-back meeting in Tunis.

Implementation and follow-up
The other key agenda items for PrepCom-3 included finalization of  
arrangements for financing of WSIS Action Plan commitments, and the  
setting out of future mechanisms for implementation of the Action  
Plan and the follow-up of the Summit.

Following adoption of the Plan by 175 countries during the Geneva  
Phase of the Summit, clear arrangements setting out responsibility  
for ensuring that the Plan?s targets are implemented and monitored  
are considered essential, not only for the successful outcome of the  
Tunis phase, but also for ensuring that deliverables are met.

Under proposals tabled at PrepCom-3, many delegations support the  
establishment of a multi-stakeholder coordination approach made up of  
one or more lead UN agencies, with responsibility for each action  
line allocated to each agency according to its specific area of  
expertise. Others preferred that the United Nations? Secretary- 
General be charged with managing the coordination process.

A main stumbling block in negotiations remains the precise role of  
different agencies, including ITU, in ongoing WSIS activities. The  
reporting mechanisms and the relationship between the WSIS follow-up  
mechanisms and the review process of the implementation of the UN  
Millennium Declaration also proved problematic for some delegations.

ICT financing mechanisms
The problem of effective financial strategies to promote the  
development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in  
the world?s under-served regions was raised during the WSIS Geneva  
Phase. Without consensus on the best way to address the issue, the  
first phase of WSIS requested UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to  
establish a Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM).

The group?s final report tabled at PrepCom-2 served as a basis for  
the discussions. PrepCom-2 largely agreed on the text of Chapter 2,  
with only a few paragraphs to be approved by PrepCom-3.

Acknowledging the key role played by the private sector, the text  
already agreed by PrepCom-2 endorse the focusing of financial  
resources in areas including:

ICT capacity-building programmes
Regional backbone infrastructure and Internet Exchange Points
Assistance for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing  
States to lower transaction costs related to international donor support
Integration of ICTs into the implementation of poverty eradication  
strategies, particularly in the health, education, agriculture and  
the environment
Funding of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)
Fostering of local ICT manufacturing in developing countries
ICT regulatory reform
Local government and community-owned initiatives that deliver ICT  
services to communities
The meeting also stressed the importance of a multi-stakeholder  
approach and coordination between government and business.
While there was no major impediment to consensus, due to lack of  
time, PrepCom-3 did not finalize Chapter 2.

Political commitments
In addition, the political part of the Tunis document proved more  
difficult to negotiate than expected.

Disagreement centred around whether text from the original Geneva  
Declaration should remain unchanged or reinforced in the Tunis  
output, given that the first PrepCom had agreed not to reopen what  
had been adopted in Geneva.

Discussions were also intense over issues such as open source and  
proprietary software, free access to information and the handling of  
harmful content, the importance of human rights and fundamental  
freedoms for the Information Society, trade liberalization and debt  
relief to bridge the digital divide, and the regulatory role of  
governments.

At the close of PrepCom-3, with no consensus on around 50% of the  
text, the document will tackled again by the negotiating group.


Sub-Committee A
Internet governance

Chairman: Ambassador Masood Khan (Pakistan)

PrepCom-3 Output Text Chapter 3 and proposals.

Key achievements during PrepCom-3:

Starting from scratch, around 80% of Chapter 3 of the WSIS outcome  
document was drafted and agreed
Ground-breaking consensus on the need for a coordinated international  
approach to spam, e-commerce, cybercrime, international Internet  
connectivity charges, multilingualism, and ICT capacity-building, for  
which no international treaties yet exist
Remaining focus of negotiations between now and the Summit:

Management of critical Internet resources (IP names and addresses and  
root zone file system)
The governance function
The proposed creation of a forum

Sub-Committee B
Implementation, financing mechanisms, follow-up and the political  
document

Chairman: Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole (South Africa)

PrepCom-3 Output text Chapters 1 and 4 and chapter 2
Looking Ahead to Tunis
In addition to Summit Plenary sessions, a number of roundtables, High- 
Level Panels and an Exhibition, as well as media events, are planned  
during the three days of the Summit (16-18 November). This innovative  
format will emphasize the role of the private sector and civil  
society in shaping the new Information Society, providing Heads of  
State and Government with the opportunity to engage in public  
discussions on the future of the Information Society with prominent  
business and civil society leaders.

In addition, more than 230 separate Parallel Events are planned by  
civil society organizations, business entities and national  
delegations, comprising debates and presentations on a whole spectrum  
of issues relevant to the Summit agenda.


PrepCom-3 participants

1?925 participants attended the two-week event, of which;

1?047 delegates represented 152 governments and the European  
Community;
635 participants represented 200 NGOs or Civil society entities;
152 participants from 54 entities representing International  
organizations
73 participants from 36 entities representing business entities
18 participants representing six entities with standing invitation  
from the United Nations General Assembly
For a full summary of debates during PrepCom-3, see the meeting  
Highlights


For further information about the World Summit on the Information  
Society contact:
Mr Sanjay Acharya
Communication Officer
WSIS Executive Secretariat
Tel: +41 22 730 5046
Email: contact




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From meigs at wanadoo.fr  Mon Oct  3 08:51:41 2005
From: meigs at wanadoo.fr (Meigs)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <200510031351644.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
Message-ID: <BF66AFAD.122CE%meigs@wanadoo.fr>

Le 3/10/05 7:39, ??Laina Raveendran Greene?? <laina@getit.org> a ?crit?:

Like Laina and Anuradha, I have the same need for clarification as i  feel
there must have  been an oversight  about the education, academia and
research taskforce : it has a lot of members,  has an action line on the
follow-up and also a high panel debate on the theme. It seems shocking that
there is no representative coming out from that part of civil society...
Best
Divina 

> Thanks for keeping this issue alive Anuradha. I am still awaitingthe response
> to my question why all Caucuses were not included and also why some
> organisations and caucuses  had more than one slot, sometimes with the same
> speaker speaking more than once. Was hoping we could discuss this and if Rik
> could share his wisdomw with us. Not trying to be difficult,  just a matter of
> understanding the logic for this and hoping for more inclusiveness amonst CS
> as well.
>  
> Thanks,
> Laina 
> 
> 
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of T N Anuradha
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 6:09 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
> 
> I don't see anyone nominated from grassroots Caucus, If the basics of equal
> representation has been followed
> Anuradha
>>  
>>  
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:  plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
>> Of  Rik Panganiban
>> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
>> To:  plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of  speakers for Tunis
>> 
>>  
>> Dear Friends,
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be  delivered to the
>> ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in  Tunis, as
>> compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last  night.
>> For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you
>> approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants
>> composed of the following individuals:
>>  
>> 
>>  
>>     1 representative from each regional group
>>  
>>     1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>>  
>>     1 representative of the CS Bureau
>>  
>>     1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in  an advisory
>> capacity
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> The Committee worked hard to achieve several ?balances?  including regional,
>> gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also  worked hard to make sure
>> that all caucuses and working groups that proposed  names had at least one of
>> their nominations included.  You see here the  regional and gender breakdown
>> of the nominees:
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>     Opening Ceremony
>>  
>>     Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
>>  
>>     Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1):  Mali
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>     High Level Panel
>>  
>>     Geographical Balance: Africa (2):  Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand,
>> Philippines, India
>>  
>>     Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>      Round Tables
>>  
>>     Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia  (4) : India, Japan,
>> Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) :  France, Germany (2),
>> Russian Federation
>>  
>>     Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>     Plenary Sessions
>>  
>>     Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea  (1); Kenya (2);
>> Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1);  Americas (3):
>> Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1),  India (1), Iran
>> (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2),  United Kingdom
>> (1)  
>>  
>>     Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down  the list was a
>> very difficult and painful task.  However we feel  confident that the current
>> list is a good one that we hope meets with your  approval.
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Sincerely,
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> Rik Panganiban
>>  
>> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
> 


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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [October 3rd 2005]
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NEWSROOM

Women's human rights: violence against women, pornography and ICT
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approval of .xxx as a global top level domain for sexually explicit materials in the internet received murmurs of protest from several governments, particularly from Brazil and the United States.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/955

NEWSROOM/WSIS PHASE 2/ SPECIAL PREPCOM

WSIS Prepcom 3 closes in disarray
30 September 2005.
The last preparatory conference, less than 60 days before the Tunis summit, ended tonight at 21:00 without an agreement. The open questions will have to be dealt with in the time before Tunis - and basically without civil society participation.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/956

Prepcom 3: Futuro dudoso para sociedad civil
Por Gustavo Capdevila
GINEBRA, 20 sep (IPS) - Antes de finalizar la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n en noviembre en T?nez, la sociedad civil sabr? el papel a cumplir en este proceso para abatir la brecha digital y democratizar las comunicaciones. Pero activistas ven nubarrones en el horizonte.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/954

Statement on the contribution for document WSIS-II/PC-3/DT/10 (Chapter
Submitted by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
On behalf of the Informal Coalition on Financing ICTD
The Informal Coalition on Financing ICTD wishes to contribute its thoughts on Section 4 Measures to promote development of the Chair's excellent paper on Chapter 3 on Internet Governance. We focus our attention on points 56 and 57 on making Internet access affordable.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/953

Prepcom 3: China Blocks Open Discussion at WSIS with Procedural Maneuvering
September 20, 2005
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, Human Rights in China (HRIC), denounce the decision of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), a
process that claims to include the broadest possible participation, to block open discussion on supporting independent NGO voices.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/951


NEWSROOM/WSIS [TUNISIA AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS]

Ligue Tunisienne pour la d?fense des Droits de l'Homme: Conf?rence de presse ? Gen?ve
Tunis le, 29 septembre 2005
A l'occasion du Prepcom3 du Sommet Mondial de la Soci?t? d'Information (SMSI), une conf?rence de presse autour de la libert? de presse en Tunisie s'est tenue, lundi 26 septembre 2005 au Club de la presse ? Gen?ve.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/947

U.N. Defends Having Tech Summit in Tunisia
By NICK WADHAMS
Associated Press Writer
September 28, 2005, 9:20 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS -- Facing heated protest, the United Nations on Wednesday defended Tunisia's hosting of a U.N. summit about Internet access in the developing world, even though the north African nation has been repeatedly accused of rights abuses that include blocking Web sites it dislikes.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/946

NGOs Complain of Summit Host Tunisia's Rights Record Gustavo Capdevila
GENEVA, Sep 28 (IPS) - One of the biggest clouds looming over the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is the human rights record of Tunisia, which will host the second phase of the Summit, scheduled for Nov. 16-18.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/952

Cr?dibilit? des Nations Unies remise en question alors que le SMSI approche
Un communiqu? de presse de l'IFEX-TMG
26 Septembre 2005
Des experts en libert? d'expression mettent en question la cr?dibilit? d'un sommet mondial des Nations Unies sur la soci?t? de l'information en Tunisie
Gen?ve - "La Tunisie n'est pas un endroit appropri? pour organiser un sommet mondial des Nations Unies" d'apr?s le dernier rapport du Groupe d'observation de la Tunisie (TMG) rendu public deux mois avant la tenue du Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l'Information (SMSI) ? Tunis les 16, 17 et 18 novembre 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/949

Credibility of the UN in doubt as WSIS looms
Freedom of expression experts question credibility of UN World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.
26 September 2005, IFEX-TMG press release.
Geneva - "Tunisia is not a suitable place to hold a United Nations World Summit" according to the latest report of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) released two months before the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), scheduled to take place in Tunis, 16-18 November 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/950

Journalist Hamadi Jebali wages second hunger strike in five months
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), New York
23 September 2005
The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the health of imprisoned Tunisian journalist Hamadi Jebali, who has been on a hunger strike for eight days to protest 14 years of unjust imprisonment. CPJ today called for his immediate release.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/948





SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visi?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, econ?mica 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 construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participaci?n, justicia social y econ?mica, e inspiradas por la equidad de g?nero y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects r?gionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

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.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
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From laina at getit.org  Mon Oct  3 10:32:06 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: Quotes from the past...] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.63.0510020816100.5229@panix2.panix.com>
Message-ID: <200510031744724.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

 

Just for history sake, here is a quote from Ira Magaziner back in 1998 about
the creation of an "international not for profit entitity" to take over
Internet Governance (IP and DNS)......

"Its legitimacy  has to come from a feeling among the major stakeholders
that what is occurring is legitimate. So the most important, I think, piece
to keep in the back of your mind, is no matter how much you may come to
distrust or dislike somebody else that's a major stakeholder in this, you're
going to have to come to terms with that. This process has to be inclusive,
inclusive, inclusive, that is the key to its success." 

"If more than two proposals, lock people in a room until they reach
concensus".another Geneva meeting quote

Laina

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Ronda Hauben
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 2:44 PM
To: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus; Jeanette Hofmann
Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org; William Drake; Vittorio Bertola; Ronda Hauben
Subject: Re: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Post mortem and next steps on IG

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On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> William Drake wrote:
>>
>> I remain skeptical that we could come quickly to a shared position in 
>> the caucus, much less CS more generally, on the oversight question 
>> due to varying views on the proper roles of governments.

The point of the caucus seems to be to put together a position that some
agree to, rather than to have substantial discussion on the mailing lists to
try to understand the salient issues involved.

Thus the list functions more like the governments are functioning, come up
with something that some people agree to and put it forward as the position.
It doesn't have the online discussion to expolore the issues with arguments
and thus to work out a position.

>
> I agree with Victorio. As far as our diverging positions are 
> concerned, we just do it like the governments. We become vague or 
> refer to general principles were we disagree. I think the one aspect 
> we probably all subscribe to in the context of political oversight is 
> the need of accountability. Who or whatever will be in charge of names 
> and numbers should be embedded in in some form of check and balances. 
> What we disagree about is how tight this structure should be and 
> whether or not governments should play a role in it. Would you agree?
>
So then the issues remain on a superficial level.

It isn't just an issue of accountability. ICANN or whatever entity replaces
ICANN has in its control the Internet's infrastructure.

This involves a great deal of wealth and power.

This needs a very capable management structure. A management structure where
there is protection from control by those with vested interests.

>
> [...]
>
>>> Of course, I can't tell you about the internal dynamics of the EU, 
>>> but it is definitely surprising that the representatives of some 
>>> governments that generally have a pro-deregulation and even pro-US 
>>> foreign policy were among the strongest supporters of not moving towards
the US.

Being pro-deregulation of the country's corporations and being
pro-deregulation of who owns and controls the names and numbers and
protocols of the Internet are very different issues.

It is good to see that perhaps some governments have recognized that abuse
of the Internet is of serious consequence.
>
> The Internet Governance caucus had a short meeting with the EU Troika 
> to discuss the EU proposal. Towards the end we discussed two options 
> of moving forward from the present unilateral regime. Control by one 
> government could be replaced by a many-governments model or by a 
> private non-governments model.

There is a need to understand what the problem is to determine what kind of
model is needed to solve the problem.

Was there any realization that this was an issue? That it isn't just a
matter of pulling some arbitrary model out of a hat and putting it in place,
but rather of understanding the nature of the Internet's infrastructure and
determining what model is appropriate.

That is why I have been saying here is a serious need to understand the
history of the development of the Internet and the model that develops from
that history.


> When we asked Martin Boyle from the UK about the reasons why the EU 
> chose the first, he asked back: Do you REALLY believe it would be 
> possible to run the Internet without any government involvement? (this 
> is non verbatim, I don't recall his exact words) I left this meeting 
> with the impression that the EU is much more serious about their 
> proposal than I thought. This was more than a mere strategic 
> intervention as some of us suggested.
>
Interesting.

It would be helpful to consider why he said this. What he felt was the need.

I have been talking with people about what would be needed.

I think there are lessons from the development of the Internet that could
help to think through what kinds of considerations to take into account when
considering what is needed.

ICANN was formed to coincide with an ideology, rather than drawing on the
lessons from the development of the Internet.

>>> This
>>> might be due to the fact that not all EU countries had Foreign 
>>> Ministry officers participating in the discussion - actually many of 
>>> them have delegations composed of relatively technical people. So if 
>>> the level of
>
> My impression was that the larger countries had people from at least 
> two ministries in the delegation. Plus there are always non technical 
> mission people involved.
>>
>>
>> I do think there was a principles and agents problem going on with 
>> the delegations, which is part of why I expect some backtracking.

I propose that leaving the situation as ICANN, and as the US government
turning ICANN loose is the backtracking.

There is a serious problem that the world has facing it with regard to
creating a management structure that is international, public and protects
the Internet from vested interests, but which responds to feedback and has a
way to learn the problems and respond to them.

The Internet provides a way to create such a structure. This is a research
problem as well as a problem to be negotiated.

I tried to propose this to Ira Magaziner before he created ICANN. He asked
me to come up with a proposal to begin to tackle the problem and I did. But
it was ignored, rather than the subject for serious discussion and
consideration.

(...)
> From what I heard the EU has at present no intention to change its 
> proposal. This could well change of course :-)

It is good to see the EU came up with a proposal. But also Brazil and other
countries were saying that the current situation with ICANN is no an
acceptable situation.

Ronda

Below is the proposal I submitted to Ira Magaziner before the creation of
ICANN - It would have been appropriate to at least discuss it. Instead it
was was ignored.

"The Internet an International Public Treasure: A Proposal for the Creation
of a Prototype to Manage the Internet's Infrastructure"

www.wgig.org/docs/Comment-Hauben-April.pdf

Licklider advised that if you are really trying to solve a problem you can't
exclude areas to consider as that may be where you will find the solution.

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From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Mon Oct  3 11:05:35 2005
From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Venice
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CD74@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

 
Dear Claudia,
 
one year ago.... I hoped to meet you at PrepCom3. Can we settle the travel issue soon? I know I made some mistakes but  I hope we can finish it next week, when I am back in Aarhus. Where I can call you on wednesday?
 
Best regards
 
wolfgang
 
 
 

From KovenRonald at aol.com  Mon Oct  3 12:44:16 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
Message-ID: <111.53b95904.30727390@aol.com>

Dear All --

I'm very perplexed by the "list of speakers." I don't see any names, just 
categories.

I thought we were interested in presenting people with something 
interesting/relevant to say, not in filling squares in a puzzle.

Best, Rony Koven
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From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Greetings to all,

As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday,  
the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected  
list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of  
considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and  
thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their  
organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence,  
involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were  
not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of  
nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-all  
it was probably the best list we could provide in the time allotted  
and the restricted number of slots.

I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue  
to receive individual nominations from organizations over the next  
days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final list for our  
consideration and feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this  
point, the committee will see what can be done to make sure the final  
list of speakers in Tunis is the most representative speakers from  
civil society we can muster, within the requirements presented to us  
by the ITU.

We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees,  
which you can direct to me at rikp@earthlink.net.  I will make sure  
all of these concerns are directed to the committee.

We appreciate your support and understanding.

Rik Panganiban
on behalf of the Selection Committee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]  
> On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered  
> to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots  
> in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until  
> very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session  
> yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow  
> down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals:
>
>     1 representative from each regional group
>     1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>     1 representative of the CS Bureau
>     1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an  
> advisory capacity
>
> The Committee worked hard to achieve several ?balances? including  
> regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked  
> hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that  
> proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.  You  
> see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:
>
>     Opening Ceremony
>     Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
>     Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
>
>     High Level Panel
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3):  
> Thailand, Philippines, India
>     Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>
>      Round Tables
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India,  
> Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France,  
> Germany (2), Russian Federation
>     Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>
>     Plenary Sessions
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1);  
> Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1);  
> Americas (3):  Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh  
> (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1),  
> France (2), United Kingdom (1)
>     Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
>
> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list  
> was a very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident  
> that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your  
> approval.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
>
>



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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct  3 13:57:53 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS prepcom 3 photos
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I am uploading my prepcom3 photos. You can find them at the following  
URL:

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/wsis/>

--
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Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct  3 14:04:05 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch>
References: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <9EF7FBED-F4BF-4C29-BAAD-980A16841F72@earthlink.net>

Conchita,

Just a quick process note to you and all.  On e-mail exchanges, all  
capital letters is usually interpreted as SOMEONE SHOUTING AT YOU.  I  
presume you don't intend this, but that is how it is usually read.

You know I share your concerns about gender inclusion, although we  
might argue about where that should be best included in the  
document.  Do not forget that the Internet Governance chapter is only  
one chapter of the entire "Operational Document" that is to be  
approved by governments in Tunis.  The critical question is where  
should gender language be included in the document to have the most  
impact?

I am not one of those people who think that just inserting "gender  
inclusion," "youth empowerment" or "multi-stakeholder" in every  
paragraph necessarily gains us anything substantial.  One good  
paragraph that is well supported can do more good than 100 vague  
paras.  Witness the work of the NGO on that one reference to "child  
help lines" in one para only.

Respectfully,

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

On Oct 2, 2005, at 2:49 PM, conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
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>
> DEAR ALL,
>
> YES, EVERYTHING IS UNBRACKETED BUT THERE IS ONE FUNDAMENTAL NOTION  
> THAT IS
> MISSING IN THE TEXT WHICH IS "GENDER SENSITIVE".  THIS OUGHT TO  
> HAVE BEEN
> INSERTED AT LEAST ONCE UNDER NEW PARA. 41 OF CHAPTER 1, PREAMBULAR  
> PARA.
> 41 WITHIN THE ENUMERATION "PEOPLE-CENTERED, INCLUSIVE (INSERT -  
> GENDER SENSITIVE)
> DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY INFORMATION SOCIETY.   
> THIS IS
> PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN ICTs AND TRADITIONAL MEANS OF  
> COMMUNICATION FOR
> THE FOLLOWING REASONS:.
>
> Justification:  It is true that women should attain an equal level  
> field
> with men in ordered to achieve "power", but this is more the ideal  
> that will
> probably not be attained in our present generation.  But "gender  
> sensitive"
> means that governance has to be a shared responsibility to capture  
> those
> information and language and programmes from the point of view of  
> how they
> impact on men and how they impact on women.  Women are of course  
> currently
> disadvantaged and unable because the majority of producers anhd  
> users are
> still in the majority men and on the other hand women are the  
> subject of
> cultural relativism and violence against women emanates from this -  
> the projection
> of women's images and men's images are not the same but rather  
> harmful to
> women,considered as objects rather than partner-sharing with half  
> of the
> population; media and other forms of dissemination of information  
> is still
> dominated by men.  So, when we insert "gender sensitive", it  
> sim?ply means
> to take into account these asseymetries that tip in favour of men  
> than women.
>  I could make a whole thesis here of what gender sensitivity is all  
> about
> but I am sure you are all on the same track.
>  GOALS
> AFTER THE FINAL SESSION , I WENT DIRECTLY TO AMBASSADOR KHAN TO  
> EXPLAIN THAT
> THIS NOTION IS SPELLED OUT IN THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES AND  
> INTERNATIONAL
> STANDARDS: WSIS I GENEVA DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES (PARA )AND THE  
> SEPTEMBER
> GLOBAL  SUMMIT 2005 ON FOLLOW UP TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT  
> GOALS OUTCOME
> DOCUMENT (PARA 12) COMMITS TO GENDER EQUALITY AND GENDER  
> MAINSTREAMING AND
> SPECIFICALLY (PARA 58(d) ON EQUAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.  OTHER  
> COMMITMENTS
> ARE FOUND IN ECOSOC (RESOLUTION L2 TO MAINSTREAM GENDER AND  
> INTEGRATE WOMEN'S
> RIGHTS IN ALL THE UN SYSTEM (1997)AND IN 2002 TO DISCUSS FOLLOW UP  
> ON GM,THE
> 1995 FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN BEIJING PLATFORM FOR  
> ACTION AND
> THE DECISION 22 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMLY IN 2000 AND COMMISSION ON  
> THE STATUS
> OF WOMEN 2005 REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO BEIJING, GA 22 AND CEDAW  
> (CONVENTION
> ON TH ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, ADOPTED IN 1979)  
> AND THE
> OTHER WORLD CONFERENCES ON POPULATION DEVELOPMENT, COPENHAGEN  
> SOCIAL SUMMKIT,
> AGENDA 21 OF RIO FOLLOWED BY JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT ON ENVIRONMENTS, ETC.
>
> AMBASSADOR KHAN REASSURED ME THAT HE WILL INSERT THIS PHRASE (MAYBE  
> IN HIS
> FOOD FOR THOUGHT PAPER)
>
> IF WE DO NOT INCLUDE THIS NOTION IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE WE CAN  
> EXPECT AN
> EVEN HARDER STRUGLE AND FAILURE IN SUBSEQUENT MONITOIRING OF FOLLOW- 
> UP AND
> IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IT IS ONLY WHEN THERE IS SUCH WRITTEN  
> COMMITMENTS
> TO ICT COULD WE ADVOCATE.
>
> I URGE ALL CAUCUSES TO INCLUDE THIS IN ALL THEIR INTERVENTIONS -  
> GENDER IS
> ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN AND CERTAINLY MEN HAVE A DETERMINING ROLE IN  
> THIS QUEST.
>
> YOURS IN SOLIDARITY,
>
> CONCHITA PONCINI
> International Federation of University Women
>
>



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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
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From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Some people have reported having problems with the previous files I  
sent re the proposed list of speakers for Tunis.  I am resending as  
text below.

Rik Panganiban

===================================

Civil Society Speakers Nominations

30 September 2005

  World Summit on the Information Society


Name
Nominated by Caucus/WG/Family
Accredited Organization (title)
Country
Opening Ceremony

Adama Samassekou
Youth Caucus,
Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family, NGOs Community family,  
Scientific information WG

Mali
Renate Bloem
NGO Community
Philanthropic Institutions
CONGO, President
Germany

High Level Panel

Monthian Buntan
Disability Caucus
(President, Thailand Association of the Blind)
Thailand
Pape Diouf
Caucus Africain
DAPSI Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information (President)

Senegal
Florence Etta
Telecentres Caucus
(Kenya ICT Policy Project)
Kenya
Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo
Asia-Pacific Caucus
APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Global Coordinator,  
Womens? Networking Support Programme)

Philippines
Anita Gurumurthy
Gender Caucus
IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
India


Round Tables

Izumi Aizu

Asia-Pacific Caucus
GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications (Visiting Research Fellow,  
Institute for HyperNetwork Society, International University of Japan)

Japan
Alan Alegre

Asia-Pacific Caucus
(Foundation for Media Alternatives)
Philippines
Kenneth Deer
Indigenous family
Indigenous World Association (Representative)
Canada
Bertrand de la Chapelle

NGO community family
Wsis-online.net (Director)
France
Pape Diouf
Cities and Local Authorities Caucus
DAPSI - Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information (President)

Senegal
Tatiana Ershova
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family
(Director General, Institute of the Information Society)
Russian Federation
Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo
Asia-Pacific Caucus
APC (Global Coordinator, Womens? Networking Support Programme)

Philippines
Anita Gurumurthy
Gender Caucus
IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)

India
Jeanette Hofmann
NGO community family
Heinrich Boell Foundation (Researcher)

Germany
Wolfgang Kleinwaechter
Philantropic Institutions
University of Aarhus (Professor, Intl Association for Media &  
Communications Research)

Germany





Plenary Speakers			
  	Nominee	Family	NGO	
1	Barry, Boubacar	Caucus Africain	ENTIS, Executive  Secretary	Guinea
2	Ben Jemaa, Tijani	Science and Technology	WFEO - World Federation of  
Engineering Organizations (Vice Chairman of CIC)	Tunisia
3	Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes	Caucus Arab	Organization Tunisienne de  
Jeunes Medecins sqns Frontieres (President)	Tunisia
4	Davies, Simon	CS Privacy and Security WG	(Director, Privacy  
International)	United Kingdom
5	Esterhuysen, Anriette	IG Caucus	APC - Association for Progressive  
Communications (Executive Director)	South Africa
6	Etta, Florence	Telecentres Caucus	(Kenya ICT Policy Project)	Kenya
7	Faidutti, Bruna	Human Rights Caucus	WFUNA - World Association of  
United Nations  Associations	United States/Italy
8	Frau-Meigs, Divina	Education , Research and Academia	IAMCR -  
International Association for Media and Communication Research (Vice- 
president)	France
9	Jeet   Singh, Parminder	West-Asia Region	IT For Change, Executive  
Director	India
10	Khemakhem, Jameleddine	Child Rights Caucus	ATUDE - Association  
tunisienne des droits de l'enfant	Tunisia
11	Krebs,Viola	Volunteer Family	ICV - International Conference  
Volunteers (director)	Switzerland
12	Lohento, Ken	 	(PANOS)	Nigeria
13	Muguet, Francis	Scientific Information WG	Global Knowledge  
Partnership (member)	France
14	Nana, Delphine	Caucus Africain	CEFEPROD - Centre f?minin pour la  
promotion du d?veloppement (Coordinatrice G?n?rale)	Cameroon
15	Njenga, Emmanuel 	Caucus Africain	APC	Kenya
16	Pazello, Magaly	Gender Caucus	DAWN Network (DAWN focal point for  
WSIS)	Brazil
17	Sagun, Robert	Youth Caucus	SchoolNet Africa (WSIS Yc Policy  
Coordinator)	Philippines
18	Sarker, Partha	Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus	APC -  
Association for Progressive Communications (co-founder, Bytes for  
All)	Bangladesh
19	Stalman, Richard  	PCT group	(Free Sowftware Fundation)	United States
20	Tahmasebi, Susan	West-Asia Region	ICTRC - Iranian Civil Society  
Organizations Training and Research Center	Iran
21	White, Aidan	Media Caucus	 International Federation of Journalists  
(Secretary General)
Ireland
22	Zulu, Brenda	Media Caucus	APC - Association for Progressive  
Communications (Content Person)	Zambia



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>
> Date: October 3, 2005 8:07:22 AM EDT
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
> As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday,  
> the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected  
> list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of  
> considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and  
> thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their  
> organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence,  
> involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were  
> not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of  
> nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in- 
> all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time  
> allotted and the restricted number of slots.
>
> I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to  
> continue to receive individual nominations from organizations over  
> the next days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final  
> list for our consideration and feedback probably by the end of this  
> week.  At this point, the committee will see what can be done to  
> make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is the most  
> representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within  
> the requirements presented to us by the ITU.
>
> We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the  
> nominees, which you can direct to me at rikp@earthlink.net.  I will  
> make sure all of these concerns are directed to the committee.
>
> We appreciate your support and understanding.
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the Selection Committee
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]  
>> On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
>> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
>> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>>
>> Dear Friends,
>>
>> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be  
>> delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various  
>> speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee  
>> which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at  
>> the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection  
>> committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the  
>> following individuals:
>>
>>     1 representative from each regional group
>>     1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>>     1 representative of the CS Bureau
>>     1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an  
>> advisory capacity
>>
>> The Committee worked hard to achieve several ?balances? including  
>> regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked  
>> hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that  
>> proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.   
>> You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:
>>
>>     Opening Ceremony
>>     Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
>>     Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
>>
>>     High Level Panel
>>     Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3):  
>> Thailand, Philippines, India
>>     Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>>
>>      Round Tables
>>     Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India,  
>> Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France,  
>> Germany (2), Russian Federation
>>     Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>>
>>     Plenary Sessions
>>     Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1);  
>> Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia  
>> (1); Americas (3):  Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4):  
>> Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3):  
>> Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1)
>>     Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
>>
>> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list  
>> was a very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident  
>> that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your  
>> approval.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>> Rik Panganiban
>> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
>



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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

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From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:54 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sponsorship to attend the Tunis Summit
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funding for entities and/or individuals based in developed countries  
is very limited to non-existent. The ITU, in one of the meetings  
suggested that the # of fellowships they will have available will be  
even less than 12 available for  prepcom 3.





regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 29-Sep-05, at 3:41 PM, Nabil El-Khodari wrote:

> I am not sure, but is there any sponsorship to attend Tunis? If so,  
> where
> can one find the application form?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dr. Nabil El-Khodari
> Founder/CEO
> Nile Basin Society
>
> http://nilebasin.com <http://nilebasin.com/>
> http://nilebasin.net <http://nilebasin.net/>
> http://nilebasin.biz <http://nilebasin.biz/>
> http://nile.ca <http://nile.ca/>
>
> "If the people will lead, the leaders will follow." Dr. David Suzuki
>
>
> <winmail.dat>
>


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct  3 17:13:55 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Rik:

I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process  
speak on behalf of Civil Society  at the tunis summit is strange and  
quite problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?

Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I  
posted to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message  
with the names and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the  
personal opinion that it would be great if a spot could be given to  
Derrick de Kerckhove, the director of the McLuhan program at the  
University of Toronto.


regards,

Robert

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations
>
>
> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending  
> PrepCom3, I would  like to put forward the following nominations as  
> speakers - from Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level  
> panel.
>
> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known  
> experience in information society issues but also have participated  
> in one or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).
>
> The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for  
> the review and consideration of the committee.
>
> additional names will be forthcoming.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
> --
>
> Derrick de Kerckhove
> Charles Taylor
> Peter Leuprecht
> Jean-Louis Roy
> Jennifer Corriero
>
>
>
>
>
> Derrick de Kerckhove
> (opening ceremony)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove
>
> Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in  
> Culture and Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected  
> Intelligence and Professor in the Department of French at the  
> University of Toronto.
>
> He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with  
> Amilcare Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni,  
> 1984) two collections of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and  
> biology. He also co-edited with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and  
> the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a book which scientifically  
> assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the physiology and  
> the psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La  
> civilisation vid?o-chr?tienne appeared in France in December, 1990  
> and in Italy the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes:  
> Technology, Mind and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the  
> differences between the effects of television, computers and  
> hypermedia on corporate culture, business practices and economic  
> markets. The Skin of Culture (Somerville Press, 1995) is a  
> collection of essays on the new electronic reality which stayed on  
> Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. It was translated  
> into a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish  
> and Slovenian. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced  
> his research on new media and cognition. His latest book, The  
> Architecture of Intelligence, was first issued in Dutch in December  
> 2000, and in English (June 2001), Italian and German in September  
> 2001. It was later translated into Spanish, Portuguese and  
> Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman on McLuhan for  
> Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in September 2003.  
> de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history  
> of stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in  
> collaboration with Francesco Monico.
> [edit]
>
> Other work
>
> de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops  
> worldwide, and now offers this innovative approach to business,  
> government and academe to help small groups to think together in a  
> disciplined and effective way while using digital technologies. In  
> the same line, he has contributed to the architecture of  
> Hypersession, a collaborative software now being developed by  
> Emitting Media and used for various educational situations.
>
> As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies,  
> de Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming  
> sessions for the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in  
> Seville, the Canada in Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast  
> Centre for the CBC. He was involved in plans for a major exhibit on  
> Canada and Modernism at the Cit? des sciences et de l?industrie in  
> Paris for 2004 and was a member of the cultural committee of  
> Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a member of several  
> government task forces on developing a telecommunications policy  
> for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone  
> community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public  
> Hearing Committee on the Information Highway. A World Economic  
> Forum Fellow, de Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi  
> Institut de prospective where he is in charge of investigating the  
> future technological and business development of the new  
> technologies. He was decorated by the Government of France with the  
> order of "Les Palmes acad?miques" and has been a member of the Club  
> of Rome since 1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of  
> the Papamarkou Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of  
> Congress in Washington, D.C.
>
>
>
>
>
> Charles Taylor
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)
> http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html
> http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor
>
> Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a  
> Canadian philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and  
> modern western identity of individuals and groups. He is often  
> classified as a communitarian.
>
> His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive  
> humanism"?a humanism without reference to the transcendent,  
> especially as it relates to cultural, social, or political life.
>
> Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in  
> 1952) and at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in  
> 1955, M.A. in 1960, Ph.D in 1961).
>
> He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford  
> University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science  
> and Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he  
> is now professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees  
> Professor of Law and Philosophy at Northwestern University.
>
> In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
>
> Noted books
>
>     * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
>     * Hegel (1975)
>     * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
>     * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
>     * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
>     * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of  
> Taylor's Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of  
> Authenticity (1992)
>     * Philosophical Arguments (1995)
>     * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)
>
>  Peter Leuprecht
> http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html
> http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Fran?ais]
> http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm? 
> bio_id=49&state=Print_List
>
>
> Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to  
> 2003. He teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the  
> field of international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he  
> was appointed UN Representative of the Secretary-General for human  
> rights in Cambodia. Author of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht  
> has taught at the Universities of Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at  
> the European Academy of Law in Florence (Italy) and at the  
> D?partement des sciences juridiques de l'Universit? du Qu?bec ?  
> Montr?al. Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights at  
> the Council of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in  
> 1993. He left his post before the end of his term because of his  
> disagreement with the dilution of Council of Europe standards.  
> Awarded the Prix du civisme europ?en in 1991, he was a member of a  
> committee of four Sages asked to prepare a human rights agenda for  
> the European Union for the year 2000.
>
> Peter Leuprecht a enseign? aux Universit?s de Strasbourg et de  
> Nancy ainsi qu'? l'Acad?mie de droit europ?en de Florence.  
> Professeur invit? au D?partement des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM  
> et professeur ? la Facult? de droit de l'Universit? McGill dont il  
> a ?t? le doyen de 1999 ? 2003, monsieur Leuprecht poss?de des  
> qualifications et une exp?rience exceptionnelles dans les domaines  
> du droit international et des droits de la personne. D?s 1961, le  
> jeune dipl?m? de l'Universit? d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une  
> brillante carri?re au Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en  
> 1997 apr?s avoir ?t?, entre autres, secr?taire du Comit? des  
> ministres, directeur des Droits de l'Homme et Secr?taire g?n?ral  
> adjoint (poste ?lectif). Conseiller au Minist?re canadien de la  
> Justice de 1997 ? 1999, membre du Comit? des ? Sages ? qui a  
> pr?par? le programme d'action sur les droits de la personne pour  
> l'Union europ?enne de l'an 2000, monsieur Leuprecht est aussi  
> repr?sentant sp?cial du Secr?taire g?n?ral des Nations Unies pour  
> les droits de la personne au Cambodge depuis ao?t 2000.
>
> Peter Leuprecht est laur?at du Prix du civisme europ?en (1991) et  
> du Human Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).
>
>
> Bob Carty
>
>
> Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les ?missions  
> The Sunday Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de  
> s?engager dans le journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvr? dans les domaines  
> des droits de la personne et du d?veloppement international, plus  
> particuli?rement en Am?rique centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs  
> de la CBC ? titre de chef du service ?tranger et, plus tard, comme  
> producteur senior du programme radio Sunday Morning. Il a ?galement  
> travaill? pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it Happens,  
> Commentary et Morningside. ? la fin des ann?es 1980, et pendant  
> cinq ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits  
> militaires ainsi que les questions de d?veloppement et  
> d?environnement en Am?rique centrale pour la CBC, la National  
> Public Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe and Mail. Il participe  
> ?galement ? des projets sp?ciaux de journalisme d?enqu?te avec CBC  
> Radio News et CBC Television.
>
> Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont re?u de nombreux prix dont  
> le prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres  
> prix, mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold  
> Award and Grand Award, le prix de l?Association canadienne des  
> journalistes pour son travail de journalisme d?enqu?te, le prix de  
> l?Association canadienne des r?dacteurs scientifiques et le prix  
> d?Amnistie internationale du Canada pour ses informations sur les  
> droits de la personne. L?Organisation des Nations Unies lui a de  
> plus exprim? une reconnaissance sp?ciale pour son programme radio  
> pr?nant les valeurs du syst?me onusien. En 2004, il s?est vu  
> remettre le prix Online Journalism Award d?cern? par le Online News  
> Association pour son reportage sur les r?actions ind?sirables aux  
> m?dicaments. Il a ?t? ?galement mis en nomination au Canada pour le  
> prix Michener.
> Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative  
> Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent d?fenseur de la libert? d?expression, il  
> est membre du conseil d?administration de Journalistes canadiens  
> pour la libert? d?expression (JCLE) et l?un des fondateurs de  
> ?change international de la libert? d?expression (IFEX)
>
> [english]
>
> Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The  
> Current on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty  
> worked in the field of human rights and international development  
> focussing on Latin America. In 1981 he joined the CBC becoming  
> foreign editor and later senior producer for the radio programme  
> Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for the CBC  
> Radio programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer  
> of Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central  
> America covering military conflicts, human rights, development and  
> ecological issues throughout Latin America for the CBC, National  
> Public Radio, Monitor Radio and the Globe and Mail. Returning to  
> Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time documentary work for Sunday  
> Morning and later for the new CBC current affairs programme This  
> Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current respectively). He  
> also participates in special investigative projects with CBC Radio  
> News and CBC Television.
>
> Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including  
> a prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes  
> include the New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and  
> Grand Award, the Canadian Association of Journalists Award for  
> Investigative Journalism, the Canadian Science Writers? award,  
> Amnesty International of Canada?s award for human rights reporting,  
> and a special United Nations recognition for programming which  
> reinforces the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on  
> issues of adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award  
> (2004) given by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also  
> nominated for a Michener Award.
> Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of  
> Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of  
> expression issues as a board member of Canadian Journalists for  
> Free Expression (CJFE) and he is one of the founders of the  
> International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).
>
> Jean-Louis Roy
>
> http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html
>
> Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy  
> (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development)  
> in June and took up his post on August 19, 2002.
>
> A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was  
> Secretary General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from  
> 1990 to 1998. He was responsible for promoting cooperation between  
> the 49 member states of the Francophonie and for the implementation  
> of political, economic and social programmes agreed upon at summit  
> meetings of Heads of State and Governments.
>
> Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related  
> issues and was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario  
> and at the University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was  
> appointed Chancellor of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.
>
> He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was  
> Director of the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to  
> 1981. He was Director of Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was  
> named Qu?bec Delegate General in Paris and Delegate to Francophone  
> Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until 1990.
> President of the Ligue des droits et libert?s du Qu?bec (Quebec's  
> Civil Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the  
> Commission des droits et libert?s de la personne du Qu?bec  
> (Qu?bec's Human Rights Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the  
> Prix Droits et Libert?s (Human Rights Prize) of the Commission des  
> droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Qu?bec  
> (Qu?bec Human Rights and Rights of Youth Commission).
>
> Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the  
> European Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet  
> communautaire and Une Nouvelle Afrique ? l'aube du XX1e si?cle. He  
> has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of  
> Sainte Anne in 1985, and an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the  
> University of Moncton in 1992
>
>
> Jennifer Corriero
> http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy
>
> Jennifer Corriero is an innovator and leader, bringing tremendous  
> insight into understanding, reaching and motivating youth.  
> Jennifer's experience includes developing and driving youth  
> programs related to technology, collaboration and entrepreneurship.  
> Jennifer has been selected by the World Economic Forum as a Young  
> Global Leader (2005) and Global Leader for Tomorrow (2002).
>
> In 1999, Jennifer co-founded TakingITGlobal, a non-profit social  
> venture which connects and supports over 75,000 members across 200  
> countries to create positive change. TakingITGlobal.org is the  
> world's premier global online community for youth interested in  
> making a difference, receiving more than 1.4 million hits per day.  
> TIG partners with five UN agencies, and is supported by several  
> corporations and philanthropic foundations.
>
> Jennifer is an Organizing Committee member for the Youth Employment  
> Summit Campaign, and was a member of the Canadian government  
> delegation to the World Summit on the Information Society. She has  
> presented at events including the World Summit on Sustainable  
> Development, the 5th Stockholm Challenge Global Forum in Sweden,  
> the 2nd Global Knowledge Conference in Malaysia, the Hague  
> International Model United Nations, and the 2003 UNESCO Youth Forum  
> in Paris.
>
> In 2000, Jennifer spent six months in Redmond advising Microsoft on  
> various aspects of the next generation of workers (often referred  
> to as the "Net Generation"). Jennifer has also worked on various  
> consulting projects for companies such as MDS, Xerox, VanCity  
> Credit Union, Bootlegger, J. Walter Thompson, Canadian Imperial  
> Bank of Commerce, TD Bank, Royal Bank, Nike, D-Code, Swatch,  
> McDonalds and HP.
>
> Jennifer has a BA (Liberal Studies) with a focus on 'Business,  
> Communications, Technology and Culture' and is currently pursing  
> her Masters at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies.  
> Her area of concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity- 
> Building Across Cultures'.
>
> Jennifer has served on the youth board of YouthFluence, was an  
> International Youth Ambassador for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS  
> Research, she coordinated the Ontario Science Centre's Online Youth  
> Advisory Team (for the Innovation Project), and is a Youth Champion  
> for Pollution Probe, an environmental non-profit organization. She  
> also serves as an advisor to the Global Youth Action Network and  
> Chat the Planet.
>
> In 1998, Jennifer was the project manager for a website funded by a  
> Canadian philanthropist dedicated to promoting Canadian women's  
> history. She attended the Shad Valley Science, Technology and  
> Entrepreneurship summer program and was a student at the Ontario  
> Science Centre Science School where she studied OAC Chemistry,  
> Physics and Science & Society.
>
> Jennifer has served as a digital dignitary for 3Com's Planet  
> Project, the largest Internet-based poll of the human race, and was  
> featured in articles in Fast Company and TIME Magazine; was named  
> as one of the "Shapers of Our Future" in the area of technology and  
> education by Converge Magazine; was the 2001 Wired Woman Young  
> Woman of the Year; has been recognized by the National Congress of  
> Italian Canadians as a Youth Achievement Award winner; and was an  
> award winner for McGill University's Management Achievement Award.
>
> Jennifer is available for speaking engagements through The Lavin  
> Agency.
>
> "I like keeping it real and staying true to what drives me. I love  
> to create beautiful things and share them with the world...whether  
> it be ideas, artwork, energy...the universe speaks through me, as  
> it does you -- and when this connection is made, the rewards are  
> awe-inspiring!"
>
> "I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make,  
> we have an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around  
> us. Most of the time, we are unconscious of the impact that we  
> have. I think that the first way for 'others to make an impact' is  
> to become more conscious and aware of the decisions we make and the  
> choices we have. Once this happens, we are able to critically  
> examine our own lives, and imagine new possibilities for ourselves  
> and the world. There are an infinite number of ways to affect  
> change and have an impact - the question we should ask ourselves  
> should center around what contribution we want to make, what kind  
> of experiences we want to have, and what kind of world we want to  
> live in."
>
>


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From: lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca (lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Could I please get a reply on my previous query on what the Cdn candidates 
proposed here had to say about the issues discussed on the Canada position 
(notably on IG but opther issues also)? Are they  all aware of these issues?

I am sure Professor Charles Taylor is too busy, however he is a preeminent 
and globally recognized philosopher deeply committed to human rights and 
identity issues, and steeped in the understanding of balancing community 
based as well as individuual rights issues.

He is also an eloquent speaker, fluently bilingual and a native of Montreal.

I too was a bit troubled at the lack of any Canadians.
Some of the names listed were present at Wsis 2003, but not Taylor nor 
deKerckhove.
( FYI Derrick is the former director of the McLuhan Program. We do not have 
a director at the moment. But that should not matter.)

Can I pls confirm who makes this decision? I thought the list that we 
received was final?
Is it CS Bureau?

Pls reply so we can continue to develop a Prep Com 3 post mortem analysis in 
the wsis c2c Canadian CS site (new site launching around October 19th at 
wsis.ecommons.ca).

Thanks for all your hard work everyone. Those of us out here in CS cyberland 
and on the ground in our home bases are now working on the circulation of 
materials from Prep Com 3 2005. We will also instigate some lobbying of the 
Canadians in our own home turf.
==============

Here is a sampler of current circulations (just FYI):

From: Liss Jeffrey, PhD
eCommons/agora electronique
director, McLuhan global research network
adjunct professor, McLuhan Program, University of Toronto

To: CPI-US (coalition for public information/ universal access list, 
moderated by Dr Michael Gurstein)
Civil society (overall) not impressed - some details
Hi all:
Observing Wsis at a distance online feels kind of like whale watching from 
the shore. If you have been whale watching, it is somewhat easier to 'get 
it', and if not, or in this instance if you have not been through the Wsis 
summitry process, it is hard to imagine, much less judge coherently.

This is especially true if you are non aligned, and trying hard to keep an 
open mind about Wsis effectveness, accomplishments, where Civil Society (CS) 
and Canada stand, and what comes next for the Tunisia phase.

Here is a great report, already online from the indefatigable German CS crew 
at the Boell Foundation:
http://www.worldsummit2003.org/
[ presumably they will change their url soon, but it is correct]

Here below are two major eye witness accounts, posted to the CS lists online 
this morning, hot off the press, in that breathless, nearly sleepless moment 
before spin kicks in and further calculating analysis and motivated 
reflection gets going.
=====
Small Canada note:
Our C2C civil society site <wsis.ecommons.ca>

will start analysing the Wsis 2005 process next week.
There was active reporting from many on the site, and commentary from 
various local people and sites. Canadians were on all sides of this, and 
some of us in CS on the ground here are not happy with what our government  
led delgation proposed and agreed to in the end.

Here is a bit more info, below, live from today's post mortems; there will 
be more to come on our wsis Canadian civil society site (you are welcome to 
sign on in our open source easy to use drupal site), watch the Boell site as 
they really are into this and have resources (which we do not), and if you 
want to gather info and get busy on a non official CS response, let us know 
at ecadmin@ecommons.net
(Amelia, Greg, Robert, Fraser, Fariborz, Oleg, David, Liss all are on the 
Wsis beat here)

Key player notes below are from Bill Drake (USA) and Wolfgang Kleinwächter 
(Germany)
There are many others, and lots of great women too, whose voices we will 
post on the Wsis C2C site.

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>From : 	William Drake <wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Reply-To : 	plenary@wsis-cs.org
Sent : 	October 1, 2005 8:58:04 AM
To : 	"Plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Subject : 	[WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
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Subject: [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG

Hi,

We are all probably pretty burnt out on this and could use some time off to
focus on other things.  But somewhere in not too distant future it will be
necessary to explore options for an IG [internet governance - LJ] Caucus 
response to the PrepCom
'outcomes.'   Some thoughts for when that moment rolls around...

1. As everyone probably knows by now, there will be an Intersessional
"open-ended" negotiation group to negotiate the chapters on Implementation
(Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2) and Follow-up (Chapter 4),
and to finalize the political part of the document. "Open ended" in this
context means all governments can participate.  If I heard correctly,
civil society and the private sector are out in the cold, although
Karklins said there'd be regular reporting out.  Woop de doo.  WSIS
multistakeholderism revealed.

2.  Chapter 3 on IG will be taken up in a resumed crisis session of the
PrepCom in Tunis just prior to the summit.  I'm not clear on what the
modalities of participation will be, if someone else here is please
inform, but would presume it'd be the same wonderful conditions we got at
PC-3.

3.  Unless everything falls apart in rancor, the Internet Governance Forum
(IGF---it has a name, even) is a done deal.  One bit of good news and a CS
win, methinks.

4.  In its press office spin, below, the ITU characterizes the situation
on oversight as a "breakthrough."  To put it mildly, this is not obvious.
It is true that the EU finally put its cards on the table and allowed its
position to be folded together with the Like Minded Group, and
specifically endorsed Khan distributing his Food for Thought doc and
having it forwarded alongside others to Tunis.  But the story obviously
does not end there.  As the EU president of the moment and chair of the EU
discussions, the UK rep presumably was not really free to press his
government's views in their meetings.  There could now be some push back.
I'm a little puzzled by the stances of some of the other European
governments that generally lean more toward more neoliberalism and/or
currying favor with the US, and wonder whether they might not join in if
the UK moves.  And certainly they will all be hearing from Washington.
(BTW it's pretty surprising to see the David Gross telling the press that
the EU position was a bolt out of the blue; if we knew were they were
heading, how could he have not?  Can it really be that there was no prior
consultation, as has been claimed, or is this just disingenuous playing to
the US domestic political scene?)  So one would guess that the EU stance
is still in flux, the coalition could soften, and the alignment with the
LMG could be more apparent than real.  And Japan, Canada, and Australia
backed the US, plus the others who signed onto the Argentine 'middle
ground' text...

5.  Whatever happens in the intergovernmental haggling over the next six
weeks (which will be offline and utterly non-transparent), it would be
useful if the caucus could come to a shared view and issue a declaration
in advance of Tunis.  This would require confronting the question of where
we stand on government oversight---institutional form, substantive scope.
Prior efforts to start that conversation didn't really pan out, but now
that we have a concrete proposal to refer to, perhaps it will be easier to
focus.  If we can't come to a unified view, then as previously suggested,
a sign-on declaration would seem the logical choice.  I believe Milton
said IGP could post something.

So when we're in the mood to stomach all this again, a view on the Council
vs internal GAC reform will be needed.  The Food paper specifies the
former in seemingly rather expansive terms.  Obvious options would be for
us to say

a. Yahoo, what a great idea, let's have the Chinese, Saudi, Iranian, et al
governments drive discussions of binding agreements on WHOIS and privacy,
the Taiwanese domain, etc etc--rather unlikely to be a widely shared view;

b. We can live with a discussion about the possible establishment of a
Council if there are up front guarantees that its mandate will be
specified in a very narrow and non-threatening manner;

c. Stop, this is madness, let's just improve GAC, and we can continue to
discuss and clarify the governance of core resources in the non-binding
IGF.

The latter being the closest evolution to our PrepCom-3 statement.

The Food and ITU below, for those who've not seen...

Ok, time to change channels,

Bill

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A NEW COOPERATION MODEL

67. For coordination and management of critical Internet resources, we
will strive to establish a phased transition to the elaboration of a new
public-private cooperation model. That model could include the development
and application of globally-applicable public policy principles and
examine the feasibility of the involvement of governments, in an
international setting, at the level of overarching principles in matters
related to naming, numbering and addressing. These could include:

a)      A global allocation system of IP number blocks, which is equitable
and efficient;

b)      Procedures for the root zone file, specifically for new top-level
domains and changes of country-code top level domains ;

c)      Contingency plans to ensure the continuity of crucial domain name
system functions;

d)      Arbitration and dispute resolution mechanisms, based on
international law in case of disputes;

OVERSIGHT

68.       We call for, at the conclusion of the transitional period,
examination of the establishment of an Inter-Governmental Council for
global public policy and oversight of Internet governance. Such a Council,
if and when established, should be based on the principles of transparency
and democracy with the involvement, in an advisory capacity, of the
private sector, civil society and the relevant inter-governmental and
international organisations. Such a Council could be anchored in the UN
system and deal with the following issues:

a)      Public policy development and decision-making on international
Internet-related public policy issues;

b)      Oversight relating to Internet resource management including IP
addresses, generic top-level domains and country-code top-level domains;

c)      Global coordination of Internet governance through dialogue
between governments, the private sector, civil society and international
organisation.

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NEWSROOM : NEWS RELEASE

Tunis ‘Summit of Solutions’ Now in Sight

ITU Secretary-General Utsumi praises achievements,
but stresses need for greater effort:“We cannot fail”

Geneva, 30 September 2005 - The third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3) of
the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
closed its doors at 21:00 tonight after a gruelling two weeks of day and
night sessions that saw agreement on large sections of the Summit text,
some major developments in the international community’s approach to
Internet governance, but ultimately disappointing progress on a raft of
contentious issues.

With just six weeks to go before the Summit opens in Tunis, ITU
Secretary-General and Secretary-General of WSIS, Mr Yoshio Utsumi, urged
delegates to focus their hearts and minds on arriving at consensus
solutions that would assure a credible outcome document that will serve as
an effective instrument for promoting ICT development and access
worldwide.

Speaking after the close of PrepCom-3’s final Plenary session, Mr Utsumi
praised delegates’ hard work, but said more effort is needed. “During the
last two weeks we have seen enormous political will to develop meaningful
texts that will serve as a solid foundation for tomorrow’s Information
Society,” he said.

“If some issues remain unresolved, this is a testament to delegates’
refusal to compromise on the principles they believe to be fundamental to
promoting access to ICTs. A strong Summit outcome is the goal of all
delegates – and we must all continue to work hard to achieve this. If we
wish to build a just and equitable Information Society, this Summit cannot
be allowed to fail.”

New round of meetings planned
In the face of lack of agreement on small but controversial sections of
the Summit outcome document, delegates will now reconvene in Geneva ahead
of the Tunis event to try to resolve some of the sticking points, which
include provisions for implementation and follow-up of the WSIS Action
Plan, and the wording of the political document outlining participating
member states’ political commitments.

In line with formal procedures, PrepCom-3 will be suspended and an
intersessional open-ended negotiation group will be set up under the
chairmanship of Ambassador Janis Karklins, Chairman of the Tunis Phase of
the PrepCom process. This group's mandate will be to negotiate the
chapters on Implementation (Chapter 1), Financial Mechanisms (Chapter 2)
and Follow-up (Chapter 4). It will also finalize the political part of the
document.

Chapter 3 on Internet Governance will be considered during a resumed
session of PrepCom-3, to be held back-to-back with the Summit in Tunis.

PrepCom-3 agreed that the Summit negotiation group will hold two sessions
of 2 – 3 days each in Geneva in October to conclude negotiations: one
session to finalize the political document and agree on the outstanding
parts of the chapter on financing mechanisms, and the other to try to
reach agreement on the outstanding issues contained in Chapters 1 and
Chapter 4.

PrepCom-3 agreed to entrust the WSIS Bureau, or steering committee, to
decide on the place, date and modalities of the resumed PrepCom meeting.
It also agreed to split the Summit outcome into two – a political document
and an operational document.

Breakthrough on Internet governance
The PrepCom-3 Internet governance debate centered around the report of the
multi-stakeholder Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), set up
following the Geneva Phase of WSIS to investigate and make proposals on
the future governance of the Internet. The group’s final report released
in Geneva on 18 July, along with comments on the report by all
stakeholders, served as a source of inspiration for discussions over the
two-week period.

After a slow start characterized by strongly polarized positions, the pace
picked up substantially in Week 2 following the release of a draft
document by the Chair, which saw delegates knuckle down to the task of
brokering agreement and drafting new text on issues ranging from spam and
cybercrime to interconnection costs and — most crucially — management of
critical Internet resources such as the domain name and IP addressing
systems.

While many delegations from the developing world had been vocal on the
urgent need for new management and oversight mechanisms to better reflect
the global nature of the Internet, others, led by the US, had presented a
relatively united front generally supportive of the status quo.

That scenario changed, however, two days before the end of PrepCom, when
the UK delegation, speaking on behalf of the European Union, tabled a new
proposal that marked a clear departure from its earlier position.
The proposal outlined a new framework for international cooperation that
would see the creation of a new, multi-stakeholder forum to develop public
policy, and — most significantly — international government involvement in
allocation of IP addressing blocks and procedures for changing the root
zone file to provide for insertion of new top-level domain names and
changes of country-code top level domain name (ccTLDs) managers.

Other countries added their suggestions, and with eight proposals now
tabled, informal consultations will continue to be held from now until the
back-to-back meeting in Tunis.

Implementation and follow-up
The other key agenda items for PrepCom-3 included finalization of
arrangements for financing of WSIS Action Plan commitments, and the
setting out of future mechanisms for implementation of the Action Plan and
the follow-up of the Summit.

Following adoption of the Plan by 175 countries during the Geneva Phase of
the Summit, clear arrangements setting out responsibility for ensuring
that the Plan’s targets are implemented and monitored are considered
essential, not only for the successful outcome of the Tunis phase, but
also for ensuring that deliverables are met.

Under proposals tabled at PrepCom-3, many delegations support the
establishment of a multi-stakeholder coordination approach made up of one
or more lead UN agencies, with responsibility for each action line
allocated to each agency according to its specific area of expertise.
Others preferred that the United Nations’ Secretary-General be charged
with managing the coordination process.

A main stumbling block in negotiations remains the precise role of
different agencies, including ITU, in ongoing WSIS activities. The
reporting mechanisms and the relationship between the WSIS follow-up
mechanisms and the review process of the implementation of the UN
Millennium Declaration also proved problematic for some delegations.

ICT financing mechanisms
The problem of effective financial strategies to promote the development
of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the world’s
under-served regions was raised during the WSIS Geneva Phase. Without
consensus on the best way to address the issue, the first phase of WSIS
requested UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to establish a Task Force on
Financial Mechanisms (TFFM).

The group’s final report tabled at PrepCom-2 served as a basis for the
discussions. PrepCom-2 largely agreed on the text of Chapter 2, with only
a few paragraphs to be approved by PrepCom-3.

Acknowledging the key role played by the private sector, the text already
agreed by PrepCom-2 endorse the focusing of financial resources in areas
including:

ICT capacity-building programmes
Regional backbone infrastructure and Internet Exchange Points
Assistance for Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing
States to lower transaction costs related to international donor support
Integration of ICTs into the implementation of poverty eradication
strategies, particularly in the health, education, agriculture and the
environment
Funding of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)
Fostering of local ICT manufacturing in developing countries
ICT regulatory reform
Local government and community-owned initiatives that deliver ICT services
to communities
The meeting also stressed the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach
and coordination between government and business.
While there was no major impediment to consensus, due to lack of time,
PrepCom-3 did not finalize Chapter 2.

Political commitments
In addition, the political part of the Tunis document proved more
difficult to negotiate than expected.

Disagreement centred around whether text from the original Geneva
Declaration should remain unchanged or reinforced in the Tunis output,
given that the first PrepCom had agreed not to reopen what had been
adopted in Geneva.

Discussions were also intense over issues such as open source and
proprietary software, free access to information and the handling of
harmful content, the importance of human rights and fundamental freedoms
for the Information Society, trade liberalization and debt relief to
bridge the digital divide, and the regulatory role of governments.

At the close of PrepCom-3, with no consensus on around 50% of the text,
the document will tackled again by the negotiating group.


Sub-Committee A
Internet governance

Chairman: Ambassador Masood Khan (Pakistan)

PrepCom-3 Output Text Chapter 3 and proposals.

Key achievements during PrepCom-3:

Starting from scratch, around 80% of Chapter 3 of the WSIS outcome
document was drafted and agreed
Ground-breaking consensus on the need for a coordinated international
approach to spam, e-commerce, cybercrime, international Internet
connectivity charges, multilingualism, and ICT capacity-building, for
which no international treaties yet exist
Remaining focus of negotiations between now and the Summit:

Management of critical Internet resources (IP names and addresses and root
zone file system)
The governance function
The proposed creation of a forum

Sub-Committee B
Implementation, financing mechanisms, follow-up and the political document

Chairman: Ms Lyndall Shope-Mafole (South Africa)

PrepCom-3 Output text Chapters 1 and 4 and chapter 2
Looking Ahead to Tunis
In addition to Summit Plenary sessions, a number of roundtables,
High-Level Panels and an Exhibition, as well as media events, are planned
during the three days of the Summit (16-18 November). This innovative
format will emphasize the role of the private sector and civil society in
shaping the new Information Society, providing Heads of State and
Government with the opportunity to engage in public discussions on the
future of the Information Society with prominent business and civil
society leaders.

In addition, more than 230 separate Parallel Events are planned by civil
society organizations, business entities and national delegations,
comprising debates and presentations on a whole spectrum of issues
relevant to the Summit agenda.


PrepCom-3 participants

1’925 participants attended the two-week event, of which;

1’047 delegates represented 152 governments and the European Community;
635 participants represented 200 NGOs or Civil society entities;
152 participants from 54 entities representing International organizations
73 participants from 36 entities representing business entities
18 participants representing six entities with standing invitation from
the United Nations General Assembly
For a full summary of debates during PrepCom-3, see the meeting Highlights


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Dear Bill and everybody,

exhausted like all of you (and still struggling with a cold) I shaRE MOST OF 
THE
VIEWS OF bILL:

Here are some additional points:
1. EU vs. US. As far as I know, there was indeed no prior detailed 
information
before David did read the statement in the Plenary. The way how it was 
perceived
by the US (and by the US Press) has put the whole story on a higher 
political
level and we will see now that the Internet issue will be handeled on a 
similar
level like Kyodo Protocol, International Criminal Court etc. And wheh higher
political levels are involved, the subject will bevome more complex (and 
less
flexible). I agree with Bill, it is rather unrealistic that we will see
consensus on an intergovernmental council. Procedurally, is there an option 
to
have a voting on the issue?

2. The more interesting point is, that China was rather silent in all the
debates. It made clear statements, but wateched the debate with patience and 
no
own proposal for Chapter 5. The original EU plan, to wait until the US vs. 
China
confronation is boiling and than to enter as a broker, failed because China 
did
not jump. Now we have US vs. EU with China in an waiting position.

3. The EU has now a difficult diplomatic task. It has to distance itself a
little bit from supporters like Iran and Saudi Arabia, it has to convince 
the US
that governments should play a greater role and it has to specify more in 
detail
where the border line is between "the level of principle" and the "day to 
day
operation". The EU will have to explain, that its model will be different 
from
the procedure it has used to establish a governmental oversight for the .eu
Domain. A small white governmental cloud on a blue sky over the Internet
landscape is okay, but if this cloud will become full of rain drops and 
falling
rain will "water" the ground, this is different. And the EU paper, as it 
stands
now, is open both for a "light cloud" and a "raincloud". Eu argues, that the
"definition of the cloud" is the subject of negotiations. But this 
negotiations
will be not only with the US but also with China. Insofar I share Bill´s 
point,
that the Chairs "Food for Thought" paper is far away from a breakthrough.

4. I think we have achieved a consensus in the caucus and in the CS Plenary 
to
produce our own "CS IG Tunis Declaration". The statements made during 
PrepCom3
are a sufficient basis. We need a little bit more for Forum and Oversight, 
but
this can be done online with a final reading in Tunis. Adam and jeanette 
could
you take the lead again (and once thanks for the great coordination work and
jeanette, congratulations for the quatation in the IHT).

5.In the Food forThought Paper", apara 68, is an interesting point, which 
takes
a proposal we made in the EU-CS consultation on Thursday.  The parasays, 
that an
"Inter-Governmental Council, if and when established, should be based on the
principles of transparencyand democracy with the full involvment, in an 
advisory
capacity, of private sector, civil society ...". As you remember, I asked 
Martin
Boyle about a "Civil Society Advisory Committee" for the body, proposed by 
the
EU and his first reaction was that the original plan is to have  
"governmental
only zone". The proposal by Khan looks a little bit like an ICANN 1.0 which 
is
turned around. Now the private parties, provider and users of services, are 
in
an advisory position (like the GAC in ICANN). Should we discuss this issue a
little bit more in detail on the list? How a "Civil Society Advisory 
Council"
could work in such a new cooperative model, learning from the ALAC 
experiences
within ICANN?

Best regards and enjoy the weekend.

wolfgang

=========================================================

One last thing, from the Boell Report online today.
This is good news, as some of us remained very worried and sceptical after 
the Winnipeg meeting where official Tunisian representatives were invited in 
ample numbers, while some civil society organizations active in this space 
were excluded.
(On relevance to the access question, the attempt to develop infratsructure 
for an 'information society' seems worth comment on our CPI list.)
Dr J
wsis.ecommons.ca

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[snip - last para]

Western Group and EU challenge Tunisia

Canada, speaking also on behalf of the European Union, United States and a 
number of East European Countries, at the beginning of the closing plenary 
made a strong statement and criticised the human rights situation in 
Tunisia. It explicitly referred to the right to freedom of expression and 
said it expects Tunisia “to eliminate all grounds for concern that had been 
raised after recent incidents” in Tunisia, but also during the PrepCom. The 
Western Group demanded from Tunisia to guarantee the “unhindered 
participation of all NGOs and their members”. This would be the “only way to 
make sure that this will be a summit in Tunisia, not on Tunisia”.

http://www.worldsummit2003.org/
Boell Foundation report on Prep Com 3 Oct. 1, 2005



From lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca  Mon Oct  3 17:44:11 2005
From: lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca (lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F23CB950384D2DC85223F39D5800@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BAY16-F91677A5EE07E30D966162D5800@phx.gbl>


Pls excuse me - Kenneth Deer is on the speaker list and of course is 
Canadian.
I apologize for this inadvertent oversight on my part. I meant to say few 
not no Canucks.

- Dr J



From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Mon Oct  3 18:16:50 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <BAY16-F91677A5EE07E30D966162D5800@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEICFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca

> Pls excuse me - Kenneth Deer is on the speaker list and of course is
> Canadian.
> I apologize for this inadvertent oversight on my part. I meant to say few
> not no Canucks.

True for entire Western Hemisphere.  One from Canada, one from the US, one
from US/Italy, one from Brazil.  Good thing the summit won't be on any
subjects for which the region is relevant.

Best,

Bill



From nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com  Mon Oct  3 20:17:45 2005
From: nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com (NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <DB1E345C-FC9E-41AB-9380-052A3AD50EF5@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20051003191745.66472.qmail@web34313.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Rik,
Thanks for the new list as I could not access mine
also at first.
>From the list you will agree with me that fairness and
wider participation is very far!

You have represenatives from a country apearing in
almost the four sessions-and you call this
'geographical' spread with more than 470 NGOS
participating and almost 800 accredited members of
NGOS.The Nigerian reprsentatives does appear not to
have a 'family', and why would someone reprsent both
the USA  and Italy?
We all knew, the very limited time in between
submissions may have accounted for this, but
definitely, avoidable lapses like this should be
prevented in the future.
See you in Tunis
--- Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Some people have reported having problems with the
> previous files I  
> sent re the proposed list of speakers for Tunis.  I
> am resending as  
> text below.
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> 
> ===================================
> 
> Civil Society Speakers Nominations
> 
> 30 September 2005
> 
>   World Summit on the Information Society
> 
> 
> Name
> Nominated by Caucus/WG/Family
> Accredited Organization (title)
> Country
> Opening Ceremony
> 
> Adama Samassekou
> Youth Caucus,
> Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family, NGOs
> Community family,  
> Scientific information WG
> 
> Mali
> Renate Bloem
> NGO Community
> Philanthropic Institutions
> CONGO, President
> Germany
> 
> High Level Panel
> 
> Monthian Buntan
> Disability Caucus
> (President, Thailand Association of the Blind)
> Thailand
> Pape Diouf
> Caucus Africain
> DAPSI Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de
> l?Information (President)
> 
> Senegal
> Florence Etta
> Telecentres Caucus
> (Kenya ICT Policy Project)
> Kenya
> Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo
> Asia-Pacific Caucus
> APC - Association for Progressive Communications
> (Global Coordinator,  
> Womens? Networking Support Programme)
> 
> Philippines
> Anita Gurumurthy
> Gender Caucus
> IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
> India
> 
> 
> Round Tables
> 
> Izumi Aizu
> 
> Asia-Pacific Caucus
> GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications (Visiting
> Research Fellow,  
> Institute for HyperNetwork Society, International
> University of Japan)
> 
> Japan
> Alan Alegre
> 
> Asia-Pacific Caucus
> (Foundation for Media Alternatives)
> Philippines
> Kenneth Deer
> Indigenous family
> Indigenous World Association (Representative)
> Canada
> Bertrand de la Chapelle
> 
> NGO community family
> Wsis-online.net (Director)
> France
> Pape Diouf
> Cities and Local Authorities Caucus
> DAPSI - Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de
> l?Information (President)
> 
> Senegal
> Tatiana Ershova
> Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family
> (Director General, Institute of the Information
> Society)
> Russian Federation
> Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo
> Asia-Pacific Caucus
> APC (Global Coordinator, Womens? Networking Support
> Programme)
> 
> Philippines
> Anita Gurumurthy
> Gender Caucus
> IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
> 
> India
> Jeanette Hofmann
> NGO community family
> Heinrich Boell Foundation (Researcher)
> 
> Germany
> Wolfgang Kleinwaechter
> Philantropic Institutions
> University of Aarhus (Professor, Intl Association
> for Media &  
> Communications Research)
> 
> Germany
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Plenary Speakers			
>   	Nominee	Family	NGO	
> 1	Barry, Boubacar	Caucus Africain	ENTIS, Executive 
> Secretary	Guinea
> 2	Ben Jemaa, Tijani	Science and Technology	WFEO -
> World Federation of  
> Engineering Organizations (Vice Chairman of CIC)
> Tunisia
> 3	Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes	Caucus Arab
> Organization Tunisienne de  
> Jeunes Medecins sqns Frontieres (President)	Tunisia
> 4	Davies, Simon	CS Privacy and Security WG
> (Director, Privacy  
> International)	United Kingdom
> 5	Esterhuysen, Anriette	IG Caucus	APC - Association
> for Progressive  
> Communications (Executive Director)	South Africa
> 6	Etta, Florence	Telecentres Caucus	(Kenya ICT
> Policy Project)	Kenya
> 7	Faidutti, Bruna	Human Rights Caucus	WFUNA - World
> Association of  
> United Nations  Associations	United States/Italy
> 8	Frau-Meigs, Divina	Education , Research and
> Academia	IAMCR -  
> International Association for Media and
> Communication Research (Vice- 
> president)	France
> 9	Jeet   Singh, Parminder	West-Asia Region	IT For
> Change, Executive  
> Director	India
> 10	Khemakhem, Jameleddine	Child Rights Caucus	ATUDE
> - Association  
> tunisienne des droits de l'enfant	Tunisia
> 11	Krebs,Viola	Volunteer Family	ICV - International
> Conference  
> Volunteers (director)	Switzerland
> 12	Lohento, Ken	 	(PANOS)	Nigeria
> 13	Muguet, Francis	Scientific Information WG	Global
> Knowledge  
> Partnership (member)	France
> 14	Nana, Delphine	Caucus Africain	CEFEPROD - Centre
> f?minin pour la  
> promotion du d?veloppement (Coordinatrice G?n?rale)
> Cameroon
> 15	Njenga, Emmanuel 	Caucus Africain	APC	Kenya
> 16	Pazello, Magaly	Gender Caucus	DAWN Network (DAWN
> focal point for  
> WSIS)	Brazil
> 17	Sagun, Robert	Youth Caucus	SchoolNet Africa (WSIS
> Yc Policy  
> Coordinator)	Philippines
> 18	Sarker, Partha	Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres
> Caucus	APC -  
> Association for Progressive Communications
> (co-founder, Bytes for  
> All)	Bangladesh
> 19	Stalman, Richard  	PCT group	(Free Sowftware
> Fundation)	United States
> 20	Tahmasebi, Susan	West-Asia Region	ICTRC - Iranian
> Civil Society  
> Organizations Training and Research Center	Iran
> 21	White, Aidan	Media Caucus	 International
> Federation of Journalists  
> (Secretary General)
> Ireland
> 22	Zulu, Brenda	Media Caucus	APC - Association for
> Progressive  
> Communications (Content Person)	Zambia
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
=== message truncated ===



   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
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From ca at rits.org.br  Mon Oct  3 21:40:40 2005
From: ca at rits.org.br (Carlos Afonso)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] minibio...
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEICFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEICFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <43419748.6080705@rits.org.br>

Here it goes... :)

Carlos Alberto AFONSO

Born in April, 1945. Studied naval engineering at the Polytechnical 
School of the University of S?o Paulo, Brazil. Master in Economics, York 
University, Toronto, Canada, with doctoral studies in Social and 
Political Thought at the same university.

Works in human development fields since the early 1970s, when he worked 
with Chile?s National Planning Office under Salvador Allende?s 
government. Has been a consultant with several UN and other multilateral 
and bilateral agencies, as well as international foundations (UNDP, 
IDRC. Kellogg Foundation and others).

Co-founder of the Brazilian Insitute of Social and Economic Analyses, 
Ibase (1981), Rio de Janeiro, where he conceived and led the first 
Internet services provider project in the country (Alternex, 1989). 
Co-founder of the Association for Progressive Communications, APC 
(1990), an international consortium of NGOs with the overall mission of 
promoting universal access and democratization of information and 
communication. Proposed and coordinated the Eco ?92 Internet project in 
Rio de Janeiro in association with APC and the UN.

Member of Brazil?s Internet Steering Committee (CGIbr) from 1995 to 
1997, and since 2003 as one of four representatives of non-profit civil 
society organizations. Works since 1998 with the Information Network for 
the Third Sector (Rits), a Rio-based organization dedicated to 
democratize information among NGOs, and to proactively work on public 
policies related to information and communication technologies and 
digital inclusion. He is currently Rits? planning director.

Member of the UN?s Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) ? 
2004-2005. Former council member of ICANN?s GNSO (Generic Domain Names 
Supporting Organization) ? 2003-2004 -- on behalf of the Non-Commercial 
Users Constituency.

Has been active as a consultant for UNDP, IDRC (Canada), Kellogg 
Foundation, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and other international 
organizations, on themes related to ICTs and human development in 
Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, Honduras, Mozambique, Angola and Cambodia, 
among other countries.

Is author of several articles, studies and books on social and political 
themes and about Internet development, published in Portuguese, Spanish, 
French and English.

------

rgds

--c.a.

>  
>

-- 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Carlos Afonso
diretor de planejamento
Rede de Informa??es para o Terceiro Setor - Rits
Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 272, 6? andar - Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil         CEP 22270-060
tel +55-21-2527-5494        fax +55-21-2527-5460
ca@rits.org.br            http://www.rits.org.br
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++




From ca at rits.org.br  Mon Oct  3 21:50:27 2005
From: ca at rits.org.br (Carlos Afonso)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] minibio...
In-Reply-To: <43419748.6080705@rits.org.br>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEICFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch> <43419748.6080705@rits.org.br>
Message-ID: <43419993.4060504@rits.org.br>

Sorry, people, this was intended to Bill Drake, not the Plenary. My 
apologies for mismailing :)

fraternal rgds

--c.a.

Carlos Afonso wrote:

> _______________________________________
>
> Here it goes... :)
>
> Carlos Alberto AFONSO
>
> Born in April, 1945. Studied naval engineering at the Polytechnical 
> School of the University of S?o Paulo, Brazil. Master in Economics, 
> York University, Toronto, Canada, with doctoral studies in Social and 
> Political Thought at the same university.
> [...]



From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Mon Oct  3 21:52:54 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEICFLAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <021401c5c85c$6f279a60$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Dear Bill and all,

Further to these good discussions, one often looks to possibilities of/instances of Rotations.  That is: the excellent people chosen for one phase of any meeting might wish to have others not represented so far be the speakers/reps/etc (have voice) at subsequent sessions.  This suggestion is without prejudice to the stellar qualities of those slated to be heard from, and is not specific to this Summit of course.  Demographics are always interesting in any forum.

Best wishes, and at your service in various venues, Linda.
Dr.L.D. Misek-Falkoff
Respectful Interfaces Programme.

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> > Behalf Of lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca
> 
> > Pls excuse me - Kenneth Deer is on the speaker list and of course is
> > Canadian.
> > I apologize for this inadvertent oversight on my part. I meant to say few
> > not no Canucks.
> 
> True for entire Western Hemisphere.  One from Canada, one from the US, one
> from US/Italy, one from Brazil.  Good thing the summit won't be on any
> subjects for which the region is relevant.
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From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Tue Oct  4 00:48:11 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Dear Rik,

I do not see the Ethics and Values Caucus - where is it or is there an arbitrary selection.  I also strongly feel that reasons for final selection should be transparent to everyone.Please advise. 

Conchita 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rik Panganiban 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 5:35 PM
  Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


  Some people have reported having problems with the previous files I sent re the proposed list of speakers for Tunis.  I am resending as text below.


  Rik Panganiban


  ===================================


  Civil Society Speakers Nominations

  30 September 2005

   World Summit on the Information Society




        Name Nominated by Caucus/WG/Family Accredited Organization (title) Country 
        Opening Ceremony
       
        Adama Samassekou Youth Caucus, 
        Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family, NGOs Community family, Scientific information WG  Mali 
        Renate Bloem NGO Community
        Philanthropic Institutions CONGO, President  Germany 


        High Level Panel
       
        Monthian Buntan Disability Caucus (President, Thailand Association of the Blind) Thailand 
        Pape Diouf  Caucus Africain DAPSI Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information (President)
       Senegal 
        Florence Etta Telecentres Caucus (Kenya ICT Policy Project)  Kenya 
        Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo Asia-Pacific Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Global Coordinator, Womens? Networking Support Programme)
       Philippines 
        Anita Gurumurthy Gender Caucus IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd) India 



        Round Tables
       
        Izumi Aizu
       Asia-Pacific Caucus GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications (Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for HyperNetwork Society, International University of Japan)
       Japan 
        Alan Alegre
       Asia-Pacific Caucus (Foundation for Media Alternatives)  Philippines 
        Kenneth Deer   Indigenous family Indigenous World Association (Representative) Canada 
        Bertrand de la Chapelle
       NGO community family Wsis-online.net (Director) France 
        Pape Diouf Cities and Local Authorities Caucus DAPSI - Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information (President)
       Senegal 
        Tatiana Ershova  Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family (Director General, Institute of the Information Society)  Russian Federation 
        Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo Asia-Pacific Caucus APC (Global Coordinator, Womens? Networking Support Programme)
       Philippines 
        Anita Gurumurthy Gender Caucus IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
       India 
        Jeanette Hofmann NGO community family Heinrich Boell Foundation (Researcher)
       Germany 
        Wolfgang Kleinwaechter Philantropic Institutions University of Aarhus (Professor, Intl Association for Media & Communications Research)
       Germany 






       Plenary Speakers    
          Nominee Family NGO   
        1 Barry, Boubacar  Caucus Africain ENTIS, Executive  Secretary Guinea 
        2 Ben Jemaa, Tijani Science and Technology WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations (Vice Chairman of CIC) Tunisia 
        3 Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes  Caucus Arab Organization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sqns Frontieres (President) Tunisia 
        4 Davies, Simon  CS Privacy and Security WG (Director, Privacy International) United Kingdom 
        5 Esterhuysen, Anriette  IG Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Executive Director) South Africa 
        6 Etta, Florence  Telecentres Caucus (Kenya ICT Policy Project) Kenya 
        7 Faidutti, Bruna Human Rights Caucus WFUNA - World Association of United Nations Associations  United States/Italy 
        8 Frau-Meigs, Divina Education , Research and Academia  IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research (Vice-president) France 
        9 Jeet   Singh, Parminder  West-Asia Region IT For Change, Executive Director  India 
        10 Khemakhem, Jameleddine Child Rights Caucus ATUDE - Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant Tunisia 
        11 Krebs,Viola  Volunteer Family ICV - International Conference Volunteers (director) Switzerland 
        12 Lohento, Ken   (PANOS)  Nigeria 
        13 Muguet, Francis  Scientific Information WG Global Knowledge Partnership (member) France 
        14 Nana, Delphine Caucus Africain CEFEPROD - Centre f?minin pour la promotion du d?veloppement (Coordinatrice G?n?rale) Cameroon  
        15 Njenga, Emmanuel   Caucus Africain APC Kenya 
        16 Pazello, Magaly  Gender Caucus DAWN Network (DAWN focal point for WSIS) Brazil 
        17 Sagun, Robert  Youth Caucus SchoolNet Africa (WSIS Yc Policy Coordinator) Philippines 
        18 Sarker, Partha Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (co-founder, Bytes for All) Bangladesh 
        19 Stalman, Richard    PCT group (Free Sowftware Fundation) United States 
        20 Tahmasebi, Susan  West-Asia Region ICTRC - Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training and Research Center Iran 
        21 White, Aidan  Media Caucus  International Federation of Journalists (Secretary General)
       Ireland  
        22 Zulu, Brenda  Media Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Content Person) Zambia 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           







  Begin forwarded message:


    From: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>
    Date: October 3, 2005 8:07:22 AM EDT
    To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
    Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis



    Greetings to all,


    As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday, the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence, involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time allotted and the restricted number of slots.


    I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue to receive individual nominations from organizations over the next days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final list for our consideration and feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this point, the committee will see what can be done to make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is the most representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within the requirements presented to us by the ITU.


    We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees, which you can direct to me at rikp@earthlink.net.  I will make sure all of these concerns are directed to the committee.


    We appreciate your support and understanding.


    Rik Panganiban
    on behalf of the Selection Committee

        -----Original Message-----
        From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
        Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
        To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
        Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


        Dear Friends,

        Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals:


            1 representative from each regional group
            1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
            1 representative of the CS Bureau 
            1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory capacity

        The Committee worked hard to achieve several ?balances? including regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.  You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:

            Opening Ceremony
            Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
            Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali

            High Level Panel    
            Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand, Philippines, India

            Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)

             Round Tables
            Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2), Russian Federation
            Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)

            Plenary Sessions
            Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):  Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1)  
            Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)

        There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.

        Sincerely,


        Rik Panganiban
        On Behalf of the Selection Committee







  ===============================================
  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 


  * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
  * Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg



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From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Tue Oct  4 01:43:23 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
References: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch> <9EF7FBED-F4BF-4C29-BAAD-980A16841F72@earthlink.net>
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Thanks Rik for clarifying.  OF course I never meant to shout but am determined to ascertain that gender sensitivity is there.  I agree that it should appear most appropriate and I have certainly read this very carefully and was at the session when the Chair read his Food for Thought.  I am all for substance and if we do not make WSIS principles gender sensitive, then it remains a paradigm of the haves and not inclusive of the have-nots who are at present women..  This is precisely why I included it in the paragraph where it recognizes the scope and the  necessity for IG to be people-centered, inclusive, development oriented and non discriminatory, and certainly should be "gender sensitive.". 

When you say that a gender perspective (I repeat this means the different impact on which one sex is benefiting and the other being disadvantaged or excluded in considering good or bad governance..

When you said that it should be in one good paragraph than in 100 vague paras, I do agree it should be where it is clearly needed but I do not agree that it should be limited because it should also be mainstreamed in all policies of formulation and  commitments to implementation, for example in 50a. If society were really an even playing level field, then there is no valid reason to call for gender equality.  But we are very far from it.  You will probabvly argue with me that women are in great numbers ICT involved - but where are they situated?  Studies have shown they are in back offices, processing data to be transferred, and other operations using ICT for e-business in SMEs but how many are they that are eqjuivalent to Bill Gates, Turner or other inventors and decision-makers at the top where they can determine and control media, systems, programme designs?

There are many places were we could have placed a gender perspective. By the way, this chapter is absolutely gender -blind.  

In your very examploe of "child help lines" this is also gender blind because the ones most affected are the girl children who are the majority without support, resources, education or simply connected to traditional forms of communication and information as they are discriminated against from the time they are born (or even unborn).  

Problems of inequality of women to men have emanated precisely from the lacuna in looking at the differential impact of ICTs - from the least common denominator - human rights.

We need the synergy of women and men.  One clear illustration are the plethora of software on war games, violent sports or sports that are almost exclusive for men,  pornography, etc. Why - because producers are in the majority men. Women are so far consumers only.  

Men and boys have a shared responsibility in changing socital attitudes and behaviour.  It is difficult to promote this without accompanying training in gender-sensitivity and awareness raising.  One important one is in these forms of international standards and guidelines.

In solidarity and equality with you,
Conchitra      
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rik Panganiban 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 3:04 PM
  Subject: Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG


  Conchita,


  Just a quick process note to you and all.  On e-mail exchanges, all capital letters is usually interpreted as SOMEONE SHOUTING AT YOU.  I presume you don't intend this, but that is how it is usually read.


  You know I share your concerns about gender inclusion, although we might argue about where that should be best included in the document.  Do not forget that the Internet Governance chapter is only one chapter of the entire "Operational Document" that is to be approved by governments in Tunis.  The critical question is where should gender language be included in the document to have the most impact?


  I am not one of those people who think that just inserting "gender inclusion," "youth empowerment" or "multi-stakeholder" in every paragraph necessarily gains us anything substantial.  One good paragraph that is well supported can do more good than 100 vague paras.  Witness the work of the NGO on that one reference to "child help lines" in one para only.


  Respectfully,


  Rik Panganiban
  CONGO


  On Oct 2, 2005, at 2:49 PM, conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch wrote:


    [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]


    Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
    _______________________________________




    DEAR ALL,


    YES, EVERYTHING IS UNBRACKETED BUT THERE IS ONE FUNDAMENTAL NOTION THAT IS
    MISSING IN THE TEXT WHICH IS "GENDER SENSITIVE".  THIS OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
    INSERTED AT LEAST ONCE UNDER NEW PARA. 41 OF CHAPTER 1, PREAMBULAR PARA.
    41 WITHIN THE ENUMERATION "PEOPLE-CENTERED, INCLUSIVE (INSERT - GENDER SENSITIVE)
    DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY INFORMATION SOCIETY.  THIS IS
    PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN ICTs AND TRADITIONAL MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FOR
    THE FOLLOWING REASONS:. 


    Justification:  It is true that women should attain an equal level field
    with men in ordered to achieve "power", but this is more the ideal that will
    probably not be attained in our present generation.  But "gender sensitive"
    means that governance has to be a shared responsibility to capture those
    information and language and programmes from the point of view of how they
    impact on men and how they impact on women.  Women are of course currently
    disadvantaged and unable because the majority of producers anhd users are
    still in the majority men and on the other hand women are the subject of
    cultural relativism and violence against women emanates from this - the projection
    of women's images and men's images are not the same but rather harmful to
    women,considered as objects rather than partner-sharing with half of the
    population; media and other forms of dissemination of information is still
    dominated by men.  So, when we insert "gender sensitive", it sim?ply means
    to take into account these asseymetries that tip in favour of men than women.
     I could make a whole thesis here of what gender sensitivity is all about
    but I am sure you are all on the same track.
     GOALS 
    AFTER THE FINAL SESSION , I WENT DIRECTLY TO AMBASSADOR KHAN TO EXPLAIN THAT
    THIS NOTION IS SPELLED OUT IN THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES AND INTERNATIONAL
    STANDARDS: WSIS I GENEVA DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES (PARA )AND THE SEPTEMBER
    GLOBAL  SUMMIT 2005 ON FOLLOW UP TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS OUTCOME
    DOCUMENT (PARA 12) COMMITS TO GENDER EQUALITY AND GENDER MAINSTREAMING AND
    SPECIFICALLY (PARA 58(d) ON EQUAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY.  OTHER COMMITMENTS
    ARE FOUND IN ECOSOC (RESOLUTION L2 TO MAINSTREAM GENDER AND INTEGRATE WOMEN'S
    RIGHTS IN ALL THE UN SYSTEM (1997)AND IN 2002 TO DISCUSS FOLLOW UP ON GM,THE
    1995 FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION AND
    THE DECISION 22 OF THE GENERAL ASSEMLY IN 2000 AND COMMISSION ON THE STATUS
    OF WOMEN 2005 REAFFIRM COMMITMENT TO BEIJING, GA 22 AND CEDAW (CONVENTION
    ON TH ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, ADOPTED IN 1979) AND THE
    OTHER WORLD CONFERENCES ON POPULATION DEVELOPMENT, COPENHAGEN SOCIAL SUMMKIT,
    AGENDA 21 OF RIO FOLLOWED BY JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT ON ENVIRONMENTS, ETC.  


    AMBASSADOR KHAN REASSURED ME THAT HE WILL INSERT THIS PHRASE (MAYBE IN HIS
    FOOD FOR THOUGHT PAPER)    


    IF WE DO NOT INCLUDE THIS NOTION IN INTERNET GOVERNANCE WE CAN EXPECT AN
    EVEN HARDER STRUGLE AND FAILURE IN SUBSEQUENT MONITOIRING OF FOLLOW-UP AND
    IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE IT IS ONLY WHEN THERE IS SUCH WRITTEN COMMITMENTS
    TO ICT COULD WE ADVOCATE. 


    I URGE ALL CAUCUSES TO INCLUDE THIS IN ALL THEIR INTERVENTIONS - GENDER IS
    ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN AND CERTAINLY MEN HAVE A DETERMINING ROLE IN THIS QUEST.


    YOURS IN SOLIDARITY,


    CONCHITA PONCINI 
    International Federation of University Women









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  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 




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From laina at getit.org  Tue Oct  4 04:41:42 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <9C1E3528-914D-481A-9C8B-3440640CEA24@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <200510041153455.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to hope
that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my concern for
some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation represented more
than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and inclusive ourselves too
and will hope you will look into rectifying this.
 
Thanks,
Laina

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:07 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


Greetings to all, 

As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday, the
selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected list of
civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of considerations, including
gender balance, regional balance, and thematic diversity, as well as being
at a high-level in their organization, being a "high-profile" person,
general competence, involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I
noted, we were not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the
lack of nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt
all-in-all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time
allotted and the restricted number of slots.

I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue to
receive individual nominations from organizations over the next days, and to
present to the Selection Committee a final list for our consideration and
feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this point, the committee
will see what can be done to make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis
is the most representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within
the requirements presented to us by the ITU.

We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees, which
you can direct to me at rikp@earthlink.net.  I will make sure all of these
concerns are directed to the committee.

We appreciate your support and understanding.

Rik Panganiban
on behalf of the Selection Committee


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis



Dear Friends,
 
Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the
ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as
compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night.
For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you
approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants
composed of the following individuals:

    1 representative from each regional group
    1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
    1 representative of the CS Bureau 
    1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory
capacity
 
The Committee worked hard to achieve several "balances" including regional,
gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to make sure
that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of
their nominations included.  You see here the regional and gender breakdown
of the nominees:
 
    Opening Ceremony
    Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
    Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
 
    High Level Panel    
    Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand,
Philippines, India

    Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
 
     Round Tables
    Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan,
Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2),
Russian Federation
    Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
 
    Plenary Sessions
    Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2);
Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):
Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran
(1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom
(1)  
    Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
 
There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a
very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident that the current
list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Rik Panganiban
On Behalf of the Selection Committee






===============================================

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 




* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis

* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


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From t.n.anuradha at oneworld.net  Tue Oct  4 05:57:22 2005
From: t.n.anuradha at oneworld.net (T N Anuradha)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for Tunis
Message-ID: 
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Dear Rik,
Thanks for your mail giving clarification on the selection procedure for
the speakers at Tunis.
.
Looking into your requirements, I think our nominees meet them all.
Probably the CS plenary may not have seen them face to face, but at
their own level within their communities they are at High Levels in
their organisation (Community Based Organisation)).  They are well aware
about the WSIS process and have been involved in the regional meetings
organised by Grassroots Caucus.  Their contributions towards building an
information society within their community is unparalleled. Ofcourse I
don't need to clarify on their ability to speak, with which they have
mobilised their own communities towards development.
 
I think its unrealistic to consider grassroots communities as mere
beneficiaries, but considered as prime movers/parcipants in  the whole
WSIS process.
 
Iam sure this would help you to consider one of the grassroots caucus
nominees to share their views at WSIS.
 
Regards
Anuradha
Grassroots Caucus
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From maseger at t-online.de  Tue Oct  4 07:31:23 2005
From: maseger at t-online.de (maseger@t-online.de)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Thanks, Robert, for your open words. I fully agree with your first pargraph saying> *it is strange and quite problematic having the president of the first phase preparatory speaking on behalf of Civil Society.*
In my ears stillring his phrase of accusing Civil Society on *blackmailing* - as we did not agree on being excluded as observers the way some governments wanted us.
Now, as a cabinet member of Mali - him to speak for us?? How strange and problematic.....
MARIANNE

P.S.
I am writing out of Cell No. 104 in the PRISON of LJUBLJANA, the capital of Slovenia.
*It has been transfered in a house of art, culture and hostel...
You can look it up under www.hostelcelica.com
MARIANNE (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)



From maseger at t-online.de  Tue Oct  4 07:49:59 2005
From: maseger at t-online.de (maseger@t-online.de)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <00aa01c5c87c$b1ed8380$2101a8c0@home>
References: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch> <9EF7FBED-F4BF-4C29-BAAD-980A16841F72@earthlink.net> <00aa01c5c87c$b1ed8380$2101a8c0@home>
Message-ID: <1EMgch-1YHJgG0@fwd28.aul.t-online.de>

Dear Conchita!
Thanks for your great detailed statement!
It is very valuable for all our ongoing work.
MARIANNE

At the moment I am in LJUBLJANA, the capital of SLOVENIA, to take part and work within the XVIII International EURAG Congress on {Perspectives for Older People in EUROPE}...and I am staying in the (former) PRISON...
(It is an interesting place, have a look at> www.hostelcelica.com.)
 



From ershova at iis.ru  Tue Oct  4 08:11:16 2005
From: ershova at iis.ru (Tatiana V. Ershova)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
References: <9C1E3528-914D-481A-9C8B-3440640CEA24@earthlink.net> <DB1E345C-FC9E-41AB-9380-052A3AD50EF5@earthlink.net> <F7222ABE-5A90-4051-B7F0-EC1E01D46ECF@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <000801c5c8b2$cfe914e0$d173a8c0@msk.iis.ru>

Robert,

Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the 
civil society I was guided by the following considerations:

He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should 
have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with 
the topic.

He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very 
high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the 
President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.

His career comprises different kind of activities, including:

- Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of 
Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
- Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples' 
Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of 
ADEMA-France (civil society);
- Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of 
Mali (government);
- Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial 
rank (both research/education and government).

To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders' 
experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking 
abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at 
such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is 
most important, i.e. civil society.

I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as 
one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.

Tatiana
________________________________________

Tatiana V. Ershova

Co-Coordinator
WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family

General Director
Institute of the Information Society
E-mail: info@iis.ru
URL: http://www.iis.ru

Chair of the Board
Russian e-Development Foundation
E-mail: info@russia-gateway.ru
URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru

4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
E-mail: ershova@iis.ru

----- ???????? ????????? ----- 
??: Robert Guerra
????: plenary@wsis-cs.org
??????????: 3 ??????? 2005 ?. 20:13
????: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


Rik:


I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on 
behalf of Civil Society  at the tunis summit is strange and quite 
problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?


Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted 
to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names 
and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that 
it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the 
director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.




regards,


Robert



Begin forwarded message:


From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations




Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I 
would  like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from 
Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.


They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known 
experience in information society issues but also have participated in one 
or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).


The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for the review 
and consideration of the committee.


additional names will be forthcoming.


regards


Robert


--


Derrick de Kerckhove
Charles Taylor
Peter Leuprecht
Jean-Louis Roy
Jennifer Corriero










Derrick de Kerckhove
(opening ceremony)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove


Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and 
Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and 
Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto.


He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with Amilcare 
Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984) two collections 
of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and biology. He also co-edited 
with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a 
book which scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the 
physiology and the psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La 
civilisation vid?o-chr?tienne appeared in France in December, 1990 and in 
Italy the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes: Technology, Mind 
and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the differences between the 
effects of television, computers and hypermedia on corporate culture, 
business practices and economic markets. The Skin of Culture (Somerville 
Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the new electronic reality which 
stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. It was translated 
into a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and 
Slovenian. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research 
on new media and cognition. His latest book, The Architecture of 
Intelligence, was first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English 
(June 2001), Italian and German in September 2001. It was later translated 
into Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman on 
McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in September 
2003. de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history of 
stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in collaboration 
with Francesco Monico.
[edit]


Other work


de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops worldwide, and now 
offers this innovative approach to business, government and academe to help 
small groups to think together in a disciplined and effective way while 
using digital technologies. In the same line, he has contributed to the 
architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative software now being developed 
by Emitting Media and used for various educational situations.


As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies, de 
Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming sessions for 
the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, the Canada in 
Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast Centre for the CBC. He was involved 
in plans for a major exhibit on Canada and Modernism at the Cit? des 
sciences et de l?industrie in Paris for 2004 and was a member of the 
cultural committee of Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a 
member of several government task forces on developing a telecommunications 
policy for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone 
community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing 
Committee on the Information Highway. A World Economic Forum Fellow, de 
Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi Institut de prospective 
where he is in charge of investigating the future technological and business 
development of the new technologies. He was decorated by the Government of 
France with the order of "Les Palmes acad?miques" and has been a member of 
the Club of Rome since 1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of 
the Papamarkou Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of Congress 
in Washington, D.C.










Charles Taylor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)
http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html
http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor


Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian 
philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity 
of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian.


His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"?a 
humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to 
cultural, social, or political life.


Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and 
at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960, 
Ph.D in 1961).


He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford 
University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and 
Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now 
professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and 
Philosophy at Northwestern University.


In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.


Noted books


    * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
    * Hegel (1975)
    * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
    * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
    * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
    * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of Taylor's 
Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of Authenticity (1992)
    * Philosophical Arguments (1995)
    * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)


 Peter Leuprecht
http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html
http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Fran?ais]
http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm?bio_id=49&state=Print_List




Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to 2003. He 
teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the field of 
international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he was appointed UN 
Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia. Author 
of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht has taught at the Universities of 
Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at the European Academy of Law in Florence 
(Italy) and at the D?partement des sciences juridiques de l'Universit? du 
Qu?bec ? Montr?al. Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights at 
the Council of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in 1993. He 
left his post before the end of his term because of his disagreement with 
the dilution of Council of Europe standards. Awarded the Prix du civisme 
europ?en in 1991, he was a member of a committee of four Sages asked to 
prepare a human rights agenda for the European Union for the year 2000.


Peter Leuprecht a enseign? aux Universit?s de Strasbourg et de Nancy ainsi 
qu'? l'Acad?mie de droit europ?en de Florence. Professeur invit? au 
D?partement des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM et professeur ? la Facult? de 
droit de l'Universit? McGill dont il a ?t? le doyen de 1999 ? 2003, monsieur 
Leuprecht poss?de des qualifications et une exp?rience exceptionnelles dans 
les domaines du droit international et des droits de la personne. D?s 1961, 
le jeune dipl?m? de l'Universit? d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une brillante 
carri?re au Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en 1997 apr?s avoir ?t?, 
entre autres, secr?taire du Comit? des ministres, directeur des Droits de 
l'Homme et Secr?taire g?n?ral adjoint (poste ?lectif). Conseiller au 
Minist?re canadien de la Justice de 1997 ? 1999, membre du Comit? des ? 
Sages ? qui a pr?par? le programme d'action sur les droits de la personne 
pour l'Union europ?enne de l'an 2000, monsieur Leuprecht est aussi 
repr?sentant sp?cial du Secr?taire g?n?ral des Nations Unies pour les droits 
de la personne au Cambodge depuis ao?t 2000.


Peter Leuprecht est laur?at du Prix du civisme europ?en (1991) et du Human 
Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).




Bob Carty




Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les ?missions The Sunday 
Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de s?engager dans le 
journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvr? dans les domaines des droits de la personne 
et du d?veloppement international, plus particuli?rement en Am?rique 
centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs de la CBC ? titre de chef du service 
?tranger et, plus tard, comme producteur senior du programme radio Sunday 
Morning. Il a ?galement travaill? pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it 
Happens, Commentary et Morningside. ? la fin des ann?es 1980, et pendant 
cinq ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits militaires 
ainsi que les questions de d?veloppement et d?environnement en Am?rique 
centrale pour la CBC, la National Public Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe 
and Mail. Il participe ?galement ? des projets sp?ciaux de journalisme d?enqu?te 
avec CBC Radio News et CBC Television.


Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont re?u de nombreux prix dont le 
prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres prix, 
mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand 
Award, le prix de l?Association canadienne des journalistes pour son travail 
de journalisme d?enqu?te, le prix de l?Association canadienne des r?dacteurs 
scientifiques et le prix d?Amnistie internationale du Canada pour ses 
informations sur les droits de la personne. L?Organisation des Nations Unies 
lui a de plus exprim? une reconnaissance sp?ciale pour son programme radio 
pr?nant les valeurs du syst?me onusien. En 2004, il s?est vu remettre le 
prix Online Journalism Award d?cern? par le Online News Association pour son 
reportage sur les r?actions ind?sirables aux m?dicaments. Il a ?t? ?galement 
mis en nomination au Canada pour le prix Michener.
Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative 
Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent d?fenseur de la libert? d?expression, il est 
membre du conseil d?administration de Journalistes canadiens pour la libert? 
d?expression (JCLE) et l?un des fondateurs de ?change international de la 
libert? d?expression (IFEX)


[english]


Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The Current 
on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty worked in the field 
of human rights and international development focussing on Latin America. In 
1981 he joined the CBC becoming foreign editor and later senior producer for 
the radio programme Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for 
the CBC Radio programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer of 
Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central America 
covering military conflicts, human rights, development and ecological issues 
throughout Latin America for the CBC, National Public Radio, Monitor Radio 
and the Globe and Mail. Returning to Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time 
documentary work for Sunday Morning and later for the new CBC current 
affairs programme This Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current 
respectively). He also participates in special investigative projects with 
CBC Radio News and CBC Television.


Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including a 
prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes include the New 
York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand Award, the Canadian 
Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism, the Canadian 
Science Writers? award, Amnesty International of Canada?s award for human 
rights reporting, and a special United Nations recognition for programming 
which reinforces the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on 
issues of adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award (2004) 
given by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also nominated for a 
Michener Award.
Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative 
Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of expression issues as a board 
member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and he is one of 
the founders of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).


Jean-Louis Roy


http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html


Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy (International 
Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in June and took up his 
post on August 19, 2002.


A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was Secretary 
General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from 1990 to 1998. He was 
responsible for promoting cooperation between the 49 member states of the 
Francophonie and for the implementation of political, economic and social 
programmes agreed upon at summit meetings of Heads of State and Governments.


Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related issues and 
was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario and at the 
University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was appointed Chancellor 
of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.


He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was Director of 
the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to 1981. He was Director of 
Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was named Qu?bec Delegate General in 
Paris and Delegate to Francophone Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until 
1990.
President of the Ligue des droits et libert?s du Qu?bec (Quebec's Civil 
Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the Commission des 
droits et libert?s de la personne du Qu?bec (Qu?bec's Human Rights 
Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the Prix Droits et Libert?s (Human 
Rights Prize) of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de 
la jeunesse du Qu?bec (Qu?bec Human Rights and Rights of Youth Commission).


Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the European 
Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet communautaire and 
Une Nouvelle Afrique ? l'aube du XX1e si?cle. He has been awarded an 
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sainte Anne in 1985, and an 
Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Moncton in 1992




Jennifer Corriero
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy


Jennifer Corriero is an innovator and leader, bringing tremendous insight 
into understanding, reaching and motivating youth. Jennifer's experience 
includes developing and driving youth programs related to technology, 
collaboration and entrepreneurship. Jennifer has been selected by the World 
Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2005) and Global Leader for 
Tomorrow (2002).


In 1999, Jennifer co-founded TakingITGlobal, a non-profit social venture 
which connects and supports over 75,000 members across 200 countries to 
create positive change. TakingITGlobal.org is the world's premier global 
online community for youth interested in making a difference, receiving more 
than 1.4 million hits per day. TIG partners with five UN agencies, and is 
supported by several corporations and philanthropic foundations.


Jennifer is an Organizing Committee member for the Youth Employment Summit 
Campaign, and was a member of the Canadian government delegation to the 
World Summit on the Information Society. She has presented at events 
including the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the 5th Stockholm 
Challenge Global Forum in Sweden, the 2nd Global Knowledge Conference in 
Malaysia, the Hague International Model United Nations, and the 2003 UNESCO 
Youth Forum in Paris.


In 2000, Jennifer spent six months in Redmond advising Microsoft on various 
aspects of the next generation of workers (often referred to as the "Net 
Generation"). Jennifer has also worked on various consulting projects for 
companies such as MDS, Xerox, VanCity Credit Union, Bootlegger, J. Walter 
Thompson, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TD Bank, Royal Bank, Nike, 
D-Code, Swatch, McDonalds and HP.


Jennifer has a BA (Liberal Studies) with a focus on 'Business, 
Communications, Technology and Culture' and is currently pursing her Masters 
at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her area of 
concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity-Building Across Cultures'.


Jennifer has served on the youth board of YouthFluence, was an International 
Youth Ambassador for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, she 
coordinated the Ontario Science Centre's Online Youth Advisory Team (for the 
Innovation Project), and is a Youth Champion for Pollution Probe, an 
environmental non-profit organization. She also serves as an advisor to the 
Global Youth Action Network and Chat the Planet.


In 1998, Jennifer was the project manager for a website funded by a Canadian 
philanthropist dedicated to promoting Canadian women's history. She attended 
the Shad Valley Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship summer program and 
was a student at the Ontario Science Centre Science School where she studied 
OAC Chemistry, Physics and Science & Society.


Jennifer has served as a digital dignitary for 3Com's Planet Project, the 
largest Internet-based poll of the human race, and was featured in articles 
in Fast Company and TIME Magazine; was named as one of the "Shapers of Our 
Future" in the area of technology and education by Converge Magazine; was 
the 2001 Wired Woman Young Woman of the Year; has been recognized by the 
National Congress of Italian Canadians as a Youth Achievement Award winner; 
and was an award winner for McGill University's Management Achievement 
Award.


Jennifer is available for speaking engagements through The Lavin Agency.


"I like keeping it real and staying true to what drives me. I love to create 
beautiful things and share them with the world...whether it be ideas, 
artwork, energy...the universe speaks through me, as it does you -- and when 
this connection is made, the rewards are awe-inspiring!"


"I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make, we have 
an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around us. Most of the 
time, we are unconscious of the impact that we have. I think that the first 
way for 'others to make an impact' is to become more conscious and aware of 
the decisions we make and the choices we have. Once this happens, we are 
able to critically examine our own lives, and imagine new possibilities for 
ourselves and the world. There are an infinite number of ways to affect 
change and have an impact - the question we should ask ourselves should 
center around what contribution we want to make, what kind of experiences we 
want to have, and what kind of world we want to live in." 



From rfj at humanrights.dk  Tue Oct  4 08:35:05 2005
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VS: host agreement
Message-ID: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA41FAAE6@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

Hi all,

Fyi a press notice re. the host agreement.

Rikke

______________________________________________________________________________________________
> 
> >> WSIS : Signature of the Headquarters Agreement between Tunisia and the International Telecommunication Union
> 	
> The Headquarters Agreement regarding the organization of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was signed in Geneva on September 23, 2005 between Tunisia and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

> The Agreement determines the legal aspects relating to all stages of the Summit and specifies the responsibilities of both parties in regard to the preparations undertaken to make a success of this world gathering. The Agreement was signed by Mr. Hatem Ben Salem, State Secretary to the Foreign Minister, in charge of European Affairs, and Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of ITU.
> On that occasion, Mr. Hatem Ben Salem emphasized the importance of the Summit which Tunisia will have the honor to host, fully aware as it is of the heavy challenges involved and the need to support the efforts made by developing countries to build the information society as the only tool enabling them to benefit from the uses of information technologies for peoples' development.
> He further stressed that Tunisia, thanks to President Ben Ali's drive and constant follow-up, and through putting its material capacities and human resources at the disposal of the participants, will spare no effort to create all necessary conditions for the building of a balanced and united information society, based on solidarity, cooperation and partnership, and capable of fulfilling the aspirations of peoples and future generations. For his part, Mr. Yoshio Utsumi highlighted the all-out efforts made by Tunisia, a country of great civilization, to create optimal conditions for the success of the Summit which constitutes an exceptional U.N. event.
> The ITU Secretary-General declared himself convinced that the Tunis phase of the Summit will be the phase of solutions
> 

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Tue Oct  4 10:23:11 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
Message-ID: <25606764.1128417791875.JavaMail.www@wwinf0703>

And the next speaker on behalf of WSIS-Cs will be Ayesha Asan from CCBI
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT-France





> Message du 04/10/05 09:34
> De : "Tatiana V. Ershova" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Robert,
> 
> Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the 
> civil society I was guided by the following considerations:
> 
> He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should 
> have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with 
> the topic.
> 
> He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very 
> high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the 
> President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.
> 
> His career comprises different kind of activities, including:
> 
> - Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of 
> Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
> - Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples' 
> Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of 
> ADEMA-France (civil society);
> - Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of 
> Mali (government);
> - Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial 
> rank (both research/education and government).
> 
> To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders' 
> experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking 
> abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at 
> such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is 
> most important, i.e. civil society.
> 
> I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as 
> one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.
> 
> Tatiana
> ________________________________________
> 
> Tatiana V. Ershova
> 
> Co-Coordinator
> WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family
> 
> General Director
> Institute of the Information Society
> E-mail: info@iis.ru
> URL: http://www.iis.ru
> 
> Chair of the Board
> Russian e-Development Foundation
> E-mail: info@russia-gateway.ru
> URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru
> 
> 4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
> P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
> Russian Federation
> Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
> E-mail: ershova@iis.ru
> 
> ----- ???????? ????????? ----- 
> ??: Robert Guerra
> ????: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> ??????????: 3 ??????? 2005 ?. 20:13
> ????: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
> 
> 
> Rik:
> 
> 
> I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on 
> behalf of Civil Society at the tunis summit is strange and quite 
> problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?
> 
> 
> Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted 
> to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names 
> and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that 
> it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the 
> director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> 
> From: Robert Guerra 
> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary 
> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I 
> would like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from 
> Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.
> 
> 
> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known 
> experience in information society issues but also have participated in one 
> or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).
> 
> 
> The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for the review 
> and consideration of the committee.
> 
> 
> additional names will be forthcoming.
> 
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> --
> 
> 
> Derrick de Kerckhove
> Charles Taylor
> Peter Leuprecht
> Jean-Louis Roy
> Jennifer Corriero
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Derrick de Kerckhove
> (opening ceremony)
> 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove
> 
> 
> Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and 
> Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and 
> Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto.
> 
> 
> He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with Amilcare 
> Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984) two collections 
> of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and biology. He also co-edited 
> with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a 
> book which scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the 
> physiology and the psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La 
> civilisation vid?o-chr?tienne appeared in France in December, 1990 and in 
> Italy the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes: Technology, Mind 
> and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the differences between the 
> effects of television, computers and hypermedia on corporate culture, 
> business practices and economic markets. The Skin of Culture (Somerville 
> Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the new electronic reality which 
> stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. It was translated 
> into a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and 
> Slovenian. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research 
> on new media and cognition. His latest book, The Architecture of 
> Intelligence, was first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English 
> (June 2001), Italian and German in September 2001. It was later translated 
> into Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman on 
> McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in September 
> 2003. de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history of 
> stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in collaboration 
> with Francesco Monico.
> [edit]
> 
> 
> Other work
> 
> 
> de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops worldwide, and now 
> offers this innovative approach to business, government and academe to help 
> small groups to think together in a disciplined and effective way while 
> using digital technologies. In the same line, he has contributed to the 
> architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative software now being developed 
> by Emitting Media and used for various educational situations.
> 
> 
> As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies, de 
> Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming sessions for 
> the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, the Canada in 
> Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast Centre for the CBC. He was involved 
> in plans for a major exhibit on Canada and Modernism at the Cit? des 
> sciences et de l?industrie in Paris for 2004 and was a member of the 
> cultural committee of Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a 
> member of several government task forces on developing a telecommunications 
> policy for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone 
> community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing 
> Committee on the Information Highway. A World Economic Forum Fellow, de 
> Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi Institut de prospective 
> where he is in charge of investigating the future technological and business 
> development of the new technologies. He was decorated by the Government of 
> France with the order of "Les Palmes acad?miques" and has been a member of 
> the Club of Rome since 1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of 
> the Papamarkou Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of Congress 
> in Washington, D.C.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Charles Taylor
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)
> http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html
> http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor
> 
> 
> Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian 
> philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity 
> of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian.
> 
> 
> His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"?a 
> humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to 
> cultural, social, or political life.
> 
> 
> Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and 
> at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960, 
> Ph.D in 1961).
> 
> 
> He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford 
> University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and 
> Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now 
> professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and 
> Philosophy at Northwestern University.
> 
> 
> In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
> 
> 
> Noted books
> 
> 
> * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
> * Hegel (1975)
> * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
> * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
> * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
> * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of Taylor's 
> Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of Authenticity (1992)
> * Philosophical Arguments (1995)
> * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)
> 
> 
> Peter Leuprecht
> http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html
> http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Fran?ais]
> http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm?bio_id=49&state=Print_List
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to 2003. He 
> teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the field of 
> international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he was appointed UN 
> Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia. Author 
> of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht has taught at the Universities of 
> Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at the European Academy of Law in Florence 
> (Italy) and at the D?partement des sciences juridiques de l'Universit? du 
> Qu?bec ? Montr?al. Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights at 
> the Council of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in 1993. He 
> left his post before the end of his term because of his disagreement with 
> the dilution of Council of Europe standards. Awarded the Prix du civisme 
> europ?en in 1991, he was a member of a committee of four Sages asked to 
> prepare a human rights agenda for the European Union for the year 2000.
> 
> 
> Peter Leuprecht a enseign? aux Universit?s de Strasbourg et de Nancy ainsi 
> qu'? l'Acad?mie de droit europ?en de Florence. Professeur invit? au 
> D?partement des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM et professeur ? la Facult? de 
> droit de l'Universit? McGill dont il a ?t? le doyen de 1999 ? 2003, monsieur 
> Leuprecht poss?de des qualifications et une exp?rience exceptionnelles dans 
> les domaines du droit international et des droits de la personne. D?s 1961, 
> le jeune dipl?m? de l'Universit? d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une brillante 
> carri?re au Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en 1997 apr?s avoir ?t?, 
> entre autres, secr?taire du Comit? des ministres, directeur des Droits de 
> l'Homme et Secr?taire g?n?ral adjoint (poste ?lectif). Conseiller au 
> Minist?re canadien de la Justice de 1997 ? 1999, membre du Comit? des ? 
> Sages ? qui a pr?par? le programme d'action sur les droits de la personne 
> pour l'Union europ?enne de l'an 2000, monsieur Leuprecht est aussi 
> repr?sentant sp?cial du Secr?taire g?n?ral des Nations Unies pour les droits 
> de la personne au Cambodge depuis ao?t 2000.
> 
> 
> Peter Leuprecht est laur?at du Prix du civisme europ?en (1991) et du Human 
> Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Carty
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les ?missions The Sunday 
> Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de s?engager dans le 
> journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvr? dans les domaines des droits de la personne 
> et du d?veloppement international, plus particuli?rement en Am?rique 
> centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs de la CBC ? titre de chef du service 
> ?tranger et, plus tard, comme producteur senior du programme radio Sunday 
> Morning. Il a ?galement travaill? pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it 
> Happens, Commentary et Morningside. ? la fin des ann?es 1980, et pendant 
> cinq ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits militaires 
> ainsi que les questions de d?veloppement et d?environnement en Am?rique 
> centrale pour la CBC, la National Public Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe 
> and Mail. Il participe ?galement ? des projets sp?ciaux de journalisme d?enqu?te 
> avec CBC Radio News et CBC Television.
> 
> 
> Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont re?u de nombreux prix dont le 
> prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres prix, 
> mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand 
> Award, le prix de l?Association canadienne des journalistes pour son travail 
> de journalisme d?enqu?te, le prix de l?Association canadienne des r?dacteurs 
> scientifiques et le prix d?Amnistie internationale du Canada pour ses 
> informations sur les droits de la personne. L?Organisation des Nations Unies 
> lui a de plus exprim? une reconnaissance sp?ciale pour son programme radio 
> pr?nant les valeurs du syst?me onusien. En 2004, il s?est vu remettre le 
> prix Online Journalism Award d?cern? par le Online News Association pour son 
> reportage sur les r?actions ind?sirables aux m?dicaments. Il a ?t? ?galement 
> mis en nomination au Canada pour le prix Michener.
> Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative 
> Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent d?fenseur de la libert? d?expression, il est 
> membre du conseil d?administration de Journalistes canadiens pour la libert? 
> d?expression (JCLE) et l?un des fondateurs de ?change international de la 
> libert? d?expression (IFEX)
> 
> 
> [english]
> 
> 
> Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The Current 
> on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty worked in the field 
> of human rights and international development focussing on Latin America. In 
> 1981 he joined the CBC becoming foreign editor and later senior producer for 
> the radio programme Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for 
> the CBC Radio programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer of 
> Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central America 
> covering military conflicts, human rights, development and ecological issues 
> throughout Latin America for the CBC, National Public Radio, Monitor Radio 
> and the Globe and Mail. Returning to Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time 
> documentary work for Sunday Morning and later for the new CBC current 
> affairs programme This Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current 
> respectively). He also participates in special investigative projects with 
> CBC Radio News and CBC Television.
> 
> 
> Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including a 
> prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes include the New 
> York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand Award, the Canadian 
> Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism, the Canadian 
> Science Writers? award, Amnesty International of Canada?s award for human 
> rights reporting, and a special United Nations recognition for programming 
> which reinforces the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on 
> issues of adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award (2004) 
> given by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also nominated for a 
> Michener Award.
> Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative 
> Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of expression issues as a board 
> member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and he is one of 
> the founders of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).
> 
> 
> Jean-Louis Roy
> 
> 
> http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html
> 
> 
> Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy (International 
> Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in June and took up his 
> post on August 19, 2002.
> 
> 
> A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was Secretary 
> General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from 1990 to 1998. He was 
> responsible for promoting cooperation between the 49 member states of the 
> Francophonie and for the implementation of political, economic and social 
> programmes agreed upon at summit meetings of Heads of State and Governments.
> 
> 
> Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related issues and 
> was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario and at the 
> University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was appointed Chancellor 
> of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.
> 
> 
> He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was Director of 
> the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to 1981. He was Director of 
> Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was named Qu?bec Delegate General in 
> Paris and Delegate to Francophone Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until 
> 1990.
> President of the Ligue des droits et libert?s du Qu?bec (Quebec's Civil 
> Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the Commission des 
> droits et libert?s de la personne du Qu?bec (Qu?bec's Human Rights 
> Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the Prix Droits et Libert?s (Human 
> Rights Prize) of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de 
> la jeunesse du Qu?bec (Qu?bec Human Rights and Rights of Youth Commission).
> 
> 
> Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the European 
> Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet communautaire and 
> Une Nouvelle Afrique ? l'aube du XX1e si?cle. He has been awarded an 
> Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sainte Anne in 1985, and an 
> Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Moncton in 1992
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jennifer Corriero
> http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy
> 
> 
> Jennifer Corriero is an innovator and leader, bringing tremendous insight 
> into understanding, reaching and motivating youth. Jennifer's experience 
> includes developing and driving youth programs related to technology, 
> collaboration and entrepreneurship. Jennifer has been selected by the World 
> Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader (2005) and Global Leader for 
> Tomorrow (2002).
> 
> 
> In 1999, Jennifer co-founded TakingITGlobal, a non-profit social venture 
> which connects and supports over 75,000 members across 200 countries to 
> create positive change. TakingITGlobal.org is the world's premier global 
> online community for youth interested in making a difference, receiving more 
> than 1.4 million hits per day. TIG partners with five UN agencies, and is 
> supported by several corporations and philanthropic foundations.
> 
> 
> Jennifer is an Organizing Committee member for the Youth Employment Summit 
> Campaign, and was a member of the Canadian government delegation to the 
> World Summit on the Information Society. She has presented at events 
> including the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the 5th Stockholm 
> Challenge Global Forum in Sweden, the 2nd Global Knowledge Conference in 
> Malaysia, the Hague International Model United Nations, and the 2003 UNESCO 
> Youth Forum in Paris.
> 
> 
> In 2000, Jennifer spent six months in Redmond advising Microsoft on various 
> aspects of the next generation of workers (often referred to as the "Net 
> Generation"). Jennifer has also worked on various consulting projects for 
> companies such as MDS, Xerox, VanCity Credit Union, Bootlegger, J. Walter 
> Thompson, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, TD Bank, Royal Bank, Nike, 
> D-Code, Swatch, McDonalds and HP.
> 
> 
> Jennifer has a BA (Liberal Studies) with a focus on 'Business, 
> Communications, Technology and Culture' and is currently pursing her Masters 
> at York University's Faculty of Environmental Studies. Her area of 
> concentration is 'Youth Engagement and Capacity-Building Across Cultures'.
> 
> 
> Jennifer has served on the youth board of YouthFluence, was an International 
> Youth Ambassador for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, she 
> coordinated the Ontario Science Centre's Online Youth Advisory Team (for the 
> Innovation Project), and is a Youth Champion for Pollution Probe, an 
> environmental non-profit organization. She also serves as an advisor to the 
> Global Youth Action Network and Chat the Planet.
> 
> 
> In 1998, Jennifer was the project manager for a website funded by a Canadian 
> philanthropist dedicated to promoting Canadian women's history. She attended 
> the Shad Valley Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship summer program and 
> was a student at the Ontario Science Centre Science School where she studied 
> OAC Chemistry, Physics and Science & Society.
> 
> 
> Jennifer has served as a digital dignitary for 3Com's Planet Project, the 
> largest Internet-based poll of the human race, and was featured in articles 
> in Fast Company and TIME Magazine; was named as one of the "Shapers of Our 
> Future" in the area of technology and education by Converge Magazine; was 
> the 2001 Wired Woman Young Woman of the Year; has been recognized by the 
> National Congress of Italian Canadians as a Youth Achievement Award winner; 
> and was an award winner for McGill University's Management Achievement 
> Award.
> 
> 
> Jennifer is available for speaking engagements through The Lavin Agency.
> 
> 
> "I like keeping it real and staying true to what drives me. I love to create 
> beautiful things and share them with the world...whether it be ideas, 
> artwork, energy...the universe speaks through me, as it does you -- and when 
> this connection is made, the rewards are awe-inspiring!"
> 
> 
> "I think that with each moment we live, and each decision we make, we have 
> an impact on our own lives, and the lives of those around us. Most of the 
> time, we are unconscious of the impact that we have. I think that the first 
> way for 'others to make an impact' is to become more conscious and aware of 
> the decisions we make and the choices we have. Once this happens, we are 
> able to critically examine our own lives, and imagine new possibilities for 
> ourselves and the world. There are an infinite number of ways to affect 
> change and have an impact - the question we should ask ourselves should 
> center around what contribution we want to make, what kind of experiences we 
> want to have, and what kind of world we want to live in." 
> 
> 
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From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Well said Marianne : I remember this famous session in CICG during PC-3/I you mention. I expressed personnally my profound worries for his hard words on CS,  comparing our position to that of "those who demonstrate and struggle with the Police outside", when I met him by chance just after this session.
Jean-Louis 



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> Thanks, Robert, for your open words. I fully agree with your first pargraph saying> *it is strange and quite problematic having the president of the first phase preparatory speaking on behalf of Civil Society.*
> In my ears stillring his phrase of accusing Civil Society on *blackmailing* - as we did not agree on being excluded as observers the way some governments wanted us.
> Now, as a cabinet member of Mali - him to speak for us?? How strange and problematic.....
> MARIANNE
> 
> P.S.
> I am writing out of Cell No. 104 in the PRISON of LJUBLJANA, the capital of Slovenia.
> *It has been transfered in a house of art, culture and hostel...
> You can look it up under www.hostelcelica.com
> MARIANNE (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
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From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps
 on IG
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conchita poncini ha scritto:
> Thanks Rik for clarifying.  OF course I never meant to shout but am 
> determined to ascertain that gender sensitivity is there.  I agree that 
> it should appear most appropriate and I have certainly read this very 
> carefully and was at the session when the Chair read his Food for 
> Thought.  I am all for substance and if we do not make WSIS principles 
> gender sensitive, then it remains a paradigm of the haves and not 
> inclusive of the have-nots who are at present women..  This is precisely 
> why I included it in the paragraph where it recognizes the scope and the 
>  necessity for IG to be people-centered, inclusive, development oriented 
> and non discriminatory, and certainly should be "gender sensitive.". 

Sorry, but I support Rik on this issue. The sentence you mention is a 
very short and high-level one, and I think that "non discriminatory" 
already includes all types of diversity. If you want to add gender 
equality (which of course is a highly commendable principle in itself) 
then I expect that activists against other types of discrimination would 
stand up and ask for the same, and thus you might have to mention, just 
to name a few, North-South equality, inclusion of youth, indigenous 
peoples, people with disabilities etc. I think it would be preferrable 
to keep "non discriminatory" as a general principle that encompasses all 
types of disequalities and social injustices, rather than discuss among 
ourselves which kind of disequality deserves more to be mentioned.

Moreover, as this general principle really applies to everything, I 
think you should carefully refrain from trying to get it inserted here 
and there as much as possible; either you push to get it mentioned in 
each and every paragraph, which is clearly impossible and will only get 
everyone upset at you, or partial additions will be used against you to 
say that in every issue where it is not explicitly mentioned it should 
not be applied.
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Tue Oct  4 10:49:05 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Laina Raveendran Greene ha scritto:
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to 
> hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my 
> concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation 
> represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and 
> inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying this.

Couldn't we have a principle in that every person, organization, caucus 
or country cannot appear more than X times? Maybe with X=1 for people 
and organizations, and X=2 for caucuses and countries.

Generally speaking, I am a bit concerned about how to proceed. I see 
considerable criticism to this list of speakers, and while part of it is 
natural (not everyone can be represented in such a small set of people 
and those left out will always complain), I think it should be taken 
into serious consideration.

In particular, I think that it should be the Plenary to approve a final 
list of speakers, not the Bureau. If we don't have time to do it in 
Tunis the day before the Summit, I would rather hold an online 
consultation to that purpose.
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From jsarr at refer.sn  Tue Oct  4 10:38:56 2005
From: jsarr at refer.sn (jsarr@refer.sn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Chers Coll?gues,
Chers amis,

Je pense qu'il faut f?liciter les membres du comit? de s?lection qui nous ont
propos? une liste d'orateurs d'une aussi grande qualit?. Leur t?che n'?tait pas
facile ? priori et, malgr? toutes les difficult?s signal?es ?a et l?, ils ont
tenu compte de toutes les sensibilit?s. Malheureusement, toutes les
candidatures ne pouvaient ?tre honor?es. Il faut simplement retenir que ces
personnalit?s nomin?es, le sont en notre nom ? tous. Je suis sinc?rement
convaincu que la soci?t? civile, dans son ensemble, apportera ? ceux qui seront
finalement nomm?s toute sa sympathie et son soutien.
Je demande par avance pardon ? ceux qui se sont sentis frustr?s mais je pense
que faire bloc derri?re cette liste renforcera la soci?t? civile.
En vous souhaitant une bonne pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis, je vous souhaite ?
tous une excellente semaine et vous transmets mes salutations les plus
cordiales.

Joseph SARR
Point focal de la Famille des Autorit?s locales






Selon "Tatiana V. Ershova" <ershova@iis.ru>:

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>
> Robert,
>
> Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the
> civil society I was guided by the following considerations:
>
> He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should
> have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with
> the topic.
>
> He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very
> high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the
> President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.
>
> His career comprises different kind of activities, including:
>
> - Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of
> Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
> - Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples'
> Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of
> ADEMA-France (civil society);
> - Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of
> Mali (government);
> - Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial
> rank (both research/education and government).
>
> To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders'
> experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking
> abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at
> such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is
> most important, i.e. civil society.
>
> I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as
> one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.
>
> Tatiana
> ________________________________________
>
> Tatiana V. Ershova
>
> Co-Coordinator
> WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family
>
> General Director
> Institute of the Information Society
> E-mail: info@iis.ru
> URL: http://www.iis.ru
>
> Chair of the Board
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>
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> ----- ?????
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> ????: Robert Guerra
> ????????: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> ????????????????????: 3 ?????????????? 2005 ??. 20:13
> ????????: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Rik:
>
>
> I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on
> behalf of Civil Society  at the tunis summit is strange and quite
> problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?
>
>
> Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted
> to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names
> and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that
> it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the
> director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.
>
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations
>
>
>
>
> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I
> would  like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from
> Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.
>
>
> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known
> experience in information society issues but also have participated in one
> or more WSIS related events (prepcoms and/or summit).
>
>
> The names, bios and URLs for additional information is below for the review
> and consideration of the committee.
>
>
> additional names will be forthcoming.
>
>
> regards
>
>
> Robert
>
>
> --
>
>
> Derrick de Kerckhove
> Charles Taylor
> Peter Leuprecht
> Jean-Louis Roy
> Jennifer Corriero
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Derrick de Kerckhove
> (opening ceremony)
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_de_Kerchove
>
>
> Derrick de Kerckhove is the Director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and
> Technology, author of The Skin of Culture and Connected Intelligence and
> Professor in the Department of French at the University of Toronto.
>
>
> He edited Understanding 1984 (UNESCO, 1984) and co-edited with Amilcare
> Iannucci, McLuhan e la metamorfosi dell'uomo (Bulzoni, 1984) two collections
> of essays on McLuhan, culture, technology and biology. He also co-edited
> with Charles Lumsden The Alphabet and the Brain (Springer Verlag, 1988), a
> book which scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the
> physiology and the psychology of human cognition. Another publication, La
> civilisation vid??o-chr??tienne appeared in France in December, 1990 and in
> Italy the following year (Feltrinelli, 1991). Brainframes: Technology, Mind
> and Business (Bosch & Keuning, 1991) addresses the differences between the
> effects of television, computers and hypermedia on corporate culture,
> business practices and economic markets. The Skin of Culture (Somerville
> Press, 1995) is a collection of essays on the new electronic reality which
> stayed on Canadian best-sellers lists for several months. It was translated
> into a dozen languages including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Polish and
> Slovenian. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research
> on new media and cognition. His latest book, The Architecture of
> Intelligence, was first issued in Dutch in December 2000, and in English
> (June 2001), Italian and German in September 2001. It was later translated
> into Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He collaborated with Mark Federman on
> McLuhan for Managers: New Tools for New Thinking, published in September
> 2003. de Kerckhove is also contracted to work on a book about the history of
> stage performance from early Greek theatre to modern Opera, in collaboration
> with Francesco Monico.
> [edit]
>
>
> Other work
>
>
> de Kerckhove has offered connected intelligence workshops worldwide, and now
> offers this innovative approach to business, government and academe to help
> small groups to think together in a disciplined and effective way while
> using digital technologies. In the same line, he has contributed to the
> architecture of Hypersession, a collaborative software now being developed
> by Emitting Media and used for various educational situations.
>
>
> As a consultant in media, cultural interests, and related policies, de
> Kerckhove has participated in the preparation and brainstorming sessions for
> the plans for: the Ontario Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, the Canada in
> Space exhibit, and the Toronto Broadcast Centre for the CBC. He was involved
> in plans for a major exhibit on Canada and Modernism at the Cit?? des
> sciences et de l???industrie in Paris for 2004 and was a member of the
> cultural committee of Toronto's bid for the Olympics in 2008. He was a
> member of several government task forces on developing a telecommunications
> policy for Ontario, designing a cultural policy for the francophone
> community in Ontario, and also appeared before the CRTC Public Hearing
> Committee on the Information Highway. A World Economic Forum Fellow, de
> Kerckhove is also an active member of the Vivendi Institut de prospective
> where he is in charge of investigating the future technological and business
> development of the new technologies. He was decorated by the Government of
> France with the order of "Les Palmes acad??miques" and has been a member of
> the Club of Rome since 1995. de Kerckhove is, most recently, the holder of
> the Papamarkou Chair in Education and Technology at the Library of Congress
> in Washington, D.C.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Charles Taylor
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_(philosopher)
> http://www.uni.ca/taylor_f.html
> http://agora.qc.ca/mot.nsf/Dossiers/Charles_Taylor
>
>
> Charles Taylor, CC, BA, MA, Ph.D, FRSC (born November 5, 1931) is a Canadian
> philosopher known for his viewpoints on morality and modern western identity
> of individuals and groups. He is often classified as a communitarian.
>
>
> His principal philosophical standpoint is that of "exclusive humanism"???a
> humanism without reference to the transcendent, especially as it relates to
> cultural, social, or political life.
>
>
> Taylor was educated at the McGill University (B.A. in History in 1952) and
> at Oxford (B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 1955, M.A. in 1960,
> Ph.D in 1961).
>
>
> He was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford
> University and was for a long time Professor of Political Science and
> Philosophy at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, where he is now
> professor emeritus. Taylor is now Board of Trustees Professor of Law and
> Philosophy at Northwestern University.
>
>
> In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
>
>
> Noted books
>
>
>     * The Explanation of Behavior (1964)
>     * Hegel (1975)
>     * Hegel and Modern Society (1979)
>     * Philosophical Papers (2 volumes, 1985)
>     * Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity (1989)
>     * The Malaise of Modernity (1991; the published version of Taylor's
> Massey Lectures, reprinted in the U.S. as The Ethics of Authenticity (1992)
>     * Philosophical Arguments (1995)
>     * Modern Social Imaginaries (2004)
>
>
>  Peter Leuprecht
> http://www.pdhre.org/people/leuprechtbio.html
> http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sirp/com/04-202.htm [Fran??ais]
> http://www.law.mcgill.ca/faculty/bio_display-en.htm?bio_id=49&state=Print_List
>
>
>
>
> Professor Leuprecht was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1999 to 2003. He
> teaches theories of justice and conducts research in the field of
> international law and human rights. In August of 2000, he was appointed UN
> Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia. Author
> of numerous publications, Dean Leuprecht has taught at the Universities of
> Strasbourg and Nancy (France), at the European Academy of Law in Florence
> (Italy) and at the D??partement des sciences juridiques de l'Universit?? du
> Qu??bec ?? Montr??al. Professor Leuprecht served as Director of Human Rights
> at
> the Council of Europe, and was elected Deputy Secretary General in 1993. He
> left his post before the end of his term because of his disagreement with
> the dilution of Council of Europe standards. Awarded the Prix du civisme
> europ??en in 1991, he was a member of a committee of four Sages asked to
> prepare a human rights agenda for the European Union for the year 2000.
>
>
> Peter Leuprecht a enseign?? aux Universit??s de Strasbourg et de Nancy ainsi
> qu'?? l'Acad??mie de droit europ??en de Florence. Professeur invit?? au
> D??partement des sciences juridiques de l'UQAM et professeur ?? la Facult??
> de
> droit de l'Universit?? McGill dont il a ??t?? le doyen de 1999 ?? 2003,
> monsieur
> Leuprecht poss??de des qualifications et une exp??rience exceptionnelles dans
> les domaines du droit international et des droits de la personne. D??s 1961,
> le jeune dipl??m?? de l'Universit?? d'Innsbruck (Autriche) amorce une
> brillante
> carri??re au Conseil de l'Europe. Il y restera jusqu'en 1997 apr??s avoir
> ??t??,
> entre autres, secr??taire du Comit?? des ministres, directeur des Droits de
> l'Homme et Secr??taire g??n??ral adjoint (poste ??lectif). Conseiller au
> Minist??re canadien de la Justice de 1997 ?? 1999, membre du Comit?? des ??
> Sages ?? qui a pr??par?? le programme d'action sur les droits de la personne
> pour l'Union europ??enne de l'an 2000, monsieur Leuprecht est aussi
> repr??sentant sp??cial du Secr??taire g??n??ral des Nations Unies pour les
> droits
> de la personne au Cambodge depuis ao??t 2000.
>
>
> Peter Leuprecht est laur??at du Prix du civisme europ??en (1991) et du Human
> Rights Award of the Lord Reading Law Society (2001).
>
>
>
>
> Bob Carty
>
>
>
>
> Bob Carty est un producteur et documentariste pour les ??missions The Sunday
> Edition et The Current sur CBC Radio One. Avant de s???engager dans le
> journalisme, Bob Carty a oeuvr?? dans les domaines des droits de la personne
> et du d??veloppement international, plus particuli??rement en Am??rique
> centrale. En 1981, il joint les rangs de la CBC ?? titre de chef du service
> ??tranger et, plus tard, comme producteur senior du programme radio Sunday
> Morning. Il a ??galement travaill?? pour les programmes radio de la CBC As it
> Happens, Commentary et Morningside. ?? la fin des ann??es 1980, et pendant
> cinq ans, il couvre la situation des droits humains, les conflits militaires
> ainsi que les questions de d??veloppement et d???environnement en Am??rique
> centrale pour la CBC, la National Public Radio, le Monitor Radio et le Globe
> and Mail. Il participe ??galement ?? des projets sp??ciaux de journalisme
> d???enqu??te
> avec CBC Radio News et CBC Television.
>
>
> Les documentaires radio de Bob Carty ont re??u de nombreux prix dont le
> prestigieux Peabody Award et le Gabriel Award. Parmi les autres prix,
> mentionnons le New York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand
> Award, le prix de l???Association canadienne des journalistes pour son
> travail
> de journalisme d???enqu??te, le prix de l???Association canadienne des
> r??dacteurs
> scientifiques et le prix d???Amnistie internationale du Canada pour ses
> informations sur les droits de la personne. L???Organisation des Nations
> Unies
> lui a de plus exprim?? une reconnaissance sp??ciale pour son programme radio
> pr??nant les valeurs du syst??me onusien. En 2004, il s???est vu remettre le
> prix Online Journalism Award d??cern?? par le Online News Association pour
> son
> reportage sur les r??actions ind??sirables aux m??dicaments. Il a ??t??
> ??galement
> mis en nomination au Canada pour le prix Michener.
> Bob Carty est membre du International Consortium of Investigative
> Journalists (ICIJ). Ardent d??fenseur de la libert?? d???expression, il est
> membre du conseil d???administration de Journalistes canadiens pour la
> libert??
> d???expression (JCLE) et l???un des fondateurs de ??change international de
> la
> libert?? d???expression (IFEX)
>
>
> [english]
>
>
> Bob Carty is a documentary producer for The Sunday Edition and The Current
> on CBC Radio One. Prior to entering journalism Mr. Carty worked in the field
> of human rights and international development focussing on Latin America. In
> 1981 he joined the CBC becoming foreign editor and later senior producer for
> the radio programme Sunday Morning. He also worked for shorter periods for
> the CBC Radio programmes As It Happens, Commentary and as senior producer of
> Morningside. In the late 1980s, he spent five years in Central America
> covering military conflicts, human rights, development and ecological issues
> throughout Latin America for the CBC, National Public Radio, Monitor Radio
> and the Globe and Mail. Returning to Canada in 1993, Carty resumed full-time
> documentary work for Sunday Morning and later for the new CBC current
> affairs programme This Morning (now The Sunday Edition and The Current
> respectively). He also participates in special investigative projects with
> CBC Radio News and CBC Television.
>
>
> Bob Carty's radio documentaries have won numerous awards including a
> prestigious Peabody Award and a Gabriel Award. Other prizes include the New
> York International Radio Festival Gold Award and Grand Award, the Canadian
> Association of Journalists Award for Investigative Journalism, the Canadian
> Science Writers??? award, Amnesty International of Canada???s award for human
> rights reporting, and a special United Nations recognition for programming
> which reinforces the values of the U.N. system. Recent team reporting on
> issues of adverse drug reactions won the Online Journalism Award (2004)
> given by the Online News Association, and in Canada was also nominated for a
> Michener Award.
> Mr. Carty is a member of the International Consortium of Investigative
> Journalists (ICIJ). He is active in freedom of expression issues as a board
> member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and he is one of
> the founders of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX).
>
>
> Jean-Louis Roy
>
>
> http://www.ichrdd.ca/francais/apropos/jeanLouisRoyBio.html
>
>
> Jean-Louis Roy was appointed President of Rights & Democracy (International
> Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development) in June and took up his
> post on August 19, 2002.
>
>
> A former Director of the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Mr. Roy was Secretary
> General of the Agence de la Francophonie in Paris from 1990 to 1998. He was
> responsible for promoting cooperation between the 49 member states of the
> Francophonie and for the implementation of political, economic and social
> programmes agreed upon at summit meetings of Heads of State and Governments.
>
>
> Since then Mr. Roy has served in an advisory capacity on related issues and
> was a visiting professor at York University, in Ontario and at the
> University of Moncton in New Brunswick. In 2001, he was appointed Chancellor
> of the University of Sainte-Anne in Nova Scotia.
>
>
> He holds a PhD in history from McGill University where he was Director of
> the Centre for French Canadian Studies from 1971 to 1981. He was Director of
> Le Devoir from 1981 to 1986 until he was named Qu??bec Delegate General in
> Paris and Delegate to Francophone Multilateral Affairs, a post he held until
> 1990.
> President of the Ligue des droits et libert??s du Qu??bec (Quebec's Civil
> Liberties' Union) from 1976 to 1978, he was a member of the Commission des
> droits et libert??s de la personne du Qu??bec (Qu??bec's Human Rights
> Commission) and in 2000, was awarded the Prix Droits et Libert??s (Human
> Rights Prize) of the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de
> la jeunesse du Qu??bec (Qu??bec Human Rights and Rights of Youth Commission).
>
>
> Mr. Roy has written several books including: A Guide to the European
> Economic Community Charter; La Francophonie : Le Projet communautaire and
> Une Nouvelle Afrique ?? l'aube du XX1e si??cle. He has been awarded an
> Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sainte Anne in 1985, and an
> Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Moncton in 1992
>
>
>
>
> Jennifer Corriero
> http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/jenergy
>

From jsarr at refer.sn  Tue Oct  4 10:38:43 2005
From: jsarr at refer.sn (jsarr@refer.sn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Chers Coll?gues,
Chers amis,

Je pense qu'il faut f?liciter les membres du comit? de s?lection qui nous ont
propos? une liste d'orateurs d'une aussi grande qualit?. Leur t?che n'?tait pas
facile ? priori et, malgr? toutes les difficult?s signal?es ?a et l?, ils ont
tenu compte de toutes les sensibilit?s. Malheureusement, toutes les
candidatures ne pouvaient ?tre honor?es. Il faut simplement retenir que ces
personnalit?s nomin?es, le sont en notre nom ? tous. Je suis sinc?rement
convaincu que la soci?t? civile, dans son ensemble, apportera ? ceux qui seront
finalement nomm?s toute sa sympathie et son soutien.
Je demande par avance pardon ? ceux qui se sont sentis frustr?s mais je pense
que faire bloc derri?re cette liste renforcera la soci?t? civile.
En vous souhaitant une bonne pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis, je vous souhaite ?
tous une excellente semaine et vous transmets mes salutations les plus
cordiales.

Joseph SARR
Point focal de la Famille des Autorit?s locales






Selon "Tatiana V. Ershova" <ershova@iis.ru>:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Robert,
>
> Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the
> civil society I was guided by the following considerations:
>
> He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should
> have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with
> the topic.
>
> He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very
> high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the
> President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.
>
> His career comprises different kind of activities, including:
>
> - Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of
> Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
> - Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples'
> Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of
> ADEMA-France (civil society);
> - Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of
> Mali (government);
> - Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial
> rank (both research/education and government).
>
> To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders'
> experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking
> abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at
> such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is
> most important, i.e. civil society.
>
> I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as
> one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.
>
> Tatiana
> ________________________________________
>
> Tatiana V. Ershova
>
> Co-Coordinator
> WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family
>
> General Director
> Institute of the Information Society
> E-mail: info@iis.ru
> URL: http://www.iis.ru
>
> Chair of the Board
> Russian e-Development Foundation
> E-mail: info@russia-gateway.ru
> URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru
>
> 4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
> P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
> Russian Federation
> Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
> E-mail: ershova@iis.ru
>
> ----- ?????
?????????? ?????????????????? -----
> ????: Robert Guerra
> ????????: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> ????????????????????: 3 ?????????????? 2005 ??. 20:13
> ????????: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Rik:
>
>
> I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on
> behalf of Civil Society  at the tunis summit is strange and quite
> problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?
>
>
> Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted
> to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names
> and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that
> it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the
> director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.
>
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations
>
>
>
>
> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I
> would  like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from
> Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.
>
>
> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known
> experience in information society issues but also hav

From jsarr at refer.sn  Tue Oct  4 11:12:26 2005
From: jsarr at refer.sn (jsarr@refer.sn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
Message-ID: <1128420746.4342558aac9d3@courrier.refer.sn>

Chers amis,

Je pense qu'il faut f?liciter les membres du comit? de s?lection qui nous ont
propos? une liste d'orateurs d'une aussi grande qualit?. Leur t?che n'?tait pas
facile ? priori et, malgr? toutes les difficult?s signal?es ?a et l?, ils ont
tenu compte de toutes les sensibilit?s. Malheureusement, toutes les
candidatures ne pouvaient ?tre honor?es. Il faut simplement retenir que ces
personnalit?s nomin?es, le sont en notre nom ? tous. Je suis sinc?rement
convaincu que la soci?t? civile, dans son ensemble, apportera ? ceux qui seront
finalement nomm?s toute sa sympathie et son soutien.
Je demande par avance pardon ? ceux qui se sont sentis frustr?s mais je pense
que faire bloc derri?re cette liste renforcera la soci?t? civile.
En vous souhaitant une bonne pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis, je vous souhaite ?
tous une excellente semaine et vous transmets mes salutations les plus
cordiales.

Joseph SARR
Point focal de la Famille des Autorit?s locales






Selon "Tatiana V. Ershova" <ershova@iis.ru>:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Robert,
>
> Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the
> civil society I was guided by the following considerations:
>
> He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should
> have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with
> the topic.
>
> He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very
> high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the
> President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.
>
> His career comprises different kind of activities, including:
>
> - Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of
> Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
> - Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples'
> Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of
> ADEMA-France (civil society);
> - Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of
> Mali (government);
> - Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial
> rank (both research/education and government).
>
> To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders'
> experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking
> abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at
> such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is
> most important, i.e. civil society.
>
> I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as
> one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.
>
> Tatiana
> ________________________________________
>
> Tatiana V. Ershova
>
> Co-Coordinator
> WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family
>
> General Director
> Institute of the Information Society
> E-mail: info@iis.ru
> URL: http://www.iis.ru
>
> Chair of the Board
> Russian e-Development Foundation
> E-mail: info@russia-gateway.ru
> URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru
>
> 4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
> P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
> Russian Federation
> Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
> E-mail: ershova@iis.ru
>
> ----- ?????
?????????? ?????????????????? -----
> ????: Robert Guerra
> ????????: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> ????????????????????: 3 ?????????????? 2005 ??. 20:13
> ????????: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Rik:
>
>
> I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on
> behalf of Civil Society  at the tunis summit is strange and quite
> problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?
>
>
> Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted
> to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names
> and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that
> it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the
> director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.
>
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations
>
>
>
>
> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I
> would  like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from
> Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.
>
>
> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known
> experience in information society issues but also hav
----- Fin du message transf?r? -----



From gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU  Tue Oct  4 11:14:13 2005
From: gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU (Gurstein, Michael)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
Message-ID: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A1267DC79@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu>

I'm also unclear as to rules, procedures and priorities/strategies
here...

Starting with the latter... I would have thought, but could be wrong,
that the priority/strategy for the selection of the CS speakers would be
directed not to the internal on going WSIS processes (and insiders) but
rather to the much larger, more diverse and much less informed group of
those participating in the processes for the first time at the Summit
and perhaps even more important, the possible linkages into the more
general public and specifically the ICT policy aware public through the
media.

If this is the case, then the identification shoud be done with one eye
on credibility/visibility to this larger universe.

As for procedures, this would suggest that some procedure be put in
place to link the selection process with CS somewhat beyond the rather
narrow and highly selective group of those currently active in the WSIS
process and to include those "montioring" the process from afar
primarily I would guess through these lists, but also via other forms of
"reporting out".

However, I seem to recall that somewhere a "rule" was promulgated and I
admit to not remembering from where it came, that participation as a
speaker would only be allowed for those who had previously been active
in the WSIS process which would, based on the above seem to be a rule
which one would more or less immediately want to change or at least
challenge.

Perhaps someone could advise,

Best,

Mike Gurstein (who has made some few suggestions concerning possible
speakers and thus would like some clarification s per the above... 

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Behalf Of Vittorio Bertola
Sent: October 4, 2005 11:49 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
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Laina Raveendran Greene ha scritto:
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to
> hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my 
> concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation 
> represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and 
> inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying
this.

Couldn't we have a principle in that every person, organization, caucus 
or country cannot appear more than X times? Maybe with X=1 for people 
and organizations, and X=2 for caucuses and countries.

Generally speaking, I am a bit concerned about how to proceed. I see 
considerable criticism to this list of speakers, and while part of it is

natural (not everyone can be represented in such a small set of people 
and those left out will always complain), I think it should be taken 
into serious consideration.

In particular, I think that it should be the Plenary to approve a final 
list of speakers, not the Bureau. If we don't have time to do it in 
Tunis the day before the Summit, I would rather hold an online 
consultation to that purpose.
-- 
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From cafec3m at yahoo.fr  Tue Oct  4 11:49:25 2005
From: cafec3m at yahoo.fr (CAFEC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Chers Tous, Bonjour,
 
Nous nous joignons ? Joseph Sarr pour soutenir ces personnes d?sign?es sur la liste des orateurs.Nous suivons attentivement les activit?s du processus de la deuxi?me phase et nous encourageons et soutenons toute action qui permet de rehausser qualitativement notre pr?sence ? Tunis.
 
Baudouin

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Chers amis,

Je pense qu'il faut f?liciter les membres du comit? de s?lection qui nous ont
propos? une liste d'orateurs d'une aussi grande qualit?. Leur t?che n'?tait pas
facile ? priori et, malgr? toutes les difficult?s signal?es ?a et l?, ils ont
tenu compte de toutes les sensibilit?s. Malheureusement, toutes les
candidatures ne pouvaient ?tre honor?es. Il faut simplement retenir que ces
personnalit?s nomin?es, le sont en notre nom ? tous. Je suis sinc?rement
convaincu que la soci?t? civile, dans son ensemble, apportera ? ceux qui seront
finalement nomm?s toute sa sympathie et son soutien.
Je demande par avance pardon ? ceux qui se sont sentis frustr?s mais je pense
que faire bloc derri?re cette liste renforcera la soci?t? civile.
En vous souhaitant une bonne pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis, je vous souhaite ?
tous une excellente semaine et vous transmets mes salutations les plus
cordiales.

Joseph SARR
Point focal de la Famille des Autorit?s locales






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> Robert,
>
> Being one of those who nominated Adama Samassekou to speak on behalf of the
> civil society I was guided by the following considerations:
>
> He was nominated to speak on multi-stakeholder partnerships, so he should
> have been aware of different stakeholders' concerns to be able do deal with
> the topic.
>
> He was one of the first people in the world who raised this issue on a very
> high level and promoted it at the Geneva Phase in his capacity of the
> President of WSIS Preparatory Committee.
>
> His career comprises different kind of activities, including:
>
> - Head of the Linguistic Department of the Institute of Social Sciences of
> Mali, the National Library of Mali (research/education community);
> - Founding president, for Mali and Africa as a whole, of the Peoples'
> Movement for Human Rights Education, as well as the founding chairman of
> ADEMA-France (civil society);
> - Minister of Education of Mali and a spokesperson for the Government of
> Mali (government);
> - Currently: President of the African Academy of Languages with ministerial
> rank (both research/education and government).
>
> To my mind this is a great a combination of various stakeholders'
> experience, which, augmented by his outstanding thinking and speaking
> abilities and global-wide vision, gives him the right to talk about MSP at
> such high level on behalf of one of the stakeholder, for which this topic is
> most important, i.e. civil society.
>
> I hope this will help to understand my motivation to offer Mr. Samassekou as
> one of the key speakers, and this was shared by many CSB members.
>
> Tatiana
> ________________________________________
>
> Tatiana V. Ershova
>
> Co-Coordinator
> WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family
>
> General Director
> Institute of the Information Society
> E-mail: info@iis.ru
> URL: http://www.iis.ru
>
> Chair of the Board
> Russian e-Development Foundation
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> E-mail: ershova@iis.ru
>
> ----- ?????
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> ????: Robert Guerra
> ????????: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> ????????????????????: 3 ?????????????? 2005 ??. 20:13
> ????????: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Rik:
>
>
> I think having the president of the first phase preparatory process speak on
> behalf of Civil Society at the tunis summit is strange and quite
> problematic. Is he not a cabinet member of the Malian government?
>
>
> Please not as well, that I do not see any of the names of Canadians I posted
> to the plenary list last week. Below is a copy of the message with the names
> and bios. I hope they can be considered. I am of the personal opinion that
> it would be great if a spot could be given to Derrick de Kerckhove, the
> director of the McLuhan program at the University of Toronto.
>
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> From: Robert Guerra 
> Date: September 29, 2005 6:52:03 PM GMT+02:00
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary 

> Subject: Nomination - Canada - Nominations
>
>
>
>
> Following a quick ad-hoc consultation with Canadians attending PrepCom3, I
> would like to put forward the following nominations as speakers - from
> Canada - for the opening ceremony and/or high level panel.
>
>
> They are HIGH level Canadians who not only have a long, well known
> experience in information society issues but also hav
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Tue Oct  4 12:16:33 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reservation on process - list of speakers for Tunis
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On 4-Oct-05, at 6:14 AM, Gurstein, Michael wrote:

> I'm also unclear as to rules, procedures and priorities/strategies
> here...
>

Michael:

I will be more blunt.  Let me be more harsh. I know my comments will  
be controversial - but i need to express to this list what I  
expressed verbally several times during the recent prepcom in Geneva.

It is my personal view that the Civil Society (CS) process for   
nomination of speakers names for the summit as developed at PC 3, is  
- well, a farce.

The  developed a criteria, one that it left ngos less than a week to  
consult, one that only allowed those who had ONLY been already been  
involved and/or attended the wsis process to participate is  
unacceptable. Furthermore, the selection committee hastily created  
has - no - clue about who in fact would be a visionary, high level  
speaker (meaning only head of organizations need apply).

At phase one CS was given well over a month to consult to its  
constituencies. However this time, this was not possible. This is not  
due to the ITU, which in fact DID notify the civil society bureau  
(CSB) through CONGO about the need to consult and submit names by the  
first week in Oct. Despite recieving generous funds (well over  
150,000 CHF) to help co-ordinate CS @ wsis , CONGO for some reason  
dropped the ball and did not start the process well in advance. In  
fact, the issue was not raised until late in the first week of the  
prepcom.

Leaving such a key and important issue almost until the end seriously  
compromises the ability of CS to find high level names to speak at   
the very key summit events. For me this lack of leadership is ,  
completely, unacceptable.


Three things to note :

1. NO funding of any kind is available for potential speakers to  
travel to, and attend the wsis summit (if they are selected)
2. As was the case in the Geneva phase, it is the ITU that has the  
ultimate decision on the selection. Thus, the process has always  
allowed for  Individuals and/or organizations to contact and submit  
names to the ITU
3. Again, as i mentioned earlier - the selection criteria and process  
as developed at the prepcom is not one I support. I have protested  
quite vocally against its process, specifically only favouring an  
elite few who have had the chance to attend an existing official WSIS  
prepcom event.

Serious incidents have already arisen due to the lack of an open and  
clear process.   For example, on Friday hours before the 2nd plenary  
session the gender caucus had to deal with the issue of   Saida  
"nomination" as an  an "excellent" personal to speak on behalf of the  
gender caucus at the summit. Magaly Pazello, the meeting chair  
refused. She reminded the attendees that  a process had to be  
followed first. After the meeting,  Saida and agents basically  
swarmed and intimidated Magaly outside the serpentine bar. Luckily  
the swarming was witnessed by several (non-tunisian) government  
delegates.


One has to ask the question,  will well known Tunisian agents be  
recommended as speakers at the summit ? If so, will we be OK with  
them speaking on the behalf of Civil Society ? Well, we have to deal  
with the issue...

I have transmitted my concern and serious reservations about the last  
minute process that has been developed on this issue to the Canadian  
govt officials involved in the WSIS.

In the meantime, i would  recommend the process be re-opened,  
allowing for suggestions of persons that might be good speakers to be  
further elaborated and developed in line with the comments sent by  
Michael Gurstein and others.

regards,

Robert


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Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
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From laina at getit.org  Tue Oct  4 13:40:54 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Message-ID: <200510042052989.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Thanks Vittorio for responding to this issue. 

I agree that there should be a limit that each org should speak no more than
1 time at the least. Each caucus maybe 2 time max, if it is very involved in
relevant issues. I prefer to stick to once too, since there are not enough
spots as it is to go around but I am willing to recognise that some caucus
may have something more than others to say. Having said that, I never saw
the Asia Pacific Caucus for example meet, and yet this caucus was given many
slots. Being from Asia myself, I am disappointed that I was not able to
participate and yet I see there are many slots given here, and would like to
understand the basis for this.

Every caucus attended Geneva and bothered to be involved, because they all
had something to contribute and wanted to be part of the Information
Society, that CS claims to speak on behalf of. Take for e.g. Values and
Ethics, who some may think do not have anything relevent to say. Yet we did
submit statemtns which were compiled into the Chair's of SubCom A
compilation of comments. So we were not just there in name. Likewise, this
goes for many others caucuses and organisations.

I agree with you Vittorio, that this needs to be considered further,
otherwise there will be many discouraged about the CS not walking the talk
about "multistakeholder" "inclusive" or "transparent". I know we cannot
fulfil everyone's needs, but we can at least try to be as inclusive as we
can. I know CSB has been working hard as they can to ensure all this, but it
would be a waste if all this blows up, just due to pressures of time and
other factors. I do believe we have an opportunity to do things right, so we
also show the governments that we walk the talk and are all for a
multistakeholder Information Society ourselves. 

I truly appreciate everyone involved in CS are mainly volunteers and doing
their best under the circumstances, but as Vittorio suggests, there is still
an opportunity to do something about it and make it even better.

Laina

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Laina Raveendran Greene ha scritto:
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to 
> hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my 
> concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation 
> represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and 
> inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying this.

Couldn't we have a principle in that every person, organization, caucus or
country cannot appear more than X times? Maybe with X=1 for people and
organizations, and X=2 for caucuses and countries.

Generally speaking, I am a bit concerned about how to proceed. I see
considerable criticism to this list of speakers, and while part of it is
natural (not everyone can be represented in such a small set of people and
those left out will always complain), I think it should be taken into
serious consideration.

In particular, I think that it should be the Plenary to approve a final list
of speakers, not the Bureau. If we don't have time to do it in Tunis the day
before the Summit, I would rather hold an online consultation to that
purpose.
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From laina at getit.org  Tue Oct  4 14:20:12 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] I  rest my case- speaker list issue
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Message-ID: <200510042132103.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Sorry, I did not intend to open up a can of worms here. 

I understand there are many different considerations and pressure of time
that went into this speaker list, and was only hoping that IF change was
possible, we try to accommodate those who feel left out or have voices that
could be useful hearing from. I just thought I would try just since I saw an
opportunity for some changes to be more inclusive (especially with the
repeated slots persons and organisations with speaking slots) was an obvious
option for some leverage. 

Just understand, I will stand by this decision on the list of speakers,
especially if nothing constructive can be done between now and Tunisia,
...at least I hope we tried our best to be inclusive. I think we have an
opportunity here to walk the talk ourselves  and I truly have nothing
against the specific persons mentioned and any specific caucus, not
especially that of my own region. I am glad we got our voices heared too. I
trust they will help  set the vision for the Information Society of
tomorrow. 

I agree with Amir's suggestion in some earlier email discussion, that we
focus on being effective and united to make a difference. I do want to work
to be constructive here and was merely trying to see how we could do even
better.

Let's see how we can use ICT to work in unity as CS and truly set the vision
where possible for where we want the Information Society to be.

I hereby rest this issue from my side and will bring it up no further.

Regards,
Speaking very personally,
Laina 

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Thanks Vittorio for responding to this issue. 

I agree that there should be a limit that each org should speak no more than
1 time at the least. Each caucus maybe 2 time max, if it is very involved in
relevant issues. I prefer to stick to once too, since there are not enough
spots as it is to go around but I am willing to recognise that some caucus
may have something more than others to say. Having said that, I never saw
the Asia Pacific Caucus for example meet, and yet this caucus was given many
slots. Being from Asia myself, I am disappointed that I was not able to
participate and yet I see there are many slots given here, and would like to
understand the basis for this.

Every caucus attended Geneva and bothered to be involved, because they all
had something to contribute and wanted to be part of the Information
Society, that CS claims to speak on behalf of. Take for e.g. Values and
Ethics, who some may think do not have anything relevent to say. Yet we did
submit statemtns which were compiled into the Chair's of SubCom A
compilation of comments. So we were not just there in name. Likewise, this
goes for many others caucuses and organisations.

I agree with you Vittorio, that this needs to be considered further,
otherwise there will be many discouraged about the CS not walking the talk
about "multistakeholder" "inclusive" or "transparent". I know we cannot
fulfil everyone's needs, but we can at least try to be as inclusive as we
can. I know CSB has been working hard as they can to ensure all this, but it
would be a waste if all this blows up, just due to pressures of time and
other factors. I do believe we have an opportunity to do things right, so we
also show the governments that we walk the talk and are all for a
multistakeholder Information Society ourselves. 

I truly appreciate everyone involved in CS are mainly volunteers and doing
their best under the circumstances, but as Vittorio suggests, there is still
an opportunity to do something about it and make it even better.

Laina

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Laina Raveendran Greene ha scritto:
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to 
> hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my 
> concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation 
> represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and 
> inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying this.

Couldn't we have a principle in that every person, organization, caucus or
country cannot appear more than X times? Maybe with X=1 for people and
organizations, and X=2 for caucuses and countries.

Generally speaking, I am a bit concerned about how to proceed. I see
considerable criticism to this list of speakers, and while part of it is
natural (not everyone can be represented in such a small set of people and
those left out will always complain), I think it should be taken into
serious consideration.

In particular, I think that it should be the Plenary to approve a final list
of speakers, not the Bureau. If we don't have time to do it in Tunis the day
before the Summit, I would rather hold an online consultation to that
purpose.
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Tue Oct  4 14:33:20 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:55 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: oldcomer's angst
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west wrote:
> We live in reality and a real world, we should face it, like it or not 
> this is a UN Inter-Governmental process with all of its characteristics. 
> If someone don't like this way of work, should suggest realistic 
> alternates and solutions. What we could and should do? come up with 
> recommendations.

The recommendation I already posted is the following (on Sep 26, 
speaking about the Plenary charter):

=====
I object to point 5, in that we should not subject ourselves to UN
accreditation processes, that in some cases can be thwarted to deny
accreditation to legitimate entities (I remember a case with a Chinese
organization, not much time ago). Also, I think that more and more
individuals, acting on a personal basis, are getting involved in these
processes, and more will come. Thus I would propose the following
formulation for 5.:

"All individuals who either represent accredited civil society entities,
or subscribe to the online Plenary mailing list, or register in person 
at physical Plenary meetings, are members of the Plenary."

If you want, you might add a clause of incompatibility between being 
part of delegations from other stakeholders, and having the right to 
vote. I must point out that that would exclude plenty of the most active 
CS members (me included) that have obtained accreditation through
governmental delegations so to be able to enter closed rooms and inform
the rest of us.

Or, if you want, you might introduce a no-objection procedure by which 
the Plenary, by qualified majority, can deny membership to selected
individuals.
=====

Was it considered by the group? Why was it rejected? Why was it not 
brought up for discussion in the Plenary itself?

I am sorry, I don't mean to be blunt or divisive, but I find it hard to 
go and fight for greater civil society inclusion, if then we fail to be 
inclusive ourselves. The repeatedly challenged list of speakers for the 
Summit is just another example. I think we need to sort out our own 
accontability mechanisms.

Thanks,
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Oct  4 14:55:39 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reservation on process - list of speakers for Tunis
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Greetings Robert, Michael, et al,

Just to clarify some issues that have been raised by several folks:

1.     Selection Process:  The selection process, including the  
committee composed of 1 representative from each regional group, one  
from the bureau and one from Content and Themes, was proposed by me  
in my personal capacity, not on behalf of CONGO.  This was accepted  
by the CS plenary as our agreed procedure for selecting our  
speakers.  The alternative proposal -- going through each and every  
nominee and voting on them -- seemed to me too painful, awkward and  
time-consuming a process for everyone.

2.    "Multiple" Nominations:  As the selection committee reviewed  
the nominees, and selected some for the "high level segment" we  
realized that only one of our nominees would be selected. We decided  
to not remove from consideration any one who we had selected for the  
high level segment from other speaking slots that they had been  
nominated for.  (That sounds more complicated than I intended, sorry.)

3.     Caucuses versus Nominees / Issues:   The intention of the  
committee was to choose people who would speak on a variety of  
issues, not that each caucus would get  one person to speak in  
Tunis.  A main consideration was the overall diversity of civil  
society concerns being brought by the speakers chosen, which might  
not equate to 1 person for each caucus.

I again re-iterate what I stated earlier:

> As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday,  
> the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected  
> list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of  
> considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and  
> thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their  
> organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence,  
> involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were  
> not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of  
> nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in- 
> all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time  
> allotted and the restricted number of slots.
>
> I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to  
> continue to receive individual nominations from organizations over  
> the next days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final  
> list for our consideration and feedback probably by the end of this  
> week.  At this point, the committee will see what can be done to  
> make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is the most  
> representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within  
> the requirements presented to us by the ITU.

Unless someone can propose another selection process at this late-a- 
date, let's allow the selection committee (which Robert Guerra is a  
member of) a chance to review the proposed short list from the ITU,  
and try and fill in gaps where we can.

Respectfully,

Rik Panganiban


On Oct 4, 2005, at 7:16 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:

> On 4-Oct-05, at 6:14 AM, Gurstein, Michael wrote:
>
>
>> I'm also unclear as to rules, procedures and priorities/strategies
>> here...
>>
>>
>
> Michael:
>
> I will be more blunt.  Let me be more harsh. I know my comments  
> will be controversial - but i need to express to this list what I  
> expressed verbally several times during the recent prepcom in Geneva.
>
> It is my personal view that the Civil Society (CS) process for   
> nomination of speakers names for the summit as developed at PC 3,  
> is - well, a farce.
>
> The  developed a criteria, one that it left ngos less than a week  
> to consult, one that only allowed those who had ONLY been already  
> been involved and/or attended the wsis process to participate is  
> unacceptable. Furthermore, the selection committee hastily created  
> has - no - clue about who in fact would be a visionary, high level  
> speaker (meaning only head of organizations need apply).
>
> At phase one CS was given well over a month to consult to its  
> constituencies. However this time, this was not possible. This is  
> not due to the ITU, which in fact DID notify the civil society  
> bureau (CSB) through CONGO about the need to consult and submit  
> names by the first week in Oct. Despite recieving generous funds  
> (well over 150,000 CHF) to help co-ordinate CS @ wsis , CONGO for  
> some reason dropped the ball and did not start the process well in  
> advance. In fact, the issue was not raised until late in the first  
> week of the prepcom.
>
> Leaving such a key and important issue almost until the end  
> seriously compromises the ability of CS to find high level names to  
> speak at  the very key summit events. For me this lack of  
> leadership is , completely, unacceptable.
>
>
> Three things to note :
>
> 1. NO funding of any kind is available for potential speakers to  
> travel to, and attend the wsis summit (if they are selected)
> 2. As was the case in the Geneva phase, it is the ITU that has the  
> ultimate decision on the selection. Thus, the process has always  
> allowed for  Individuals and/or organizations to contact and submit  
> names to the ITU
> 3. Again, as i mentioned earlier - the selection criteria and  
> process as developed at the prepcom is not one I support. I have  
> protested quite vocally against its process, specifically only  
> favouring an elite few who have had the chance to attend an  
> existing official WSIS prepcom event.
>
> Serious incidents have already arisen due to the lack of an open  
> and clear process.   For example, on Friday hours before the 2nd  
> plenary session the gender caucus had to deal with the issue of    
> Saida "nomination" as an  an "excellent" personal to speak on  
> behalf of the gender caucus at the summit. Magaly Pazello, the  
> meeting chair refused. She reminded the attendees that  a process  
> had to be followed first. After the meeting,  Saida and agents  
> basically swarmed and intimidated Magaly outside the serpentine  
> bar. Luckily the swarming was witnessed by several (non-tunisian)  
> government delegates.
>
>
> One has to ask the question,  will well known Tunisian agents be  
> recommended as speakers at the summit ? If so, will we be OK with  
> them speaking on the behalf of Civil Society ? Well, we have to  
> deal with the issue...
>
> I have transmitted my concern and serious reservations about the  
> last minute process that has been developed on this issue to the  
> Canadian govt officials involved in the WSIS.
>
> In the meantime, i would  recommend the process be re-opened,  
> allowing for suggestions of persons that might be good speakers to  
> be further elaborated and developed in line with the comments sent  
> by Michael Gurstein and others.
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
>
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
> WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
> Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
>
>



===============================================
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

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Oct  4 15:20:25 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reservation on process - list of speakers for
 Tunis
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References: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A1267DC79@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu> <AB92E00A-9A20-4431-BE1A-4821BB9B5BFA@lists.privaterra.org> <A845D3EC-3398-47CE-9CB0-DAD11A7EE062@earthlink.net>
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Dear Rik and all,

I know this whole process was a mess, and I do not blame CONGO only for 
not starting it earlier. So I won't go into the details of the individual 
nominations - probably all of them are good speakers who will try their 
best to represent the variety of our views.

BUT there is one nomination I absolutely can not agree with:
The nomination of Adama Samassekou as a civil society speaker.
He is still a member of the Mali government (if I understand his job 
description correctly), and in any way has been involved in the WSIS on 
the governments' side. If we really let him speak on our behalf, we 
voluntarily do what the ITU did to us at the first summit: Take away our 
own voice. This is unacceptable. What on earth has made the nomination 
committee come up with this idea? I strongly support those CS 
organizations who will submit their own suggestions for opening speakers 
directly to the ITU.

Jean-Louis hit the nail on the head when ironically suggesting that we 
give our second speaking slot to the business sector instead of letting 
Renata speak. CCBI has even associated itself with our protest against 
being excluded from the drafting groups, and they would certainly support 
multi-stakeholderism as much as Sammasekou would.

Don't we think we have anything to say ourselves here anymore?
(Or am I overlooking some kind ob subversive plan here that is directed to 
make us all go to the counter-summit instead?)

Ralf

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Tue Oct  4 15:29:44 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reservation on process - list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <A845D3EC-3398-47CE-9CB0-DAD11A7EE062@earthlink.net>
References: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A1267DC79@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu> <AB92E00A-9A20-4431-BE1A-4821BB9B5BFA@lists.privaterra.org> <A845D3EC-3398-47CE-9CB0-DAD11A7EE062@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <6544114E-41E9-4F68-B24B-847D6F16F521@lists.privaterra.org>

My greatest frustration is the lack of action that has taken place  
since the fact was known, months ago, that CS speakers had to be  
chosen by Oct. I, on numerous occasions have pointed out the fact.

I did not act, as with no funding - i thought the organization that  
has  received a significant pool of funding for assisting CS  
participation and involvement in WSIS would take proactive actions  
and/or consultations. that did not happen, and it was "left" to be  
done at the end of week one of the prepcom. That, clearly is a lack  
of leadership - a fact that has not been challenged.


I have stated my reservation and frustrations . As the deadline is  
looming, I would like to be productive. I will try, as best that I  
can - given the time we have - to not only review    already  
submitted names, but also propose possible speakers from the North  
American and European region which I represent on the bureau.



regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 4-Oct-05, at 9:55 AM, Rik Panganiban wrote:

> Greetings Robert, Michael, et al,
>
> Just to clarify some issues that have been raised by several folks:
>
> 1.     Selection Process:  The selection process, including the  
> committee composed of 1 representative from each regional group,  
> one from the bureau and one from Content and Themes, was proposed  
> by me in my personal capacity, not on behalf of CONGO.  This was  
> accepted by the CS plenary as our agreed procedure for selecting  
> our speakers.  The alternative proposal -- going through each and  
> every nominee and voting on them -- seemed to me too painful,  
> awkward and time-consuming a process for everyone.
>
> 2.    "Multiple" Nominations:  As the selection committee reviewed  
> the nominees, and selected some for the "high level segment" we  
> realized that only one of our nominees would be selected. We  
> decided to not remove from consideration any one who we had  
> selected for the high level segment from other speaking slots that  
> they had been nominated for.  (That sounds more complicated than I  
> intended, sorry.)
>
> 3.     Caucuses versus Nominees / Issues:   The intention of the  
> committee was to choose people who would speak on a variety of  
> issues, not that each caucus would get  one person to speak in  
> Tunis.  A main consideration was the overall diversity of civil  
> society concerns being brought by the speakers chosen, which might  
> not equate to 1 person for each caucus.
>
> I again re-iterate what I stated earlier:
>
>> As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on  
>> Friday, the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the  
>> selected list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of  
>> considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and  
>> thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their  
>> organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence,  
>> involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we  
>> were not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the  
>> lack of nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt  
>> all-in-all it was probably the best list we could provide in the  
>> time allotted and the restricted number of slots.
>>
>> I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to  
>> continue to receive individual nominations from organizations over  
>> the next days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final  
>> list for our consideration and feedback probably by the end of  
>> this week.  At this point, the committee will see what can be done  
>> to make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is the most  
>> representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within  
>> the requirements presented to us by the ITU.
>
> Unless someone can propose another selection process at this late-a- 
> date, let's allow the selection committee (which Robert Guerra is a  
> member of) a chance to review the proposed short list from the ITU,  
> and try and fill in gaps where we can.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Rik Panganiban
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2005, at 7:16 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>> On 4-Oct-05, at 6:14 AM, Gurstein, Michael wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm also unclear as to rules, procedures and priorities/strategies
>>> here...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Michael:
>>
>> I will be more blunt.  Let me be more harsh. I know my comments  
>> will be controversial - but i need to express to this list what I  
>> expressed verbally several times during the recent prepcom in Geneva.
>>
>> It is my personal view that the Civil Society (CS) process for   
>> nomination of speakers names for the summit as developed at PC 3,  
>> is - well, a farce.
>>
>> The  developed a criteria, one that it left ngos less than a week  
>> to consult, one that only allowed those who had ONLY been already  
>> been involved and/or attended the wsis process to participate is  
>> unacceptable. Furthermore, the selection committee hastily created  
>> has - no - clue about who in fact would be a visionary, high level  
>> speaker (meaning only head of organizations need apply).
>>
>> At phase one CS was given well over a month to consult to its  
>> constituencies. However this time, this was not possible. This is  
>> not due to the ITU, which in fact DID notify the civil society  
>> bureau (CSB) through CONGO about the need to consult and submit  
>> names by the first week in Oct. Despite recieving generous funds  
>> (well over 150,000 CHF) to help co-ordinate CS @ wsis , CONGO for  
>> some reason dropped the ball and did not start the process well in  
>> advance. In fact, the issue was not raised until late in the first  
>> week of the prepcom.
>>
>> Leaving such a key and important issue almost until the end  
>> seriously compromises the ability of CS to find high level names  
>> to speak at  the very key summit events. For me this lack of  
>> leadership is , completely, unacceptable.
>>
>>
>> Three things to note :
>>
>> 1. NO funding of any kind is available for potential speakers to  
>> travel to, and attend the wsis summit (if they are selected)
>> 2. As was the case in the Geneva phase, it is the ITU that has the  
>> ultimate decision on the selection. Thus, the process has always  
>> allowed for  Individuals and/or organizations to contact and  
>> submit names to the ITU
>> 3. Again, as i mentioned earlier - the selection criteria and  
>> process as developed at the prepcom is not one I support. I have  
>> protested quite vocally against its process, specifically only  
>> favouring an elite few who have had the chance to attend an  
>> existing official WSIS prepcom event.
>>
>> Serious incidents have already arisen due to the lack of an open  
>> and clear process.   For example, on Friday hours before the 2nd  
>> plenary session the gender caucus had to deal with the issue of    
>> Saida "nomination" as an  an "excellent" personal to speak on  
>> behalf of the gender caucus at the summit. Magaly Pazello, the  
>> meeting chair refused. She reminded the attendees that  a process  
>> had to be followed first. After the meeting,  Saida and agents  
>> basically swarmed and intimidated Magaly outside the serpentine  
>> bar. Luckily the swarming was witnessed by several (non-tunisian)  
>> government delegates.
>>
>>
>> One has to ask the question,  will well known Tunisian agents be  
>> recommended as speakers at the summit ? If so, will we be OK with  
>> them speaking on the behalf of Civil Society ? Well, we have to  
>> deal with the issue...
>>
>> I have transmitted my concern and serious reservations about the  
>> last minute process that has been developed on this issue to the  
>> Canadian govt officials involved in the WSIS.
>>
>> In the meantime, i would  recommend the process be re-opened,  
>> allowing for suggestions of persons that might be good speakers to  
>> be further elaborated and developed in line with the comments sent  
>> by Michael Gurstein and others.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> --
>> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>> Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
>> WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
>> Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ===============================================
> 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
>
> * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> * Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
>
>

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From ca at rits.org.br  Tue Oct  4 15:25:38 2005
From: ca at rits.org.br (Carlos Afonso)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reservation on process - list of speakers for
 Tunis
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References: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A1267DC79@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu> <AB92E00A-9A20-4431-BE1A-4821BB9B5BFA@lists.privaterra.org>
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Robert, I fully share your concerns and your protest.

fraternal regards

--c.a.

Robert Guerra wrote:

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> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
> specific people]
>
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> _______________________________________
>
>
> On 4-Oct-05, at 6:14 AM, Gurstein, Michael wrote:
>
>> I'm also unclear as to rules, procedures and priorities/strategies
>> here...
>>
>
> Michael:
>
> I will be more blunt.  Let me be more harsh. I know my comments will  
> be controversial - but i need to express to this list what I  
> expressed verbally several times during the recent prepcom in Geneva.
>
> It is my personal view that the Civil Society (CS) process for   
> nomination of speakers names for the summit as developed at PC 3, is  
> - well, a farce.
>
> The  developed a criteria, one that it left ngos less than a week to  
> consult, one that only allowed those who had ONLY been already been  
> involved and/or attended the wsis process to participate is  
> unacceptable. Furthermore, the selection committee hastily created  
> has - no - clue about who in fact would be a visionary, high level  
> speaker (meaning only head of organizations need apply).
>
> At phase one CS was given well over a month to consult to its  
> constituencies. However this time, this was not possible. This is not  
> due to the ITU, which in fact DID notify the civil society bureau  
> (CSB) through CONGO about the need to consult and submit names by the  
> first week in Oct. Despite recieving generous funds (well over  
> 150,000 CHF) to help co-ordinate CS @ wsis , CONGO for some reason  
> dropped the ball and did not start the process well in advance. In  
> fact, the issue was not raised until late in the first week of the  
> prepcom.
>
> Leaving such a key and important issue almost until the end seriously  
> compromises the ability of CS to find high level names to speak at   
> the very key summit events. For me this lack of leadership is ,  
> completely, unacceptable.
>
>
> Three things to note :
>
> 1. NO funding of any kind is available for potential speakers to  
> travel to, and attend the wsis summit (if they are selected)
> 2. As was the case in the Geneva phase, it is the ITU that has the  
> ultimate decision on the selection. Thus, the process has always  
> allowed for  Individuals and/or organizations to contact and submit  
> names to the ITU
> 3. Again, as i mentioned earlier - the selection criteria and process  
> as developed at the prepcom is not one I support. I have protested  
> quite vocally against its process, specifically only favouring an  
> elite few who have had the chance to attend an existing official WSIS  
> prepcom event.
>
> Serious incidents have already arisen due to the lack of an open and  
> clear process.   For example, on Friday hours before the 2nd plenary  
> session the gender caucus had to deal with the issue of   Saida  
> "nomination" as an  an "excellent" personal to speak on behalf of the  
> gender caucus at the summit. Magaly Pazello, the meeting chair  
> refused. She reminded the attendees that  a process had to be  
> followed first. After the meeting,  Saida and agents basically  
> swarmed and intimidated Magaly outside the serpentine bar. Luckily  
> the swarming was witnessed by several (non-tunisian) government  
> delegates.
>
>
> One has to ask the question,  will well known Tunisian agents be  
> recommended as speakers at the summit ? If so, will we be OK with  
> them speaking on the behalf of Civil Society ? Well, we have to deal  
> with the issue...
>
> I have transmitted my concern and serious reservations about the last  
> minute process that has been developed on this issue to the Canadian  
> govt officials involved in the WSIS.
>
> In the meantime, i would  recommend the process be re-opened,  
> allowing for suggestions of persons that might be good speakers to be  
> further elaborated and developed in line with the comments sent by  
> Michael Gurstein and others.
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
>

-- 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Rede de Informa??es para o Terceiro Setor - Rits
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Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil         CEP 22270-060
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++




From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Tue Oct  4 16:07:12 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit speakers
In-Reply-To: <200510042132103.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
References: <200510042132103.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
Message-ID: <F3EA046E-65B4-4CDC-95E5-E96BE171E596@traceynaughton.com>

Hello all

My two Rands worth.

The CS speaker nominations were called for by the end of PrepCom 3.  
Robert is right that we should have begun a long time back but no  
one, including Robert in his role as a CSB member,  chose to take the  
lead on this prior to the PrepCom either before or after the  
information was posted by CONGO. This isn't surprising as there are  
few CS members, if any, able to make WSIS their life and time between  
meetings is consumed by 'rest of life' activity. WSIS activity is  
left to the designated meeting times.

The ITU are aware that the phase one selection process involved a lot  
of work on the part of civil society and that there was widespread  
disenchantment with the results which did not reflect that work.

The ITU seemed during PrepCom 3  to be genuinely approaching speaker  
nomination from civil society with goodwill. This was confirmed by  
the liaison work done by Toru Nakaya of the ITU.

However, the ITU is the lead agency for the Summit and the Summit  
isn't far away. They had set a deadline and have made clear that they  
reserve final decision making on speakers. They have a broader set of  
considerations - ones that match Michael Gurstein's views '..... then  
the identification shoud be done with one eye on credibility/ 
visibility to this larger universe....' The selection will not wait  
much longer and that's just a logistical and realistic fact. Content  
and Themes did not offer any criteria when the subject was discussed.

The ITU is developing a speakers list of its own. Civil Society's  
nominations will be considered in a compiled list from all sources.  
We were never in a position to negotiate who, when, how much time,  
though general guidelines were provided to us to assist our  
nomination process. These were posted to the plenary list.

Here are some early prospects from the ITU list:

Mr. Oliver Segond, Secretary General, Digital Solidarity Fund
Dr Robert Khan, Founder Corporation for National Research Institute
Mr Swaminathan, President MS Swaminathan Foundation
Mr Jimmy Wales, President WikiMedia Foundation
Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Technology Centre
Mr Tim Berners Lee, Director World Wide Web Consortium

Aside from the fact that the above list is not gender balanced (which  
is directly connected to the 'highest level of the organisation'  
criteria) Toru Nakaya did assure us on several occasions that in its  
final list the ITU will be sensitive to region, gender, age, language  
and state of national development. That of course does not mean the  
final list will reflect all these considerations because the  
paramount criteria will be putting out key messages to the citizens  
of the world on the Information Society and all its components  
including but not limited to principles, Internet Governance and the  
digital divide.

I think that the process has not been perfect but has been reasonable  
given the time constraints and process decided upon by the content  
and themes meeting - which was to set up a committee and not to work  
through the nominations as a whole group (albeit without the off site  
people who could have been consulted). The latter was a process  
proposal developed by Bertrand. It would have taken time and been  
laborious but would have distributed the decision more widely.

Realistically, I think we should acknowledge the shift in approach  
made since phase 1 by the ITU  and understand the current limitations  
of our sphere of influence here.

Having said that I would be quite happy to see people drive a new  
selection process, though not confident it could unfold before the  
decision is made by the ITU.

Tracey Naughton




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From: dina_hov at yahoo.com (dina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reporte sobre los eventos multipartito en Túnez
In-Reply-To: <200510041630.j94GTwTX021888@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <20051004164347.67756.qmail@web30203.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear Ser,
MY LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH I CAN,T RESD THIS 
THANKS

CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza <wsis@ngocongo.org> wrote:
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Estimados colegas,

 

En nuestro llamado para la nominaci?n de oradores para la Cumbre en T?nez, lanzada el 25 de Septiembre, se mencion? que existe una oportunidad para reportar sobre eventos multipartita.

 

Esto fue discutido por la SE de la CMSI durante la reuni?n de la MSC del viernes, en la cual el Sr Toru Nakaya, del UIT, particip?. Adem?s tuvimos otra discusi?n con el Sr Nakaya esta ma?ana.

 

Sin embargo el Sr Yoshio Utsumi, SG del UIT, no ha tomado una decisi?n definitiva sobre cual es el tipo de eventos que podr?n hacer un reporte oral durante las reuniones plenarias de la CMSI. Esta es la raz?n por la cual la MSC no dio el mandato de llevar acabo un proceso de selecci?n al Comit? de Selecci?n sobre los eventos multipartitas.

 

Como acordado con el Sr Nakaya el viernes y hoy, cualquier solicitud para reportar sobre eventos multipartitos puede ser enviada a (wsis@ngocongo.org) antes del 14 de Octubre 2005. Las solicitudes ser?n compiladas en una lista la cual ser? enviada directamente a la SE de CMSI para su consideraci?n. La SE CMSI tomara la decisi?n final.

 

Cuando nos notifique su inter?s por reportar un evento multipartito, favor de enviar la siguiente informaci?n (vea tambi?n el cuestionario adjunto):

 

1)      Nombre del evento multipartito

2)      Nombre de los organizadores del evento multipartita(organizaciones acreditadas ante WSIS

3)      Fecha y Lugar del evento multipartito

4)      Naturaleza del evento multipartito

5)      Pagina web del evento multipartito

6)      Persona de contacto

7)      Descripci?n y 

8)      Nombre, funci?n y organizaci?n acreditada del posible orador (informaci?n opcional)

 

Cualquier informaci?n recibida ser? enviada a la SE de la CMSI.

 

Adem?s del reporte oral, todos los eventos tendr?n la oportunidad de enviar los resultados de sus eventos a  wsis-contributions@itu.int, para asi ser publicados en el sitio web del UIT.

 

Saludos Cordiales,

 

Alejandra Mendoza

 

 

S?ntesis sobre la gu?a para la identificaci?n de oradores para reportar sobre un evento multipartita,  del UIT. 

 

?Reporte sobre eventos multipartitos

 

a)      El reporte sobre los eventos multipartitos se llevara a cabo durante la quinta reuni?n plenaria por 15 minutos (jueves 17 de noviembre) y durante la octava reuni?n plenaria (viernes, 18 Noviembre, de 14:00-19:00).

b)      La MSC y la CCBI est?n invitadas a proponer hasta m?s de 8 eventos para ser reportados en esas reuniones antes del 10 de Octubre (pospuesto para 17 Octubre). Prioridad tiene que ser dada a aquellos eventos que tengan  un impacto positivo a los objetivos de la Cumbre  se?alado en la Declaraci?n de Principios y en el Plan de Acci?n, as? como de los documentos a adoptar en la fase de T?nez de la Cumbre o a eventos ligados a la creaci?n de proyectos durables sobre la asociaci?n multipartito. Despu?s de haber establecido la lista de eventos que reportaran en esas sesiones, el Secretario General de la Cumbre, pedir? a los organizadores de los eventos nominados se les que identifiquen a la persona que hara el reporte.?

 

 

Alejandra Mendoza Le?n

CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 

11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000

E-mail:wsis@ngocongo.org  
Website: www.ngocongo.org 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org

 



Dina Hovakmian
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Oct  4 18:49:25 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_[WSIS_CS-Plenary]_Reporte_sobre_los_eventos_m?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ultipartito_en_T=FAnez?=
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This was already sent in English today.  This is the spanish version.

Rik

On Oct 4, 2005, at 12:43 PM, dina wrote:

> Dear Ser,
> MY LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH I CAN,T RESD THIS
> THANKS
>
> CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza <wsis@ngocongo.org> wrote:
> Estimados colegas,
>
>
>
> En nuestro llamado para la nominaci?n de oradores para la Cumbre en  
> T?nez, lanzada el 25 de Septiembre, se mencion? que existe una  
> oportunidad para reportar sobre eventos multipartita.
>
>
>
> Esto fue discutido por la SE de la CMSI durante la reuni?n de la  
> MSC del viernes, en la cual el Sr Toru Nakaya, del UIT, particip?.  
> Adem?s tuvimos otra discusi?n con el Sr Nakaya esta ma?ana.
>
>
>
> Sin embargo el Sr Yoshio Utsumi, SG del UIT, no ha tomado una  
> decisi?n definitiva sobre cual es el tipo de eventos que podr?n  
> hacer un reporte oral durante las reuniones plenarias de la CMSI.  
> Esta es la raz?n por la cual la MSC no dio el mandato de llevar  
> acabo un proceso de selecci?n al Comit? de Selecci?n sobre los  
> eventos multipartitas.
>
>
>
> Como acordado con el Sr Nakaya el viernes y hoy, cualquier  
> solicitud para reportar sobre eventos multipartitos puede ser  
> enviada a (wsis@ngocongo.org) antes del 14 de Octubre 2005. Las  
> solicitudes ser?n compiladas en una lista la cual ser? enviada  
> directamente a la SE de CMSI para su consideraci?n. La SE CMSI  
> tomara la decisi?n final.
>
>
>
> Cuando nos notifique su inter?s por reportar un evento  
> multipartito, favor de enviar la siguiente informaci?n (vea tambi?n  
> el cuestionario adjunto):
>
>
>
> 1)      Nombre del evento multipartito
>
> 2)      Nombre de los organizadores del evento multipartita 
> (organizaciones acreditadas ante WSIS
>
> 3)      Fecha y Lugar del evento multipartito
>
> 4)      Naturaleza del evento multipartito
>
> 5)      Pagina web del evento multipartito
>
> 6)      Persona de contacto
>
> 7)      Descripci?n y
>
> 8)      Nombre, funci?n y organizaci?n acreditada del posible  
> orador (informaci?n opcional)
>
>
>
> Cualquier informaci?n recibida ser? enviada a la SE de la CMSI.
>
>
>
> Adem?s del reporte oral, todos los eventos tendr?n la oportunidad  
> de enviar los resultados de sus eventos a  wsis- 
> contributions@itu.int, para asi ser publicados en el sitio web del  
> UIT.
>
>
>
> Saludos Cordiales,
>
>
>
> Alejandra Mendoza
>
>
>
>
>
> S?ntesis sobre la gu?a para la identificaci?n de oradores para  
> reportar sobre un evento multipartita,  del UIT.
>
>
>
> ?Reporte sobre eventos multipartitos
>
>
>
> a)      El reporte sobre los eventos multipartitos se llevara a  
> cabo durante la quinta reuni?n plenaria por 15 minutos (jueves 17  
> de noviembre) y durante la octava reuni?n plenaria (viernes, 18  
> Noviembre, de 14:00-19:00).
>
> b)      La MSC y la CCBI est?n invitadas a proponer hasta m?s de 8  
> eventos para ser reportados en esas reuniones antes del 10 de  
> Octubre (pospuesto para 17 Octubre). Prioridad tiene que ser dada a  
> aquellos eventos que tengan  un impacto positivo a los objetivos de  
> la Cumbre  se?alado en la Declaraci?n de Principios y en el Plan de  
> Acci?n, as? como de los documentos a adoptar en la fase de T?nez de  
> la Cumbre o a eventos ligados a la creaci?n de proyectos durables  
> sobre la asociaci?n multipartito. Despu?s de haber establecido la  
> lista de eventos que reportaran en esas sesiones, el Secretario  
> General de la Cumbre, pedir? a los organizadores de los eventos  
> nominados se les que identifiquen a la persona que hara el reporte.?
>
>
>
>
>
> Alejandra Mendoza Le?n
>
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>
> E-mail:wsis@ngocongo.org
> Website: www.ngocongo.org
>
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership  
> association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United  
> Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major  
> objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the  
> world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global  
> concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
>
>
>
>
>
> Dina Hovakmian
> tel:098 21 8053586
> Fax:098 21 8031879
> 0912 119 7840
> E-mail:dina_hov@yahoo.com
>
>
> Yahoo! for Good
> Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Tue Oct  4 20:28:00 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speaker Nomination - John Perry Barlow
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I'd like to put forward the name of John Parry Barlow as a possible  
speaker at the summit.

He's let me know that he'll be at the Summit, and would be keen to  
speak  - that is, if the NGOs/CS would nominate him.

I've cc'd him on this message so that he can help answer any comments  
and/or questions people might have.

his bio is as follows:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow>

John Perry Barlow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow

He is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation along with  
fellow digital rights activists John Gilmore and Mitch Kapor. He  
currently serves as vice-chairman of the EFF's board of directors. He  
is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences  
and is a Berkman Fellow at Harvard Law School. His writings include A  
Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace and The Economy of Ideas.


Spanish info:

John Perry Barlow: "Toda cultura es naturalmente libre"
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elpciboci/20050915elpciboci_1/Tes/

Regards

Robert
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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Wed Oct  5 08:13:24 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
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Dear All, Vitorio

Thanks for following the issue, Francis suggestion is very wise. I have also 
requested you to attend the working group meetings and share your points, 
which hasn't happen during the 2 weeks of prepcom 3. We discussed whatever 
you could think of in details, who is plenary, who is CS, how we could vote, 
what is consensus, what if and if and if .... Frankly a major part of my 
personal time and group members, was spent in the WGWM and we missed many 
govt plenaries and other CS meetings, in order to prepare something for 
work, on a voluntary basis, so I need all of you to understand this point 
and compromise if some sections of the guidelines are not perfect, it could 
be changed systematically in future, no problem.

But regarding the accreditation, I am personally very much against any sort 
of changes in this process. UN process is a UN process, we couldn't change 
it, all CS people should register through an accredited entity. I am 
personally against any person using govt badge and sit in our plenaries and 
vote!! please think of consequences, imagine if we want to have a statement 
against governments and then all govt delegates come to our room and sit and 
vote, and when how we object, they could say we are also CS!!!! could you 
please tell me how you will solve this mess?

Regarding individuals being CS members, that is even worse.Civil society in 
UN process are societies, not persons, we are all representing something and 
some groups as a whole, not ourselves, it is not acceptable at all to open 
UN system to individuals, absolutely not possible due to practical and 
political reasons. Then these independent people are accountable to whom and 
which group, who are they? imagine if you let individuals to get into these 
processes, then terrorists(as an example!) will come also and many other 
people. Who will control them , how you would work and align yourself? 
imagine again the above scenario, the CSP is trying to issue a statement 
regarding country X misbehavior, then we may have 10000 individuals from 
country X sitting there and claming to be CS members!!! we are participating 
in this process according to rules and procedures and we are all responsible 
for what we said and do during this time to our constituencies and 
organizations, whom these people are responsible to? how you could give the 
same voting weight (consensus in CSP is a voting method) of a huge CS 
organization and one individual sitting there? Dear Vitorio, I understand 
your point very well, but think of the consequences.

So my final observations are: 1- We should have strict separation between 
govt and CS people is CSP, persons wearing govt badges should not be able to 
vote or even be a part of a consensus making process.
2-all individuals should be accredited through a CS entity and could not 
vote against the wish of that entity in the CSP or other CS sessions.
3-UN badge holders are just observers. 4- People could have two badges, in 
worst case scenario.

But these are points that we should discuss during the summit in the WGWM 
and its email list, I suggest to take this discussion to the WGWM listserv, 
as plenary email list is really overloaded with emails.

Regards

Amir















west wrote:
> We live in reality and a real world, we should face it, like it or not 
> this is a UN Inter-Governmental process with all of its characteristics. 
> If someone don't like this way of work, should suggest realistic 
> alternates and solutions. What we could and should do? come up with 
> recommendations.

The recommendation I already posted is the following (on Sep 26,
speaking about the Plenary charter):

=====
I object to point 5, in that we should not subject ourselves to UN
accreditation processes, that in some cases can be thwarted to deny
accreditation to legitimate entities (I remember a case with a Chinese
organization, not much time ago). Also, I think that more and more
individuals, acting on a personal basis, are getting involved in these
processes, and more will come. Thus I would propose the following
formulation for 5.:

"All individuals who either represent accredited civil society entities,
or subscribe to the online Plenary mailing list, or register in person
at physical Plenary meetings, are members of the Plenary."

If you want, you might add a clause of incompatibility between being
part of delegations from other stakeholders, and having the right to
vote. I must point out that that would exclude plenty of the most active
CS members (me included) that have obtained accreditation through
governmental delegations so to be able to enter closed rooms and inform
the rest of us.

Or, if you want, you might introduce a no-objection procedure by which
the Plenary, by qualified majority, can deny membership to selected
individuals.
=====

Was it considered by the group? Why was it rejected? Why was it not
brought up for discussion in the Plenary itself?

I am sorry, I don't mean to be blunt or divisive, but I find it hard to
go and fight for greater civil society inclusion, if then we fail to be
inclusive ourselves. The repeatedly challenged list of speakers for the
Summit is just another example. I think we need to sort out our own
accontability mechanisms.

Thanks,
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@wtis.org>
To: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
Cc: "west" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>; <workingmethods@wsis-cs.org>; "WSIS 
Plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Working Methods] Re: oldcomer's angst


>
> Hello,
>
> Just a practical suggestion.
>
>> I must point out that that would exclude plenty of the most active CS 
>> members (me included) that have obtained accreditation through
>> governmental delegations so to be able to enter closed rooms and inform
>> the rest of us.
> Yes, indeed this is most helpfull and you are to be thanked.
>
> Accreditation is not personnal.
>
> You cannot speak as a member of the CS civil society,
> if you are wearing a governmental badge, this is needed to avoid 
> confusion, collusion, and manipulation.
> I guess that this point should be added in the CS plenary
> guidelines.
>
> The best suggestion is to register as part of an accredited
> CS entity, and have two badges.
> Some CS members are doing this.
> Since you are the ICANN at-Large Advisory Committee Chair,
> I guess that you could be part without problem of
> the ICANN delegation which is a CS entity.
>
> Hope this suggestion could solve your problem.
>
> Best regards
>
> Francis
>
>
>
>
> -- 
>
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct  5 09:22:32 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speaker Nomination - John Perry Barlow
Message-ID: <27764682.1128500552923.JavaMail.www@wwinf1502>



Sorry Robert
Who knows him and who has ever met/discussed with him among the CS participating to the WSIS ?
I don't like "parachuted speakers" and I guess many other CS activists won't either, especially during the very last period.
Jean-Louis





> Message du 04/10/05 21:29
> De : "Robert Guerra" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : "John Perry Barlow" , "CONGO - Philippe Dam" 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speaker Nomination - John Perry Barlow
> 
> 
I'd like to put forward the name of John Parry Barlow as a possible speaker at the summit. 


He's let me know that he'll be at the Summit, and would be keen to speak  - that is, if the NGOs/CS would nominate him.


I've cc'd him on this message so that he can help answer any comments and/or questions people might have.


his bio is as follows:


<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow>


John Perry Barlow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Perry_Barlow


He is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation along with fellow digital rights activists John Gilmore and Mitch Kapor. He currently serves as vice-chairman of the EFF's board of directors. He is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and is a Berkman Fellow at Harvard Law School. His writings include A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace and The Economy of Ideas.




Spanish info:


John Perry Barlow: "Toda cultura es naturalmente libre"
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elpciboci/20050915elpciboci_1/Tes/


Regards


Robert
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Wed Oct  5 09:48:57 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
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west ha scritto:
> 
> Dear All, Vitorio
> 
> Thanks for following the issue, Francis suggestion is very wise. I have 
> also requested you to attend the working group meetings and share your 
> points, which hasn't happen during the 2 weeks of prepcom 3.  We
> discussed whatever you could think of in details, who is plenary, who is 
> CS, how we could vote, what is consensus, what if and if and if .... 

This is good, but I have some objections: first, perhaps someone should 
report these discussions to the mailing list, to allow everyone to make 
up their mind. Then, I still did not understand the need to push this 
charter so abruptly (you release a first draft on Friday afternoon, 
collect comments until Monday morning, and put the document to votes 
from Tuesday...) even if this is causing divisions and if people did not 
have sufficient time to make up their mind, or even to come to meetings. 
We are all volunteers, but this does not mean that we have to renounce 
to inclusiveness for the sake of business-like effectiveness. There is 
no hurry.

> Frankly a major part of my personal time and group members, was spent in 
> the WGWM and we missed many govt plenaries and other CS meetings, in 
> order to prepare something for work, on a voluntary basis, so I need all 
> of you to understand this point and compromise if some sections of the 
> guidelines are not perfect, it could be changed systematically in 
> future, no problem.

Fine. So can we change the section that excludes individuals from voting 
in the Plenary?

> But regarding the accreditation, I am personally very much against any 
> sort of changes in this process. UN process is a UN process, we couldn't 
> change it, all CS people should register through an accredited entity.  I
> am personally against any person using govt badge and sit in our 
> plenaries and vote!! 

I don't see the logical connection between the two arguments you are 
making. The second is a minor problem, we might decide that people who 
get double badges or move from CS badges to governmental badges lose 
their status as plenary members, it's an acceptable decision, even if I 
disagree. The real issue, however, is the first one.

I don't understand why you are so strongly defending a system that 
requires extensive bureaucracy just to get the right to speak, and that 
excludes or hampers not just individuals, but also informal coalitions, 
unfunded and smaller NGOs, and organizations that get strongly objected 
by governments. It is clear from the "Human Rights in China" case that 
in some cases the accreditation process is used to silence the most 
critical voices and only allow the "polite" civil society groups in. 
Even if I am everything but an extremist, I think this is simply 
unacceptable.

Now that we agree to disagree, what I don't understand is why we don't 
take the time to make a proper consultation of everyone about this 
fundamental issue, and find a solution that is acceptable to everyone 
and lets all those who want to participate walk into the room with equal 
rights. I am here, I want to participate, I am a human being like you. 
Why are you trying to exclude me?

To conclude, I have a nasty question: given your strong criticism of 
possible overlaps between governments and civil society, I imagine you 
totally oppose the nomination of Mr. Samassekou as lead speaker for 
civil society, correct?

> Regarding individuals being CS members, that is even worse.Civil society 
> in UN process are societies, not persons, we are all representing 
> something and some groups as a whole, not ourselves, it is not 
> acceptable at all to open UN system to individuals, absolutely not 
> possible due to practical and political reasons. Then these independent 
> people are accountable to whom and which group, who are they?

In practice, you are saying that citizens do not know what is good for 
them and should not have a voice, as we have these wonderful 
organizations that know what's best for them. And if someone happens to 
disagree with the organizations, then the answer is "who are you? who 
let you into the room? are you a provoker?".

I was taught that, in democracy, people are the ultimate and supreme 
source of power, that gets then delegated to other entities, including 
their free associations. It is indirect structures such as associations 
and governments that have to be accountable to citizens, not the 
opposite! Certainly, your vision goes against any basic principle of 
democracy I've ever heard of. Is this the agreed vision of civil society 
at WSIS?

> imagine if 
> you let individuals to get into these processes, then terrorists(as an 
> example!) will come also and many other people. 

Yes, a random example: if we open our walls and let other people in the 
room, then terrorists will come. Can't wait to see Bin Laden addressing 
the plenary. Are you sure that you're not George W. Bush? :-)

But the nicest part of your sentence is "if you let individuals to get 
into these processes, then many other people will come". As if it was a 
negative thing.

> Who will control them , 
> how you would work and align yourself? imagine again the above scenario, 
> the CSP is trying to issue a statement regarding country X misbehavior, 
> then we may have 10000 individuals from country X sitting there and 
> claming to be CS members!!!

I would be happy to have 10000 people attending the plenary. That would 
be a huge success. However, it doesn't seem realistically possible to 
me, at all.

I think that your example could make some sense only in one particular 
case, that is, if country X = Tunisia and we are in Tunis. So you mean 
(I hope), what do we do if in Tunis we get floods of unknown people that 
try to capture the Plenary? To that effect, there are lots of 
institutional mechanisms that don't require to exclude anyone, such as 
weighed voting, or a Council elected in advance, or extraordinary 
mechanisms to suspend participation, or plenty of others which were in 
my past proposals.

But in any case, and to be even nastier, I have to point out that the 
only strong statement against Tunisia that I heard at this PrepCom came 
from the governments of the Western world. Civil society's official take 
on this was to criticize the Human Rights Caucus for being unfriendly to 
our new Tunisian friends. Perhaps, if 10'000 people would come, they 
would make our positions better.

> we are participating in this process 
> according to rules and procedures and we are all responsible for what we 
> said and do during this time to our constituencies and organizations, 
> whom these people are responsible to? how you could give the same voting 
> weight (consensus in CSP is a voting method) of a huge CS organization 
> and one individual sitting there?

Well, there have been years of discussions on these problems in all 
Internet governance assemblies. Various methods were proposed to deal 
with that. The point, however, is that you need to have this discussion, 
rather than just exclude individuals because you (not acting as an 
individual) think that they should be excluded. I did this mistake in 
the past, and I can tell you, it is a mistake.

The Internet works by rough consensus. It means that when two people 
disagree, they work out to find a solution that makes both of them 
reasonably happy. They don't try to exclude each other or to outvote the 
other position unless this is the only possible way to proceed.

The environment I found here, instead, is unfriendly. People constantly 
try to reject other people's arguments or find ways to ignore them. They 
try to set rules, rules and more rules to over-regulate everything and 
then use the rules, rather than the strength of their arguments, to 
support their positions. If someone disagrees, then accusations of 
blackmailing and hidden agendas, or of process violations, start quite 
easily. This is not constructive and is making people more and more 
disillusioned.

> Dear Vitorio, I understand your point 
> very well, but think of the consequences.

Yes, think of the consequences: we might even have statements and 
speakers that make everyone happy! :-)

> So my final observations are: 1- We should have strict separation 
> between govt and CS people is CSP, persons wearing govt badges should 
> not be able to vote or even be a part of a consensus making process.

Samassekou! Samassekou! :-D (Who, by the way, happens to be a rather 
exceptional person. It's just that representatives at the topmost level 
should be symbolically representative of who they represent.)

> 2-all individuals should be accredited through a CS entity and could not 
> vote against the wish of that entity in the CSP or other CS sessions.

Pardon me, I thought that people made the opinions of their 
organizations, not that civil society activists had to take orders from 
their "capitals".

> 3-UN badge holders are just observers. 4- People could have two badges, 
> in worst case scenario.
> 
> But these are points that we should discuss during the summit in the 
> WGWM and its email list, I suggest to take this discussion to the WGWM 
> listserv, as plenary email list is really overloaded with emails.

No, I am sorry, this is definitely a discussion for the Plenary and I 
will not bury it in the WGWM mailing list.

I am starting to think that we should have a Charter that speaks of 
basic common values such as tolerance and inclusiveness, rather than 
about rules.

Regards,
-- 
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http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From veronica.peris at oneworld.net  Tue Oct  4 07:29:44 2005
From: veronica.peris at oneworld.net (Veronica Peris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [grassroots-caucus] Speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: 
 <LYRIS-324843-2539283-2005.10.04-00.57.43--veronica.peris#oneworld.net@dgroups.org>
Message-ID: <0INT002LDOQPQO@vmail.vsnl.com>

I would like to endorse Anuradha's statement.what purpose would be served if
this huge segment at whom information needs to reach is not represented.it
would be attempting to run a car without wheels, in my opinion.  Isnt this
what WSIS and the UN is all about?

 

Veronica Peris

 

 

 

  _____  

From: T N Anuradha [mailto:t.n.anuradha@oneworld.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:27 AM
To: Grassroots Caucus
Cc: 'Basheerhamad Shadrach'; grassroots-caucus@dgroups.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [grassroots-caucus] Speakers for Tunis

 

Dear Rik,

Thanks for your mail giving clarification on the selection procedure for the
speakers at Tunis.

.

Looking into your requirements, I think our nominees meet them all.
Probably the CS plenary may not have seen them face to face, but at their
own level within their communities they are at High Levels in their
organisation (Community Based Organisation)).  They are well aware about the
WSIS process and have been involved in the regional meetings organised by
Grassroots Caucus.  Their contributions towards building an information
society within their community is unparalleled. Ofcourse I don't need to
clarify on their ability to speak, with which they have mobilised their own
communities towards development.

 

I think its unrealistic to consider grassroots communities as mere
beneficiaries, but considered as prime movers/parcipants in  the whole WSIS
process.

 

Iam sure this would help you to consider one of the grassroots caucus
nominees to share their views at WSIS.

 

Regards

Anuradha

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From jam at jacquelinemorris.com  Tue Oct  4 11:21:51 2005
From: jam at jacquelinemorris.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
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Vittorio
Exactly the principle that we have been applying, as you know from
WGIG. We need to get away from the laundry list of issues in the
language - it rapidly becomes meaningless. To get the concept across
and deeply embedded is vital.
I agree with the other danger that you raise - that if gender language
is in many paras but not all, then we open the door for those paras
where it is not specified to be treated as if gender does not apply
there.
Jacqueline

On 10/4/05, Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> conchita poncini ha scritto:
> > Thanks Rik for clarifying.  OF course I never meant to shout but am
> > determined to ascertain that gender sensitivity is there.  I agree that
> > it should appear most appropriate and I have certainly read this very
> > carefully and was at the session when the Chair read his Food for
> > Thought.  I am all for substance and if we do not make WSIS principles
> > gender sensitive, then it remains a paradigm of the haves and not
> > inclusive of the have-nots who are at present women..  This is precisely
> > why I included it in the paragraph where it recognizes the scope and the
> >  necessity for IG to be people-centered, inclusive, development oriented
> > and non discriminatory, and certainly should be "gender sensitive.".
>
> Sorry, but I support Rik on this issue. The sentence you mention is a
> very short and high-level one, and I think that "non discriminatory"
> already includes all types of diversity. If you want to add gender
> equality (which of course is a highly commendable principle in itself)
> then I expect that activists against other types of discrimination would
> stand up and ask for the same, and thus you might have to mention, just
> to name a few, North-South equality, inclusion of youth, indigenous
> peoples, people with disabilities etc. I think it would be preferrable
> to keep "non discriminatory" as a general principle that encompasses all
> types of disequalities and social injustices, rather than discuss among
> ourselves which kind of disequality deserves more to be mentioned.
>
> Moreover, as this general principle really applies to everything, I
> think you should carefully refrain from trying to get it inserted here
> and there as much as possible; either you push to get it mentioned in
> each and every paragraph, which is clearly impossible and will only get
> everyone upset at you, or partial additions will be used against you to
> say that in every issue where it is not explicitly mentioned it should
> not be applied.
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From jam at jacquelinemorris.com  Tue Oct  4 11:26:18 2005
From: jam at jacquelinemorris.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <200510041153455.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
References: <9C1E3528-914D-481A-9C8B-3440640CEA24@earthlink.net>
	 <200510041153455.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
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HI Laina
I doubt that the CS should be multistakeholder as we are one of the
stakeholders. Can't include Govt and business in the CS, I don't
think.
I agree that the speakers should represent the geographic, gender,
cultural diversity of CS.
But isn't that what Rik et al tried to do with the criteria? At least
that's what I got form the emails he sent.
Jacqueline
On 10/3/05, Laina Raveendran Greene <laina@getit.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to hope
> that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my concern for
> some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation represented more
> than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and inclusive ourselves too
> and will hope you will look into rectifying this.
>
> Thanks,
> Laina
>
>  ________________________________
>  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
> Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:07 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
>
> As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday, the
> selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected list of
> civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of considerations, including
> gender balance, regional balance, and thematic diversity, as well as being
> at a high-level in their organization, being a "high-profile" person,
> general competence, involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I
> noted, we were not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the
> lack of nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt
> all-in-all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time
> allotted and the restricted number of slots.
>
>
> I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue to
> receive individual nominations from organizations over the next days, and to
> present to the Selection Committee a final list for our consideration and
> feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this point, the committee
> will see what can be done to make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis
> is the most representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within
> the requirements presented to us by the ITU.
>
>
> We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees, which
> you can direct to me at rikp@earthlink.net.  I will make sure all of these
> concerns are directed to the committee.
>
>
> We appreciate your support and understanding.
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the Selection Committee
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik
> Panganiban
> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the
> ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as
> compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night.
> For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you
> approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants
> composed of the following individuals:
>
>
>     1 representative from each regional group
>     1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>     1 representative of the CS Bureau
>     1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory
> capacity
>
> The Committee worked hard to achieve several "balances" including regional,
> gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to make sure
> that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of
> their nominations included.  You see here the regional and gender breakdown
> of the nominees:
>
>     Opening Ceremony
>     Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
>     Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
>
>     High Level Panel
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand,
> Philippines, India
>
>     Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>
>      Round Tables
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan,
> Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2),
> Russian Federation
>     Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>
>     Plenary Sessions
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2);
> Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):
> Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran
> (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom
> (1)
>     Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
>
> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a
> very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident that the current
> list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ===============================================
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
> * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>
> * Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
>


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From muguet at wtis.org  Tue Oct  4 19:51:52 2005
From: muguet at wtis.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: oldcomer's angst
In-Reply-To: <434284A0.10302@bertola.eu.org>
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Message-ID: <4342CF48.10008@wtis.org>

Hello,

Just a practical suggestion.

> I must point out that that would exclude plenty of the most active 
> CS members (me included) that have obtained accreditation through
> governmental delegations so to be able to enter closed rooms and inform
> the rest of us.
Yes, indeed this is most helpfull and you are to be thanked.

Accreditation is not personnal.

You cannot speak as a member of the CS civil society,
if you are wearing a governmental badge, this is needed to avoid 
confusion, collusion, and manipulation.
I guess that this point should be added in the CS plenary
guidelines.

The best suggestion is to register as part of an accredited
CS entity, and have two badges.
Some CS members are doing this.
Since you are the ICANN at-Large Advisory Committee Chair,
I guess that you could be part without problem of
the ICANN delegation which is a CS entity.

Hope this suggestion could solve your problem.

Best regards

Francis




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From laina at getit.org  Wed Oct  5 11:28:29 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
In-Reply-To: <131293a20510040326l72a513d5rc396e8d52ffb29ae@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20051005184109.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Hi Jacqueline,

I guess what I mean by multistakeholder, is multistakeholder CS wise.
E,g,grassroots group, other caucuses such as Values and Ethics, etc. I agree
that Rik has tried, and I have also clarified to him what my issue was i.e.
trying to ensure as many groups as possible get a voice. I just noticed some
orgs got more than 2 slots and this was of concern, and this is what I meant
by multistakeholder...I see CS made up of many groups of interests and we
need to have a system to allow these voices to be heared too. We should try
to be "inclusive" within CS, if that makes it clear.

Hope this clarifies it.

Regards,
Laina 

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Jacqueline Morris
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:26 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

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_______________________________________

HI Laina
I doubt that the CS should be multistakeholder as we are one of the
stakeholders. Can't include Govt and business in the CS, I don't think.
I agree that the speakers should represent the geographic, gender, cultural
diversity of CS.
But isn't that what Rik et al tried to do with the criteria? At least that's
what I got form the emails he sent.
Jacqueline
On 10/3/05, Laina Raveendran Greene <laina@getit.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to 
> hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my 
> concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation 
> represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and 
> inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying this.
>
> Thanks,
> Laina
>
>  ________________________________
>  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On 
> Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:07 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Greetings to all,
>
>
> As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday, 
> the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected 
> list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of 
> considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and 
> thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their 
> organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence, 
> involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were 
> not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of 
> nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-all 
> it was probably the best list we could provide in the time allotted and
the restricted number of slots.
>
>
> I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue 
> to receive individual nominations from organizations over the next 
> days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final list for our 
> consideration and feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this 
> point, the committee will see what can be done to make sure the final 
> list of speakers in Tunis is the most representative speakers from 
> civil society we can muster, within the requirements presented to us by
the ITU.
>
>
> We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees, 
> which you can direct to me at rikp@earthlink.net.  I will make sure 
> all of these concerns are directed to the committee.
>
>
> We appreciate your support and understanding.
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the Selection Committee
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the
> ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as
> compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night.
> For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you
> approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants
> composed of the following individuals:
>
>
>     1 representative from each regional group
>     1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>     1 representative of the CS Bureau
>     1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory
> capacity
>
> The Committee worked hard to achieve several "balances" including
regional,
> gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to make sure
> that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one
of
> their nominations included.  You see here the regional and gender
breakdown
> of the nominees:
>
>     Opening Ceremony
>     Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
>     Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
>
>     High Level Panel
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand,
> Philippines, India
>
>     Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>
>      Round Tables
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan,
> Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2),
> Russian Federation
>     Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>
>     Plenary Sessions
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2);
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From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Wed Oct  5 12:13:08 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
Message-ID: <954259bd0510050413g1a1c6004v216673ad6bb6513d@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,
 We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the verge of
being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting further into an
divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort of supreme right of
each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot happen and we know it.
 So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of Plenary
Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely different
matter)
 There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
- civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks on
behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should demonstrate it can
make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva situation and lose
a critical opportunity)
- civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and must
be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and prioritize them)
- civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender,
geographic and competence balance in its representation
 If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led to
the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case scenario,
according to the documents circulated at the begining of the process, there
will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary speakers. And the
executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a few people of its own.
This means we need to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will
get 10 slots in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it chose
its speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best
solution would be to :
- ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference from the
Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who will speak on its
behalf)
- choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and define
them collectively)
- select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by the
selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these themes,
respecting gender and geographical balance
 What could be the main priority messages *for the Summit* ? I propose we
start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it further
(themes are in no particular order) :

   - *The Information Society is based on Freedom of Expression and
   Information* : the Internet is a key instrument/space for freedom of
   expression and information, and this should be protected and guaranteed (key
   Caucuses involved : Human Rights, Media, ...)
   - *The Information Society requires Universal Access* : participation
   in the Information Society is impossible if the infrastructure is not
   developped enough, including electricity, interconnexion costs, backbones
   and exchange points, telecentres (Key Caucuses : Telecentres, others ?)
   - *The Information Society must be inclusive and
development-oriented*: gender balance; special efforts towards
economically, geographically or
   socially marginalized groups, including indigenous communities; specific
   design architectures to facilitate use by people with disabilities; special
   needs of children and the elderly; promotion of multilingualism, including
   internationalized domain names (Key Caucuses : Gender, Indigenous, Persons
   with disabilities, Cultural diversity, ...)
   - *The Information Society depends upon Education and
   Capacity-Building* to be inclusive (Key Caucuses : Education and
   Academia, Scientific Information WG, ...)
   - *The Information Society requires new legal frameworks for
   Intellectual productions and creations* : see creative commons,
   free/open source software, open access (Key Caucuses : Patents and
   Trademarks WG, Scientific Information WG, ...)
   - *The Information Society should be based on trust more than
control*: cyber-security is not only about censorship and police but
also about
   creating trust, securing the infrastructure and protecting privacy, towards
   a true Digital Citizenship (Key Caucuses : Privacy and Security, Human
   Rights, ...)
   - *The Information Society is built at the grassroots level*, and not
   only by governments and international organizations : local actors and in
   particular local authorities have a key role to play (see Bilbao summit)
   (Key Caucuses : Local Authorities, Grassroots, Volunteers, Values and
   Ethics, ...)
   - *Internet is a Global Facility* : Internet Governance is the shared
   responsibility of all stakeholders and time has come to define the proper
   roles of all actors, including governments (Key Caucus : Internet
   Governance)
   - *A multi-stakeholder Follow-up framework is needed* to implement the
   the WSIS outcomes : governements cannot implement their commitments alone
   and this is the opportunity to establish a neww cooperation model at the
   international, regional and national levels (Key Working Group :
   Implementation and Follow-up WG)
   - *Africa* requires special efforts and innovative financing
   mechanisms (Key Caucuses : Financing, African Caucus, ...)

I believe these ten themes would allow all caucuses and interests within
civil society to find a space (but I may have forgotten some issues). They
could group together to draft the statements and try to come up collectively
with speakers who could best carry them, with a respect for gender and
geographic diversity. The existing NomCom could interact with the various
caucuses on that matter and propose a final list of 10 names to be endorsed
by the Plenary (hopefully by consensus).
  In chosing the fnal names, we must take into account that the messenger
personnality, eloquence, reputation or origin are important to make him/her
really listened to in such a forum (remember the impact of the presentation
by the Youth Caucus representative in Geneva ?). Given reactions on the
Plenary list, there will be strong resistance to the introduction of
speakers that were not directly involved in the process. Let's therefore
focus on names belonging to the various caucuses. This prevents us from
proposing high profile names that would attract attention; but it seems to
be a key condition for final endorsement by the CS Plenary. And there is not
much time left.
 *Proposed next steps*
 If the above approach is acceptable to all, we could, in the coming days :
 - notify the Executive Secretariat that we want 10 slots that we will fill
ourselves and set a final deadline for providing the names (I suppose there
are printing deadlines, for instance)
- review the proposed list of themes to see if there are key missing points
or if they could/should be formulated differently
- consult among the Key Caucuses and Working Groups concerned by each theme
on what the content of each intervention could be and who could best speak
on each theme (list of 2-3 speakers from the existing list of 22 ?)
- set up a small drafting group and a contact person for each of the 10
themes so that the preparation of the statements is done in advance in a
transparent and inclusive manner
- agree to give the responsibility to the Selection Committee to interact
with the various caucuses and working groups to come up - cooperatively - on
an acceptable and balanced list of 10 speakers
 I hope this can help us all move forward. CS needs to shape its message
first and then unite behind it.
 Best
 Bertrand
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct  5 14:13:18 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0510050413g1a1c6004v216673ad6bb6513d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <954259bd0510050413g1a1c6004v216673ad6bb6513d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <D5E6D700-7B3C-4F7A-9F31-B5B2C413479E@lists.privaterra.org>

Bertrand:

thanks for the constructive suggestion. I support the idea of  
breaking down the selections by priority areas. It is a good approach.

However, time is very short.  We need to move quickly. Count on my  
support. let me know what and how i can help to make this revised  
approach a reality.

regards,

Robert

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Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 5-Oct-05, at 7:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the  
> verge of being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting  
> further into an divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a  
> sort of supreme right of each caucus to have a speaking slot. This  
> cannot happen and we know it.
>
> So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of  
> Plenary Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely  
> different matter)
>
> There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
> - civil society should be recognized the right to designate who  
> speaks on behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should  
> demonstrate it can make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to  
> the Geneva situation and lose a critical opportunity)
> - civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments  
> and must be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and  
> prioritize them)
> - civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible  
> gender, geographic and competence balance in its representation
>
> If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3  
> led to the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the  
> best case scenario, according to the documents circulated at the  
> begining of the process, there will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil  
> society plenary speakers. And the executive secretariat will  
> necessarily want to put a few people of its own. This means we need  
> to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will get 10 slots  
> in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it chose its  
> speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best  
> solution would be to :
> - ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference  
> from the Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who  
> will speak on its behalf)
> - choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and  
> define them collectively)
> - select (ideally within the present list of nominees established  
> by the selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry  
> these themes, respecting gender and geographical balance
>
> What could be the main priority messages for the Summit ? I propose  
> we start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it  
> further (themes are in no particular order) :
> The Information Society is based on Freedom of Expression and  
> Information : the Internet is a key instrument/space for freedom of  
> expression and information, and this should be protected and  
> guaranteed  (key Caucuses involved  : Human Rights, Media, ...)
> The Information Society requires Universal Access : participation  
> in the Information Society is impossible if the infrastructure is  
> not developped enough, including electricity, interconnexion costs,  
> backbones and exchange points, telecentres (Key Caucuses :  
> Telecentres, others ?)
> The Information Society must be inclusive and development- 
> oriented : gender balance; special efforts towards economically,  
> geographically or socially marginalized groups, including  
> indigenous communities; specific design architectures to facilitate  
> use by people with disabilities; special needs of children and the  
> elderly; promotion of multilingualism, including internationalized  
> domain names (Key Caucuses : Gender, Indigenous, Persons with  
> disabilities, Cultural diversity, ...)
> The Information Society depends upon Education and Capacity- 
> Building to be inclusive (Key Caucuses : Education and Academia,  
> Scientific Information WG, ...)
> The Information Society requires new legal frameworks for  
> Intellectual productions and creations : see creative commons, free/ 
> open source software, open access (Key Caucuses : Patents and  
> Trademarks WG, Scientific Information WG, ...)
> The Information Society should be based on trust more than  
> control : cyber-security is not only about censorship and police  
> but also about creating trust, securing the infrastructure and  
> protecting privacy, towards a true Digital Citizenship (Key  
> Caucuses : Privacy and Security, Human Rights, ...)
> The Information Society is built at the grassroots level, and not  
> only by governments and international organizations : local actors  
> and in particular local authorities have a key role to play (see  
> Bilbao summit) (Key Caucuses : Local Authorities, Grassroots,  
> Volunteers, Values and Ethics, ...)
> Internet is a Global Facility : Internet Governance is the shared  
> responsibility of all stakeholders and time has come to define the  
> proper roles of all actors, including governments (Key Caucus :  
> Internet Governance)
> A multi-stakeholder Follow-up framework is needed to implement the  
> the WSIS outcomes : governements cannot implement their commitments  
> alone and this is the opportunity to establish a neww cooperation  
> model at the international, regional and national levels (Key  
> Working Group : Implementation and Follow-up WG)
> Africa requires special efforts and innovative financing mechanisms  
> (Key Caucuses : Financing, African Caucus, ...)
> I believe these ten themes would allow all caucuses and interests  
> within civil society to find a space (but I may have forgotten some  
> issues). They could group together to draft the statements and try  
> to come up collectively with speakers who could best carry them,  
> with a respect for gender and geographic diversity. The existing  
> NomCom could interact with the various caucuses on that matter and  
> propose a final list of 10 names to be endorsed by the Plenary  
> (hopefully by consensus).
>
> In chosing the fnal names, we must take into account that the  
> messenger personnality, eloquence, reputation or origin are  
> important to make him/her really listened to in such a forum  
> (remember the impact of the presentation by the Youth Caucus  
> representative in Geneva ?). Given reactions on the Plenary list,  
> there will be strong resistance to the introduction of speakers  
> that were not directly involved in the process. Let's therefore  
> focus on names belonging to the various caucuses. This prevents us  
> from proposing high profile names that would attract attention; but  
> it seems to be a key condition for final endorsement by the CS  
> Plenary. And there is not much time left.
>
> Proposed next steps
>
> If the above approach is acceptable to all, we could, in the coming  
> days :
>
> - notify the Executive Secretariat that we want 10 slots that we  
> will fill ourselves and set a final deadline for providing the  
> names (I suppose there are printing deadlines, for instance)
> - review the proposed list of themes to see if there are key  
> missing points or if they could/should be formulated differently
> - consult among the Key Caucuses and Working Groups concerned by  
> each theme on what the content of each intervention could be and  
> who could best speak on each theme (list of 2-3 speakers from the  
> existing list of 22 ?)
> - set up a small drafting group and a contact person for each of  
> the 10 themes so that the preparation of the statements is done in  
> advance in a transparent and inclusive manner
> - agree to give the responsibility to the Selection Committee to  
> interact with the various caucuses and working groups to come up -  
> cooperatively - on an acceptable and balanced list of 10 speakers
>
> I hope this can help us all move forward. CS needs to shape its  
> message first and then unite behind it.
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
>
>
>
>


From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Wed Oct  5 13:34:10 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0510050413g1a1c6004v216673ad6bb6513d@mail.gmail.com>
References: <954259bd0510050413g1a1c6004v216673ad6bb6513d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BB1574E6-027C-4A7B-8F0B-38E53D501F62@traceynaughton.com>

Bertrand

I like this issue based approach. It would not change the nominations  
from the Media Caucus.

Thanks for thinking it through.

Tracey Naughton


From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Wed Oct  5 12:04:36 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
References: <2F5A93E5-865F-4D15-A9A5-EE8D893736F2@acm.org><46596941-3009-4968-8BE7-40B177008B68@earthlink.net>	<15BEBCF2-16E2-44CF-9D52-1CE2D0F0B007@acm.org>	<BAY9-DAV867948912DBFF9CCF4823D88F0@phx.gbl>	<433FB3F1.3000509@bertola.eu.org>	<BAY9-DAV22A8B04735C07B0DCA5CFCD8810@phx.gbl><434284A0.10302@bertola.eu.org> <4342CF48.10008@wtis.org><BAY9-DAV56C82BF54E95C71671C0E7D8820@phx.gbl><43439379.5020101@bertola.eu.org> <BAY9-DAV21AFFCCB122F94336AEDD6D8820@phx.gbl>
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "iranfree" <iranfreelance@hotmail.com>
To: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
Cc: <workingmethods@wsis-cs.org>; "WSIS Plenary" <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?


> Dear Vitorio
>
> Firstly what the relation of my arguments and Samasekou? please don't mix 
> up things, secondly regulations needed everywhere, are you a pro-anarchy? 
> I think you missed the prepcom 1  and you didn't witness what happened, in 
> that case you may realize what I mean by X and individuals. Because of 
> that we as civil society groups decided to have rules and procedures to 
> work , it was a consensus and collective decision, sorry if you missed 
> that opportunity to raise your voice, physically , not just through email 
> in the plenary. X is not always Tunisia and could be Iran, Iraq, USA, etc. 
> We are setting precedents here, so we should be careful.
>
> Internet is for all human begins, individuals, yes, I am not against it, 
> who is? but please do not try to mix issues to defend your argument, WSIS 
> is a Governmental UN process, physical, not virtual (it might used virtual 
> ways to share information), but the decision making is by diplomats of the 
> governments, which normally don't check emails when they are talking, so 
> CS should be there to intervene, responsibly and in a transparent way, so 
> we have different working methods to reorganize ourselves to be able to 
> effectively, not always in a democratic way I agree, defend the CS 
> position and raise their voice. Then this should be systematic, be 
> bureaucratic and organized to be effective, we cannot have a CS in anarchy 
> and be able to engage in a political and diplomatic process. Individuals 
> are welcome, but in a formal context which UN sets, not us. If human 
> rights in china is rejected, it is so. We have raised our voice, we 
> objected and that's it. What do you want to do, occupy the Govt plenary 
> and bit them up? this arguments reminded me the kind of arguments 
> fundamentalists used in Iran when they occupied the USA embassy in 
> Tehran!! if they don't listen to us, we will crack them down! (hmm we are 
> hearing it again these days!)
>
> So dear friends who want to be a part of this slow and bureaucratic UN 
> process, this process has its own regulations, like it or not, we couldn't 
> change it and  I didn't set it, so don't criticize me for it. We are all 
> member of organizations, we might not consult our capital, but definitely 
> we will at least send emails to our group of members, asking their opinion 
> regarding an specific issue, for example of you want to sign a petition on 
> behalf of your NGO, this should be consulted with the director of that NGO 
> first. Is this irrational and non-democratic?? and please don't again mix 
> the democratic theories with our work here, according to UN rules CS 
> entities who are accredited are able to engage in the process. So there is 
> no clear definition of participation of individuals in this process, I 
> don't know what to do about it, really, please object to UN about it. NGOs 
> in the process are a group of people who have same rights as individuals 
> and they are also individuals, but work in a collective manner and 
> coordinate things with each other, is that against democracy?
>
> Regarding voting, I have raised my voice, as member. This is the CSP 
> decision and please raise it next time with them. I don't think is a wise 
> decisions to give voting rights to individuals in THIS process (I am not 
> talking about other places), this process. Just imagine with yourself, 
> that you are attending WSIS in capacity of a medium size think tank, and 
> there are many other people sitting there which they represent themselves 
> in a UN process, your NGO has 5000 members and votes for apple and there 
> are 50 people sitting there voting against apple, what is the weight of 
> the votes? is it really equal? change apple to human rights, freedom of 
> expression, etc..
> Democracy is through parties and groups, not individuals, the whole world 
> is running on this system, of representation, people vote to someone to 
> raise their voice in an assembly, is it possible to invite all citizens to 
> attend and vote? then shall we open the UN halls to all people who are 
> passing by and request them to decide on the issues? in theory it seems 
> perfect, utopia, but where is this utopia and how it could work? Please be 
> realistic, while being an idealist. No problem being both..
>
> Just a matter of reminder, all groups and NGOs, with every size are able 
> to be accredited and join the process and nobody could object to it, 
> unless a government objects, so CS didn't object to anyone, it was others. 
> I am not at all against any sort of participation of small groups, small 
> NGOs (I am myself member of a very small NGO), and informal coalitions, 
> but to be able to work in harmony we need regulations to work, not 
> anarchy. Sorry for being to blunt, I am known of being open and frank and 
> do not care about diplomatic speaking.  And if you want to really have a 
> 10,000 people gathering to discuss internet, please book Geneva stadium 
> next time, as we couldn't have it in palais des nations! and I really want 
> to see how you would democratically organize them and reach a decision on 
> something in one hour! (from 9-10 am like the CSP).
> This is a good experience for all of us to see how we could work better 
> and what kind of theoretical differences we have. I might missed some 
> points ,as your email was long. A funny and nasty remark: Bush is a 
> democratically elected president of US (elected by individuals like us)! 
> we might have problems with him, but Bin Laden is head of a terrorist 
> group and god knows how he was elected!
>
> Regards
> Amir
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
> To: "west" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
> Cc: <muguet@wtis.org>; <workingmethods@wsis-cs.org>; "WSIS Plenary" 
> <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
>
>
>> west ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Dear All, Vitorio
>>>
>>> Thanks for following the issue, Francis suggestion is very wise. I have 
>>> also requested you to attend the working group meetings and share your 
>>> points, which hasn't happen during the 2 weeks of prepcom 3.  We
>>> discussed whatever you could think of in details, who is plenary, who is 
>>> CS, how we could vote, what is consensus, what if and if and if ....
>>
>> This is good, but I have some objections: first, perhaps someone should 
>> report these discussions to the mailing list, to allow everyone to make 
>> up their mind. Then, I still did not understand the need to push this 
>> charter so abruptly (you release a first draft on Friday afternoon, 
>> collect comments until Monday morning, and put the document to votes from 
>> Tuesday...) even if this is causing divisions and if people did not have 
>> sufficient time to make up their mind, or even to come to meetings. We 
>> are all volunteers, but this does not mean that we have to renounce to 
>> inclusiveness for the sake of business-like effectiveness. There is no 
>> hurry.
>>
>>> Frankly a major part of my personal time and group members, was spent in 
>>> the WGWM and we missed many govt plenaries and other CS meetings, in 
>>> order to prepare something for work, on a voluntary basis, so I need all 
>>> of you to understand this point and compromise if some sections of the 
>>> guidelines are not perfect, it could be changed systematically in 
>>> future, no problem.
>>
>> Fine. So can we change the section that excludes individuals from voting 
>> in the Plenary?
>>
>>> But regarding the accreditation, I am personally very much against any 
>>> sort of changes in this process. UN process is a UN process, we couldn't 
>>> change it, all CS people should register through an accredited entity. 
>>> I
>>> am personally against any person using govt badge and sit in our 
>>> plenaries and vote!!
>>
>> I don't see the logical connection between the two arguments you are 
>> making. The second is a minor problem, we might decide that people who 
>> get double badges or move from CS badges to governmental badges lose 
>> their status as plenary members, it's an acceptable decision, even if I 
>> disagree. The real issue, however, is the first one.
>>
>> I don't understand why you are so strongly defending a system that 
>> requires extensive bureaucracy just to get the right to speak, and that 
>> excludes or hampers not just individuals, but also informal coalitions, 
>> unfunded and smaller NGOs, and organizations that get strongly objected 
>> by governments. It is clear from the "Human Rights in China" case that in 
>> some cases the accreditation process is used to silence the most critical 
>> voices and only allow the "polite" civil society groups in. Even if I am 
>> everything but an extremist, I think this is simply unacceptable.
>>
>> Now that we agree to disagree, what I don't understand is why we don't 
>> take the time to make a proper consultation of everyone about this 
>> fundamental issue, and find a solution that is acceptable to everyone and 
>> lets all those who want to participate walk into the room with equal 
>> rights. I am here, I want to participate, I am a human being like you. 
>> Why are you trying to exclude me?
>>
>> To conclude, I have a nasty question: given your strong criticism of 
>> possible overlaps between governments and civil society, I imagine you 
>> totally oppose the nomination of Mr. Samassekou as lead speaker for civil 
>> society, correct?
>>
>>> Regarding individuals being CS members, that is even worse.Civil society 
>>> in UN process are societies, not persons, we are all representing 
>>> something and some groups as a whole, not ourselves, it is not 
>>> acceptable at all to open UN system to individuals, absolutely not 
>>> possible due to practical and political reasons. Then these independent 
>>> people are accountable to whom and which group, who are they?
>>
>> In practice, you are saying that citizens do not know what is good for 
>> them and should not have a voice, as we have these wonderful 
>> organizations that know what's best for them. And if someone happens to 
>> disagree with the organizations, then the answer is "who are you? who let 
>> you into the room? are you a provoker?".
>>
>> I was taught that, in democracy, people are the ultimate and supreme 
>> source of power, that gets then delegated to other entities, including 
>> their free associations. It is indirect structures such as associations 
>> and governments that have to be accountable to citizens, not the 
>> opposite! Certainly, your vision goes against any basic principle of 
>> democracy I've ever heard of. Is this the agreed vision of civil society 
>> at WSIS?
>>
>>> imagine if you let individuals to get into these processes, then 
>>> terrorists(as an example!) will come also and many other people.
>>
>> Yes, a random example: if we open our walls and let other people in the 
>> room, then terrorists will come. Can't wait to see Bin Laden addressing 
>> the plenary. Are you sure that you're not George W. Bush? :-)
>>
>> But the nicest part of your sentence is "if you let individuals to get 
>> into these processes, then many other people will come". As if it was a 
>> negative thing.
>>
>>> Who will control them , how you would work and align yourself? imagine 
>>> again the above scenario, the CSP is trying to issue a statement 
>>> regarding country X misbehavior, then we may have 10000 individuals from 
>>> country X sitting there and claming to be CS members!!!
>>
>> I would be happy to have 10000 people attending the plenary. That would 
>> be a huge success. However, it doesn't seem realistically possible to me, 
>> at all.
>>
>> I think that your example could make some sense only in one particular 
>> case, that is, if country X = Tunisia and we are in Tunis. So you mean (I 
>> hope), what do we do if in Tunis we get floods of unknown people that try 
>> to capture the Plenary? To that effect, there are lots of institutional 
>> mechanisms that don't require to exclude anyone, such as weighed voting, 
>> or a Council elected in advance, or extraordinary mechanisms to suspend 
>> participation, or plenty of others which were in my past proposals.
>>
>> But in any case, and to be even nastier, I have to point out that the 
>> only strong statement against Tunisia that I heard at this PrepCom came 
>> from the governments of the Western world. Civil society's official take 
>> on this was to criticize the Human Rights Caucus for being unfriendly to 
>> our new Tunisian friends. Perhaps, if 10'000 people would come, they 
>> would make our positions better.
>>
>>> we are participating in this process according to rules and procedures 
>>> and we are all responsible for what we said and do during this time to 
>>> our constituencies and organizations, whom these people are responsible 
>>> to? how you could give the same voting weight (consensus in CSP is a 
>>> voting method) of a huge CS organization and one individual sitting 
>>> there?
>>
>> Well, there have been years of discussions on these problems in all 
>> Internet governance assemblies. Various methods were proposed to deal 
>> with that. The point, however, is that you need to have this discussion, 
>> rather than just exclude individuals because you (not acting as an 
>> individual) think that they should be excluded. I did this mistake in the 
>> past, and I can tell you, it is a mistake.
>>
>> The Internet works by rough consensus. It means that when two people 
>> disagree, they work out to find a solution that makes both of them 
>> reasonably happy. They don't try to exclude each other or to outvote the 
>> other position unless this is the only possible way to proceed.
>>
>> The environment I found here, instead, is unfriendly. People constantly 
>> try to reject other people's arguments or find ways to ignore them. They 
>> try to set rules, rules and more rules to over-regulate everything and 
>> then use the rules, rather than the strength of their arguments, to 
>> support their positions. If someone disagrees, then accusations of 
>> blackmailing and hidden agendas, or of process violations, start quite 
>> easily. This is not constructive and is making people more and more 
>> disillusioned.
>>
>>> Dear Vitorio, I understand your point very well, but think of the 
>>> consequences.
>>
>> Yes, think of the consequences: we might even have statements and 
>> speakers that make everyone happy! :-)
>>
>>> So my final observations are: 1- We should have strict separation 
>>> between govt and CS people is CSP, persons wearing govt badges should 
>>> not be able to vote or even be a part of a consensus making process.
>>
>> Samassekou! Samassekou! :-D (Who, by the way, happens to be a rather 
>> exceptional person. It's just that representatives at the topmost level 
>> should be symbolically representative of who they represent.)
>>
>>> 2-all individuals should be accredited through a CS entity and could not 
>>> vote against the wish of that entity in the CSP or other CS sessions.
>>
>> Pardon me, I thought that people made the opinions of their 
>> organizations, not that civil society activists had to take orders from 
>> their "capitals".
>>
>>> 3-UN badge holders are just observers. 4- People could have two badges, 
>>> in worst case scenario.
>>>
>>> But these are points that we should discuss during the summit in the 
>>> WGWM and its email list, I suggest to take this discussion to the WGWM 
>>> listserv, as plenary email list is really overloaded with emails.
>>
>> No, I am sorry, this is definitely a discussion for the Plenary and I 
>> will not bury it in the WGWM mailing list.
>>
>> I am starting to think that we should have a Charter that speaks of basic 
>> common values such as tolerance and inclusiveness, rather than about 
>> rules.
>>
>> Regards,
>> -- 
>> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
>> http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
>>
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Wed Oct  5 15:00:58 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on
	the themes ?
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Il giorno mer, 05-10-2005 alle 09:13 -0400, Robert Guerra ha scritto:
> thanks for the constructive suggestion. I support the idea of  
> breaking down the selections by priority areas. It is a good approach.
> 
> However, time is very short.  We need to move quickly. Count on my  
> support. let me know what and how i can help to make this revised  
> approach a reality.

I think that, if we agree on the list of priority items (which I think
is quite good), nominations could be grouped by item (adding one name to
more than one group, if appropriate) and then one person per group would
be chosen. I would recommend, before making choices, to agree on the
diversity criteria that many people seemed to support (not more than one
per organization / caucus, not more than a couple per country, maybe
with a very limited number of clearly justified exceptions if deemed
necessary).

I want to add a note on the nomination of John Perry Barlow: I don't
know him in person, but he is broadly famous and hugely respected in the
Internet community. With all respect to all the (actual) friends of mine
included in the nominees list, I think that this is the kind of people
that are expected to be speaking at a Summit of Heads of State, and that
would definitely help us in getting our messages recorded by the media,
provided of course that they agree to bring *our* message, not their
personal one - i.e. to agree the substance of their intervention with
the relevant caucuses.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...


From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct  5 17:03:04 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on
 the themes ?
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Sorry to disagree with Bertrand's key themes proposals : for me and for a lot of organizations participating to the WSIS process, the DIGITAL DIVIDE (even if this buzzword isn't reflecting the actual and much broader issues that DCs are facing) has to be put at our highest priority. As all those involved in the field (grassroot organizations) and in the domain (cs organizations and professionals from the sector) know, this issue to be adressed needs not a segmented approach -such as Bertrand's - but a real holostic one where financing is a ind of focal point. 
Best 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France




> Message du 05/10/05 13:20
> De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
> 
> 
Dear all,

We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the verge of being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting further into an divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort of supreme right of each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot happen and we know it. 

So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of Plenary Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely different matter)

There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
- civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks on behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should demonstrate it can make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva situation and lose a critical opportunity)  
- civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and must be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and prioritize them)
- civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender, geographic and competence balance in its representation

If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led to the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case scenario, according to the documents circulated at the begining of the process, there will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary speakers. And the executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a few people of its own. This means we need to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will get 10 slots in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it chose its speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best solution would be to : 
- ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference from the Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who will speak on its behalf)
- choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and define them collectively)
- select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by the selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these themes, respecting gender and geographical balance 

What could be the main priority messages for the Summit ? I propose we start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it further (themes are in no particular order) :
The Information Society is based on Freedom of Expression and Information : the Internet is a key instrument/space for freedom of expression and information, and this should be protected and guaranteed  (key Caucuses involved  : Human Rights, Media, ...) 
The Information Society requires Universal Access : participation in the Information Society is impossible if the infrastructure is not developped enough, including electricity, interconnexion costs, backbones and exchange points, telecentres (Key Caucuses : Telecentres, others ?) 
The Information Society must be inclusive and development-oriented : gender balance; special efforts towards economically, geographically or socially marginalized groups, including indigenous communities; specific design architectures to facilitate use by people with disabilities; special needs of children and the elderly; promotion of multilingualism, including internationalized domain names (Key Caucuses : Gender, Indigenous, Persons with disabilities, Cultural diversity, ...) 
The Information Society depends upon Education and Capacity-Building to be inclusive (Key Caucuses : Education and Academia, Scientific Information WG, ...)
The Information Society requires new legal frameworks for Intellectual productions and creations : see creative commons, free/open source software, open access (Key Caucuses : Patents and Trademarks WG, Scientific Information WG, ...) 
The Information Society should be based on trust more than control : cyber-security is not only about censorship and police but also about creating trust, securing the infrastructure and protecting privacy, towards a true Digital Citizenship (Key Caucuses : Privacy and Security, Human Rights, ...) 
The Information Society is built at the grassroots level, and not only by governments and international organizations : local actors and in particular local authorities have a key role to play (see Bilbao summit) (Key Caucuses : Local Authorities, Grassroots, Volunteers, Values and Ethics, ...) 
Internet is a Global Facility : Internet Governance is the shared responsibility of all stakeholders and time has come to define the proper roles of all actors, including governments (Key Caucus : Internet Governance) 
A multi-stakeholder Follow-up framework is needed to implement the the WSIS outcomes : governements cannot implement their commitments alone and this is the opportunity to establish a neww cooperation model at the international, regional and national levels (Key Working Group : Implementation and Follow-up WG) 
Africa requires special efforts and innovative financing mechanisms (Key Caucuses : Financing, African Caucus, ...)
I believe these ten themes would allow all caucuses and interests within civil society to find a space (but I may have forgotten some issues). They could group together to draft the statements and try to come up collectively with speakers who could best carry them, with a respect for gender and geographic diversity. The existing NomCom could interact with the various caucuses on that matter and propose a final list of 10 names to be endorsed by the Plenary (hopefully by consensus). 

In chosing the fnal names, we must take into account that the messenger personnality, eloquence, reputation or origin are important to make him/her really listened to in such a forum (remember the impact of the presentation by the Youth Caucus representative in Geneva ?). Given reactions on the Plenary list, there will be strong resistance to the introduction of speakers that were not directly involved in the process. Let's therefore focus on names belonging to the various caucuses. This prevents us from proposing high profile names that would attract attention; but it seems to be a key condition for final endorsement by the CS Plenary. And there is not much time left.  

Proposed next steps 

If the above approach is acceptable to all, we could, in the coming days :

- notify the Executive Secretariat that we want 10 slots that we will fill ourselves and set a final deadline for providing the names (I suppose there are printing deadlines, for instance)
- review the proposed list of themes to see if there are key missing points or if they could/should be formulated differently
- consult among the Key Caucuses and Working Groups concerned by each theme on what the content of each intervention could be and who could best speak on each theme (list of 2-3 speakers from the existing list of 22 ?) 
- set up a small drafting group and a contact person for each of the 10 themes so that the preparation of the statements is done in advance in a transparent and inclusive manner 
- agree to give the responsibility to the Selection Committee to interact with the various caucuses and working groups to come up - cooperatively - on an acceptable and balanced list of 10 speakers

I hope this can help us all move forward. CS needs to shape its message first and then unite behind it. 

Best

Bertrand
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From lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca  Wed Oct  5 17:18:55 2005
From: lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca (lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
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Hi all:
The issue of the representativeness, legitimacy, transparency, and 
accountability of CS has always been lurking in this process. It is so 
predictable, and if we fail to reach consensus on  " representiveness " in 
this designation process, this could be used against us; so for better or 
worse, we must figure this out and be smart about it. I am not the only one 
who has called attention to this gap between our rhetoric and our actions on 
numerous occasions in Canada and elsewhere. It is good to see some who had 
not previously considered this question important now take an utterly 
different position. Progress is being made!

Bertrand, I support your good idea below, and have a couple of observations:

1. Can the speakers designated so far and with care and concern for other 
factors (gender, geography, CS groups, etc) possibly map themselves, or be 
matched to the ten topical themes? How can this be decided? Who can do this? 
Maybe your idea of the 10 working groups for CS topics can do this? Still 
need to coordinate of course.

2. Would any of those speakers be willing to work with a more high profile 
person as a kind of "co-presenter"? (No I do not mean physically, only one 
speaker at a time, and we all know the limits here -- see point 3 below.)

3. Might it be possisble to identify a "CS buddy system" so that eg. if some 
high visibility, high profile media magnet like Berners Lee, Barlow, were 
nominated, or desired, they might partner with an involved, committed Wsis 
CS designate on one of the ten topics.

How:
Pick someone on the current CS List (the spread sheet we received on 
Saturday) and match to themes 1-10. Bertrand has set out which groups might 
be relevant to which topics, but no names.
He has suggesated 10 working groups. We could propose, and groups might 
agree on a "high profiler" who matches the topic.
Make a match.

This idea is workable, as what  we would need is to match Wsis involved 
person and visibility profile person - could be via email, on the telephone, 
and even better face to face. This way the "name"/"face" could be informed 
on the process, and the more Wsis experienced, and less visible person could 
attract attention by association. Maybe it could in some cases work in 
reverse: someone nominated and unknown could carry the speech with passion 
and direct experience, and the name/face could support and lend their aura 
for the promotion of the case.
Let's reality check here. High profile means media attention, maybe public, 
maybe head of state attention - and there are various ways to do this. Of 
course no one likes to be in the shadows but alas we are not all high 
visibility. ( Even Wsis which I called the "invisible summit", seems to be 
looking more attractive judging by fact high profilers are now starting to 
want to get into the speaking slots.
Progress!

But celebrity alone  cannot be allowed to trump the ideas and understandings 
and principled compromises forged in this process by CS, much less the 
painful and emergent process itself, flawed as it may be.
(for the record, I know and like Barlow, and he would be great, albeit I am 
not sure he would make the case that some may assume he would make. )
I shall not comment on the enduring tensions and disagreements in CS on 
content and positions - these tensions are just there, and what may save 
this process from further fracturing is the tight time frame of the 
presentations. As many of you have said we must now focus on our grounds for 
agreement, not the many points of contention.

If you think about this buddy system approach, policy or government aides 
working at Wsis and then advising and informing their heads of delgation, or 
head of state, do somewhat the same thing.
Who gets the media to come? Not the aides. But the heads of state do not 
just make it up as they go along. (Well most do not anyway.:(
Let's face it, we are all now trying to come up with creative strategies to 
resolve problems that were predictable, were not seen by this committee 
previously at least publicly, are now urgent, and  must be solved fast.

I am sure someone else will have a much better idea here, but please do not 
reject this as too hard to do - it is not.
If we took account of the consistent concerns even on this list - North 
America and Canada; grassroots caucus; gender sensitivity; duplication of 
some committees; and more,
If we tried a linking strategy of celebrity name/face/ repurtation and Wsis 
experienced (buddy system?),
did not permit freelancing of celebrities at this time,
but tried to ensure a balanced selection of 10 speakers on 10 topics as CS 
nominees as Bertrand suggests, we might get an optimum:
people who could reflect the history and issues struggled with so far in 
Wsis,
people who have given a lot to this process, but who should not be entitled 
to be insiders and have an automatic monopoly on the speaking slots,
people who also should not be displaced completely by those who have done 
nothing so far in the process ( for good reasons no doubt),
and attention due to infusion of new people whose credibility rests more on 
their celebrity and visibility or reputation for knowledge in related areas, 
but who would doubtless have to get up to speed on Wsis issues.

We know heads of state or even corporate chiefs get informed by aides who 
slug it out n the process, or witness, and then those heads come or do not 
come,
and only then is the Summit an event.
IF the human rights issues in Tunisia can be addressed so that it is 
possible to hold (as the Canadian delgation said at Prep com 3 2005) a 
summit in and not on Tunisia (and I may be in minority but I consider this a 
very serious obstacle still) we need IMO to create something like a CS buddy 
system.

endorse or amend the 10 themes
select 10 representatives from the Oct 1 2005 designated list wiith 
inclusion of some of the missing categories or groups

discuss, debate, add usual constructive backroom insider resolutions
select 10 high profile 'buddies' to match the 10 themes and their 
representatives

With input and some criteria (see celebrity should not trump Wsis CS process 
and ideas above)
match CS reps with high profilers
designate and endorse who should make the presentation and who should help.

We can do it. It sounds more complex than it really is, and I suspect there 
is a lot of will to get to some kind of resolution.

4. Finally, I continue to consider it a mistake to neglect voices from 
Canada, North America. Topics of Human rights, gender, cultural diversity 
have been strong contributions from Canada (even if this is not perfect of 
course). This concern is not about geographic representation for its own 
sake; it is about inclusion of a full spectrum of key stakeholders in a 
global dialogue. It is about including some  CS people in the area where the 
Internet was developed (like it or not). Likely we would not wish to have 
the CS high profilers be North American (Barlow, Charles Taylor eg.), 
however maybe a strategy of CS buddy system might help us get the best of 
all worlds whil making the most of multistakeholderismr?

This proposal is also about recognizing who will be needed there after the 
speeches are done in Tunis, to keep us on the road to implementation. We 
will all need to work together, so there would be a price paid for 
abandoning the on the ground CS hard workers, and Canada/ North American 
candidates  in favour of high profilers or others at this last stage.

Just my Canadian two cents while travelling!
Liss Jeffrey, PhD
Director
McLuhan global research network
& eCommons/agora
wsis.ecommons.ca
ecommons.net





>
>Dear all,
>  We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the verge of
>being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting further into an
>divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort of supreme right of
>each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot happen and we know it.
>  So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of 
>Plenary
>Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely different
>matter)
>  There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
>- civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks on
>behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should demonstrate it can
>make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva situation and 
>lose
>a critical opportunity)
>- civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and must
>be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and prioritize them)
>- civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender,
>geographic and competence balance in its representation
>  If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led to
>the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case 
>scenario,
>according to the documents circulated at the begining of the process, there
>will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary speakers. And the
>executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a few people of its own.
>This means we need to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will
>get 10 slots in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it 
>chose
>its speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best
>solution would be to :
>- ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference from the
>Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who will speak on 
>its
>behalf)
>- choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and define
>them collectively)
>- select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by the
>selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these themes,
>respecting gender and geographical balance
>  What could be the main priority messages *for the Summit* ? I propose we
>start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it further
>(themes are in no particular order) :
>
>    - *The Information Society is based on Freedom of Expression and
>    Information* : the Internet is a key instrument/space for freedom of
>    expression and information, and this should be protected and guaranteed 
>(key
>    Caucuses involved : Human Rights, Media, ...)
>    - *The Information Society requires Universal Access* : participation
>    in the Information Society is impossible if the infrastructure is not
>    developped enough, including electricity, interconnexion costs, 
>backbones
>    and exchange points, telecentres (Key Caucuses : Telecentres, others ?)
>    - *The Information Society must be inclusive and
>development-oriented*: gender balance; special efforts towards
>economically, geographically or
>    socially marginalized groups, including indigenous communities; 
>specific
>    design architectures to facilitate use by people with disabilities; 
>special
>    needs of children and the elderly; promotion of multilingualism, 
>including
>    internationalized domain names (Key Caucuses : Gender, Indigenous, 
>Persons
>    with disabilities, Cultural diversity, ...)
>    - *The Information Society depends upon Education and
>    Capacity-Building* to be inclusive (Key Caucuses : Education and
>    Academia, Scientific Information WG, ...)
>    - *The Information Society requires new legal frameworks for
>    Intellectual productions and creations* : see creative commons,
>    free/open source software, open access (Key Caucuses : Patents and
>    Trademarks WG, Scientific Information WG, ...)
>    - *The Information Society should be based on trust more than
>control*: cyber-security is not only about censorship and police but
>also about
>    creating trust, securing the infrastructure and protecting privacy, 
>towards
>    a true Digital Citizenship (Key Caucuses : Privacy and Security, Human
>    Rights, ...)
>    - *The Information Society is built at the grassroots level*, and not
>    only by governments and international organizations : local actors and 
>in
>    particular local authorities have a key role to play (see Bilbao 
>summit)
>    (Key Caucuses : Local Authorities, Grassroots, Volunteers, Values and
>    Ethics, ...)
>    - *Internet is a Global Facility* : Internet Governance is the shared
>    responsibility of all stakeholders and time has come to define the 
>proper
>    roles of all actors, including governments (Key Caucus : Internet
>    Governance)
>    - *A multi-stakeholder Follow-up framework is needed* to implement the
>    the WSIS outcomes : governements cannot implement their commitments 
>alone
>    and this is the opportunity to establish a neww cooperation model at 
>the
>    international, regional and national levels (Key Working Group :
>    Implementation and Follow-up WG)
>    - *Africa* requires special efforts and innovative financing
>    mechanisms (Key Caucuses : Financing, African Caucus, ...)
>
>I believe these ten themes would allow all caucuses and interests within
>civil society to find a space (but I may have forgotten some issues). They
>could group together to draft the statements and try to come up 
>collectively
>with speakers who could best carry them, with a respect for gender and
>geographic diversity. The existing NomCom could interact with the various
>caucuses on that matter and propose a final list of 10 names to be endorsed
>by the Plenary (hopefully by consensus).
>   In chosing the fnal names, we must take into account that the messenger
>personnality, eloquence, reputation or origin are important to make him/her
>really listened to in such a forum (remember the impact of the presentation
>by the Youth Caucus representative in Geneva ?). Given reactions on the
>Plenary list, there will be strong resistance to the introduction of
>speakers that were not directly involved in the process. Let's therefore
>focus on names belonging to the various caucuses. This prevents us from
>proposing high profile names that would attract attention; but it seems to
>be a key condition for final endorsement by the CS Plenary. And there is 
>not
>much time left.
>  *Proposed next steps*
>  If the above approach is acceptable to all, we could, in the coming days 
>:
>  - notify the Executive Secretariat that we want 10 slots that we will 
>fill
>ourselves and set a final deadline for providing the names (I suppose there
>are printing deadlines, for instance)
>- review the proposed list of themes to see if there are key missing points
>or if they could/should be formulated differently
>- consult among the Key Caucuses and Working Groups concerned by each theme
>on what the content of each intervention could be and who could best speak
>on each theme (list of 2-3 speakers from the existing list of 22 ?)
>- set up a small drafting group and a contact person for each of the 10
>themes so that the preparation of the statements is done in advance in a
>transparent and inclusive manner
>- agree to give the responsibility to the Selection Committee to interact
>with the various caucuses and working groups to come up - cooperatively - 
>on
>an acceptable and balanced list of 10 speakers
>  I hope this can help us all move forward. CS needs to shape its message
>first and then unite behind it.
>  Best
>  Bertrand



From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Wed Oct  5 17:24:26 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for Tunis
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MessageDear All,

Please read the comments I wrote below on this subject.  I am particularly sensitive to reaching out to the grassroos community and to vlaues and ethics as well as women's equal rights which entry to ICT is education.I urge that considerations be given to these caucuses objectively.  Thanks.

Maraming salamat sa iyo.  I really wanted to emphasize fairness, transparency, support for those without a voice and other values that would connect everyone.  To make hasty choices just because there is a deadline does not do justice to our declarations to be inclusive, cohesive, equal, peoples oriented, support the voiceless, the ICT illiterates but are doing great to help individual growth and development, etc.  I did not see the most important caucuses as Grassroots Caucuses, Ethics and Values, Women's Human Rights, Indigenous peoples..

Furthermore, there is no gender balance in the High Level Panel of speakers yet we have emphasized this in the plenary sessions.  If it is not gender balance (an absolute equality between women and men) at least gender equitable (a relative number that is faire and just and inclusive).  

Chris, do you think we should bring attention to this anomaly to the leaders finally deciding.  After all it is not the CSB that is deciding.

Best regards and yours in solidarity,

Conchita

    
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  From: Chris Drake 
  To: Conchita Poncini 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:47 PM
  Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis]


  Mahal na kapatid Conchita,

  Maraming salamat po for raising this. It certainly would be good to understand how the criteria included having a broad range of speakers and yet some caucuses have two slots while Values and Ethics has none! I guess it reinforces the relevance and importance of an emphasis on values.....

  best wishes
  Chris

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  From: conchita poncini <conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch> 
  Date: Oct 4, 2005 1:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Cc: Laina Raveendran Greene < laina@getit.org>, helen sayers <helensayers@gmail.com>

   
  Dear Rik,

  I do not see the Ethics and Values Caucus - where is it or is there an arbitrary selection.  I also strongly feel that reasons for final selection should be transparent to everyone.Please advise. 

  Conchita 


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  From: T N Anuradha 
  To: rikp@earthlink.net 
  Cc: 'Basheerhamad Shadrach' ; grassroots-caucus@dgroups.org ; plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 6:57 AM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for Tunis


  Dear Rik,
  Thanks for your mail giving clarification on the selection procedure for the speakers at Tunis.
  .
  Looking into your requirements, I think our nominees meet them all.  Probably the CS plenary may not have seen them face to face, but at their own level within their communities they are at High Levels in their organisation (Community Based Organisation)).  They are well aware about the WSIS process and have been involved in the regional meetings organised by Grassroots Caucus.  Their contributions towards building an information society within their community is unparalleled. Ofcourse I don't need to clarify on their ability to speak, with which they have mobilised their own communities towards development.

  I think its unrealistic to consider grassroots communities as mere beneficiaries, but considered as prime movers/parcipants in  the whole WSIS process.

  Iam sure this would help you to consider one of the grassroots caucus nominees to share their views at WSIS.

  Regards
  Anuradha
  Grassroots Caucus
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct  5 17:39:08 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] themes and speakers
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Dear all
(second message, since I experience some trouble with my mailing system)

Sorry to disagree with Bertrand's key themes proposals : for me and for a lot of organizations participating to the WSIS process, the DIGITAL DIVIDE (even if this buzzword isn't reflecting the actual and much broader issues that DCs are facing) has to be put at our highest priority. As all those involved in the field (grassroot organizations) and in the domain (cs organizations and professionals from the sector) know, this issue to be adressed needs not a segmented approach -such as Bertrand's - but a realistic and holostic one, where financing is a kind of focal point. 
Furthermore and once again, I repeat what I stated (as far as Tracey allowed me to) during our plenaries at Geneva : CS doesn't need only speakers (we have some ones in the CS working groups as everybody could experience) : we need themes addressing the very issues on stake. And we do need to know HOW these themes are addressed ! At least an abstract of the statements and backgrounds for RT discussions are to be presented by all "CS speaking/participating candidates". At least if they want to speak on behalf of CS committed in the WSIS process. Otherwise they only express their own views which -apart from themselves- don't interest many people, and they waste OUR few and precious time slots.  
Best 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France




> Message du 05/10/05 13:20
> De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
> 
> 
Dear all,

We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the verge of being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting further into an divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort of supreme right of each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot happen and we know it. 

So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of Plenary Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely different matter)

There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
- civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks on behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should demonstrate it can make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva situation and lose a critical opportunity)  
- civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and must be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and prioritize them)
- civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender, geographic and competence balance in its representation

If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led to the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case scenario, according to the documents circulated at the begining of the process, there will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary speakers. And the executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a few people of its own. This means we need to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will get 10 slots in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it chose its speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best solution would be to : 
- ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference from the Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who will speak on its behalf)
- choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and define them collectively)
- select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by the selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these themes, respecting gender and geographical balance 

What could be the main priority messages for the Summit ? I propose we start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it further (themes are in no particular order) :
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct  5 17:41:26 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
In-Reply-To: <20922496.1128528184216.JavaMail.www@wwinf1502>
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But isn't this exactly what Bertrand tried to do, i.e. express the many 
dimensions of the "digital divide" along the 10 themes he proposed ? I 
agree that these themes may be discussed and refined - I also note that 
Bertrand hasn't proposed any order between them - but, frankly, I 
cannot imagine anyone speaking on the "digital divide" without 
analyzing all its dimensions, and this cannot be achieved in a single 
speach.
If I well remember the CS declaration at Geneva Summit, it has been 
written along those lines : an introduction setting our understanding 
of the digital divide, then paragraphs addressing the many dimensiosn 
of this concept.

Meryem Marzouki

Le mercredi, 5 oct 2005, ? 18:03 Europe/Paris, Jean-Louis FULLSACK a 
?crit :

>
>
> Sorry to disagree with Bertrand's key themes proposals : for me and 
> for a lot of organizations participating to the WSIS process, the 
> DIGITAL DIVIDE (even if?this buzzword isn't reflecting the actual and 
> much broader issues that DCs are facing) has to be put at our highest 
> priority. As all those involved in the field (grassroot organizations) 
> and in the domain (cs organizations and professionals from the sector) 
> know, this issue to be adressed needs not a segmented approach -such 
> as Bertrand's - but?a real holostic one where financing is a ind of 
> focal point.
>
> Best
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> CSDPTT - France
>
>
>
> > Message du 05/10/05 13:20
> > De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle"
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? :
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus 
> on the themes ?
> >
> >
> Dear all,
> ?
> We knew this designation?problem would happen and we are?on the verge 
> of being trapped into?it. We must at all costs avoid getting 
> further?into an divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort 
> of supreme right of each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot 
> happen and we know it.
> ?
> So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of 
> Plenary Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely 
> different matter)
> ?
> There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind?:
> - civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks 
> on behalf of civil society in Tunis?: this means it?should demonstrate 
> it can make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva 
> situation and lose a critical opportunity)?
> - civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and 
> must be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and 
> prioritize them)
> - civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender, 
> geographic and?competence balance in its representation
> ?
> If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led 
> to the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case 
> scenario, according to the documents circulated at the begining of the 
> process, there will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary 
> speakers. And the executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a 
> few people of its own. This means we need to shorten the list even 
> further. So, at best, we will get 10 slots in the end. If civil 
> society wants to be able to claim it chose its speakers and not leave 
> it to the secretariat as last time, the?best solution would be to?:
> - ask for 10 slots we will allocate?ourselves without interference 
> from the Secretariat (establishing CS?right to designate people who 
> will speak on its behalf)
> - choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and 
> define them collectively)
> - select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by 
> the selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these 
> themes, respecting gender and geographical balance?
> ?
> What could be the main priority messages for the Summit ? I propose?we 
> start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it 
> further (themes are in no particular order) :
>
> ? 	The Information Society is based on Freedom of Expression and 
> Information?: the Internet?is a key instrument/space for freedom of 
> expression and information, and this should be protected 
> and?guaranteed??(key Caucuses involved ?: Human Rights, Media, ...)
> ? 	The Information Society requires Universal Access?: participation 
> in the Information Society is impossible if the infrastructure is not 
> developped enough, including electricity, interconnexion costs, 
> backbones and exchange points, telecentres (Key Caucuses : 
> Telecentres, others ?)
> ? 	The Information Society must be inclusive and development-oriented 
> : gender balance; special efforts towards?economically, 
> geographically?or socially marginalized groups, including indigenous 
> communities; specific design architectures to facilitate use by people 
> with disabilities; special needs of children and the elderly; 
> promotion of multilingualism, including internationalized domain 
> names?(Key Caucuses : Gender, Indigenous, Persons with disabilities, 
> Cultural diversity, ...)
> ? 	The Information Society depends upon Education and 
> Capacity-Building to be inclusive (Key Caucuses : Education and 
> Academia, Scientific Information WG, ...)
> ? 	The Information Society requires new legal frameworks for 
> Intellectual productions and creations : see creative commons, 
> free/open source software, open access (Key Caucuses : Patents and 
> Trademarks WG, Scientific Information WG, ...)
> ? 	The Information Society?should be?based on trust?more than 
> control?: cyber-security is not only about censorship and police but 
> also about creating trust, securing the infrastructure?and protecting 
> privacy, towards a true Digital Citizenship?(Key Caucuses : Privacy 
> and Security, Human Rights, ...)
> ? 	The Information Society is built at the grassroots level, and not 
> only by governments and international organizations :?local actors and 
> in particular local authorities have a key role to play (see Bilbao 
> summit) (Key Caucuses : Local Authorities, Grassroots, Volunteers, 
> Values and Ethics, ...)
> ? 	Internet is a Global Facility : Internet Governance is the shared 
> responsibility of all stakeholders and time has come to define the 
> proper roles of all actors, including governments (Key Caucus : 
> Internet Governance)
> ? 	A multi-stakeholder Follow-up framework is needed to implement the 
> the WSIS outcomes : governements cannot implement their commitments 
> alone and this is the opportunity to establish a neww cooperation 
> model at the international, regional and national levels (Key Working 
> Group : Implementation and Follow-up WG)
> ? 	Africa requires special efforts and innovative financing mechanisms 
> (Key Caucuses : Financing, African Caucus, ...)
>
> I believe these ten themes would allow all caucuses and interests 
> within civil society to find a space (but I may have forgotten some 
> issues). They could group together to draft the statements and try to 
> come up collectively with speakers who could best carry them, with a 
> respect for gender and geographic diversity. The existing NomCom could 
> interact with the various caucuses on that matter and propose a final 
> list of 10 names to be endorsed by the Plenary (hopefully by 
> consensus).
> ?
> In chosing the fnal names, we must take into account that the 
> messenger personnality, eloquence, reputation or origin?are important 
> to make him/her really listened to in such a forum (remember the 
> impact of the presentation by the Youth Caucus representative in 
> Geneva ?). Given reactions on the Plenary list, there will be strong 
> resistance to the introduction of speakers that were not directly 
> involved in the process. Let's therefore focus on names?belonging to 
> the various caucuses.?This?prevents us from?proposing high profile 
> names that would attract attention; but it seems to be a key condition 
> for final endorsement by the CS?Plenary. And there is not much time 
> left.?
> ?
> Proposed next steps
> ?
> If the above approach is acceptable to all,?we could, in the coming 
> days :
> ?
> - notify the Executive Secretariat that we want 10 slots that we will 
> fill ourselves and set a final deadline for providing the names (I 
> suppose there are printing deadlines, for instance)
> - review the proposed list of themes to see if there are key missing 
> points or if they could/should be formulated differently
> - consult among the Key Caucuses and Working Groups concerned by each 
> theme on what the content of each intervention could be and who could 
> best speak on each theme (list of 2-3 speakers from the existing list 
> of 22 ?)
> - set up a small drafting group and a contact person for each of the 
> 10 themes so that the preparation of the statements is done in advance 
> in a transparent and inclusive manner?
> - agree to give the responsibility to the Selection Committee to 
> interact with the various caucuses and working groups to come up - 
> cooperatively - on an acceptable and balanced list of 10 speakers
> ?
> I hope this can help us all move forward.?CS needs to shape its 
> message first and then unite behind it.
> ?
> Best
> ?
> Bertrand
> ?
> ?
> ?
> ?
> ?
>


From nne75 at yahoo.com  Wed Oct  5 17:51:25 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Africa Civil Society Village @ ICT4ALL  - Last call/Français
Message-ID: <20051005165125.87981.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com>

English below
 
Chers tous
 
Ceci est le dernier appel pour les entit?s de la soci?t? civile de l'Afrique ainsi que sa diaspora souhaitant co-exposer au village africain lors de Tunis, pour prendre contact avec la coordination du pavillon ? cette adresse : nne75@yahoo.com
 
 
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Dear all
 
This is the very last call for African and African Diaspora Civil Society entities hoping to participate in the Africa Civil Society Village in Tunis, to contact the pavilion coordination on this address: nne75@yahoo.com
 
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From robin at ipjustice.org  Wed Oct  5 18:48:18 2005
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IPJ: 2005 WIPO General Assembly Continues Support for Development
 Agenda
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IP Justice Media Release ~ 5 October 2005

2005 WIPO General Assembly Continues Support for Development Agenda
Broadcasting/Webcasting Treaty Negotiations to Conclude by 2007

(Geneva)  In its annual meeting from 26 Sept. - 5 Oct. 2005 in Geneva, 
the General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization 
WIPO) remained firm in its commitment to incorporating a "Development 
Agenda" for reform at WIPO, a UN Specialized Agency.  Despite enormous 
pressure from the United States and Europe to relegate all efforts for 
reform at WIPO to the powerless Permanent Committee on Cooperation for 
Development Related to Intellectual Property (PCIPD), the General 
Assembly decided to continue Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meetings 
(IIM) for another year in a provisional committee.

Originally supported by a 14-country coalition, the "Group of Friends of 
Development", the Development Agenda was adopted at the 2004 WIPO 
General Assembly in an effort to reform WIPO's practice of expanding 
intellectual property rights without evaluating the costs to society 
associated with the expanded rights.  Three IIMs were held in April, 
June, and July 2005 to discuss Member State proposals for reform, but 
virtually no substantive discussion took place. At the final IIM in 
July, the US and Japan prevented the "consensus" necessary to make a 
single substantive recommendation for reform at WIPO to the 2005 General 
Assembly.

The 2005 General Assembly agreed to convene a provisional committee to 
take the IIM process forward by holding two additional week-long 
meetings in Geneva in the next year to examine the Member State 
proposals, including the original proposal submitted by Brazil and 
Argentina in Fall 2004.  The provisional committee is charged with 
reporting any recommendations for reform at WIPO to the General Assembly 
in September 2006.  Additional Member State proposals submitted before 
the beginning of the first session will be also considered by the committee.

In July 2005, IP Justice, together with over 130 public-interest NGOs 
from all corners of the globe, signed a statement in support of the 
Friends of Development proposal for a Development Agenda at WIPO that 
was delivered to WIPO negotiators at the 3rd IIM session in Geneva.

"The commitment of the WIPO Member States to reform WIPO and incorporate 
a Development Agenda into its work by continuing the IIM process is very 
  encouraging," said Robin Gross, Executive Director of IP Justice, an 
international civil liberties organization that promotes balanced 
intellectual property laws.

"For decades, little public attention has been paid to the activities of 
WIPO, an international organization that determines the legal rights of 
billions of people to access and use information.  Increased public 
scrutiny and enhanced participation from developing countries can bring 
the organization more in line with the public interest, rather than the 
current trend of benefiting narrow private interests," added Ms. Gross.

IP-exporting nations, such the US and those in Western Europe have 
opposed developing countries' recent efforts to find a new balance for 
intellectual property rights, and stalled substantive discussions on a 
Development Agenda at WIPO for a year.  Those pushing hardest to expand 
IP rights at WIPO today are the same states that for centuries were 
regarded as "pirate nations" for flaunting foreign authors' rights. 
Ironically, these same "developed" nations now refuse to allow today's 
developing countries the same path of economic development through less 
restrictive intellectual property rights.  For nearly 200 years, less 
restrictive IP rights provided the US with a competitive advantage, 
internationally, and was publicly advocated for as a means of protecting 
the US' national interests.

More detailed analysis of the WIPO Development Agenda from IP Justice is 
available here: http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_DA.shtml.


** Negotiations for Broadcasting/Webcasting Treaty to Conclude by 2007

Also at the 2005 WIPO General Assembly meeting, a compromise agreement 
was reached regarding negotiations for a controversial treaty that would 
grant a slew of new and unprecedented rights to broadcasting companies 
over the "signals" they transmit.  The proposed Broadcasting Treaty also 
threatens to include regulating Internet transmissions of audio-visual 
information (webcasting) on the sole insistence of the US Government.

The 2005 General Assembly resisted pressure from the US and WIPO itself 
to immediately convene a Diplomatic Conference to begin treaty drafting; 
but it decided to hold at least two more meetings of the Standing 
Committee and Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCR) to finalize 
negotiations for a Broadcasting Treaty, with the view that a Diplomatic 
Conference be convened by 2007.   The SCCR will next meet 20-21 November 
2005 to continue negotiations.

Artists oppose the proposed Broadcasting Treaty because it would give 
greater rights to Broadcasting companies than artists are given that 
could prevent artists from using recorded broadcasts of their own 
performances.  A large number of public-interest NGO's oppose the treaty 
because it would allow broadcasting companies to control public domain 
programming, disable the public's fair use rights and outlaw the 
circumvention of digital locks on programing - even if its in the public 
domain.   The proposed treaty would give broadcasting companies new 
rights to control information that they have neither created, nor own -- 
simply for "transmitting" the information.

"The proposed WIPO Broadcasting Treaty is nothing more than a giant 
give-away to 'special interests' at great public expense," said Robin 
Gross of IP Justice.  "No attempt has been made to justify the need for 
creating new and additional rights (that sit on top of copyrights) for 
broadcasting companies or webcasters.   And the unprecedented US 
proposal to include Internet transmissions within the scope of this 
treaty's regulation would be disastrous for the health and growth of the 
Internet," added Gross, a cyber-liberties attorney, "since it would 
regulate millions of existing webpages that legally transmit 
audio-visual entertainment."

Led by the Consumer Project on Technology, a group of public-interest 
NGOs' (including IP Justice) signed a letter to the US Congress calling 
for public comment on the Webcasting provisions in the Broadcasting 
Treaty and requesting that the US block support for convening a 
Diplomatic Conference on the treaty.  The letter is open for additional 
signatures until 11 October 2005 and US citizens are strongly encouraged 
to sign-on to the letter to protect their liberty. Sign-on here: 
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/GA_093005.shtml

In theory, international treaties are intended to "harmonize" slight 
differences between national laws; but many of the new rights created in 
the broadcasting proposal currently exist no where in any nation's law, 
such as the unpopular webcasting provisions and the proposal's 
anti-circumvention measures.   The offenses frequently cited to justify 
the Broadcasting Treaty are already illegal under existing national and 
international laws, including copyright, and thus unnecessary.   The 
additional harm created by granting new rights for broadcasters cannot 
be justified.

More detailed analysis of the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty from IP Justice 
is available here: http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/broadcasters.shtml.


More Info:

IP Justice Webpage on WIPO Broadcasting Treaty:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/broadcasters.shtml

IP Justice Webpage on WIPO Development Agenda Treaty:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_DA.shtml

IPJ: 138 NGOs Sign Statement to Support FoD Proposal:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/NGO_Statement.shtml

IP Justice Webpage on IIM/3 of Development Agenda, 20-22 July 2005:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/NGO_Statement.shtml

IP Justice Webpage on IIM/2 of Development Agenda, 20-22 June 2005:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_IIM2.shtml

IP Justice Webpage on IIM/1 of Development Agenda, 11-13 April 2005:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_IIM1.shtml

IP Justice Webpage on WIPO 2004 General Assembly Meeting:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_IIM_prep.shtml

IP Justice Webpage on WIPO 2005 General Assembly Meeting:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/GA_093005.shtml


Contact: Robin D. Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
     Telephone: +1.415.553.6261
     Email: robin@ipjustice.org
This media release is available at:
     http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/GenAss_100405.shtml



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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] PREPCOM3 : =?iso-8859-1?b?UHLpc2VudGF0aW9u?= du Sommet de BILBAO
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Chers Tous,

Ci-apr?s et en fichier attach?, le compte rendu de la pr?sentation du Sommet de
Bilbao, organis?e le mardi 27 septembre 2005 au Palais des Nations de Gen?ve,
comme ?v?nement du PREPCOM3.
Bonne r?ception.

Joseph SARR
Conseil R?gional de Dakar


------------------------D?but du compte rendu --------------------------------

Pr?sentation du Sommet Mondial des Villes et Autorit?s Locales sur la
Soci?t? de l?Information pr?vu ? Bilbao, du 9 au 11 novembre 2005 :  Etat des
pr?paratifs

Heure / Date : 16 ? 18 H, mardi 27 septembre 2005
Salle : XXII, Palais des Nations ? Gen?ve
Pr?sentateurs :
- Mme Idoia ARANBURU, CIFAL BILBAO
- M. Joseph SARR, CONSEIL REGIONAL DE DAKAR
Points focaux de la famille des Villes et Autorit?s locales du Bureau de la
Soci?t? Civile

L?attelage du Sommet de Bilbao par rapport ? la deuxi?me phase du Sommet Mondial
sur la Soci?t? de l?Information (SMSI) de Tunis est globalement le m?me que pour
la premi?re phase entre le 1er Sommet Mondial des Villes organis? ? Lyon et le
Sommet de Gen?ve en d?cembre 2003.
A Bilbao les autorit?s locales vont ?laborer une d?claration commune et un plan
d?actions qui constitueront leurs messages en direction du SMSI de Tunis, pr?vu
quelques jours plus tard. La D?claration de Bilbao sera le fruit d?un travail en
ligne entam?e depuis plusieurs mois d?j? et des discussions qui seront tenues ?
Bilbao au cours du Sommet.

- 1) Ev?nements pr?paratoires : la pr?paration du Sommet a n?cessit?
l?organisation de nombreux ateliers  th?matiques en 2004 et 2005 et de 4
conf?rences r?gionales ? :

- LEIPZIG,  le 27 juin 2005 :
http://medienstadt-leipzig.org/leipzig-bilbao2005/links.html

- SHANGAI, le 31 mai 2005 :
http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/preliminary/ProgShangai260505.pdf

- DAKAR, du 13 au 15 juillet 2005 : http://cresp.sn/forumdakar/

- SAO PAULO, le 6 septembre 2005 :
http://ww2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/encontroregional/

Les th?mes d?velopp?s au cours des ces manifestation concernaient : la
e-administration, la e-sant?, la e-?ducation, la e-?conomie et le d?veloppement
territorial, le d?veloppement durable, le partenariat publics ? priv?s, le
financement de la Solidarit? num?rique, les infrastructures et solutions
techniques.

- 2) Sommet de Bilbao : le Sommet sera organis? autour de 4 manifestations
distinctes : la pr?sentation des visions des pouvoirs locaux en mati?re Soci?t?
de l?Information  au cours d?une Conf?rence pl?ni?re et d?ateliers de travail;
la finalisation et l?adoption d?un Plan d?actions et d?une D?claration de
Bilbao ; la pr?sentation des r?alisations les plus significatives issues du
partenariat public-priv? dans le cadre d?un espace interactif ; la pr?sentation
et l??change d?exp?riences d?velopp?es par des Villes et R?gions dans la cadre
d?une ? bourse d?exp?riences locales ?

- 3) Participation : plus de 2000 participants sont attendus ? Bilbao

La pr?sentation a suscit? de nombreux questionnements et quelques inqui?tudes
notamment en ce qui concerne la participation des collectivit?s locales et de
la soci?t? civile des pays en d?veloppement.
Les pr?sentateurs ont pr?cis? qu?il n?est pas pr?vu de prises en charge autres
que les repas et visites techniques pour ceux qui auront fait le d?placement.

Quelques pistes ? explorer ont ?t? cependant indiqu?es pour r?soudre le probl?me
des bourses:

- la possibilit? d?impliquer des collectivit?s locales de pays d?velopp?s ayant
un accord de coop?ration avec des collectivit?s locales du Sud.
- la possibilit? de faire appel ? certaines agences intergouvernementales.

Des questions ont ?galement ?t? pos?es sur la nature des impacts attendus ?
l?issue du Sommet de Bilbao: des r?sultats sont attendus au niveau des ?changes
d?exp?riences sp?cifiques par les diff?rentes collectivit?s locales en mati?re
de soci?t? de l?information. Une D?claration et un Plan d?Action d?finiront
l?action des collectivit?s locales au-del? du SMSI. La mise en ?uvre d?un cadre
de fonctionnement pour l?Agence Mondiale de la Solidarit? num?rique permettra au
Fonds de Solidarit? Num?rique de participer au financement des projets initi?s
par les collectivit?s locales, etc.

Fait ? Gen?ve, le 27 septembre 2005

Mme Idoia ARANBURU
M. Joseph SARR
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:56 2007
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Chers Tous,

Ci-apr?s et en fichier attach?, le compte rendu de la pr?sentation du Sommet de
Bilbao, organis?e le mardi 27 septembre 2005 au Palais des Nations de Gen?ve,
comme ?v?nement du PREPCOM3.
Bonne r?ception.

Joseph SARR
Conseil R?gional de Dakar


------------------------D?but du compte rendu --------------------------------

Pr?sentation du Sommet Mondial des Villes et Autorit?s Locales sur la
Soci?t? de l?Information pr?vu ? Bilbao, du 9 au 11 novembre 2005 :  Etat des
pr?paratifs

Heure / Date : 16 ? 18 H, mardi 27 septembre 2005
Salle : XXII, Palais des Nations ? Gen?ve
Pr?sentateurs :
- Mme Idoia ARANBURU, CIFAL BILBAO
- M. Joseph SARR, CONSEIL REGIONAL DE DAKAR
Points focaux de la famille des Villes et Autorit?s locales du Bureau de la
Soci?t? Civile

L?attelage du Sommet de Bilbao par rapport ? la deuxi?me phase du Sommet Mondial
sur la Soci?t? de l?Information (SMSI) de Tunis est globalement le m?me que pour
la premi?re phase entre le 1er Sommet Mondial des Villes organis? ? Lyon et le
Sommet de Gen?ve en d?cembre 2003.
A Bilbao les autorit?s locales vont ?laborer une d?claration commune et un plan
d?actions qui constitueront leurs messages en direction du SMSI de Tunis, pr?vu
quelques jours plus tard. La D?claration de Bilbao sera le fruit d?un travail en
ligne entam? depuis plusieurs mois d?j? et des discussions qui seront tenues ?
Bilbao au cours du Sommet.

- 1) Ev?nements pr?paratoires : la pr?paration du Sommet a n?cessit?
l?organisation de nombreux ateliers th?matiques en 2004 et 2005 et de 4
conf?rences r?gionales ? :

- LEIPZIG,  le 27 juin 2005 :
http://medienstadt-leipzig.org/leipzig-bilbao2005/links.html

- SHANGAI, le 31 mai 2005 :
http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/preliminary/ProgShangai260505.pdf

- DAKAR, du 13 au 15 juillet 2005 : http://cresp.sn/forumdakar/

- SAO PAULO, le 6 septembre 2005 :
http://ww2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/encontroregional/

Les th?mes d?velopp?s au cours de ces manifestations concernaient : la
e-administration, la e-sant?, la e-?ducation, la e-?conomie et le d?veloppement
territorial, le d?veloppement durable, le partenariat publics ? priv?s, le
financement de la Solidarit? num?rique, les infrastructures et solutions
techniques.

- 2) Sommet de Bilbao : le Sommet sera organis? autour de 4 manifestations
distinctes : la pr?sentation des visions des pouvoirs locaux en mati?re de
Soci?t? de l?Information  au cours d?une Conf?rence pl?ni?re et d?ateliers de
travail; la finalisation et l?adoption d?un Plan d?actions et d?une D?claration
de Bilbao ; la pr?sentation des r?alisations les plus significatives issues du
partenariat public-priv? dans le cadre d?un espace interactif ; la pr?sentation
et l??change d?exp?riences d?velopp?es par des Villes et R?gions dans la cadre
d?une ? bourse d?exp?riences locales ?

- 3) Participation : plus de 2000 participants sont attendus ? Bilbao

La pr?sentation a suscit? de nombreux questionnements et quelques inqui?tudes
notamment en ce qui concerne la participation des collectivit?s locales et de
la soci?t? civile des pays en d?veloppement.
Les pr?sentateurs ont pr?cis? qu?il n?est pas pr?vu de prises en charge autres
que les repas et visites techniques pour ceux qui auront fait le d?placement.

Quelques pistes ? explorer ont ?t? cependant indiqu?es pour r?soudre le probl?me
des bourses:

- la possibilit? d?impliquer des collectivit?s locales de pays d?velopp?s ayant
un accord de coop?ration avec des collectivit?s locales du Sud.
- la possibilit? de faire appel ? certaines agences intergouvernementales.

Des questions ont ?galement ?t? pos?es sur la nature des impacts attendus ?
l?issue du Sommet de Bilbao: des r?sultats sont attendus au niveau des ?changes
d?exp?riences sp?cifiques par les diff?rentes collectivit?s locales en mati?re
de soci?t? de l?information. Une D?claration et un Plan d?Action d?finiront
l?action des collectivit?s locales au-del? du SMSI. La mise en ?uvre d?un cadre
de fonctionnement pour l?Agence Mondiale de la Solidarit? num?rique permettra au
Fonds de Solidarit? Num?rique de participer au financement des projets initi?s
par les collectivit?s locales, etc.

Fait ? Gen?ve, le 27 septembre 2005

Mme Idoia ARANBURU
M. Joseph SARR
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Wed Oct  5 21:35:54 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Panel Discussion on "Gender, ICT and Education:  Removing ld Barriers with New Technologies" on 1-13-05 at the UN from 1:15 to 2:45 pm
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For those in New York....

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Kerry, Peggy " <kerryp@state.gov>
> Date: October 5, 2005 3:14:52 PM EDT
> To: "Kerry, Peggy " <kerryp@state.gov>
> Subject: Panel Discussion on "Gender, ICT and Education:  Removing  
> ld Barriers with New Technologies" on 1-13-05 at the UN from 1:15  
> to 2:45 pm
>
>
> PANEL DISCUSSION
> Sponsored by the U.S. Mission, Press and Public Diplomacy
> GENDER, ICT, AND EDUCATION: REMOVING OLD BARRIERS WITH NEW  
> TECHNOLOGIES
>
> Panelists Include:
> Amita Singh
> Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance,  
> Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
>
> Marianne Siemietkowski Needham
> International Program Manager, Cisco Learning Institute
>
> Marina Larios
> Director, WITEK UK, INOVA Consultancy, Executive Director, Mexican  
> Women Innovators and Inventors
>
> Claudia Morrell
> Executive Director of ICWIT
>
> Panel Facilitator: Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey
> United States Representative to the Commission on the Status of Women
>
> Thursday, 13th October, 2005
> 1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
> Conference Room 7
>
> For further information, please contact Elizabeth Espinosa at   
> 212-425-5059 or EspinosaEE@state.gov <mailto:EspinosaEE@state.gov>
>
>
>

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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
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Vittorio et al,

The question of what is plenary is really another way of saying "  
what is civil society."  We are not going to resolve it any time  
soon.  But it doesn't mean we should stop from discussing it.  It  
should always be on our agenda.

On the other hand, we need to get work done, and organize ourselves.   
Vittorio, I'm sorry that you feel divorced from our processes because  
we you don't feel included as an individual.  I don't think any of us  
want to be excluding you, or anyone else who wishes to take part in  
our deliberations.

At the same time, when it is time for decision-making, we need to  
have procedures in place when rough consensus is not enough.  In our  
discussions in the WGWM there has always been this tension between  
those who wish to give individuals the ultimate authority in decision- 
making and those who wish to restrict decision-making to accredited  
WSIS NGOs.

Behind all of this is a larger tension between the NGO world of the  
United Nations and the "internet community" composed of individuals  
and various loose organizations and networks.

The proposed guidelines from the WGWM should not be considered as the  
final word on this debate by a long shot.  They only represent the  
conclusions (for now) of the WGWM on how civil society's various  
entities can work together most effectively and democratically,  
within our diversity and differences in views.  In whatever happens  
after Tunis, we will have to re-visit all of these decisions and  
guidelines anyway.

So let's keep the discussion going...

Respectfully,

Rik Panganiban

On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:48 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>
> west ha scritto:
>
>> Dear All, Vitorio
>> Thanks for following the issue, Francis suggestion is very wise. I  
>> have also requested you to attend the working group meetings and  
>> share your points, which hasn't happen during the 2 weeks of  
>> prepcom 3.  We
>> discussed whatever you could think of in details, who is plenary,  
>> who is CS, how we could vote, what is consensus, what if and if  
>> and if ....
>>
>
> This is good, but I have some objections: first, perhaps someone  
> should report these discussions to the mailing list, to allow  
> everyone to make up their mind. Then, I still did not understand  
> the need to push this charter so abruptly (you release a first  
> draft on Friday afternoon, collect comments until Monday morning,  
> and put the document to votes from Tuesday...) even if this is  
> causing divisions and if people did not have sufficient time to  
> make up their mind, or even to come to meetings. We are all  
> volunteers, but this does not mean that we have to renounce to  
> inclusiveness for the sake of business-like effectiveness. There is  
> no hurry.
>
>
>> Frankly a major part of my personal time and group members, was  
>> spent in the WGWM and we missed many govt plenaries and other CS  
>> meetings, in order to prepare something for work, on a voluntary  
>> basis, so I need all of you to understand this point and  
>> compromise if some sections of the guidelines are not perfect, it  
>> could be changed systematically in future, no problem.
>>
>
> Fine. So can we change the section that excludes individuals from  
> voting in the Plenary?
>
>
>> But regarding the accreditation, I am personally very much against  
>> any sort of changes in this process. UN process is a UN process,  
>> we couldn't change it, all CS people should register through an  
>> accredited entity.  I
>> am personally against any person using govt badge and sit in our  
>> plenaries and vote!!
>>
>
> I don't see the logical connection between the two arguments you  
> are making. The second is a minor problem, we might decide that  
> people who get double badges or move from CS badges to governmental  
> badges lose their status as plenary members, it's an acceptable  
> decision, even if I disagree. The real issue, however, is the first  
> one.
>
> I don't understand why you are so strongly defending a system that  
> requires extensive bureaucracy just to get the right to speak, and  
> that excludes or hampers not just individuals, but also informal  
> coalitions, unfunded and smaller NGOs, and organizations that get  
> strongly objected by governments. It is clear from the "Human  
> Rights in China" case that in some cases the accreditation process  
> is used to silence the most critical voices and only allow the  
> "polite" civil society groups in. Even if I am everything but an  
> extremist, I think this is simply unacceptable.
>
> Now that we agree to disagree, what I don't understand is why we  
> don't take the time to make a proper consultation of everyone about  
> this fundamental issue, and find a solution that is acceptable to  
> everyone and lets all those who want to participate walk into the  
> room with equal rights. I am here, I want to participate, I am a  
> human being like you. Why are you trying to exclude me?
>
> To conclude, I have a nasty question: given your strong criticism  
> of possible overlaps between governments and civil society, I  
> imagine you totally oppose the nomination of Mr. Samassekou as lead  
> speaker for civil society, correct?
>
>
>> Regarding individuals being CS members, that is even worse.Civil  
>> society in UN process are societies, not persons, we are all  
>> representing something and some groups as a whole, not ourselves,  
>> it is not acceptable at all to open UN system to individuals,  
>> absolutely not possible due to practical and political reasons.  
>> Then these independent people are accountable to whom and which  
>> group, who are they?
>>
>
> In practice, you are saying that citizens do not know what is good  
> for them and should not have a voice, as we have these wonderful  
> organizations that know what's best for them. And if someone  
> happens to disagree with the organizations, then the answer is "who  
> are you? who let you into the room? are you a provoker?".
>
> I was taught that, in democracy, people are the ultimate and  
> supreme source of power, that gets then delegated to other  
> entities, including their free associations. It is indirect  
> structures such as associations and governments that have to be  
> accountable to citizens, not the opposite! Certainly, your vision  
> goes against any basic principle of democracy I've ever heard of.  
> Is this the agreed vision of civil society at WSIS?
>
>
>> imagine if you let individuals to get into these processes, then  
>> terrorists(as an example!) will come also and many other people.
>>
>
> Yes, a random example: if we open our walls and let other people in  
> the room, then terrorists will come. Can't wait to see Bin Laden  
> addressing the plenary. Are you sure that you're not George W.  
> Bush? :-)
>
> But the nicest part of your sentence is "if you let individuals to  
> get into these processes, then many other people will come". As if  
> it was a negative thing.
>
>
>> Who will control them , how you would work and align yourself?  
>> imagine again the above scenario, the CSP is trying to issue a  
>> statement regarding country X misbehavior, then we may have 10000  
>> individuals from country X sitting there and claming to be CS  
>> members!!!
>>
>
> I would be happy to have 10000 people attending the plenary. That  
> would be a huge success. However, it doesn't seem realistically  
> possible to me, at all.
>
> I think that your example could make some sense only in one  
> particular case, that is, if country X = Tunisia and we are in  
> Tunis. So you mean (I hope), what do we do if in Tunis we get  
> floods of unknown people that try to capture the Plenary? To that  
> effect, there are lots of institutional mechanisms that don't  
> require to exclude anyone, such as weighed voting, or a Council  
> elected in advance, or extraordinary mechanisms to suspend  
> participation, or plenty of others which were in my past proposals.
>
> But in any case, and to be even nastier, I have to point out that  
> the only strong statement against Tunisia that I heard at this  
> PrepCom came from the governments of the Western world. Civil  
> society's official take on this was to criticize the Human Rights  
> Caucus for being unfriendly to our new Tunisian friends. Perhaps,  
> if 10'000 people would come, they would make our positions better.
>
>
>> we are participating in this process according to rules and  
>> procedures and we are all responsible for what we said and do  
>> during this time to our constituencies and organizations, whom  
>> these people are responsible to? how you could give the same  
>> voting weight (consensus in CSP is a voting method) of a huge CS  
>> organization and one individual sitting there?
>>
>
> Well, there have been years of discussions on these problems in all  
> Internet governance assemblies. Various methods were proposed to  
> deal with that. The point, however, is that you need to have this  
> discussion, rather than just exclude individuals because you (not  
> acting as an individual) think that they should be excluded. I did  
> this mistake in the past, and I can tell you, it is a mistake.
>
> The Internet works by rough consensus. It means that when two  
> people disagree, they work out to find a solution that makes both  
> of them reasonably happy. They don't try to exclude each other or  
> to outvote the other position unless this is the only possible way  
> to proceed.
>
> The environment I found here, instead, is unfriendly. People  
> constantly try to reject other people's arguments or find ways to  
> ignore them. They try to set rules, rules and more rules to over- 
> regulate everything and then use the rules, rather than the  
> strength of their arguments, to support their positions. If someone  
> disagrees, then accusations of blackmailing and hidden agendas, or  
> of process violations, start quite easily. This is not constructive  
> and is making people more and more disillusioned.
>
>
>> Dear Vitorio, I understand your point very well, but think of the  
>> consequences.
>>
>
> Yes, think of the consequences: we might even have statements and  
> speakers that make everyone happy! :-)
>
>
>> So my final observations are: 1- We should have strict separation  
>> between govt and CS people is CSP, persons wearing govt badges  
>> should not be able to vote or even be a part of a consensus making  
>> process.
>>
>
> Samassekou! Samassekou! :-D (Who, by the way, happens to be a  
> rather exceptional person. It's just that representatives at the  
> topmost level should be symbolically representative of who they  
> represent.)
>
>
>> 2-all individuals should be accredited through a CS entity and  
>> could not vote against the wish of that entity in the CSP or other  
>> CS sessions.
>>
>
> Pardon me, I thought that people made the opinions of their  
> organizations, not that civil society activists had to take orders  
> from their "capitals".
>
>
>> 3-UN badge holders are just observers. 4- People could have two  
>> badges, in worst case scenario.
>> But these are points that we should discuss during the summit in  
>> the WGWM and its email list, I suggest to take this discussion to  
>> the WGWM listserv, as plenary email list is really overloaded with  
>> emails.
>>
>
> No, I am sorry, this is definitely a discussion for the Plenary and  
> I will not bury it in the WGWM mailing list.
>
> I am starting to think that we should have a Charter that speaks of  
> basic common values such as tolerance and inclusiveness, rather  
> than about rules.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org] 
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From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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Laina, Chris and I are saying the same things without even consulting with
each other - it is because we have values that coincide with the process -
equal, fair, transparent, open and inclusive, human-rights and peoples
centered that respects diversity.and a collaborative effort towrds human
development.

We do need to focus on these values.

Conchita

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To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
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Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


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>
> Thanks Vittorio for responding to this issue.
>
> I agree that there should be a limit that each org should speak no more
than
> 1 time at the least. Each caucus maybe 2 time max, if it is very involved
in
> relevant issues. I prefer to stick to once too, since there are not enough
> spots as it is to go around but I am willing to recognise that some caucus
> may have something more than others to say. Having said that, I never saw
> the Asia Pacific Caucus for example meet, and yet this caucus was given
many
> slots. Being from Asia myself, I am disappointed that I was not able to
> participate and yet I see there are many slots given here, and would like
to
> understand the basis for this.
>
> Every caucus attended Geneva and bothered to be involved, because they all
> had something to contribute and wanted to be part of the Information
> Society, that CS claims to speak on behalf of. Take for e.g. Values and
> Ethics, who some may think do not have anything relevent to say. Yet we
did
> submit statemtns which were compiled into the Chair's of SubCom A
> compilation of comments. So we were not just there in name. Likewise, this
> goes for many others caucuses and organisations.
>
> I agree with you Vittorio, that this needs to be considered further,
> otherwise there will be many discouraged about the CS not walking the talk
> about "multistakeholder" "inclusive" or "transparent". I know we cannot
> fulfil everyone's needs, but we can at least try to be as inclusive as we
> can. I know CSB has been working hard as they can to ensure all this, but
it
> would be a waste if all this blows up, just due to pressures of time and
> other factors. I do believe we have an opportunity to do things right, so
we
> also show the governments that we walk the talk and are all for a
> multistakeholder Information Society ourselves.
>
> I truly appreciate everyone involved in CS are mainly volunteers and doing
> their best under the circumstances, but as Vittorio suggests, there is
still
> an opportunity to do something about it and make it even better.
>
> Laina
>
> -----Original Message-----
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Behalf
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> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:49 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
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> Laina Raveendran Greene ha scritto:
> > Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to
> > hope that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my
> > concern for some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation
> > represented more than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and
> > inclusive ourselves too and will hope you will look into rectifying
this.
>
> Couldn't we have a principle in that every person, organization, caucus or
> country cannot appear more than X times? Maybe with X=1 for people and
> organizations, and X=2 for caucuses and countries.
>
> Generally speaking, I am a bit concerned about how to proceed. I see
> considerable criticism to this list of speakers, and while part of it is
> natural (not everyone can be represented in such a small set of people and
> those left out will always complain), I think it should be taken into
> serious consideration.
>
> In particular, I think that it should be the Plenary to approve a final
list
> of speakers, not the Bureau. If we don't have time to do it in Tunis the
day
> before the Summit, I would rather hold an online consultation to that
> purpose.
> -- 
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From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Wed Oct  5 22:41:33 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Panel Discussion on "Gender, ICT and
 Education:  Removing ld Barriers with New Technologies" on 1-13-05 at the
 UN from 1:15 to 2:45 pm
In-Reply-To: <58313D6F-4DF8-4724-ACDF-63AF9C02A2B2@earthlink.net>
References: 
 <F39541D20EEB5D408BCC3820F077F466240865@usunmb01.conus.state.sbu>
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Message-ID: <p06010200bf69f8286770@[192.168.1.100]>

Is there a typo in respect to the date, which indicates January of 
2005? And, are they really trying to remove "ID barriers"? Also, on 
another note, I'd suggest that they re-title this to "Gender, ICT, 
and Training," which is what most of the persons affiliated with this 
panel are actually talking about, the progressive instrumentalism of 
vocational education.

Regards,
Lisa


>For those in New York....
>
>
>Begin forwarded message:
>
>>From: "Kerry, Peggy " <<mailto:kerryp@state.gov>kerryp@state.gov>
>>Date: October 5, 2005 3:14:52 PM EDT
>>To: "Kerry, Peggy " <<mailto:kerryp@state.gov>kerryp@state.gov>
>>Subject: Panel Discussion on "Gender, ICT and Education:  Removing 
>>ld Barriers with New Technologies" on 1-13-05 at the UN from 1:15 
>>to 2:45 pm
>>
>>
>>PANEL DISCUSSION
>>Sponsored by the U.S. Mission, Press and Public Diplomacy
>>GENDER, ICT, AND EDUCATION: REMOVING OLD BARRIERS WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
>>
>>Panelists Include:
>>Amita Singh
>>Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, 
>>Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
>>
>>Marianne Siemietkowski Needham
>>International Program Manager, Cisco Learning Institute
>>
>>Marina Larios
>>Director, WITEK UK, INOVA Consultancy, Executive Director, Mexican 
>>Women Innovators and Inventors
>>
>>Claudia Morrell
>>Executive Director of ICWIT
>>
>>Panel Facilitator: Ambassador Ellen Sauerbrey
>>United States Representative to the Commission on the Status of Women
>>
>>Thursday, 13th October, 2005
>>1:15 - 2:45 p.m.
>>Conference Room 7
>>
>>For further information, please contact Elizabeth Espinosa at 
>>212-425-5059 or EspinosaEE@state.gov 
>><<mailto:EspinosaEE@state.gov>mailto:EspinosaEE@state.gov>
>>
>>
>>
>
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United 
>Nations (CONGO)
>web: <http://www.ngocongo.org>http://www.ngocongo.org
>email: <mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org>rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>
>* Information on the WSIS at 
><http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis>http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
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><http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg>http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society

Mass Communication
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From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Wed Oct  5 22:42:45 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit speakers
References: <200510042132103.SM01024@LAINATABLET> <F3EA046E-65B4-4CDC-95E5-E96BE171E596@traceynaughton.com>
Message-ID: <00c901c5c9f5$cb1ec8d0$2101a8c0@home>

Dear Tracey,

It is indeed apparent that no one is satisfied with the decisions taken on
the choice of speakers since many caucuses were left and a few had more than
one.  As Chair of the Contents and Themes, I propose you review this
process.  See my other comments.

Conchita

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From: "Tracey Naughton" <tracey@traceynaughton.com>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:07 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit speakers


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> _______________________________________
>
> Hello all
>
> My two Rands worth.
>
> The CS speaker nominations were called for by the end of PrepCom 3.
> Robert is right that we should have begun a long time back but no
> one, including Robert in his role as a CSB member,  chose to take the
> lead on this prior to the PrepCom either before or after the
> information was posted by CONGO. This isn't surprising as there are
> few CS members, if any, able to make WSIS their life and time between
> meetings is consumed by 'rest of life' activity. WSIS activity is
> left to the designated meeting times.
>
> The ITU are aware that the phase one selection process involved a lot
> of work on the part of civil society and that there was widespread
> disenchantment with the results which did not reflect that work.
>
> The ITU seemed during PrepCom 3  to be genuinely approaching speaker
> nomination from civil society with goodwill. This was confirmed by
> the liaison work done by Toru Nakaya of the ITU.
>
> However, the ITU is the lead agency for the Summit and the Summit
> isn't far away. They had set a deadline and have made clear that they
> reserve final decision making on speakers. They have a broader set of
> considerations - ones that match Michael Gurstein's views '..... then
> the identification shoud be done with one eye on credibility/
> visibility to this larger universe....' The selection will not wait
> much longer and that's just a logistical and realistic fact. Content
> and Themes did not offer any criteria when the subject was discussed.
>
> The ITU is developing a speakers list of its own. Civil Society's
> nominations will be considered in a compiled list from all sources.
> We were never in a position to negotiate who, when, how much time,
> though general guidelines were provided to us to assist our
> nomination process. These were posted to the plenary list.
>
> Here are some early prospects from the ITU list:
>
> Mr. Oliver Segond, Secretary General, Digital Solidarity Fund
> Dr Robert Khan, Founder Corporation for National Research Institute
> Mr Swaminathan, President MS Swaminathan Foundation
> Mr Jimmy Wales, President WikiMedia Foundation
> Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Technology Centre
> Mr Tim Berners Lee, Director World Wide Web Consortium
>
> Aside from the fact that the above list is not gender balanced (which
> is directly connected to the 'highest level of the organisation'
> criteria) Toru Nakaya did assure us on several occasions that in its
> final list the ITU will be sensitive to region, gender, age, language
> and state of national development. That of course does not mean the
> final list will reflect all these considerations because the
> paramount criteria will be putting out key messages to the citizens
> of the world on the Information Society and all its components
> including but not limited to principles, Internet Governance and the
> digital divide.
>
> I think that the process has not been perfect but has been reasonable
> given the time constraints and process decided upon by the content
> and themes meeting - which was to set up a committee and not to work
> through the nominations as a whole group (albeit without the off site
> people who could have been consulted). The latter was a process
> proposal developed by Bertrand. It would have taken time and been
> laborious but would have distributed the decision more widely.
>
> Realistically, I think we should acknowledge the shift in approach
> made since phase 1 by the ITU  and understand the current limitations
> of our sphere of influence here.
>
> Having said that I would be quite happy to see people drive a new
> selection process, though not confident it could unfold before the
> decision is made by the ITU.
>
> Tracey Naughton
>
>
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From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Wed Oct  5 20:36:21 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: working methods
In-Reply-To: <43439379.5020101@bertola.eu.org>
References: <2F5A93E5-865F-4D15-A9A5-EE8D893736F2@acm.org>
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 <BAY9-DAV867948912DBFF9CCF4823D88F0@phx.gbl>
 <433FB3F1.3000509@bertola.eu.org>
 <BAY9-DAV22A8B04735C07B0DCA5CFCD8810@phx.gbl>
 <434284A0.10302@bertola.eu.org>
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 <43439379.5020101@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051005123252.039986d0@mail.peoplewho.org>

WSIS revolves around technology, the beginnings of new ways, including new 
ways of working.  We had hierarchy and representatives.  We are moving 
towards an architecture of individual participation.  The technologies are 
ahead of the in-person processes.  Thus this very interesting discussion.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras
www.peoplewho.org


From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Wed Oct  5 23:35:35 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [Gc-ig-a] Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem andnext steps on IG
References: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch><9EF7FBED-F4BF-4C29-BAAD-980A16841F72@earthlink.net><00aa01c5c87c$b1ed8380$2101a8c0@home><43424E95.2060800@bertola.eu.org> <131293a20510040321m2f692972tfb0368ee45448dc5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <00cd01c5c9fd$2c623670$2101a8c0@home>

I am all for not having a laundry list except when a fundamental human right
is at stake for over half of the population.  Just because at WGIG this
aspect was forgotten or ignored does not mean it is carved in stone - we
have to correct the omission..

In reply to my comments, you are actually confirming my determination of the
fundamental importance of the  word "gender sensitive" in this very
paragraph. For over 25 years I have heard this refrain that
non-discrimination and inclusive of both women and men.  By the way, women
are also children, young persons, persons with disability, older persons,
poor people.Yes, but not on equal terms, not even on equitable terms because
the other half of the population that is disadvantaged intersects with the
other forms of discrimination besides gender  - race, ethnicity, culture,
economic power (exclusion from property, inheritance, income earning,
educational, health and other social  rights), socialized division of labour
has formed the glass ceiling and sticky floor, not taking into account the
multiple and double roles of women as primary caretakers of chldren and
other family memeers  and as income earners.  The playing field is simply
not even!!. This is why there is the feminisation of poverty and
feminisation of HIV/AIDs and the majority of ICT holders are men.  Your
reasons are precisely what has been repeatedly said by governments who are
in a culture that continues to follow a gender insentivie paradigm. Men do
not have bad intentions, they just currently hold the power of ICTs and all
economic power.  WE need to introduce this human value of shared rights and
responsiibities.

Governance of the Internet cannot be just  technical matters.  It should
also be a human right and human development issue.  If one is gender
sensitive, one would look at ICTs with a gender lens where women are over
half the population and with the lens of the universal basic human rights
Let us make sure we are speaking of the same concepts enunciated in the 9
major world conferences, including the last one in Sept. 2005 (A/60/L.1
where 171 heads of states committed to gender equality and gender
mainstreaming.

Let us please support this disadvantaged population.

Conchita


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From: "Jacqueline Morris" <jam@jacquelinemorris.com>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:21 PM
Subject: [Gc-ig-a] Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem
andnext steps on IG


Vittorio
Exactly the principle that we have been applying, as you know from
WGIG. We need to get away from the laundry list of issues in the
language - it rapidly becomes meaningless. To get the concept across
and deeply embedded is vital.
I agree with the other danger that you raise - that if gender language
is in many paras but not all, then we open the door for those paras
where it is not specified to be treated as if gender does not apply
there.
Jacqueline

On 10/4/05, Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org> wrote:
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> conchita poncini ha scritto:
> > Thanks Rik for clarifying.  OF course I never meant to shout but am
> > determined to ascertain that gender sensitivity is there.  I agree that
> > it should appear most appropriate and I have certainly read this very
> > carefully and was at the session when the Chair read his Food for
> > Thought.  I am all for substance and if we do not make WSIS principles
> > gender sensitive, then it remains a paradigm of the haves and not
> > inclusive of the have-nots who are at present women..  This is precisely
> > why I included it in the paragraph where it recognizes the scope and the
> >  necessity for IG to be people-centered, inclusive, development oriented
> > and non discriminatory, and certainly should be "gender sensitive.".
>
> Sorry, but I support Rik on this issue. The sentence you mention is a
> very short and high-level one, and I think that "non discriminatory"
> already includes all types of diversity. If you want to add gender
> equality (which of course is a highly commendable principle in itself)
> then I expect that activists against other types of discrimination would
> stand up and ask for the same, and thus you might have to mention, just
> to name a few, North-South equality, inclusion of youth, indigenous
> peoples, people with disabilities etc. I think it would be preferrable
> to keep "non discriminatory" as a general principle that encompasses all
> types of disequalities and social injustices, rather than discuss among
> ourselves which kind of disequality deserves more to be mentioned.
>
> Moreover, as this general principle really applies to everything, I
> think you should carefully refrain from trying to get it inserted here
> and there as much as possible; either you push to get it mentioned in
> each and every paragraph, which is clearly impossible and will only get
> everyone upset at you, or partial additions will be used against you to
> say that in every issue where it is not explicitly mentioned it should
> not be applied.
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From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Wed Oct  5 23:51:51 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [Gc-ig-a] Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post
  mortem andnext steps on IG
In-Reply-To: <00cd01c5c9fd$2c623670$2101a8c0@home>
References: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch>
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> > I think that "non discriminatory" already includes all types of diversity.
> > I expect that activists against other types of discrimination would
> > stand up and ask for the same

I agree.  I think naming a group, any group, several groups results in 
weakening the statement.  I think a stronger position is "all means 
all"  all diversity, all disadvantaged groups, any and all groups that 
might receive discrimination

Sylvia


From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Thu Oct  6 00:31:34 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps on IG
References: <4330F9AB0005224E@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch> <9EF7FBED-F4BF-4C29-BAAD-980A16841F72@earthlink.net> <00aa01c5c87c$b1ed8380$2101a8c0@home> <43424E95.2060800@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <011501c5ca04$fec720b0$2101a8c0@home>

The preamble is the encompassing principle that guides implementation. I
have been an activist and doing advocacy work with governments for 10 years
among NGOs and an official in the UN family (ILO) for many years so I have
experienced that every word has its own weight, meaning and implication.
.
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To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [governance] Post mortem and next steps
on IG


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> _______________________________________
>
> conchita poncini ha scritto:
> > Thanks Rik for clarifying.  OF course I never meant to shout but am
> > determined to ascertain that gender sensitivity is there.  I agree that
> > it should appear most appropriate and I have certainly read this very
> > carefully and was at the session when the Chair read his Food for
> > Thought.  I am all for substance and if we do not make WSIS principles
> > gender sensitive, then it remains a paradigm of the haves and not
> > inclusive of the have-nots who are at present women..  This is precisely
> > why I included it in the paragraph where it recognizes the scope and the
> >  necessity for IG to be people-centered, inclusive, development oriented
> > and non discriminatory, and certainly should be "gender sensitive.".
>
> Sorry, but I support Rik on this issue. The sentence you mention is a
> very short and high-level one, and I think that "non discriminatory"
> already includes all types of diversity. If you want to add gender
> equality (which of course is a highly commendable principle in itself)
> then I expect that activists against other types of discrimination would

> stand up and ask for the same, and thus you might have to mention, just
> to name a few, North-South equality, inclusion of youth, indigenous
> peoples, people with disabilities etc. I think it would be preferrable
> to keep "non discriminatory" as a general principle that encompasses all
> types of disequalities and social injustices, rather than discuss among
> ourselves which kind of disequality deserves more to be mentioned.
>
> Moreover, as this general principle really applies to everything, I
> think you should carefully refrain from trying to get it inserted here
> and there as much as possible; either you push to get it mentioned in
> each and every paragraph, which is clearly impossible and will only get
> everyone upset at you, or partial additions will be used against you to
> say that in every issue where it is not explicitly mentioned it should
> not be applied.
> -- 
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
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From laina at getit.org  Thu Oct  6 02:54:36 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
In-Reply-To: <FF2F97B9-1332-4439-A039-403C907639F9@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <200510061007826.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Dear Rik,
 
Perhaps we have not considered how to use this mailing list as a means of
notice, in the working methods guidelines. Take for example, that notice be
given to people that a decision is to be made at a Plenary is given at least
24 hours before, AND people have an option to vote online instead of only
being physically present, more people will not feel left out. Besides
Vittorio, I too feel that once removed physically from Geneva, many
decisions were taken and I did not have achance to input or cast a vote.
 
I am glad to hear therefore that it is still not cast in stone, and I know
you will keep working to ensure that CS feels included and we have an
effective method of universal participation.
 
Regards,
Laina

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 9:54 PM
To: workingmethods@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?


Vittorio et al, 

The question of what is plenary is really another way of saying " what is
civil society." We are not going to resolve it any time soon. But it doesn't
mean we should stop from discussing it. It should always be on our agenda.

On the other hand, we need to get work done, and organize ourselves.
Vittorio, I'm sorry that you feel divorced from our processes because we you
don't feel included as an individual. I don't think any of us want to be
excluding you, or anyone else who wishes to take part in our deliberations.

At the same time, when it is time for decision-making, we need to have
procedures in place when rough consensus is not enough. In our discussions
in the WGWM there has always been this tension between those who wish to
give individuals the ultimate authority in decision-making and those who
wish to restrict decision-making to accredited WSIS NGOs. 

Behind all of this is a larger tension between the NGO world of the United
Nations and the "internet community" composed of individuals and various
loose organizations and networks. 

The proposed guidelines from the WGWM should not be considered as the final
word on this debate by a long shot. They only represent the conclusions (for
now) of the WGWM on how civil society's various entities can work together
most effectively and democratically, within our diversity and differences in
views. In whatever happens after Tunis, we will have to re-visit all of
these decisions and guidelines anyway. 

So let's keep the discussion going...

Respectfully,

Rik Panganiban

On Oct 5, 2005, at 4:48 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:


west ha scritto:


Dear All, Vitorio
Thanks for following the issue, Francis suggestion is very wise. I have also
requested you to attend the working group meetings and share your points,
which hasn't happen during the 2 weeks of prepcom 3. We
discussed whatever you could think of in details, who is plenary, who is CS,
how we could vote, what is consensus, what if and if and if .... 



This is good, but I have some objections: first, perhaps someone should
report these discussions to the mailing list, to allow everyone to make up
their mind. Then, I still did not understand the need to push this charter
so abruptly (you release a first draft on Friday afternoon, collect comments
until Monday morning, and put the document to votes from Tuesday...) even if
this is causing divisions and if people did not have sufficient time to make
up their mind, or even to come to meetings. We are all volunteers, but this
does not mean that we have to renounce to inclusiveness for the sake of
business-like effectiveness. There is no hurry.



Frankly a major part of my personal time and group members, was spent in the
WGWM and we missed many govt plenaries and other CS meetings, in order to
prepare something for work, on a voluntary basis, so I need all of you to
understand this point and compromise if some sections of the guidelines are
not perfect, it could be changed systematically in future, no problem.



Fine. So can we change the section that excludes individuals from voting in
the Plenary?



But regarding the accreditation, I am personally very much against any sort
of changes in this process. UN process is a UN process, we couldn't change
it, all CS people should register through an accredited entity. I
am personally against any person using govt badge and sit in our plenaries
and vote!! 



I don't see the logical connection between the two arguments you are making.
The second is a minor problem, we might decide that people who get double
badges or move from CS badges to governmental badges lose their status as
plenary members, it's an acceptable decision, even if I disagree. The real
issue, however, is the first one.

I don't understand why you are so strongly defending a system that requires
extensive bureaucracy just to get the right to speak, and that excludes or
hampers not just individuals, but also informal coalitions, unfunded and
smaller NGOs, and organizations that get strongly objected by governments.
It is clear from the "Human Rights in China" case that in some cases the
accreditation process is used to silence the most critical voices and only
allow the "polite" civil society groups in. Even if I am everything but an
extremist, I think this is simply unacceptable.

Now that we agree to disagree, what I don't understand is why we don't take
the time to make a proper consultation of everyone about this fundamental
issue, and find a solution that is acceptable to everyone and lets all those
who want to participate walk into the room with equal rights. I am here, I
want to participate, I am a human being like you. Why are you trying to
exclude me?

To conclude, I have a nasty question: given your strong criticism of
possible overlaps between governments and civil society, I imagine you
totally oppose the nomination of Mr. Samassekou as lead speaker for civil
society, correct?



Regarding individuals being CS members, that is even worse.Civil society in
UN process are societies, not persons, we are all representing something and
some groups as a whole, not ourselves, it is not acceptable at all to open
UN system to individuals, absolutely not possible due to practical and
political reasons. Then these independent people are accountable to whom and
which group, who are they?



In practice, you are saying that citizens do not know what is good for them
and should not have a voice, as we have these wonderful organizations that
know what's best for them. And if someone happens to disagree with the
organizations, then the answer is "who are you? who let you into the room?
are you a provoker?".

I was taught that, in democracy, people are the ultimate and supreme source
of power, that gets then delegated to other entities, including their free
associations. It is indirect structures such as associations and governments
that have to be accountable to citizens, not the opposite! Certainly, your
vision goes against any basic principle of democracy I've ever heard of. Is
this the agreed vision of civil society at WSIS?



imagine if you let individuals to get into these processes, then
terrorists(as an example!) will come also and many other people. 



Yes, a random example: if we open our walls and let other people in the
room, then terrorists will come. Can't wait to see Bin Laden addressing the
plenary. Are you sure that you're not George W. Bush? :-)

But the nicest part of your sentence is "if you let individuals to get into
these processes, then many other people will come". As if it was a negative
thing.



Who will control them , how you would work and align yourself? imagine again
the above scenario, the CSP is trying to issue a statement regarding country
X misbehavior, then we may have 10000 individuals from country X sitting
there and claming to be CS members!!!



I would be happy to have 10000 people attending the plenary. That would be a
huge success. However, it doesn't seem realistically possible to me, at all.

I think that your example could make some sense only in one particular case,
that is, if country X = Tunisia and we are in Tunis. So you mean (I hope),
what do we do if in Tunis we get floods of unknown people that try to
capture the Plenary? To that effect, there are lots of institutional
mechanisms that don't require to exclude anyone, such as weighed voting, or
a Council elected in advance, or extraordinary mechanisms to suspend
participation, or plenty of others which were in my past proposals.

But in any case, and to be even nastier, I have to point out that the only
strong statement against Tunisia that I heard at this PrepCom came from the
governments of the Western world. Civil society's official take on this was
to criticize the Human Rights Caucus for being unfriendly to our new
Tunisian friends. Perhaps, if 10'000 people would come, they would make our
positions better.



we are participating in this process according to rules and procedures and
we are all responsible for what we said and do during this time to our
constituencies and organizations, whom these people are responsible to? how
you could give the same voting weight (consensus in CSP is a voting method)
of a huge CS organization and one individual sitting there?



Well, there have been years of discussions on these problems in all Internet
governance assemblies. Various methods were proposed to deal with that. The
point, however, is that you need to have this discussion, rather than just
exclude individuals because you (not acting as an individual) think that
they should be excluded. I did this mistake in the past, and I can tell you,
it is a mistake.

The Internet works by rough consensus. It means that when two people
disagree, they work out to find a solution that makes both of them
reasonably happy. They don't try to exclude each other or to outvote the
other position unless this is the only possible way to proceed.

The environment I found here, instead, is unfriendly. People constantly try
to reject other people's arguments or find ways to ignore them. They try to
set rules, rules and more rules to over-regulate everything and then use the
rules, rather than the strength of their arguments, to support their
positions. If someone disagrees, then accusations of blackmailing and hidden
agendas, or of process violations, start quite easily. This is not
constructive and is making people more and more disillusioned.



Dear Vitorio, I understand your point very well, but think of the
consequences.



Yes, think of the consequences: we might even have statements and speakers
that make everyone happy! :-)



So my final observations are: 1- We should have strict separation between
govt and CS people is CSP, persons wearing govt badges should not be able to
vote or even be a part of a consensus making process.



Samassekou! Samassekou! :-D (Who, by the way, happens to be a rather
exceptional person. It's just that representatives at the topmost level
should be symbolically representative of who they represent.)



2-all individuals should be accredited through a CS entity and could not
vote against the wish of that entity in the CSP or other CS sessions.



Pardon me, I thought that people made the opinions of their organizations,
not that civil society activists had to take orders from their "capitals".



3-UN badge holders are just observers. 4- People could have two badges, in
worst case scenario.
But these are points that we should discuss during the summit in the WGWM
and its email list, I suggest to take this discussion to the WGWM listserv,
as plenary email list is really overloaded with emails.



No, I am sorry, this is definitely a discussion for the Plenary and I will
not bury it in the WGWM mailing list.

I am starting to think that we should have a Charter that speaks of basic
common values such as tolerance and inclusiveness, rather than about rules.

Regards,
-- 
vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...

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From: titiakinsanmi at yahoo.com (Titilayo Akinsanmi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Security and Privacy Concerns: Beyond WSIS Logistics Issues
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Skype security and privacy concerns
Scott Granneman, 2005-09-22

 

One of my stranger hobbies is collecting interesting and weird anecdotes I find in the news. I have a few areas that always fascinate me, such as finding people who miraculously escape certain death, or items about human memory and cognition, or eccentric individuals who embody some strange aspect of the human condition. 

 

Some of my favorites, though, are the stories of folks who lose something and then have it returned to them, years or sometimes decades later. 

   A German man lost his suitcase in 1979 while traveling in Senegal. 24 years later, police in Dusseldorf found his luggage and notified the 61-year-old. At first he didn't want to reclaim the suitcase, since it was stocked full of disco-era clothing that he didn't want to see, but his wife convinced him to go ahead and be a sport. There was no word on how well the orange leisure suit fit. 
   A fourth-grader at Connoquenessing Elementary School in Butler, Pennsylvania, sent a laminated card aloft in the 1980s by attaching it to a green balloon. The note asked the finder to send it back to the school. Twenty years later, a farmer named Robert Brindle, who lived about 170 miles away from Butler, sent the card to the school, who passed it along to the now 30-year-old man who had launched it years earlier. 
   Lisa Tonks, of Peru, Indiana, was vacationing with her family at Yellowstone National Park in the 1980s when she lost her wallet. Twenty years passed as the wallet sat in a police evidence room gathering dust. A police technician saw the wallet, noticed the Social Security card in it, traced the number to Tonks, and sent the wallet back to the grateful woman ... along with the $177 that had remained safely in it for two decades. 

Those are great stories (readers who are aware of more, feel free to send 'em my way!), but in each case, someone loses something, only to regain it again, long after they'd given up hope of ever seeing it again. Of course, these are the exceptions. I lost my wallet about twenty years ago in a movie theater in Kansas City, Missouri, and I've never heard tell of it since. But that's nothing: I've lost shoes, umbrellas, books, pictures, CDs, sunglasses, and even underwear (don't ask). None of it has ever made its way back to me. 

The big story in the news over the last week or so hasn't been about a loss, however - it's been about a gain. eBay agreed to purchase Skype, a peer-to-peer-based Voice over IP (VoIP) app, for a whopping $1.3 billion in cash and $1.3 billion in stock, with another $1.5 billion to come down the road if Skype met financial targets by 2008. VoIP has been in the news a lot in recent months, with Microsoft buying Teleo, Google rolling out Google Talk, Yahoo! acquiring Dialpad, and even AOL introducing a new service designed to let users make phone calls over the Net. Now eBay is joining the party by snapping up Skype. 

I'm not really interested in why eBay bought Skype (although I'm pretty sure it's to make it easier for bidders to contact sellers) or whether or not the auction giant paid too much money or not (the general consensus seems to be, "Oh yeah!") for a company that has made $60 million this year but has yet to post a profit. I'm more interested in what the purchase of Skype means for security. 
What's that you said?
Skype has many things going for it. Among the various software-based VoIP apps (which thereby excludes hardware-based offerings like Vonage from consideration), Skype probably works the best in terms of computer-to-computer, computer-to-land line, and computer-to-cell based calling. It's easy to set up and use, and it works on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux boxes. Skype also provides more than just VoIP, with IM and file transfer also available. I've used it quite a bit, and overall, I've been happy with its sound quality, as have many other people, given that the program has been downloaded more than 100 million times. It has more than 52 million registered users (among those 2 million paying customers), and well over 3 million people are online and using the program right now, as I'm typing this column. 

But that doesn't mean that Skype is perfect. Far from it. Skype claims that it uses strong encryption to protect phone calls, IM messages, and file transfers: 

"Skype uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), also known as Rijndael, which is used by U.S. Government organizations to protect sensitive, information. Skype uses 256-bit encryption, which has a total of 1.1 x 1077 possible keys, in order to actively encrypt the data in each Skype call or instant message. Skype uses 1024 bit RSA to negotiate symmetric AES keys. User public keys are certified by the Skype server at login using 1536 or 2048-bit RSA certificates."

Here's the problem with that statement: since Skype is an insistently closed source program - and one that additionally uses a proprietary protocol, but I'll get to that in a moment - we have no way of verifying Skype's security. We simply have to take them at their word that their encryption works. For such an important program, that's quite a problem. I'm just not sure how safe I feel when Skype says, "Trust me - everything's going to be fine." 
Say what?!
That's bad enough, but now Skype is going to be owned by eBay. I know that lots of people just loooove eBay. I use them myself, most recently to enhance my Li'l Abner comics collection, but I'm careful about the information I give them. Why? Well, it seems that there are three kinds of companies: those that fight for customers' privacy in the face of the demands of law enforcement; those that require some sort of official, constitutionally-mandated documents - like, oh, say, a warrant or subpoena - before handing over customer info to the cops; and eBay. 

Think I'm being a little harsh on eBay? At the CyberCrime 2003 conference, Joseph E. Sullivan, Director of Compliance and Law Enforcement Relations for eBay, had this to say to a group of law enforcement officials: 

"I know from investigating eBay fraud cases that eBay has probably the most generous policy of any internet company when it comes to sharing information. We do not require a subpoena except for very limited circumstances. We require a subpoena when we need the financial information from the site, credit card info or sometimes IP information. ... So, that really opens the door for us. That means that what our policy is that if you are law enforcement agency you can fax us on your letterhead to request information: who is that beyond the seller ID, who is beyond this user ID. We give you their name, their address, their e-mail address and we can give you their sales history without a subpoena. ... We will probably tell you too that you might want to get a subpoena because we are looking for credit card info and you ask that. ... We also do other things to facilitate your investigation by looking and doing some searches around on our own, typically to see if there are some other user
 ID's associated with that thing. ... We are doing a lot of work with law enforcement agencies." 

I'm nearly speechless after reading Sullivan's comments. Think about what he's saying: if eBay receives a fax on offical letterhead (not that that would ever be faked, oh no) - just a simple fax, mind you, just a fax, unaccompanied by a court order - it will gladly fork over the following info about you, or any other eBay user: 

   Full name 
   User ID 
   Email address 
   Street address 
   State 
   City 
   ZIP code 
   Phone number 
   Country 
   Company 
   Password 
   Secondary phone number 
   Gender 
   Shipping information (including name, street address, city, state, ZIP) 
   Bidding history on an item 
   Items for sale 
   Feedback left about the user 
   Bidding history 
   Prices paid for items 
   Feedback rating 
   Chat room and bulletin board posts 

Understatement of the week: that is one hell of a list! It's long, it's scary, and it's troubling. So what do we have? Software that says it's completely secure, but without a good way to verify that claim, now owned by a company that will basically give up an astonishing amount of personal information about you at the slightest peep from the authorities. This looks and smells bad. It's a questionable act to trust your personal and business phone calls, instant messages, and file transfers to Skype already, but it seems almost the height of foolhardiness to do the same now with a Skype owned by eBay. 
Listen up!
So is there any alternative to Skype? Sure! In particular, I'm keeping my eye on Gizmo Project. Sure there are similarities: both are easy to use, install on Win/Mac/Lin, utilize encryption (although so far we don't kind what kind of encryption scheme Gizmo Project is using), and enable users to make calls to and receive calls from landline and cell phones (both are also closed source, although it appears that portions of Gizmo will be open sourced, so we'll be able to verify at least part of what Gizmo Project says about itself). However, Gizmo Project differs from Skype in several key ways. Where Skype uses its own proprietary protocol, Gizmo Project uses the open SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) standard (and it now supports the open Jabber protocol for IM). But here's the biggie: where Skype only allows free VoIP calls to other Skype users, Gizmo Project is committed to interoperability, so that it will be able to interconnect with any SIP-compatible VoIP system. Gizmo Project
 isn't anywhere near finished yet, but it is good enought to test, and if its current status is any indication, it's going to be one to contend with... especially if the new eBay Skype is as problematic as I'm worried it will be. 

Of course, these other services are not perfect. Skype is decentralized thanks to its peer-to-peer nature, which makes it somewhat harder to track and wiretap, while most of the other services - like Gizmo - are centralized around a few servers. If the US FedGov really wants to, it'll be a lot easier to set up some sort of Carnivore-type server in place that looks at all traffic used by those services. Encryption sure helps in that scenario ... until your phone call hits the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), or the boys up in Washington start demanding a back door key. And guess what? The title of this FCC press release, dated 5 August 2005, says it all: FCC Requires Certain Broadband and VoIP Providers to Accommodate Wiretaps (110 kb PDF). Gulp. 

Things are about to get very interesting in the VoIP world. There are simply too many 800 pound gorillas - both corporate and governmental - throwing their weight around. As security pros, we need to watch this space, while insisting on a few basic principles: openness, support for standards, and interoperability. If eBay goes down the wrong path with Skype, we need to move ourselves - and our friends, families, and business associates - to a more open, yet secure, alternative. If we don't keep our eyes - and ears, naturally! - open, we could find, after a few years, that we've lost something special, and there's no possiblity of getting it back. 
Further Reading
Kuhn, D. Richard, Thomas J. Walsh, and Steffen Fries. Security Considerations for Voice Over IP Systems: Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST Special Publication 800-58 (January 2005). http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-58/SP800-58-final.pdf. 

Scott Granneman is a senior consultant for Bryan Consulting Inc. in St. Louis. He specializes in Internet Services and developing Web applications for corporate, educational, and institutional clients. 



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From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
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Monsieur,
 
Je viens par la pr?sente aupr?s de votre bienveillance solliciter une lettre d'invitation pour prendre part ? la Pr?sentation du Sommet Mondial des Villes et Autorit?s Locales sur la 
Soci?t? de l?Information pr?vu ? Bilbao, du 9 au 11 novembre 2005 :  Etat des pr?paratifs.

 En effet, ayant ?t? retenu  comme d?l?gu? de mon pays pour la precom III; ayant eu la demande d'accr?ditation de l'ECOSOC par le SMSI. Je viens par la pr?sente pour vous demander de n'envoyer une lettre d'invitation pour prendre part aux pl?ni?res de Bilbao, notamment sur la soci?t? de l'inforamation.

Dans l'espoir que ma requ?te retiendra votre attention, veuillez recevoir Monsieur, mes salutations anticip?es.



jsarr@refer.sn a ?crit :Chers Tous,

Ci-apr?s et en fichier attach?, le compte rendu de la pr?sentation du Sommet de
Bilbao, organis?e le mardi 27 septembre 2005 au Palais des Nations de Gen?ve,
comme ?v?nement du PREPCOM3.
Bonne r?ception.

Joseph SARR
Conseil R?gional de Dakar


------------------------D?but du compte rendu --------------------------------

Pr?sentation du Sommet Mondial des Villes et Autorit?s Locales sur la
Soci?t? de l?Information pr?vu ? Bilbao, du 9 au 11 novembre 2005 : Etat des
pr?paratifs

Heure / Date : 16 ? 18 H, mardi 27 septembre 2005
Salle : XXII, Palais des Nations ? Gen?ve
Pr?sentateurs :
- Mme Idoia ARANBURU, CIFAL BILBAO
- M. Joseph SARR, CONSEIL REGIONAL DE DAKAR
Points focaux de la famille des Villes et Autorit?s locales du Bureau de la
Soci?t? Civile

L?attelage du Sommet de Bilbao par rapport ? la deuxi?me phase du Sommet Mondial
sur la Soci?t? de l?Information (SMSI) de Tunis est globalement le m?me que pour
la premi?re phase entre le 1er Sommet Mondial des Villes organis? ? Lyon et le
Sommet de Gen?ve en d?cembre 2003.
A Bilbao les autorit?s locales vont ?laborer une d?claration commune et un plan
d?actions qui constitueront leurs messages en direction du SMSI de Tunis, pr?vu
quelques jours plus tard. La D?claration de Bilbao sera le fruit d?un travail en
ligne entam?e depuis plusieurs mois d?j? et des discussions qui seront tenues ?
Bilbao au cours du Sommet.

- 1) Ev?nements pr?paratoires : la pr?paration du Sommet a n?cessit?
l?organisation de nombreux ateliers th?matiques en 2004 et 2005 et de 4
conf?rences r?gionales ? :

- LEIPZIG, le 27 juin 2005 :
http://medienstadt-leipzig.org/leipzig-bilbao2005/links.html

- SHANGAI, le 31 mai 2005 :
http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/preliminary/ProgShangai260505.pdf

- DAKAR, du 13 au 15 juillet 2005 : http://cresp.sn/forumdakar/

- SAO PAULO, le 6 septembre 2005 :
http://ww2.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/encontroregional/

Les th?mes d?velopp?s au cours des ces manifestation concernaient : la
e-administration, la e-sant?, la e-?ducation, la e-?conomie et le d?veloppement
territorial, le d?veloppement durable, le partenariat publics ? priv?s, le
financement de la Solidarit? num?rique, les infrastructures et solutions
techniques.

- 2) Sommet de Bilbao : le Sommet sera organis? autour de 4 manifestations
distinctes : la pr?sentation des visions des pouvoirs locaux en mati?re Soci?t?
de l?Information au cours d?une Conf?rence pl?ni?re et d?ateliers de travail;
la finalisation et l?adoption d?un Plan d?actions et d?une D?claration de
Bilbao ; la pr?sentation des r?alisations les plus significatives issues du
partenariat public-priv? dans le cadre d?un espace interactif ; la pr?sentation
et l??change d?exp?riences d?velopp?es par des Villes et R?gions dans la cadre
d?une ? bourse d?exp?riences locales ?

- 3) Participation : plus de 2000 participants sont attendus ? Bilbao

La pr?sentation a suscit? de nombreux questionnements et quelques inqui?tudes
notamment en ce qui concerne la participation des collectivit?s locales et de
la soci?t? civile des pays en d?veloppement.
Les pr?sentateurs ont pr?cis? qu?il n?est pas pr?vu de prises en charge autres
que les repas et visites techniques pour ceux qui auront fait le d?placement.

Quelques pistes ? explorer ont ?t? cependant indiqu?es pour r?soudre le probl?me
des bourses:

- la possibilit? d?impliquer des collectivit?s locales de pays d?velopp?s ayant
un accord de coop?ration avec des collectivit?s locales du Sud.
- la possibilit? de faire appel ? certaines agences intergouvernementales.

Des questions ont ?galement ?t? pos?es sur la nature des impacts attendus ?
l?issue du Sommet de Bilbao: des r?sultats sont attendus au niveau des ?changes
d?exp?riences sp?cifiques par les diff?rentes collectivit?s locales en mati?re
de soci?t? de l?information. Une D?claration et un Plan d?Action d?finiront
l?action des collectivit?s locales au-del? du SMSI. La mise en ?uvre d?un cadre
de fonctionnement pour l?Agence Mondiale de la Solidarit? num?rique permettra au
Fonds de Solidarit? Num?rique de participer au financement des projets initi?s
par les collectivit?s locales, etc.

Fait ? Gen?ve, le 27 septembre 2005

Mme Idoia ARANBURU
M. Joseph SARR
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From: Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr (oudet)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] sorry for my last mail
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I just sent to the list a very personnal mail to Meryem.

Please forget it.
I think the automatic reply to the list is a facility that should be 
suppress to such large list as the plenary.

Bruno


From Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr  Thu Oct  6 10:10:45 2005
From: Bruno.Oudet at imag.fr (oudet)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ai pense a toi
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Bonjour Meryem,

j'ai appris au PrepCom3 la deuxi?me semaine la mort de ton Papa.
J'ai pens? ? toi, c'est pas grand chose, mais c'est vrai.

Amiti?s

Bruno



From m_mdella at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct  6 11:03:20 2005
From: m_mdella at yahoo.fr (Mdella Mohamed)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ai pense a toi
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Que Dieu le tout puissant b?nisse ton p?re Meriam
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Bonjour Meryem,

j'ai appris au PrepCom3 la deuxi?me semaine la mort de ton Papa.
J'ai pens? ? toi, c'est pas grand chose, mais c'est vrai.

Amiti?s

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From cafec3m at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct  6 11:39:51 2005
From: cafec3m at yahoo.fr (CAFEC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
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Cher Meryem,
 
Papa , Maman
Ce sont les personnes qui nous tres pr?cieux au monde. De par eux, nous avons appris ? aimer, ?  partager et ? vivre avec les autres, ensemble, en famille.
Rien de plus cher .
Je joins mes condol?ances aux autres et t'exprime tout mon soutien ainsi que de mes compatriotes membres de la soci?t? civile/TIC
 
Baudouin

Mdella Mohamed <m_mdella@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :
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Bonjour Meryem,

j'ai appris au PrepCom3 la deuxi?me semaine la mort de ton Papa.
J'ai pens? ? toi, c'est pas grand chose, mais c'est vrai.

Amiti?s

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From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ai pense a toi
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Bruno Oudet n'a pas fait d'erreur en diffusant sur la
liste pleniere un message de solidarit? et de partage
du chagrin que vit notre coll?gue Myriem.
Toutes nos condol?ances, notre sympathie et notre
solidarit?.
Le combat se poursuit et nous avons besoin de la
disponibilit? et du courage de toutes et de tous.
Amiti?s
Djilali

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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Fri Oct  7 12:33:20 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reach Out - British Council initiative linked to WSIS
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Do you have something to say about cultural diversity, access to
information, or creating gender equality through information and
communications technology (ICT)?

Would you like to reach an international audience? If you think you've
got something worth saying, then 'reach out'!

reach out aims to bring young Arabic and English speaking people
together online, and then face-to-face in Tunisia to discuss important
issues on a global scale as part of the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS).

How do you get involved?

Register online and join the discussion forums to share your views on
topics such as cultural diversity, access to information and creating
gender equality through ICTs.

Go to Tunis. If you are among the best online contributors you will be
selected to continue your discussions face-to-face in Tunis and video
conference with a group from the UK at Caf? Informatique
International.  You'll also have the opportunity to meet government
representatives from around the world and share your views with them.

Run your own project. You'll no doubt be inspired to act on what
you've learned at WSIS.  So you'll then have the opportunity with your
new colleagues to identify a project and work together to make it
happen.

Interested?  Then register at: http://www.britishcouncil.org/reachout/


reach out is a British Council initiative linked to the United
Nation's World Summit on the Information Society. Its aim is to
connect young people and encourage debate on culturally important
issues.

From james.archibald at mcgill.ca  Fri Oct  7 15:32:15 2005
From: james.archibald at mcgill.ca (Jak Archibald)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canada's proposal on IG forum - its COMPLETELY UNACCE
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Dear Liss,

One should remember that "capacity building" way well be understood
under the light of UNESCO's globalizing view that Internet has the
"function of enabling the free flow of information";  this then should
make the Internet "an inherently democratic and empowering force" when
it is properly supported through international instruments of governance
compatible with human rights and freedoms.(1) Hence, "capacity building"
entails creating enabling and empowering environments, a position which
has traditionally been supported by the Canadian government. It must be
recognized, however, that empowerment is a double-edged sword in today's
world and that international and national safeguards must be put in
place to protect citizens against abuse of this power by guaranteeing
their "collective right to security".  See Clarke's statement to the
European Parliament in this regard.(2)

Best regards,

Jim

(1)Internet Governance,UNESCO Position Statement. (UN ICT Task Force
Global Forum on Internet Governance, 25-26 March 2004, New York)
(2) "we should not forget that we now possess many hard-fought rights
such as the right to privacy, the right to property, the right to free
speech and the right to life. Those rights are actively threatened by
criminals and terrorists. We have a duty and responsibility to help
protect them for our citizens through practical measures. As we consider
how best to do this there will always and inevitably be a balance in
rights. What matters in each case is that the steps are proportionate
and that protections against abuse are effective. [...] The right to
safety and security is [...]fundamental..." (7 September 2005).

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COMPLETELY UNACCE


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With our 6 hour delay, this may be moot, but here goes:
>_______________________________________

Important developments, thanks all for keeping the extended CS 'net 
community alerted. With respect to my friend and colleague Marc Raboy's 
point ( he has been observing Wsis closely for longer than I and many 
others, a fact of record), I do not share his interpretation.

As a CS member of the Canadian government delegation for 2003, it is my
take 
that Canada seemed committed to the principle of multi-stakerholder 
engagement. Thus I would have expected (and believe it may still be
possible 
to encourage) stronger language on the Forum and inclusion of CS and 
*meaningful* participation of developing world, instead of the wek and
vague 
'capacity building'.

But Canada and many other countries and stakeholders are not persuaded
about 
the workability of any Internet governance system that will result in 
sovereign states (like China, Cuba, whomever, Tunisia...)  being able to

leverage or stalemate the IG process so as to accomplish their own
political 
objectives (national intranets, not a global internet). This may be 
contentious, and I am sorry if so, but I heard this in my recent trip to

Mexico, have heard this from many quarters, and have reason to conclude
that 
Canada is not alone in this view.

It is one thing to argue that the US should not dominate the Internet 
governance; it is quite another to agree on the replacement - and that
is 
not news to any on this list!

A counter interpretation is possible: I  believe what we are seeing is
NOT a 
continuation of an ICT4D top down approach (respectfully I think this 
reproach trivializes and distorts Canada's Wsis position by reduing it
to 
uni-dimension, which is not borne out by the evidence IMHO) ; but
instead 
Canada's proposal seems  a continuation of Canada's role in 2003 summit
in 
avoiding a blow up by successfully putting governance to the side,
calling 
for a committee ( behold WGIG), and keeping the Wsis 2003 going. (Of
course, 
Canada could not and did not do this alone, but was there in a
compromise 
position at key points, put in a key paper, made significant
interventions, 
and did take this issue very seriously at high levels). That was a 
contribution of Canada and is consistent with our traditional
compromise 
approach at home and abroad.

In this case, 2005, IG cannot be sidelined, so the Canada proposal seems
to 
aim at trying to keep the US Europe and other big players on the same 
screen.

This means the gambit is to get a compromise compromise resolution. The
US 
needs to give, but is unwilling to do so; others hold positions that are

unacceptable for various reasons. Think for a moment: 'capacity
building' 
seems like condescension from the developed to developing world, but it
can 
also mean on the ground building human and technical infrastructure so
that 
questions like "what is this thing called rule of law?" or how about
human 
and civil rights for internet activists can be more readily addressed. I

recall my sense of incredulity as this question was asked at Wsis 2003.

Please do not tell me that internet governance in the Wsis 2005 context
is 
only about name servers. That just does not hold anymore, IMHO.

BUT the language of this Canada proposal is I agree unacceptable and
MUST be 
changed, in this way:
the proposed Forum must be stronger, so it does not sound like some 
afterthought that can be easily ignored;
ensure inclusion of CS -- but this had better be specified more
precisely (I 
defer to those more closely involved, like Bill Drake who has been very 
cogent in this discussion);
and state clearly the requirement for *meaningful participation* of reps

from developing countries (instead of the unfortunate and insulting 
'capacity building')
but link back to principles, including human rights, and gender, so that
we 
do not slide back into the fragmentation of the Internet as envisioned
in 
some States'  positions.

I can assure the list that those Canadians in CS organizations who are
not 
at PrepCom 3, and who are active on the ground in CS here will watch the

outcome of this one very closely. Once this 'oversigh' is made clear and

public, diplomatically if necessary, It is not at all clear who in
Canada 
would endorse the orignal position on weakening of Forum, lack of full 
inclusion of CS and other stakeholders, and weak inclusion of developing

countries.

What do the proposed Canadian summit speakers say about these matters I 
wonder? Do they know about this, or have positions? Is CS working
closely 
with the Canadian delegation CS members? I recall the wonderful and 
effective lobbying efforts at Wsis 2003 Prep Com 3, and hope that the
pace 
continues now.

Well 6 hours behind, so this may all be over, so just another Canadian 
view....

Please continue to keep us informed.

Liss Jeffrey, PhD
McLuhan global research network
electronic commons/agora electronique
byDesign eLab

www.ecommons.net
wsis.ecommons.ca

PS
Our Canadian CS site c2c wsis.ecommons.ca is not covering the daily 
breathless events in PrepCom 3, but we plan analysis leading to Tunis,
and 
follow up after the talk is done, the digital dust settles, and the
outcome 
is clearer.

>
>Bill is right about the background: Canada's position on WSIS since the
>beginning is consistently and strictly ICT4D, and, I might add,
top-down 
>ICT4D. Furthermore, the position below seems to be a step back from the

>initial Canadian response to the WGIG Report, which stated: "In
principle, 
>Canada supports the idea of creating a multi-stakeholder forum to
discuss a 
>broad range of public policy issues related to the Internet. We believe
it 
>is desirable to build upon the dialogue established by the WGIG and its

>public consultations."
>
>That said, the Canadian delegation can possibly be slightly swayed and
>brought closer by CS arguments.
>
>For more Canada background, see http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca.
>
>Have a good end of prepcom!
>
>Marc
>
>
>
>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la
>part de William Drake
>Envoy? : 30 septembre, 2005 03:55
>? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canada's proposal on IG forum - its 
>COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
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>_______________________________________
>
>Hi,
>
>Parminder is right.  Upon inspection, it is entirely an ICT4D proposal,

>building on programs and approaches Canada/IDRC have supported 
>previously---generally useful but not at all what WGIG or CS previously

>had in mind.  All capacity building for developing countries, seemingly

>to fit in to the topography of existing IG mechanisms, not dialogue, 
>analysis, trend monitoring, soft law making as necessary with an eye 
>toward improving them.  Capacity building is of course critically 
>important, but the other functions are needed.  The caucus statement is

>much better that the Canadian, which makes no mention of the functions 
>and foci we specified, listed below.
>
>If we get the chance to take the floor today, I hope the caucus will 
>reiterate support for its own position and diplomatically note the 
>comparative limitations of the Canadian one, which many parties do seem

>to be flocking toward, perhaps because it is the most detailed language

>from a government.  They should read CS language too...
>
>Bill
>
>--------
>IG Caucus List of Forum Functions
>
>a.	inclusive dialogue, with a differentiated architecture allowing
for
>peer-level interaction where appropriate, for example in Birds of a
>Feather,
>working groups, study groups, plenaries, etc.
>
>b.	comparative, cross-sectoral analysis of governance mechanisms,
with an
>eye toward "lessons learned" and best practices that could inform
>individual
>and collective institutional improvements
>
>c.	assessment and monitoring of horizontal issues applicable to all

>Internet
>governance arrangements, e.g. the promotion of transparency,
>accountability,
>inclusion, and other guidelines for "good governance," such as the WSIS
>principles;
>
>d.	identification of weaknesses and gaps in the governance
architecture,
>i.e. "orphaned" or multidimensional issues that do not fall neatly 
>within the ambit of any existing body;
>
>e.	identification of potential tensions between separately
developed
>mechanisms, and possibly efforts to promote enhanced coordination among

>them;
>
>f.	promotion of decentralized convergence among positions and
initiatives,
>where possible;
>
>g.	pre-decision agenda setting that could, inter alia, feed into
the work 
>of
>other bodies;
>
>h.	provide a clearing house for coordination, resource
mobilization,
>identification of new needs and gaps, in relation to supporting 
>meaningful developing country participation and capacity building
>
>i.	promote the usage of ICTs to allow remote participation in
Internet
>governance processes;
>
>j.	release recommendations, best practices, proposals and other
documents 
>on
>the various Internet governance issues.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> > Behalf Of Parminder
> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:06 PM
> > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canada's proposal on IG forum - its 
> > COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am sorry to use the the already crowded plenary list to state 
> > these views on matters in front of sub-committee A , but I am not 
> > subscribed on the IG CS
> > list and I really wanted to share this with all.
> >
> > I found a lot of enthusiasm in CS content and themes meeting on the 
> > Canadian proposal on the forum. Most of the support came because 
> > canadian
>proposal
> > seems strong on the MSP priciple. That's great, but we need the 
> > 'substance' too - perhaps that may be more important.
> >
> > And if we look at the canadian proposal on the forum from 
> > 'substance' or 'content;' angle, it is abysmal (excuse my use of 
> > strong language).
> >
> > It completely transforms the very purpose and agenda of the 'forum' 
> > as was nicely laid out by WGIG reports points 43 to 47  - it was
> > supposed to be a
> > global IG policy deliberation space. But the canada proposal
> > makes it into a
> > capacity building body for developing countires etc- badly
> > reeking of WIPO's
> > technical assistence programs which suppose that 'they' know
> > everything and
> > the those with poor capacities (read, developing counteries)need to
> > be 'taught' what the right frameworks and concepts are.
> >
> > The canadian proposal (cut-pasted at the end of the email) opens in 
> > this fashion --
> >
> > >>>We commit to establishing a new forum mechanism, dedicated to 
> > >>>enhancing the
> > capacity of all stakeholders, particularly those from developing 
> > countries, to participate fully and effectively in all forums 
> > relevant to Internet governance.  >>>
> >
> > Were we looking for a forum for this purpose, I thought we wanted it

> > for policy deliberation, advise, taking new issues (see WGIG report,

> > pt.s 43 to 47).... Capacity building is only one of the functions of

> > the forum, and it
> > comes way down on the list.......
> >
> > Why is there an attempt to cut out such needed global policy spaces 
> > by subtly substituting them with 'capacity building' bodies. And why

> > should the CS be in
> > a hurry to accept that - do we have such aversion to global public 
>policy
> > deliberations and policy development.
> >
> > This is a very status quo-ist view..... Things are fine as they 
> > are..... And lets obfuscate and confuse substantial policy issues, 
> > since developing countires in any case have poor capacities, and are

> > liable to miss the subterfuge.
> >
> > CS need not be enthused about it just because MSP principle is 
> > promised - MSP for what.......
> >
> > I thought CS always wanted a forum as proposed by WGIG - the 
> > canadian proposal is NOT about the same 'forum'. And if anyone has 
> > some doubt, see the fact that
> > canada has even proposed to move the 'forum' section to the part 4
of 
>the
> > working document. This section deals with development aspects of 
> > Internet. So the forum is now about building capapcity of developing

> > countires
> > - on issues
> > already decided and firmly established..... It is about development 
> > (building capacities of developing countires to adopt to dominant 
> > paradigms)and
>not
> > about the the 'way forward' (which would put the 'forum' in part 5 
> > on the 'way forward'). Pl see canadian proposal below...
> >
> > In stating the above, I don't mean dis-respect for any one's views. 
> > This is how I see the whole thing..... I may not have followed the 
> > IG debate well, And
> > I will be glad to be corrected on the issues I have put here......
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Parminder
> > _____________________________________________
> >
> > Canada's proposal
> >
> > Proposed Terms of Reference for Forum on Internet Governance To be 
> > inserted either in section 4 (Development), or section 5 (The Way 
> > Forward)
> >
> > ================
> > NEW PARAGRAPH (# to be determined)
> >
> > We commit to establishing a new forum mechanism, dedicated to 
> > enhancing the capacity of all stakeholders, particularly those from 
> > developing countries, to
> > participate fully and effectively in all forums relevant to Internet
> > governance.  Recognizing the rapid development of technology and
> > institutions,
> > we propose that the forum mechanism periodically be reviewed to
> > determine the
> > need for its continuation.  Further, we propose that it be
> > constituted as a
> > neutral, non-duplicative and non-binding process chiefly to
> > facilitate the
> > exchange of information and best practices and to identify issues
> > that are not
> > otherwise being adequately addressed.
> > The forum mechanism should be viewed as a continuation of
> > the "multistakeholder" approach of the WSIS, building on the
> > valuable lessons
> > learned in the WSIS and WGIG processes, in particular I the open
WGIG
> > consultations.
> >
> > We call upon all stakeholders to engage in and fully support this 
> > important new mechanism.  The forum mechanism should be established 
> > in a timely fashion
> > to:
> > .      Strengthen and enhance stakeholders' engagement in existing
> > and future Internet governance mechanisms, particularly for those
from
> > developing countries;
> > .      Develop capacity to participate in discussions and decisions
> > on pertinent topics under consideration in relevant institutions;
> > .      Encourage the full involvement and participation of all
> > stakeholders and experts engaged in Internet governance to
> > benefit from their
> > expertise, including those of the academic and scientific
communities, 
>to
> > facilitate coordination and collaboration, and to avoid duplication;
> > .      Make full use of the tools of the information society to
> > conduct capacity building activities, minimizing the need for 
> > conferences and face-to-face meetings; and
> > .      Establish ongoing electronic forums on pertinent topics and,
> > when appropriate, create a permanent on-line record for future
> > use in capacity
> > development activities, and to continue to add value over time.
> >
> >
> > -
> >
> > Parminder
> >
> > www.ITforChange.net
> > IT for Change
> > Bridging Developmental Realities and Technological Possibilities
> >
> >
> >
>
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Oct  7 16:53:11 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importing documents in Tunis through UNDP pouch
Message-ID: <200510071553.j97Fr9uW027950@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

For those interested in importing documentation in Tunis, and further to the
previous discussions about how to bring documentation into Tunisia in
relation to of Tunis Summit, we would like to inform you that we have
received confirmation (so far by telephone only) that the possibility exists
to ship documents via pouch from your local UNDP resident representative to
the Tunis UNDP Office. 

 

Address: 

UNDP Office, Tunis, Tunisia

Attn: Francis Dubois, Resident Representative.

 

Mr. Dubois nevertheless warned that depending on the weight (e.g. if
somebody had just published a book and wanted tons to be sent to Tunis)
costs were certainly be involved. Orders should also be sent in time: limit
at least 4 weeks.

 

Should you be interested by this way of importing documents, please directly
contact your local UNDP resident representative.

 

Best regards, 

 

 

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
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that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
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From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] News on future sessions
Message-ID: <954259bd0510070900j74b5d395hee5f1923bf08acd9@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,
 The mail below was sent today after the governemental Bureau meeting to all
delegations.
 Dates for negociations in Geneva : 24-28 October uncer the responsibility
of the PrepCom President. Two sessions : Political Chapeau (on 24-25) and
Parts One and Four (26-28). Governmental Negociations only. President of
PrepCom will inform observers on the status of negociations after each
session. Ambiguity on this : does that mean only twice(on Oct 15 and Oct 28
or every day, or twice a day ? Means closed.
 PrepCom 3 will resume in Tunis (location to be determined) on November 13.
Text mentions rules of procedure of PrepCom 3, including participation of
observers in Plenary and Sub-committee meetings. No mention of drafting
groups. Means closed.
 Question : next steps for CS ??
 What do you all think ?
 Best
 Bertrand

*To all Missions in Geneva*

(with copy to Mission in NY for States without Mission in Geneva)

Dear Sir, Madam,

On behalf of the President of the Preparatory Committee of WSIS, I would
like to inform you as follows:

As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau
decided in its today's meeting the dates of the intersessional negotiation
work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the dates, venue and modalities
of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit.

*Intersessional negotiation work*

Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the Tunis phase of
WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from 24 to
28 October 2005.

In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its objective will be to
finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau and on the paragraphs
remained in brackets of Chapter two of the Operational Part. In its second
session, from 26 to 28 November 2005, the Negotiation Group will aim to
finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four of the Operational Part
of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will be an intergovernmental
negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00 - 13.00 and from 15.00-
18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six UN working languages will
be provided. After each session, the President of PrepCom will inform the
observers on the advancement of the work.

*Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit*

The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS will be
reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in Tunis, for a three-day
session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue will be provided
at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with a short
organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the resumed
PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including the
participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee
meetings.Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be
provided.

Sincerly yours,

Charles Geiger
Executive Director WSIS
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Fri Oct  7 17:23:51 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importing documents in Tunis through UNDP pouch
In-Reply-To: <200510071553.j97Fr9uW027950@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <20051007162351.80845.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Dear Sir, 

I come by present you to inform that I could not
attend plenary of Geneva due to the lack of means. In
fact, in so much accredited member of the ECOSOC, I
request your indulgence at the UNDP and of the FNUAP
antenna of Gabon so that the latter come me as
sponsors at the top from the WSIS which will be held
in TUNIS. For that, I you sendings Sir, their numbers
of fax so that they me contact in order to obtain the
lodging and transport documents. I cannot send them
faxes since I am in province for a mission. I pass
their fax to you: UNDP (Gabon): (+241) 738891 FNUAP
(Gabon): (+241)738896 In the hope which my request
will retain your attention, please accept Mosieur, the
expression of my deep respect.

--- CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis@iprolink.ch> a ?crit :

> Dear all, 
> 
>  
> 
> For those interested in importing documentation in
> Tunis, and further to the
> previous discussions about how to bring
> documentation into Tunisia in
> relation to of Tunis Summit, we would like to inform
> you that we have
> received confirmation (so far by telephone only)
> that the possibility exists
> to ship documents via pouch from your local UNDP
> resident representative to
> the Tunis UNDP Office. 
> 
>  
> 
> Address: 
> 
> UNDP Office, Tunis, Tunisia
> 
> Attn: Francis Dubois, Resident Representative.
> 
>  
> 
> Mr. Dubois nevertheless warned that depending on the
> weight (e.g. if
> somebody had just published a book and wanted tons
> to be sent to Tunis)
> costs were certainly be involved. Orders should also
> be sent in time: limit
> at least 4 weeks.
> 
>  
> 
> Should you be interested by this way of importing
> documents, please directly
> contact your local UNDP resident representative.
> 
>  
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
> wsis@ngocongo.org
> Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org>
> www.ngocongo.org 
> 
>  
> 
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international,
> membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
> Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective
> is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's
> governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For
> more information see our
> website at  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/>
> www.ngocongo.org
> 
>  
> 
> 


 
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Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
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From apeake at gmail.com  Fri Oct  7 17:35:28 2005
From: apeake at gmail.com (Adam Peake (ajp@glocom.ac.jp))
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] News on future sessions
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0510070900j74b5d395hee5f1923bf08acd9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <954259bd0510070900j74b5d395hee5f1923bf08acd9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f31ae3560510070935k641e890cy32a6eb8cbc1e6a7a@mail.gmail.com>

Bertrand, thanks.

On 10/8/05, Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> The mail below was sent today after the governemental Bureau meeting to all
> delegations.
>
> Dates for negociations in Geneva : 24-28 October uncer the responsibility of
> the PrepCom President. Two sessions : Political Chapeau (on 24-25) and Parts
> One and Four (26-28). Governmental Negociations only. President of PrepCom
> will inform observers on the status of negociations after each session.
> Ambiguity on this : does that mean only twice(on Oct 15 and Oct 28 or every
> day, or twice a day ? Means closed.
>
> PrepCom 3 will resume in Tunis (location to be determined) on November 13.
> Text mentions rules of procedure of PrepCom 3, including participation of
> observers in Plenary and Sub-committee meetings. No mention of drafting
> groups. Means closed.
>
> Question : next steps for CS ??
>

Website now says that the resumed session of prepcom 3, 13-15 November
2005, "will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including
the participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings.
Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be provided."

So change flights and book hotels!

We should start work on drafting comments on the chair's latest
version of chapter 3
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2130|0>

Adam



> What do you all think ?
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
>
>
>
> To all Missions in Geneva
>
> (with copy to Mission in NY for States without Mission in Geneva)
>
>
> Dear Sir, Madam,
>
> On behalf of the President of the Preparatory Committee of WSIS, I would
> like to inform you as follows:
>
> As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau
> decided in its today's meeting the dates of the intersessional negotiation
> work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the dates, venue and modalities
> of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit.
>
> Intersessional negotiation work
>
> Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the Tunis phase of
> WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from 24 to
> 28 October 2005.
>
> In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its objective will be to
> finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau and on the paragraphs
> remained in brackets of Chapter two of the Operational Part. In its second
> session, from 26 to 28 November 2005, the Negotiation Group will aim to
> finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four of the Operational Part
> of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will be an intergovernmental
> negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00 - 13.00 and from 15.00
> - 18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six UN working languages
> will be provided. After each session, the President of PrepCom will inform
> the observers on the advancement of the work.
>
> Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit
>
> The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS will be
> reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in Tunis, for a three-day
> session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue will be provided
> at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with a short
> organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the resumed
> PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including the
> participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings.
> Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be provided.
>
> Sincerly yours,
>
> Charles Geiger
> Executive Director WSIS
> _______________________________________________
> governance mailing list
> governance@lists.cpsr.org
> https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance
>
>
>


--
Email from Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
Email from my Gmail account probably means I am travelling.  Please
reply to  <ajp@glocom.ac.jp> Thanks!

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct  7 17:56:08 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] News on future sessions
In-Reply-To: <f31ae3560510070935k641e890cy32a6eb8cbc1e6a7a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <954259bd0510070900j74b5d395hee5f1923bf08acd9@mail.gmail.com> <f31ae3560510070935k641e890cy32a6eb8cbc1e6a7a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <91B10D38-F266-4D72-B9F5-94F1B8CA7C72@lists.privaterra.org>

All along i have been suggesting to people to arrive in Tunis on or  
by the 12th of November....so , i was on the mark :)


On 7-Oct-05, at 12:35 PM, Adam Peake (ajp@glocom.ac.jp) wrote:
>>
>
> Website now says that the resumed session of prepcom 3, 13-15 November
> 2005, "will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including
> the participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings.
> Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be provided."
>
> So change flights and book hotels!
>
>


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct  7 18:17:33 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for the Summit / my position on nominations from Tunisia
Message-ID: <FAE6BB37-C293-4B91-80F9-301D456F58FC@lists.privaterra.org>

With the help of Rik and others, the speakers nominating group is  
working hard to advance the work done in geneva to ready a list for  
the ITU. Numerous exchanges have taken  place so far, which is great.


In the spirit of transparency and openness, i thought it best to  
share my position (as focal point on the CSB for North America &  
Europe) on and about  nominations from Tunisia with the plenary list.


My position is as follows....


To be honest, the inclusion of  Tunisians as proposed speakers at the  
summit makes be personally shake in disbelief.  The names proposed  
(from Tunisia) are not  high enough level persons to speak at the  
plenary sessions. The caucus they represent  are problematic ones,  
ones which - many, myself included - believe are clearly infiltrated  
by the tunisian government .

There far better, and much less problematic speakers that MUST  be  
considered in their place. As a point of principle, if we are going  
to consider tunisians for rountables then  we SHOULD also  give an  
equal chance to "independent" civil society from the country. If that  
is not possible, then , there is no equal opportunity - no consensus,  
and as such the safest course of action  would be to not recommend  
any Tunisians at all to the ITU.

As you might imagine, this is a point of principle for me. I am  
passionate about this. There needs to be openness and transparency  
about this - very - sensitive issue.

Recommendation: remove all Tunisian names all together. If this group  
recommends  one Tunisian name vs. another, we will be lead into a  
dogfight we can not win. It's a political issue - let the ITU deal  
with it.

Alternatives: no doubt there are other names from other countries  
that are not only "less problematic" but, are higher level and  
involved in information society activities and/or initiatives at a  
higher level than the Tunisian nominees.


--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From jeremy.shtern at UMontreal.CA  Fri Oct  7 17:18:18 2005
From: jeremy.shtern at UMontreal.CA (Jeremy Shtern)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [not_spam] [governance] News on future sessions
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0510070900j74b5d395hee5f1923bf08acd9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <002e01c5cb5a$babc3980$0401a8c0@jgsnotebook>

Hi Bertrand and a very good morning to all distinguished colleagues,


We need to clarify the ?means closed? caveat:



Are the subcommittee A meetings in Tunis going to be meetings of
drafting groups or are they going to continue with the procedure adopted
in Geneva where the majority of the work (especially in regards to forum
function and oversight) was done in Committee itself?


Thus, before I react, I would like to know if:

1.)    Have we officially and unequivocally heard that the meetings
(whatever type they will be) are closed in Tunis? Or is this an
interpretation of a likely outcome based on the info provided?

2.)    If this is an interpretation, then, I suggest that we need to be
clearly informed if the work will continue as it was being done in
Geneva (ie subcommittee and the formation of adhoc drafting groups to do
consultations on specific sections of conflicting language) or if they
are going to do all of the remainder of the work in drafting groups.
Because the suggestion that rules of prepcom apply seems to suggest
that, assuming the work continues as it was, it should not be closed.

 

Thus, what we really need to know is if Subcommitee A is going to pick
up where it left in Tunis (as indications seem to be that it will do- at
least officially) or if this is going to be something different.

 

I am sure there are others who would appreciate this clarification. 

 

Cheers,

 

Jeremy

 

 

 

 

 

 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=-=-=

Jeremy Shtern,

 

candidat doctoral et chercheur au Laboratoire de Recherche sur les
Politiques de Communication/

Ph.D candidate & researcher at the Communications Policy Research
Laboratory 

 

Universit? de Montr?al            

d?partement de communication

 

514-343-6111 ex./poste  5419               

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-----Original Message-----
From: governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Bertrand de La
Chapelle
Sent: October 7, 2005 12:00 PM
To: followup@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; governance@lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [not_spam] [governance] News on future sessions

 

Dear all,

 

The mail below was sent today after the governemental Bureau meeting to
all delegations. 

 

Dates for negociations in Geneva : 24-28 October uncer the
responsibility of the PrepCom President. Two sessions : Political
Chapeau (on 24-25) and Parts One and Four (26-28). Governmental
Negociations only. President of PrepCom will inform observers on the
status of negociations after each session. Ambiguity on this : does that
mean only twice(on Oct 15 and Oct 28 or every day, or twice a day ?
Means closed. 

 

PrepCom 3 will resume in Tunis (location to be determined) on November
13. Text mentions rules of procedure of PrepCom 3, including
participation of observers in Plenary and Sub-committee meetings. No
mention of drafting groups. Means closed. 

 

Question : next steps for CS ?? 

 

What do you all think ?

 

Best

 

Bertrand

 

 

To all Missions in Geneva

(with copy to Mission in NY for States without Mission in Geneva)

 

Dear Sir, Madam, 

On behalf of the President of the Preparatory Committee of WSIS, I would
like to inform you as follows: 

As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau
decided in its today's meeting the dates of the intersessional
negotiation work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the dates, venue
and modalities of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis
Summit. 

Intersessional negotiation work 

Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the Tunis phase of
WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from
24 to 28 October 2005. 

In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its objective will be
to finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau and on the
paragraphs remained in brackets of Chapter two of the Operational Part.
In its second session, from 26 to 28 November 2005, the Negotiation
Group will aim to finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four of
the Operational Part of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will
be an intergovernmental negotiation process, to be held every day from
10.00 - 13.00 and from 15.00 - 18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation
in the six UN working languages will be provided. After each session,
the President of PrepCom will inform the observers on the advancement of
the work. 

Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit 

The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS
will be reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in Tunis, for a
three-day session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue
will be provided at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with
a short organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the
resumed PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom,
including the participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee
meetings. Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be
provided. 

Sincerly yours, 

Charles Geiger
Executive Director WSIS 

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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Oct  7 18:37:02 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for the Summit / my position on nominations from Tunisia
In-Reply-To: <FAE6BB37-C293-4B91-80F9-301D456F58FC@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <FAE6BB37-C293-4B91-80F9-301D456F58FC@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <5C3BCA0C-0215-4624-8B53-646775DE2A26@earthlink.net>

Robert,

Thanks for clarifying your position.

The Selection Committee is finalizing its list, based on all the  
nominations from the various CS groupings, caucuses, working groups,  
etc.  We will of course take all the committee members views into  
account and will be circulating our final recommendations to the ITU  
and to this Plenary shortly.

Rik Panganiban

On Oct 7, 2005, at 1:17 PM, Robert Guerra wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> With the help of Rik and others, the speakers nominating group is  
> working hard to advance the work done in geneva to ready a list for  
> the ITU. Numerous exchanges have taken  place so far, which is great.
>
>
> In the spirit of transparency and openness, i thought it best to  
> share my position (as focal point on the CSB for North America &  
> Europe) on and about  nominations from Tunisia with the plenary list.
>
>
> My position is as follows....
>
>
> To be honest, the inclusion of  Tunisians as proposed speakers at  
> the summit makes be personally shake in disbelief.  The names  
> proposed (from Tunisia) are not  high enough level persons to speak  
> at the plenary sessions. The caucus they represent  are problematic  
> ones, ones which - many, myself included - believe are clearly  
> infiltrated by the tunisian government .
>
> There far better, and much less problematic speakers that MUST  be  
> considered in their place. As a point of principle, if we are going  
> to consider tunisians for rountables then  we SHOULD also  give an  
> equal chance to "independent" civil society from the country. If  
> that is not possible, then , there is no equal opportunity - no  
> consensus, and as such the safest course of action  would be to not  
> recommend any Tunisians at all to the ITU.
>
> As you might imagine, this is a point of principle for me. I am  
> passionate about this. There needs to be openness and transparency  
> about this - very - sensitive issue.
>
> Recommendation: remove all Tunisian names all together. If this  
> group recommends  one Tunisian name vs. another, we will be lead  
> into a dogfight we can not win. It's a political issue - let the  
> ITU deal with it.
>
> Alternatives: no doubt there are other names from other countries  
> that are not only "less problematic" but, are higher level and  
> involved in information society activities and/or initiatives at a  
> higher level than the Tunisian nominees.
>
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
> WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
> Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
>
>
>



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From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Fri Oct  7 18:37:41 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] October session and back to back Prepcom : discussion with amb. Karlklins
Message-ID: <954259bd0510071037q66535f09td209ebdd99bb318b@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all,
 I had a phone conversation this evening with Amb. Karklins on the
modalities of the October session and back to back Prepcom . The outcome is
the following :
 *October Meeting*
 He mentionned that the October meeting is about negociation (that is :
removing brackets) and not about adding new paragraphs. Only governments can
do negociation. I mentionned that this is not yet true for the most
important paragraphs of Chapter One and Four : the paragraphs still need to
be drafted; we are not yet at the stage of removing brackets, as the exact
nature of the follow-up famework was kept unaddressed until this very moment
(which is by the way the reason for the October session). In addition, the
very structure of the Chapter Four (with possible inclusion of parts of
Chapter one) is still evolving and must be made more coherent to become
readable by everybody. On both aspects therefore (possible follow-up
architecture and document structure) CS actors have a lot of input to
contribute and want ot help the PrepCom Chair and governements attain a good
result for Tunis. I mentionned in particular the discussions by members of
the Follow-up Group with several delegations during PrepCom3 that could help
avoid a deadlock on follow-up.
 Amb. Karklins agrees to verify with Security that accredited participants
to the WSIS that will be able to come to Geneva in October will be allowed
to enter the Palais des Nations during the 5 days. If needed, a precise list
of who might attend could be transmitted in advance to facilitate access.
 More importantly, he also agreed to hold *an interactive session with CS
every morning for about 45 minutes* (from 9:15 to 10:00) to get input. That
is : the session would not only be about him reporting to CS but a real
interactive session. The idea of a second similar evening session was
raised, but schedule constraints would make it hard for him. The space is
narrow, but if CS suggestions are focused and if this is combined with
appropriate lobbying of governments in the corridors, this is a good
practical way to give input and check how it is (or not) taken in. Of
course, this does not establish a precedent at the symbolic level, only at
the practical one, but we must take into account that the final phases of
such processes are always edging towards closing doors rather than opening
new ones.
  The PrepCom President also wants to make sure that reporting on the status
of the discussions wil not be done only for people that can be present in
Geneva. He envisages a daily report or even a conference call. It is obvious
that CS reporting, including by CS members wearing governmental badges, will
be very important for those who cannot come.
 Important point :CS members with governmental badges (Jane, Vittorio,
others ....?) should check whether they will be included in their national
delegation for this special session
 Last point : Amb Karklins will work with the Executive Secretariat on the
13th and 14th of October to prepare the meeting of the 24-28 and will be
away afterwards until the beggining of the session.. He *is willing to meet
briefly* (I guess one hour) with a limited group of members of the Follow-up
Working Group* in the afternoon of October 12th* to get our input. I will
make the trip as I have other things to do in Geneva and will push the ideas
we have agreed upon during PrepCom3. Is anybody else from the Follow-up
Group available in Geneva at that date ? (Chantal ?)
 *Back to Back Meeting before the Summit*
 Less information on that one. Just to say that it will be a PrepCom, with
the normal rules of PrepComs; Amb. Karklins expects a lot of discussion to
take place in Plenary in order to build political consensus, even if some
drafting groups will naturally take place.
 The Plenary room will be about 400 seats but there will be no specific
space for Civil Society to hold daily plenaries as we did in Geneva (welcome
corridors !). No precisions on the exact place of the venue (unles it was in
the general announcement mail and I overlooked it).
 *Conclusion*
 At that stage, I found Amb. Karklins sincerely willing to explore practical
modalities to take CS input in, in spite of the constraints of the rules of
procedure. As a consequence, even knowing that the situation in October will
not be perfect, the final evaluation of CS capacity to impact should
probably be done only after the sesion :
 - Either CS is somewhat satisfied with the result (ie the likely follow-up
framework) and its actual capacity to interact with governments and there is
no need to make strong protest statements
- Or, in spite of all efforts and goodwill from CS, real interaction was
unsufficient and the result is not up to CS benchmarks and a statement will
be appropriate.
 This, of course, is not completely a distinct question from whether CS
should issue a parallel Decelaration.More on that in a separate mail.
 Hope this information is useful.
 Best
 Bertrand
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Fri Oct  7 18:28:13 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [governance] [not_spam]  News on future sessions
In-Reply-To: <002e01c5cb5a$babc3980$0401a8c0@jgsnotebook>
Message-ID: <434430D20005BCBB@mail21.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

Hi to all, 

 

Following Bertrand?s circulation and Jeremy?s questions here are some more
details after a short meeting with Charles Geiger and Phone call with Amb.
Karklins

 

The Geneva negotiation sessions without observers will be entirely dedicated
to de-bracketing and finding progress on the existing texts;(Governments
prerogatives so far) no new ideas will be taken into consideration. (This
does not mean that CS cannot lobby with their own or other friendly
governments in providing language which could be helpful)

Ambassador Karklins will also meet each morning and evening before official
meetings with CS present and inform on progress made (or lack thereof)

 

At the resumed session in Tunis, PrepCom rules will be applied, given time
to observers in the two Sub-Committees (depending how much progress has been
made in Geneva in Sub Committee B) and, to the extent of the Conveners
willing, in the  Drafting WGs. The session in Tunis will not be held in the
KRAM but in a yet to be determined other venue, and existing space could
become an issue. Therefore overpasses might need to be applied.

 

Sub-Committee A is still in a crafting/drafting process, therefore
contributions can be sent to Ambassador Massood Khan by e-mail. 

 

More information on other issues will be sent by Philippe. Wishing you all a
restful weekend!

 

Best

Renata  

Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org> rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

  _____  

De : governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] De la part de Jeremy Shtern
Envoy? : vendredi, 7. octobre 2005 17:18
? : 'Bertrand de La Chapelle'; followup@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org;
governance@lists.cpsr.org
Objet : Re: [governance] [not_spam] News on future sessions

 

Hi Bertrand and a very good morning to all distinguished colleagues,


We need to clarify the ?means closed? caveat:

Are the subcommittee A meetings in Tunis going to be meetings of drafting
groups or are they going to continue with the procedure adopted in Geneva
where the majority of the work (especially in regards to forum function and
oversight) was done in Committee itself?


Thus, before I react, I would like to know if:

1.)    Have we officially and unequivocally heard that the meetings
(whatever type they will be) are closed in Tunis? Or is this an
interpretation of a likely outcome based on the info provided?

2.)    If this is an interpretation, then, I suggest that we need to be
clearly informed if the work will continue as it was being done in Geneva
(ie subcommittee and the formation of adhoc drafting groups to do
consultations on specific sections of conflicting language) or if they are
going to do all of the remainder of the work in drafting groups. Because the
suggestion that rules of prepcom apply seems to suggest that, assuming the
work continues as it was, it should not be closed.

 

Thus, what we really need to know is if Subcommitee A is going to pick up
where it left in Tunis (as indications seem to be that it will do- at least
officially) or if this is going to be something different.

 

I am sure there are others who would appreciate this clarification. 

 

Cheers,

 

Jeremy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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=

Jeremy Shtern,

 

candidat doctoral et chercheur au Laboratoire de Recherche sur les
Politiques de Communication/

Ph.D candidate & researcher at the Communications Policy Research Laboratory


 

Universit? de Montr?al            

d?partement de communication

 

514-343-6111 ex./poste  5419               

 <mailto:jeremy.shtern@umontreal.ca> jeremy.shtern@umontreal.ca

 

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
=

 

-----Original Message-----
From: governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org
[mailto:governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Bertrand de La
Chapelle
Sent: October 7, 2005 12:00 PM
To: followup@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; governance@lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [not_spam] [governance] News on future sessions

 

Dear all,

 

The mail below was sent today after the governemental Bureau meeting to all
delegations. 

 

Dates for negociations in Geneva : 24-28 October uncer the responsibility of
the PrepCom President. Two sessions : Political Chapeau (on 24-25) and Parts
One and Four (26-28). Governmental Negociations only. President of PrepCom
will inform observers on the status of negociations after each session.
Ambiguity on this : does that mean only twice(on Oct 15 and Oct 28 or every
day, or twice a day ? Means closed. 

 

PrepCom 3 will resume in Tunis (location to be determined) on November 13.
Text mentions rules of procedure of PrepCom 3, including participation of
observers in Plenary and Sub-committee meetings. No mention of drafting
groups. Means closed. 

 

Question : next steps for CS ?? 

 

What do you all think ?

 

Best

 

Bertrand

 

 

To all Missions in Geneva

(with copy to Mission in NY for States without Mission in Geneva)

 

Dear Sir, Madam, 

On behalf of the President of the Preparatory Committee of WSIS, I would
like to inform you as follows: 

As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau
decided in its today's meeting the dates of the intersessional negotiation
work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the dates, venue and modalities
of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit. 

Intersessional negotiation work 

Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the Tunis phase of
WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from 24 to
28 October 2005. 

In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its objective will be to
finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau and on the paragraphs
remained in brackets of Chapter two of the Operational Part. In its second
session, from 26 to 28 November 2005, the Negotiation Group will aim to
finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four of the Operational Part
of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will be an intergovernmental
negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00 - 13.00 and from 15.00
- 18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six UN working languages
will be provided. After each session, the President of PrepCom will inform
the observers on the advancement of the work. 

Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit 

The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS will be
reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in Tunis, for a three-day
session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue will be provided
at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with a short
organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the resumed
PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including the
participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings.
Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be provided. 

Sincerly yours, 

Charles Geiger
Executive Director WSIS 

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From dogwallah at gmail.com  Fri Oct  7 19:06:45 2005
From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] October session and back to back Prepcom : discussion with amb. Karlklins
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0510071037q66535f09td209ebdd99bb318b@mail.gmail.com>
References: <954259bd0510071037q66535f09td209ebdd99bb318b@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <f65fb55e0510071106h4b93159ep5aa6514b1e6f115a@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bertrand,

On 10/7/05, Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle@gmail.com> wrote:

> - Either CS is somewhat satisfied with the result (ie the likely follow-up
> framework) and its actual capacity to interact with governments and there is
> no need to make strong protest statements
> - Or, in spite of all efforts and goodwill from CS, real interaction was
> unsufficient and the result is not up to CS benchmarks and a statement will
> be appropriate.

I vote for the latter.  I have always felt that the process that
determines the future of IG should be as MS, open and inclusive as the
current IG mechanisms. I fear it is not!

> Hope this information is useful.

very. thanks.

--
Cheers,

McTim
nic-hdl:      TMCG

From veni at veni.com  Fri Oct  7 18:58:50 2005
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [governance] [not_spam]  News on
  future sessions
In-Reply-To: <434430D20005BCBB@mail21.bluewin.ch> (added by
  postmaster@bluewin.ch)
References: <002e01c5cb5a$babc3980$0401a8c0@jgsnotebook>
 <434430D20005BCBB@mail21.bluewin.ch>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20051007205745.02c41c78@193.200.15.187>

Thank you, Renate - quite helpful both your message, and Bertarnd's!

You both are really, really great people! As everyone else who quitely and 
surely work for the whole IG and Plenary without too much ado.

yours,
veni

At 19:28 07-10-05  +0200, you wrote:
>Hi to all,
>
>Following Bertrand's circulation and Jeremy's questions here are some more 
>details after a short meeting with Charles Geiger and Phone call with Amb. 
>Karklins
>
>The Geneva negotiation sessions without observers will be entirely 
>dedicated to de-bracketing and finding progress on the existing 
>texts;(Governments prerogatives so far) no new ideas will be taken into 
>consideration. (This does not mean that CS cannot lobby with their own or 
>other friendly governments in providing language which could be helpful)
>Ambassador Karklins will also meet each morning and evening before 
>official meetings with CS present and inform on progress made (or lack thereof)
>
>At the resumed session in Tunis, PrepCom rules will be applied, given time 
>to observers in the two Sub-Committees (depending how much progress has 
>been made in Geneva in Sub Committee B) and, to the extent of the 
>Conveners willing, in the  Drafting WGs. The session in Tunis will not be 
>held in the KRAM but in a yet to be determined other venue, and existing 
>space could become an issue. Therefore overpasses might need to be applied.
>
>Sub-Committee A is still in a crafting/drafting process, therefore 
>contributions can be sent to Ambassador Massood Khan by e-mail.
>
>More information on other issues will be sent by Philippe. Wishing you all 
>a restful weekend!
>
>Best
>Renata
>Renate Bloem
>President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Oct  7 21:24:00 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunisian online protest blocked
Message-ID: <4346D960.6060408@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/globalvoices/2005/10/04/tunisian-online-protest-blocked/>

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005 @ 11:52 EDT
Tunisian online protest blocked

Tunisia, Middle East & North Africa, Breaking News, Weblog

As Tunisia prepares to host the controversial World Summit on the 
Information Society in November, tunisia freespeechTunisian opposition 
activist Neila Charchour Hachicha <http://www.neila-charchour.com/> 
informs Global Voices that the online freedom of speech protest site 
launched by Tunisians on Monday, www.yezzi.org <http://www.yezzi.org/> has 
already been blocked by the Tunisian authorities.

The online protest, called ?Freedom of Expression in Mourning,? 
<http://tounis.blogspot.com/2005/10/freedom-of-expression-in-mourning-la_03.html> 
is organized by The Tunisian Association for the Promotion and Defense of 
Cyberspace (Association Tunisienne pour la Promotion et la D?fense du 
Cyberespace)<http://tounis.blogspot.com/>. Here is how they describe the 
protest and its motivations:

     The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will be held in 
Tunisia from 16th to 18th November 2005.

     However:

     * A World Summit on the Information Society cannot have any concrete 
impact on the world community, if the main concern of such a Summit, which 
should be the human being, remains relegated to a simple accessory.
     * Experience showed that concerning information issues, top level 
international meetings have never led to positive measures to make 
public?s rights effective to get free access to information.
     * Dictatorships similar to that of the Tunisian General Ben Ali, use 
the information?s restrictions as a strategic pillar conscious that 
without restrictions their tyrannies would fail.
     * Continuous impunity of tyrants, who violate on a daily basis the 
right of their people to freedom of expression, shows that apart NGO, it 
is illusory to count on ?democratic? governments to support the right of 
free access to independent information.
     * Finally, if there?s a stake in the World Summit on the Information 
Society, it should not only be about reducing the ?digital gap ?, but it 
should be about reducing the evil that corrode peace in the world which is 
the ?democratic gap?.

     Therefore throughout the WSIS and in order to get the attention of 
the Tunisian and the International public opinion to the cruel absence of 
freedom of expression and information in Tunisia, and the obvious 
incoherence between the principles of this world summit and its hosting by 
the violent and repressive Tunisian regime, a working group has been 
gathered under the sponsorship of the Tunisian Association for the 
promotion and defense of the Cyberspace (TAPD - Cyberspace) in order to 
launch the campaign:

     ?Freedom of Expression in Mourning!?

     This campaign starts today, October 3, 2005, and will end with the 
closure of the World Summit on the Information Society. Within the 
framework of this campaign, we will immediately start an initiative 
defined by the following actions:

     * Since we are physically unable to demonstrate within Tunisian 
public spaces, we will use the internet to organize permanent virtual 
demonstrations in order to express our total disapproval with the Tunisian 
dictatorial regime.


Visit their website to view the online protest and contribute materials. 
The site is trilingual: French, Arabic and English. (Scroll down to the 
bottom for the English.) You are also invited to download a badge 
<http://tounis.blogspot.com/2005/09/action-ruban-bleu.html> and link it to 
their site in support of the cause.

UPDATE: Activist Neila Charchour Hachicha 
<http://www.neila-charchour.com/> has written a long post 
<http://plmonline.blogs.com/plm/2005/10/yezzifock.html#more> on her blog 
about the situation. An excerpt:

     Allthough most protesters are anonymous the regime censored the 
website in Tunisia the same day it was launched. If it proves something, 
it does prove that the regime is much more frightened then the 100 virtual 
protesters.

     So finally, who is more powerfull? Is it anonymous but free citizens 
claiming their right to be discontent or is it a frightened regime 
supposed to hold a strong legitimacy?

     In reality it is only when a regime totally lacks democratic 
legitimacy that it badly needs to be authotitarian and violent. But when 
people really want freedom and democracy, sooner or later they just get it!

     Dear readers, you are all invited to support us in this initiative 
since freedom of expression and democracy are no more local causes but 
universal causes in which any one can engage regardless of his nationality 
or his religious belonging. All human beings deserve dignity. All human 
beings deserve freedom and democracy. It is the only and unique way to 
avoid terrorism and violence whether they are legally justified or not.

She encourages people everywhere to participate in the online protest.

Rebecca MacKinnon

From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Sat Oct  8 00:30:49 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunisian online protest blocked
In-Reply-To: <4346D960.6060408@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <4346D960.6060408@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051007162948.039e0eb0@mail.peoplewho.org>

>the online freedom of speech protest site launched by Tunisians on Monday, 
>www.yezzi.org <http://www.yezzi.org/> has already been blocked by the 
>Tunisian authorities.

Perhaps only within Tunisia?  I can access all the links from California.

Sylvia


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct  8 18:55:01 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Thanking people for their "hard" work...
Message-ID: <6EA2A6C1-E6AA-4147-9D57-774520654602@lists.privaterra.org>

I'd like to share the following article that appeared on the 4th of  
August...

It is a name of individuals that have been named to the Tunisian  
parliament for their "hard work". (no further comment ...)

Going through the list, you'll find several of our Tunisian  
colleagues who have participated at the WSIS. I hope it means that  
from this point on they will identify themselves as "govt" and not  
CS, as they have in the past.


regards

Robert





<http://www.realites.com.tn/index1.php?mag=1&cat=/10010100ACTUALITES/ 
1Nation&art=13230&a=detail1>

   Chambre des Conseillers : Le sens d?un choix
Le Pr?sident Zine El Abidine Ben Ali a proc?d? ? la d?signation de  
quarante et un membres de la Chambre des Conseillers.

Une premi?re lecture de cette liste fait appara?tre certaines donn?es  
qui consacrent l?approche selon laquelle les choix ont ?t? op?r?s.  
D?abord les membres d?sign?s sont repr?sentatifs des diff?rentes  
composantes de la soci?t? tunisienne et des sensibilit?s politiques  
et culturelles. On y retrouve des militants et des dirigeants du  
R.C.D, des personnalit?s appartenant ? l?opposition et des  
ind?pendants. Ils sont ?galement repr?sentatifs d?une synth?se entre  
deux g?n?rations. Celle de ceux qui ont particip? ? la lutte pour la  
lib?ration nationale, puis ? la construction du nouvel Etat tunisien,  
tels que H?di Baccouche, Chedli Klibi, Ta?eb Sahbani, Rachid Sfar et  
la g?n?ration qui a assum? des responsabilit?s au sein de  
l?administration ou du gouvernement apr?s le Changement du 7 Novembre  
et parmi lesquels on trouve Habib Ammar, Moncer Rouissi, Mustapha  
Bouaziz, Sa?d Naceur Romdhane. La liste comprend ?galement deux  
journalistes, Emna Soula, ancienne pr?sidente de l?A.J.T. et notre  
confr?re Ridha Mellouli. La Culture est repr?sent?e notamment par  
Midani Ben Salah, pr?sident de l?Union des Ecrivains tunisiens,  
Jaafar Majed et Mohamed Fantar.

Les professions lib?rales et notamment les avocats figurent en bonne  
place. Parmi les membres d?sign?s de la Chambre des Conseillers, on  
retrouve Habib Achour, Chakib Dhaouadi, Fay?al Triki, Samir Abdallah,  
Abdelwahab B?hi. Les ing?nieurs sont repr?sent?s par le pr?sident du  
Conseil de l?Ordre, Ghoulam Dabbach et le monde de l?entreprise par  
Aziz Miled.

Des femmes sont ?galement pr?sentes. Elles sont au nombre de sept  
dont l??conomiste Riadh Zaghal, l?ancienne ministre et ambassadrice  
N?ziha Zarrouk.

Ainsi, avec la d?signation de membres de la Chambre des Conseillers,  
est parachev?e l?institution de ce nouvel acquis de la R?publique,  
qui aura un grand r?le ? jouer dans la vie politique nationale et  
contribuera ? la consolidation de la d?mocratie pluraliste dans notre  
pays. Ces membres s?ajoutent ? ceux qui ont ?t? ?lus au niveau  
r?gional et aux repr?sentants de l?UTICA et de l?UTAP

La composition de cette assembl?e refl?te les diverses sensibilit?s  
du pays et il est ?vident que ce facteur jouera de fa?on positive  
pour que les travaux et les d?bats de la Chambre des Conseillers  
soient l?expression des attentes et des pr?occupations des Tunisiens  
et ? leur ?coute.



Liste des membres de la Chambre des Conseillers, d?sign?s par le  
Pr?sident Ben Ali

Voici la liste des membres de la Chambre des Conseillers, d?sign?s  
par le Pr?sident de la R?publique le lundi 1er ao?t (par ordre de  
l?alphabet arabe) :

Mesdames et Messieurs :

? Emna Soula

? Ja?far Majed

? Jameleddine Ben Abdelkader Khmakhem

? Habib Mastouri

? Habib Ben Mohamed Achour

? Habib Ben Mohamed Ammar

? Rachid Sfar

? Ridha Mellouli

? Riadh Zeghal

? Souad Jomni

? Sa?d Naceur Ben Romdhane

? Samir Maghraoui

? Chedli Klibi

? Chakib Dhaouadi

? Ta?eb Sahbani

? Abdessatar Grissa

? Abdallah Kallel

? Abdelwaheb B?hi

? Ezzeddine Chammari

? Imededdine Chaker

? Ghoulem Dabbach

? Foued Haouat

? Fethia Maghrebi

? Fay?al Ben Amor Triki

? Mohamed Moncef Chebbi

? Mohamed Elyes Ben Marzouk

? Mohamed B?chir Khalfallah

? Mohamed Ben Mansour Fantar

? Mohamed Samir Abdallah

? Mohamed Aziz Miled

? Maryem Rabeh

? Mustapha Bouaziz

? Mekki Ben Mohamed Aloui

? Mongi Bedoui

? Mongia Nefzi Soyaihi

? Moncer Rouissi

? Mounir El B?ji

? Midani Ben Salah

? Naziha Zarrouk

? Na?ma Bent Mohamed Khayach

? H?di Baccouche.


Ali Ben Samir

redaction@realites.com.tn     04-08-2005



--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From dina_hov at yahoo.com  Sun Oct  9 06:56:29 2005
From: dina_hov at yahoo.com (dina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importing documents in Tunis through UNDP pouch
In-Reply-To: <20051007162351.80845.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051009055629.29580.qmail@web30213.mail.mud.yahoo.com>



Sandza Laurent <sandzal@yahoo.fr> wrote:[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________

Dear Sir, 

I come by present you to inform that I could not
attend plenary of Geneva due to the lack of means. In
fact, in so much accredited member of the ECOSOC, I
request your indulgence at the UNDP and of the FNUAP
antenna of Gabon so that the latter come me as
sponsors at the top from the WSIS which will be held
in TUNIS. For that, I you sendings Sir, their numbers
of fax so that they me contact in order to obtain the
lodging and transport documents. I cannot send them
faxes since I am in province for a mission. I pass
their fax to you: UNDP (Gabon): (+241) 738891 FNUAP
(Gabon): (+241)738896 In the hope which my request
will retain your attention, please accept Mosieur, the
expression of my deep respect.

--- CONGO - Philippe Dam a ?crit :

> Dear all, 
> 
> 
> 
> For those interested in importing documentation in
> Tunis, and further to the
> previous discussions about how to bring
> documentation into Tunisia in
> relation to of Tunis Summit, we would like to inform
> you that we have
> received confirmation (so far by telephone only)
> that the possibility exists
> to ship documents via pouch from your local UNDP
> resident representative to
> the Tunis UNDP Office. 
> 
> 
> 
> Address: 
> 
> UNDP Office, Tunis, Tunisia
> 
> Attn: Francis Dubois, Resident Representative.
> 
> 
> 
> Mr. Dubois nevertheless warned that depending on the
> weight (e.g. if
> somebody had just published a book and wanted tons
> to be sent to Tunis)
> costs were certainly be involved. Orders should also
> be sent in time: limit
> at least 4 weeks.
> 
> 
> 
> Should you be interested by this way of importing
> documents, please directly
> contact your local UNDP resident representative.
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mail: 
> wsis@ngocongo.org
> Website: 
> www.ngocongo.org 
> 
> 
> 
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international,
> membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
> Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective
> is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's
> governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern. For
> more information see our
> website at 
> www.ngocongo.org
> 
> 
> 
> 



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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] News on future sessions and Other issues discussed with WSIS ES
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Dear all,

Please find below the decisions and work plan of the up-coming WSIS 
negotiation
groups and PrepCOm-3 meetings, further to WSIS Intergovernmental Bureau (held
on 7 Oc. 2005) and the meeting we had this afternoon with the WSIS ES.

?? Meetings of the Ad Hoc Negotiation Groups
The Ad Hoc Negotiation Groups, mandated by PrepCom-3, would meet in Geneva
between 24 and 28 October in Room XVIII or Room XX (Palais des Nations).
The work programme would be as follows:
 From Monday 24 to Tuesday 25 (and maybe Wednesday Morning): Political Chapeau
and Chapter Two (Financing)
 From Wednesday 26 to Friday 28: Chapter 1 and 4 (Implementation and 
Follow-up).

It was reminded that this process would be governmental only. However,
Ambassador Karklins made it clear during the Bureau Meeting that he would
inform the observers on a daily basis. The format of this information sharing
promised by the Chairman was not established.

The idea of the work of these negotiation groups would not be to add new text
but only to find a consensus of on existing bracketed text. Therefore there
would not be any possibility to make new input and the WSIS received no 
mandate
to provide any new compilation of inputs.

?? Resumed session of PrepCom-3 in Tunis
PrepCom-3 would be reconvened on 13 November in Tunis at 10:00. The 
location of
this meeting is not yet established (probably in a hotel, but certainly not in
the Kram Exhibition Center). Even though it would aim at finalizing
negotiations, following the procedures and format of PrepCOm-3, Mr. Geiger
stressed that because of time and material limitations, it must be noted that
this reconvened PrepCom-3 would not be full-fledged preparatory committee.

The expected work plan would be as follows:
-	Organisational Plenary Meeting (13 November, 10:00)
-	Sub-Committee A (Chapter Three on Internet Governance): Observers would be
able to take the floor during the formal meetings of Sub-Committee A, which
would then go in working groups to draft and finalise the text. We cannot
predict at this stage how open or closed those working groups would be for
observers, since no decision was taken by the Bureau.
-	Sub-Committee B (other issues): we would follow the same format of a formal
session followed by working groups.
-	Closing session of PrepCom-3, to be organised on 15 November.


Other issues:
-	Fellowship ?C Renate Bloem evoked the question of fellowship for CS
participants in Tunis, and it was agreed that CONGO should send a 
letter to the
ITU SG requesting fellowships for CS. Information on fellowships from the
Tunisian Government and funding through UNDP Tunis was not available yet.
-	Connectivity ?C Charles Geiger asserted that non filtered access is a major
priority for the WSIS ES, and he guaranteed that Internet connection would not
be filtered both in the Kram Center and in the Hotels.
-	Document importation ?C The ITU document policy document would be published
this week. Document checking at the Kram Center would be performed by 
ITU or UN
staff.



From iranfreelance at hotmail.com  Wed Oct  5 12:03:09 2005
From: iranfreelance at hotmail.com (iranfree)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?
References: <2F5A93E5-865F-4D15-A9A5-EE8D893736F2@acm.org><46596941-3009-4968-8BE7-40B177008B68@earthlink.net>	<15BEBCF2-16E2-44CF-9D52-1CE2D0F0B007@acm.org>	<BAY9-DAV867948912DBFF9CCF4823D88F0@phx.gbl>	<433FB3F1.3000509@bertola.eu.org>	<BAY9-DAV22A8B04735C07B0DCA5CFCD8810@phx.gbl> <434284A0.10302@bertola.eu.org> <4342CF48.10008@wtis.org> <BAY9-DAV56C82BF54E95C71671C0E7D8820@phx.gbl> <43439379.5020101@bertola.eu.org>
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Dear Vitorio

Firstly what the relation of my arguments and Samasekou? please don't mix up 
things, secondly regulations needed everywhere, are you a pro-anarchy? I 
think you missed the prepcom 1  and you didn't witness what happened, in 
that case you may realize what I mean by X and individuals. Because of that 
we as civil society groups decided to have rules and procedures to work , it 
was a consensus and collective decision, sorry if you missed that 
opportunity to raise your voice, physically , not just through email in the 
plenary. X is not always Tunisia and could be Iran, Iraq, USA, etc. We are 
setting precedents here, so we should be careful.

Internet is for all human begins, individuals, yes, I am not against it, who 
is? but please do not try to mix issues to defend your argument, WSIS is a 
Governmental UN process, physical, not virtual (it might used virtual ways 
to share information), but the decision making is by diplomats of the 
governments, which normally don't check emails when they are talking, so CS 
should be there to intervene, responsibly and in a transparent way, so we 
have different working methods to reorganize ourselves to be able to 
effectively, not always in a democratic way I agree, defend the CS position 
and raise their voice. Then this should be systematic, be  bureaucratic and 
organized to be effective, we cannot have a CS in anarchy and be able to 
engage in a political and diplomatic process. Individuals are welcome, but 
in a formal context which UN sets, not us. If human rights in china is 
rejected, it is so. We have raised our voice, we objected and that's it. 
What do you want to do, occupy the Govt plenary and bit them up? this 
arguments reminded me the kind of arguments fundamentalists used in Iran 
when they occupied the USA embassy in Tehran!! if they don't listen to us, 
we will crack them down! (hmm we are hearing it again these days!)

So dear friends who want to be a part of this slow and bureaucratic UN 
process, this process has its own regulations, like it or not, we couldn't 
change it and  I didn't set it, so don't criticize me for it. We are all 
member of organizations, we might not consult our capital, but definitely we 
will at least send emails to our group of members, asking their opinion 
regarding an specific issue, for example of you want to sign a petition on 
behalf of your NGO, this should be consulted with the director of that NGO 
first. Is this irrational and non-democratic?? and please don't again mix 
the democratic theories with our work here, according to UN rules CS 
entities who are accredited are able to engage in the process. So there is 
no clear definition of participation of individuals in this process, I don't 
know what to do about it, really, please object to UN about it. NGOs in the 
process are a group of people who have same rights as individuals and they 
are also individuals, but work in a collective manner and coordinate things 
with each other, is that against democracy?

Regarding voting, I have raised my voice, as member. This is the CSP 
decision and please raise it next time with them. I don't think is a wise 
decisions to give voting rights to individuals in THIS process (I am not 
talking about other places), this process. Just imagine with yourself, that 
you are attending WSIS in capacity of a medium size think tank, and there 
are many other people sitting there which they represent themselves in a UN 
process, your NGO has 5000 members and votes for apple and there are 50 
people sitting there voting against apple, what is the weight of the votes? 
is it really equal? change apple to human rights, freedom of expression, 
etc..
Democracy is through parties and groups, not individuals, the whole world 
is running on this system, of representation, people vote to someone to 
raise their voice in an assembly, is it possible to invite all citizens to 
attend and vote? then shall we open the UN halls to all people who are 
passing by and request them to decide on the issues? in theory it seems 
perfect, utopia, but where is this utopia and how it could work? Please be 
realistic, while being an idealist. No problem being both..

Just a matter of reminder, all groups and NGOs, with every size are able to 
be accredited and join the process and nobody could object to it, unless a 
government objects, so CS didn't object to anyone, it was others. I am not 
at all against any sort of participation of small groups, small NGOs (I am 
myself member of a very small NGO), and informal coalitions, but to be able 
to work in harmony we need regulations to work, not anarchy. Sorry for being 
to blunt, I am known of being open and frank and do not care about 
diplomatic speaking.  And if you want to really have a 10,000 people 
gathering to discuss internet, please book Geneva stadium next time, as we 
couldn't have it in palais des nations! and I really want to see how you 
would democratically organize them and reach a decision on something in one 
hour! (from 9-10 am like the CSP).
This is a good experience for all of us to see how we could work better and 
what kind of theoretical differences we have. I might missed some points ,as 
your email was long. A funny and nasty remark: Bush is a democratically 
elected president of US (elected by individuals like us)! we might have 
problems with him, but Bin Laden is head of a terrorist group and god knows 
how he was elected!

Regards
Amir












----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
To: "west" <westasiaregion@hotmail.com>
Cc: <muguet@wtis.org>; <workingmethods@wsis-cs.org>; "WSIS Plenary" 
<plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Working Methods] Re: who is pleanry?


> west ha scritto:
>>
>> Dear All, Vitorio
>>
>> Thanks for following the issue, Francis suggestion is very wise. I have 
>> also requested you to attend the working group meetings and share your 
>> points, which hasn't happen during the 2 weeks of prepcom 3.  We
>> discussed whatever you could think of in details, who is plenary, who is 
>> CS, how we could vote, what is consensus, what if and if and if ....
>
> This is good, but I have some objections: first, perhaps someone should 
> report these discussions to the mailing list, to allow everyone to make up 
> their mind. Then, I still did not understand the need to push this charter 
> so abruptly (you release a first draft on Friday afternoon, collect 
> comments until Monday morning, and put the document to votes from 
> Tuesday...) even if this is causing divisions and if people did not have 
> sufficient time to make up their mind, or even to come to meetings. We are 
> all volunteers, but this does not mean that we have to renounce to 
> inclusiveness for the sake of business-like effectiveness. There is no 
> hurry.
>
>> Frankly a major part of my personal time and group members, was spent in 
>> the WGWM and we missed many govt plenaries and other CS meetings, in 
>> order to prepare something for work, on a voluntary basis, so I need all 
>> of you to understand this point and compromise if some sections of the 
>> guidelines are not perfect, it could be changed systematically in future, 
>> no problem.
>
> Fine. So can we change the section that excludes individuals from voting 
> in the Plenary?
>
>> But regarding the accreditation, I am personally very much against any 
>> sort of changes in this process. UN process is a UN process, we couldn't 
>> change it, all CS people should register through an accredited entity.  I
>> am personally against any person using govt badge and sit in our 
>> plenaries and vote!!
>
> I don't see the logical connection between the two arguments you are 
> making. The second is a minor problem, we might decide that people who get 
> double badges or move from CS badges to governmental badges lose their 
> status as plenary members, it's an acceptable decision, even if I 
> disagree. The real issue, however, is the first one.
>
> I don't understand why you are so strongly defending a system that 
> requires extensive bureaucracy just to get the right to speak, and that 
> excludes or hampers not just individuals, but also informal coalitions, 
> unfunded and smaller NGOs, and organizations that get strongly objected by 
> governments. It is clear from the "Human Rights in China" case that in 
> some cases the accreditation process is used to silence the most critical 
> voices and only allow the "polite" civil society groups in. Even if I am 
> everything but an extremist, I think this is simply unacceptable.
>
> Now that we agree to disagree, what I don't understand is why we don't 
> take the time to make a proper consultation of everyone about this 
> fundamental issue, and find a solution that is acceptable to everyone and 
> lets all those who want to participate walk into the room with equal 
> rights. I am here, I want to participate, I am a human being like you. Why 
> are you trying to exclude me?
>
> To conclude, I have a nasty question: given your strong criticism of 
> possible overlaps between governments and civil society, I imagine you 
> totally oppose the nomination of Mr. Samassekou as lead speaker for civil 
> society, correct?
>
>> Regarding individuals being CS members, that is even worse.Civil society 
>> in UN process are societies, not persons, we are all representing 
>> something and some groups as a whole, not ourselves, it is not acceptable 
>> at all to open UN system to individuals, absolutely not possible due to 
>> practical and political reasons. Then these independent people are 
>> accountable to whom and which group, who are they?
>
> In practice, you are saying that citizens do not know what is good for 
> them and should not have a voice, as we have these wonderful organizations 
> that know what's best for them. And if someone happens to disagree with 
> the organizations, then the answer is "who are you? who let you into the 
> room? are you a provoker?".
>
> I was taught that, in democracy, people are the ultimate and supreme 
> source of power, that gets then delegated to other entities, including 
> their free associations. It is indirect structures such as associations 
> and governments that have to be accountable to citizens, not the opposite! 
> Certainly, your vision goes against any basic principle of democracy I've 
> ever heard of. Is this the agreed vision of civil society at WSIS?
>
>> imagine if you let individuals to get into these processes, then 
>> terrorists(as an example!) will come also and many other people.
>
> Yes, a random example: if we open our walls and let other people in the 
> room, then terrorists will come. Can't wait to see Bin Laden addressing 
> the plenary. Are you sure that you're not George W. Bush? :-)
>
> But the nicest part of your sentence is "if you let individuals to get 
> into these processes, then many other people will come". As if it was a 
> negative thing.
>
>> Who will control them , how you would work and align yourself? imagine 
>> again the above scenario, the CSP is trying to issue a statement 
>> regarding country X misbehavior, then we may have 10000 individuals from 
>> country X sitting there and claming to be CS members!!!
>
> I would be happy to have 10000 people attending the plenary. That would be 
> a huge success. However, it doesn't seem realistically possible to me, at 
> all.
>
> I think that your example could make some sense only in one particular 
> case, that is, if country X = Tunisia and we are in Tunis. So you mean (I 
> hope), what do we do if in Tunis we get floods of unknown people that try 
> to capture the Plenary? To that effect, there are lots of institutional 
> mechanisms that don't require to exclude anyone, such as weighed voting, 
> or a Council elected in advance, or extraordinary mechanisms to suspend 
> participation, or plenty of others which were in my past proposals.
>
> But in any case, and to be even nastier, I have to point out that the only 
> strong statement against Tunisia that I heard at this PrepCom came from 
> the governments of the Western world. Civil society's official take on 
> this was to criticize the Human Rights Caucus for being unfriendly to our 
> new Tunisian friends. Perhaps, if 10'000 people would come, they would 
> make our positions better.
>
>> we are participating in this process according to rules and procedures 
>> and we are all responsible for what we said and do during this time to 
>> our constituencies and organizations, whom these people are responsible 
>> to? how you could give the same voting weight (consensus in CSP is a 
>> voting method) of a huge CS organization and one individual sitting 
>> there?
>
> Well, there have been years of discussions on these problems in all 
> Internet governance assemblies. Various methods were proposed to deal with 
> that. The point, however, is that you need to have this discussion, rather 
> than just exclude individuals because you (not acting as an individual) 
> think that they should be excluded. I did this mistake in the past, and I 
> can tell you, it is a mistake.
>
> The Internet works by rough consensus. It means that when two people 
> disagree, they work out to find a solution that makes both of them 
> reasonably happy. They don't try to exclude each other or to outvote the 
> other position unless this is the only possible way to proceed.
>
> The environment I found here, instead, is unfriendly. People constantly 
> try to reject other people's arguments or find ways to ignore them. They 
> try to set rules, rules and more rules to over-regulate everything and 
> then use the rules, rather than the strength of their arguments, to 
> support their positions. If someone disagrees, then accusations of 
> blackmailing and hidden agendas, or of process violations, start quite 
> easily. This is not constructive and is making people more and more 
> disillusioned.
>
>> Dear Vitorio, I understand your point very well, but think of the 
>> consequences.
>
> Yes, think of the consequences: we might even have statements and speakers 
> that make everyone happy! :-)
>
>> So my final observations are: 1- We should have strict separation between 
>> govt and CS people is CSP, persons wearing govt badges should not be able 
>> to vote or even be a part of a consensus making process.
>
> Samassekou! Samassekou! :-D (Who, by the way, happens to be a rather 
> exceptional person. It's just that representatives at the topmost level 
> should be symbolically representative of who they represent.)
>
>> 2-all individuals should be accredited through a CS entity and could not 
>> vote against the wish of that entity in the CSP or other CS sessions.
>
> Pardon me, I thought that people made the opinions of their organizations, 
> not that civil society activists had to take orders from their "capitals".
>
>> 3-UN badge holders are just observers. 4- People could have two badges, 
>> in worst case scenario.
>>
>> But these are points that we should discuss during the summit in the WGWM 
>> and its email list, I suggest to take this discussion to the WGWM 
>> listserv, as plenary email list is really overloaded with emails.
>
> No, I am sorry, this is definitely a discussion for the Plenary and I will 
> not bury it in the WGWM mailing list.
>
> I am starting to think that we should have a Charter that speaks of basic 
> common values such as tolerance and inclusiveness, rather than about 
> rules.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
> 

From t.akinsanmi at schoolnetafrica.org  Wed Oct  5 16:11:20 2005
From: t.akinsanmi at schoolnetafrica.org (Titi Akinsanmi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:57 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Notification of interest to Report on Multistakeholder Event at WSIS
In-Reply-To: <200510041533.j94FXhf5014864@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <20051005154413.C992226D83@mail.gn.apc.org>

Hello,

 

The proposed event to be reported on by the WSIS YC is as indicated beneath.

 

1.                  Name of the multi-stakeholder event: WSIS Follow-Up:
Beyond Tunis as Youth (Youth implementing WSIS Action Plan)

2.                  Name of the organizer(s) of the multi-stakeholder event
(WSIS accredited entities): WSIS YC & ITU Youth and Gender Unit with the
support of Industry Canada and CTA (HYPERLINK
"http://www.cta.nl/"www.cta.nl)

3.                  Date and Place of the multi-stakeholder event: November
16th; 11:00 ? 13:00 La Goulette

4.                  Nature of the multi-stakeholder event: A large part of
the problem with world wide processes is lack of follow-up of commitments.
As Youth in the Information Society one of our ground rules has always been
to take words and transform them into action which clearly relates to  all
levels and demonstrates how these policy formulations are a part and affect
our decisions and lifestyle from living as communities to individuals and as
businesses. The WSIS Stocktaking process as championed by the Swiss from
inception has attempted to garner all such action outcomes of the first and
initial half of the WSIS process. Over the past three years, National Youth
campaigns ? geared at all youth, youth in the rural areas and young women as
?interest groups?, governments at the local, regional, national and
continental level  as well as the larger communities within which these
exists have been targeted. The session Going Glocal is a report back from
which concrete action which has been proven to work and be adaptable is
proposed in the session beyond Tunis as Youth. Both sessions have put set up
as follow-up to each other.

5.                  Web page or web-site of the multi-stakeholder event:
HYPERLINK "http://www.wsis.org/"www.wsis.org 

6.                  Contact person(s): Ms. Titi Akinsanmi HYPERLINK
"mailto:t.akinsanmi@schoolnetarica.org"t.akinsanmi@schoolnetarica.org 

7.                  Description and inputs to the objectives of the Summit:
Organizations, individuals as well as governments which have indicated or in
one way or the other till date supported these action and which have also
indicated their willingness to further replicate these campaigns will be
present alongside campaign leaders who are articulate and can share on
behalf of youth in the information society on the various steps to implement
as well as what has been lacking and what could be improved upon as we all
seek an inclusive and extensively useful information society. This would
serve as a lunch pad of Youth contribution beyond Tunis

8.                  Name and contact of the proposed reporter (optional
information): Ms. Titi Akinsanmi HYPERLINK
"mailto:t.akinsanmi@schoolnetarica.org"t.akinsanmi@schoolnetarica.org

 

 

Titi Akinsanmi

Program Manager

Global Teenager Project

SchoolNetAfrica

Tel: +27 11 339 2300

Fax: +27 11 339 5912

 

HYPERLINK "http://www.globalteenager.org"www.globalteenager.org 

HYPERLINK "http://www.schoolnetafrica.org"www.schoolnetafrica.org 

 

   _____  

From: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of CONGO - Philippe Dam
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 5:34 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org; workingmethods@wsis-cs.org
Cc: 'CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza'; 'Renata Bloem'
Subject: [CS Bureau] Report on multi-stakeholder events in Tunis -
Notification of interest by CS entities

 

FRENCH AND SPANISH WILL FOLLOW LATER ON.

 

Dear all, 

 

In our first call for the nomination of speakers for the Tunis Summit, sent
out on 25 September, it is mentioned that there is an opportunity to report
on multi-stakeholder events during official WSIS meetings. 

 

This was discussed with the WSIS ES during Friday?s CSB meeting in which Mr.
Toru Nakaya, from the ITU, participated. In addition, we had another
discussion with Mr. Nakaya on this topic this morning.

 

However, Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, ITU SG, has not taken any definitive decision
yet on which category of multi-stakeholder events could be subject to an
oral report during WSIS Plenary Meetings (only parallel events to take place
in the Summit premises from 14 to 19 November 2005, or also other thematic
events before and during the Summit). This is the reason why the CSB did not
mandate the Selection Committee to make any recommendations on
multi-stakeholder events reporting.

 

As agreed with Mr. Nakaya on Friday and today, any request for reporting on
multi-stakeholder events can be sent to us (HYPERLINK
"mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org"wsis@ngocongo.org) before 14 October 2005, and we
would compile a list of requests to be directly forwarded to the WSIS ES for
their consideration, as the WSIS ES / ITU would do the selection.

 

In the notification of your interest to report on multi-stakeholder, please
send us the following information (see also questionnaire enclosed):

 

1) Name of the multi-stakeholder event

 

2) Name of the organizer(s) of the multi-stakeholder event (WSIS accredited
entities)

 

3) Date and Place of the multi-stakeholder event

 

4) Nature of the multi-stakeholder event

 

5) Web page or web-site of the multi-stakeholder event

 

6) Contact person(s)

 

7) Description and inputs to the objectives of the Summit

 

8) Name and contact of the proposed reporter (optional information)

 

Any requests that we have received so far will forwarded to the WSIS ES.

 

In addition to this oral reporting, all events would be given the
opportunity to send their outcomes to HYPERLINK
"mailto:wsis-contributions@itu.int"wsis-contributions@itu.int, to be then
posted on the WSIS website. 

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe Dam

 

 

Find below an extract of the ITU Guidelines for the identification of
Speakers, for the Reports from Multi-stakeholder Events

 

?Report from multi-stakeholder events

 

a) The report from multi-stakeholder events will be conducted during the
fifth Plenary Meeting for 15 minutes (17 Nov., Thursday) and the Eighth
Plenary Meeting (18 Nov.,  Friday, from 14.00-19.00).

 

b) CSB and CCBI are invited to propose up to (8) events to report in those
sessions before October 10. Priority should be given to events which provide
positive inputs to the objectives of the Summit as outlined in the
Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action as well as the final
document(s) to be adopted at the Tunis Phase of the Summit or events which
are linked to creation of sustainable multi-stakeholder partnership
projects. After the establishment of the list of events reporting to those
sessions the Secretary-General of the Summit, the organizers of the
nominated events will be asked to identify the reporters respectively.?

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org"wsis@ngocongo.org
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Mon Oct 10 11:09:18 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT ASSISTANCE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE NETWORK
Message-ID: <20051010100918.41099.qmail@web26006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

 Dear all, 

I come by present you to inform that I could not
attend plenary of Geneva due to the lack of means. In
fact, in so much accredited member of the ECOSOC, I
request your indulgence at the UNDP and of the FNUAP
antenna of Gabon so that the latter come me as
sponsors at the top from the WSIS which will be held
in TUNIS. For that, I you sendings Sir, their numbers
of fax so that they me contact in order to obtain the
lodging and transport documents. I cannot send them
faxes since I am in province for a mission. I pass
their fax to you: UNDP (Gabon): (+241) 738891 FNUAP
(Gabon): (+241)738896 In the hope which my request
will retain your attention, please accept Mosieur, the
_expression of my deep respect.


 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com


		
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Mon Oct 10 11:12:35 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT ASSISTANCE WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE NETWORK
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 Dear Sir, 

I come by present you to inform that I could not
attend plenary of Geneva due to the lack of means. In
fact, in so much accredited member of the ECOSOC, I
request your indulgence at the UNDP and of the FNUAP
antenna of Gabon so that the latter come me as
sponsors at the top from the WSIS which will be held
in TUNIS. For that, I you sendings Sir, their numbers
of fax so that they me contact in order to obtain the
lodging and transport documents. I cannot send them
faxes since I am in province for a mission. I pass
their fax to you: UNDP (Gabon): (+241) 738891 FNUAP
(Gabon): (+241)738896 In the hope which my request
will retain your attention, please accept Mosieur, the
_expression of my deep respect.

wsis@iprolink.ch a ?crit :[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________


Dear all,

Please find below the decisions and work plan of the up-coming WSIS
negotiation
groups and PrepCOm-3 meetings, further to WSIS Intergovernmental Bureau (held
on 7 Oc. 2005) and the meeting we had this afternoon with the WSIS ES.

?? Meetings of the Ad Hoc Negotiation Groups
The Ad Hoc Negotiation Groups, mandated by PrepCom-3, would meet in Geneva
between 24 and 28 October in Room XVIII or Room XX (Palais des Nations).
The work programme would be as follows:
>From Monday 24 to Tuesday 25 (and maybe Wednesday Morning): Political Chapeau
and Chapter Two (Financing)
>From Wednesday 26 to Friday 28: Chapter 1 and 4 (Implementation and
Follow-up).

It was reminded that this process would be governmental only. However,
Ambassador Karklins made it clear during the Bureau Meeting that he would
inform the observers on a daily basis. The format of this information sharing
promised by the Chairman was not established.

The idea of the work of these negotiation groups would not be to add new text
but only to find a consensus of on existing bracketed text. Therefore there
would not be any possibility to make new input and the WSIS received no
mandate
to provide any new compilation of inputs.

?? Resumed session of PrepCom-3 in Tunis
PrepCom-3 would be reconvened on 13 November in Tunis at 10:00. The
location of
this meeting is not yet established (probably in a hotel, but certainly not in
the Kram Exhibition Center). Even though it would aim at finalizing
negotiations, following the procedures and format of PrepCOm-3, Mr. Geiger
stressed that because of time and material limitations, it must be noted that
this reconvened PrepCom-3 would not be full-fledged preparatory committee.

The expected work plan would be as follows:
- Organisational Plenary Meeting (13 November, 10:00)
- Sub-Committee A (Chapter Three on Internet Governance): Observers would be
able to take the floor during the formal meetings of Sub-Committee A, which
would then go in working groups to draft and finalise the text. We cannot
predict at this stage how open or closed those working groups would be for
observers, since no decision was taken by the Bureau.
- Sub-Committee B (other issues): we would follow the same format of a formal
session followed by working groups.
- Closing session of PrepCom-3, to be organised on 15 November.


Other issues:
- Fellowship ?C Renate Bloem evoked the question of fellowship for CS
participants in Tunis, and it was agreed that CONGO should send a
letter to the
ITU SG requesting fellowships for CS. Information on fellowships from the
Tunisian Government and funding through UNDP Tunis was not available yet.
- Connectivity ?C Charles Geiger asserted that non filtered access is a major
priority for the WSIS ES, and he guaranteed that Internet connection would not
be filtered both in the Kram Center and in the Hotels.
- Document importation ?C The ITU document policy document would be published
this week. Document checking at the Kram Center would be performed by
ITU or UN
staff.


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 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
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From baptista at cynikal.net  Mon Oct 10 14:14:02 2005
From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] MicroNations busy setting up root servers
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510100912030.9809@ruby.cynikal.net>

Could your nation be next?

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:22:31 -0400
From: Cesidio Tallini <hmcesidio@hotmail.com>
To: Cesidio Tallini <hmcesidio@hotmail.com>
Subject: Update on 5WC Root (Internet)

Just wanted to inform the micronational community that the Fifth World Community (5WC) Root has been working flawlessly since 30 September 2005, and because of recent agreements with our system ISP, and Milan's MIX (Milan Internet eXchange), Italy's largest Internet Exchange Point, we now have a much wider line bandwidth and improved line speed. All of this simply translates into a faster Internet, and higher capacity service.

The 5WC Root came into being because serious problems were discovered with the Public-Root, the root nameserver system where all 10 of our TLDs were born. In the wake of the Public-Root's fall from grace, issues of data security came to our attention as it became known that a well-known hacker was in charge of the Public-Root's master root server, and thus the privacy of financial data could have been seriously compromised. Public-Root officers also had relations with known organised crime figures, and we definitely did not wish to have anything to do with that.

As the King of TTF-Bucksfan, I do not feel responsible for my own citizens alone, a responsibility I do not take lightly because my nation isn't a simulation, and never really was in almost 7 years of existence. I also feel responsible for many other people as well, who place their trust in us, from Fifthworlders who also utilise the root server system we utilise to resolve our 10 special domains, to Italian monarchists who resolve the .savoia TLD, to Italians who resolve our .italiana TLD, to the alternative root technical community which also resolves our many dependable domains, and even use our alternative root mail server, the only one in the world working within an alternative root, and with alternative root email addresses as well. It was clear that the burden on my shoulders was too onerous to be taken lightly, and an alternative to the Public-Root had to be found.

We investigated another company that took advantage of the fall of the Public-Root to start another root, but I'm essentially a Public Official within my limited power and capacity, and I needed a reliable public service, a Fifth World service if possible, not a First World, and entirely commercially-minded one. After discovering that also this developing root had people who you could not trust, my brilliant and entirely trustworthy Italian IT and I were forced to start the 5WC Root, for the benefit of our independence and national security, as well as the independence and national security of other micronations, groups, and persons, who look to us for a solution of the problems of this world.

You and your nationals are welcome to use our Internet, and even discover the thrill of typing in odd URLs like http://root.5wc, and see them work just as well (actually they work better!) as URLs like http://5wc.ch! We have improved our 5WC Root home page with highly accessible DNS data about our root, and the site even gives you some instant information about your own computer, which you can use if your IP number changes frequently, and you perform DiGs yourself with your own computer from time to time. Enjoy our services, and spread the word about this reliable and trustworthy Internet!

http://root.cyberterra.com

Cesidio Tallini
King of TTF-Bucksfan
President of Fifth World Council
Founder and CEO of 5WC Root

---
Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593

Public-Root Disclosure Documents: http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/
Public-Root Discussion Forum: http://lair.lionpost.net/mailman/listinfo/pr-plan




From mh at wacc.org.uk  Mon Oct 10 15:55:10 2005
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [October 10th 2005]
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D9120C5@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

NEWSROOM

More rights are wrong for webcasters
James Boyle
September 26 2005
First Published on Financial Times
I teach intellectual property law, a subject that is attracting attention from economists, political scientists and people who simply want to make money. These, after all, are the rules that define the high?technology marketplace. Are we doing a good job of writing those rules? The answer is no. Three tendencies stand out.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/964

Portraying Politics - Watch this space!
Politics is a man's world. At least that's the impression we get from television. The media give less air-time to women than to men in politics, and there are differences in the kinds of coverage that women and men receive. Gender stereotypes are remarkably common in political coverage.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/963

AWID: Women in the media: Monitoring trends and facilitating change
An interview with Anna Turley, Co-ordinator of the Women's Programme at the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), about their Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP).
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/962

ARTICLE 19 STUDY ANALYSES MEDIA AND CONFLICT
In conflict-ridden countries, freedom of expression is commonly assumed to be one of the first casualties as opposing sides seek to control or manipulate information to meet their political goals. But the difficult questions of how the media should balance "national security concerns" with the need to report critically, and how governments should respect international free expression standards while combating terrorism, has not been given much in-depth analysis.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/961 


NEWSROOM/WSIS 

Autoridades locales y Sociedad de la Informacion
La Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n y el papel de las Autoridades Locales
Bilbao - Espa?a
Noviembre 9 - 11, 2005
Promover una Sociedad de la Informaci?n para todas las personas es uno de los nuevos y m?s importantes retos que plantea nuestra sociedad actual.
Las Naciones Unidas, conscientes de la trascendencia de los cambios sociales, econ?micos y culturales consecuencia de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n, ponen en marcha la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (WSIS), organizada en dos fases para debatir esta problem?tica. La primera fase culmin? en la Cumbre de Ginebra en diciembre de 2003. La segunda finalizar? con la Cumbre de T?nez que tendr? lugar del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/958

Local Authorities and the Information Society
The World Summit on the Information Society and the role of Local Authorities
Bilbao - Spain
November 9 - 11, 2005
To promote an Information Society for all people is one of the newest and most important challenges facing our current society.
The United Nations, being aware of the significance of the social, economic and cultural changes which are taking place as a consequence of the Information Society, set the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in motion, organised in two phases. The first phase culminated with the Geneva Summit in December 2003. The second will end with the Tunis Summit which will take place from the 16th to the 18th of November 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/49


NEWSROOM/WSIS [TUNISIA AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS]

Disturbing events at the PrepCom
World Summit 2003
September 28th, 2005
On last Friday, the Swiss WSIS NGO coalition Comunica-ch held a private meeting with their colleagues from the independent Tunisian civil society. They used a vacant side room of the Palais des Nations - a normal practice for all activists needing ad-hoc meetings here, as the caf? is too noisy and without Internet connectivity. A few minutes after the meeting had started, several people close to the Tunisian authorities demanded the right to participate, which they were denied with reference to the private character of the meeting.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/960

Letter to Kofi Annan following WSIS Prepcom 3
This letter was written and then undersigned by many groups in civil society attending Prepcom 3 and concerned about the Human Rights situation in Tunisia. The letters are available in French and Spanish as well as English.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/965

GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

Reach out
Do you have something to say about cultural diversity, access to information, or creating gender equality through information and communications technology (ICT)?
Would you like to reach an international audience? If you think you've got something worth saying, then 'reach out'!
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/959 

SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visi?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, econ?mica 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 construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participaci?n, justicia social y econ?mica, e inspiradas por la equidad de g?nero y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects r?gionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

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.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Direct line: 44 (0) 207 587 3018
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org/www.wacc.org.uk
email: mh@wacc.org.uk


From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 10 18:06:48 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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Dear friends,

Please find below the final list of recommended speakers from civil  
society for the WSIS summit in Tunis that has been transmitted to the  
ITU. This list is the result of wide consultations among the various  
civil society entities, caucuses and working groups involved in the  
WSIS, and attempts to balance the various issue areas, interests and  
concerns expressed by civil society in the process.  The final list  
was drawn up by a selection committee composed of representatives of  
our regional caucuses as well as a member of the civil society Bureau  
and Content and Themes group.

Here is the breakdown:

Opening Ceremony: Gender: 1 woman and 1 man / Region: 1 Europe, 1  
Latin America Caribbean
High Level Panel: Gender: 2 women, 3 men / Region: 3 Asia Pacific, 2  
Africa
Roundtables: 5 women, 3 men / Region: 1 Latin America Caribbean, 1  
North America , 3 Europe, 2 Africa, 1 Asia Pacific
Plenary: Gender: 11 women, 15 men / Region: 10 Africa, 6 Europe, 5  
Asia, 4 North America, 1 Latin America

As we understand the process, the Secretary General of the WSIS, Mr.  
Utsumi, will recommend to the President of the WSIS the entire  
package of speakers to speak from the various stakeholders.  The  
President of the WSIS will then make the final determination as to  
who will speak and when at the Summit.

In order to assist Mr. Utsumi and the President of the WSIS in  
determining the final speakers from civil society in Tunis, we  
suggest the following procedure:

1.    All recommended speakers or their nominating entities should  
forward to the selection committee the CV or brief biography of the  
nominee as well as short summary (1 paragraph) of what the individual  
proposes to speak about. These should be sent to  
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org by 1800 hours EST, Wednesday 12 October.

2.    These CVs and summaries will be compiled into an annex to be  
transmitted to the ITU and made available to the CS Plenary.

3.    The WSIS secretariat will make a final determination as to who  
will speak in Tunis, with the final approval of the President of the  
WSIS.

The WSIS executive secretariat will get back to us their initial  
feedback on this list, and any other specific information shortly.   
Thanks again to everyone for your assistance in this difficult process.

Regards,


Rik Panganiban
on behalf of the Selection Committee


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

Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General
World Summit on the Information Society


Dear Mr. Utsumi:

Please find attached to this letter the recommended list of speakers  
for the various speaking slots allotted to civil society during the  
World Summit on the Information Society from November 16-18, 2005 in  
Tunis, Tunisia.

This list is the result of wide consultations among the various civil  
society entities, caucuses and working groups involved in the WSIS,  
and attempts to balance the various issue areas, interests and  
concerns expressed by civil society in the process.  The final list  
was drawn up by a selection committee composed of representatives of  
our regional caucuses as well as a member of the civil society Bureau  
and Content and Themes group.

We will be happy to assist you in obtaining detailed CV?s and  
suggested subject areas that each speaker would speak on if desired.  
Please note that in the few instances where an individual has been  
listed in more than one category, if that individual is chosen to  
speak for one slot that they be removed from consideration for the  
others.

We thank you for this opportunity to make the following  
recommendations, and trust that it will receive your careful  
consideration.  Please contact us if we can provide any further  
assistance or guidance.


Sincerely,


Rik Panganiban
On behalf of the Civil Society Selection Committee

World Summit on the Information Society

Recommended Civil Society Speakers

8 October 2005




Name
Nominating Entity
Accredited Organization (title)
Country
Opening Ceremony

Bissio, Roberto
APC
Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Director
Uruguay
Renate Bloem
NGO Community
Philanthropic Institutions
CONGO, President
Switzerland

High Level Panel

Buntan, Monthian
Disability Caucus
(Thailand Association of the Blind, President)
Thailand
Diouf , Pape
Caucus Africain
Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information, President

Senegal
Etta , Florence
Telecentres Caucus
(Kenya ICT Policy Project)
Kenya
Garcia-Ramilo, Concepcion
Asia-Pacific Caucus
APC, Womens? Networking Support Programme, Global Coordinator

Philippines
Swaminathan, M S

M S Swaminatan Research Foundation, Chairman
India

Round Tables

Bissio, Roberto
APC
Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Director
Uruguay
Corriero, Jennifer
Canadian Civil Society, North American / European Caucus
TakingITGlobal, co-founder
Canada
Davies, Simon
Privacy and Security WG
(Privacy International, director)
United Kingdom
Etta, Florence
Telecentres Caucus
(Kenya ICT Policy Project)
Kenya
Ershova , Tatiana
Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family
Institute of the Information Society, Director General
Russian Federation
Esterhuysen, Anriette
IG Caucus
Association for Progressive Communications, Executive Director
South Africa
Gurumurthy, Anita
Gender Caucus
IT for Change, executive director
India
White, Aidan
Media Caucus
International Federation of Journalists, Secretary General
Ireland



Name
Nominating Entity
Accredited Organization (title)
Country
Plenary







Barlow, John Perry

North American / European Caucus

Electronic Frontier Foundation, co-founder

USA

Barry, Boubacar

Caucus Africain

ENTIS, Executive  Secretary

Guinea

Ben Jemaa, Tijani

Science and Technology

WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Vice Chairman  
of CIC

Tunisia

Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes

Caucus Arab

Organization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sans Frontieres, President

Tunisia

Davies, Simon

CS Privacy and Security WG

(Privacy International, Director)

United Kingdom

de Kerckhove, Derrick

Canadian Network

McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Director

Canada

Esterhuysen, Anriette

IG Caucus

APC. Executive Director

South Africa

Etta, Florence

Telecentres Caucus

(Kenya ICT Policy Project)

Kenya

Faidutti, Bruna

Human Rights Caucus

World Association of United Nations Associations, Geneva Director

USA/Italy

Frau-Meigs, Divina

Education , Research and Academia

IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication  
Research, Vice-president

France

Gauri, Latha

Grassroots Caucus

Oneworld International

India

Gross, Robin

North American / European Caucus

IP Justice, Executive Director

USA

Jeet   Singh, Parminder

West-Asia Region

IT For Change, Executive Director

India

Khemakhem, Jameleddine

Child Rights Caucus

ATUDE - Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant, Secretary General

Tunisia

Krebs,Viola

Volunteer Family &  North American / European Caucus

ICV - International Conference Volunteers, Director

Switzerland

Lohento, Ken



(PANOS, NTIC Coordinator)

Nigeria

Muguet, Francis

Scientific Information WG

Global Knowledge Partnership

France

Nana, Delphine

Caucus Africain

Centre f?minin pour la promotion du d?veloppement, Coordinatrice  
G?n?rale

Cameroon

Njenga, Emmanuel

Caucus Africain

APC

Kenya

Pazello, Magaly

Gender Caucus

DAWN Network, WSIS focal point

Brazil

Sagun, Robert

Youth Caucus

SchoolNet Africa, WSIS Policy Coordinator

Philippines

Sarker, Partha

Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus

(Bytes for All, co-founder) APC

Bangladesh

Shirley Jr., Joe

OCCAM, Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation, President

USA

Tahmasebi, Susan

West-Asia Region

Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training & Research Center

Iran

White, Aidan

Media Caucus

  International Federation of Journalists, Secretary General

Ireland

Zulu, Brenda

Media Caucus

APC

Zambia


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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 10 20:05:26 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpasses for NA/EU region - was Re: caucus francophone
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caucus francophone...? I don't think it's a real caucus. At least it  
hasn't presented it's credentials to the plenary group nor figured in  
any of the discussions.

Are there any Canadians involved, as no doubt they would be  
interested in making sure any Francophone caucus has the  
representation of groups from Quebec, New Brunswick, which are  
canadian provinces that are members of "la francophonie"

If in fact the group is legit (which they will have to prove), as the  
focal point for north america & europe, please have the group contact  
me.

For overpasses, the proposed procedure I hope to announce for the  
region is as follows:

- I will ask people who come from the North American and European  
region who don't belong to a thematic caucus or working group to send  
me an email to - wsis@privaterra.org-  requesting they wish an  
overpass. The automated system will generate a receipt, and place  
their name in a queue.

- I will compile the list of requests, and will allocate the approx  
30 overpasses allotted to the north american & european region based  
on the following (proposed) criteria :


- involvement in the wsis process to-date (on and/or offline)
- involvement in information society issues at international,  
regional, national & local level
- recommendations by those involved in the wsis process to-date (on  
and offline)


To be honest, I haven't heard of the group you mention at all. As  
such, they will be low on the list - likely not able to get any  
overpasses alloted for the region.

As their name suggests they are involved in "disabled" issues, I  
would recommend they contact the disabilities caucus - who have their  
own process in place . That being said, it is likely that they have  
already assigned all the passes they have.




regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 30-Sep-05, at 1:41 PM, <moncef.achour@itu.int>  
<moncef.achour@itu.int> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> From: Sindbad Mediterranee [mailto:sindbad.mediterranee@laposte.net]
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:20
> To: Achour, Moncef
> Subject: caucus francophone
>
>
>
> Cher Moncef,
>
>
>
>
>
> Quelles sont les modalit?s pratiques (photos, autres documents) que  
> le Caucus Francophone doit faire parvenir pour obtenir 2 ou  cartes  
> pass pour Tunis.
>
> Par ailleurs, je te prie de trouver ci-joint les d?cisions que le  
> caucus francophone a arr?t?es.
>
>
>
> Dans l'attente de tes nouvelles,
>
> Bien cordialement,
> information colloque HANDICAP & TIC = http://v1.dpi.org/lang-fr/ 
> events/details?page=178
>
>
>
> Faouzi KARDOUS
> Directeur de Sindbad M?diterran?e
> Association loi 1901
> 30, Imp. Croix de R?gnier
> 13004 Marseille - France
> Tel + FAx : 0033 4 91 92 73 81
> Email : sindbad.mediterranee@laposte.net
> www.sindbadmediterranee.fr
>
> <CAUCUS francophone HANDICAP&TIC.doc>

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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Mon Oct 10 20:40:18 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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Dear all
It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers meets CS organizations representativeness for this final WSIS show in Tunisia.
Another question is about the country mentioned on the list (last column). Could Rik tell us please what its meaning is ? 
Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the communication of "our" representatives, among who a big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS participants.  
Best
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT-France 





> Message du 10/10/05 19:08
> De : "Rik Panganiban" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> 
> 
Dear friends,


Please find below the final list of recommended speakers from civil society for the WSIS summit in Tunis that has been transmitted to the ITU. This list is the result of wide consultations among the various civil society entities, caucuses and working groups involved in the WSIS, and attempts to balance the various issue areas, interests and concerns expressed by civil society in the process.  The final list was drawn up by a selection committee composed of representatives of our regional caucuses as well as a member of the civil society Bureau and Content and Themes group.


Here is the breakdown:


Opening Ceremony: Gender: 1 woman and 1 man / Region: 1 Europe, 1 Latin America Caribbean
High Level Panel: Gender: 2 women, 3 men / Region: 3 Asia Pacific, 2 Africa
Roundtables: 5 women, 3 men / Region: 1 Latin America Caribbean, 1 North America , 3 Europe, 2 Africa, 1 Asia Pacific
Plenary: Gender: 11 women, 15 men / Region: 10 Africa, 6 Europe, 5 Asia, 4 North America, 1 Latin America


As we understand the process, the Secretary General of the WSIS, Mr. Utsumi, will recommend to the President of the WSIS the entire package of speakers to speak from the various stakeholders.  The President of the WSIS will then make the final determination as to who will speak and when at the Summit.


In order to assist Mr. Utsumi and the President of the WSIS in determining the final speakers from civil society in Tunis, we suggest the following procedure:


1.    All recommended speakers or their nominating entities should forward to the selection committee the CV or brief biography of the nominee as well as short summary (1 paragraph) of what the individual proposes to speak about. These should be sent to rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org by 1800 hours EST, Wednesday 12 October.  


2.    These CVs and summaries will be compiled into an annex to be transmitted to the ITU and made available to the CS Plenary.


3.    The WSIS secretariat will make a final determination as to who will speak in Tunis, with the final approval of the President of the WSIS.


The WSIS executive secretariat will get back to us their initial feedback on this list, and any other specific information shortly.  Thanks again to everyone for your assistance in this difficult process.


Regards,




Rik Panganiban
on behalf of the Selection Committee




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


Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General 
World Summit on the Information Society
 
 
Dear Mr. Utsumi:
 
Please find attached to this letter the recommended list of speakers for the various speaking slots allotted to civil society during the World Summit on the Information Society from November 16-18, 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia.
 
This list is the result of wide consultations among the various civil society entities, caucuses and working groups involved in the WSIS, and attempts to balance the various issue areas, interests and concerns expressed by civil society in the process.  The final list was drawn up by a selection committee composed of representatives of our regional caucuses as well as a member of the civil society Bureau and Content and Themes group.
 
We will be happy to assist you in obtaining detailed CV?s and suggested subject areas that each speaker would speak on if desired. Please note that in the few instances where an individual has been listed in more than one category, if that individual is chosen to speak for one slot that they be removed from consideration for the others.
 
We thank you for this opportunity to make the following recommendations, and trust that it will receive your careful consideration.  Please contact us if we can provide any further assistance or guidance.
 
 
Sincerely,
 
 
Rik Panganiban
On behalf of the Civil Society Selection Committee
 
World Summit on the Information Society
Recommended Civil Society Speakers
8 October 2005


 
 
NameNominating EntityAccredited Organization (title)Country
Opening Ceremony
 
Bissio, RobertoAPCInstituto del Tercer Mundo, Director Uruguay
Renate BloemNGO Community
Philanthropic InstitutionsCONGO, President Switzerland

 
High Level Panel
 
Buntan, Monthian Disability Caucus(Thailand Association of the Blind, President)Thailand
Diouf , Pape Caucus AfricainDiaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information, PresidentSenegal
Etta , Florence Telecentres Caucus(Kenya ICT Policy Project) Kenya
Garcia-Ramilo, Concepcion Asia-Pacific CaucusAPC, Womens? Networking Support Programme, Global CoordinatorPhilippines
Swaminathan, M S  M S Swaminatan Research Foundation, ChairmanIndia

 
Round Tables
 
Bissio, RobertoAPCInstituto del Tercer Mundo, DirectorUruguay
Corriero, JenniferCanadian Civil Society, North American / European CaucusTakingITGlobal, co-founderCanada
Davies, Simon Privacy and Security WG(Privacy International, director)United Kingdom
Etta, FlorenceTelecentres Caucus(Kenya ICT Policy Project) Kenya
Ershova , TatianaMulti-Stakeholder Partnership FamilyInstitute of the Information Society, Director General Russian Federation
Esterhuysen, Anriette IG CaucusAssociation for Progressive Communications, Executive DirectorSouth Africa
Gurumurthy, AnitaGender CaucusIT for Change, executive directorIndia
White, Aidan Media CaucusInternational Federation of Journalists, Secretary GeneralIreland

 


 
NameNominating EntityAccredited Organization (title)Country
Plenary   
Barlow, John Perry North American / European CaucusElectronic Frontier Foundation, co-founderUSA
Barry, Boubacar Caucus AfricainENTIS, Executive  SecretaryGuinea
Ben Jemaa, TijaniScience and TechnologyWFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Vice Chairman of CICTunisia
Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes Caucus ArabOrganization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sans Frontieres, PresidentTunisia
Davies, Simon CS Privacy and Security WG(Privacy International, Director)United Kingdom
de Kerckhove, DerrickCanadian NetworkMcLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, DirectorCanada
Esterhuysen, Anriette IG CaucusAPC. Executive DirectorSouth Africa
Etta, Florence Telecentres Caucus(Kenya ICT Policy Project)Kenya
Faidutti, BrunaHuman Rights CaucusWorld Association of United Nations Associations, Geneva Director USA/Italy
Frau-Meigs, DivinaEducation , Research and Academia IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research, Vice-presidentFrance
Gauri, LathaGrassroots CaucusOneworld InternationalIndia
Gross, RobinNorth American / European CaucusIP Justice, Executive DirectorUSA
Jeet   Singh, Parminder West-Asia RegionIT For Change, Executive Director India
Khemakhem, JameleddineChild Rights CaucusATUDE - Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant, Secretary GeneralTunisia
Krebs,Viola Volunteer Family &  North American / European CaucusICV - International Conference Volunteers, DirectorSwitzerland
Lohento, Ken (PANOS, NTIC Coordinator) Nigeria
Muguet, Francis Scientific Information WGGlobal Knowledge Partnership France
Nana, DelphineCaucus AfricainCentre f?minin pour la promotion du d?veloppement, Coordinatrice G?n?raleCameroon 
Njenga, Emmanuel  Caucus AfricainAPCKenya
Pazello, Magaly Gender CaucusDAWN Network, WSIS focal point Brazil
Sagun, Robert Youth CaucusSchoolNet Africa, WSIS Policy CoordinatorPhilippines
Sarker, ParthaAsia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus(Bytes for All, co-founder) APC  Bangladesh
Shirley Jr., Joe OCCAM, Navajo NationNavajo Nation, PresidentUSA
Tahmasebi, Susan West-Asia RegionIranian Civil Society Organizations Training & Research CenterIran
White, Aidan Media Caucus International Federation of Journalists, Secretary GeneralIreland 
Zulu, Brenda Media CaucusAPCZambia

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 10 21:00:30 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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a note of support for APC..

APC does a great deal of work on information society issues - both in  
the "north" and in "south" . Their involvement in the WSIS process  
has been and continues to be one of inclusion, participation and  
leadership.

Their values are consist with the civil society statements and  
declarations made at the geneva phase. The same, can not be said  
about others who have been nominated and appear on the list  
submitted. I won't say more, as i've already posted an earlier  
message about this.

In summary - Suffice it to say, I entirely support the names from APC  
that have been put forward . They are well deserving of the nomination.

On another point, as I mentioned to Rick in an earlier email - i do  
not see anyone from Europe and/or North america listed on the High  
Level panels. I had suggested several names of the panellists be - at  
least - listed there  as well. I hope there is still a chance..

As well,  the ITU already seems to have a "speakers list" available  
on the Summit section of the WSIS/ITU site. http://www.itu.int/wsis/ 
tunis/index.html The url is password protected, but it should be  
taken that there's a list already.  Which means, if we don't finalize  
our list soon and transmit it - we will have our list selected for  
us...AGAIN..


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 10-Oct-05, at 3:40 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:

> Dear all
>
> It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers meets CS  
> organizations representativeness for this final WSIS show in Tunisia.
>
> Another question is about the country mentioned on the list (last  
> column). Could Rik tell us please what its meaning is ?
>
> Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short  
> summary (one paragraph)" of the communication of "our"  
> representatives, among who a big part is unknown even for well  
> initiated WSIS CS participants.
>
> Best
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> CSDPTT-France
>
>
>
>
>
> > Message du 10/10/05 19:08
> > De : "Rik Panganiban"
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? :
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> >
> >
> Dear friends,
>
> Please find below the final list of recommended speakers from civil  
> society for the WSIS summit in Tunis that has been transmitted to  
> the ITU. This list is the result of wide consultations among the  
> various civil society entities, caucuses and working groups  
> involved in the WSIS, and attempts to balance the various issue  
> areas, interests and concerns expressed by civil society in the  
> process.  The final list was drawn up by a selection committee  
> composed of representatives of our regional caucuses as well as a  
> member of the civil society Bureau and Content and Themes group.
>
> Here is the breakdown:
>
> Opening Ceremony: Gender: 1 woman and 1 man / Region: 1 Europe, 1  
> Latin America Caribbean
> High Level Panel: Gender: 2 women, 3 men / Region: 3 Asia Pacific,  
> 2 Africa
> Roundtables: 5 women, 3 men / Region: 1 Latin America Caribbean, 1  
> North America , 3 Europe, 2 Africa, 1 Asia Pacific
> Plenary: Gender: 11 women, 15 men / Region: 10 Africa, 6 Europe, 5  
> Asia, 4 North America, 1 Latin America
>
> As we understand the process, the Secretary General of the WSIS,  
> Mr. Utsumi, will recommend to the President of the WSIS the entire  
> package of speakers to speak from the various stakeholders.  The  
> President of the WSIS will then make the final determination as to  
> who will speak and when at the Summit.
>
> In order to assist Mr. Utsumi and the President of the WSIS in  
> determining the final speakers from civil society in Tunis, we  
> suggest the following procedure:
>
> 1.    All recommended speakers or their nominating entities should  
> forward to the selection committee the CV or brief biography of the  
> nominee as well as short summary (1 paragraph) of what the  
> individual proposes to speak about. These should be sent to  
> rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org by 1800 hours EST, Wednesday 12 October.
>
> 2.    These CVs and summaries will be compiled into an annex to be  
> transmitted to the ITU and made available to the CS Plenary.
>
> 3.    The WSIS secretariat will make a final determination as to  
> who will speak in Tunis, with the final approval of the President  
> of the WSIS.
>
> The WSIS executive secretariat will get back to us their initial  
> feedback on this list, and any other specific information shortly.   
> Thanks again to everyone for your assistance in this difficult  
> process.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the Selection Committee
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Yoshio Utsumi
> Secretary-General
> World Summit on the Information Society
>
>
> Dear Mr. Utsumi:
>
> Please find attached to this letter the recommended list of  
> speakers for the various speaking slots allotted to civil society  
> during the World Summit on the Information Society from November  
> 16-18, 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia.
>
> This list is the result of wide consultations among the various  
> civil society entities, caucuses and working groups involved in the  
> WSIS, and attempts to balance the various issue areas, interests  
> and concerns expressed by civil society in the process.  The final  
> list was drawn up by a selection committee composed of  
> representatives of our regional caucuses as well as a member of the  
> civil society Bureau and Content and Themes group.
>
> We will be happy to assist you in obtaining detailed CV?s and  
> suggested subject areas that each speaker would speak on if  
> desired. Please note that in the few instances where an individual  
> has been listed in more than one category, if that individual is  
> chosen to speak for one slot that they be removed from  
> consideration for the others.
>
> We thank you for this opportunity to make the following  
> recommendations, and trust that it will receive your careful  
> consideration.  Please contact us if we can provide any further  
> assistance or guidance.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> On behalf of the Civil Society Selection Committee
>
> World Summit on the Information Society
>
> Recommended Civil Society Speakers
>
> 8 October 2005
>
>
>
>
> Name
> Nominating Entity
> Accredited Organization (title)
> Country
> Opening Ceremony
>
> Bissio, Roberto
> APC
> Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Director
> Uruguay
> Renate Bloem
> NGO Community
> Philanthropic Institutions
> CONGO, President
> Switzerland
>
> High Level Panel
>
> Buntan, Monthian
> Disability Caucus
> (Thailand Association of the Blind, President)
> Thailand
> Diouf , Pape
> Caucus Africain
> Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information, President
>
> Senegal
> Etta , Florence
> Telecentres Caucus
> (Kenya ICT Policy Project)
> Kenya
> Garcia-Ramilo, Concepcion
> Asia-Pacific Caucus
> APC, Womens? Networking Support Programme, Global Coordinator
>
> Philippines
> Swaminathan, M S
>
> M S Swaminatan Research Foundation, Chairman
> India
>
> Round Tables
>
> Bissio, Roberto
> APC
> Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Director
> Uruguay
> Corriero, Jennifer
> Canadian Civil Society, North American / European Caucus
> TakingITGlobal, co-founder
> Canada
> Davies, Simon
> Privacy and Security WG
> (Privacy International, director)
> United Kingdom
> Etta, Florence
> Telecentres Caucus
> (Kenya ICT Policy Project)
> Kenya
> Ershova , Tatiana
> Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family
> Institute of the Information Society, Director General
> Russian Federation
> Esterhuysen, Anriette
> IG Caucus
> Association for Progressive Communications, Executive Director
> South Africa
> Gurumurthy, Anita
> Gender Caucus
> IT for Change, executive director
> India
> White, Aidan
> Media Caucus
> International Federation of Journalists, Secretary General
> Ireland
>
>
>
> Name
> Nominating Entity
> Accredited Organization (title)
> Country
> Plenary
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Barlow, John Perry
>
> North American / European Caucus
>
> Electronic Frontier Foundation, co-founder
>
> USA
>
> Barry, Boubacar
>
> Caucus Africain
>
> ENTIS, Executive  Secretary
>
> Guinea
>
> Ben Jemaa, Tijani
>
> Science and Technology
>
> WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Vice Chairman  
> of CIC
>
> Tunisia
>
> Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes
>
> Caucus Arab
>
> Organization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sans Frontieres, President
>
> Tunisia
>
> Davies, Simon
>
> CS Privacy and Security WG
>
> (Privacy International, Director)
>
> United Kingdom
>
> de Kerckhove, Derrick
>
> Canadian Network
>
> McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Director
>
> Canada
>
> Esterhuysen, Anriette
>
> IG Caucus
>
> APC. Executive Director
>
> South Africa
>
> Etta, Florence
>
> Telecentres Caucus
>
> (Kenya ICT Policy Project)
>
> Kenya
>
> Faidutti, Bruna
>
> Human Rights Caucus
>
> World Association of United Nations Associations, Geneva Director
>
> USA/Italy
>
> Frau-Meigs, Divina
>
> Education , Research and Academia
>
> IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication  
> Research, Vice-president
>
> France
>
> Gauri, Latha
>
> Grassroots Caucus
>
> Oneworld International
>
> India
>
> Gross, Robin
>
> North American / European Caucus
>
> IP Justice, Executive Director
>
> USA
>
> Jeet   Singh, Parminder
>
> West-Asia Region
>
> IT For Change, Executive Director
>
> India
>
> Khemakhem, Jameleddine
>
> Child Rights Caucus
>
> ATUDE - Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant, Secretary  
> General
>
> Tunisia
>
> Krebs,Viola
>
> Volunteer Family &  North American / European Caucus
>
> ICV - International Conference Volunteers, Director
>
> Switzerland
>
> Lohento, Ken
>
>
>
> (PANOS, NTIC Coordinator)
>
> Nigeria
>
> Muguet, Francis
>
> Scientific Information WG
>
> Global Knowledge Partnership
>
> France
>
> Nana, Delphine
>
> Caucus Africain
>
> Centre f?minin pour la promotion du d?veloppement, Coordinatrice  
> G?n?rale
>
> Cameroon
>
> Njenga, Emmanuel
>
> Caucus Africain
>
> APC
>
> Kenya
>
> Pazello, Magaly
>
> Gender Caucus
>
> DAWN Network, WSIS focal point
>
> Brazil
>
> Sagun, Robert
>
> Youth Caucus
>
> SchoolNet Africa, WSIS Policy Coordinator
>
> Philippines
>
> Sarker, Partha
>
> Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus
>
> (Bytes for All, co-founder) APC
>
> Bangladesh
>
> Shirley Jr., Joe
>
> OCCAM, Navajo Nation
>
> Navajo Nation, President
>
> USA
>
> Tahmasebi, Susan
>
> West-Asia Region
>
> Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training & Research Center
>
> Iran
>
> White, Aidan
>
> Media Caucus
>
>  International Federation of Journalists, Secretary General
>
> Ireland
>
> Zulu, Brenda
>
> Media Caucus
>
> APC
>
> Zambia
>
>

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From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
> It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers meets CS 
> organizations representativeness for this final WSIS show in Tunisia.
I only count four speakers who are involved in APC: Anriette, Njenga, 
Concepcion, Brenda. Anriette is listed both for plenary and roundtables, 
but as Rik's mail clearly said, will only use one speaking slot each.
APC is a network of _many_ NGOs in all parts of the world and has been a 
key civil society facilitator in the whole WSIS process, so I certainly am 
fine with them, especially as they bring in a good gender and regional 
balance. The fact that their speakers have been nominated by serveral 
different caucuses (Internet Governance, Media, Africa, Asia, Telecentres) 
shows that they enjoy broad support.

I am especially happy to see Roberto Bissio now on the list for our 
opening ceremony speaking slot, instead of Adama Sammassekou from the Mali 
government. Roberto has been very active in the WSIS process, and he is a 
great speaker. As far as I understand, APC has only _nominated_ him, but 
his organization is Instituto del Tercer Mundo.

(Disclaimer: I am _not_ an APC member.)

> Another question is about the country mentioned on the list (last 
> column). Could Rik tell us please what its meaning is ? 
I think it is just the country where the nominated persons are based.

> Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short summary 
> (one paragraph)" of the communication of "our" representatives, among 
> who a big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS participants.  
This is a good point, and I really support this. The fact that some of 
them are not known even to us WSIS "insiders" is probably due to the fact 
that the ITU insisted on "director" level persons, while many of us who 
have been very active in the WSIS process are normal members or staff. But 
it is certainly good to see more clearly who they are. Last time we even 
had a document where somebody had collected pictures of them. I hope the 
CS secretariat through CONGO can find the time to do this.

Best, Ralf

From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 10 22:02:36 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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I agree very much that we should consider the speakers to be "our"  
speakers. The selection committee considered whether or not someone  
would be speaking just on their own individual behalf, on behalf of  
their own organization, or if they would be open to including other  
viewpoints besides their own.  Ideally we want to have as many  
possible views expressed through the limited number of speaking slots  
allotted to us.

One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact  
information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, we  
can contact each person individually and make sure that they have the  
broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e. if someone  
plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly briefed on the  
privacy and security working group's concerns about data retention  
and surveillance.

Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on  
given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that  
as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.

Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.  But we  
want everyone speaking to as much as possible show solidarity with  
the proposals and viewpoints of the rest of CS in the WSIS process.

Rik Panganiban


On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

>
>> Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short  
>> summary (one paragraph)" of the communication of "our"  
>> representatives, among who a big part is unknown even for well  
>> initiated WSIS CS participants.
>>
> This is a good point, and I really support this. The fact that some  
> of them are not known even to us WSIS "insiders" is probably due to  
> the fact that the ITU insisted on "director" level persons, while  
> many of us who have been very active in the WSIS process are normal  
> members or staff. But it is certainly good to see more clearly who  
> they are. Last time we even had a document where somebody had  
> collected pictures of them. I hope the CS secretariat through CONGO  
> can find the time to do this.
>
> Best, Ralf
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From james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca  Mon Oct 10 22:10:25 2005
From: james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca (james.archibald@staff.mcgill.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpass
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Robert,

Kindly put my name on your list.  Thanks.

J. Archibald

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Mon Oct 10 22:42:37 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
Message-ID: <27669760.1128980557152.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303>

Thanks Rik 
for your explanations. I just wonder how our priorities (well, I think there is/will be a consensus about four or five main issues) are respected if the ITU picks the speakers on its own and considers the theme of their presentation or contribution. 
Best
Jean-Louis 





> Message du 10/10/05 23:03
> De : "Rik Panganiban" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> 
> 
I agree very much that we should consider the speakers to be "our" speakers. The selection committee considered whether or not someone would be speaking just on their own individual behalf, on behalf of their own organization, or if they would be open to including other viewpoints besides their own.  Ideally we want to have as many possible views expressed through the limited number of speaking slots allotted to us.


One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, we can contact each person individually and make sure that they have the broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e. if someone plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly briefed on the privacy and security working group's concerns about data retention and surveillance.


Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.


Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.  But we want everyone speaking to as much as possible show solidarity with the proposals and viewpoints of the rest of CS in the WSIS process. 


Rik Panganiban



> 
On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:



> 
Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the communication of "our" representatives, among who a big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS participants.  

> 
This is a good point, and I really support this. The fact that some of them are not known even to us WSIS "insiders" is probably due to the fact that the ITU insisted on "director" level persons, while many of us who have been very active in the WSIS process are normal members or staff. But it is certainly good to see more clearly who they are. Last time we even had a document where somebody had collected pictures of them. I hope the CS secretariat through CONGO can find the time to do this.

> 
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From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
In-Reply-To: <B7E47C4A-F0F5-437C-9D9E-E4340F9626F1@earthlink.net>
References: <28778794.1128973218368.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303> <434ACC39.80904@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <B7E47C4A-F0F5-437C-9D9E-E4340F9626F1@earthlink.net>
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Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
> One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact 
> information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, we 
> can contact each person individually and make sure that they have the 
> broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e. if someone 
> plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly briefed on the 
> privacy and security working group's concerns about data retention and 
> surveillance.

I don't know what was the procedure in Geneva, but I expect that all 
speakers who will have to make pre-prepared interventions (i.e., not 
those who will have to participate to open discussions) will agree the 
text with the relevant caucuses. Briefing is not enough: I think we must 
avoid to have speakers that express personal opinions that conflict with 
the positions taken by civil society throughout the entire process; 
that, apart from being extremely divisive, would only make ourselves 
ridiculous.

 > Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on
 > given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that
 > as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.

My specific concern on this is that, in a Summit in which one of the 
main subjects of discussion is going to be the rearrangement of the 
administration of the Internet, I don't see in the list anyone who ever 
participated actively in the Internet Governance caucus. This is weird 
but not bad per se - but implies the need for some coordination :-)

> Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.  

Well, no, these are people selected by the entire set of civil society 
participants to represent them and speak on their behalf, not in a 
personal capacity or on behalf of their organizations. I don't think 
they have any right to express personal opinions when speaking on behalf 
of civil society.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From laina at getit.org  Tue Oct 11 07:35:20 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
In-Reply-To: <B7E47C4A-F0F5-437C-9D9E-E4340F9626F1@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <200510111447455.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Rik,
 
This is another reason using caucuses as a means to get speakers to speak on
at least more than organisation, would have been a better way of selecting
speakers.  IMHO.
 
Laina

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 11:03 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU


I agree very much that we should consider the speakers to be "our" speakers.
The selection committee considered whether or not someone would be speaking
just on their own individual behalf, on behalf of their own organization, or
if they would be open to including other viewpoints besides their own.
Ideally we want to have as many possible views expressed through the limited
number of speaking slots allotted to us.

One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact information
for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, we can contact each
person individually and make sure that they have the broadest possible view
on their given subject area. I.e. if someone plans to speak on telecentres,
that they be thoroughly briefed on the privacy and security working group's
concerns about data retention and surveillance.

Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on given
matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that as many
speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.

Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind. But we want
everyone speaking to as much as possible show solidarity with the proposals
and viewpoints of the rest of CS in the WSIS process. 

Rik Panganiban


On Oct 10, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:



Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than "a short summary (one
paragraph)" of the communication of "our" representatives, among who a big
part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS participants. 


This is a good point, and I really support this. The fact that some of them
are not known even to us WSIS "insiders" is probably due to the fact that
the ITU insisted on "director" level persons, while many of us who have been
very active in the WSIS process are normal members or staff. But it is
certainly good to see more clearly who they are. Last time we even had a
document where somebody had collected pictures of them. I hope the CS
secretariat through CONGO can find the time to do this.

Best, Ralf
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From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Tue Oct 11 07:59:14 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] nomination of Brenda Zulu
In-Reply-To: <434ACC39.80904@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <28778794.1128973218368.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303> <434ACC39.80904@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <9926BA0C-D929-46CB-9524-93F0B3D30088@traceynaughton.com>

Hello

Just to be clear. Brenda Zulu is nominated as a Highway Africa News  
Agency journalist, ..... NOT ...... as an APC member.

Highway Africa is a network of 400 journalists across Africa who  
specialise in ICT reporting. The agency, Brenda in particular, has  
been involved in WSIS. She has been nominated as a working  
journalist, with a long track record of reporting on WSIS who is an  
expert and has a developing world perspective.

For more information on HANA:

www.highwayafrica.ru.ac.za/hana/about.cfm

Tracey Naughton
Chair, Media Caucus

[I am neither a member of APC nor of the World Press Freedom Committee].


Tracey Naughton

(to November 9, 05)

Pact Mongolia Office

Peace Avenue 24

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Mongolia

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Fax:   (976 11) 46 10 48

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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Oct 11 08:32:32 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] nomination of Brenda Zulu
In-Reply-To: <9926BA0C-D929-46CB-9524-93F0B3D30088@traceynaughton.com>
References: <28778794.1128973218368.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303>
 <434ACC39.80904@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
 <9926BA0C-D929-46CB-9524-93F0B3D30088@traceynaughton.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051011082809.050040d0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi tracey and all

>Just to be clear. Brenda Zulu is nominated as a Highway Africa News 
>Agency journalist, ..... NOT ...... as an APC member.

Yes - brenda told me she was nominated by the media caucus.

Brenda is a member (as an individual) of the APC Africa Women's (AAW) 
Network, the african regional network of the APC Women's networking 
support programme.

AAW has over 120 members, who are all members in their individual 
capacity, and in  some cases, as representatives of independent 
organsiations - that is - independent of APC.

karen



From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Oct 11 08:32:32 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] nomination of Brenda Zulu
In-Reply-To: <9926BA0C-D929-46CB-9524-93F0B3D30088@traceynaughton.com>
References: <28778794.1128973218368.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303>
 <434ACC39.80904@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
 <9926BA0C-D929-46CB-9524-93F0B3D30088@traceynaughton.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051011082809.050040d0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi tracey and all

>Just to be clear. Brenda Zulu is nominated as a Highway Africa News 
>Agency journalist, ..... NOT ...... as an APC member.

Yes - brenda told me she was nominated by the media caucus.

Brenda is a member (as an individual) of the APC Africa Women's (AAW) 
Network, the african regional network of the APC Women's networking 
support programme.

AAW has over 120 members, who are all members in their individual 
capacity, and in  some cases, as representatives of independent 
organsiations - that is - independent of APC.

karen



From temp1 at civicus.org  Tue Oct 11 08:39:38 2005
From: temp1 at civicus.org (Chris Ayangafac)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
In-Reply-To: <434B55BE.5010300@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <003401c5ce36$ef34fbf0$d600000a@navin>


Chrysantus Ayangafac 
 
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CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
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Newtown, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa
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Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:04 AM
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Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
> One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact
> information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, we 
> can contact each person individually and make sure that they have the 
> broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e. if someone 
> plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly briefed on the 
> privacy and security working group's concerns about data retention and

> surveillance.

I don't know what was the procedure in Geneva, but I expect that all 
speakers who will have to make pre-prepared interventions (i.e., not 
those who will have to participate to open discussions) will agree the 
text with the relevant caucuses. Briefing is not enough: I think we must

avoid to have speakers that express personal opinions that conflict with

the positions taken by civil society throughout the entire process; 
that, apart from being extremely divisive, would only make ourselves 
ridiculous.

 > Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on
> given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that
> as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.

My specific concern on this is that, in a Summit in which one of the 
main subjects of discussion is going to be the rearrangement of the 
administration of the Internet, I don't see in the list anyone who ever 
participated actively in the Internet Governance caucus. This is weird 
but not bad per se - but implies the need for some coordination :-)

> Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.

Well, no, these are people selected by the entire set of civil society 
participants to represent them and speak on their behalf, not in a 
personal capacity or on behalf of their organizations. I don't think 
they have any right to express personal opinions when speaking on behalf

of civil society.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 11 09:19:52 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough is enough
In-Reply-To: <28778794.1128973218368.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303>
Message-ID: <20051011081952.33138.qmail@web60716.mail.yahoo.com>

Ces probl?mes de s?lection d'orateurs au nom de la
soci?t? civile commencent ? devenir lassants (enough
is enough ! comme disent les cousins outreatlantiques.
Il m'en souvient de la porte parole (gender equit?
oblige !) qui a parl? au nom de la soci?t? civile en
cl?ture de la phase I ? Gen?ve c'?tait lamentable avec
ses remerciements au gouvernement h?te aux
organisateurs et autres salemalek .... Si quelqu'un
peut retrouver le discours de cette brave dame parlant
au nom de la soci?t? civile et le speach de celui qui
a parl? au nom du secteur priv? la d?monstration sera
faite sur le professionalisme des uns et
l'informalisme des autres !
Si la soci?t? civile prend la parole pour de fondre
dans le moule de l'establishment gouvernemental et
onusien et dire des banalit?s de pr?f?rence par une
femme et en langue de shekspeare pour faire bien
autant se taire.
On aurait d? s'efforcer de nous mettre d'accord sur le
contenu de ce qui sera dit plutot de nous entre
d?chirer sur qui va parler....
Et d?pendre de l'UIT qui en dernier ressort devait
d?cider qui va parler c'est un comble !
Coll?gue de la soci?t? civile il faut se r?veiller !

--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Dear all
> It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers
> meets CS organizations representativeness for this
> final WSIS show in Tunisia.
> Another question is about the country mentioned on
> the list (last column). Could Rik tell us please
> what its meaning is ? 
> Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than
> "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the
> communication of "our" representatives, among who a
> big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS
> participants.  
> Best
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT-France 
> 
> 


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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Tue Oct 11 09:42:42 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS: Information about the intersessional negotiation work and the Resumed PrepCom-3 in Tunis
Message-ID: <200510110842.j9B8gbHi002935@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

In follow-up to what was previously sent by Bertrand and Renate on this same
issue over the week end, please find below the official message for the CS
Bureau we received yesterday from Charles Geiger (WSIS ES) on intersessional
negotiation groups and Resumed PrepCom-3.

 

Note the additional last paragraph of this text, about the possible
introduction of overpasses for observers, depending on the venue of the
meeting. Even though the resumed PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of
Procedure of the PrepCom, including the participation of observers in
Plenary and Subcommittee meetings, it seems clear that because of material
limitations related to the venue, it will not be a full-fledged PrepCom, but
rather the final negotiation stage.

 

The attribution of overpasses, if confirmed, will be based on a
self-organizing mechanism of civil society.

 

For the expected work plan of the resumed PrepCom-3 in Sub-Committees and
working groups, I refer to the message I sent on Sunday afternoon (Geneva
time).

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe

 

 

  _____  

To the Civil Society Bureau

 

Dear Sir, Madam, 

On behalf of the President of the Preparatory Committee of WSIS, I would
like to inform you as follows: 

As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau
decided in its today's meeting the dates of the intersessional negotiation
work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the dates, venue and modalities
of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit. 

Intersessional negotiation work 

Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the Tunis phase of
WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from 24 to
28 October 2005.

In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its objective will be to
finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau and on the paragraphs
remained in brackets of Chapter two of the Operational Part. In its second
session, from 26 to 28 October 2005, the Negotiation Group will aim to
finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four of the Operational Part
of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will be an intergovernmental
negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00 - 13.00 and from 15.00
- 18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six UN working languages
will be provided. 

These sessions are not open to observers. After each session, the President
of PrepCom will inform the observers on the advancement of the work (in a
way which will be defined later, probably by e-mail, or by teleconference). 

Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit 

The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS will be
reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in Tunis, for a three-day
session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue will be provided
at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with a short
organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the resumed
PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including the
participation of observers in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings.
Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be provided. As this
resumed PrepCom will be the final negotiation stage,  the chairs of the
working groups will decide how the observers may participate (observing
without intervention, or present at the beginning in the room, or not at all
present but with information from the chair etc). The Executive Secretariat,
at the actual stage, cannot predict which form of participation will be used
in the working groups.

Please not that this will not be a full-fledged PrepCom like the PrepComs in
Geneva. We may have a relatively small venue (perhaps a room for 400-500
persons only) and we may have to introduce overpasses (e.g. 2-3 for
governments, and the remaining seats divided through the three observer
categories). Therefore only few participant from observers will be able to
follow the resumed PrepCom, and the space/seats for observers from civil
society may be limited. 

 

Sincerly yours, 

Charles Geiger
Executive Director WSIS 

 

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From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] nomination of Brenda Zulu
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051011082809.050040d0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <28778794.1128973218368.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303> <434ACC39.80904@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <9926BA0C-D929-46CB-9524-93F0B3D30088@traceynaughton.com> <6.2.3.4.0.20051011082809.050040d0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <4D71D5A5-E264-48D4-8BCE-795579611641@traceynaughton.com>

On Brenda

My point stands - Brenda was nominated for her role in HANA.

Not for anything else.

Tracey


From jsarr at refer.sn  Tue Oct 11 10:42:00 2005
From: jsarr at refer.sn (jsarr@refer.sn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough is enough
In-Reply-To: <20051011081952.33138.qmail@web60716.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20051011081952.33138.qmail@web60716.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1129023720.434b88e8441f5@courrier.refer.sn>

Bonjour ? tous

je pense, comme Djilali, que le plus important n'est pas de passer ? la
t?l?vision en mondovision avec une belle cravate rouge ? parler au nom de la
soci?t? civile mondiale. L'essentiel est dans le contenu. Que faut-il faire
pour ?viter des mauvaises surprises? Sur la liste des nomin?s, je vois des noms
de personnes que l'on n'a pas souvent vues dans les pl?ni?res de la soci?t?
civile. Je pense qu'il faudrait sans tarder (le Sommet est dans quelques jours)
mettre en ligne des projets de d?clarations qui seront discut?s et am?lior?s
?ventuellement par la pl?ni?re. Qu'en pensez-vous?
Salutations cordiales.


Joseph SARR
Famille des Autorit?s Locales
--------------------------------------------------------------------



Selon djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
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>
> Ces probl?mes de s?lection d'orateurs au nom de la
> soci?t? civile commencent ? devenir lassants (enough
> is enough ! comme disent les cousins outreatlantiques.
> Il m'en souvient de la porte parole (gender equit?
> oblige !) qui a parl? au nom de la soci?t? civile en
> cl?ture de la phase I ? Gen?ve c'?tait lamentable avec
> ses remerciements au gouvernement h?te aux
> organisateurs et autres salemalek .... Si quelqu'un
> peut retrouver le discours de cette brave dame parlant
> au nom de la soci?t? civile et le speach de celui qui
> a parl? au nom du secteur priv? la d?monstration sera
> faite sur le professionalisme des uns et
> l'informalisme des autres !
> Si la soci?t? civile prend la parole pour de fondre
> dans le moule de l'establishment gouvernemental et
> onusien et dire des banalit?s de pr?f?rence par une
> femme et en langue de shekspeare pour faire bien
> autant se taire.
> On aurait d? s'efforcer de nous mettre d'accord sur le
> contenu de ce qui sera dit plutot de nous entre
> d?chirer sur qui va parler....
> Et d?pendre de l'UIT qui en dernier ressort devait
> d?cider qui va parler c'est un comble !
> Coll?gue de la soci?t? civile il faut se r?veiller !
>
> --- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> > Dear all
> > It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers
> > meets CS organizations representativeness for this
> > final WSIS show in Tunisia.
> > Another question is about the country mentioned on
> > the list (last column). Could Rik tell us please
> > what its meaning is ?
> > Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than
> > "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the
> > communication of "our" representatives, among who a
> > big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS
> > participants.
> > Best
> > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > CSDPTT-France
> >
> >
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Oct 11 14:43:04 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
In-Reply-To: <434B55BE.5010300@bertola.eu.org>
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Hi Vittorio,

I agree with you in principle, but I am unclear how we are going to  
police the speeches of "our speakers". The best we can do is  
encourage each speaker to share what they plan to speak about,  
ideally through their respective caucuses, and then get feedback from  
others on whether this best represents a wide range of CS views.

I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone  
could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign off  
on every speech as coming from "global civil society."  But I know  
ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is unrealistic.

We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on  
anyone.  All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.

Respectfully,

Rik

On Oct 11, 2005, at 2:03 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
>
>> One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact  
>> information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list,  
>> we can contact each person individually and make sure that they  
>> have the broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e.  
>> if someone plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly  
>> briefed on the privacy and security working group's concerns about  
>> data retention and surveillance.
>>
>
> I don't know what was the procedure in Geneva, but I expect that  
> all speakers who will have to make pre-prepared interventions  
> (i.e., not those who will have to participate to open discussions)  
> will agree the text with the relevant caucuses. Briefing is not  
> enough: I think we must avoid to have speakers that express  
> personal opinions that conflict with the positions taken by civil  
> society throughout the entire process; that, apart from being  
> extremely divisive, would only make ourselves ridiculous.
>
> > Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society  
> statements on
> > given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that
> > as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.
>
> My specific concern on this is that, in a Summit in which one of  
> the main subjects of discussion is going to be the rearrangement of  
> the administration of the Internet, I don't see in the list anyone  
> who ever participated actively in the Internet Governance caucus.  
> This is weird but not bad per se - but implies the need for some  
> coordination :-)
>
>
>> Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.
>>
>
> Well, no, these are people selected by the entire set of civil  
> society participants to represent them and speak on their behalf,  
> not in a personal capacity or on behalf of their organizations. I  
> don't think they have any right to express personal opinions when  
> speaking on behalf of civil society.
> -- 
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org] 
> <-----
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===============================================
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

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg



From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Oct 11 14:59:56 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] URGENT:  We need CVs of all the speakers by tomorrow (Wed)
Message-ID: <CD9E03C0-FF8C-4835-BC88-68AD9D7A19B6@earthlink.net>

[Fran?ais au dessous / Espa?ol mas abajo]

Dear Colleagues,

We need immediately the following information from all individuals  
recommended by the Selection Committee to speak in Tunis:

*    Organization Affiliation
*    Email
*    Curriculum Vitae or brief biography (1 paragraph)
*    Short summary of suggested topic to speak on (1 paragraph)

The names of all recommended speakers are listed below.

Please forward this information directly to  
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org.  Note that a complete annex of all  
submitted CVs will be made available to the WSIS Executive  
Secretariat and the CS Plenary.  It must be received by 1800 hours  
EST on Wednesday, 12 October.

Thanks for your assistance.

Rik Panganiban
on behalf of the Selection Committee

=====================================


Chers Coll?gues,

Nous avons besoin imm?diatement de l'information suivante de tous les  
individus recommand?s par le Comit? de s?lection:

*    Organization
*    Email
*    Curriculum Vitae ou br?ve biographie (1 paragraphe)
*    Un sommaire court du sujet sugg?r? ? parler. (1 paragraphe)

Les noms de tous les haut-parleurs recommand?s sont ?num?r?s ci-dessous.

Pri?re de envoyer cette information directement ?  
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org.  Notez qu'une annexe compl?te de tout le  
CVs soumis sera rendue disponible du secr?tariat ex?cutif de WSIS et  
de la pl?ni?re de SC.  Elle doit ?tre re?ue par 1800 heures EST le  
mercredi, 12 octobre.

Merci pour votre assistance.

Rik Panganiban
sur le nom du Comit? de s?lection

=====================================

Los colegas queridos,

Necesitamos inmediatamente la informaci?n siguiente de todos los  
individuos recomendados por el comit? selecionador para hablar en T?nez:
  *  La afiliaci?n de la organizaci?n
* email (su direccion electronica)
* plan de estudios Vitae o breve biograf?a (1 p?rrafo)
* resumen corto del asunto sugerido a hablar en (1 p?rrafo)

Los nombres de todos los altavoces recomendados se enumera abajo.

Por favor, hag?se seguir esta informaci?n directamente a  
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org.  Observe que un anexo completo de todo  
el CVs sometido ser? hecho disponible a la secretar?a ejecutiva de  
WSIS y a la plenaria del SC.  Debe ser recibido por 1800 horas de EST  
el mi?rcoles, el 12 de octubre.

Gracias por su ayuda.

Rik Panganiban
en el nombre del comit? selecionador

=====================================


World Summit on the Information Society

Recommended Civil Society Speakers

8 October 2005



Opening Ceremony
Name
Accredited Organization (title)
Bissio, Roberto
Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Director
Renate Bloem
CONGO, President

High Level Panel
Buntan, Monthian
(Thailand Association of the Blind, President)
Diouf , Pape
Diaspora Africaine pour la Soci?t? de l?Information, President

Etta , Florence
(Kenya ICT Policy Project)
Garcia-Ramilo, Concepcion
APC, Womens? Networking Support Programme, Global Coordinator

Swaminathan, M S
M S Swaminatan Research Foundation, Chairman

Round Tables
Bissio, Roberto
Instituto del Tercer Mundo, Director
Corriero, Jennifer
TakingITGlobal, co-founder
Davies, Simon
(Privacy International, director)
Etta, Florence
(Kenya ICT Policy Project)
Ershova , Tatiana
Institute of the Information Society, Director General
Esterhuysen, Anriette
Association for Progressive Communications, Executive Director
Gurumurthy, Anita
IT for Change, executive director
White, Aidan
International Federation of Journalists, Secretary General



Plenary

Name
Accredited Organization (title)
Barlow, John Perry

Electronic Frontier Foundation, co-founder

Barry, Boubacar

ENTIS, Executive  Secretary

Ben Jemaa, Tijani

WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations, Vice Chairman  
of CIC

Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes

Organization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sans Frontieres, President

Davies, Simon

(Privacy International, Director)

de Kerckhove, Derrick

McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, Director

Esterhuysen, Anriette

APC. Executive Director

Etta, Florence

(Kenya ICT Policy Project)

Faidutti, Bruna

World Association of United Nations Associations, Geneva Director

Frau-Meigs, Divina

IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication  
Research, Vice-president

Gauri, Latha

Oneworld International

Gross, Robin

IP Justice, Executive Director

Jeet   Singh, Parminder

IT For Change, Executive Director

Khemakhem, Jameleddine

ATUDE - Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant, Secretary General

Krebs,Viola

ICV - International Conference Volunteers, Director

Lohento, Ken

(PANOS, NTIC Coordinator)

Muguet, Francis

Global Knowledge Partnership

Nana, Delphine

Centre f?minin pour la promotion du d?veloppement, Coordinatrice  
G?n?rale

Njenga, Emmanuel

APC

Pazello, Magaly

DAWN Network, WSIS focal point

Sagun, Robert

SchoolNet Africa, WSIS Policy Coordinator

Sarker, Partha

(Bytes for All, co-founder) APC

Shirley Jr., Joe

Navajo Nation, President

Tahmasebi, Susan

Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training & Research Center

White, Aidan

  International Federation of Journalists, Secretary General

Zulu, Brenda

APC




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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

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* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Tue Oct 11 15:26:31 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough is enough
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Bonjour Joseph
J'ai ?mis les m?mes observations et r?serves en anglais sur la liste et j'en profite pour appuyer fortement les tiennes et celles de Djilali.
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT 





> Message du 11/10/05 11:43
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> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough is enough
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> _______________________________________
> 
> Bonjour ? tous
> 
> je pense, comme Djilali, que le plus important n'est pas de passer ? la
> t?l?vision en mondovision avec une belle cravate rouge ? parler au nom de la
> soci?t? civile mondiale. L'essentiel est dans le contenu. Que faut-il faire
> pour ?viter des mauvaises surprises? Sur la liste des nomin?s, je vois des noms
> de personnes que l'on n'a pas souvent vues dans les pl?ni?res de la soci?t?
> civile. Je pense qu'il faudrait sans tarder (le Sommet est dans quelques jours)
> mettre en ligne des projets de d?clarations qui seront discut?s et am?lior?s
> ?ventuellement par la pl?ni?re. Qu'en pensez-vous?
> Salutations cordiales.
> 
> 
> Joseph SARR
> Famille des Autorit?s Locales
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> Selon djilali benamrane :
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> > Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> > this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Ces probl?mes de s?lection d'orateurs au nom de la
> > soci?t? civile commencent ? devenir lassants (enough
> > is enough ! comme disent les cousins outreatlantiques.
> > Il m'en souvient de la porte parole (gender equit?
> > oblige !) qui a parl? au nom de la soci?t? civile en
> > cl?ture de la phase I ? Gen?ve c'?tait lamentable avec
> > ses remerciements au gouvernement h?te aux
> > organisateurs et autres salemalek .... Si quelqu'un
> > peut retrouver le discours de cette brave dame parlant
> > au nom de la soci?t? civile et le speach de celui qui
> > a parl? au nom du secteur priv? la d?monstration sera
> > faite sur le professionalisme des uns et
> > l'informalisme des autres !
> > Si la soci?t? civile prend la parole pour de fondre
> > dans le moule de l'establishment gouvernemental et
> > onusien et dire des banalit?s de pr?f?rence par une
> > femme et en langue de shekspeare pour faire bien
> > autant se taire.
> > On aurait d? s'efforcer de nous mettre d'accord sur le
> > contenu de ce qui sera dit plutot de nous entre
> > d?chirer sur qui va parler....
> > Et d?pendre de l'UIT qui en dernier ressort devait
> > d?cider qui va parler c'est un comble !
> > Coll?gue de la soci?t? civile il faut se r?veiller !
> >
> > --- Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all
> > > It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers
> > > meets CS organizations representativeness for this
> > > final WSIS show in Tunisia.
> > > Another question is about the country mentioned on
> > > the list (last column). Could Rik tell us please
> > > what its meaning is ?
> > > Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than
> > > "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the
> > > communication of "our" representatives, among who a
> > > big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS
> > > participants.
> > > Best
> > > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > > CSDPTT-France
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> > (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> > discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> >
> >
> >
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Tue Oct 11 18:13:41 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
> I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone  
> could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign off  
> on every speech as coming from "global civil society."  But I know  
> ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is unrealistic.
> 
> We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on  anyone.  
> All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.

Well, we could (should?) have asked some commitments to our speakers 
before appointing them, but in any case it is the ITU, not us, that 
formally chooses them, right?

In any case, we could for example ask all speakers to release a draft of 
their intervention by, say, one week before the Summit, to the Plenary 
list, so that the drafts can be commented and they can then incorporate 
reasonable suggestions. I think this is a reasonable request, in view of 
the role that we are giving them.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Tue Oct 11 20:08:39 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
Message-ID: <11163617.1129057719418.JavaMail.www@wwinf1103>

You are fully right Vittorio, and it's time for our "facilitators" to be aware of our determination. Otherwise, we the CS deny any speaker to speak in our name and on our behalf and we make our opinion public 
We are fed up with fiddled public declarations (the "Common CS plenary and private sector declaration" during PepCom-2 is the best example of them) and press conferences, as well as with misused speaking slots in plenaries.
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT   





> Message du 11/10/05 19:14
> De : "Vittorio Bertola" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
> > I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone 
> > could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign off 
> > on every speech as coming from "global civil society." But I know 
> > ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is unrealistic.
> > 
> > We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on anyone. 
> > All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.
> 
> Well, we could (should?) have asked some commitments to our speakers 
> before appointing them, but in any case it is the ITU, not us, that 
> formally chooses them, right?
> 
> In any case, we could for example ask all speakers to release a draft of 
> their intervention by, say, one week before the Summit, to the Plenary 
> list, so that the drafts can be commented and they can then incorporate 
> reasonable suggestions. I think this is a reasonable request, in view of 
> the role that we are giving them.
> -- 
> vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
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From KovenRonald at aol.com  Tue Oct 11 22:29:14 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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Dear All --

I'm not sure that it is a "reasonable request" to ask people with autonomous 
existences as recognized figures in their fields to get their texts vetted by 
a bunch of people they may or may not know and may or may not agree with. At 
least some of the personalities whose names were submitted as speakers were 
chosen because they have important standing in their fields and are thus likely 
to be listened to by others. 

It does not strike   me as a "reasonable request" to make such personalities 
seek permission on what to say from an ill-defined mass of persons, myself 
included, whose leading qualification may be that they can get to attend lots of 
meetings that people with active, time-consuming professional lives in the 
real world can't take part in. 

If the names of prominent persons with real intellectual authority are 
submitted   by us, it seems to me that we simply need to take our chances that they 
will say things we can live with. And, if they don't, that strikes me as just 
too bad. And just maybe such speakers are right and we're wrong. It's a big 
world out there, much of which has "not been dreamed of in your philosophies," 
as the Bard would say.

And those who might be willing to bend to such a text-vetting process may not 
have ideas of their own and thus not much worth saying or hearing.

There's surely more than one acceptable set of ideas in a "civil society" 
that is in fact infinitely broader than our congenial band of conference-goers.

Rony Koven
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From delynana2002 at yahoo.fr  Tue Oct 11 23:19:28 2005
From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough is enough
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 Djilali, Joseph,

 

Je me joins ? vous pour dire que le contenu des interventions des diff?rents orateurs devrait refleter une vision d'ensemble. Ces derniers ne doivent pas perdre de vue qu'il vont prendre la  parole au nom d'un groupe, d'une famille ou alors d'un caucus.

 

Delphine NANA

 

 

 

 

Bonjour ? tous

je pense, comme Djilali, que le plus important n'est pas de passer ? la
t?l?vision en mondovision avec une belle cravate rouge ? parler au nom de la
soci?t? civile mondiale. L'essentiel est dans le contenu. Que faut-il faire
pour ?viter des mauvaises surprises? Sur la liste des nomin?s, je vois des noms
de personnes que l'on n'a pas souvent vues dans les pl?ni?res de la soci?t?
civile. Je pense qu'il faudrait sans tarder (le Sommet est dans quelques jours)
mettre en ligne des projets de d?clarations qui seront discut?s et am?lior?s
?ventuellement par la pl?ni?re. Qu'en pensez-vous?
Salutations cordiales.


Joseph SARR
Famille des Autorit?s Locales
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> Ces probl?mes de s?lection d'orateurs au nom de la
> soci?t? civile commencent ? devenir lassants (enough
> is enough ! comme disent les cousins outreatlantiques.
> Il m'en souvient de la porte parole (gender equit?
> oblige !) qui a parl? au nom de la soci?t? civile en
> cl?ture de la phase I ? Gen?ve c'?tait lamentable avec
> ses remerciements au gouvernement h?te aux
> organisateurs et autres salemalek .... Si quelqu'un
> peut retrouver le discours de cette brave dame parlant
> au nom de la soci?t? civile et le speach de celui qui
> a parl? au nom du secteur priv? la d?monstration sera
> faite sur le professionalisme des uns et
> l'informalisme des autres !
> Si la soci?t? civile prend la parole pour de fondre
> dans le moule de l'establishment gouvernemental et
> onusien et dire des banalit?s de pr?f?rence par une
> femme et en langue de shekspeare pour faire bien
> autant se taire.
> On aurait d? s'efforcer de nous mettre d'accord sur le
> contenu de ce qui sera dit plutot de nous entre
> d?chirer sur qui va parler....
> Et d?pendre de l'UIT qui en dernier ressort devait
> d?cider qui va parler c'est un comble !
> Coll?gue de la soci?t? civile il faut se r?veiller !
>
> --- Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
>
> > Dear all
> > It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated speakers
> > meets CS organizations representativeness for this
> > final WSIS show in Tunisia.
> > Another question is about the country mentioned on
> > the list (last column). Could Rik tell us please
> > what its meaning is ?
> > Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more than
> > "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the
> > communication of "our" representatives, among who a
> > big part is unknown even for well initiated WSIS CS
> > participants.
> > Best
> > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > CSDPTT-France
> >
> >
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
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From laina at getit.org  Wed Oct 12 02:22:52 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
In-Reply-To: <11163617.1129057719418.JavaMail.www@wwinf1103>
Message-ID: <200510120934839.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Dear Jean-Louis,
 
I do understand your frustration and I am pleased to have met you and heared
your interventions in Geneva. 
 
HAving said that, we all know that CS is not one voice but many. This is the
reason we have caucuses. Again, my point why we should have had caucuses at
the least nominate people they feel spoke for their group at the least. I
also agree with the point raised by another person on another note that for
well known influential people in their field, such as Prof Swaminathan (the
father of the Green Revolution in India and very well known for his ICT4D
projects in India, it would not be wise to get his speech vetted by an
armophous group of peoplewith different voices and who are people with the
time and resource to attend PrepCom. For others, maybe I agree with your
point, especially if they appear to speak for their caucus, they should at
least get the caucus point of view. 
 
I understand that you are frustrated with the current process, and I share
many of your sentiments. I also feel that perhaps we could give some
perspective that we are now in the midst of the reshaping of a "new form of
cooperation" not just with governments, but amongst CS. 
 
I think you may want to be involved on the mailing list of the Working
Methods group to get us better organised even though it may appear to be too
late. The whole WSIS process has taken NGO participation in the UN to
another level (not as much as we would have liked) and we should build upon
it. Much ofwhat we learn there could also be used to build on learnings the
Internet community has learnt on how to create some level of legitimacy,
accountability, etc.
 
I know this does not give you answers but I just thought we could find a way
to tap your points into making the future better, hopefully. Perhaps even
WSIS Tunis.
 
Regards,
LAina

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Jean-Louis FULLSACK
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:09 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU



You are fully right Vittorio, and it's time for our "facilitators" to be
aware of our determination. Otherwise, we the CS deny any speaker to speak
in our name and on our behalf and we make our opinion public 

We are fed up with fiddled public declarations (the "Common CS plenary and
private sector declaration" during PepCom-2 is the best example of them) and
press conferences, as well as with misused speaking slots in plenaries.

Jean-Louis Fullsack

CSDPTT   






> Message du 11/10/05 19:14
> De : "Vittorio Bertola" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
> > I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone 
> > could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign off 
> > on every speech as coming from "global civil society." But I know 
> > ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is unrealistic.
> > 
> > We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on anyone. 
> > All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.
> 
> Well, we could (should?) have asked some commitments to our speakers 
> before appointing them, but in any case it is the ITU, not us, that 
> formally chooses them, right?
> 
> In any case, we could for example ask all speakers to release a draft of 
> their intervention by, say, one week before the Summit, to the Plenary 
> list, so that the drafts can be commented and they can then incorporate 
> reasonable suggestions. I think this is a reasonable request, in view of 
> the role that we are giving them.
> -- 
> vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...
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From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
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Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !
 
Vive l'effort F?minin  !
Vive les Femmes !
Vive la Compl?mentarit?
Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre
 
F?licitations ? toutes les femmes
 
Delphine 


 

 

		
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct 12 08:36:18 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
Message-ID: <29394213.1129102578125.JavaMail.www@wwinf0502>

Dear Laina 
I do appreciate your kind message and am happy sharing our views on the essentials of CS in this WSIS process. I fully agree that it is very(Too?) late now to set up rules for CS bodies since we are in the last "straight line". But You are right, we need clear rules to be established as to avoid some misuses of CS working by a couple of seff-proclaimed "leaders". By the way, the "CS statement" by Bertrand de la Chapelle during the final intergouvernmental plenary on Friday night was just another example of these deviations ; i.a. he wordly remembered "CS solidarity with the CCBI (expressed) in this afternoon press conference"!  Is this "solidarity" our new priority ?
No doubt for Prof. Swaminathan's speech if it was to happen in Tunis, especially if the indian CS (and I appreciate especially the "Grassroot initiative" and some Indian fellows such as Parminder) endorses its content or themes and lets this know to us, the "outside" CS members (I ean outside of the actual CS speakers nominating process).
Kind regards and once again, many thanks for your support during last PrepCom. 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT
NB : I'll consider your suggestion for more involving myself in the WG on Working Methods (in fact I attended two meetings of this WG during PC3. I'm aware of the importance of its work, even if it's now too late for the WSIS process itself. But this would be quite different if there is a follow-up process.... 




> Message du 12/10/05 03:23
> De : "Laina Raveendran Greene" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> 
> 
Dear Jean-Louis,

I do understand your frustration and I am pleased to have met you and heared your interventions in Geneva. 

HAving said that, we all know that CS is not one voice but many. This is the reason we have caucuses. Again, my point why we should have had caucuses at the least nominate people they feel spoke for their group at the least. I also agree with the point raised by another person on another note that for well known influential people in their field, such as Prof Swaminathan (the father of the Green Revolution in India and very well known for his ICT4D projects in India, it would not be wise to get his speech vetted by an armophous group of peoplewith different voices and who are people with the time and resource to attend PrepCom. For others, maybe I agree with your point, especially if they appear to speak for their caucus, they should at least get the caucus point of view. 

I understand that you are frustrated with the current process, and I share many of your sentiments. I also feel that perhaps we could give some perspective that we are now in the midst of the reshaping of a "new form of cooperation" not just with governments, but amongst CS. 

I think you may want to be involved on the mailing list of the Working Methods group to get us better organised even though it may appear to be too late. The whole WSIS process has taken NGO participation in the UN to another level (not as much as we would have liked) and we should build upon it. Much ofwhat we learn there could also be used to build on learnings the Internet community has learnt on how to create some level of legitimacy, accountability, etc.

I know this does not give you answers but I just thought we could find a way to tap your points into making the future better, hopefully. Perhaps even WSIS Tunis.

Regards,
LAina

> 


From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Louis FULLSACK
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:09 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> 
> 
> You are fully right Vittorio, and it's time for our "facilitators" to be aware of our determination. Otherwise, we the CS deny any speaker to speak in our name and on our behalf and we make our opinion public 
> We are fed up with fiddled public declarations (the "Common CS plenary and private sector declaration" during PepCom-2 is the best example of them) and press conferences, as well as with misused speaking slots in plenaries.
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Message du 11/10/05 19:14
> > De : "Vittorio Bertola" 
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : 
> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
> > > I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone 
> > > could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign off 
> > > on every speech as coming from "global civil society." But I know 
> > > ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is unrealistic.
> > > 
> > > We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on anyone. 
> > > All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.
> > 
> > Well, we could (should?) have asked some commitments to our speakers 
> > before appointing them, but in any case it is the ITU, not us, that 
> > formally chooses them, right?
> > 
> > In any case, we could for example ask all speakers to release a draft of 
> > their intervention by, say, one week before the Summit, to the Plenary 
> > list, so that the drafts can be commented and they can then incorporate 
> > reasonable suggestions. I think this is a reasonable request, in view of 
> > the role that we are giving them.
> > -- 
> > vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> > http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...
> > _______________________________________________
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct 12 08:49:18 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
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Certes, Delphine, une femme aux commandes c'est une innovation. Mais on a d?j? eu "Maggie" et nous avons failli connaitre "Angie" (anglicisme employ? par les fervents supporters d'Angela Merkel) avec ses r?formes ultra-conservatrices annonc?es dans sa campagne ?lectorale ! 
C'est gr?ce ? son ratage ?lectoral qu'elle ne peut les mettre en oeuvre (son parti ?tait donn? largement gagnant par tous les instituts de sondage) , car elle n'a pas r?ussi ? s'assurer une majorit? gouvernementale. Ouf !
Nous sommes tous (ou presque) convaincus de la n?cessit? d'un ?quilibre homme-femme dans l'exercice gouvenemental et ailleurs. Mais pas sous n'importe quel pr?texte ou pour faire n'importe quoi !   

Amicalement
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT



> Message du 12/10/05 09:24
> De : "NANA Delphine" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : africa@wsis-cs.org
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
> 
> 

> Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !

Vive l'effort F?minin  !
Vive les Femmes !
Vive la Compl?mentarit?
Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre

F?licitations ? toutes les femmes

Delphine 
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 12 09:11:12 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:58 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough is enough
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Message-ID: <20051012081112.35748.qmail@web60713.mail.yahoo.com>

Excellente r?action de Joseph et de Jean Louis,
Nous sommes tous des pro femmes, pro minorit?s, pro
handicap?s, pro pauvrees, pro d?laiss?s, marginalis?s,
gragiles, pr?caires etc... C'est notre raison d'?tre
en tant que soci?t? civile.
Il faut que notre discours soit repr?sentatif de notre
combat.
De gr?ce donnons priorit? ? celles et ? ceux qui ont
milit? en notre sein depuis plusieurs mois et ann?es
et surtout veillant ? ?valuer les contenus des
messages avant qu'ils ne soient propos?s et tentons
qu'ils soient fait dans plusieurs langues onusiennes
Chinois, Arabe, Espagnol, Portuguais, Fran?ais et si
n?cessaire Anglais.... cette derni?re langue ?tant
dans une situation de monopole et parl?e par les
autres partenaires partie gouvernemantale, ousienne et
priv?e ? 99%.
Amiti?s 

--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour Joseph
> J'ai ?mis les m?mes observations et r?serves en
> anglais sur la liste et j'en profite pour appuyer
> fortement les tiennes et celles de Djilali.
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message du 11/10/05 11:43
> > De : jsarr@refer.sn
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : 
> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list enough
> is enough
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Bonjour ? tous
> > 
> > je pense, comme Djilali, que le plus important
> n'est pas de passer ? la
> > t?l?vision en mondovision avec une belle cravate
> rouge ? parler au nom de la
> > soci?t? civile mondiale. L'essentiel est dans le
> contenu. Que faut-il faire
> > pour ?viter des mauvaises surprises? Sur la liste
> des nomin?s, je vois des noms
> > de personnes que l'on n'a pas souvent vues dans
> les pl?ni?res de la soci?t?
> > civile. Je pense qu'il faudrait sans tarder (le
> Sommet est dans quelques jours)
> > mettre en ligne des projets de d?clarations qui
> seront discut?s et am?lior?s
> > ?ventuellement par la pl?ni?re. Qu'en pensez-vous?
> > Salutations cordiales.
> > 
> > 
> > Joseph SARR
> > Famille des Autorit?s Locales
> >
>
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Selon djilali benamrane :
> > 
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> response goes to the entire list.
> > > Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> access automatic translation of
> > > this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > Ces probl?mes de s?lection d'orateurs au nom de
> la
> > > soci?t? civile commencent ? devenir lassants
> (enough
> > > is enough ! comme disent les cousins
> outreatlantiques.
> > > Il m'en souvient de la porte parole (gender
> equit?
> > > oblige !) qui a parl? au nom de la soci?t?
> civile en
> > > cl?ture de la phase I ? Gen?ve c'?tait
> lamentable avec
> > > ses remerciements au gouvernement h?te aux
> > > organisateurs et autres salemalek .... Si
> quelqu'un
> > > peut retrouver le discours de cette brave dame
> parlant
> > > au nom de la soci?t? civile et le speach de
> celui qui
> > > a parl? au nom du secteur priv? la d?monstration
> sera
> > > faite sur le professionalisme des uns et
> > > l'informalisme des autres !
> > > Si la soci?t? civile prend la parole pour de
> fondre
> > > dans le moule de l'establishment gouvernemental
> et
> > > onusien et dire des banalit?s de pr?f?rence par
> une
> > > femme et en langue de shekspeare pour faire bien
> > > autant se taire.
> > > On aurait d? s'efforcer de nous mettre d'accord
> sur le
> > > contenu de ce qui sera dit plutot de nous entre
> > > d?chirer sur qui va parler....
> > > Et d?pendre de l'UIT qui en dernier ressort
> devait
> > > d?cider qui va parler c'est un comble !
> > > Coll?gue de la soci?t? civile il faut se
> r?veiller !
> > >
> > > --- Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all
> > > > It's arguable whether APC with 6 nominated
> speakers
> > > > meets CS organizations representativeness for
> this
> > > > final WSIS show in Tunisia.
> > > > Another question is about the country
> mentioned on
> > > > the list (last column). Could Rik tell us
> please
> > > > what its meaning is ?
> > > > Finally, as active CS members, we deserve more
> than
> > > > "a short summary (one paragraph)" of the
> > > > communication of "our" representatives, among
> who a
> > > > big part is unknown even for well initiated
> WSIS CS
> > > > participants.
> > > > Best
> > > > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > > > CSDPTT-France
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey -
> Niger
> > > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI)
> > > (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> > > discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> > > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > > Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> > >
> > >
> > >
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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Wed Oct 12 09:22:05 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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At 9:43 AM -0400 10/11/05, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>
>Hi Vittorio,
>
>I agree with you in principle, but I am unclear how we are going to 
>police the speeches of "our speakers".


If (*if*) we can agree on some general talking points that capture 
the important civil society themes of the past 4 years of WSIS, then 
we could ask people in the plenary and other individual presentation 
slots to consider referring to those themes in their comments. But it 
would mean us collectively doing some work.

Begin by sending each a copy of the CS declaration from Geneva as an 
example of CS ideas and principles?

Round tables might be different -- if the theme is one that a CS 
caucus or WG has formed around then the speaker should listen to that 
caucuses and WG. But something to think about later.

Adam



>The best we can do is encourage each speaker to share what they plan 
>to speak about, ideally through their respective caucuses, and then 
>get feedback from others on whether this best represents a wide 
>range of CS views.
>
>I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone 
>could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign 
>off on every speech as coming from "global civil society."  But I 
>know ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is 
>unrealistic.
>
>We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on 
>anyone.  All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Rik
>
>On Oct 11, 2005, at 2:03 AM, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>
>>Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
>>
>>>One easy way to do this is to include in the Annex the contact 
>>>information for each speaker, so that once we know the final list, 
>>>we can contact each person individually and make sure that they 
>>>have the broadest possible view on their given subject area.  I.e. 
>>>if someone plans to speak on telecentres, that they be thoroughly 
>>>briefed on the privacy and security working group's concerns about 
>>>data retention and surveillance.
>>>
>>
>>I don't know what was the procedure in Geneva, but I expect that 
>>all speakers who will have to make pre-prepared interventions 
>>(i.e., not those who will have to participate to open discussions) 
>>will agree the text with the relevant caucuses. Briefing is not 
>>enough: I think we must avoid to have speakers that express 
>>personal opinions that conflict with the positions taken by civil 
>>society throughout the entire process; that, apart from being 
>>extremely divisive, would only make ourselves ridiculous.
>>
>>>  Beyond that, if there are emerging global civil society statements on
>>>  given matters such as internet governance, we want to make sure that
>>>  as many speakers as possible mention this in their interventions.
>>
>>My specific concern on this is that, in a Summit in which one of 
>>the main subjects of discussion is going to be the rearrangement of 
>>the administration of the Internet, I don't see in the list anyone 
>>who ever participated actively in the Internet Governance caucus. 
>>This is weird but not bad per se - but implies the need for some 
>>coordination :-)
>>
>>>Obviously, we respect everyone's right to speak their mind.
>>>
>>
>>Well, no, these are people selected by the entire set of civil 
>>society participants to represent them and speak on their behalf, 
>>not in a personal capacity or on behalf of their organizations. I 
>>don't think they have any right to express personal opinions when 
>>speaking on behalf of civil society.
>>--
>>vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
>>http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
>
>
>
>===============================================
>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
>
>* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg

From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 12 10:25:58 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
In-Reply-To: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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Que les femmes immortalisent leur passage ? ce prestigieux poste!

NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :
Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !
 
Vive l'effort F?minin  !
Vive les Femmes !
Vive la Compl?mentarit?
Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre
 
F?licitations ? toutes les femmes
 
Delphine 


 

 


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From: phvacheyrout at capucine.net (Philippe Vacheyrout)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
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L'association Capucine.net se joint ? vos f?licitations

Philippe Vacheyrout
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: NANA Delphine 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: africa@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:23 AM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES



  Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !

  Vive l'effort F?minin  !
  Vive les Femmes !
  Vive la Compl?mentarit?
  Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre

  F?licitations ? toutes les femmes

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From correia.rui at gmail.com  Wed Oct 12 10:58:25 2005
From: correia.rui at gmail.com (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
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Message-ID: <02f701c5cf13$80216e50$0500000a@Laptop>

Apologies for pouring cold water on your rejoicing, but someone advocating
closer ties with the Bush administration will have more damaging impact on
all social causes than the little benefit we might get from having a female
German Chancellor. 

 

People are blinded by the gender of a person, giving little thought to what
the person actually stands for. In 1991 Merkel spoke out against what she
called the ?rigid? quota system to promote greater numbers of women in
government, saying it was ?constitutionally questionable and ill-equipped to
master e varied tasks of public administration and a flexible personnel
policy? (The Week in Germany, 26 April 1991, 2). She was accused of mouthing
policies set by Kohl (who at the time had appointed her minister for Women
and Youth) and of not furthering the position of women. 

 

Rui  

 

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From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Sandza Laurent
Sent: 12 October 2005 11:26
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES

 

Que les femmes immortalisent leur passage ? ce prestigieux poste!

NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr> a ?crit : 


Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !

 

Vive l'effort F?minin  !

Vive les Femmes !

Vive la Compl?mentarit?

Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre

 

F?licitations ? toutes les femmes

 

Delphine 

 

 

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From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Wed Oct 12 10:52:23 2005
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
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Bon, il y a eu dans les camps des femmes capo au moins aussi sadiques que
les SS..

Un peu de discernement please.

Esther
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la vitalit? des institutions, des citoyens et des formations de pouvoir qui
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(*)/'(*)   That's all folks



De?: NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr>
R?pondre ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Date?: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 09:23:20 +0200 (CEST)
??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc?: africa@wsis-cs.org
Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES


Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !
 
Vive l'effort F?minin  !
Vive les Femmes !
Vive la Compl?mentarit?
Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre
 
F?licitations ? toutes les femmes
 
Delphine 

 

 


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From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Wed Oct 12 11:32:03 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
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Cher Jean Louis,

Je vous remercie de vos commentaires.  Nous pouvons et nous devrions pas parler au nom de tous/toutes sans leur signatures, ?a c'est le principe des interventions aupr?s de la Commission des Droits Humains et autres commissions aux Nations Unies et aussi selon les regles de CONGO.  A mon avis, ce principe devrait ?tre appliqu? ? WSIS ?galement.

bien ? vous,

Conchita Poncini (FIFDU)   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jean-Louis FULLSACK 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: csdptt-smsi@csdptt.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 9:36 AM
  Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU


  Dear Laina 

  I do appreciate your kind message and am happy sharing our views on the essentials of CS in this WSIS process. I fully agree that it is very(Too?) late now to set up rules for CS bodies since we are in the last "straight line". But You are right, we need clear rules to be established as to avoid some misuses of CS working by a couple of seff-proclaimed "leaders". By the way, the "CS statement" by Bertrand de la Chapelle during the final intergouvernmental plenary on Friday night was just another example of these deviations ; i.a. he wordly remembered "CS solidarity with the CCBI (expressed) in this afternoon press conference"!  Is this "solidarity" our new priority ?

  No doubt for Prof. Swaminathan's speech if it was to happen in Tunis, especially if the indian CS (and I appreciate especially the "Grassroot initiative" and some Indian fellows such as Parminder) endorses its content or themes and lets this know to us, the "outside" CS members (I ean outside of the actual CS speakers nominating process).

  Kind regards and once again, many thanks for your support during last PrepCom. 

  Jean-Louis Fullsack

  CSDPTT

  NB : I'll consider your suggestion for more involving myself in the WG on Working Methods (in fact I attended two meetings of this WG during PC3. I'm aware of the importance of its work, even if it's now too late for the WSIS process itself. But this would be quite different if there is a follow-up process.... 





    > Message du 12/10/05 03:23
    > De : "Laina Raveendran Greene" 
    > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
    > Copie ? : 
    > Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
    > 
    > 
    Dear Jean-Louis,

    I do understand your frustration and I am pleased to have met you and heared your interventions in Geneva. 

    HAving said that, we all know that CS is not one voice but many. This is the reason we have caucuses. Again, my point why we should have had caucuses at the least nominate people they feel spoke for their group at the least. I also agree with the point raised by another person on another note that for well known influential people in their field, such as Prof Swaminathan (the father of the Green Revolution in India and very well known for his ICT4D projects in India, it would not be wise to get his speech vetted by an armophous group of peoplewith different voices and who are people with the time and resource to attend PrepCom. For others, maybe I agree with your point, especially if they appear to speak for their caucus, they should at least get the caucus point of view. 

    I understand that you are frustrated with the current process, and I share many of your sentiments. I also feel that perhaps we could give some perspective that we are now in the midst of the reshaping of a "new form of cooperation" not just with governments, but amongst CS. 

    I think you may want to be involved on the mailing list of the Working Methods group to get us better organised even though it may appear to be too late. The whole WSIS process has taken NGO participation in the UN to another level (not as much as we would have liked) and we should build upon it. Much ofwhat we learn there could also be used to build on learnings the Internet community has learnt on how to create some level of legitimacy, accountability, etc.

    I know this does not give you answers but I just thought we could find a way to tap your points into making the future better, hopefully. Perhaps even WSIS Tunis.

    Regards,
    LAina

    > 

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    From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Louis FULLSACK
    > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:09 PM
    > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
    > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
    > 
    > 
    > You are fully right Vittorio, and it's time for our "facilitators" to be aware of our determination. Otherwise, we the CS deny any speaker to speak in our name and on our behalf and we make our opinion public 

    > We are fed up with fiddled public declarations (the "Common CS plenary and private sector declaration" during PepCom-2 is the best example of them) and press conferences, as well as with misused speaking slots in plenaries.

    > Jean-Louis Fullsack

    > CSDPTT   
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 
    > 

      > Message du 11/10/05 19:14
      > > De : "Vittorio Bertola" 
      > > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
      > > Copie ? : 
      > > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
      > > 
      > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
      > > 
      > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
      > > _______________________________________
      > > 
      > > Rik Panganiban ha scritto:
      > > > I would love it if every speaker put a draft on a wiki, and anyone 
      > > > could go in and edit their speech for them, and we could all sign off 
      > > > on every speech as coming from "global civil society." But I know 
      > > > ourselves and our processes enough to think that this is unrealistic.
      > > > 
      > > > We're just not a monolithic entity that can force our will on anyone. 
      > > > All we can do is recommend, encourage, cajole and convince.
      > > 
      > > Well, we could (should?) have asked some commitments to our speakers 
      > > before appointing them, but in any case it is the ITU, not us, that 
      > > formally chooses them, right?
      > > 
      > > In any case, we could for example ask all speakers to release a draft of 
      > > their intervention by, say, one week before the Summit, to the Plenary 
      > > list, so that the drafts can be commented and they can then incorporate 
      > > reasonable suggestions. I think this is a reasonable request, in view of 
      > > the role that we are giving them.
      > > -- 
      > > vb. [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
      > > http://bertola.eu.org/ <- Prima o poi...
      > > _______________________________________________
      > > Plenary mailing list
      > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
      > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
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      > > 
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 12 12:12:56 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS: Information about the intersessional negotiation work and the Resumed PrepCom-3 in Tunis
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Dear Philippe,

 I need explanation on this note which you sent
because it seems to me rather technical.

Thank you


--- CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis@iprolink.ch> a ?crit :

> Dear all, 
> 
>  
> 
> In follow-up to what was previously sent by Bertrand
> and Renate on this same
> issue over the week end, please find below the
> official message for the CS
> Bureau we received yesterday from Charles Geiger
> (WSIS ES) on intersessional
> negotiation groups and Resumed PrepCom-3.
> 
>  
> 
> Note the additional last paragraph of this text,
> about the possible
> introduction of overpasses for observers, depending
> on the venue of the
> meeting. Even though the resumed PrepCom-3 will
> follow the Rules of
> Procedure of the PrepCom, including the
> participation of observers in
> Plenary and Subcommittee meetings, it seems clear
> that because of material
> limitations related to the venue, it will not be a
> full-fledged PrepCom, but
> rather the final negotiation stage.
> 
>  
> 
> The attribution of overpasses, if confirmed, will be
> based on a
> self-organizing mechanism of civil society.
> 
>  
> 
> For the expected work plan of the resumed PrepCom-3
> in Sub-Committees and
> working groups, I refer to the message I sent on
> Sunday afternoon (Geneva
> time).
> 
>  
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> To the Civil Society Bureau
> 
>  
> 
> Dear Sir, Madam, 
> 
> On behalf of the President of the Preparatory
> Committee of WSIS, I would
> like to inform you as follows: 
> 
> As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS,
> the PrepCom Bureau
> decided in its today's meeting the dates of the
> intersessional negotiation
> work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the
> dates, venue and modalities
> of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis
> Summit. 
> 
> Intersessional negotiation work 
> 
> Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom
> of the Tunis phase of
> WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two
> consecutive sessions from 24 to
> 28 October 2005.
> 
> In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its
> objective will be to
> finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau
> and on the paragraphs
> remained in brackets of Chapter two of the
> Operational Part. In its second
> session, from 26 to 28 October 2005, the Negotiation
> Group will aim to
> finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four
> of the Operational Part
> of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will
> be an intergovernmental
> negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00
> - 13.00 and from 15.00
> - 18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six
> UN working languages
> will be provided. 
> 
> These sessions are not open to observers. After each
> session, the President
> of PrepCom will inform the observers on the
> advancement of the work (in a
> way which will be defined later, probably by e-mail,
> or by teleconference). 
> 
> Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit 
> 
> The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the
> Tunis phase of WSIS will be
> reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in
> Tunis, for a three-day
> session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the
> venue will be provided
> at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start
> with a short
> organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of
> work of the resumed
> PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the
> PrepCom, including the
> participation of observers in Plenary and
> Subcommittee meetings.
> Interpretation in the six UN working languages will
> be provided. As this
> resumed PrepCom will be the final negotiation stage,
>  the chairs of the
> working groups will decide how the observers may
> participate (observing
> without intervention, or present at the beginning in
> the room, or not at all
> present but with information from the chair etc).
> The Executive Secretariat,
> at the actual stage, cannot predict which form of
> participation will be used
> in the working groups.
> 
> Please not that this will not be a full-fledged
> PrepCom like the PrepComs in
> Geneva. We may have a relatively small venue
> (perhaps a room for 400-500
> persons only) and we may have to introduce
> overpasses (e.g. 2-3 for
> governments, and the remaining seats divided through
> the three observer
> categories). Therefore only few participant from
> observers will be able to
> follow the resumed PrepCom, and the space/seats for
> observers from civil
> society may be limited. 
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerly yours, 
> 
> Charles Geiger
> Executive Director WSIS 
> 
>  
> 
> 


 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 12 12:51:48 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to speak at WSIS opening
Message-ID: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal from 
WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for Summit 
opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking would be the 
strongest symbol that the information society should be built on human 
rights and social justice foundations.

The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to speak 
after having seen the first list of proposed speakers circulated on 
Sept. 30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem proposed as possible 
speakers for opening).

Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to 
ITU, since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.

We would be very pleased however to include support from other caucuses 
and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly remember that 
Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak at the opening 
ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she was not available 
because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.

If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me 
(marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual 
organizations are most welcome.

More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair



From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 12 13:02:26 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [FR] Shirin Ebadi proposee comme oratrice
In-Reply-To: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <0E35F7D4-3B18-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Cher tous,

Voici la traduction en Fran?ais d'un message que je viens de poster sur 
cette liste:

Shirin Ebadi, prix Nobel de la paix 2003, a accept? la proposition du 
caucus droits de l'homme de la proposer comme oratrice pour l'ouverture 
du Sommet. Pour le caucus DDH, voir Shirin Ebadi s'exprimant ? cette 
occasion serait le symbole le plus fort du fait que la soci?t? de 
l'information devrait ?tre fond?e sur les droits de l'homme et la 
justice sociale.

Le caucus a demand? ? Shirin Ebadi si elle acceptait de s'exprimer 
apr?s avoir pris connaissance de la premi?re liste d'orateurs propos?s, 
qui a circul? le 30 septembre (avec Adama Samassekou et Renata Bloem 
comme orateurs propos?s pour l'ouverture).

Apparemment, nous sommes ? pr?sent contraints de proposer Shirin Ebadi 
directement ? l'UIT, puisque le "comit? de s?lection" a d?j? envoy? sa 
liste.

Nous serions tr?s heureux toutefois d'inclure le soutien d'autres 
caucus et organisations ? la proposition de Shirin Ebadi. Vous vous 
souvenez certainement que Shirin Ebadi avait ?t? un choix consid?r? par 
la soci?t? civile dans son ensemble pour ?tre oratrice ? l'ouverture du 
Sommet de Gen?ve, mais Shirin ?tait indisponible ? ce moment-l?, 
puisqu'elle recevait son prix ? Oslo.

Si vous souhaitez coutenir cette nomination, veuillez m'adresser un 
message (marzouki@ras.eu.org) d?s que possible. Les soutiens de caucus 
et d'organisations individuelles sont les bienvenus.

Plus d'info: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html

Bien cordialement,
Meryem Marzouki
Co-responsable du caucus DDH

From veni at veni.com  Wed Oct 12 13:00:09 2005
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to speak
  at WSIS opening
In-Reply-To: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20051012075839.031f78d8@193.200.15.187>

Great news!
Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!

Internet Society of Bulgaria surely supports this nomination!

veni

At 13:51 12-10-05  +0200, you wrote:
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>
>Dear all,
>
>Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal from 
>WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for Summit 
>opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking would be the 
>strongest symbol that the information society should be built on human 
>rights and social justice foundations.
>
>The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to speak 
>after having seen the first list of proposed speakers circulated on Sept. 
>30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem proposed as possible speakers 
>for opening).
>
>Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to ITU, 
>since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.
>
>We would be very pleased however to include support from other caucuses 
>and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly remember that 
>Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak at the opening 
>ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she was not available 
>because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.
>
>If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me 
>(marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual 
>organizations are most welcome.
>
>More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
>
>Best regards,
>Meryem Marzouki
>HR caucus co-chair
>
>
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From int.relations at ilamcenter.org  Wed Oct 12 12:31:33 2005
From: int.relations at ilamcenter.org (Heidi Paredes - I'lam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
In-Reply-To: <1c7.32cc9194.307d88aa@aol.com>
Message-ID: <20051012120209.018982694A@mail.gn.apc.org>

Dear Rony,

 

I fully support your position.

 

 

Heidi Paredes

Development Director

I'lam, Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel

POB 101, 16000 Nazareth

Tel. +972-4-6001370, Fax. +972-4-6001418

www.ilamcenter.org 

 

 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of KovenRonald@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 11:29 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU

 

Dear All --

I'm not sure that it is a "reasonable request" to ask people with autonomous
existences as recognized figures in their fields to get their texts vetted
by a bunch of people they may or may not know and may or may not agree with.
At least some of the personalities whose names were submitted as speakers
were chosen because they have important standing in their fields and are
thus likely to be listened to by others. 

It does not strike  me as a "reasonable request" to make such personalities
seek permission on what to say from an ill-defined mass of persons, myself
included, whose leading qualification may be that they can get to attend
lots of meetings that people with active, time-consuming professional lives
in the real world can't take part in. 

If the names of prominent persons with real intellectual authority are
submitted  by us, it seems to me that we simply need to take our chances
that they will say things we can live with. And, if they don't, that strikes
me as just too bad. And just maybe such speakers are right and we're wrong.
It's a big world out there, much of which has "not been dreamed of in your
philosophies," as the Bard would say.

And those who might be willing to bend to such a text-vetting process may
not have ideas of their own and thus not much worth saying or hearing.

There's surely more than one acceptable set of ideas in a "civil society"
that is in fact infinitely broader than our congenial band of
conference-goers.

Rony Koven

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct 12 13:32:32 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
In-Reply-To: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <041DB1D6-9698-43BD-B292-E1867264EC26@lists.privaterra.org>

If we are to talk about women in key positions in government, let's  
not forget Canada , eh!


Here in Canada we too have women in prominent positions - in case you  
don't already know, the head of of supreme court is a woman (where  
there's almost a gender balance) . More inspiring, and perhaps of  
interest to Africans is that our newly installed  governor general is  
not only a woman, but also born in Haiti - making her the first black  
governor general we've ever had. Her story is truly inspirational.  
Details below.


Her Excellency the Right Honourable Micha?lle Jean [english]

http://www.gg.ca
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/03/gg050803.html

http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/actualite/nouvelles/ 
200508/04/001-actualite-bio-michaelle-jean.shtml
Micha?lle Jean est devenue la 27e gouverneure g?n?rale du Canada,  
lors d'une c?r?monie qui s'est d?roul?e au S?nat le 27 septembre.  
Elle a succ?d? ? Adrienne Clarkson.

N?e ? Port-au-Prince, en Ha?ti, Micha?lle Jean part pour le Qu?bec ?  
l'?ge de 11 ans, en 1968, avec sa famille, qui fuit le r?gime  
dictatorial de Fran?ois Duvalier.
....

The Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada

http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/mclachlin/index_e.asp  
[english]
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/mclachlin/index_f.asp  
[french]



Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 12-Oct-05, at 3:23 AM, NANA Delphine wrote:

>
> Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !
>
> Vive l'effort F?minin  !
> Vive les Femmes !
> Vive la Compl?mentarit?
> Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre
>
> F?licitations ? toutes les femmes
>
> Delphine
>
>
>
>
> Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le nouveau Yahoo!  
> Messenger
> T?l?chargez le ici !

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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
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From mueller at syr.edu  Wed Oct 12 16:15:23 2005
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] speakers list transmitted to the ITU
Message-ID: <s34cf06f.088@gwia201.syr.edu>

I agree with Koven that "vetting" or censoring speeches is unacceptable,
indeed repugnant. Civil society - by definition - includes diverse
views, none of which have to be taken as "representative" of the sector
as a whole. 

It would be nice, however, if the selection of speakers reflected the
_actual_ diversity of views among those of us who are participating. 
Both options - a homogeneous, "vetted" crew, or a group of arbitrarily
selected folks with no connection to the spectrum of opinion among us -
seem bad to me. The issue is complicated by the fact that participants
in WSIS-CS seem to have no direct method of selecting the speakers. More
importantly, are these speakers largely ceremonial, or will their slots
be interpreted as somehow influencing the negotiations on the hot issues
before the WGIG?

>>> KovenRonald@aol.com 10/11/05 5:29 PM >>>
Dear All --

I'm not sure that it is a "reasonable request" to ask people with
autonomous 
existences as recognized figures in their fields to get their texts
vetted by 
a bunch of people they may or may not know and may or may not agree
with. At 
least some of the personalities whose names were submitted as speakers
were 
chosen because they have important standing in their fields and are
thus likely 
to be listened to by others. 

It does not strike   me as a "reasonable request" to make such
personalities 
seek permission on what to say from an ill-defined mass of persons,
myself 
included, whose leading qualification may be that they can get to
attend lots of 
meetings that people with active, time-consuming professional lives in
the 
real world can't take part in. 

If the names of prominent persons with real intellectual authority are

submitted   by us, it seems to me that we simply need to take our
chances that they 
will say things we can live with. And, if they don't, that strikes me
as just 
too bad. And just maybe such speakers are right and we're wrong. It's a
big 
world out there, much of which has "not been dreamed of in your
philosophies," 
as the Bard would say.

And those who might be willing to bend to such a text-vetting process
may not 
have ideas of their own and thus not much worth saying or hearing.

There's surely more than one acceptable set of ideas in a "civil
society" 
that is in fact infinitely broader than our congenial band of
conference-goers.

Rony Koven

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Wed Oct 12 18:38:45 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
In-Reply-To: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <434D4A25.4080808@bertola.eu.org>

NANA Delphine ha scritto:
> 
> Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !
>  
> Vive l'effort F?minin  !
> Vive les Femmes !
> Vive la Compl?mentarit?
> Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre
>  
> F?licitations ? toutes les femmes

I think you will have reached gender parity when you will start to judge 
civil servants by what they do, rather than by their gender.
My two cents,
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From rikp at earthlink.net  Wed Oct 12 19:38:10 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
Message-ID: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues,

The WSIS executive secretariat has confirmed to us their nominations  
for speakers from civil society. Please find below the list of  
speakers for the opening ceremony, high level panel, and roundtables  
nominated by the WSIS Secretary General.  We understand that the WSIS  
President is the final authority on who will speak in Tunis.

We also understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner in  
2003, is being nominated by a number of caucuses and civil society  
groups to speak at the opening ceremony.  Ms. Renata Bloem wants it  
known that she would be happy to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to  
address the opening ceremony, if this is acceptable to the WSIS  
executive secretariat.

Note that the final list of plenary speakers has not been completed,  
pending the receipt of the CVs from all of the nominated speakers  
from civil society.  Please send those CVs and summaries to me  
directly at rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org if you have not already.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

===================================================



Opening Ceremony

Name

Title

Organization

Country

Ms. Renata Bloem
President

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United  
Nations (CONGO)
Switzerland


High-Level Panel

Name

Title

Organization

Country

Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Chairman
MS Swaminathan Foundation
India


Round Tables

Name

Title

Organization

Country

Ms. Tatiana Ershova
Director General
Institute of the Information Society
Russia

Mr. Monthian Butan
President
Thailand Association of the Blind
Thailand

Mr. Simon Davies
Director
Privacy International
UK

Mr. Roberto Bissio
Executive Director
Third World Institute
Urguay

Mr. Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
President
Organisation tunisienne des jeunes m?decins sans fronti?res
Tunisia

Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen
Executive Director
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
South Africa

Mr. Gbenga Sesan
Founding Coordinator
Lagos Digital Village
TakingITGlobal
Nigeria



===============================================
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

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 12 19:58:32 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <2F132FC6-3B52-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

As HR caucus representative, I would like to thank Renata for her 
position. I've already received a letter in the same direction from 
Roberto Bissio, of course before the choice of the WSIS ES has been 
published.
Meryem

Le mercredi, 12 oct 2005, ? 20:38 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The WSIS executive secretariat has confirmed to us their nominations 
> for speakers from civil society. Please find below the list of 
> speakers for the opening ceremony, high level panel, and roundtables 
> nominated by the WSIS Secretary General.? We understand that the WSIS 
> President is the final authority on who will speak in Tunis.
>
> We also understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 
> 2003, is being nominated by a number of caucuses and civil society 
> groups to speak at the opening ceremony.? Ms. Renata Bloem wants it 
> known that she would be happy to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to 
> address the opening ceremony, if this is acceptable to the WSIS 
> executive secretariat.
>
> Note that the final list of plenary speakers has not been completed, 
> pending the receipt of the CVs from all of the nominated speakers from 
> civil society.? Please send those CVs and summaries to me directly at 
> rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org if you have not already.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rik Panganiban
> CONGO
>
> ===================================================
>
>
>
> Opening Ceremony
>
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>
> ?
>
> High-Level Panel
>
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>
> ?
>
> Round Tables
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> ===============================================
> 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?
>
> * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> * Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
>
>


From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 12 20:14:11 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Badges for 24-28 October
Message-ID: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

Dear all, 

To those who intend to come to Geneva to lobby around the closed
"Negotiation Intergovernmental Group" meeting, 24-28 October, note that you
need a badge to access the UN Building. 
Please look at the itu/wsis/int website under what is new, 7 October,
information on badges. Fill out the forms (meant in general for governments)
and send them to Charles Geiger charles.geiger@itu.int .

Best
Renata
     


Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 


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From KovenRonald at aol.com  Wed Oct 12 20:24:27 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
Message-ID: <1fa.12e22402.307ebceb@aol.com>

Dear All --

Once again,   not a single working journalist or journalists' representative 
has been chosen, even tho the name of Aidan White, the General Secretary of 
the International Federation of Journalists (and an excellent, well-informed and 
convincing speaker) was submitted, along with that of South African 
journalist Brenda Zulu. The IFJ is merely the federation of all the world's 
journalists' unions.

There is something profoundly frivolous about people who think there ought to 
be an Information Society without any input from journalists. And Civil 
Society wonders why it doesn't get a good press!

Best, Rony Koven, World Press Freedom Committee
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From christianlavigne at free.fr  Wed Oct 12 19:48:58 2005
From: christianlavigne at free.fr (Christian LAVIGNE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
In-Reply-To: <434D4A25.4080808@bertola.eu.org>
References: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <434D4A25.4080808@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <434D5A9A.9070608@free.fr>

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> _______________________________________
>
> NANA Delphine ha scritto:
>
>>
>> Une Femme ? la t?te de la Chancellerie Allemande !
>>  
>> Vive l'effort F?minin  !
>> Vive les Femmes !
>> Vive la Compl?mentarit?
>> Pour que soit consolid? l'?quit? de Genre
>>  
>> F?licitations ? toutes les femmes
>
>
> I think you will have reached gender parity when you will start to 
> judge civil servants by what they do, rather than by their gender.
> My two cents,

You're right Vittorio: let us examining what the men of power 
"succeeded" in the History. Conquests, wars, slavery, monopolizing of 
the main religions, sexual fascism ... My personnal two cents is that we 
may try something else - i.e. to let the women governing the world, but 
only at one condition : if they don't intend to mimic our "glorious" men 
of power and money.

Christian LAVIGNE,
a man on the planet Earth.

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*
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 12 21:24:29 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi - Letters to Y. Utsumi and J. Karklins
Message-ID: <311E0C2A-3B5E-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

Please find hereafter the content of the letter sent to Mr Utsumi and 
to Amb. Karklins, on behalf of the HR caucus. Feel free to forward this 
letter to your government delegation, asking for support and lobbying. 
Please also keep sending me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) your support as 
caucus, network coalition, NGO, or individual.

We will certainly need strong lobbying effort to have Shirin Ebadi 
accepted to speak at the opening ceremony. Of course, the opening would 
be the only speaking slot to reasonably consider for a Nobel Prize 
winner.
I've already said that it would be a strong symbol to have Shirin Ebadi 
speaking. It would be an equally strong symbol to have her refused.

Again, I would like to thank Renata Bloem and Roberto Bissio for their 
kind attitude.

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
=======
Paris, October 12, 2005

Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General
World Summit on the Information Society

Re: Human Rights Caucus nomination of Shirin Ebadi for WSIS opening 
ceremony

Dear Mr. Utsumi,

The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus would like to submit to your 
consideration the proposal to have Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Peace Nobel 
Prize winner, as civil society speaker for the WSIS opening ceremony in 
Tunis.

Ms. Ebadi has welcomed this nomination from the Human Rights Caucus, 
and has committed to be present in Tunis to speak at the Summit opening 
ceremony, would she receive your agreement.

As soon as it received today Ms. Ebadi?s confirmation of availability 
and willingness to accept the offer, the Human Rights Caucus has 
started collecting support to Ms. Ebadi?s nomination among other civil 
society entities participating to the WSIS process. The list of these 
supports will be forwarded to you soon. We would also like to mention 
that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio, who both were on the list 
recommended to you, have announced that they would be happy to step 
aside to allow Ms. Ebadi be the civil society speaker proposed for the 
opening ceremony.

We are confident that you will share our conviction that having Ms. 
Shirin Ebadi selected as civil society speaker at WSIS opening ceremony 
would be the strongest symbol that the information society should be 
based on human rights and social justice foundations. This is exactly 
the issue Ms. Ebadi would like to address at the WSIS opening ceremony.

Sincerely,

Meryem Marzouki
Human Rights Caucus Co-chair
and
President, IRIS - Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire
[details]

Copies:
This letter is also being sent to Ambassador Janis Karklins, President 
of the WSIS process


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Oct 13 00:23:50 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable
 and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Dear Rik and others from the nomination committee,

on behalf of the WSIS CS Privacy and Security Working Group, I strongly 
object to the nomination of a parlamentarian as one of the civil
society speakers. Robert Guerra has raised the issue earlier, but 
unfortunately without any reaction by the nomination committee. We can't 
seriously accept the inclusion of

Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk

in this list.

He is listed here as "President, Organisation tunisienne des jeunes 
m?decins sans fronti?res", but has been appointed to the Tunisian 
parliament by the Tunisian President Ben Ali some months ago.

We can't really consider this civil society, can we? And I thought we had 
learned from the debate we had over nominating Adama Sammassekou...

I sincerely hope it is not too late yet to change the list accordingly.

Best, Ralf

From muguet at mdpi.org  Thu Oct 13 02:22:12 2005
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable
 and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>

Dear Ralf

I share your worries concerning the nomination of a parlementarian as a 
Civil Society representative.
In regards to International Public Law, a parlementarian is part of the 
govermental body, and therefore
does not belong to Civil Society.
This question should not derail into a political debate, as
it is a general principle of law, and has nothing to do with the 
national identity of the person.
In the past, in the PCT group, I fought against the nomination by the 
PCT group
of an Italian eurodeputy for the WGIG,
and what is worth for Italians should be worth also for other nationalities.

Concerning Adama Samass?kou that I met today at the UNESCO general 
conference
( which by the way does not implement so well the WSIS recommendations,
but this is another story... ), he confirmed that he signalled very 
early on
that he was very touched and honored by the nominations by some WGs,
but that he could not accept the Civil Society nomination for political 
reasons and
 he asked somebody to post his position to the CS plenary, but seemingly 
this was not done, 
 possibly lost in travels, therefore  creating  a useless debate.
 Adama Samass?kou, towards whom I do not hide a very high consideration 
and admiration,
 does not occupy actually any governmental position in Mali, he is the head
 of the Academy of African Languages, however he has retained a honorary 
quasi-diplomatic
 status, which indeed may create some problems ( like for previous 
ministers or presidents ).

Since, it appears that there is an empty slot that becomes currently 
available,
It is kindly suggested, that Richard Stallman,  a nominee of the PCT group,
who cannot, by any means, be confused with government...,
and who confirmed that he will go to Tunis; to be reintegrated again on the
list ( possibly after some reshufling ) from which he was removed after 
September 30.

Best regards

Francis

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
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> _______________________________________
>
> Dear Rik and others from the nomination committee,
>
> on behalf of the WSIS CS Privacy and Security Working Group, I 
> strongly object to the nomination of a parlamentarian as one of the civil
> society speakers. Robert Guerra has raised the issue earlier, but 
> unfortunately without any reaction by the nomination committee. We 
> can't seriously accept the inclusion of
>
> Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
>
> in this list.
>
> He is listed here as "President, Organisation tunisienne des jeunes 
> m?decins sans fronti?res", but has been appointed to the Tunisian 
> parliament by the Tunisian President Ben Ali some months ago.
>
> We can't really consider this civil society, can we? And I thought we 
> had learned from the debate we had over nominating Adama Sammassekou...
>
> I sincerely hope it is not too late yet to change the list accordingly.
>
> Best, Ralf
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
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>


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From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Thu Oct 13 02:27:06 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VIVE LES FEMMES
In-Reply-To: <434D5A9A.9070608@free.fr>
References: <20051012072320.61650.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
 <434D4A25.4080808@bertola.eu.org> <434D5A9A.9070608@free.fr>
Message-ID: <p06010200bf7363c4504d@[192.168.1.100]>

>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
>individual addresses for responses intended for 
>specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
>access automatic translation of this message!
>_______________________________________
>Location, location, location: Vittorio, your 2 
>cents worth sells short the issue. I'd want at 
>least a quid. Your conclusion is only a 
>conclusion, not an analysis. To put it as 
>succinctly as possible, in hopes that someone 
>educated in feminist studies might be able to 
>accomplish this, there is a bit of truth to your 
>conclusion. But, let's look at the factors that 
>figure into it. First, in patriarchal societies, 
>some women will benefit by being outdoing the 
>"Old Boys" in their usual function. There also 
>will be some progressive voices from men, mostly 
>men who have learned from the feminist movement. 
>Which should suggest that we should have less 
>patriarchy and more feminism, to put this in the 
>simplest terms. Although I agree (and have 
>experienced the situation) with the situation in 
>which men *may* be more progressive on gender 
>equality than may be women, it's far more likely 
>that women, who are affected especially by 
>gender discrimination, will be the more 
>important voices when it comes to being "civil 
>servants" (?) that are devoted to gender 
>justice. So, my money (figuratively speaking) 
>continues to be put toward women who continue to 
>advance progressive issues and most certainly 
>feminist advances, and even more particularly, 
>the issues related to women in the Global South, 
>where uneven development and gender have to be 
>considered together.

I suppose that if you don't accept my 
conscious-raising effort, we can always 
arm-wrestle to settle the issue. But, please let 
me warn you in advance: I am a member of the 
Women's Studies faculty at my university;-)

Regards,


Lisa

>Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>I think you will have reached gender parity 
>>when you will start to judge civil servants by 
>>what they do, rather than by their gender.
>>My two cents,
>
>
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 02:42:53 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org>

let's not re-open the debate as to who or not should be on the  
speaker's list.

I have objected to the fact of a parliamentarian, specifically from  
Tunisia being nominated.

In terms of who, could/might be added in his place - that is a  
different story. The list sent to the ITU has more candidates than  
needed. If  one is needed, then the opportunity should be given to  
all caucuses who's submissions might also have been dropped.


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 12-Oct-05, at 9:22 PM, Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear Ralf
>
> I share your worries concerning the nomination of a parlementarian  
> as a Civil Society representative.
> In regards to International Public Law, a parlementarian is part of  
> the govermental body, and therefore
> does not belong to Civil Society.
> This question should not derail into a political debate, as
> it is a general principle of law, and has nothing to do with the  
> national identity of the person.
> In the past, in the PCT group, I fought against the nomination by  
> the PCT group
> of an Italian eurodeputy for the WGIG,
> and what is worth for Italians should be worth also for other  
> nationalities.
>
> Concerning Adama Samass?kou that I met today at the UNESCO general  
> conference
> ( which by the way does not implement so well the WSIS  
> recommendations,
> but this is another story... ), he confirmed that he signalled very  
> early on
> that he was very touched and honored by the nominations by some WGs,
> but that he could not accept the Civil Society nomination for  
> political reasons and
> he asked somebody to post his position to the CS plenary, but  
> seemingly this was not done, possibly lost in travels, therefore   
> creating  a useless debate.
> Adama Samass?kou, towards whom I do not hide a very high  
> consideration and admiration,
> does not occupy actually any governmental position in Mali, he is  
> the head
> of the Academy of African Languages, however he has retained a  
> honorary quasi-diplomatic
> status, which indeed may create some problems ( like for previous  
> ministers or presidents ).
>
> Since, it appears that there is an empty slot that becomes  
> currently available,
> It is kindly suggested, that Richard Stallman,  a nominee of the  
> PCT group,
> who cannot, by any means, be confused with government...,
> and who confirmed that he will go to Tunis; to be reintegrated  
> again on the
> list ( possibly after some reshufling ) from which he was removed  
> after September 30.
>
> Best regards
>
> Francis
>
>
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses  
>> intended for specific people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
>> translation of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Dear Rik and others from the nomination committee,
>>
>> on behalf of the WSIS CS Privacy and Security Working Group, I  
>> strongly object to the nomination of a parlamentarian as one of  
>> the civil
>> society speakers. Robert Guerra has raised the issue earlier, but  
>> unfortunately without any reaction by the nomination committee. We  
>> can't seriously accept the inclusion of
>>
>> Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
>>
>> in this list.
>>
>> He is listed here as "President, Organisation tunisienne des  
>> jeunes m?decins sans fronti?res", but has been appointed to the  
>> Tunisian parliament by the Tunisian President Ben Ali some months  
>> ago.
>>
>> We can't really consider this civil society, can we? And I thought  
>> we had learned from the debate we had over nominating Adama  
>> Sammassekou...
>>
>> I sincerely hope it is not too late yet to change the list  
>> accordingly.
>>
>> Best, Ralf
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
>
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> MUGUET Ph.D
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>
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> muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
>
> World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
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From baptista at cynikal.net  Thu Oct 13 03:13:06 2005
From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Assassination Politics in Tunis - some consideration
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510122209150.27889@ruby.cynikal.net>

Internet governance has nothing to do with root infrastructure.  The
Internet obliterates the very concept of governance, as we know it today.
I remember warning people back in 1995 that the Internet transferred
authority through protocols.  Those protocols recognize end users as
having final authority.  That's just the way the silly thing was built.
This authority does not give governments any rights to control core
functions.  It does give end users the right to control governments.

I would like those attending Tunis to ask a question.  What if the
Internet was used to transfer a states sovereign right to kill to
end-users?   MIT graduate Jim Bell developed such a protocol back in April
of 1997.  He gave it the catchy title "Assassination Politics."

The protocol uses a death lottery system to empower users with an
imaginative and sophisticated tool for improving governmental
accountability by way of anonymous, untraceable political assassinations.
The systems intended effect is to enhance public influence on government,
and in the short-term, better government.

Untraceable anonymous technologies provide users and organizations with a
support infrastructure that legally announces the awarding, and payment,
of cash prizes to anybody who correctly "predicts" the death date of any
one of a list of government employees, officeholders, appointees or civil
servants.

Funded through cash contributions made in a lottery style process, players
who predict the death date of a targeted civil servant win the lottery.
The use of encryption, untraceable digital cash, anonymous communication,
algorithmically complex wagering and associated technologies transfer a
states sovereign right to kill to end-users.

How will we deal with this?  I think you can all see the potential.

http://jya.com/ap.htm

cheers
joe baptista


Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593

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From gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU  Thu Oct 13 04:26:59 2005
From: gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU (Gurstein, Michael)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: [bytesforall_readers] Translations for Progress (from the APC list)
Message-ID: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A12AACC73@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu>

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Subject: Announcing Translations for Progress
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:13:30 -0400
From: "Brendan Luecke" <information@translationsforprogress.org>
To: <office@sbnet.ro>



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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Thu Oct 13 04:40:41 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening,
 roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <p06230906bf73866dcb91@[192.168.1.254]>

Rik, thank you.

Do we know the themes of the panels and round 
tables and who will be assigned to which?

And very sincere thanks to Renata.  We all owe a 
great deal to CONGO, and especially to Renata for 
work on our behalf throughout WSIS.

Adam


At 2:38 PM -0400 10/12/05, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>The WSIS executive secretariat has confirmed to 
>us their nominations for speakers from civil 
>society. Please find below the list of speakers 
>for the opening ceremony, high level panel, and 
>roundtables nominated by the WSIS Secretary 
>General.  We understand that the WSIS President 
>is the final authority on who will speak in 
>Tunis.
>
>We also understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi, Nobel 
>Peace Prize winner in 2003, is being nominated 
>by a number of caucuses and civil society groups 
>to speak at the opening ceremony.  Ms. Renata 
>Bloem wants it known that she would be happy to 
>step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to address the 
>opening ceremony, if this is acceptable to the 
>WSIS executive secretariat.
>
>Note that the final list of plenary speakers has 
>not been completed, pending the receipt of the 
>CVs from all of the nominated speakers from 
>civil society.  Please send those CVs and 
>summaries to me directly at 
><mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org>rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org 
>if you have not already.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>CONGO
>
>===================================================
>
>
>
>Opening Ceremony
>
>Name
>
>Title
>
>Organization
>
>Country
>
>Ms. Renata Bloem
>
>President
>
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship 
>with the United Nations (CONGO)
>
>Switzerland
>
>
>
>High-Level Panel
>
>Name
>
>Title
>
>Organization
>
>Country
>
>Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
>Chairman
>MS Swaminathan Foundation
>
>India
>
>
>
>Round Tables
>
>Name
>
>Title
>
>Organization
>
>Country
>
>Ms. Tatiana Ershova
>Director General
>Institute of the Information Society
>
>Russia
>
>Mr. Monthian Butan
>President
>Thailand Association of the Blind
>
>Thailand
>
>Mr. Simon Davies
>Director
>Privacy International
>
>UK
>
>Mr. Roberto Bissio
>Executive Director
>Third World Institute
>
>Urguay
>
>Mr. Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
>President
>Organisation tunisienne des jeunes m?decins sans fronti?res
>
>Tunisia
>
>Ms. Anriette Esterhuysen
>Executive Director
>Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
>
>South Africa
>
>Mr. Gbenga Sesan
>Founding Coordinator
>Lagos Digital Village
>TakingITGlobal
>
>Nigeria
>
>
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship 
>with the United Nations (CONGO)
>web: <http://www.ngocongo.org>http://www.ngocongo.org
>email: <mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org>rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>
>* Information on the WSIS at 
><http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis>http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>* Information on Millennium+5 at 
><http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg>http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Oct 13 07:21:11 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>

dear congo folk, and all

Several people are concerned about visas - and i can't find any 
definitive information about this on the ITU website, and nothing on 
the host country website.

I remember charles geiger mentioned during the CS orientation before 
prepcom III, that all Tunisian embassies would be informed to 
facilitate visas for civil society etc etc,  - and, that in some 
cases, visas would be issued on entry? (this isn't clear to me)

It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for many to travel from 
one country, via up to two others , hoping for ease of passage 
en-route and a visa on entry in tunisia. Also, some will probably 
need more than the generic letter from Amb Karklins on the ITU website

Any help, or a general clarification around visa questions would be 
greatly appreciated, particularly:

- access to a list of all countries and what the visa requirements 
are for the summit

- whether nationals will be able to travel without a visa, transiting 
other countries, with the promise of getting one on entry

- can the WSIS secretariat assist with personalised letters of 
invitation? (or will all tunisian embassies accept a copy of the 
letter on the website with a copy of the WSIS registration letter>)

thanks a lot
karen


From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Thu Oct 13 07:21:33 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <C7C6469D-E1AF-45BE-B4EC-E5E317F6C98B@traceynaughton.com>

Hello

It was stated in two Content and Themes meetings, several other  
places and to various individuals, that  Adama Samass?kou was going  
to be speaking at the end of the Summit. This was known and  
transmitted during PrepCom 3. Further, it was stated that though he  
was honoured to have been considered for his active engagement in  
civil society, he knew  his allegiance with the government /  
diplomatic sphere would place him in a situation he did not want to  
be in.

I note that people who were present in the Content and Themes meeting  
engaged anyway in the discussion about  Adama Samass?kou.

It was also stated at Content and Themes in the presence of the ITU  
representative, that this could be considered a strong appreciation  
for the consistent approach to multi-stakeholderism taken by  Adama  
Samass?kou from the outset of WSIS, though we knew he could not  
accept it as a direct invitation. I have no doubt his solidarity with  
civil society will be reflected in what he says in the final stage of  
the WSIS process.

Tracey Naughton







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(to November 9, 05)

Pact Mongolia Office

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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Thu Oct 13 07:39:06 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
 <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]>

There's a document, "information for 
participants" 
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2104|0> 
that explains most things.

And a page to check visa requirements (in French) 
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php> 


From the document:

"7	Tunisian visa requirements
7.1	All participants from States for which 
Tunisian visa requirements apply will be granted 
an entry visa free of charge by the host country, 
upon application.
7.2	Participants are invited to consult the 
following web page to determine whether they are 
required to obtain a Tunisian entry visa:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php
7.3	Requests for entry visas should be made 
to the Tunisian diplomatic and/or consular 
representation of the participant?s country of 
residence. Participants residing in countries in 
which Tunisia has no diplomatic and/or consular 
representation may obtain their entry visa from 
the non-resident diplomatic mission responsible 
for their country , or, failing this, and 
exceptionally, upon arrival at the airport.
7.4	The Tunis Summit pre-registration 
confirmation letter may be used as a supporting 
document when applying for a visa (see Section C, 
?1.6, below).
7.5	Questions regarding visas should be sent 
to the Tunis Summit Visa Service at the following 
address:  info.visa@smsitunis2005.tn "

Adam



At 7:21 AM +0100 10/13/05, karen banks wrote:
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
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>access automatic translation of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>dear congo folk, and all
>
>Several people are concerned about visas - and i 
>can't find any definitive information about this 
>on the ITU website, and nothing on the host 
>country website.
>
>I remember charles geiger mentioned during the 
>CS orientation before prepcom III, that all 
>Tunisian embassies would be informed to 
>facilitate visas for civil society etc etc,  - 
>and, that in some cases, visas would be issued 
>on entry? (this isn't clear to me)
>
>It will be very difficult, if not impossible, 
>for many to travel from one country, via up to 
>two others , hoping for ease of passage en-route 
>and a visa on entry in tunisia. Also, some will 
>probably need more than the generic letter from 
>Amb Karklins on the ITU website
>
>Any help, or a general clarification around visa 
>questions would be greatly appreciated, 
>particularly:
>
>- access to a list of all countries and what the 
>visa requirements are for the summit
>
>- whether nationals will be able to travel 
>without a visa, transiting other countries, with 
>the promise of getting one on entry
>
>- can the WSIS secretariat assist with 
>personalised letters of invitation? (or will all 
>tunisian embassies accept a copy of the letter 
>on the website with a copy of the WSIS 
>registration letter>)
>
>thanks a lot
>karen
>
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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Thu Oct 13 07:44:23 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
	 <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <9ea79150510122344v3fd51d60i@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

Check back the host country website, I think you've missed it "Visa
Formalities"

And on the ITU website, it's on the "Information for Participants"
document. http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2104|0
it's said that you may get the visa on the Tunis Airport if you show
the common registration letter for the summit.

Marouen


2005/10/13, karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
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> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> dear congo folk, and all
>
> Several people are concerned about visas - and i can't find any
> definitive information about this on the ITU website, and nothing on
> the host country website.
>
> I remember charles geiger mentioned during the CS orientation before
> prepcom III, that all Tunisian embassies would be informed to
> facilitate visas for civil society etc etc,  - and, that in some
> cases, visas would be issued on entry? (this isn't clear to me)
>
> It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for many to travel from
> one country, via up to two others , hoping for ease of passage
> en-route and a visa on entry in tunisia. Also, some will probably
> need more than the generic letter from Amb Karklins on the ITU website
>
> Any help, or a general clarification around visa questions would be
> greatly appreciated, particularly:
>
> - access to a list of all countries and what the visa requirements
> are for the summit
>
> - whether nationals will be able to travel without a visa, transiting
> other countries, with the promise of getting one on entry
>
> - can the WSIS secretariat assist with personalised letters of
> invitation? (or will all tunisian embassies accept a copy of the
> letter on the website with a copy of the WSIS registration letter>)
>
> thanks a lot
> karen
>
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 13 07:54:11 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ASSEZ DE TERGIVERSATIONS
In-Reply-To: <p06010200bf7363c4504d@[192.168.1.100]>
Message-ID: <20051013065411.91990.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>

Sorry my message has been truncked....
I only want to propose that those, the big majority of
us, who want to gather arround women promotion all
arond the world and in all status and responsabilities
will create a special discussion group about the
issue.
The problem is more difficult than it seems...
Are we going to support Lepen daughter or Segolene
Royal as possible candidate in a French presidential ?
If in the US Democrate Hillary Clinton would be
opposite to another Republican woman candidate who are
we going to support ?
And choising beetween a progressit man candidate and a
 non progressit woman competition are we allowed to
support the woman position.
In the german case the situation is clear but it
depends on the german people decision.
In conclusion if we have to create a discussion group,
i would like to propose 2 groups one for those who
beleive on the woman decided to promote human progress
and another favourable to women supporting regress....
In 3 weeks, the Tunis Summit with its huge challenges
and we lose our time with such a discussion.....
Please stop it !
Best regards
Djilali     

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> >Location, location, location: Vittorio, your 2 
> >cents worth sells short the issue. I'd want at 
> >least a quid. Your conclusion is only a 
> >conclusion, not an analysis. To put it as 
> >succinctly as possible, in hopes that someone 
> >educated in feminist studies might be able to 
> >accomplish this, there is a bit of truth to your 
> >conclusion. But, let's look at the factors that 
> >figure into it. First, in patriarchal societies, 
> >some women will benefit by being outdoing the 
> >"Old Boys" in their usual function. There also 
> >will be some progressive voices from men, mostly 
> >men who have learned from the feminist movement. 
> >Which should suggest that we should have less 
> >patriarchy and more feminism, to put this in the 
> >simplest terms. Although I agree (and have 
> >experienced the situation) with the situation in 
> >which men *may* be more progressive on gender 
> >equality than may be women, it's far more likely 
> >that women, who are affected especially by 
> >gender discrimination, will be the more 
> >important voices when it comes to being "civil 
> >servants" (?) that are devoted to gender 
> >justice. So, my money (figuratively speaking) 
> >continues to be put toward women who continue to 
> >advance progressive issues and most certainly 
> >feminist advances, and even more particularly, 
> >the issues related to women in the Global South, 
> >where uneven development and gender have to be 
> >considered together.
> 
> I suppose that if you don't accept my 
> conscious-raising effort, we can always 
> arm-wrestle to settle the issue. But, please let 
> me warn you in advance: I am a member of the 
> Women's Studies faculty at my university;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Lisa
> 
> >Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>I think you will have reached gender parity 
> >>when you will start to judge civil servants by 
> >>what they do, rather than by their gender.
> >>My two cents,
> >
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Thu Oct 13 08:01:00 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable
 and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <434E062C.8040900@bertola.eu.org>

Ralf Bendrath ha scritto:
> on behalf of the WSIS CS Privacy and Security Working Group, I strongly 
> object to the nomination of a parlamentarian as one of the civil
> society speakers. Robert Guerra has raised the issue earlier, but 
> unfortunately without any reaction by the nomination committee. We can't 
> seriously accept the inclusion of
> 
> Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
> 
> in this list.
> 
> He is listed here as "President, Organisation tunisienne des jeunes 
> m?decins sans fronti?res", but has been appointed to the Tunisian 
> parliament by the Tunisian President Ben Ali some months ago.
> 
> We can't really consider this civil society, can we? And I thought we 
> had learned from the debate we had over nominating Adama Sammassekou...

In any case - even if it is always unpleasant to talk about individual 
cases - objections to Mr Samassekou were mostly on a matter of 
principle, rather than on whether his ideas and values were compatible 
with ours. But if, as it appears in this case, we are going to have as 
speaker for civil society a person that has been personally appointed 
(not elected?) to the Parliament by the President and ruler of a country 
known for constant breeches of human rights, then I have objections on 
matters of substance.

Personally, I would appreciate further clarifications on Mr Ben 
Marzouk's relationships with the current Tunisian regime and on the 
considerations that were made to include him in our list, so to make up 
my final opinion.

I have to add that at least in my country (but I imagine it's the same 
in most democratic countries) articles are already appearing here and 
there to call for a boycott of this Summit due to the Tunisian 
situation. It is increasingly hard for all of us to justify to other 
civil society groups and activists and to their conscience why they 
continue to support this process. I think it would be much better, for 
the success of the Summit itself, if controversial choices (especially 
on the HR plan) could be avoided, not to push things towards the 
breaking point.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp  Thu Oct 13 07:43:38 2005
From: harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (HARADA Shiro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <200510130643.j9D6hT0U038962@harada.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

Dear Karen, and all,

On visas, the following web pages seem to be official: 

English:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/index.php

French:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php

Best,

Shiro Harada

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To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
Cc: 'CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza'
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?

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_______________________________________

dear congo folk, and all

Several people are concerned about visas - and i can't find any definitive
information about this on the ITU website, and nothing on the host country
website.

I remember charles geiger mentioned during the CS orientation before prepcom
III, that all Tunisian embassies would be informed to facilitate visas for
civil society etc etc,  - and, that in some cases, visas would be issued on
entry? (this isn't clear to me)

It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for many to travel from one
country, via up to two others , hoping for ease of passage en-route and a visa
on entry in tunisia. Also, some will probably need more than the generic
letter from Amb Karklins on the ITU website

Any help, or a general clarification around visa questions would be greatly
appreciated, particularly:

- access to a list of all countries and what the visa requirements are for the
summit

- whether nationals will be able to travel without a visa, transiting other
countries, with the promise of getting one on entry

- can the WSIS secretariat assist with personalised letters of invitation? (or
will all tunisian embassies accept a copy of the letter on the website with a
copy of the WSIS registration letter>)

thanks a lot
karen

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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 13 08:06:27 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20051013070627.62742.qmail@web60712.mail.yahoo.com>

I do support this proposal to re nominate Richard
Stallman. Sorry if he is american or with another
nationality, sorry if he is a man and not a woman,
sorry if his speach will probably be in a very good
English, sorry if he will be dressed as a real civil
society representative without a VIP dress, but he is
a world known leader who fight for our goals.
All the best
Djilali 

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> I share your worries concerning the nomination of a
> parlementarian as a 
> Civil Society representative.
> In regards to International Public Law, a
> parlementarian is part of the 
> govermental body, and therefore
> does not belong to Civil Society.
> This question should not derail into a political
> debate, as
> it is a general principle of law, and has nothing to
> do with the 
> national identity of the person.
> In the past, in the PCT group, I fought against the
> nomination by the 
> PCT group
> of an Italian eurodeputy for the WGIG,
> and what is worth for Italians should be worth also
> for other nationalities.
> 
> Concerning Adama Samass?kou that I met today at the
> UNESCO general 
> conference
> ( which by the way does not implement so well the
> WSIS recommendations,
> but this is another story... ), he confirmed that he
> signalled very 
> early on
> that he was very touched and honored by the
> nominations by some WGs,
> but that he could not accept the Civil Society
> nomination for political 
> reasons and
>  he asked somebody to post his position to the CS
> plenary, but seemingly 
> this was not done, 
>  possibly lost in travels, therefore  creating  a
> useless debate.
>  Adama Samass?kou, towards whom I do not hide a very
> high consideration 
> and admiration,
>  does not occupy actually any governmental position
> in Mali, he is the head
>  of the Academy of African Languages, however he has
> retained a honorary 
> quasi-diplomatic
>  status, which indeed may create some problems (
> like for previous 
> ministers or presidents ).
> 
> Since, it appears that there is an empty slot that
> becomes currently 
> available,
> It is kindly suggested, that Richard Stallman,  a
> nominee of the PCT group,
> who cannot, by any means, be confused with
> government...,
> and who confirmed that he will go to Tunis; to be
> reintegrated again on the
> list ( possibly after some reshufling ) from which
> he was removed after 
> September 30.
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> > on behalf of the WSIS CS Privacy and Security
> Working Group, I 
> > strongly object to the nomination of a
> parlamentarian as one of the civil
> > society speakers. Robert Guerra has raised the
> issue earlier, but 
> > unfortunately without any reaction by the
> nomination committee. We 
> > can't seriously accept the inclusion of
> >
> > Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
> >
> > in this list.
> >
> > He is listed here as "President, Organisation
> tunisienne des jeunes 
> > m?decins sans fronti?res", but has been appointed
> to the Tunisian 
> > parliament by the Tunisian President Ben Ali some
> months ago.
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> > We can't really consider this civil society, can
> we? And I thought we 
> > had learned from the debate we had over nominating
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> > I sincerely hope it is not too late yet to change
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From harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp  Thu Oct 13 07:46:51 2005
From: harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (HARADA Shiro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <1129186003298846.1698026604@spam004.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

Dear Karen, and all,

On visas, the following web pages seem to be official: 

English:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/index.php

French:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php

Best,

Shiro Harada

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of karen banks
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:21 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
Cc: 'CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza'
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?

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dear congo folk, and all

Several people are concerned about visas - and i can't find any definitive
information about this on the ITU website, and nothing on the host country
website.

I remember charles geiger mentioned during the CS orientation before prepcom
III, that all Tunisian embassies would be informed to facilitate visas for
civil society etc etc,  - and, that in some cases, visas would be issued on
entry? (this isn't clear to me)

It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for many to travel from one
country, via up to two others , hoping for ease of passage en-route and a visa
on entry in tunisia. Also, some will probably need more than the generic
letter from Amb Karklins on the ITU website

Any help, or a general clarification around visa questions would be greatly
appreciated, particularly:

- access to a list of all countries and what the visa requirements are for the
summit

- whether nationals will be able to travel without a visa, transiting other
countries, with the promise of getting one on entry

- can the WSIS secretariat assist with personalised letters of invitation? (or
will all tunisian embassies accept a copy of the letter on the website with a
copy of the WSIS registration letter>)

thanks a lot
karen

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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Oct 13 08:14:24 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <9ea79150510122344v3fd51d60i@mail.gmail.com>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
 <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
 <9ea79150510122344v3fd51d60i@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013080837.03e82110@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi

excellent!

thanks for the various posts and clarifications. I think it would 
have been easier if both sites had 'VISAS' clearly marked on their 
primary indexes

>Check back the host country website, I think you've missed it "Visa
>Formalities"

yes - i see it now on the right hand menu

karen


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Oct 13 08:19:38 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
 <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
 <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013081705.03e79110@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi

thanks adam

>7.3     Requests for entry visas should be made 
>to the Tunisian diplomatic and/or consular 
>representation of the participant?s country of 
>residence. Participants residing in countries in 
>which Tunisia has no diplomatic and/or consular 
>representation may obtain their entry visa from 
>the non-resident diplomatic mission responsible 
>for their country , or, failing this, and 
>exceptionally, upon arrival at the airport.

this is particularly important.. in this case 
(and i'm sure in others) my colleague is 
colombian and her closest embassy is in 
washington.. i suppose people need to enquire 
locally as to who/what the 'non-resident 
diplomatic mission responsible in their country' 
is? - or i wonder if the host can provide this information..

some are hoping that they will indeed get visas 
on entry, but i wouldn't want to recommend that 
unless we had some guarantee that they would be issued on entry ..

karen


From harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp  Thu Oct 13 07:52:20 2005
From: harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (HARADA Shiro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <20051013065213.68973498860@mx2.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

Dear Karen, and all,

On visas, the following web pages seem to be official: 

English:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/index.php

French:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php

Best,

Shiro Harada

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From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of karen banks
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:21 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
Cc: 'CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza'
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?

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dear congo folk, and all

Several people are concerned about visas - and i can't find any definitive
information about this on the ITU website, and nothing on the host country
website.

I remember charles geiger mentioned during the CS orientation before prepcom
III, that all Tunisian embassies would be informed to facilitate visas for
civil society etc etc,  - and, that in some cases, visas would be issued on
entry? (this isn't clear to me)

It will be very difficult, if not impossible, for many to travel from one
country, via up to two others , hoping for ease of passage en-route and a visa
on entry in tunisia. Also, some will probably need more than the generic
letter from Amb Karklins on the ITU website

Any help, or a general clarification around visa questions would be greatly
appreciated, particularly:

- access to a list of all countries and what the visa requirements are for the
summit

- whether nationals will be able to travel without a visa, transiting other
countries, with the promise of getting one on entry

- can the WSIS secretariat assist with personalised letters of invitation? (or
will all tunisian embassies accept a copy of the letter on the website with a
copy of the WSIS registration letter>)

thanks a lot
karen

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From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Thu Oct 13 08:33:24 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch> <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org> <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]>
Message-ID: <22D5EF42-306A-44B9-BFA5-750954925FBF@traceynaughton.com>

Adam

Thanks for the information on getting to Tunis. It's been on the site  
for some time. Although I am not working at CONGO I recall what was  
said on two occasions in civil society meetings by the Executive  
Secretariat. In addition to the information below it was noted:

? the network of Tunisian Embassies is not as extensive as the Swiss  
network so some people will have to get a visa on arrival or  
establish the visa process in their country of origin; (this would  
need to be started now)

? there was an advisory not to transit through Paris if it can be  
avoided. Although the airport authority, airlines etc. will be  
notified of the need for delegates to transit, neither the Tunisian  
or Swiss components of the Executive Secretariat have jurisdiction  
over these authorities. As we know African travellers (perhaps others  
too) in particular do face discrimination when transiting and Paris  
airport is notorious for this. Flights for Tunis leave from other  
places in Europe - Germany, Italy among them;

We need to hear from CONGO about the individual letters of  
invitation. The CSB did emphasise the need for these. Charles Geiger  
may have clarification on that now. This clarification could not be  
obtained in PrepCom 3 though was raised as early as the orientation  
session.

There isn't really any way around having to deal with flights on an  
individual basis.

Tracey Naughton


There's a document, "information for participants" <http:// 
www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2104|0> that  
explains most things.

And a page to check visa requirements (in French) <http:// 
www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php>

 From the document:

"7    Tunisian visa requirements
7.1    All participants from States for which Tunisian visa  
requirements apply will be granted an entry visa free of charge by  
the host country, upon application.
7.2    Participants are invited to consult the following web page to  
determine whether they are required to obtain a Tunisian entry visa:
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php
7.3    Requests for entry visas should be made to the Tunisian  
diplomatic and/or consular representation of the participant's  
country of residence. Participants residing in countries in which  
Tunisia has no diplomatic and/or consular representation may obtain  
their entry visa from the non-resident diplomatic mission responsible  
for their country , or, failing this, and exceptionally, upon arrival  
at the airport.
7.4    The Tunis Summit pre-registration confirmation letter may be  
used as a supporting document when applying for a visa (see Section  
C, ?1.6, below).
7.5    Questions regarding visas should be sent to the Tunis Summit  
Visa Service at the following address:  info.visa@smsitunis2005.tn "

Adam



From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Thu Oct 13 08:40:17 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013081705.03e79110@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch> <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org> <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]> <6.2.3.4.0.20051013081705.03e79110@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <C364AB02-E74B-46E2-8AC3-1FE88A1F18FD@traceynaughton.com>

We have had assurance - delivered twice and verbally by Mr Geiger  
that visas can be issued on arrival. This is a normal practise in  
Tunisia and will be especially so for WSIS. Since my first visit  
there in 1985, I have always got a visa on arrival. It can take 15  
minutes because you need to leave the arrival area and get some local  
currency. However, since visas are free of charge for WSIS, the  
process will be easier - though there may be many people doing this  
so it is advisable to get a visa in advance if you can.

There is still no way around taking individual responsibility for  
travel.

Tracey Naughton








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(to November 9, 05)

Pact Mongolia Office

Peace Avenue 24

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Mongolia

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From jane at una.dk  Thu Oct 13 08:38:45 2005
From: jane at una.dk (Jane Johnsen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch> <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org> <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]> <6.2.3.4.0.20051013081705.03e79110@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <005f01c5cfc9$24ae3560$1e01a8c0@net.una.dk>

Dear Karen and all

Adams answer corresponds very well with what we have discovred in helping
out the UNA's to obtain Visas. However, one additional problem in trying to
obtain visas upon entry is that for instance east african colleagues often
have to go through Europe. i.e. schengen to go to Tunesia, which means that
even if they can get a tunesian Visa upon entry, they will have a hard time
getting to Tunesia without a schengen visa anyway.

Finally, invitation letters almost always help things along. Perhaps the ES
could be asked to formulate a formal invitation for all registered
participants.

Sincerely

Jane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "karen banks" <karenb@gn.apc.org>
To: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>; <plenary@wsis-cs.org>;
<bureau@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: "'CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza'" <wsis@ngocongo.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?


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hi

thanks adam

>7.3     Requests for entry visas should be made
>to the Tunisian diplomatic and/or consular
>representation of the participant?s country of
>residence. Participants residing in countries in
>which Tunisia has no diplomatic and/or consular
>representation may obtain their entry visa from
>the non-resident diplomatic mission responsible
>for their country , or, failing this, and
>exceptionally, upon arrival at the airport.

this is particularly important.. in this case
(and i'm sure in others) my colleague is
colombian and her closest embassy is in
washington.. i suppose people need to enquire
locally as to who/what the 'non-resident
diplomatic mission responsible in their country'
is? - or i wonder if the host can provide this information..

some are hoping that they will indeed get visas
on entry, but i wouldn't want to recommend that
unless we had some guarantee that they would be issued on entry ..

karen

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From int.relations at ilamcenter.org  Thu Oct 13 08:56:21 2005
From: int.relations at ilamcenter.org (Heidi Paredes - I'lam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <C364AB02-E74B-46E2-8AC3-1FE88A1F18FD@traceynaughton.com>
Message-ID: <20051013075631.7AC3B26F59@mail.gn.apc.org>

Dear all,

I am dealing now with this issue of visas and had the following information
regarding getting a visa upon arrival:

Or, if need be, upon their arrival in Tunisia . In this case, they should : 

1.	have a passport valid all along the stay in Tunisia 
2.	submit the letter of confirmation of registration in the second
phase of the Summit 
3.	fill in the visa application
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/formulaire.pdf> form and the
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/ficheemb.pdf> boarding sheet
, and send them, 15 days before their arrival in Tunisia , to the following
address :  <mailto:visa@smsitunis2005.tn> visa@smsitunis2005.tn   

The form and boarding sheet are in pdf format and I could not find out until
date how to fill them out. Since they only give an e-mail address (no fax
number even after I asked), I still don't know how or where to send it back
15 days before arrival.

Heidi

 

Heidi Paredes

Development Director

I'lam, Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel

POB 101, 16000 Nazareth

Tel. +972-4-6001370, Fax. +972-4-6001418

www.ilamcenter.org 

 

 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Tracey Naughton
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:40 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?

 

We have had assurance - delivered twice and verbally by Mr Geiger that visas
can be issued on arrival. This is a normal practise in Tunisia and will be
especially so for WSIS. Since my first visit there in 1985, I have always
got a visa on arrival. It can take 15 minutes because you need to leave the
arrival area and get some local currency. However, since visas are free of
charge for WSIS, the process will be easier - though there may be many
people doing this so it is advisable to get a visa in advance if you can.

 

There is still no way around taking individual responsibility for travel.

 

Tracey Naughton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracey Naughton

(to November 9, 05)

Pact Mongolia Office

Peace Avenue 24

Ulaan Baatar

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Tel: (976 11) 46 09 01

Fax: (976 11) 46 10 48

Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com

 

 

 

 

 





 

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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 08:56:53 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable
 and high level panel
Message-ID: <15407249.1129190213901.JavaMail.www@wwinf0802>

Dear Rik
There would be much more CS people being "happy" if the multi-card representative ben Marzouk would "step aside". Btw, would you be so kind to put his CV on the plenary list : would be interesting to see what is hidden !
Anyway I'll protest energically against this scandalous nomination to the ITU Secretary general.
Jean-Louis Fullsack, CSDPTT
Former ITU Senior consultant and Project Coordinator



> Message du 12/10/05 20:46
> De : "Rik Panganiban" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
> 
> 
Dear Colleagues,


The WSIS executive secretariat has confirmed to us their nominations for speakers from civil society. Please find below the list of speakers for the opening ceremony, high level panel, and roundtables nominated by the WSIS Secretary General.  We understand that the WSIS President is the final authority on who will speak in Tunis.


We also understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2003, is being nominated by a number of caucuses and civil society groups to speak at the opening ceremony.  Ms. Renata Bloem wants it known that she would be happy to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to address the opening ceremony, if this is acceptable to the WSIS executive secretariat.


Note that the final list of plenary speakers has not been completed, pending the receipt of the CVs from all of the nominated speakers from civil society.  Please send those CVs and summaries to me directly at rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org if you have not already.


Regards,


Rik Panganiban
CONGO


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Opening Ceremony
NameTitleOrganizationCountry
Ms. Renata BloemPresidentConference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)Switzerland

 
High-Level Panel
NameTitleOrganizationCountry
Prof. M.S. SwaminathanChairmanMS Swaminathan FoundationIndia

 
Round Tables
NameTitleOrganizationCountry
Ms. Tatiana ErshovaDirector GeneralInstitute of the Information SocietyRussia
Mr. Monthian ButanPresidentThailand Association of the Blind Thailand
Mr. Simon DaviesDirectorPrivacy InternationalUK
Mr. Roberto Bissio Executive DirectorThird World InstituteUrguay
Mr. Mohanmed Elyes Ben MarzoukPresidentOrganisation tunisienne des jeunes m?decins sans fronti?resTunisia
Ms. Anriette EsterhuysenExecutive DirectorAssociation for Progressive Communications (APC)South Africa
Mr. Gbenga SesanFounding CoordinatorLagos Digital Village
TakingITGlobalNigeria


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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 

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* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
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From harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp  Thu Oct 13 09:32:20 2005
From: harada at ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (HARADA Shiro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] My apology & On ML server configuration
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <200510130832.j9D8WCEJ039175@harada.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>

Dear all, especially folks in charge of CS server administration,

I am very sorry for the multiple posting of my previous message.

I tried different smtp servers because my message was initially rejected 
by two servers: the one for plenary (apc), ant the other for bureau
(greennet), 
according to the log file of my own server.
(Then I tried two servers of my university.)

Finally all the three messages were delivered, but delayed 20 minutes or more.
It is very strange compared with others' messages in the mailing list 
that are being delivered in a few minutes.

I heard in PrepCom3 that many mail servers in Europe/US are set up to reject 
Asian servers to block spam, and I actually experienced such rejection. 

I do not think this applies to my case, 
because I can see successfully delivered messages from Asia. 
But if the CS servers do have any kind of special setting rejecting 
certain servers, making such information open would be greatly helpful 
in order to avoid the cases like mine, as well as to keep the CS MLs 
open to those who really need them.

Sincerely,

Shiro Harada
Associate Professor
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
The University of Tokyo



From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 13 09:49:28 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to speak  at WSIS opening
References: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20051012075839.031f78d8@193.200.15.187>
Message-ID: <BAY9-DAV51C8CD2A54FA9B1FBB484BD87A0@phx.gbl>

Dear All,

During the prepcom 3 , Ms. Ebadi was in Geneva and I met her and actually 
requested her to be one of the main speakers, to be proposed by our regional 
family. Unfortunately she is engaged in other programmes and trips and she 
couldn't made it, I don't know did any of you called her again or not or she 
have some changes in her plans. But I could check again, anyway to my 
information she is not available.

Regards

Amir
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to speak at 
WSIS opening


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> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
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> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of 
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> _______________________________________
>
> Great news!
> Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
>
> Internet Society of Bulgaria surely supports this nomination!
>
> veni
>
> At 13:51 12-10-05  +0200, you wrote:
>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
>>Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
>>people]
>>
>>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of 
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>>_______________________________________
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal from 
>>WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for Summit 
>>opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking would be the 
>>strongest symbol that the information society should be built on human 
>>rights and social justice foundations.
>>
>>The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to speak 
>>after having seen the first list of proposed speakers circulated on Sept. 
>>30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem proposed as possible speakers 
>>for opening).
>>
>>Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to ITU, 
>>since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.
>>
>>We would be very pleased however to include support from other caucuses 
>>and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly remember that 
>>Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak at the opening 
>>ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she was not available 
>>because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.
>>
>>If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me 
>>(marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual 
>>organizations are most welcome.
>>
>>More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Meryem Marzouki
>>HR caucus co-chair
>>
>>
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 10:08:57 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:59 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] themes and speakers
Message-ID: <11643768.1129194537729.JavaMail.www@wwinf0801>



Dear all
(second message, since I experience some trouble with my mailing system)

Sorry to disagree with Bertrand's key themes proposals : for me and for a lot of organizations participating to the WSIS process, the DIGITAL DIVIDE (even if this buzzword isn't reflecting the actual and much broader issues that DCs are facing) has to be put at our highest priority. As all those involved in the field (grassroot organizations) and in the domain (cs organizations and professionals from the sector) know, this issue to be adressed needs not a segmented approach -such as Bertrand's - but a real holostic one, where financing is a kind of focal point. 
Furthermore and once again, I repeat what I stated (as far as Tracey allowed me to) during our plenaries at Geneva : CS doesn't need only speakers (we have some ones in the CS working groups as everybody could experience) : we need themes addressing the very issues on stake. And we do need to know HOW these themes are addressed ! At least an abstract of the statements and backgrounds for RT discussions are to be presented by all "CS speaking/participating candidates". At least if they want to speak on behalf of CS committed in the WSIS process. Otherwise they only express their own views which -apart from themselves- don't interest many people, and they waste OUR few and precious time slots.  
Best 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France




> Message du 05/10/05 13:20
> De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the themes ?
> 
> 
Dear all,

We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the verge of being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting further into an divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort of supreme right of each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot happen and we know it. 

So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of Plenary Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely different matter)

There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
- civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks on behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should demonstrate it can make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva situation and lose a critical opportunity)  
- civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and must be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and prioritize them)
- civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender, geographic and competence balance in its representation

If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led to the designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case scenario, according to the documents circulated at the begining of the process, there will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary speakers. And the executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a few people of its own. This means we need to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will get 10 slots in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it chose its speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best solution would be to : 
- ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference from the Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who will speak on its behalf)
- choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and define them collectively)
- select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by the selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these themes, respecting gender and geographical balance 

What could be the main priority messages for the Summit ? I propose we start with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it further (themes are in no particular order) :
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Oct 13 10:23:18 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
Message-ID: <FDA74A73-3BCA-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

Following the current discussion on the plenary list, regarding the  
fact that a Tunisian member of Parliament has been selected by ITU as  
WSIS speaker, and the concerns and protests expressed by some, I would  
like to provide you with the following information and facts:

The problem is larger than the ITU selection. In fact, the problem  
comes from CS itself, since:
- 2 members of the CS "selection committee" are members of the Tunisian  
Senate (Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah and Chekib Dhaouadi)
- 2 persons on the selected list by CS are members of the Tunisian  
Senate (Mohamed Elyes Ben Marzouk and Jameleddine Khemakhem)
- Other Tunisian people involved in WSIS as "CS" are also members of  
the Tunisian Senate (to only cite two of them who have shouted and  
obstructed the works and public meetings of the HR caucus: Emna Soula,  
Habib Achour).

All these people have been nominated (not elected) by President Ben Ali  
in July 2005 (see  
http://www.realites.com.tn/index1.php?mag=1&cat=/10010100ACTUALITES/ 
1Nation&art=13230&a=detail1).

Indeed, 41 out of 126 members of the Senate are designated by the  
President. The Tunisian Senate has been created in summer 2005, it is a  
lower Chamber, called "Chambre des Conseillers" (Chamber of  
Councellors). You may find synthetized information on the Tunisian  
Senate at: http://www.senat.fr/senatsdumonde/tunisie.html (in French,  
this is the web site of the French Senate).

Another eminent member of the Tunisian "CS" is a member of the Tunisian  
National Assembly (d?put?e): Sa?da Agrebi (see  
http://www.atm.org.tn/fr/index.htm)

That is to say that we should express concerns and protests:
- On the CS selection committee composition (not to mention the lack of  
transparency of its process, and the lack of accountability of its  
results: I still don't have received any answer regarding the fact that  
my own name, nominated by the HR caucus as proposed speaker, seems to  
have been "forgotten" by the "selection committee".
- On the recommended list to the ITU
- More generally, on the fact that Tunisian Parliament representatives  
(some not even elected, but nominated by President Ben Ali) are active  
as "CS" in the WSIS process, some of them having even created caucuses  
(like the "children rights caucus, created by Jameleddine Khemakhem).

However, these concerns and protests shouldn't be directed towards the  
ITU, which has picked up who it wanted from the list recommended by the  
"selection committee". They must be directed to CS @ WSIS itself, which  
has let this happened, some actively, others in a passive mode, by  
closing their eyes and their ears when such protests have been raised,  
specially by the human rights caucus, during the whole process.

If ITU selects who it wants, this is entirely our fault: by letting  
them choose in a "recommended list", we have allowed them to do that.  
If we had followed a procedure like the one proposed by Bertrand after  
the first "recommended list" has been posted, this wouldn't have  
happened.

Meryem Marzouki
HR Caucus co-chair

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Oct 13 10:39:19 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
In-Reply-To: <BAY9-DAV51C8CD2A54FA9B1FBB484BD87A0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <3A8715E7-3BCD-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear Amir,

This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself 
available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got 
the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the 
message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to 
Amb. Karklins.
The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its 
members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS 
entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.

Kind regards,
Meryem

Le jeudi, 13 oct 2005, ? 10:49 Europe/Paris, west a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
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>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear All,
>
> During the prepcom 3 , Ms. Ebadi was in Geneva and I met her and 
> actually requested her to be one of the main speakers, to be proposed 
> by our regional family. Unfortunately she is engaged in other 
> programmes and trips and she couldn't made it, I don't know did any of 
> you called her again or not or she have some changes in her plans. But 
> I could check again, anyway to my information she is not available.
>
> Regards
>
> Amir
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to 
> speak at WSIS opening
>
>
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
>> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
>> specific people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
>> translation of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Great news!
>> Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
>>
>> Internet Society of Bulgaria surely supports this nomination!
>>
>> veni
>>
>> At 13:51 12-10-05  +0200, you wrote:
>>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
>>> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
>>> specific people]
>>>
>>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
>>> translation of this message!
>>> _______________________________________
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal 
>>> from WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for 
>>> Summit opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking 
>>> would be the strongest symbol that the information society should be 
>>> built on human rights and social justice foundations.
>>>
>>> The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to 
>>> speak after having seen the first list of proposed speakers 
>>> circulated on Sept. 30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem 
>>> proposed as possible speakers for opening).
>>>
>>> Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to 
>>> ITU, since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.
>>>
>>> We would be very pleased however to include support from other 
>>> caucuses and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly 
>>> remember that Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak 
>>> at the opening ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she 
>>> was not available because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.
>>>
>>> If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me 
>>> (marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual 
>>> organizations are most welcome.
>>>
>>> More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Meryem Marzouki
>>> HR caucus co-chair
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Plenary mailing list
>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 13 11:23:14 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
References: <3A8715E7-3BCD-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <BAY9-DAV237A4B4EBF39FE63DE395FD87A0@phx.gbl>

Dear Maryam

In this case, we totally support her presence as the speaker of the opening 
ceremony for the summit, not de-valuing other speakers, but as human right 
is an issue and she is outspoken, she would be very impressive there. I 
already contacted her office to talk with her, waiting for her call back. 
Please add our regional family as one of the sponsors.

regards

Amir


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:09 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available


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Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

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this message!
_______________________________________

Dear Amir,

This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
Amb. Karklins.
The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.

Kind regards,
Meryem

Le jeudi, 13 oct 2005, ? 10:49 Europe/Paris, west a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
> people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of 
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear All,
>
> During the prepcom 3 , Ms. Ebadi was in Geneva and I met her and actually 
> requested her to be one of the main speakers, to be proposed by our 
> regional family. Unfortunately she is engaged in other programmes and 
> trips and she couldn't made it, I don't know did any of you called her 
> again or not or she have some changes in her plans. But I could check 
> again, anyway to my information she is not available.
>
> Regards
>
> Amir
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to speak at 
> WSIS opening
>
>
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
>> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
>> people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation 
>> of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Great news!
>> Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
>>
>> Internet Society of Bulgaria surely supports this nomination!
>>
>> veni
>>
>> At 13:51 12-10-05  +0200, you wrote:
>>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
>>> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
>>> specific people]
>>>
>>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation 
>>> of this message!
>>> _______________________________________
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal from 
>>> WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for Summit 
>>> opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking would be the 
>>> strongest symbol that the information society should be built on human 
>>> rights and social justice foundations.
>>>
>>> The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to speak 
>>> after having seen the first list of proposed speakers circulated on 
>>> Sept. 30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem proposed as possible 
>>> speakers for opening).
>>>
>>> Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to 
>>> ITU, since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.
>>>
>>> We would be very pleased however to include support from other caucuses 
>>> and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly remember that 
>>> Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak at the opening 
>>> ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she was not available 
>>> because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.
>>>
>>> If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me 
>>> (marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual 
>>> organizations are most welcome.
>>>
>>> More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Meryem Marzouki
>>> HR caucus co-chair
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Plenary mailing list
>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
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From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Thu Oct 13 11:41:47 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
In-Reply-To: <BAY9-DAV237A4B4EBF39FE63DE395FD87A0@phx.gbl>
References: <3A8715E7-3BCD-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
 <BAY9-DAV237A4B4EBF39FE63DE395FD87A0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <p06010202bf73e900c3c3@[192.168.1.100]>

On behalf of the small organization which I 
represent, I wish to say that we most strongly 
support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote 
speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially 
under the circumstances and regardless of how 
much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS 
(sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that 
he's an appropriate CS representative).

Regards,

Lisa
Union for Democratic Communications



>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
>individual addresses for responses intended for 
>specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
>access automatic translation of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Dear Maryam
>
>In this case, we totally support her presence as 
>the speaker of the opening ceremony for the 
>summit, not de-valuing other speakers, but as 
>human right is an issue and she is outspoken, 
>she would be very impressive there. I already 
>contacted her office to talk with her, waiting 
>for her call back. Please add our regional 
>family as one of the sponsors.
>
>regards
>
>Amir
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Cc: <hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>
>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 1:09 PM
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
>
>
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
>individual addresses for responses intended for 
>specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
>access automatic translation of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Dear Amir,
>
>This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
>available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
>the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
>message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
>Amb. Karklins.
>The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
>members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
>We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
>entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
>
>Kind regards,
>Meryem
>
>Le jeudi, 13 oct 2005, ? 10:49 Europe/Paris, west a ?crit :

-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
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From jamelatude at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 12:00:03 2005
From: jamelatude at yahoo.fr (khemakhem jamel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
In-Reply-To: <FDA74A73-3BCA-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051013110003.59701.qmail@web26902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour ? tous
 
Suite aux observations et remarques tendancieuses concernant certains membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne, j'aimerais dire qu'il faut faire la part des choses entre activit?s de la soci?t? civile et activit?s politiques. C'est vrai que cette distinction est tr?s difficile pour certains esprits habitu?s de l'amalgame soci?t? civile ou droits de l'homme-activit? politique.
Les noms qui ont ?t? cit?s ont ?t? toujours des membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne qui appartiennent ? des associations qui ont le statut "ECOSOC" c'est ? dire reconnues pour le s?rieux de leur activit?, sauf si on a plus de cr?dits aux organisations des Nations Unis.
Je vous rappelle que l'Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant a ?t? le pr?curseur dans tout le continent africain, et nos amis africains le connaisse bien parce qu'ils ont v?cu les ?v?nements organis?s par l'ATUDE , l'UNICEF, l'Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant, l'Agence Intergouvernemental de la Francophonie..etc et qui ont vis? la promotion des Droits de l'Enfant Africain, d'ailleurs les efforts de l'ATUDE lui ont valu la reconnaissance du Maghreb Arabe et de l'Afrique enti?re du fait qu'elle a ?t? choisi comme Pr?sident du Collectif Maghr?bin des Droits de l'Enfant et pr?sident du Collectif Africain des Droits de l'Enfant. Juillet dernier, les projets r?alis?s par l'ATUDE ont ?t? publi?s par l'ECOSOC comme Success Story.
Vous voyez que nous sommes en train de construire non seulement notre ch?re pays mais nous contribuons ?galement ? la promotion des droits de l'Enfant dans le monde avec des actions concr?tes et non des slogans.
C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
Nous ne voulons pas rentrer dans ces enqu?tes polici?res sur l'appartenance politique de tel ou tel personne, chacun de nous a ses appartenances, et ses all?geances.
Nous avons choisie d'?tre avec le Pr?sident Ben Ali pour "Construire" la Tunisie nouvelle et nous en sommes fiers, certains autres ont choisis la voie de la destruction et de l'all?geance ? d'autres id?ologies extr?mistes de droite ou de gauche, chacun et libre dans le choix de sa voie mais 
ne faites pas l'amalgame entre activit? de la soci?t? civile et opinions politiques, c'est un droit humain ?l?mentaire.
Un dernier conseil : faites la recherche sur Google"'jameleddine khemakhem" et vous allez voir les r?sultats surtout le Prix International que j'ai eu en novembre 2004.
Merci

Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> a ?crit :
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Dear all,

Following the current discussion on the plenary list, regarding the 
fact that a Tunisian member of Parliament has been selected by ITU as 
WSIS speaker, and the concerns and protests expressed by some, I would 
like to provide you with the following information and facts:

The problem is larger than the ITU selection. In fact, the problem 
comes from CS itself, since:
- 2 members of the CS "selection committee" are members of the Tunisian 
Senate (Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah and Chekib Dhaouadi)
- 2 persons on the selected list by CS are members of the Tunisian 
Senate (Mohamed Elyes Ben Marzouk and Jameleddine Khemakhem)
- Other Tunisian people involved in WSIS as "CS" are also members of 
the Tunisian Senate (to only cite two of them who have shouted and 
obstructed the works and public meetings of the HR caucus: Emna Soula, 
Habib Achour).

All these people have been nominated (not elected) by President Ben Ali 
in July 2005 (see 
http://www.realites.com.tn/index1.php?mag=1&cat=/10010100ACTUALITES/ 
1Nation&art=13230&a=detail1).

Indeed, 41 out of 126 members of the Senate are designated by the 
President. The Tunisian Senate has been created in summer 2005, it is a 
lower Chamber, called "Chambre des Conseillers" (Chamber of 
Councellors). You may find synthetized information on the Tunisian 
Senate at: http://www.senat.fr/senatsdumonde/tunisie.html (in French, 
this is the web site of the French Senate).

Another eminent member of the Tunisian "CS" is a member of the Tunisian 
National Assembly (d?put?e): Sa?da Agrebi (see 
http://www.atm.org.tn/fr/index.htm)

That is to say that we should express concerns and protests:
- On the CS selection committee composition (not to mention the lack of 
transparency of its process, and the lack of accountability of its 
results: I still don't have received any answer regarding the fact that 
my own name, nominated by the HR caucus as proposed speaker, seems to 
have been "forgotten" by the "selection committee".
- On the recommended list to the ITU
- More generally, on the fact that Tunisian Parliament representatives 
(some not even elected, but nominated by President Ben Ali) are active 
as "CS" in the WSIS process, some of them having even created caucuses 
(like the "children rights caucus, created by Jameleddine Khemakhem).

However, these concerns and protests shouldn't be directed towards the 
ITU, which has picked up who it wanted from the list recommended by the 
"selection committee". They must be directed to CS @ WSIS itself, which 
has let this happened, some actively, others in a passive mode, by 
closing their eyes and their ears when such protests have been raised, 
specially by the human rights caucus, during the whole process.

If ITU selects who it wants, this is entirely our fault: by letting 
them choose in a "recommended list", we have allowed them to do that. 
If we had followed a procedure like the one proposed by Bertrand after 
the first "recommended list" has been posted, this wouldn't have 
happened.

Meryem Marzouki
HR Caucus co-chair
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From jamelatude at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 12:02:43 2005
From: jamelatude at yahoo.fr (khemakhem jamel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
In-Reply-To: <FDA74A73-3BCA-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051013110243.74881.qmail@web26908.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour ? tous
 
Suite aux observations et remarques tendancieuses concernant certains membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne, j'aimerais dire qu'il faut faire la part des choses entre activit?s de la soci?t? civile et activit?s politiques. C'est vrai que cette distinction est tr?s difficile pour certains esprits habitu?s de l'amalgame soci?t? civile ou droits de l'homme-activit? politique.
Les noms qui ont ?t? cit?s ont ?t? toujours des membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne qui appartiennent ? des associations qui ont le statut "ECOSOC" c'est ? dire reconnues pour le s?rieux de leur activit?, sauf si on a plus de cr?dits aux organisations des Nations Unis.
Je vous rappelle que l'Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant a ?t? le pr?curseur dans tout le continent africain, et nos amis africains le connaisse bien parce qu'ils ont v?cu les ?v?nements organis?s par l'ATUDE , l'UNICEF, l'Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant, l'Agence Intergouvernemental de la Francophonie..etc et qui ont vis? la promotion des Droits de l'Enfant Africain, d'ailleurs les efforts de l'ATUDE lui ont valu la reconnaissance du Maghreb Arabe et de l'Afrique enti?re du fait qu'elle a ?t? choisi comme Pr?sident du Collectif Maghr?bin des Droits de l'Enfant et pr?sident du Collectif Africain des Droits de l'Enfant. Juillet dernier, les projets r?alis?s par l'ATUDE ont ?t? publi?s par l'ECOSOC comme Success Story.
Vous voyez que nous sommes en train de construire non seulement notre ch?re pays mais nous contribuons ?galement ? la promotion des droits de l'Enfant dans le monde avec des actions concr?tes et non des slogans.
C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
Nous ne voulons pas rentrer dans ces enqu?tes polici?res sur l'appartenance politique de tel ou tel personne, chacun de nous a ses appartenances, et ses all?geances.
Nous avons choisie d'?tre avec le Pr?sident Ben Ali pour "Construire" la Tunisie nouvelle et nous en sommes fiers, certains autres ont choisis la voie de la destruction et de l'all?geance ? d'autres id?ologies extr?mistes de droite ou de gauche, chacun et libre dans le choix de sa voie mais 
ne faites pas l'amalgame entre activit? de la soci?t? civile et opinions politiques, c'est un droit humain ?l?mentaire.
Un dernier conseil : faites la recherche sur Google"'jameleddine khemakhem" et vous allez voir les r?sultats surtout le Prix International que j'ai eu en novembre 2004.
Merci

Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> a ?crit :
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_______________________________________

Dear all,

Following the current discussion on the plenary list, regarding the 
fact that a Tunisian member of Parliament has been selected by ITU as 
WSIS speaker, and the concerns and protests expressed by some, I would 
like to provide you with the following information and facts:

The problem is larger than the ITU selection. In fact, the problem 
comes from CS itself, since:
- 2 members of the CS "selection committee" are members of the Tunisian 
Senate (Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah and Chekib Dhaouadi)
- 2 persons on the selected list by CS are members of the Tunisian 
Senate (Mohamed Elyes Ben Marzouk and Jameleddine Khemakhem)
- Other Tunisian people involved in WSIS as "CS" are also members of 
the Tunisian Senate (to only cite two of them who have shouted and 
obstructed the works and public meetings of the HR caucus: Emna Soula, 
Habib Achour).

All these people have been nominated (not elected) by President Ben Ali 
in July 2005 (see 
http://www.realites.com.tn/index1.php?mag=1&cat=/10010100ACTUALITES/ 
1Nation&art=13230&a=detail1).

Indeed, 41 out of 126 members of the Senate are designated by the 
President. The Tunisian Senate has been created in summer 2005, it is a 
lower Chamber, called "Chambre des Conseillers" (Chamber of 
Councellors). You may find synthetized information on the Tunisian 
Senate at: http://www.senat.fr/senatsdumonde/tunisie.html (in French, 
this is the web site of the French Senate).

Another eminent member of the Tunisian "CS" is a member of the Tunisian 
National Assembly (d?put?e): Sa?da Agrebi (see 
http://www.atm.org.tn/fr/index.htm)

That is to say that we should express concerns and protests:
- On the CS selection committee composition (not to mention the lack of 
transparency of its process, and the lack of accountability of its 
results: I still don't have received any answer regarding the fact that 
my own name, nominated by the HR caucus as proposed speaker, seems to 
have been "forgotten" by the "selection committee".
- On the recommended list to the ITU
- More generally, on the fact that Tunisian Parliament representatives 
(some not even elected, but nominated by President Ben Ali) are active 
as "CS" in the WSIS process, some of them having even created caucuses 
(like the "children rights caucus, created by Jameleddine Khemakhem).

However, these concerns and protests shouldn't be directed towards the 
ITU, which has picked up who it wanted from the list recommended by the 
"selection committee". They must be directed to CS @ WSIS itself, which 
has let this happened, some actively, others in a passive mode, by 
closing their eyes and their ears when such protests have been raised, 
specially by the human rights caucus, during the whole process.

If ITU selects who it wants, this is entirely our fault: by letting 
them choose in a "recommended list", we have allowed them to do that. 
If we had followed a procedure like the one proposed by Bertrand after 
the first "recommended list" has been posted, this wouldn't have 
happened.

Meryem Marzouki
HR Caucus co-chair
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



		
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 12:43:41 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] who's who - confirmed!
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On 13-Oct-05, at 7:00 AM, khemakhem jamel wrote:

> Bonjour ? tous
>
>
> C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme  
> comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci  
> ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile  
> tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
>
thanks for confirming that in fact you have been chosen, and not  
elected. Furthermore - that you and the others are members of the  
senate. It proves my point that there are parliamentarians on the  
list. That fact was NOT stated publicly until now to CS @ WSIS.

Your confirmation will be transmitted to CS, the ITU and other  
governments ..thanks so much for confirming the information!



From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 13:09:14 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection
 committee and selected speakers
Message-ID: <25499473.1129205354002.JavaMail.www@wwinf0802>

Khemakhem Jamel a ?crit :
C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat

Cher S?nateur 
Je suis surpris d'apprendre seulement maintenant votre statut d'?minence politique et vous pr?sente donc mes excuses de vous avoir ind?ment tutoy? pendant toute cette deuxi?me phase du SMSI. C'est en effet une habitude que nous entretenons dans le monde -peu conventionnel- des ONG car elle facilite les contacts, au prix d'une certaine -et ?ventuellement choquante- familiarit? je vous l'accorde.
Afin de m'?viter d'enfreindre d?sormais l'?tiquette et de respecter les ?minences politiques, je vous propose de porter -comme nos ?lus en France lorsqu'ils participent aux commices agricoles ou ? la f?te des anciens combattants- l'?charpe aux couleurs du pays. Vous respecterez ainsi et ? la fois ce patriotisme qui vous anime et vos interlocuteurs.
Ces excuses s'appliquent aussi ? celles et ceux de vos compatriotes de la CS, promus ? ces hautes fonctions, dont je ne retenais jusqu'ici que le pr?nom. Veuillez avoir l'amabilit? de les leur transmettre. Je les remercie par avance pour leur compr?hension et leur indulgence.   

Respectueusement
Jean-Louis Fullsack
Pr?sident de CSDPTT, Ing?nieur retrait? et sans mandat politique ... et aussi sans financement "externe". 


> Message du 13/10/05 13:03
> De : "khemakhem jamel" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : sga.jeunesse@rcd.tn
> Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
> 
> 
Bonjour ? tous

Suite aux observations et remarques tendancieuses concernant certains membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne, j'aimerais dire qu'il faut faire la part des choses entre activit?s de la soci?t? civile et activit?s politiques. C'est vrai que cette distinction est tr?s difficile pour certains esprits habitu?s de l'amalgame soci?t? civile ou droits de l'homme-activit? politique.
Les noms qui ont ?t? cit?s ont ?t? toujours des membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne qui appartiennent ? des associations qui ont le statut "ECOSOC" c'est ? dire reconnues pour le s?rieux de leur activit?, sauf si on a plus de cr?dits aux organisations des Nations Unis.
Je vous rappelle que l'Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant a ?t? le pr?curseur dans tout le continent africain, et nos amis africains le connaisse bien parce qu'ils ont v?cu les ?v?nements organis?s par l'ATUDE , l'UNICEF, l'Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant, l'Agence Intergouvernemental de la Francophonie..etc et qui ont vis? la promotion des Droits de l'Enfant Africain, d'ailleurs les efforts de l'ATUDE lui ont valu la reconnaissance du Maghreb Arabe et de l'Afrique enti?re du fait qu'elle a ?t? choisi comme Pr?sident du Collectif Maghr?bin des Droits de l'Enfant et pr?sident du Collectif Africain des Droits de l'Enfant. Juillet dernier, les projets r?alis?s par l'ATUDE ont ?t? publi?s par l'ECOSOC comme Success Story.
Vous voyez que nous sommes en train de construire non seulement notre ch?re pays mais nous contribuons ?galement ? la promotion des droits de l'Enfant dans le monde avec des actions concr?tes et non des slogans.
C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
Nous ne voulons pas rentrer dans ces enqu?tes polici?res sur l'appartenance politique de tel ou tel personne, chacun de nous a ses appartenances, et ses all?geances.
Nous avons choisie d'?tre avec le Pr?sident Ben Ali pour "Construire" la Tunisie nouvelle et nous en sommes fiers, certains autres ont choisis la voie de la destruction et de l'all?geance ? d'autres id?ologies extr?mistes de droite ou de gauche, chacun et libre dans le choix de sa voie mais 
ne faites pas l'amalgame entre activit? de la soci?t? civile et opinions politiques, c'est un droit humain ?l?mentaire.
Un dernier conseil : faites la recherche sur Google"'jameleddine khemakhem" et vous allez voir les r?sultats surtout le Prix International que j'ai eu en novembre 2004.
Merci
>
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 13:12:10 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] reality check - let's get back to summit discussions..
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There is a WSIS gender caucus - should discussions on and about women  
not be moved there.

That caucus has organized numerous activities and conferences where  
the very issues now on the plenary list have already been discussed.

I would point to those interested, that they take a look at the   
Femme Global conference website. It was held days before the prepcom..

URL is -  <http://www.glow-boell.de/en/rubrik_2/813_993.htm>

Now can we move to other issues - pressing ones in the WSIS civil  
society context, such as planning, organizing and positions to be  
developed for the Summit that is LESS THAN one month away!


regards,

Robert

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Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 13-Oct-05, at 2:54 AM, djilali benamrane wrote:

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> Sorry my message has been truncked....
> I only want to propose that those, the big majority of
> us, who want to gather arround women promotion all
> arond the world and in all status and responsabilities
> will create a special discussion group about the
> issue.
> The problem is more difficult than it seems...
> Are we going to support Lepen daughter or Segolene
> Royal as possible candidate in a French presidential ?
> If in the US Democrate Hillary Clinton would be
> opposite to another Republican woman candidate who are
> we going to support ?
> And choising beetween a progressit man candidate and a
>  non progressit woman competition are we allowed to
> support the woman position.
> In the german case the situation is clear but it
> depends on the german people decision.
> In conclusion if we have to create a discussion group,
> i would like to propose 2 groups one for those who
> beleive on the woman decided to promote human progress
> and another favourable to women supporting regress....
> In 3 weeks, the Tunis Summit with its huge challenges
> and we lose our time with such a discussion.....
> Please stop it !
> Best regards
> Djilali
>
> --- mclauglm@po.muohio.edu wrote:
>
>
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>> people]
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>> _______________________________________
>>
>>
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>>> Location, location, location: Vittorio, your 2
>>> cents worth sells short the issue. I'd want at
>>> least a quid. Your conclusion is only a
>>> conclusion, not an analysis. To put it as
>>> succinctly as possible, in hopes that someone
>>> educated in feminist studies might be able to
>>> accomplish this, there is a bit of truth to your
>>> conclusion. But, let's look at the factors that
>>> figure into it. First, in patriarchal societies,
>>> some women will benefit by being outdoing the
>>> "Old Boys" in their usual function. There also
>>> will be some progressive voices from men, mostly
>>> men who have learned from the feminist movement.
>>> Which should suggest that we should have less
>>> patriarchy and more feminism, to put this in the
>>> simplest terms. Although I agree (and have
>>> experienced the situation) with the situation in
>>> which men *may* be more progressive on gender
>>> equality than may be women, it's far more likely
>>> that women, who are affected especially by
>>> gender discrimination, will be the more
>>> important voices when it comes to being "civil
>>> servants" (?) that are devoted to gender
>>> justice. So, my money (figuratively speaking)
>>> continues to be put toward women who continue to
>>> advance progressive issues and most certainly
>>> feminist advances, and even more particularly,
>>> the issues related to women in the Global South,
>>> where uneven development and gender have to be
>>> considered together.
>>>
>>
>> I suppose that if you don't accept my
>> conscious-raising effort, we can always
>> arm-wrestle to settle the issue. But, please let
>> me warn you in advance: I am a member of the
>> Women's Studies faculty at my university;-)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Lisa
>>
>>
>>> Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think you will have reached gender parity
>>>> when you will start to judge civil servants by
>>>> what they do, rather than by their gender.
>>>> My two cents,
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Christian LAVIGNE
>>> lavigne@intersculpt.org
>>> ***********************************
>>> Pr?sident de TOILE METISSE
>>> ONG agr??e par l'Agence de la Francophonie
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From correia.rui at gmail.com  Thu Oct 13 13:56:59 2005
From: correia.rui at gmail.com (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] who's who - confirmed!
In-Reply-To: <A0E013FA-02C9-4081-8622-FCD1C38956CA@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <004e01c5cff5$b5ffe230$0500000a@Laptop>

Interesting also to note that the honourable member of the Tunisian Senate
is responding through OUR Civil Society list. I wonder if we could all
subscribe to their Tunisian government list.

... then again, he does say that being a member of the Senate does not in
the least diminish his belonging to "Tunisian, Maghrebian, African and
international Civil Society". If you extend that theory ...

This raises serious concerns about delicate matters/ opinions sometimes
aired on this and other Civil Society lists.

Whereas I am NOT advocating that such people should not be on this list
(Freedom of Expression should come before all else), I do remind members
that after what happened at Hammamet PrepCom 1, the Human Rights caucus took
steps to ensure the legitimacy of those wanting to subscribe to its list as
you can see from their site http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis/
under "who should join".

Rui


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On 13-Oct-05, at 7:00 AM, khemakhem jamel wrote:

> Bonjour ? tous
>
>
> C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme  
> comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci  
> ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile  
> tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
>
thanks for confirming that in fact you have been chosen, and not  
elected. Furthermore - that you and the others are members of the  
senate. It proves my point that there are parliamentarians on the  
list. That fact was NOT stated publicly until now to CS @ WSIS.

Your confirmation will be transmitted to CS, the ITU and other  
governments ..thanks so much for confirming the information!


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From fheinz at vialibre.org.ar  Thu Oct 13 13:53:24 2005
From: fheinz at vialibre.org.ar (Federico Heinz)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for
	opening, roundtable and high level panel
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On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 21:42 -0400, Robert Guerra wrote:
> let's not re-open the debate as to who or not should be on the  
> speaker's list.

Can you explain exactly why we should not re-open it? Or why we should
not *open* it in the first place? I can't find much of a discussion of
the issue in the archives of the list. As far as I can tell, caucuses
submitted their lists, and then some people took decisions on their own,
in very familar buddy-network fashion. I also think that keeping Richard
Stallman out of the speaker's list is a major mistake.

	Fede

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 14:37:49 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
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a couple of points:

1. The process was fast, faster than anyone would have wanted.

I for instance, have raised the issue many, many times. For some  
reason the process of speaker selection did not start until the last  
week.  I REALLY ask you to read prior messages on this , especially  
the ones from me...

2. I have, for some time mentioned that a quick process would NOT  
yield favourable results. In fact, it could be (and has been) easily  
manipulated to position Tunisian agents as speakers...

3. I have pushed and insisted for transparency throughout the  
process. There must be full disclosure on the activities of the  
people who are recommended.

Those who did not disclose fully their involvement WHILE the names  
were being considered, should resign. plain & simple. marzouk, please  
step- down

4. i'm not the chair of the ad-hoc speaker selection committee (i'm  
only a vocal member of it)

5. In regards to others whose names were received, and whose profile  
were well known...

- There was a feedback/comment period where all regional groups ,  
caucuses and working groups were asked to not only submit names, but  
also comment on speakers being proposed.
- the process was lightning fast..
- Stallman was immediately identified as a possible speaker. Many  
spoke highly of him and recalled he speaks at many high level events  
all the time. Others, HOWEVER did not share the opinion.  The lack of  
consensus on him was raised - and at the time, no comments were sent.  
As such, he was removed. Again - no comments at the time.

I will note that other caucuses DID object to have some of their  
nominations removed from the list. They did ask to have them be  
reconsidered should the opportunity present itself

6. We find ourselves in the situation that I long predicted - that  
is, a quick process that has not yielded optimal results.

- Again, i said this was going to happen - and it has.
- caucuses (such as pct, and others) are now asking for names to be  
reconsidered...

7. what to do - well, one overarching goal is to have gender and  
regional balance.

the problematic "tunisian" speakers are males, from Africa. Stallman,  
last time I checked was not from Africa...

an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance  could be Mark  
Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher profile than  
Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind the Ubuntu linux  
distribution.

Note: I did propose the name early in the process.

8. To keep the regional and gender balance - then, let's take a look  
at it from a North American perspective.

- let us recall that Stallman was nominated and selected for a round- 
table at the 2003 summit...
-  There is currently only two persons listed in the round-tables  
from the north american/ European region

Ms. Tatiana Ershova
Director General
Institute of the Information Society, Russia

Mr. Simon Davies
Director, Privacy International,UK

I don't know Tatiana, but Simon i do know. As a member of the Privacy  
and security caucus I can say he has the full endorsement of the caucus.

Other than calling for Marzouk to step down  , I am not calling for  
any changes to the Round-tables. Why - well, objections were not  
raised when they should have been. The process has not been perfect,  
but we've tried our best given the information we've had.

Again, a serious development has been the fact that one of the  
speakers is a "directly appointed" member of the tunisian parliament.  
A fact, confirmed by those in Tunisia my I add... That is the person  
who should, in fact must step down. When that happens, the principle  
of regional and gender balance must be maintained - as should the  
principle of transparency..


9. What's left - Plenary sessions..

- These are 3-4 min interventions in the plenary.
- What the status is of the plenary speakers is not know. let's wait  
to get information on that first.

- that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional  
balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the  
moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted and  
will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can come.

So an easily solution would be to get  Richard get in touch with  
Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not, we might have a  
solution.



As i mentioned earlier - I have long standing issues with the speaker  
selection process. It should have started months ago as I have been  
saying all along. The process has not been perfect. Given the names  
have already been transmitted to the ITU and their decision is  
pending, then an changes after the fact may be a mute point. Should  
changes be possible - then an open discussion should take place and  
consensus, if possible should be followed.


For me, the proposal of a speaker from the Tunisian parliament is far  
more an important issue than Stallman being on the list or not. it's  
the issue I will follow, track and be concerned about. Other speaker  
issues are noted, but are ones that I will leave for others who were  
involved in the process.

regards

Robert





On 13-Oct-05, at 8:53 AM, Federico Heinz wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 21:42 -0400, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>> let's not re-open the debate as to who or not should be on the
>> speaker's list.
>>
>
> Can you explain exactly why we should not re-open it? Or why we should
> not *open* it in the first place? I can't find much of a discussion of
> the issue in the archives of the list. As far as I can tell, caucuses
> submitted their lists, and then some people took decisions on their  
> own,
> in very familar buddy-network fashion. I also think that keeping  
> Richard
> Stallman out of the speaker's list is a major mistake.
>
>     Fede
>
>


From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Thu Oct 13 15:09:36 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] reality check - let's get back to summit
 discussions..
In-Reply-To: <CF61D91C-3236-4190-8269-731B8941F791@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <20051013065411.91990.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>
 <CF61D91C-3236-4190-8269-731B8941F791@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <p06010200bf741705b671@[192.168.1.100]>

Robert and Djilali, of course you are correct. The CS-Plenary 
shouldn't be used to discuss gender issues. After all, we have 
violated protocol around following the official agenda by discussing 
this at all. How dare we do so when there actually exists a list and 
a past conference that deals with such "marginal" and less-pressing 
issues? We really should be discussing issues like internet 
governance and speakers at UN conferences like we've been told to 
do--you know, things that are important to less than half of the 
population of the world. So, after this, I won't contribute to this 
gendered thread of the conversation. My apologies for contributing to 
taking up so much of your time. It's quite unforgivable for me and 
for others not to have recognized by now that WSIS CS-Plenary is not 
the place to discuss gender issues, especially now that they are off 
of the official intergovernmental agenda.

With irony,
Lisa

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>There is a WSIS gender caucus - should discussions on and about 
>women not be moved there.
>
>That caucus has organized numerous activities and conferences where 
>the very issues now on the plenary list have already been discussed.
>
>I would point to those interested, that they take a look at the  
>Femme Global conference website. It was held days before the prepcom..
>
>URL is -  <http://www.glow-boell.de/en/rubrik_2/813_993.htm>
>
>Now can we move to other issues - pressing ones in the WSIS civil 
>society context, such as planning, organizing and positions to be 
>developed for the Summit that is LESS THAN one month away!
>
>
>regards,
>
>Robert
>
>--
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>Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 13-Oct-05, at 2:54 AM, djilali benamrane wrote:
>
>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the 
>>entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended 
>>for specific people]
>>
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>>translation of this message!
>>_______________________________________
>>
>>Sorry my message has been truncked....
>>I only want to propose that those, the big majority of
>>us, who want to gather arround women promotion all
>>arond the world and in all status and responsabilities
>>will create a special discussion group about the
>>issue.
>>The problem is more difficult than it seems...
>>Are we going to support Lepen daughter or Segolene
>>Royal as possible candidate in a French presidential ?
>>If in the US Democrate Hillary Clinton would be
>>opposite to another Republican woman candidate who are
>>we going to support ?
>>And choising beetween a progressit man candidate and a
>>  non progressit woman competition are we allowed to
>>support the woman position.
>>In the german case the situation is clear but it
>>depends on the german people decision.
>>In conclusion if we have to create a discussion group,
>>i would like to propose 2 groups one for those who
>>beleive on the woman decided to promote human progress
>>and another favourable to women supporting regress....
>>In 3 weeks, the Tunis Summit with its huge challenges
>>and we lose our time with such a discussion.....
>>Please stop it !
>>Best regards
>>Djilali
>>

-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society

Mass Communication
Williams Hall
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USA
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Fax: 513-529-1835

From avri at psg.com  Thu Oct 13 15:23:17 2005
From: avri at psg.com (Avri Doria)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] reality check - let's get back to summit discussions..
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Message-ID: <8912E978-2109-43C0-B808-7AFD63AC985C@psg.com>

On 13 okt 2005, at 08.12, Robert Guerra wrote:

> There is a WSIS gender caucus - should discussions on and about  
> women not be moved there.


While I am against ghettoizing the discussion about gender to only  
being discussed in the GC, I do agree that we need to get beyond some  
of the particular issues we are discussing and starting some serious  
planning for how we plan to react to the work currently being done by  
the governments.

a.


From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Oct 13 15:48:24 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org>
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Message-ID: <0B85C18D-D820-49E8-A1A1-4572E7356D91@earthlink.net>

Dear Friends,

As far as we have been informed, the WSIS Secretary General will not  
forward a speaker from civil society if they are representing their  
government.   This was the problem with the nomination of Adama  
Samasekou coming from civil society, since he retains strong  
association with the Malian government.

Our process as it stands is for the selection committee to forward  
the CVs and other relevant information to the WSIS Secretariat to  
assist them in making the final determination as to who will be  
forwarded to the President of the WSIS for final approval.  I presume  
that if there are speakers on our list who are strongly associated  
with their government, they will not be recommended by Mr. Utsumi.

We will be sharing with the Plenary the full speaker's list, with CVs  
and proposed topics as soon as possible.

On the general point, I of course agree that our process has been  
imperfect, too fast, etc.  But I also think that lots more of our  
designated people will get to speak in Tunis because of this  
process.  Where there have been gaps and omissions, let's find ways  
to use our small list of agreed speakers to address the messages we  
need them to support.

Respectfully,

Rik Panganiban

On Oct 13, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> a couple of points:
>
> 1. The process was fast, faster than anyone would have wanted.
>
> I for instance, have raised the issue many, many times. For some  
> reason the process of speaker selection did not start until the  
> last week.  I REALLY ask you to read prior messages on this ,  
> especially the ones from me...
>
> 2. I have, for some time mentioned that a quick process would NOT  
> yield favourable results. In fact, it could be (and has been)  
> easily manipulated to position Tunisian agents as speakers...
>
> 3. I have pushed and insisted for transparency throughout the  
> process. There must be full disclosure on the activities of the  
> people who are recommended.
>
> Those who did not disclose fully their involvement WHILE the names  
> were being considered, should resign. plain & simple. marzouk,  
> please step- down
>
> 4. i'm not the chair of the ad-hoc speaker selection committee (i'm  
> only a vocal member of it)
>
> 5. In regards to others whose names were received, and whose  
> profile were well known...
>
> - There was a feedback/comment period where all regional groups ,  
> caucuses and working groups were asked to not only submit names,  
> but also comment on speakers being proposed.
> - the process was lightning fast..
> - Stallman was immediately identified as a possible speaker. Many  
> spoke highly of him and recalled he speaks at many high level  
> events all the time. Others, HOWEVER did not share the opinion.   
> The lack of consensus on him was raised - and at the time, no  
> comments were sent. As such, he was removed. Again - no comments at  
> the time.
>
> I will note that other caucuses DID object to have some of their  
> nominations removed from the list. They did ask to have them be  
> reconsidered should the opportunity present itself
>
> 6. We find ourselves in the situation that I long predicted - that  
> is, a quick process that has not yielded optimal results.
>
> - Again, i said this was going to happen - and it has.
> - caucuses (such as pct, and others) are now asking for names to be  
> reconsidered...
>
> 7. what to do - well, one overarching goal is to have gender and  
> regional balance.
>
> the problematic "tunisian" speakers are males, from Africa.  
> Stallman, last time I checked was not from Africa...
>
> an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance  could be  
> Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher profile  
> than Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind the Ubuntu  
> linux distribution.
>
> Note: I did propose the name early in the process.
>
> 8. To keep the regional and gender balance - then, let's take a  
> look at it from a North American perspective.
>
> - let us recall that Stallman was nominated and selected for a  
> round-table at the 2003 summit...
> -  There is currently only two persons listed in the round-tables  
> from the north american/ European region
>
> Ms. Tatiana Ershova
> Director General
> Institute of the Information Society, Russia
>
> Mr. Simon Davies
> Director, Privacy International,UK
>
> I don't know Tatiana, but Simon i do know. As a member of the  
> Privacy and security caucus I can say he has the full endorsement  
> of the caucus.
>
> Other than calling for Marzouk to step down  , I am not calling for  
> any changes to the Round-tables. Why - well, objections were not  
> raised when they should have been. The process has not been  
> perfect, but we've tried our best given the information we've had.
>
> Again, a serious development has been the fact that one of the  
> speakers is a "directly appointed" member of the tunisian  
> parliament. A fact, confirmed by those in Tunisia my I add... That  
> is the person who should, in fact must step down. When that  
> happens, the principle of regional and gender balance must be  
> maintained - as should the principle of transparency..
>
>
> 9. What's left - Plenary sessions..
>
> - These are 3-4 min interventions in the plenary.
> - What the status is of the plenary speakers is not know. let's  
> wait to get information on that first.
>
> - that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional  
> balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the  
> moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted and  
> will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can come.
>
> So an easily solution would be to get  Richard get in touch with  
> Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not, we might have  
> a solution.
>
>
>
> As i mentioned earlier - I have long standing issues with the  
> speaker selection process. It should have started months ago as I  
> have been saying all along. The process has not been perfect. Given  
> the names have already been transmitted to the ITU and their  
> decision is pending, then an changes after the fact may be a mute  
> point. Should changes be possible - then an open discussion should  
> take place and consensus, if possible should be followed.
>
>
> For me, the proposal of a speaker from the Tunisian parliament is  
> far more an important issue than Stallman being on the list or not.  
> it's the issue I will follow, track and be concerned about. Other  
> speaker issues are noted, but are ones that I will leave for others  
> who were involved in the process.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
> On 13-Oct-05, at 8:53 AM, Federico Heinz wrote:
>
>
>> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 21:42 -0400, Robert Guerra wrote:
>>
>>
>>> let's not re-open the debate as to who or not should be on the
>>> speaker's list.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Can you explain exactly why we should not re-open it? Or why we  
>> should
>> not *open* it in the first place? I can't find much of a  
>> discussion of
>> the issue in the archives of the list. As far as I can tell, caucuses
>> submitted their lists, and then some people took decisions on  
>> their own,
>> in very familar buddy-network fashion. I also think that keeping  
>> Richard
>> Stallman out of the speaker's list is a major mistake.
>>
>>     Fede
>>
>>
>>
>


From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Thu Oct 13 16:23:19 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
References: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Thank you very much for this link.  For the United States of America, the result is dashes.  Having seen this before, just asking if we can be assured this means no visa required? Have indeed seen this statement elsewhere.  Any further information much appreciated as well, LDMF.

Dr. L. D. Misek-Falkoff
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: rbloem@ngocongo.org ; wsis@ngocongo.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:56 AM
  Subject: TR: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?


  Dear all,

   

  Information of which countries need a visa can be found (English) at: http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php. Also I am attaching a list of Tunisian missions abroad, taken from this website.

   

  Tunis does not have consular services in all countries. That's why visas will be issued upon arrival at the Tunisian airport. You will need to present your passport, and fill out a form (attached) together with the confirmation of registration letter that the ITU/WSIS has sent after the online registration to the Summit.

  For those people who could not get their visa before and do not have a visa Schengen and will not have a direct flight to Tunis can use the confirmation of registration letter from the ITU as an official document. This letter has an ID number that will help to identify the individual as a Summit participant within customs authorities. Tunisian authorities have confirmed this and they will inform all authorities from airports (European airports in particular) about this possibility. 

   

  Regarding the question of obtaining a personal invitation letter from the Host Country, we have raised this question and they have confirmed to us that the confirmation of registration letter will be enough.   

   

  If you have further questions do not hesitate to contact us. 

   

  Best regards

  ===================================    

  Chers tous, 

   

  L'information sur les pays dont les ressortissants ont besoin d'un visa pour la Tunisie est disponible (en Fran?ais) sur le site www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visa/index.php. De m?me, j'ai attach? une liste des Missions Tunisiennes ? l'?tranger, que l'on peut ?galement trouver sur ce site web.

   

  La Tunisie ne dispose pas de services consulaires dans tous les pays. C'est pourquoi les visas pourront ?tre demand?s lors de l'arriv?e ? l'a?roport de Tunis. Vous devrez pr?senter un passeport et remplir un formulaire (en pi?ce jointe) de m?me que le message de confirmation d'enregistrement que l'UIT / WSIS a envoy? suite ? votre enregistrement en ligne pour le Sommet.

   

  Pour ceux qui ne pourraient pas disposer d'un visa avant leur d?part ou qui ne disposent pas non plus d'un visa Schengen, et qui ne prennent pas un vol direct pour Tunis, vous pouvez utiliser le message de confirmation d'enregistrement de l'UIT en tant que document officiel. Cette lettre dispose d'un num?ro d'identification qui permettra de vous identifier aupr?s des autorit?s des douanes en tant que participant au sommet. Les autorit?s tunisiennes ont confirm? ceci et elles informeront toutes les autorit?s a?roportuaires (et en particulier les a?roports europ?ens) de cette possibilit?.

   

  Nous avons demand? sur la possibilit? d'obtenir une lettre d'invitation de la part du Pays H?te, mais ils nous ont confirme que la lettre de confirmation d'enregistrement de l'UIT/WSIS  est un document suffisant.

    

  N'h?sitez pas ? nous contacter si vous avez des questions suppl?mentaires.

   

  Bien ? vous, 

   

  ===================================

  Apreciados colegas,

   

  Mayor informaci?n sobre visas puede encontrarse (Ingles) en el sitio web: http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php 

  Adjunto le estoy enviando la lista con los datos de embajadas de T?nez en el extranjero.

   

  T?nez no tiene servicios consulares en todos los pa?ses, es por eso que usted podr? obtener la visa a su llegada a T?nez en el  

  aeropuerto. Tiene que presentar su pasaporte, llenar la solicitud de visa (la estoy adjuntando) junto con la carta de confirmaci?n de inscripci?n a la Cumbre que el UIT/CMSI le ha enviado despu?s de la inscripci?n en l?nea.

   

  Para aquellos que no pudieron obtener la visa y no cuentan  con una visa Schengen y si su vuelo no es directo, podran utilizar como documento oficial la carta de confirmaci?n de inscripci?n del UIT. Esta carta cuenta con un No de identificaci?n que permitir? reconocer a su portador como participante a la Cumbre, ayudando as? en el transito en las aduanas. Las autoridades Tunesianas has confirmado esto y ellos informar?n a todas las autoridades de los aeropuertos (en particular en Europa) sobre esta posibilidad.

   

  Referente a la obtenci?n de una carta por parte del pa?s hu?sped, hemos hecho esta pregunta y se nos ha confirmado que la carta de confirmaci?n de registro del UIT ser? un documento suficiente.

   

  Si requiere mayor informaci?n no dude en contactarnos.     

   

   

  Alejandra Mendoza Le?n

  CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 

  11, Avenue de la Paix
  CH-1202 Geneva
  Tel: +41 22 301 1000
  Fax: +41 22 301 2000

  E-mail:wsis@ngocongo.org  
  Website: www.ngocongo.org 

  The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org

   


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  De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de Heidi Paredes - I'lam
  Envoy? : jeudi, 13. octobre 2005 08:56
  ? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?

   

  Dear all,

  I am dealing now with this issue of visas and had the following information regarding getting a visa upon arrival:

  Or, if need be, upon their arrival in Tunisia . In this case, they should : 

    1.. have a passport valid all along the stay in Tunisia 
    2.. submit the letter of confirmation of registration in the second phase of the Summit 
    3.. fill in the visa application form and the boarding sheet , and send them, 15 days before their arrival in Tunisia , to the following address : visa@smsitunis2005.tn    
  The form and boarding sheet are in pdf format and I could not find out until date how to fill them out. Since they only give an e-mail address (no fax number even after I asked), I still don't know how or where to send it back 15 days before arrival.

  Heidi

   

  Heidi Paredes

  Development Director

  I'lam, Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel

  POB 101, 16000 Nazareth

  Tel. +972-4-6001370, Fax. +972-4-6001418

  www.ilamcenter.org 

   

   


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  From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Tracey Naughton
  Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:40 AM
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?

   

  We have had assurance - delivered twice and verbally by Mr Geiger that visas can be issued on arrival. This is a normal practise in Tunisia and will be especially so for WSIS. Since my first visit there in 1985, I have always got a visa on arrival. It can take 15 minutes because you need to leave the arrival area and get some local currency. However, since visas are free of charge for WSIS, the process will be easier - though there may be many people doing this so it is advisable to get a visa in advance if you can.

   

  There is still no way around taking individual responsibility for travel.

   

  Tracey Naughton

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Tracey Naughton

  (to November 9, 05)

  Pact Mongolia Office

  Peace Avenue 24

  Ulaan Baatar

  Mongolia

  Tel: (976 11) 46 09 01

  Fax: (976 11) 46 10 48

  Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
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From acarvin at edc.org  Thu Oct 13 16:29:31 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
References: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch> <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
Message-ID: <434E7D5B.80401@edc.org>

US citizens don't require a visa. I had no problem the last time I went 
to Tunisia.

ac

Respectful_Interfaces wrote:
> Thank you very much for this link.  For the United States of America, 
> the result is dashes.  Having seen this before, just asking if we can be 
> assured this means no visa required? Have indeed seen this statement 
> elsewhere.  Any further information much appreciated as well, LDMF.
>  
> Dr. L. D. Misek-Falkoff
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
>     *To:* plenary@wsis-cs.org <mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>     *Cc:* rbloem@ngocongo.org <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org> ;
>     wsis@ngocongo.org <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:56 AM
>     *Subject:* TR: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
> 
>     Dear all,
> 
>      
> 
>     Information of which countries need a visa can be found (English)
>     at: http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php. Also I
>     am attaching a list of Tunisian missions abroad, taken from this
>     website.
> 
>      
> 
>     Tunis does not have consular services in all countries. That?s why
>     visas will be issued upon arrival at the Tunisian airport. You will
>     need to present your passport, and fill out a form (attached)
>     together with the confirmation of registration letter that the
>     ITU/WSIS has sent after the online registration to the Summit.
> 
>     For those people who could not get their visa before and do not have
>     a visa Schengen and will not have a direct flight to Tunis can use
>     the confirmation of registration letter from the ITU as an *official
>     document*. This letter has an ID number that will help to identify
>     the individual as a Summit participant within customs authorities.
>     Tunisian authorities have confirmed this and they will inform all
>     authorities from airports (European airports in particular) about
>     this possibility.
> 
>      
> 
>     Regarding the question of obtaining a personal invitation letter
>     from the Host Country, we have raised this question and they have
>     confirmed to us that the confirmation of registration letter will be
>     enough.   
> 
>      
> 
>     If you have further questions do not hesitate to contact us.
> 
>      
> 
>     Best regards
> 
>     ===================================    
> 
>     Chers tous,
> 
>      
> 
>     L?information sur les pays dont les ressortissants ont besoin d?un
>     visa pour la Tunisie est disponible (en Fran?ais) sur le site
>     www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visa/index.php
>     <http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visa/index.php>. De m?me,
>     j?ai attach? une liste des Missions Tunisiennes ? l??tranger, que
>     l?on peut ?galement trouver sur ce site web.
> 
>      
> 
>     La Tunisie ne dispose pas de services consulaires dans tous les
>     pays. C?est pourquoi les visas pourront ?tre demand?s lors de
>     l?arriv?e ? l?a?roport de Tunis. Vous devrez pr?senter un passeport
>     et remplir un formulaire (en pi?ce jointe) de m?me que le message de
>     confirmation d?enregistrement que l?UIT / WSIS a envoy? suite ?
>     votre enregistrement en ligne pour le Sommet.
> 
>      
> 
>     Pour ceux qui ne pourraient pas disposer d?un visa avant leur d?part
>     ou qui ne disposent pas non plus d?un visa Schengen, et qui ne
>     prennent pas un vol direct pour Tunis, vous pouvez utiliser le
>     message de confirmation d?enregistrement de l?UIT en tant que
>     *document officiel*. Cette lettre dispose d?un num?ro
>     d?identification qui permettra de vous identifier aupr?s des
>     autorit?s des douanes en tant que participant au sommet. Les
>     autorit?s tunisiennes ont confirm? ceci et elles informeront toutes
>     les autorit?s a?roportuaires (et en particulier les a?roports
>     europ?ens) de cette possibilit?.
> 
>      
> 
>     Nous avons demand? sur la possibilit? d?obtenir une lettre
>     d?invitation de la part du Pays H?te, mais ils nous ont confirme que
>     la lettre de confirmation d?enregistrement de l?UIT/WSIS  est un
>     document suffisant.
> 
>       
> 
>     N?h?sitez pas ? nous contacter si vous avez des questions
>     suppl?mentaires.
> 
>      
> 
>     Bien ? vous,
> 
>      
> 
>     ===================================
> 
>     Apreciados colegas,
> 
>      
> 
>     Mayor informaci?n sobre visas puede encontrarse (Ingles) en el sitio
>     web: http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php
> 
>     Adjunto le estoy enviando la lista con los datos de embajadas de
>     T?nez en el extranjero.
> 
>      
> 
>     T?nez no tiene servicios consulares en todos los pa?ses, es por eso
>     que usted podr? obtener la visa a su llegada a T?nez en el  
> 
>     aeropuerto. Tiene que presentar su pasaporte, llenar la solicitud de
>     visa (la estoy adjuntando) junto con la carta de confirmaci?n de
>     inscripci?n a la Cumbre que el UIT/CMSI le ha enviado despu?s de la
>     inscripci?n en l?nea.
> 
>      
> 
>     Para aquellos que no pudieron obtener la visa y no cuentan  con una
>     visa Schengen y si su vuelo no es directo, podran utilizar como
>     documento oficial la carta de confirmaci?n de inscripci?n del UIT.
>     Esta carta cuenta con un No de identificaci?n que permitir?
>     reconocer a su portador como participante a la Cumbre, ayudando as?
>     en el transito en las aduanas. Las autoridades Tunesianas has
>     confirmado esto y ellos informar?n a todas las autoridades de los
>     aeropuertos (en particular en Europa) sobre esta posibilidad.
> 
>      
> 
>     Referente a la obtenci?n de una carta por parte del pa?s hu?sped,
>     hemos hecho esta pregunta y se nos ha confirmado que la carta de
>     confirmaci?n de registro del UIT ser? un documento suficiente.
> 
>      
> 
>     Si requiere mayor informaci?n no dude en contactarnos.     
> 
>      
> 
>     * *
> 
>     *Alejandra Mendoza Le?n*
> 
>     *CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat *
> 
>     *11, Avenue de la Paix
>     CH-1202 Geneva
>     Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>     Fa**x: +41 22 301 20**00*
> 
>     *E-mail:_wsis@ngocongo.org__ _ 
>     Website: **www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/>** *
> 
>     *The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership
>     association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
>     Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major
>     objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the
>     world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
>     concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
>     <http://www.ngocongo.org/>*
> 
>      
> 
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     *De :* plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]
>     *De la part de* Heidi Paredes - I'lam
>     *Envoy? :* jeudi, 13. octobre 2005 08:56
>     *? :* plenary@wsis-cs.org
>     *Objet :* RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
> 
>      
> 
>     Dear all,
> 
>     I am dealing now with this issue of visas and had the following
>     information regarding *getting a visa upon arrival*:
> 
>     Or, if need be, upon their arrival in Tunisia . In this case, they
>     should :
> 
>        1. have a passport valid all along the stay in Tunisia
>        2. submit the letter of confirmation of registration in the
>           second phase of the Summit
>        3. fill in the visa application **form **
>           <http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/formulaire.pdf>and
>           the **boarding sheet
>           <http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/ficheemb.pdf> ,
>           **and send them, **15 days before their arrival in Tunisia ,
>           to the following address : visa@smsitunis2005.tn   
>           <mailto:visa@smsitunis2005.tn>****** 
> 
>     **The form and boarding sheet are in ****pdf format**** and I could
>     not find out until date how to fill them out. Since they only give
>     an e-mail address (no fax number even after I asked), I still don?t
>     know how or where to send it back ****15 days before arrival****.****
> 
>     Heidi
> 
>      
> 
>     Heidi Paredes
> 
>     Development Director
> 
>     I'lam, Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel
> 
>     POB 101, 16000 Nazareth
> 
>     Tel. +972-4-6001370, Fax. +972-4-6001418
> 
>     www.ilamcenter.org
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>     *From:* plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]
>     *On Behalf Of *Tracey Naughton
>     *Sent:* Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:40 AM
>     *To:* plenary@wsis-cs.org
>     *Subject:* Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
> 
>      
> 
>     We have had assurance - delivered twice and verbally by Mr Geiger
>     that visas can be issued on arrival. This is a normal practise in
>     Tunisia and will be especially so for WSIS. Since my first visit
>     there in 1985, I have always got a visa on arrival. It can take 15
>     minutes because you need to leave the arrival area and get some
>     local currency. However, since visas are free of charge for WSIS,
>     the process will be easier - though there may be many people doing
>     this so it is advisable to get a visa in advance if you can.
> 
>      
> 
>     There is still no way around taking individual responsibility for
>     travel.
> 
>      
> 
>     Tracey Naughton
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     Tracey Naughton
> 
>     (to November 9, 05)
> 
>     Pact Mongolia Office
> 
>     Peace Avenue 24
> 
>     Ulaan Baatar
> 
>     Mongolia
> 
>     Tel: (976 11) 46 09 01
> 
>     Fax: (976 11) 46 10 48
> 
>     Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com <mailto:tracey@traceynaughton.com>
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 

-- 
-----------------------------------
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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From avri at psg.com  Thu Oct 13 16:31:09 2005
From: avri at psg.com (Avri Doria)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
References: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch> <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
Message-ID: <C5CE8494-2533-45D6-8025-D679D7D314A5@psg.com>


On 13 okt 2005, at 11.23, Respectful_Interfaces wrote:

> hank you very much for this link.  For the United States of  
> America, the result is dashes.  Having seen this before, just  
> asking if we can be assured this means no visa required? Have  
> indeed seen this statement elsewhere.  Any further information much  
> appreciated as well, LDMF.

Actually i believe that if you then filled in citizenship and the  
type of passport, you eventually were informed that no visa was  
required for US travelers.

i.e.

Holders of this type of passport are not required to obtain an entry  
visa to Tunisia

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From avri at acm.org  Thu Oct 13 16:31:51 2005
From: avri at acm.org (Avri Doria)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
References: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch> <053b01c5d00a$1cd700b0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
Message-ID: <FB1D3540-DA36-4997-8157-4E44A718B0A2@acm.org>


On 13 okt 2005, at 11.23, Respectful_Interfaces wrote:

> hank you very much for this link.  For the United States of  
> America, the result is dashes.  Having seen this before, just  
> asking if we can be assured this means no visa required? Have  
> indeed seen this statement elsewhere.  Any further information much  
> appreciated as well, LDMF.

Actually i believe that if you then filled in citizenship and the  
type of passport, you eventually were informed that no visa was  
required for US travelers.

i.e.

Holders of this type of passport are not required to obtain an entry  
visa to Tunisia

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From r_correia at telkomsa.net  Thu Oct 13 15:37:14 2005
From: r_correia at telkomsa.net (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] About visas on Tunis Summit website
Message-ID: <006c01c5d003$9ea7e610$0500000a@Laptop>

For those of you trying to establish whether or not they need a visa to
enter Tunisia, they will come across one of these two messages after
selecting your country and choosing "ordinaire" on the web page
http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visa/index.php 

1. Les titulaires de ce type de passeport ne sont pas soumis au Visa
d'entr?e en Tunisie

In English:
Bearers of this type of passport are NOT subject to an entry visa for
Tunisia
   
Or 

2. Les titulaires de ce type de passeport sont soumis au Visa d'entr?e en
Tunisie 

In English:
Bearers of this type of passport ARE subject to an entry visa for Tunisia

Very odd that for an event of this magnitude, this information is available
in French only!

Also interesting to note that people from MOST African countries require
visas, whereas people from MOST western countries do not!

Rui


________________________________________________
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?
Rui Correia
Coordinator, Southern Africa WSIS Partnership
(Media Institute of Southern Africa, SACOD, Highway Africa)
38 Finch St, 
Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort, 
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336
Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214






From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Thu Oct 13 17:11:46 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org> <FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org> <1129208004.27870.88.camel@michelle> <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org> <0B85C18D-D820-49E8-A1A1-4572E7356D91@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <00b401c5d010$d1969cd0$2101a8c0@home>

Just for the records, a parliamentarian is not part of a government but
elected by the people.


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Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for
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>
> As far as we have been informed, the WSIS Secretary General will not
> forward a speaker from civil society if they are representing their
> government.   This was the problem with the nomination of Adama
> Samasekou coming from civil society, since he retains strong
> association with the Malian government.
>
> Our process as it stands is for the selection committee to forward
> the CVs and other relevant information to the WSIS Secretariat to
> assist them in making the final determination as to who will be
> forwarded to the President of the WSIS for final approval.  I presume
> that if there are speakers on our list who are strongly associated
> with their government, they will not be recommended by Mr. Utsumi.
>
> We will be sharing with the Plenary the full speaker's list, with CVs
> and proposed topics as soon as possible.
>
> On the general point, I of course agree that our process has been
> imperfect, too fast, etc.  But I also think that lots more of our
> designated people will get to speak in Tunis because of this
> process.  Where there have been gaps and omissions, let's find ways
> to use our small list of agreed speakers to address the messages we
> need them to support.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Rik Panganiban
>
> On Oct 13, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
> > for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> > translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > a couple of points:
> >
> > 1. The process was fast, faster than anyone would have wanted.
> >
> > I for instance, have raised the issue many, many times. For some
> > reason the process of speaker selection did not start until the
> > last week.  I REALLY ask you to read prior messages on this ,
> > especially the ones from me...
> >
> > 2. I have, for some time mentioned that a quick process would NOT
> > yield favourable results. In fact, it could be (and has been)
> > easily manipulated to position Tunisian agents as speakers...
> >
> > 3. I have pushed and insisted for transparency throughout the
> > process. There must be full disclosure on the activities of the
> > people who are recommended.
> >
> > Those who did not disclose fully their involvement WHILE the names
> > were being considered, should resign. plain & simple. marzouk,
> > please step- down
> >
> > 4. i'm not the chair of the ad-hoc speaker selection committee (i'm
> > only a vocal member of it)
> >
> > 5. In regards to others whose names were received, and whose
> > profile were well known...
> >
> > - There was a feedback/comment period where all regional groups ,
> > caucuses and working groups were asked to not only submit names,
> > but also comment on speakers being proposed.
> > - the process was lightning fast..
> > - Stallman was immediately identified as a possible speaker. Many
> > spoke highly of him and recalled he speaks at many high level
> > events all the time. Others, HOWEVER did not share the opinion.
> > The lack of consensus on him was raised - and at the time, no
> > comments were sent. As such, he was removed. Again - no comments at
> > the time.
> >
> > I will note that other caucuses DID object to have some of their
> > nominations removed from the list. They did ask to have them be
> > reconsidered should the opportunity present itself
> >
> > 6. We find ourselves in the situation that I long predicted - that
> > is, a quick process that has not yielded optimal results.
> >
> > - Again, i said this was going to happen - and it has.
> > - caucuses (such as pct, and others) are now asking for names to be
> > reconsidered...
> >
> > 7. what to do - well, one overarching goal is to have gender and
> > regional balance.
> >
> > the problematic "tunisian" speakers are males, from Africa.
> > Stallman, last time I checked was not from Africa...
> >
> > an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance  could be
> > Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher profile
> > than Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind the Ubuntu
> > linux distribution.
> >
> > Note: I did propose the name early in the process.
> >
> > 8. To keep the regional and gender balance - then, let's take a
> > look at it from a North American perspective.
> >
> > - let us recall that Stallman was nominated and selected for a
> > round-table at the 2003 summit...
> > -  There is currently only two persons listed in the round-tables
> > from the north american/ European region
> >
> > Ms. Tatiana Ershova
> > Director General
> > Institute of the Information Society, Russia
> >
> > Mr. Simon Davies
> > Director, Privacy International,UK
> >
> > I don't know Tatiana, but Simon i do know. As a member of the
> > Privacy and security caucus I can say he has the full endorsement
> > of the caucus.
> >
> > Other than calling for Marzouk to step down  , I am not calling for
> > any changes to the Round-tables. Why - well, objections were not
> > raised when they should have been. The process has not been
> > perfect, but we've tried our best given the information we've had.
> >
> > Again, a serious development has been the fact that one of the
> > speakers is a "directly appointed" member of the tunisian
> > parliament. A fact, confirmed by those in Tunisia my I add... That
> > is the person who should, in fact must step down. When that
> > happens, the principle of regional and gender balance must be
> > maintained - as should the principle of transparency..
> >
> >
> > 9. What's left - Plenary sessions..
> >
> > - These are 3-4 min interventions in the plenary.
> > - What the status is of the plenary speakers is not know. let's
> > wait to get information on that first.
> >
> > - that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional
> > balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the
> > moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted and
> > will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can come.
> >
> > So an easily solution would be to get  Richard get in touch with
> > Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not, we might have
> > a solution.
> >
> >
> >
> > As i mentioned earlier - I have long standing issues with the
> > speaker selection process. It should have started months ago as I
> > have been saying all along. The process has not been perfect. Given
> > the names have already been transmitted to the ITU and their
> > decision is pending, then an changes after the fact may be a mute
> > point. Should changes be possible - then an open discussion should
> > take place and consensus, if possible should be followed.
> >
> >
> > For me, the proposal of a speaker from the Tunisian parliament is
> > far more an important issue than Stallman being on the list or not.
> > it's the issue I will follow, track and be concerned about. Other
> > speaker issues are noted, but are ones that I will leave for others
> > who were involved in the process.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 13-Oct-05, at 8:53 AM, Federico Heinz wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 21:42 -0400, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> let's not re-open the debate as to who or not should be on the
> >>> speaker's list.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> Can you explain exactly why we should not re-open it? Or why we
> >> should
> >> not *open* it in the first place? I can't find much of a
> >> discussion of
> >> the issue in the archives of the list. As far as I can tell, caucuses
> >> submitted their lists, and then some people took decisions on
> >> their own,
> >> in very familar buddy-network fashion. I also think that keeping
> >> Richard
> >> Stallman out of the speaker's list is a major mistake.
> >>
> >>     Fede
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 17:49:27 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <00b401c5d010$d1969cd0$2101a8c0@home>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org> <FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org> <1129208004.27870.88.camel@michelle> <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org> <0B85C18D-D820-49E8-A1A1-4572E7356D91@earthlink.net> <00b401c5d010$d1969cd0$2101a8c0@home>
Message-ID: <D8339B60-3741-473A-AA60-513056DB45CE@lists.privaterra.org>

Conchita:

have you been reading the messages in this thread...

We aren't discussing parliamentarians in general, but CS speakers for  
the summit.

In that regard, the parliamentarians in question were not "elected"  
but DIRECTLY appointed by the president. Consequently, the people had  
NO choice in the matter.

 From a logistical point of view, I would ask all caucuses, working  
groups and regional groups to review their nominees and clearly  
indicate if any of their choices (or recommendations) have  govt and/ 
or parliamentary appointments.  If anything, I want to make the point  
that TRANSPARENCY is a core CS value. Any CS speakers proposed,  
nominated or even mentioned should clearly and fully disclose their  
associations . To not do so, or to hide affiliations , should  
disqualify them.




regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 13-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, conchita poncini wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
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> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Just for the records, a parliamentarian is not part of a government  
> but
> elected by the people.


From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Thu Oct 13 17:54:02 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <D8339B60-3741-473A-AA60-513056DB45CE@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <4330F9AB000A48B8@mssazhb-int.msg.bluewin.ch>

Thanks Robert,

Thanks for your valuable informaton.I wasn't really referring to WSIS in
particular but as the UNCHR consider parliaments in general. 

regards.

conchita 


>-- Message original --
>From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening,
>roundtable and high level panel
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:49:27 -0400
>
>
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
>Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
of
>this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Conchita:
>
>have you been reading the messages in this thread...
>
>We aren't discussing parliamentarians in general, but CS speakers for  
>the summit.
>
>In that regard, the parliamentarians in question were not "elected"  
>but DIRECTLY appointed by the president. Consequently, the people had  
>NO choice in the matter.
>
> From a logistical point of view, I would ask all caucuses, working  
>groups and regional groups to review their nominees and clearly  
>indicate if any of their choices (or recommendations) have  govt and/ 
>or parliamentary appointments.  If anything, I want to make the point  
>that TRANSPARENCY is a core CS value. Any CS speakers proposed,  
>nominated or even mentioned should clearly and fully disclose their  
>associations . To not do so, or to hide affiliations , should  
>disqualify them.
>
>
>
>
>regards,
>
>Robert
>
>--
>Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 13-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, conchita poncini wrote:
>
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
>> for specific people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
>> translation of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Just for the records, a parliamentarian is not part of a government  
>> but
>> elected by the people.
>
>_______________________________________________
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>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Thu Oct 13 17:55:05 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <20051013075631.7AC3B26F59@mail.gn.apc.org>
References: <C364AB02-E74B-46E2-8AC3-1FE88A1F18FD@traceynaughton.com>
 <20051013075631.7AC3B26F59@mail.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051013095229.039ba2b0@mail.peoplewho.org>

At 12:56 AM 10/13/05, Heidi Paredes - I'lam wrote:
>The form and boarding sheet are in pdf format

If you do not have the software that allows you to actually complete the 
forms in the .pdf file,
try opening the form, selecting the "T" for text box in the .pdf reader, 
using Control A to highlight the whole form and then copy it and paste it 
into a Word .doc file.  Complete it, save it, attach it to an email, and 
send the whole thing to the email address.

Might work; seems to be what they are asking for.  Alternately, fax the 
printed out and completed .pdf to the fax number we were given to register 
as focal points.

Sylvia
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 18:07:53 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for
 opening, roundtable and high level panel
Message-ID: <415089.1129223273774.JavaMail.www@wwinf1524>

Thanks Robert for specifying the point ! In some countries, there are "parlementarians" that are just Selected. This is obviously the case in Tunesia and therefore they don't deserve a place in CS. 
Jean-Louis Fullsack





> Message du 13/10/05 18:50
> De : "Robert Guerra" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Conchita:
> 
> have you been reading the messages in this thread...
> 
> We aren't discussing parliamentarians in general, but CS speakers for 
> the summit.
> 
> In that regard, the parliamentarians in question were not "elected" 
> but DIRECTLY appointed by the president. Consequently, the people had 
> NO choice in the matter.
> 
> From a logistical point of view, I would ask all caucuses, working 
> groups and regional groups to review their nominees and clearly 
> indicate if any of their choices (or recommendations) have govt and/ 
> or parliamentary appointments. If anything, I want to make the point 
> that TRANSPARENCY is a core CS value. Any CS speakers proposed, 
> nominated or even mentioned should clearly and fully disclose their 
> associations . To not do so, or to hide affiliations , should 
> disqualify them.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> Robert
> 
> --
> Robert Guerra 
> Managing Director, Privaterra 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 13-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, conchita poncini wrote:
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the 
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended 
> > for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
> > translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Just for the records, a parliamentarian is not part of a government 
> > but
> > elected by the people.
> 
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From KovenRonald at aol.com  Thu Oct 13 18:12:17 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
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Chere Meryem   --

Bravo ! Ce message donne des eclaircissements precieux.

Bises, Rony
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From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Thu Oct 13 18:39:32 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] reality check - let's get back to summit discussions..
References: <20051013065411.91990.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com> <CF61D91C-3236-4190-8269-731B8941F791@lists.privaterra.org> <8912E978-2109-43C0-B808-7AFD63AC985C@psg.com>
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Gender is not about Women but about men and women being socialized into a
box.  The Gender Caucus is not only for women but for men where they have a
preponderant role in eliminating gender inequality and improving the status
of women.. .

By bringing to the attention of the plenary to issues of gender inequality,
it is in fact addressing us all to be gender sensitive and all inclusive.
It is a cross-cutting theme that must be the concern of ALL caucuses and
should.see to it that WSIS  does not miss out on solv ing the gender
divide...  My vision for the 21str century is that with the right behaviours
and attitudes in 50 years we no longer need to discuss the assymetries but
how to inculcate human values that are forgorten by the technology that is
purely mechanical that has no emotions.  If itr is not us who can promote
ICT for the disadvantaged , who will ?



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avri Doria" <avri@psg.com>
To: "Robert Guerra" <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
Cc: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] reality check - let's get back to summit
discussions..


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
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this message!
> _______________________________________
>
>
> On 13 okt 2005, at 08.12, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
> > There is a WSIS gender caucus - should discussions on and about
> > women not be moved there.
>
>
> While I am against ghettoizing the discussion about gender to only
> being discussed in the GC, I do agree that we need to get beyond some
> of the particular issues we are discussing and starting some serious
> planning for how we plan to react to the work currently being done by
> the governments.
>
> a.
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 18:58:28 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: For an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for All -  WSIS Parallel Event - Tunis 17 November 2005
Message-ID: <21635E0F-E137-42C2-B385-406E2CC55417@lists.privaterra.org>

Sigh -

It only gets worse... Here's copy of a message my organization just  
got from ECOSOC in regards to an event they are organizing in Tunis @  
WSIS.

Looking at the program, and attached documents - my fears are  
confirmed...Well known Tunisian actors are present throughout the  
program, as well as General Ammar - who is well known his  human  
rights record...

Again, I make the point that CS speakers should, must - clearly  
identify all the organizations that they are part of. There needs to  
be clear disclosure. Otherwise, appearances aren't what they seem.

If you take the publicly known information about certain Tunisian  
actors and take it into consideration, one can clearly see how  
"embedded" Tunisian parliamentarians are not only in CS but also in  
key events at the summit.

This advertised event seems to build on the development at prepcom3  
where UN agencies and security apparatus where manipulated...sigh!


Note the session is called  "an interactive dialogue"...I am curious  
who they will dialogue with..

regards

Robert



--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




---------------------------- Original Message  
----------------------------
Subject: For an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for All - WSIS
Parallel Event - Tunis 17 November 2005
From:    "Najet Karaborni" <karaborni@un.org>
Date:    Thu, October 13, 2005 8:39 am
To:      "Najet Karaborni" <karaborni@un.org>
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
--


Dear All,

  Please find attached the invitation and updated agenda for the  
ECOSOC NGO
          Roundtable/Workshops of 17 November 2005 from 5 to 7 pm.

Kindly confirm your participation as you are selected to take part to  
this
important event taking into account your high commitment to the NGO  
sector
contribution to the ECOSOC work in implementing the MDGs and  
achieving the
  Millennium Declaration.  We are sure that your active participation  
will
                         enhance the Summit outcome.

  Kindly fill the attached form and send it back to me at  
karaborni@un.org
   with copy to ATM at: atm@email.ati.tn  as soon as possible and no  
later
                            than 21 October 2005.

                 With my Warmest Regards and Sincere Thanks,

                               Najet Karaborni
                  Senior Interregional Advisor/OUSG/UNDESA
                      UN-NGO-IRENE Project Coordinator

                          NGO Section/ECOSOC/UNDESA
                        Room DC2 ‰¥ã 1736, Two UN Plaza
                          New York, NY 10017å å  USA
                   Tel 1 212 963 6207   Fax 1 212 963 2916
                         e-mail :å  karaborni@un.org



                               WSIS Roundtable
________________________________________________________________________ 
______________

         ECOSOC NGO/Civil Society Roundtable /Interactive Workshops
         ‰¥þFor an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for All‰¥ÿ
                          Le Kram, Tunis, Tunisia,
                    17 November 2005 (5:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
                              Room La Goulette

The   UN-NGO-IRENE  /  NGO  Section/ECOSOC  and  the  Division  for   
Public
Administration  and Development Management of the United Nations  
Department
of  Economic  and  Social  Affairs (UNDESA) and the Association of  
Tunisian
Mothers  (ATM),  Regional  Coordinator  of  the  UN-NGO-  Informal  
Regional
Network  for  Africa  (UN-NGO-IRENE/Africa),  are  honored to invite  
you to
participate  in  the  ECOSOC  NGO  Roundtable/Workshops to contribute  
to an
effective  implementation  of  the  Tunis Declaration and Plan of  
Action on
the theme ‰¥þFor an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for  
All‰¥ÿ.

Objectives of the Panel:
To  follow-up  on  the  April  2005  ECOSOC  NGO Forum on the theme  
‰¥þFor an
Inclusive,   People   Centered,   Development  Oriented  and   
Knowledgeable
Information   Society  for  All‰¥ÿ  and  to  effectively  contribute   
to  the
implementation of the recommendations and the Tunis Declaration and  
Plan of
Action which were adopted by the Forum

Expected outcome:
A strategic action plan for the United Nations ECOSOC NGOs to  
contribute to
the  effective implementation of the Tunis Declaration and action  
Plan ‰¥þFor
an  Inclusive,  People  Centered,  Development  Oriented  and  
Knowledgeable
Information  Society  for  All‰¥ÿ .This will serve as statement to  
the ECOSOC
Substantive Session of Geneva, July 2006

Agenda and Registration forms are attached.

(See attached file: Tunis WSIS Roundtable-Workshops Invitation 17  
November
2005 Final.doc)
(See attached file: REGISTRATION FORM English NGO Forum nov 2005
English.doc)(See attached file: FORMULAIRE d'inscription 17 Nov 2005
French.doc)
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From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Thu Oct 13 19:52:24 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Press Liaison at Tunis Summit
Message-ID: <9DEDB2F2-F620-4D75-81B6-64294DFD3917@traceynaughton.com>

Dear All,

I have been approached by the ITU Media Department and asked if I  
would be the Civil Society liaison person at the Summit. They are  
getting a lot of requests already for media time, from many civil  
society bodies. They feel the need for a person with internal working  
knowledge of CS to assist them here.

I replied saying that:

a. I may not be there, but if I am, and if it is agreed, I could  
cover the role [this is a voluntary role]

< not said to the ITU - but it depends on the level of trust - who  
wants 1000's of bosses or torrents of abuse?>

b. There will likely be debate about this within civil society, a  
clear response could take time...

c. There may be another media savvy person from civil society who  
would be willing to undertake the role (volunteers pleeeeease)

d. We need clarity on the role (see below for the suggestions I have  
run past them)

e. We need clear guidelines on what can happen and be said at both  
the media spaces proposed. Those of you who attended Content & Themes  
Meetings at PrepCom 3 will recall I reported that we can take up the  
ITU offer of a twenty minute portion of the daily hour long ITU Press  
Conference. This may be guided by the diplomatic agreement that in  
all likelihood will exclude criticism of the host country. [For now  
this only my speculation and it's not yet confirmed. It was the  
situation in PrepCom 3 under the house rules of the Palais des  
Nations]. In addition we can organise media conferences in an open  
area (as happened in Geneva).

f. We need to know if there are guidelines for what can be said in  
the open media space.

I have raised the imperative of freedom of expression.

I await the ITU response on guidelines and will put the response  
before you.

In the meantime I ask for your input on this.

I have to say that WSIS is right now quite low on my rather full  
agenda, but I will track this one, but not between Sunday evening and  
next Thursday as I will be in the Gobi desert.

Some of you have also approached the CS Secretariat and asked for  
media over-passes. I think we will need some guidelines here too. The  
media area is a work space, not a lobbying space, though journalists  
of course should want to read the pulse and hear a diversity of  
views. Previously the ITU have indicated that temporary passes could  
be made available for CS people to access journalists by appointment,  
but perhaps they would accept another proposal. Of  course, members  
of civil society who are media personnel and who are covering the  
Summit can apply as Media.

I think the ITU would like a CS liaison person to, among other  
things, direct traffic - that is connect journalists to civil society  
people who are spokespeople or people with particular expertise.

So please go ahead and comment on this one. I will listen in when not  
in the desert.

regards to all

Tracey



suggestions for civil society media liaison person (who would need to  
be supported by the CS Secretariat):

- organise speaking slots for civil society in the daily ITU Press  
Conference (by caucus?? by issues?  there are many new participating  
organisations who may not have orientated to a caucus)

- organise times for civil society press conferences that will happen  
in an open area

- review press releases (not to censor but in an editing role for  
those who would like that support)

- deliver the press releases to the media area

- make connections between journalists and civil society spokespeople.








Tracey Naughton

(to November 9, 05)

Pact Mongolia Office

Peace Avenue 24

Ulaan Baatar

Mongolia

Tel:     (976 11) 46 09 01

Fax:   (976 11) 46 10 48

Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com








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From jamelatude at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 20:41:19 2005
From: jamelatude at yahoo.fr (khemakhem jamel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:00 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
In-Reply-To: <25499473.1129205354002.JavaMail.www@wwinf0802>
Message-ID: <20051013194119.86914.qmail@web26901.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Cher Jean-louis
 
Vous faites erreur sur la personne, je n'ai jamais eu une occasion de m'entretenir avec vous ? aucun moment. Je vous vois seulement le soir dans le groupe th?mes et contenu ou la matin?e dans la pl?ni?re de la SC.
Je doute fort que vous avez voulu pr?senter des all?gations mensong?res, vous respectable personnalit?, mais c'est s?rement un oubli ou une confusion.
Mes respects

Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> a ?crit :

Khemakhem Jamel a ?crit :

C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat

 

Cher S?nateur 

Je suis surpris d'apprendre seulement maintenant votre statut d'?minence politique et vous pr?sente donc mes excuses de vous avoir ind?ment tutoy? pendant toute cette deuxi?me phase du SMSI. C'est en effet une habitude que nous entretenons dans le monde -peu conventionnel- des ONG car elle facilite les contacts, au prix d'une certaine -et ?ventuellement choquante- familiarit? je vous l'accorde.

Afin de m'?viter d'enfreindre d?sormais l'?tiquette et de respecter les ?minences politiques, je vous propose de porter -comme nos ?lus en France lorsqu'ils participent aux commices agricoles ou ? la f?te des anciens combattants- l'?charpe aux couleurs du pays. Vous respecterez ainsi et ? la fois ce patriotisme qui vous anime et vos interlocuteurs.

Ces excuses s'appliquent aussi ? celles et ceux de vos compatriotes de la CS, promus ? ces hautes fonctions, dont je ne retenais jusqu'ici que le pr?nom. Veuillez avoir l'amabilit? de les leur transmettre. Je les remercie par avance pour leur compr?hension et leur indulgence.   


Respectueusement

Jean-Louis Fullsack

Pr?sident de CSDPTT, Ing?nieur retrait? et sans mandat politique ... et aussi sans financement "externe". 


 
> Message du 13/10/05 13:03
> De : "khemakhem jamel" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : sga.jeunesse@rcd.tn
> Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
> 
> Bonjour ? tous
 
Suite aux observations et remarques tendancieuses concernant certains membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne, j'aimerais dire qu'il faut faire la part des choses entre activit?s de la soci?t? civile et activit?s politiques. C'est vrai que cette distinction est tr?s difficile pour certains esprits habitu?s de l'amalgame soci?t? civile ou droits de l'homme-activit? politique.
Les noms qui ont ?t? cit?s ont ?t? toujours des membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne qui appartiennent ? des associations qui ont le statut "ECOSOC" c'est ? dire reconnues pour le s?rieux de leur activit?, sauf si on a plus de cr?dits aux organisations des Nations Unis.
Je vous rappelle que l'Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant a ?t? le pr?curseur dans tout le continent africain, et nos amis africains le connaisse bien parce qu'ils ont v?cu les ?v?nements organis?s par l'ATUDE , l'UNICEF, l'Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant, l'Agence Intergouvernemental de la Francophonie..etc et qui ont vis? la promotion des Droits de l'Enfant Africain, d'ailleurs les efforts de l'ATUDE lui ont valu la reconnaissance du Maghreb Arabe et de l'Afrique enti?re du fait qu'elle a ?t? choisi comme Pr?sident du Collectif Maghr?bin des Droits de l'Enfant et pr?sident du Collectif Africain des Droits de l'Enfant. Juillet dernier, les projets r?alis?s par l'ATUDE ont ?t? publi?s par l'ECOSOC comme Success Story.
Vous voyez que nous sommes en train de construire non seulement notre ch?re pays mais nous contribuons ?galement ? la promotion des droits de l'Enfant dans le monde avec des actions concr?tes et non des slogans.
C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
Nous ne voulons pas rentrer dans ces enqu?tes polici?res sur l'appartenance politique de tel ou tel personne, chacun de nous a ses appartenances, et ses all?geances.
Nous avons choisie d'?tre avec le Pr?sident Ben Ali pour "Construire" la Tunisie nouvelle et nous en sommes fiers, certains autres ont choisis la voie de la destruction et de l'all?geance ? d'autres id?ologies extr?mistes de droite ou de gauche, chacun et libre dans le choix de sa voie mais 
ne faites pas l'amalgame entre activit? de la soci?t? civile et opinions politiques, c'est un droit humain ?l?mentaire.
Un dernier conseil : faites la recherche sur Google"'jameleddine khemakhem" et vous allez voir les r?sultats surtout le Prix International que j'ai eu en novembre 2004.
Merci
> 





		
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From jamelatude at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 13 20:44:13 2005
From: jamelatude at yahoo.fr (khemakhem jamel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] who's who - confirmed!
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 21:02:09 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An issue of transparency..
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As you mentioned earlier , you are ALSO a member of the senate. As I  
have mentioned, that fact SHOULD ALSO be known. That's all i'm saying.

You have been the very first person that has in fact confirmed they  
have a legislative appointment. Would you be so kind as to speak to  
your other colleagues from Tunisia so that, they too, can inform us  
of any legislative appointments that they have, or have held.

thanks...

Robert

> On 13-Oct-05, at 7:00 AM, khemakhem jamel wrote:
>
> > Bonjour ? tous
> >
> >
> > C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme
> > comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat



From greve at fsfeurope.org  Thu Oct 13 20:19:18 2005
From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <20051013070627.62742.qmail@web60712.mail.yahoo.com> (djilali
	benamrane's message of "Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:06:27 -0700 (PDT)")
References: <20051013070627.62742.qmail@web60712.mail.yahoo.com>
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 || On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 00:06:27 -0700 (PDT)
 || djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> wrote: 

 db> I do support this proposal to re nominate Richard Stallman.

I strongly support this proposal.

It is most disturbing that Richard Stallman was apparently excluded
for his dressing habits and on the grounds of personal dislikes.

Knowing Richard well, I understand that some people may find him a
difficult person to deal with: His insistance on clarity, precision,
integrity and truth under complete disregard for personal feelings can
be challenging, to say the least.


However: The goal of this process as far as I understood it was not to
select the most fashionable "Mr. or Mrs. Civil Society", but rather to
find people who had something meaningful to say.

Speaking to a large audience also does not require "1:1 diplomacy", it
requires the skill to speak to a large audience, something everyone
who has ever seen him knows Richard to be very good at.

Besides being one of the central people in bringing the internet
about, Richard has spent the past 20 years of his life traveling
around the world, inspiring large audiences (including heads of
states) with his speeches to value their freedoms in the digitised
information society -- long before most of the people on this list
realised those issues existed.

So if the purpose is to find an inspiring, skilled and experienced
speaker to address a large audience and carry forth the values of
freedom and equality, Richard is an excellent choice.

But then again: If I misunderstood the intention of this process and
the goal really was to find the most fashionable person, or the most
popular, I guess excluding Richard Stallman was a logical choice.

Regards,
Georg

-- 
Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve@fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe	                 (http://fsfeurope.org)
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From greve at fsfeurope.org  Thu Oct 13 20:25:13 2005
From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
In-Reply-To: <FDA74A73-3BCA-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> (Meryem
	Marzouki's message of "Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:23:18 +0200")
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 || On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:23:18 +0200
 || Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> wrote: 

 mm> If ITU selects who it wants, this is entirely our fault: by
 mm> letting them choose in a "recommended list", we have allowed them
 mm> to do that.

I fully support Meryems statement.

I get the strong impression that our Civil Society self-selection
processes have been deteriorating significantly since phase one of the
summit. While the WGIG selection process already was an appalling
display of partisanship, this process was worse.

Consequently, I also support the motion raised by Robert Guerra that
Marzouk should step down.

Regards,
Georg

-- 
Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve@fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe	                 (http://fsfeurope.org)
Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom!     (http://www.fsfe.org)
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From greve at fsfeurope.org  Thu Oct 13 20:37:42 2005
From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org>
	(Robert Guerra's message of "Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:37:49 -0400")
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
	<434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
	<FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org>
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 || On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:37:49 -0400
 || Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote: 

 rg> an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance could be
 rg> Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher
 rg> profile than Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind
 rg> the Ubuntu linux distribution.

While I very much value the work he has been doing with the Ubuntu
distribution, I don't think that Mark Shuttleworth could speak with
similar backing for and of the movement for software freedom.

So I obviously fully agree that he would be a much better replacement
for Marzouk, but would not consider him an alternative to Richard
Stallman.


 rg> 9. What's left - Plenary sessions..

 rg> - that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional
 rg> balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the
 rg> moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted
 rg> and will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can
 rg> come. [...]  So an easily solution would be to get Richard get in
 rg> touch with Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not,
 rg> we might have a solution.

Is John aware that Richard has been removed from the list?

I'd be quite surprised to find him approving -- and it seems unfair to
put the pressure to step down in favor of Richard on him in
particular.

Regards,
Georg

-- 
Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve@fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe	                 (http://fsfeurope.org)
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 21:11:19 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <m3irw1jji1.fsf@brain.gnuhh.org>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net> <434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org> <FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org> <1129208004.27870.88.camel@michelle> <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org> <m3irw1jji1.fsf@brain.gnuhh.org>
Message-ID: <9AA69A68-A958-4437-B06B-733372069943@lists.privaterra.org>

As per my earlier email:

  ....Other speaker issues are noted, but are ones that I will leave  
for others who were involved in the process.

the rounds of selection were quick and have been already submitted to  
ITU. As to what is the final list - let's wait to hear back from the  
ITU.

As was the case in the past, there will be speakers who will not be  
able to make it. Thus, there likely will be a second opportunity .  
let's wait until we get the ITU list, and then see who is available,  
what the issue is to talk to . When that's known, if Stallman (or  
others) are interested, then - by all means , their names should be  
put forward and considered.

btw. A new nomcom (nomination committee) would also have to be  
struck. Those interested, please - indicate your interest now, or  
forever hold your peace...

regards

Robert




regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 13-Oct-05, at 3:37 PM, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:

>  || On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:37:49 -0400
>  || Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
>
>  rg> an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance could be
>  rg> Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher
>  rg> profile than Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind
>  rg> the Ubuntu linux distribution.
>
> While I very much value the work he has been doing with the Ubuntu
> distribution, I don't think that Mark Shuttleworth could speak with
> similar backing for and of the movement for software freedom.
>
> So I obviously fully agree that he would be a much better replacement
> for Marzouk, but would not consider him an alternative to Richard
> Stallman.
>
>
>  rg> 9. What's left - Plenary sessions..
>
>  rg> - that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional
>  rg> balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the
>  rg> moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted
>  rg> and will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can
>  rg> come. [...]  So an easily solution would be to get Richard get in
>  rg> touch with Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not,
>  rg> we might have a solution.
>
> Is John aware that Richard has been removed from the list?
>
> I'd be quite surprised to find him approving -- and it seems unfair to
> put the pressure to step down in favor of Richard on him in
> particular.
>
> Regards,
> Georg
>
> -- 
> Georg C. F. Greve                                  
> <greve@fsfeurope.org>
> Free Software Foundation Europe                     (http:// 
> fsfeurope.org)
> Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom!     (http:// 
> www.fsfe.org)
>


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 13 21:22:41 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FWD - Invitation to the Telecentre Leaders Forum at WSIS
Message-ID: <8ECE0FF8-ACDB-4FD1-A076-4BFD6B46D6D8@lists.privaterra.org>

Forwarded from another list i'm one. I think this might be of  
interest to people on the plenary list...


> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We at telecentre.org are very pleased to invite you to a special
> networking event, the Telecentre Leaders Forum (TLF), which will take
> place at the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis,
> from November 14 to 19, 2005.
>
> WHAT IS THE TELECENTRE LEADERS FORUM?
>
> The Telecentre Leaders Forum is a series of four 2-hour long
> participatory workshops for telecentre and network leaders,
> policy-makers, researchers and grassroots practitioners to share
> experiences, inspiring stories and practical ideas that they can  
> use in
> their day-to-day work.
>
> It will provide an opportunity to learn, share and collaborate on  
> topics
> such as: grassroots experiences; reviewing different telecentre  
> models;
> training and leadership development; business models and  
> sustainability;
> and the future of telecentres. With an emphasis on peer-to-peer  
> learning
> and relationship building, the event will also build the  
> foundations for
> a global network of networks supporting the telecentre movement.
>
> We hope that you will be able to join us and others from all types of
> telecentres and community technology initiatives to share your  
> stories,
> experiences and knowledge in any or all of these events.
>
> WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
>
> The TLF is an event for people who are passionate about the power of
> telecentres. This will include grassroots practitioners working on the
> cutting edge as well as people who are leading telecentre networks.
> Policy makers and researchers are also invited to attend, with the  
> hope
> that they will both learn from and interact with grassroots
> practitioners. If this sounds like you, then you should attend.
>
> HOW CAN I ATTEND?
>
> If you would like to attend these Telecentre Leaders Forum workshops,
> please RSVP to Claire Bure at IDRC (cbure@idrc.ca) by October 31,  
> 2005.
>
> In your e-mail, please indicate whether or not you will attend all  
> four
> sessions, as well as the goals you have for the workshops. We'll use
> your input to refine the agenda and ensure that it meets the needs of
> all participants.
>
> The workshop will be taking place in Global Knowledge Partnership  
> Forum,
> Expo Room 9. Sessions are scheduled for:
>
> *    Tuesday, November 15th  - 12:00-14:00
> *    Wednesday, November 16th - 16:00-18:00
> *    Thursday, November 17th - 16:00-18:00
> *    Friday, November 18th - 10:00-12:00
>
> For more information and for updated information about the event,  
> please
> visit: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-86679-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
>
> Note: If you would like to attend WSIS on your own funds, but need an
> official invitation letter for VISA purposes, please contact Claire  
> Bure
> at cbure@idrc.ca
>
> WHAT ELSE IS TELECENTRE.ORG DOING AT WSIS?
>
> Additionally, the official telecentre.org project launch will be  
> held at
> the Global Knowledge Partnership Pavilion on November 17 from 14:00 to
> 16:00. It will consist of brief presentations by IDRC, Microsoft and
> SDC. A light cocktail will be provided. For more information, please
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Thu Oct 13 21:29:36 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: TR: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <20051013202936.35864.qmail@web26910.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


HOLA ALEJANDRA ACA EN PERU NO HAY CONSULADO COMO ES PARA PERU?

 

GRACIAS



CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza <wsis@ngocongo.org> escribi?: v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
Dear all,

 

Information of which countries need a visa can be found (English) at: http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php. Also I am attaching a list of Tunisian missions abroad, taken from this website.

 

Tunis does not have consular services in all countries. That?s why visas will be issued upon arrival at the Tunisian airport. You will need to present your passport, and fill out a form (attached) together with the confirmation of registration letter that the ITU/WSIS has sent after the online registration to the Summit.

For those people who could not get their visa before and do not have a visa Schengen and will not have a direct flight to Tunis can use the confirmation of registration letter from the ITU as an official document. This letter has an ID number that will help to identify the individual as a Summit participant within customs authorities. Tunisian authorities have confirmed this and they will inform all authorities from airports (European airports in particular) about this possibility. 

 

Regarding the question of obtaining a personal invitation letter from the Host Country, we have raised this question and they have confirmed to us that the confirmation of registration letter will be enough.   

 

If you have further questions do not hesitate to contact us. 

 

Best regards

===================================    

Chers tous, 

 

L?information sur les pays dont les ressortissants ont besoin d?un visa pour la Tunisie est disponible (en Fran?ais) sur le site www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visa/index.php. De m?me, j?ai attach? une liste des Missions Tunisiennes ? l??tranger, que l?on peut ?galement trouver sur ce site web.

 

La Tunisie ne dispose pas de services consulaires dans tous les pays. C?est pourquoi les visas pourront ?tre demand?s lors de l?arriv?e ? l?a?roport de Tunis. Vous devrez pr?senter un passeport et remplir un formulaire (en pi?ce jointe) de m?me que le message de confirmation d?enregistrement que l?UIT / WSIS a envoy? suite ? votre enregistrement en ligne pour le Sommet.

 

Pour ceux qui ne pourraient pas disposer d?un visa avant leur d?part ou qui ne disposent pas non plus d?un visa Schengen, et qui ne prennent pas un vol direct pour Tunis, vous pouvez utiliser le message de confirmation d?enregistrement de l?UIT en tant que document officiel. Cette lettre dispose d?un num?ro d?identification qui permettra de vous identifier aupr?s des autorit?s des douanes en tant que participant au sommet. Les autorit?s tunisiennes ont confirm? ceci et elles informeront toutes les autorit?s a?roportuaires (et en particulier les a?roports europ?ens) de cette possibilit?.

 

Nous avons demand? sur la possibilit? d?obtenir une lettre d?invitation de la part du Pays H?te, mais ils nous ont confirme que la lettre de confirmation d?enregistrement de l?UIT/WSIS  est un document suffisant.

  

N?h?sitez pas ? nous contacter si vous avez des questions suppl?mentaires.

 

Bien ? vous, 

 

===================================

Apreciados colegas,

 

Mayor informaci?n sobre visas puede encontrarse (Ingles) en el sitio web: http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php 

Adjunto le estoy enviando la lista con los datos de embajadas de T?nez en el extranjero.

 

T?nez no tiene servicios consulares en todos los pa?ses, es por eso que usted podr? obtener la visa a su llegada a T?nez en el  

aeropuerto. Tiene que presentar su pasaporte, llenar la solicitud de visa (la estoy adjuntando) junto con la carta de confirmaci?n de inscripci?n a la Cumbre que el UIT/CMSI le ha enviado despu?s de la inscripci?n en l?nea.

 

Para aquellos que no pudieron obtener la visa y no cuentan  con una visa Schengen y si su vuelo no es directo, podran utilizar como documento oficial la carta de confirmaci?n de inscripci?n del UIT. Esta carta cuenta con un No de identificaci?n que permitir? reconocer a su portador como participante a la Cumbre, ayudando as? en el transito en las aduanas. Las autoridades Tunesianas has confirmado esto y ellos informar?n a todas las autoridades de los aeropuertos (en particular en Europa) sobre esta posibilidad.

 

Referente a la obtenci?n de una carta por parte del pa?s hu?sped, hemos hecho esta pregunta y se nos ha confirmado que la carta de confirmaci?n de registro del UIT ser? un documento suficiente.

 

Si requiere mayor informaci?n no dude en contactarnos.     

 

 

Alejandra Mendoza Le?n

CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 

11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000

E-mail:wsis@ngocongo.org  
Website: www.ngocongo.org 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org


 

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De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de Heidi Paredes - I'lam
Envoy? : jeudi, 13. octobre 2005 08:56
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?


 

Dear all,

I am dealing now with this issue of visas and had the following information regarding getting a visa upon arrival:

Or, if need be, upon their arrival in Tunisia . In this case, they should : 

   have a passport valid all along the stay in Tunisia 
   submit the letter of confirmation of registration in the second phase of the Summit 
   fill in the visa application form and the boarding sheet , and send them, 15 days before their arrival in Tunisia , to the following address : visa@smsitunis2005.tn   

The form and boarding sheet are in pdf format and I could not find out until date how to fill them out. Since they only give an e-mail address (no fax number even after I asked), I still don?t know how or where to send it back 15 days before arrival.

Heidi

 

Heidi Paredes

Development Director

I'lam, Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel

POB 101, 16000 Nazareth

Tel. +972-4-6001370, Fax. +972-4-6001418

www.ilamcenter.org 

 


 

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From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Tracey Naughton
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:40 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?


 

We have had assurance - delivered twice and verbally by Mr Geiger that visas can be issued on arrival. This is a normal practise in Tunisia and will be especially so for WSIS. Since my first visit there in 1985, I have always got a visa on arrival. It can take 15 minutes because you need to leave the arrival area and get some local currency. However, since visas are free of charge for WSIS, the process will be easier - though there may be many people doing this so it is advisable to get a visa in advance if you can.

 


There is still no way around taking individual responsibility for travel.


 


Tracey Naughton


 


 


 


 

 


 



 

Tracey Naughton

(to November 9, 05)

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Tel: (976 11) 46 09 01

Fax: (976 11) 46 10 48

Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com

 


 


 


 


 


 


 




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From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
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Maybe it would be a good idea to have that nomination committee
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From inescamp at item.org.uy  Thu Oct 13 21:58:26 2005
From: inescamp at item.org.uy (WSIS Papers)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Papers Newsletter - October 2005 No. 12 - The long and winding road towards Tunis
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WSIS Papers Newsletter - October 2005 No. 12
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In this issue: THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD TOWARDS TUNIS

Content: 

- Civil Society participation
- Key issues: Internet governance
- Key issues: Implementation and follow-up 
- Human rights issues
- After PrepCom: Towards Tunis
- General information on PrepCom-3


Available online at:

      http://wsispapers.choike.org/

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The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) sprang into being as an instance of global decision-making aimed at addressing the challenges posed by the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). According to the political statements of governments, the main purpose of this event is to create and implement common action frameworks for building a new equitable and integrating information society aimed at development. 

The third meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3) of the second phase of the WSIS took place between September 19-30 in Geneva, Switzerland. This was the last meeting scheduled prior to the second phase of the Summit to be held in Tunis from November 16 to 28, 2005. The discussion on possible modifications to the current model of "Internet governance" was placed among the core issues to be analysed on the agenda, together with the decisions on specific mechanisms aimed at ensuring the implementation and follow-up to agreements reached in the two phases of the WSIS. The main input to discussions were the final report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), presented in July 2005 (see the report "Everybody's business in the information society") and the text issued by the Group of Friends of the Chair (GFC), proposed as a basis for negotiation on WSIS implementation and follow-up.

Regarding the results of PrepCom-3, no one can be really satisfied - except those who would want the WSIS process to come to an end without firm and specific commitments. Although some progress has been made in drawing up Tunis documents, no relevant consensus was reached regarding the core issues under discussion. In the case of Internet governance, for example, a strong divergence of opinion was evidenced between those who aim at a deep reform of the current system - dominated by the ICANN and, therefore, with preeminence of only one government over Internet's common resources - and those who aim at maintaining this system, with minor modifications. 

With respect to the establishment of specific mechanisms to ensure the implementation of the WSIS consensus and their evaluation, no agreement was reached between developed and developing countries. The latter consider it unreasonable to end up such a long and complex negotiation process without clear mandates to UN system organizations, which are essential to ensure the implementation of commitments undertaken by governments.

Upon the impossibility to reach consensus on these issues and, therefore, to close the documents to be signed by Heads of State and Government in Tunis, the PrepCom entered into a pause, with the decision to continue negotiations during the remaining period prior to the Summit. For this purpose, two additional intergovernmental sessions will take place in Geneva between October 24-28 and the PrepCom was called to continue sessions in Tunis between November 13-15.

The procedures established in the first phase of WSIS provided for the participation of multilple stakeholders involved in information, communication and development issues, including not only governments but also the private sector and civil society. However, the process was characterized by the lack of openness in terms of participation of non-governmental stakeholders, which ended up excluding civil society and the private sector from key negotiation instances such as the drafting groups created to solve particularly conflictive issues. Nor the participation of these stakeholders in the WSIS final instances is clear, thus questioning the strength of goodwill statements included throughout the documents with respect to building a information society with broad participation of all relevant actors.  

The PrepCom-3 was also characterized by an increased number of proposals about the critical human rights situation evidenced in Tunisia, host country of the second phase of the Summit. Civil society organizations expressed, in an open letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, their "profound concern" about the attacks on the freedom of expression registered in the country.


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*  Statement of civil society at closing plenary
Source: APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor
Civil society organisations expressed that "After 2 weeks of PrepCom the governments have still not reached agreement on Internet governance. The Geneva principles create the opportunity for this impasse to be resolved constructively and creatively by including the perspectives and expertise of all stakeholders. We believe this would have been more effective than the ongoing deadlock that emerged from counter positioning among governments"
--> http://africa.rights.apc.org/?apc=he_1&x=1750297

* WSIS Gender Caucus Briefing Paper for PrepCom-3
Source: WSIS Gender Caucus
The WSIS Gender Caucus is concerned by the fact that the key principles and values expressed in the first phase of WSIS, and included in the Geneva Declaration of Principles, do not appear to guide the discussions and decision-making processes in the second phase. We therefore ask that the discussions and decision-making processes of the second phase of WSIS be conducted in correspondence with the key principles and values of the Geneva Declaration, most specifically women's empowerment and gender equality. PDF format.
--> http://wsispapers.choike.org/gender_caucus_prepcom3.pdf

* Reintroducing Cultural Diversity in the WSIS Process
Source: WSIS Cultural Diversity Caucus
Statement prepared by Cultural Diversity Caucus/Indigenous Caucus to PrepCom 3: "The amendments as proposed in this paper by the Cultural Diversity and Indigenous Caucuses should be accepted. Proper care should be taken by all stakeholders to maintain what has been achieved so far in the WSIS-Process with regard to aspects of cultural diversity and to avoid any regressions in that area." PDF format.
--> http://wsispapers.choike.org/cultural_diversity_caucus_prepcom3.pdf

* Civil Society statement on the decision to exclude non-governmental stakeholders from drafting groups
Source: Choike 
Civil Society statement on participation read by Avri Doria, Sep 28th: "The decision to exclude non-governmental stakeholders from the drafting groups is not about rules and procedure - it is a matter of political courage and principle. You have a choice to be inclusive or exclusive, to work in partnership, transparency and openness. Or not. Do not hide behind rules and procedures."
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3398.html

* Civil Society issues stong protest against exclusion
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation 
The uncertainty connected with the speculation about the final decision regarding the presence of civil society members in drafting groups has finally turned into an open confrontation. Civil society representatives read a formal protest statement at the end of the open plenary this morning. The statement contained clear language about the exclusion of "non-governmental stakeholders from meaningful participation in the drafting groups" being "not acceptable as a matter of principle".
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/789.htm

* Activists denounce "erosion" of NGO participation in Summit
Source: IPS
The unprecedented cooperation among governments, civil society and the private sector that has characterised the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process for the last three years was undermined by a decision adopted by  government representatives. 
--> http://ipsnews.org/news.asp?idnews=30472

* Decision on closed drafting groups delayed
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation 
After intense discussions during the weekend Civil Society was anxiously awaiting the announcement of the PrepCom's decision on whether or not Civil Society groups will be locked out from drafting groups in the ongoing sessions of the Subcommittees finalizing the text of the Tunis summit declaration. 
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/787.htm

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* Debate over Internet governance gets to the core
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation
While the last Preparation Conference to the WSIS has only one day left to produce real results that could be presented at the Tunis Summit in November, an agreement on future mechanisms for the regulation of the Internet is still far from reach. Frontlines are drawn between a status quo position and the establishment of a new UN oversight body for Internet regulations. It is a battle between an isolated, but determined United States government and the developing world, in which the European Union tries to mediate. 
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/796.htm

* Internet governance proposals at PrepCom-3
Source: ITU
This ITU website contains a collection of Internet Governance contributions presented by governments, international organizations, NGOs and civil society entities, ITU sector members and business entities.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing.asp?lang=en?&c_event=pc2|3&c_type=co|sca

* PrepCom 3: Coalition on Financing ICTD reacts to major Internet governance document 
Source: APC
Six major international civil society networks working on questions of access and affordability of the internet have emitted a joint statement on 27 September 2005, during the third Preparatory Meeting (PrepCom 3) of the WSIS process. The statement of the Informal Coalition on Financing ICTD goes beyond a document released by the WSIS Chair of a Sub-Committee on Internet Governance and suggests a series of steps to be taken to make the internet a true tool for development.
-->  http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=1632351

* Africa civil society issues statement on Internet governance 
Source: APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor
The Africa civil society caucus presented a statement on internet governance to the Subcommittee A plenary with proposals on follow-up and possible future arrangements. A related statement was also issued previously regarding multilingualism and education.
--> http://africa.rights.apc.org/?apc=he_1&x=1657352

* Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) 
Source: WGIG
The first phase of WSIS agreed to pursue the dialogue on Internet governance in the Declaration of Principles and Action Plan adopted on 12 December 2003 in Geneva, with a view to preparing the ground for a decision at the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis in November 2005. In this regard, the first phase of the Summit requested the UN Secretary-General to establish a Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). The WGIG has been asked to present the result of its work in a report "for consideration and appropriate action for the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis 2005." The WGIG fInal report proposes four possible models for Internet governance. Three of the four models call for the formation of a UN-linked body. Depending on the proposal, the new body would either replace or complement the ICANN. PDF format.
--> http://www.wgig.org/

* Internet governance: A review in the context of the WSIS process 
Source: WSIS Papers
Carlos Afonso
This document provides information on the current Internet governance transition processes, discussing some of the approaches being submitted to public discussion, and reviews the final report of the WGIG. It also provides brief historical and reference information on the current global governance system specifically created for the Internet. In addition, it presents a review of the perspectives on Internet governance from the point of view of the organized groups of civil society organizations who have been involved in the corresponding discussions both within and outside the WGIG. PDF format.
--> http://wsispapers.choike.org//papers/eng/carlos_internet_governance.pdf

* WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus 
Source: WSIS Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus
Civil society organizations interested in Internet governance started a discussion process at the occasion of the second preparatory meeting for WSIS phase one, in February, 2003 that led to the formation of a CS caucus. The IG caucus' initial goals were to help ensure that not only organizations but also individuals participate in the WSIS process; to help set up language communities and let them be connected to the relevant parties for globally available resources and to critically monitor ICANN contracts, processes and activities. Since then, a lot of new ground has been covered by the caucus in a far more sophisticated debate, embracing nearly all themes of WSIS itself.
--> http://www.net-gov.org/

* Internet governance: Everybody's business in the Information Society
Source: Wsis Papers
Special Choike report on Internet governance.
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3292.html

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Key issues: Implementation and follow up
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* Working Group on implementation and follow-up of United Nations Conferences and Summits
Source: United Nations 
The General Assembly at its 57th session established an open-ended ad hoc working group to produce concrete recommendations to ensure an integrated and coordinated follow-up of the United Nations conferences and summits, in the economic, social and related fields.
--> http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc/wgga/wgga.htm

* Governments drop serious commitments to implementation
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation 
The PrepCom subcommittee that currently is working on the implementation and follow-up part of the summit documents has dropped the language for serious follow-up to the summit. This means that one of the most important issues of the whole second phase of the world summit is not taken serious by the governments anymore. It is hard to understand how one can have a four-year long process with lengthy negotiations and huge expenses and then ignore the most basic question: How to make sure that there is something coming out of this, that the summit leaves the Geneva UN bubble and has an impact on the real world? 
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/785.htm

* CS Working Group on Follow-up contribution to the PrepCom 3
Source: CS Working Group on Follow-up
Contributions of the Civil Society Working Group on WSIS Follow-up to Paragraphs 16 to 22 and 40 to 41 of the operational Part of the draft Tunis Declaration. PDF format.
--> http://wsispapers.choike.org/cs_follow_up_comments.pdf
 
* Statement to PrepComm-3 on behalf of Civil society Working group on WSIS Implementation and Follow-up
Source: WSIS Cs Plenary
"In November, the Summit itself will be over. Geneva produced valuable Principles and a comprehensive Agenda for Action. Tunis must now produce an innovative and inclusive follow-up framework up to the importance of the challenge. This framework must be both effective and flexible" stated civil society in this declaration. PDF format.
--> http://www.choike.org/cgi-bin/choike/nuevo_eng/jump_inf.cgi?ID=3366

* Implementation and follow-up proposals at PrepCom-3
Source: ITU
This ITU website contains a collection of contributions on implementing and following-up WSIS commitments, presented by governments, international organizations, NGOs and civil society entities, ITU sector members and business entities.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing.asp?lang=en?&c_event=pc2|3&c_type=co|scb

* Civil society organisations submission to the 7th meeting of the WSIS GFC  
Source: Choike
Joint submission to the 7th meeting of the WSIS GFC (5-6 September 2005, Geneva, Switzerland) by civil society organisations and individuals on the proposed draft text for paragraphs 10, 11 and 29 of the operational part of the Tunis document. CS organisations suggests there that implementation and follow-up mechanisms for WSIS must be based on multi-stakeholder teams around action  lines with a well-defined overall co-ordination body.
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3299.html

* After Tunis: A summit without implementation and civil society? 
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation
2 September 2005. Civil society groups active in the WSIS have voiced their protest against a serious development related to the Tunis summit outcomes. The latest draft for the summit document on implementation and follow-up are lacking a meaningful commitment to implementation, and they also are a serious setback for the multi-stakeholder approach.
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/781.htm

* Beyond WSIS - Is there any hope for a global IS policy forum? 
Source: OneWorld South Asia
As there is no definitive structure of implementing the information society Plan of Action (PoA) in place, IT for Change has started advocating for creating an implementing mechanism in PrepCom III. 
--> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/oneworld/OneWorldSA/docs/Beyond_WSIS-1.doc

* Discussions on implementation and follow-up after WSIS
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation
This document provides background information of the discussions on implemantation and follow up prior to the PrepCom-3. It stated the danger of this substantial issue being lost due to the dominance of financing and Internet governance negotiations in the second phase of WSIS. 
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/756.htm

* WSIS Stocktaking 
Source: ITU
The WSIS Stocktaking is intended to fulfill the dual purpose of providing an inventory of activities undertaken by governments and all stakeholders in implementing the Geneva decisions and taking stock of the progress made in building the Information Society. The stocktaking was launched in October 2004 and continues to be updated as a dynamic portal to this rich source of information, open to all.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/index.html

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* World Summit on the Information Society PrepComm-3: Civil Society letter to Kofi Annan 
Source: AMARC - WFPC
The civil society organizations participating at the Prepcom 3 of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva (17 - 30 September 2005) express their deep concern about the conditions in which the WSIS is about to take place in Tunis from 16 - 18 November 2005, specially about the violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Tunisian authorities.
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3433.html

* Open Statement from the Human Rights Caucus
Source: APC
Civil society organizations active in the WSIS process strongly condemn the continuous blocking of Human Rights in China (HRIC) accreditation to the WSIS process. At the WSIS PrepCom-3 opening Plenary, the People's Republic of China (PRC) was able to block a vote on HRIC's accreditation with a procedural maneuver that revealed both the politicized nature of the process and the adverse impact on the WSIS principles of building a "people-centered, inclusive, and development-oriented Information Society".
--> http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=1639610

* Freedom of expression experts question credibility of UN World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia
Source: IFEX
"Tunisia is not a suitable place to hold a United Nations World Summit" according to the latest report of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) released two months before the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), scheduled to take place in Tunis, 16-18 November 2005. 
--> http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/69467

* Human Rights at the Information Society Summit
Source: IPS
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) managed to avoid a scandal over the exclusion of a group of Chinese activists, but controversy will be difficult to defuse when discussion turns to human rights violations in Tunisia, the host country of the Summit's second phase. 
--> http://www.ipsnews.org/news.asp?idnews=30378

* NGOs protest deterioration of rights in Tunisia two months ahead of WSIS
Source: IFEX
International and Tunisian non-governmental organisations express their outrage at the rapid deterioration of the human rights situation in Tunisia just two months prior to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis, November 15-18, 2005. After prohibiting the founding congress of the Tunisian Journalists' Union (SJT) on September 7, authorities prevented the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) from holding its 6th Congress.
--> http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/69142/

* WSIS host country again threatens journalists
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation
Joint declaration by members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX-TMG). 
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/777.htm

* The state of human rights in Tunisia, host of the next WSIS 
Source: APC
Attendees at the recent phase of WSIS couldn't fail to notice the prolific presence of Tunisian delegates. From civil society plenaries through gatherings over coffee to the government sessions, they had their say in preparation for the November summit. But can a country whose government censors journalists, curtails web access and imprisons internet users without trial, be a fit host for the UN's World Summit on the Information Society?.
--> http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=31495

* Tunisia and the World Summit on Information Society 
Source: International Federation for Human Rights
Three international Human rights NGOs release a joint report on the information society in Tunisia and on the operational conditions for the preparation of the World Summit on Information society to be held in Tunis in November 2005. The document is available for download in PDF format.
--> http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=2418

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 After PrepCom: Towards Tunis
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* Intersessional work and resumed PrepCom-3
Source: ITU
As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau has decided the dates of the intersessional negotiation work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the dates, venue and modalities of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit. 
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

* Road to Tunis paved with questions
Source: IPS
With just six weeks to go before the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, a number of key issues remain unresolved, including the highly debated questions of Internet governance and civil society participation. 
--> http://ipsnews.org/news.asp?idnews=30527

* PrepCom closes in disarray
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation 
The last preparatory conference, less than 60 days before the Tunis summit, ended without an agreement. The open questions will have to be dealt with in the time before Tunis - and basically without civil society participation
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/797.htm

* Tunis 'summit of solutions' now in sight
Source: ITU 
The third Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-3) of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) closed its doors after a gruelling two weeks of day and night sessions that saw agreement on large sections of the Summit text, some major developments in the international community's approach to Internet governance, but ultimately disappointing progress on a raft of contentious issues.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/press_releases/wsis/2005/30sep.html

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 General information on PrepCom-3
--------------------------------------------------------------

* PrepCom-3 official website
Source: ITU
International Telecommunication Union site. It contains information about the meeting, as well as links to news and documents.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

* General report on Prepcom-3
Rik Panganiban  
Source: CONGO (Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations)
Who should manage the internet?   How to coordinate the bridging of the "Digital Divide" across the United Nations system and beyond?   Will the extraordinary multi-stakeholder model set by the World Summit on the Information Society continue beyond Tunis in November?   These were some of the key questions that governments and other stakeholders were to address during the final preparatory committee of the World Summit on the Information Society, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 19-30 September.   
--> http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/Prepcom3/ReportWSISPrepcomIII.htm

* WSIS PrepCom-3, Tunis Phase
Source: Heinrich B?ll Foundation
Day by day information on the main developments at the third meeting of the Preparatory committee for the WSIS. 
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/767.htm


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From: maseger at t-online.de (maseger@t-online.de)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
Message-ID: <1EQIs9-24wYsq0@fwd35.sul.t-online.de>

Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!

On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
(2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.

And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.

MARIANNE
(Gender Caucus and European Caucus)

Marianne Seger
permament European NGO observer
at the U.N. New York and Geneva
for
EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
GRAZ/AUSTRIA
(www.eurag-europe.org)

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> On behalf of the small organization which I 
> represent, I wish to say that we most strongly 
> support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote 
> speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially 
> under the circumstances and regardless of how 
> much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS 
> (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that 
> he's an appropriate CS representative).
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lisa
> Union for Democratic Communications
>------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

> >Dear Amir,
> >
> >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
> >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> >Amb. Karklins.
> >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >Meryem
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> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> 
> Mass Communication
> Williams Hall
> Miami University-Ohio
> Oxford, OH 45056
> USA
> Tele: 513-529-3547
> Fax: 513-529-1835



From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Fri Oct 14 07:17:06 2005
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi - Letters to Y. Utsumi and J. Karklins
In-Reply-To: <311E0C2A-3B5E-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051014061803.0B37EA8C09@smtp1.libero.it>

I strongly support Shirin Ebadi as a speaker at the Plenary in Tunis and
will forward this letter to representative of the Italian delegation asking
them to support this nomination
Thanks to the HR caucus
Claudia Padovani

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto
di Meryem Marzouki
Inviato: mercoled? 12 ottobre 2005 22.24
A: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi - Letters to Y. Utsumi and J.
Karklins

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Dear all,

Please find hereafter the content of the letter sent to Mr Utsumi and 
to Amb. Karklins, on behalf of the HR caucus. Feel free to forward this 
letter to your government delegation, asking for support and lobbying. 
Please also keep sending me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) your support as 
caucus, network coalition, NGO, or individual.

We will certainly need strong lobbying effort to have Shirin Ebadi 
accepted to speak at the opening ceremony. Of course, the opening would 
be the only speaking slot to reasonably consider for a Nobel Prize 
winner.
I've already said that it would be a strong symbol to have Shirin Ebadi 
speaking. It would be an equally strong symbol to have her refused.

Again, I would like to thank Renata Bloem and Roberto Bissio for their 
kind attitude.

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
=======
Paris, October 12, 2005

Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General
World Summit on the Information Society

Re: Human Rights Caucus nomination of Shirin Ebadi for WSIS opening 
ceremony

Dear Mr. Utsumi,

The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus would like to submit to your 
consideration the proposal to have Ms. Shirin Ebadi, 2003 Peace Nobel 
Prize winner, as civil society speaker for the WSIS opening ceremony in 
Tunis.

Ms. Ebadi has welcomed this nomination from the Human Rights Caucus, 
and has committed to be present in Tunis to speak at the Summit opening 
ceremony, would she receive your agreement.

As soon as it received today Ms. Ebadi?s confirmation of availability 
and willingness to accept the offer, the Human Rights Caucus has 
started collecting support to Ms. Ebadi?s nomination among other civil 
society entities participating to the WSIS process. The list of these 
supports will be forwarded to you soon. We would also like to mention 
that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio, who both were on the list 
recommended to you, have announced that they would be happy to step 
aside to allow Ms. Ebadi be the civil society speaker proposed for the 
opening ceremony.

We are confident that you will share our conviction that having Ms. 
Shirin Ebadi selected as civil society speaker at WSIS opening ceremony 
would be the strongest symbol that the information society should be 
based on human rights and social justice foundations. This is exactly 
the issue Ms. Ebadi would like to address at the WSIS opening ceremony.

Sincerely,

Meryem Marzouki
Human Rights Caucus Co-chair
and
President, IRIS - Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire
[details]

Copies:
This letter is also being sent to Ambassador Janis Karklins, President 
of the WSIS process

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From rms at gnu.org  Fri Oct 14 06:10:16 2005
From: rms at gnu.org (Richard M. Stallman)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening,
	roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org>
	(message from Robert Guerra on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:37:49 -0400)
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>
	<434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>
	<FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org>
	<1129208004.27870.88.camel@michelle> <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <E1EQHpg-0002nw-Dz@fencepost.gnu.org>

    an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance  could be Mark  
    Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher profile than  
    Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind the Ubuntu linux  
    distribution.

Ubuntu and other "Linux distributions" are versions of the GNU
operating system (which contain Linux also).  GNU is the only
operating system ever developed as a campaign for freedom and
community, but forthright discussion of such issues makes some feel
uncomfortable.  Shuttleworth, like most of those who call the system
"Linux", push those issues into the background.

To the extent that civil society considers that involvement in the
distribution of GNU is a valid reason in favor of a certain speaker,
shouldn't this apply most strongly to those who stand by the ethical
ideals that motivated the work itself?

I am not the only free software supporter who can express these ideas.
I could suggest people from Latin America, Europe, India, and South
Africa--one being Federico Heinz.  Whether any of these people are
going to WSIS, I don't know (though I can ask if you want).  I do know
that I am planning to be there.



From helen at hbd.com  Fri Oct 14 07:45:24 2005
From: helen at hbd.com (Helen King)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <9AA69A68-A958-4437-B06B-733372069943@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20051014074528.77D43128044@hagrid.uk.hbd.com>

Dear all,

Mark Shuttleworth will be at WSIS and he would be delighted to speak.  If
this is required please let me know and I will organise it.

Kind regards,

Helen 
Helen King
International Relations Manager
 
The Shuttleworth Foundation
 
Email: helen@tsf.org.za


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Guerra
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:11 PM
To: Georg C.F.Greve
Cc: Federico Heinz; PCT-WG; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for
opening, roundtable and high level panel

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As per my earlier email:

  ....Other speaker issues are noted, but are ones that I will leave  
for others who were involved in the process.

the rounds of selection were quick and have been already submitted to  
ITU. As to what is the final list - let's wait to hear back from the  
ITU.

As was the case in the past, there will be speakers who will not be  
able to make it. Thus, there likely will be a second opportunity .  
let's wait until we get the ITU list, and then see who is available,  
what the issue is to talk to . When that's known, if Stallman (or  
others) are interested, then - by all means , their names should be  
put forward and considered.

btw. A new nomcom (nomination committee) would also have to be  
struck. Those interested, please - indicate your interest now, or  
forever hold your peace...

regards

Robert




regards,

Robert

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Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 13-Oct-05, at 3:37 PM, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:

>  || On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:37:49 -0400
>  || Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
>
>  rg> an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance could be
>  rg> Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher
>  rg> profile than Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind
>  rg> the Ubuntu linux distribution.
>
> While I very much value the work he has been doing with the Ubuntu
> distribution, I don't think that Mark Shuttleworth could speak with
> similar backing for and of the movement for software freedom.
>
> So I obviously fully agree that he would be a much better replacement
> for Marzouk, but would not consider him an alternative to Richard
> Stallman.
>
>
>  rg> 9. What's left - Plenary sessions..
>
>  rg> - that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional
>  rg> balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the
>  rg> moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted
>  rg> and will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can
>  rg> come. [...]  So an easily solution would be to get Richard get in
>  rg> touch with Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not,
>  rg> we might have a solution.
>
> Is John aware that Richard has been removed from the list?
>
> I'd be quite surprised to find him approving -- and it seems unfair to
> put the pressure to step down in favor of Richard on him in
> particular.
>
> Regards,
> Georg
>
> -- 
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> <greve@fsfeurope.org>
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Oct 14 10:33:09 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <C364AB02-E74B-46E2-8AC3-1FE88A1F18FD@traceynaughton.com>
References: <200509251633.j8PGXdRM032544@homer2.tic.ch>
 <6.2.3.4.0.20051013071051.0448b4f0@pop.gn.apc.org>
 <p06230919bf73afab7616@[192.168.1.254]>
 <6.2.3.4.0.20051013081705.03e79110@pop.gn.apc.org>
 <C364AB02-E74B-46E2-8AC3-1FE88A1F18FD@traceynaughton.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051014102339.0452ddc0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi tracey, all

>We have had assurance - delivered twice and 
>verbally by Mr Geiger that visas can be issued 
>on arrival. This is a normal practise in Tunisia 
>and will be especially so for WSIS. Since my 
>first visit there in 1985, I have always got a 
>visa on arrival. It can take 15 minutes because 
>you need to leave the arrival area and get some 
>local currency. However, since visas are free of 
>charge for WSIS, the process will be easier - 
>though there may be many people doing this so it 
>is advisable to get a visa in advance if you can.

I don't doubt Mr Geigers assurances, but, the 
host country website, and the information in the 
'information for participants' re visas is not consistent:

The host coubntry site brings the following 
information up for anyone who needs a visa (i've 
tested quite a few and they are all identical) - 
and makes no reference to being able to get visas on entry.

---
Applicants should contact the 
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/missionsen.xls>Tunisian 
Diplomatic or Consular mission in the country of 
residence or representation, and submit the following documents :
    * A passport valid all along the stay in Tunisia
    * A letter of confirmation of registration in 
the second phase of the Summit
    * The visa application 
<http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/visaen/formulaire.pdf>form 
duly filled and submitted 15 days before the start of the Summit proceedings
    * 4 recent passport photos
    * A hotel reservation
---

the documentation on the ITU site says:

7.3     Requests for entry visas should be made 
to the Tunisian diplomatic and/or consular 
representation of the participant?s country of 
residence. Participants residing in countries in 
which Tunisia has no diplomatic and/or consular 
representation may obtain their entry visa from 
the non-resident diplomatic mission responsible 
for their country , or, failing this, and 
exceptionally, upon arrival at the airport.
                   *************
---

Is it possible for the WSIS secretarait to issue 
something in writing which assures immigration 
en-route, that the person travelling will receive a tunisian visa on entry?

karen


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Oct 14 10:45:17 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: TR: [WSIS CS-Plenary] VISAS For Tunisia?
In-Reply-To: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch>
References: <200510131103.j9DB31kk029405@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051014104329.0464eeb0@pop.gn.apc.org>

dear alejandra

This is very helpful, thanks a lot.

>Tunis does not have consular services in all countries. That's why 
>visas will be issued upon arrival at the Tunisian airport. You will 
>need to present your passport, and fill out a form (attached) 
>together with the confirmation of registration letter that the 
>ITU/WSIS has sent after the online registration to the Summit.
>For those people who could not get their visa before and do not have 
>a visa Schengen and will not have a direct flight to Tunis can use 
>the confirmation of registration letter from the ITU as an official 
>document. This letter has an ID number that will help to identify 
>the individual as a Summit participant within customs authorities.

>Tunisian authorities have confirmed this and they will inform all 
>authorities from airports (European airports in particular) about 
>this possibility.

It would be very comforting for participants to have written 
confirmation of this last sentance if at all possible.

If that isn't possible, i would advise people to print a copy of this 
message and take it with them.

karen



From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Oct 14 11:16:30 2005
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening,
 roundtable and high level panel
In-Reply-To: <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <41ADF859-489A-4FDA-87F0-CFD093B95DB5@earthlink.net>	<434D9B06.6070801@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <434DB6C4.6050309@mdpi.org>	<FB3148A5-2967-4EF4-B01B-C00AE45C5751@lists.privaterra.org>	<1129208004.27870.88.camel@michelle> <1C083399-61B4-436E-85F5-2058113BFE34@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <434F857E.9090100@mdpi.org>

Dear Robert

> an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance could be Mark 
> Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher profile than 
> Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind the Ubuntu linux 
> distribution.
>
This is a matter of principle, the guidelines that have been agreed upon
are :
Opening Session Speaker:
A person who has:
? Been actively involved in WSIS
? Is a good public speaker and will convey a clear image through the media
This speaker should deliver a text that is:
? An advocacy statement on key WSIS issues from the civil society
perspective
? That is drafted and agreed to on the Plenary list

High Level Panel Speaker
A person who:
? Has been involved in WSIS
? Is a good public speaker, can speak without making a prepared
statement, with interactive skill and confidence
? Able to speak with authority and confidence on the general theme ?ICT
for Development?

Round Table Speakers
People who:
? Have been involved in WSIS
? Can speak well without a written statement and have interactive skills
and confidence
? Are able to speak with authority and confidence on implementation from
the civil society perspective

Plenary
? Been actively involved in WSIS
? People who have a general knowledge of the overall themes
? people who are at the top-level of their accredited organisations
? Can make salient points in the allocation for each speaker, of 3 minutes

Richard Stallman fills those criterions while Mark Shuttleworth does not,
despite his celebrity as a tourist astronaut,
his success as businessman ( Thwaite ) , and his support
of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution.
Mark, is as Jean-Louis would said, is a "parachuted" person.
I believe that some persons in the Civil Society must cease to be
obsessed with celebrities,
"connocidos", we are what we are.

I would be glad to make an exception to those rules for the plenary
speaker, a
Nobel prize winner, but only in this *very* special case.

However, I will point out that in phase I, the guidelines were different,
"parachuted" persons were allowed. For Geneva, I asked within the
SI group if any of the 3 Nobel prize winners that belong to the SI group
were willing to be a nominee of the SI.
One, a swiss, responded positively in principle,
but this did not work out because of previous engaments.
This time because of the guidelines, we could only nominate people
that have been physically present at the WSIS.
I believe it woudl be completely unfair to lose a speaker
for Open Access, because others are not playing by the guidelines,
and playing the celebrity and name-dropping game.

Changing the guidelines, at the present time, would be unfair
to all the groups that have been following the guidelines
for their nomination.
This is a point of order.

Best regards

Francis

PS

> Note: I did propose the name early in the process.
>
> 8. To keep the regional and gender balance - then, let's take a look 
> at it from a North American perspective.

It was mostly a North American perspective, if we consider the 
nomination you did in the name of the North American/Europe family:
There are *two* nominees on the list :
John Barlow and
Robin Gross, all from the USA,
*Three* if we count
Viola Krebs, from Switzerland,
already the sole nominee by the Volunteer family
PS:PS
I wonder if John Barlow fills the criteria.



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From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Fri Oct 14 11:13:55 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
Message-ID: <954259bd0510140313v3296e081l1c95c0a3d044dc0f@mail.gmail.com>

Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in Tunis would
present obvious advantages and her nomination could be forwarded to the
Secretariat after a simple endorsement process described below.
 *Main advantages*
 1) It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the forefront
of the building of inclusive information societies, uderlining that the WSIS
process is not only about technology, and that appropriate "enabling
environments" also mean freedom of expression and access to information, and
"capacity building" also means equal opportunities for men and women,
including access to education.
 2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS process and
the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up discussions : in the
first domain, the iranian national representative strongly advocates that
Internet Governance should be "transparent and democratic, with full
linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up at
all levels should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
 If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis
Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to make in
WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take governments at their own
words and describe in plain language how far from these commitments actual
practice in some countries really is. This is the opportunity to point the
often too large gap between what governments say in international arenas and
what they indeed practice at home.
 The WSIS has introduced something new in the international negociation
process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was not what it should
have been; but enough organizations were nonetheless present during the
process to hear government representatives make commitments they now can be
held accountable for.
 Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is the
natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world Parliament
(far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where general principles
for our global community (Polity) are elaborated. The first absolute rule of
representative democracy is the publicity of debates.
  The ironic situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are not
even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what
representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf is
totally contradictory with the notion of democracy and the transparency
principle.
 3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman judge
in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the State and
rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor with a past in the
governmental sector, as are today many ex-ministers, presidents,
parlementarians and civil servants. This brings an interesting light to the
discussion that recently emerged around Adama or some "senators".
 Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,
irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance processes as
peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever privilege they may still
have and accepting to be evaluated on their sole "capacity to contribute",
rather than the traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal right to
oppose" (which is, ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under
the expression "equal sovereignty of States").
 Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the inclusiveness of
Civil Society.
 _______________
 *Endorsement process*
 Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions, there is a
general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the opening
ceremony, how can this be secured ?
 1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit process
should - at least - have the right to choose who is going to speak on behalf
of civil society for the opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed; this
is a "make or break" principle.
 2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can be
achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying to obtain
it. We are therefore in the typical situation where rough consensus (as
practiced in the internet community) is the only way out. : - there is a
need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
- absolute consensus cannot be achieved
- a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
- dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an alternative that
would be accepted by all
 3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough
consensus) could therefore be established :
- a general call on the Plenary list would ask individuals or accredited
entities to express support and a formal nomination paper would be
transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins with an attachment listing
accredited entities and individuals supporting the nomination
- the call would simultaneously invite actors who might still have
objections to the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them to
submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with : their name, all
potential connexions with participating governments (as a matter of
transparency) and - possibly - an alternative speaker they agree upon.
 The second element, that would allow the expression of minority positions,
is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
 4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with their
governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and ask them to
support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat the right of civil
society to choose its opening speaker, outlining the bad press the Summit
would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be voluntarily refused.
 I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
 Best
 Bertrand
 -


 On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>
> On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>
> And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>
> MARIANNE
> (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>
> Marianne Seger
> permament European NGO observer
> at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> for
> EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> (www.eurag-europe.org <http://www.eurag-europe.org>)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lisa
> > Union for Democratic Communications
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > >Dear Amir,
> > >
> > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
> > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> > >Amb. Karklins.
> > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > >
> > >Kind regards,
> > >Meryem
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> >
> > Mass Communication
> > Williams Hall
> > Miami University-Ohio
> > Oxford, OH 45056
> > USA
> > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > Fax: 513-529-1835
>
>
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From richardjordan at lycos.com  Fri Oct 14 11:42:18 2005
From: richardjordan at lycos.com (richard jordan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
Message-ID: <20051014104218.5F81C30E7E5@ws7-1a.us4.outblaze.com>

Eloquently presented, Bertrand, and may I say that Shirin Ebadi was equally eloquent at the recent DPI/NGO Conference held at UN Headquarters from 9-11 September 2005. It therefore makes sense to follow-up her appearance at that major forum, where the UN Secretary-General was present also, with this nomination.

I would second not only your nomination but your "explication du texte" if I could borrow a phrase from my academic days in Comparative Literature.

Best regards, Richard Jordan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bertrand de La Chapelle" <bdelachapelle@gmail.com>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:13:55 +0200

> 
> Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in Tunis would
> present obvious advantages and her nomination could be forwarded to the
> Secretariat after a simple endorsement process described below.
>   *Main advantages*
>   1) It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the forefront
> of the building of inclusive information societies, uderlining that the WSIS
> process is not only about technology, and that appropriate "enabling
> environments" also mean freedom of expression and access to information, and
> "capacity building" also means equal opportunities for men and women,
> including access to education.
>   2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS process and
> the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up discussions : in the
> first domain, the iranian national representative strongly advocates that
> Internet Governance should be "transparent and democratic, with full
> linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up at
> all levels should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
>   If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis
> Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to make in
> WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take governments at their own
> words and describe in plain language how far from these commitments actual
> practice in some countries really is. This is the opportunity to point the
> often too large gap between what governments say in international arenas and
> what they indeed practice at home.
>   The WSIS has introduced something new in the international negociation
> process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was not what it should
> have been; but enough organizations were nonetheless present during the
> process to hear government representatives make commitments they now can be
> held accountable for.
>   Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is the
> natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world Parliament
> (far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where general principles
> for our global community (Polity) are elaborated. The first absolute rule of
> representative democracy is the publicity of debates.
>    The ironic situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are not
> even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what
> representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf is
> totally contradictory with the notion of democracy and the transparency
> principle.
>   3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman judge
> in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the State and
> rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor with a past in the
> governmental sector, as are today many ex-ministers, presidents,
> parlementarians and civil servants. This brings an interesting light to the
> discussion that recently emerged around Adama or some "senators".
>   Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,
> irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance processes as
> peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever privilege they may still
> have and accepting to be evaluated on their sole "capacity to contribute",
> rather than the traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal right to
> oppose" (which is, ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under
> the expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>   Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the inclusiveness of
> Civil Society.
>   _______________
>   *Endorsement process*
>   Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions, there is a
> general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the opening
> ceremony, how can this be secured ?
>   1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit process
> should - at least - have the right to choose who is going to speak on behalf
> of civil society for the opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed; this
> is a "make or break" principle.
>   2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can be
> achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying to obtain
> it. We are therefore in the typical situation where rough consensus (as
> practiced in the internet community) is the only way out. : - there is a
> need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
> - absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an alternative that
> would be accepted by all
>   3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough
> consensus) could therefore be established :
> - a general call on the Plenary list would ask individuals or accredited
> entities to express support and a formal nomination paper would be
> transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins with an attachment listing
> accredited entities and individuals supporting the nomination
> - the call would simultaneously invite actors who might still have
> objections to the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them to
> submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with : their name, all
> potential connexions with participating governments (as a matter of
> transparency) and - possibly - an alternative speaker they agree upon.
>   The second element, that would allow the expression of minority positions,
> is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
>   4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with their
> governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and ask them to
> support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat the right of civil
> society to choose its opening speaker, outlining the bad press the Summit
> would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be voluntarily refused.
>   I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
>   Best
>   Bertrand
>   -
> 
> 
>   On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
> >
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> > Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> > this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
> >
> > On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> > I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> > (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> > for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
> >
> > And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
> >
> > MARIANNE
> > (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
> >
> > Marianne Seger
> > permament European NGO observer
> > at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> > for
> > EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> > GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> > (www.eurag-europe.org <http://www.eurag-europe.org>)
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > > Union for Democratic Communications
> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > >Dear Amir,
> > > >
> > > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> > > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> > > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
> > > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> > > >Amb. Karklins.
> > > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > > >
> > > >Kind regards,
> > > >Meryem
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> > >
> > > Mass Communication
> > > Williams Hall
> > > Miami University-Ohio
> > > Oxford, OH 45056
> > > USA
> > > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > > Fax: 513-529-1835
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >


From m_mdella at yahoo.fr  Fri Oct 14 11:59:10 2005
From: m_mdella at yahoo.fr (Mdella Mohamed)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On genuine CS representative in selection committee and selected speakers
In-Reply-To: <20051013110003.59701.qmail@web26902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051014105910.49844.qmail@web26810.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour ? toutes et ? tous
je viens de lire des d?veloppement qui refl?tent, malheureusement, des sp?culations ou pour emprunter l'expression de Mr. Jamel Khemakhem, la pratique de la politique des droits de l'homme je vois pas o? est le probl?me pour la selection des "speakers" Tunisiens au WSIS, qu'ils soient ou non des membres au S?nat, ?lus ou nomm?s.. c'est vraiment un faux probl?me..!
  
khemakhem jamel <jamelatude@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :
Bonjour ? tous
 
Suite aux observations et remarques tendancieuses concernant certains membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne, j'aimerais dire qu'il faut faire la part des choses entre activit?s de la soci?t? civile et activit?s politiques. C'est vrai que cette distinction est tr?s difficile pour certains esprits habitu?s de l'amalgame soci?t? civile ou droits de l'homme-activit? politique.
Les noms qui ont ?t? cit?s ont ?t? toujours des membres actifs de la soci?t? civile tunisienne qui appartiennent ? des associations qui ont le statut "ECOSOC" c'est ? dire reconnues pour le s?rieux de leur activit?, sauf si on a plus de cr?dits aux organisations des Nations Unis.
Je vous rappelle que l'Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant a ?t? le pr?curseur dans tout le continent africain, et nos amis africains le connaisse bien parce qu'ils ont v?cu les ?v?nements organis?s par l'ATUDE , l'UNICEF, l'Institut International des Droits de l'Enfant, l'Agence Intergouvernemental de la Francophonie..etc et qui ont vis? la promotion des Droits de l'Enfant Africain, d'ailleurs les efforts de l'ATUDE lui ont valu la reconnaissance du Maghreb Arabe et de l'Afrique enti?re du fait qu'elle a ?t? choisi comme Pr?sident du Collectif Maghr?bin des Droits de l'Enfant et pr?sident du Collectif Africain des Droits de l'Enfant. Juillet dernier, les projets r?alis?s par l'ATUDE ont ?t? publi?s par l'ECOSOC comme Success Story.
Vous voyez que nous sommes en train de construire non seulement notre ch?re pays mais nous contribuons ?galement ? la promotion des droits de l'Enfant dans le monde avec des actions concr?tes et non des slogans.
C'est vrai que notre Pr?sident de la R?publique nous a choisi comme comp?tences Nationales chacun dans son domaine dans le S?nat, ceci ne diminue en rien notre appartenance ? une soci?t? civile tunisienne, maghr?bine, Africaine et internationale constructive.
Nous ne voulons pas rentrer dans ces enqu?tes polici?res sur l'appartenance politique de tel ou tel personne, chacun de nous a ses appartenances, et ses all?geances.
Nous avons choisie d'?tre avec le Pr?sident Ben Ali pour "Construire" la Tunisie nouvelle et nous en sommes fiers, certains autres ont choisis la voie de la destruction et de l'all?geance ? d'autres id?ologies extr?mistes de droite ou de gauche, chacun et libre dans le choix de sa voie mais 
ne faites pas l'amalgame entre activit? de la soci?t? civile et opinions politiques, c'est un droit humain ?l?mentaire.
Un dernier conseil : faites la recherche sur Google"'jameleddine khemakhem" et vous allez voir les r?sultats surtout le Prix International que j'ai eu en novembre 2004.
Merci

Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> a ?crit :
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Dear all,

Following the current discussion on the plenary list, regarding the 
fact that a Tunisian member of Parliament has been selected by ITU as 
WSIS speaker, and the concerns and protests expressed by some, I would 
like to provide you with the following information and facts:

The problem is larger than the ITU selection. In fact, the problem 
comes from CS itself, since:
- 2 members of the CS "selection committee" are members of the Tunisian 
Senate (Mohamed Bechir Khalfallah and Chekib Dhaouadi)
- 2 persons on the selected list by CS are members of the Tunisian 
Senate (Mohamed Elyes Ben Marzouk and Jameleddine Khemakhem)
- Other Tunisian people involved in WSIS as "CS" are also members of 
the Tunisian Senate (to only cite two of them who have shouted and 
obstructed the works and public meetings of the HR caucus: Emna Soula, 
Habib Achour).

All these people have been nominated (not elected) by President Ben Ali 
in July 2005 (see 
http://www.realites.com.tn/index1.php?mag=1&cat=/10010100ACTUALITES/ 
1Nation&art=13230&a=detail1).

Indeed, 41 out of 126 members of the Senate are designated by the 
President. The Tunisian Senate has been created in summer 2005, it is a 
lower Chamber, called "Chambre des Conseillers" (Chamber of 
Councellors). You may find synthetized information on the Tunisian 
Senate at: http://www.senat.fr/senatsdumonde/tunisie.html (in French, 
this is the web site of the French Senate).

Another eminent member of the Tunisian "CS" is a member of the Tunisian 
National Assembly (d?put?e): Sa?da Agrebi (see 
http://www.atm.org.tn/fr/index.htm)

That is to say that we should express concerns and protests:
- On the CS selection committee composition (not to mention the lack of 
transparency of its process, and the lack of accountability of its 
results: I still don't have received any answer regarding the fact that 
my own name, nominated by the HR caucus as proposed speaker, seems to 
have been "forgotten" by the "selection committee".
- On the recommended list to the ITU
- More generally, on the fact that Tunisian Parliament representatives 
(some not even elected, but nominated by President Ben Ali) are active 
as "CS" in the WSIS process, some of them having even created caucuses 
(like the "children rights caucus, created by Jameleddine Khemakhem).

However, these concerns and protests shouldn't be directed towards the 
ITU, which has picked up who it wanted from the list recommended by the 
"selection committee". They must be directed to CS @ WSIS itself, which 
has let this happened, some actively, others in a passive mode, by 
closing their eyes and their ears when such protests have been raised, 
specially by the human rights caucus, during the whole process.

If ITU selects who it wants, this is entirely our fault: by letting 
them choose in a "recommended list", we have allowed them to do that. 
If we had followed a procedure like the one proposed by Bertrand after 
the first "recommended list" has been posted, this wouldn't have 
happened.

Meryem Marzouki
HR Caucus co-chair
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Oct 14 12:12:46 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [hr-wsis] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to speak at WSIS
 opening
In-Reply-To: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <9226F255-3B16-11DA-9EB9-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051014120922.03e85eb0@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear Meryem and all

Apologies for the late response to this. APC members and staff have 
only just returned from our council meeting, yesterday.

Roberto Bissio has already made public his acceptance to stand aside 
to allow Shirin Ebadi to speak, and as the nominator of Roberto, APC 
formally withdraws his nomination and is fully supportive of the 
lobby to have Ms. Ebadi speak in the opening ceremony.

Karen Banks for APC

At 12:51 12/10/2005, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal 
>from WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for 
>Summit opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking 
>would be the strongest symbol that the information society should be 
>built on human rights and social justice foundations.
>
>The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to 
>speak after having seen the first list of proposed speakers 
>circulated on Sept. 30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem 
>proposed as possible speakers for opening).
>
>Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to 
>ITU, since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.
>
>We would be very pleased however to include support from other 
>caucuses and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly 
>remember that Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak 
>at the opening ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she 
>was not available because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.
>
>If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me 
>(marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual 
>organizations are most welcome.
>
>More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
>
>Best regards,
>Meryem Marzouki
>HR caucus co-chair



From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Oct 14 12:24:34 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0510140313v3296e081l1c95c0a3d044dc0f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <18A5F0F0-3CA5-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear Bertrand and all,

Thanks for your support to Shirin Ebadi nomination.
I would like to make clear that, as I already reported to the plenary,  
formal letters have already been sent on October 12 to Mr Utsumi and to  
Ambassador Karklins, on behalf of the human rights caucus.
Support and lobbying towards governemental delegations have already  
been asked on this list. And I know that this lobbying has already  
started and is working well, we should all pursue our efforts in this  
direction too. I'm in the process of compiling the endorsements  
received so far from CS caucuses, organizations and individuals, to be  
forwarded, as a first list, to MM. Utsumi and Karklins. I'll first post  
this list on the plenary.

The process has then started, as soon as we received Shirin Ebadi  
positive answer. This was because time was running. Expressions of  
support to Shirin Ebadi nomination should still be sent to me  
(marzouki@ras.eu.org), so that I gather them, report on that to the  
plenary, and forward them to MM. Utsumi and Karklins.

To the best of my knowledge, no objection has been raised. But if there  
is any, it can also be argumented on this list.

I understand that a "plenary endorsement" would be a good idea,  
however, this doesn't prevent to follow-up on the already undertaken  
process of gathering list of supports. I then see your proposal as a  
nice complement to the ongoing process.

Best regards,
Meryem

Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 12:13 Europe/Paris, Bertrand de La Chapelle  
a ?crit :

> Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in Tunis  
> would present obvious advantages and her nomination could be forwarded  
> to the Secretariat after a simple endorsement process described below.
> ?
> Main advantages
> ?
> 1)?It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the  
> forefront of the building of inclusive information societies,  
> uderlining that the WSIS process is not only about technology, and  
> that appropriate "enabling environments" also mean freedom of  
> expression and access to information, and "capacity building" also  
> means equal opportunities for men and women, including access to  
> education.
> ?
> 2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS process  
> and the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up discussions  
> : in the first domain, the iranian national representative?strongly  
> advocates that Internet Governance should be "transparent and  
> democratic, ?with full linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the  
> second one, that follow-up at all levels should be done with the  
> participation of all stakeholders.
> ?
> If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis  
> Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to make  
> in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take governments at  
> their own words and describe in plain language how far from these  
> commitments?actual practice in some countries really is. This is the  
> opportunity to point the often too large gap between what governments  
> say in international arenas and what they indeed practice at home.
> ?
> The WSIS has introduced something new in the international negociation  
> process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was not what it  
> should have been; but enough organizations were nonetheless present  
> during the process to hear government representatives make commitments  
> they now can be held accountable for.
> ?
> Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is the  
> natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world  
> Parliament (far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where  
> general principles for?our global community (Polity) are elaborated.  
> The first absolute rule of representative democracy is the publicity  
> of debates.
> ?
> The ironic?situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are  
> not even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what  
> representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf is  
> totally contradictory?with the notion of democracy and the  
> transparency principle.??
> ?
> 3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman  
> judge in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the  
> State and rightly so.?Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor with  
> a past in the governmental sector, as are today many ex-ministers,  
> presidents, parlementarians and civil servants. This brings an  
> interesting light to the discussion that recently emerged around Adama  
> or some "senators".
> ?
> Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,  
> irrespective of their past functions, engage?in governance processes  
> as peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever privilege they  
> may still have and accepting to be evaluated on their sole "capacity  
> to contribute", rather than the traditional intergovernmental rule of  
> "equal right to oppose" (which is, ultimately,?the basic foundation of  
> the UN system under the expression "equal sovereignty of States").
> ?
> Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the inclusiveness  
> of Civil Society.
> ?
> _______________
> ?
> Endorsement process
> ?
> Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions,?there is  
> a general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the  
> opening ceremony, how can this be secured ?
> ?
> 1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit  
> process should - at least?-? have the right to choose who is going to  
> speak on behalf of civil society for the opening ceremony must be  
> strongly reaffirmed; this is a "make or break" principle.
> ?
> 2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can be  
> achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying to  
> obtain it.?We are therefore in the typical situation where rough  
> consensus (as practiced in the internet community) is?the only way  
> out. ?:
> - there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real  
> deadline)
> -?absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an alternative  
> that would be accepted by all
> ?
> 3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough  
> consensus)?could therefore be established :
> - a general call on the Plenary list would ask?individuals or  
> accredited entities to express support and a formal nomination paper  
> would be transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins?with an  
> attachment listing?accredited entities and individuals supporting the  
> nomination
> -?the call would simultaneously invite actors?who might still have  
> objections to?the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them to  
> submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with : their  
> name, all potential connexions with participating governments (as a  
> matter of transparency) and -?possibly - an alternative speaker they  
> agree upon.
> ?
> The second element, that would allow the expression of minority  
> positions,?is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
> ?
> 4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with  
> their governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and ask  
> them to support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat the  
> right of civil society to choose its opening speaker, outlining the  
> bad press the Summit would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be  
> voluntarily refused.
> ?
> I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
> ?
> Best
> ?
> Bertrand
> ?
> - ?
> ?
> ?
> ?
>
>
> ?
> On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire  
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for  
> specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>
> On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>
> And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>
> MARIANNE
> (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>
> Marianne Seger
> permament European NGO observer
> at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> for
> EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> ( www.eurag-europe.org)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lisa
> > Union for Democratic Communications
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
>
> > >Dear Amir,
> > >
> > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make  
> herself
> > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday  
> the
> > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> > >Amb. Karklins.
> > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > >
> > >Kind regards,
> > >Meryem
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
> > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> >
> > Mass Communication
> > Williams Hall
> > Miami University-Ohio
> > Oxford, OH 45056
> > USA
> > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > Fax: 513-529-1835
>
>
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>


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Oct 14 13:38:43 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
Message-ID: <74CB3A0A-3CAF-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any 
other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll 
forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More 
supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the 
following days.
I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for 
people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in 
WSIS in their individual capacity.

Thank you all for your support,
Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucu co-chair
=================

Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time

WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
- Community Media Working Group
- Human Rights Caucus
- Internet Governance Caucus
- Media Caucus
- West-Asia Family

NGO and Coalitions:
- AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
- Alliance Rights, Nigeria
- AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), 
Worldwide
- APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
- Article 19, Worldwide
- Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), 
Switzerland
- CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
- Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
- DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
- EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
- FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
- FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme), 
Worldwide
- Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human 
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
- IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
- IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
- ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
- ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
- LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
- Norwegian PEN, Norway
- OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
- Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
- Ouvaton, France
- Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
- PEN Club, Worldwide
- UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
- UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
- UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark

In their individual capacity:

- Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
- Avri Doria, Sweden
- Jeanette Hofman, Germany
- Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
- Lee W. McKnight, USA
- Francis Muguet, France
- Tracey Naughton, South Africa
- Claudia Padovani, Italy
- Joseph Sarr, Senegal


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct 14 13:46:00 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
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References: <954259bd0510140313v3296e081l1c95c0a3d044dc0f@mail.gmail.com>
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On 14-Oct-05, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:

>
> 2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS  
> process and the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up  
> discussions : in the first domain, the iranian national  
> representative strongly advocates that Internet Governance should  
> be "transparent and democratic,  with full linvolvement of all  
> stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up at all levels  
> should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
>
bertrand, doesn't Iran also mention that discussions be multiaternal  
and democratic - the code word for "only governments". I have, in the  
internet governance sub-committee and working groups where i've heard  
them speak never heard them specifically include "civil society".

if you have heard them specifically mention CS, please - let us know.

>
> 3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman  
> judge in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the  
> State and rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor  
> with a past in the governmental sector, as are today many ex- 
> ministers, presidents, parlementarians and civil servants. This  
> brings an interesting light to the discussion that recently emerged  
> around Adama or some "senators".
>
She also has received international recognition for her human rights  
work . Nobel prize, being one such prize. She's open about what she's  
done - practised disclosure. A good thing that should be done by all  
speakers being nominated too.

>
> Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,  
> irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance  
> processes as peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever  
> privilege they may still have and accepting to be evaluated on  
> their sole "capacity to contribute", rather than the traditional  
> intergovernmental rule of "equal right to oppose" (which is,  
> ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under the  
> expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>
As long as people tell us what that have and/or are doing then fine.  
With fill disclosure people have the facts to know the full story,  
and then can make a decision.

>
> Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the  
> inclusiveness of Civil Society.
>
indeed.

>
> Endorsement process
>
> Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions, there  
> is a general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the  
> opening ceremony, how can this be secured ?
>
> 1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit  
> process should - at least -  have the right to choose who is going  
> to speak on behalf of civil society for the opening ceremony must  
> be strongly reaffirmed; this is a "make or break" principle.
>
we seem to have consensus. I have not heard from anyone that opposes  
Ebadi. In fact, speakers that have been proposed for the opening were  
more than happy to cede their nomination over to Ebadi. That's an  
honourable thing to do

>
> 2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can  
> be achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying  
> to obtain it. We are therefore in the typical situation where rough  
> consensus (as practiced in the internet community) is the only way  
> out.  :
>
Again , there seems to be a very high level of support and complete  
consensus. Not sure what more can do...
>
>


From KovenRonald at aol.com  Fri Oct 14 14:19:42 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
Message-ID: <148.4e87b9c6.30810a6e@aol.com>

Chere M. --

Tu pourrais ajouter le World Press Freedom Committee comme ONG et moi a titre 
personnel, si tu veux.

Bises, Rony
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From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
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Bertrand, et al,

Of course any civil society group or caucus can communicate directly  
to the WSIS Executive Secretariat their recommendation for speakers  
for the WSIS.  And the human rights caucus has done so.

However we have still created a process through a selection committee  
composed of representatives chosen by the different regional  
groupings, the CS Bureau and Content and Themes.  The committee is  
still deliberating on whether or not it can support the nomination.

I would ask us to first go through our already-agreed process to try  
and get as much general support as possible.  If this is not  
possible, than your other option and others should be considered.

Respectfully,

Rik Panganiban
chair of the selection committee

On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:

> Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in  
> Tunis would present obvious advantages and her nomination could be  
> forwarded to the Secretariat after a simple endorsement process  
> described below.
>
> Main advantages
>
> 1) It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the  
> forefront of the building of inclusive information societies,  
> uderlining that the WSIS process is not only about technology, and  
> that appropriate "enabling environments" also mean freedom of  
> expression and access to information, and "capacity building" also  
> means equal opportunities for men and women, including access to  
> education.
>
> 2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS  
> process and the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up  
> discussions : in the first domain, the iranian national  
> representative strongly advocates that Internet Governance should  
> be "transparent and democratic,  with full linvolvement of all  
> stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up at all levels  
> should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
>
> If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis  
> Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to  
> make in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take  
> governments at their own words and describe in plain language how  
> far from these commitments actual practice in some countries really  
> is. This is the opportunity to point the often too large gap  
> between what governments say in international arenas and what they  
> indeed practice at home.
>
> The WSIS has introduced something new in the international  
> negociation process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was  
> not what it should have been; but enough organizations were  
> nonetheless present during the process to hear government  
> representatives make commitments they now can be held accountable for.
>
> Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is  
> the natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world  
> Parliament (far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where  
> general principles for our global community (Polity) are  
> elaborated. The first absolute rule of representative democracy is  
> the publicity of debates.
>
> The ironic situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are  
> not even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what  
> representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf  
> is totally contradictory with the notion of democracy and the  
> transparency principle.
>
> 3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman  
> judge in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the  
> State and rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor  
> with a past in the governmental sector, as are today many ex- 
> ministers, presidents, parlementarians and civil servants. This  
> brings an interesting light to the discussion that recently emerged  
> around Adama or some "senators".
>
> Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,  
> irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance  
> processes as peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever  
> privilege they may still have and accepting to be evaluated on  
> their sole "capacity to contribute", rather than the traditional  
> intergovernmental rule of "equal right to oppose" (which is,  
> ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under the  
> expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>
> Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the  
> inclusiveness of Civil Society.
>
> _______________
>
> Endorsement process
>
> Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions, there  
> is a general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the  
> opening ceremony, how can this be secured ?
>
> 1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit  
> process should - at least -  have the right to choose who is going  
> to speak on behalf of civil society for the opening ceremony must  
> be strongly reaffirmed; this is a "make or break" principle.
>
> 2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can  
> be achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying  
> to obtain it. We are therefore in the typical situation where rough  
> consensus (as practiced in the internet community) is the only way  
> out.  :
> - there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real  
> deadline)
> - absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an  
> alternative that would be accepted by all
>
> 3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough  
> consensus) could therefore be established :
> - a general call on the Plenary list would ask individuals or  
> accredited entities to express support and a formal nomination  
> paper would be transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins  
> with an attachment listing accredited entities and individuals  
> supporting the nomination
> - the call would simultaneously invite actors who might still have  
> objections to the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them  
> to submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with :  
> their name, all potential connexions with participating governments  
> (as a matter of transparency) and - possibly - an alternative  
> speaker they agree upon.
>
> The second element, that would allow the expression of minority  
> positions, is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
>
> 4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with  
> their governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and  
> ask them to support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat  
> the right of civil society to choose its opening speaker, outlining  
> the bad press the Summit would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were  
> to be voluntarily refused.
>
> I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
> -
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>
> On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>
> And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>
> MARIANNE
> (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>
> Marianne Seger
> permament European NGO observer
> at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> for
> EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> ( www.eurag-europe.org)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lisa
> > Union for Democratic Communications
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---
>
> > >Dear Amir,
> > >
> > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make  
> herself
> > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have  
> got
> > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only  
> yesterday the
> > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi  
> and to
> > >Amb. Karklins.
> > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > >
> > >Kind regards,
> > >Meryem
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---
> > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> >
> > Mass Communication
> > Williams Hall
> > Miami University-Ohio
> > Oxford, OH 45056
> > USA
> > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > Fax: 513-529-1835
>
>
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From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
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Dear Meryem, Bertrand, Richard and all,

Shirin Ebadi would be an excellent speaker for the opening session and I
support the recommendation.  I too was at the annual UN DPI/NGO Conference
and Shirin Ebadi delivered a very articulate address on behalf of civil
society.  Please feel free to list my name individually.  I will also check
with my organizations which may take somewhat longer.  What is the time
frame for responses?

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
New York, USA
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net


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To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi


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Eloquently presented, Bertrand, and may I say that Shirin Ebadi was equally
eloquent at the recent DPI/NGO Conference held at UN Headquarters from 9-11
September 2005. It therefore makes sense to follow-up her appearance at that
major forum, where the UN Secretary-General was present also, with this
nomination.

I would second not only your nomination but your "explication du texte" if I
could borrow a phrase from my academic days in Comparative Literature.

Best regards, Richard Jordan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bertrand de La Chapelle" <bdelachapelle@gmail.com>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:13:55 +0200

>
> Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in Tunis
would
> present obvious advantages and her nomination could be forwarded to the
> Secretariat after a simple endorsement process described below.
>   *Main advantages*
>   1) It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the
forefront
> of the building of inclusive information societies, uderlining that the
WSIS
> process is not only about technology, and that appropriate "enabling
> environments" also mean freedom of expression and access to information,
and
> "capacity building" also means equal opportunities for men and women,
> including access to education.
>   2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS process
and
> the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up discussions : in the
> first domain, the iranian national representative strongly advocates that
> Internet Governance should be "transparent and democratic, with full
> linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up
at
> all levels should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
>   If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis
> Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to make in
> WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take governments at their
own
> words and describe in plain language how far from these commitments actual
> practice in some countries really is. This is the opportunity to point the
> often too large gap between what governments say in international arenas
and
> what they indeed practice at home.
>   The WSIS has introduced something new in the international negociation
> process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was not what it should
> have been; but enough organizations were nonetheless present during the
> process to hear government representatives make commitments they now can
be
> held accountable for.
>   Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is the
> natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world Parliament
> (far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where general
principles
> for our global community (Polity) are elaborated. The first absolute rule
of
> representative democracy is the publicity of debates.
>    The ironic situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are not
> even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what
> representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf is
> totally contradictory with the notion of democracy and the transparency
> principle.
>   3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman
judge
> in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the State and
> rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor with a past in the
> governmental sector, as are today many ex-ministers, presidents,
> parlementarians and civil servants. This brings an interesting light to
the
> discussion that recently emerged around Adama or some "senators".
>   Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,
> irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance processes as
> peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever privilege they may
still
> have and accepting to be evaluated on their sole "capacity to contribute",
> rather than the traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal right to
> oppose" (which is, ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under
> the expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>   Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the inclusiveness of
> Civil Society.
>   _______________
>   *Endorsement process*
>   Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions, there is a
> general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the opening
> ceremony, how can this be secured ?
>   1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit
process
> should - at least - have the right to choose who is going to speak on
behalf
> of civil society for the opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed;
this
> is a "make or break" principle.
>   2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can be
> achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying to obtain
> it. We are therefore in the typical situation where rough consensus (as
> practiced in the internet community) is the only way out. : - there is a
> need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
> - absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an alternative
that
> would be accepted by all
>   3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough
> consensus) could therefore be established :
> - a general call on the Plenary list would ask individuals or accredited
> entities to express support and a formal nomination paper would be
> transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins with an attachment
listing
> accredited entities and individuals supporting the nomination
> - the call would simultaneously invite actors who might still have
> objections to the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them to
> submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with : their name,
all
> potential connexions with participating governments (as a matter of
> transparency) and - possibly - an alternative speaker they agree upon.
>   The second element, that would allow the expression of minority
positions,
> is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
>   4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with their
> governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and ask them to
> support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat the right of civil
> society to choose its opening speaker, outlining the bad press the Summit
> would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be voluntarily refused.
>   I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
>   Best
>   Bertrand
>   -
>
>
>   On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
> >
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
list.
> > Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
of
> > this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
> >
> > On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> > I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> > (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> > for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
> >
> > And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
> >
> > MARIANNE
> > (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
> >
> > Marianne Seger
> > permament European NGO observer
> > at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> > for
> > EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> > GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> > (www.eurag-europe.org <http://www.eurag-europe.org>)
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Lisa
> > > Union for Democratic Communications
> >
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > >Dear Amir,
> > > >
> > > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> > > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> > > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday
the
> > > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> > > >Amb. Karklins.
> > > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > > >
> > > >Kind regards,
> > > >Meryem
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> > >
> > > Mass Communication
> > > Williams Hall
> > > Miami University-Ohio
> > > Oxford, OH 45056
> > > USA
> > > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > > Fax: 513-529-1835
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >

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From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Fri Oct 14 15:00:33 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
References: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCOEMDKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <016d01c5d0c7$aaacfc60$ac697645@HPcomputer>

I will join in this also for the same reasons.  Thank you for this opportunity. LDMF.

Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D..
Online communications systems ARPANet forward.
For Identification here: *Respectful Interfaces* Programme / Communications
Coordination Committee for the United Nations.  ACM ABA.  International
Disability Caucus for the Disability Convention (toward U.N. Treaty).
CCC/UN Secretary and Member of the Board.
Founder: Persons With Pain International (PWPI) accredited to the U.N.
Disability Convention.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 9:46 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear Meryem, Bertrand, Richard and all,
> 
> Shirin Ebadi would be an excellent speaker for the opening session and I
> support the recommendation.  I too was at the annual UN DPI/NGO Conference
> and Shirin Ebadi delivered a very articulate address on behalf of civil
> society.  Please feel free to list my name individually.  I will also check
> with my organizations which may take somewhat longer.  What is the time
> frame for responses?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
> Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
> New York, USA
> Tel: 1631-754-2424
> Fax: 1631-754-5032
> ecarll@optonline.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of richard jordan
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:42 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
> 
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Eloquently presented, Bertrand, and may I say that Shirin Ebadi was equally
> eloquent at the recent DPI/NGO Conference held at UN Headquarters from 9-11
> September 2005. It therefore makes sense to follow-up her appearance at that
> major forum, where the UN Secretary-General was present also, with this
> nomination.
> 
> I would second not only your nomination but your "explication du texte" if I
> could borrow a phrase from my academic days in Comparative Literature.
> 
> Best regards, Richard Jordan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bertrand de La Chapelle" <bdelachapelle@gmail.com>
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:13:55 +0200
> 
> >
> > Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in Tunis
> would
> > present obvious advantages and her nomination could be forwarded to the
> > Secretariat after a simple endorsement process described below.
> >   *Main advantages*
> >   1) It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the
> forefront
> > of the building of inclusive information societies, uderlining that the
> WSIS
> > process is not only about technology, and that appropriate "enabling
> > environments" also mean freedom of expression and access to information,
> and
> > "capacity building" also means equal opportunities for men and women,
> > including access to education.
> >   2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS process
> and
> > the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up discussions : in the
> > first domain, the iranian national representative strongly advocates that
> > Internet Governance should be "transparent and democratic, with full
> > linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up
> at
> > all levels should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
> >   If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis
> > Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to make in
> > WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take governments at their
> own
> > words and describe in plain language how far from these commitments actual
> > practice in some countries really is. This is the opportunity to point the
> > often too large gap between what governments say in international arenas
> and
> > what they indeed practice at home.
> >   The WSIS has introduced something new in the international negociation
> > process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was not what it should
> > have been; but enough organizations were nonetheless present during the
> > process to hear government representatives make commitments they now can
> be
> > held accountable for.
> >   Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is the
> > natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world Parliament
> > (far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where general
> principles
> > for our global community (Polity) are elaborated. The first absolute rule
> of
> > representative democracy is the publicity of debates.
> >    The ironic situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are not
> > even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what
> > representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf is
> > totally contradictory with the notion of democracy and the transparency
> > principle.
> >   3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman
> judge
> > in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the State and
> > rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor with a past in the
> > governmental sector, as are today many ex-ministers, presidents,
> > parlementarians and civil servants. This brings an interesting light to
> the
> > discussion that recently emerged around Adama or some "senators".
> >   Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,
> > irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance processes as
> > peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever privilege they may
> still
> > have and accepting to be evaluated on their sole "capacity to contribute",
> > rather than the traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal right to
> > oppose" (which is, ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under
> > the expression "equal sovereignty of States").
> >   Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the inclusiveness of
> > Civil Society.
> >   _______________
> >   *Endorsement process*
> >   Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions, there is a
> > general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the opening
> > ceremony, how can this be secured ?
> >   1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit
> process
> > should - at least - have the right to choose who is going to speak on
> behalf
> > of civil society for the opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed;
> this
> > is a "make or break" principle.
> >   2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can be
> > achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying to obtain
> > it. We are therefore in the typical situation where rough consensus (as
> > practiced in the internet community) is the only way out. : - there is a
> > need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
> > - absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> > - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> > - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an alternative
> that
> > would be accepted by all
> >   3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough
> > consensus) could therefore be established :
> > - a general call on the Plenary list would ask individuals or accredited
> > entities to express support and a formal nomination paper would be
> > transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins with an attachment
> listing
> > accredited entities and individuals supporting the nomination
> > - the call would simultaneously invite actors who might still have
> > objections to the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them to
> > submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with : their name,
> all
> > potential connexions with participating governments (as a matter of
> > transparency) and - possibly - an alternative speaker they agree upon.
> >   The second element, that would allow the expression of minority
> positions,
> > is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
> >   4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with their
> > governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and ask them to
> > support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat the right of civil
> > society to choose its opening speaker, outlining the bad press the Summit
> > would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be voluntarily refused.
> >   I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
> >   Best
> >   Bertrand
> >   -
> >
> >
> >   On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> list.
> > > Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
> of
> > > this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
> > >
> > > On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> > > I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> > > (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> > > for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
> > >
> > > And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
> > >
> > > MARIANNE
> > > (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
> > >
> > > Marianne Seger
> > > permament European NGO observer
> > > at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> > > for
> > > EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> > > GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> > > (www.eurag-europe.org <http://www.eurag-europe.org>)
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------
> > > > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > > > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > > > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > > > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > > > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > > > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > > > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > > > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Lisa
> > > > Union for Democratic Communications
> > >
> >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > > >Dear Amir,
> > > > >
> > > > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> > > > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> > > > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday
> the
> > > > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> > > > >Amb. Karklins.
> > > > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > > > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > > > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > > > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > > > >
> > > > >Kind regards,
> > > > >Meryem
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > > > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > > > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > > > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > > > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > > > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> > > >
> > > > Mass Communication
> > > > Williams Hall
> > > > Miami University-Ohio
> > > > Oxford, OH 45056
> > > > USA
> > > > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > > > Fax: 513-529-1835
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
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Dear Rik, dear selection committee, dear all,

The Human Rights Caucus is still waiting for the reasons why my own  
name, as HR caucus co-chair, has not been retained. It has been  
transmitted to you by Rikke, HR caucus co-chair, on behalf of our  
caucus. This proposal from the caucus has been reiterated on its list,  
with the clear request to two members of the selection committee to  
forward this proposal to the committee.
I know that I'm not very fashionable (although I don't know if my hair  
are longer that Richard Stallman's).
Is there any other sound reason that the selection committee could  
share with the plenary, or at least with the caucus?

This lack of transparency and accountability from the selection  
committee is really problematic. In addition to the fact that two  
nominated Tunisian Senators are members of this selection committee (2  
out of 6 members, if I'm not wrong).

Finally, the process of collecting supports, undertaken by the HR  
caucus, does not need any support from the selection committee, since  
the nomination proposal is addressed directly to WSIS Secretary-General  
and to WSIS Preparatory Process President.

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair

Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 15:36 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :

> Bertrand, et al,
>
> Of course any civil society group or caucus can communicate directly  
> to the WSIS Executive Secretariat their recommendation for speakers  
> for the WSIS.? And the human rights caucus has done so.
>
> However we have still created a process through a selection committee  
> composed of representatives chosen by the different regional  
> groupings, the CS Bureau and Content and Themes.? The committee is  
> still deliberating on whether or not it can support the nomination.??
>
> I would ask us to first go through our already-agreed process to try  
> and get as much general support as possible.? If this is not possible,  
> than your other option and others should be considered.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Rik Panganiban
> chair of the selection committee
>
> On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
>
> Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in Tunis  
> would present obvious advantages and her nomination could be forwarded  
> to the Secretariat after a simple endorsement process described below.
> ?
> Main advantages
> ?
> 1)?It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the  
> forefront of the building of inclusive information societies,  
> uderlining that the WSIS process is not only about technology, and  
> that appropriate "enabling environments" also mean freedom of  
> expression and access to information, and "capacity building" also  
> means equal opportunities for men and women, including access to  
> education.
> ?
> 2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS process  
> and the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up discussions  
> : in the first domain, the iranian national representative?strongly  
> advocates that Internet Governance should be "transparent and  
> democratic, ?with full linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the  
> second one, that follow-up at all levels should be done with the  
> participation of all stakeholders.
> ?
> If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft Tunis  
> Declaration and the written commitments that governments plan to make  
> in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take governments at  
> their own words and describe in plain language how far from these  
> commitments?actual practice in some countries really is. This is the  
> opportunity to point the often too large gap between what governments  
> say in international arenas and what they indeed practice at home.
> ?
> The WSIS has introduced something new in the international negociation  
> process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was not what it  
> should have been; but enough organizations were nonetheless present  
> during the process to hear government representatives make commitments  
> they now can be held accountable for.
> ?
> Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is the  
> natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a world  
> Parliament (far from it I know, but still the closest thing), where  
> general principles for?our global community (Polity) are elaborated.  
> The first absolute rule of representative democracy is the publicity  
> of debates.
> ?
> The ironic?situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors) are  
> not even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to what  
> representatives of their own government are saying on their behalf is  
> totally contradictory?with the notion of democracy and the  
> transparency principle.??
> ?
> 3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first woman  
> judge in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch of the  
> State and rightly so.?Therefore, she is now a Civil Society actor with  
> a past in the governmental sector, as are today many ex-ministers,  
> presidents, parlementarians and civil servants. This brings an  
> interesting light to the discussion that recently emerged around Adama  
> or some "senators".
> ?
> Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals that,  
> irrespective of their past functions, engage?in governance processes  
> as peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever privilege they  
> may still have and accepting to be evaluated on their sole "capacity  
> to contribute", rather than the traditional intergovernmental rule of  
> "equal right to oppose" (which is, ultimately,?the basic foundation of  
> the UN system under the expression "equal sovereignty of States").
> ?
> Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the inclusiveness  
> of Civil Society.
> ?
> _______________
> ?
> Endorsement process
> ?
> Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions,?there is  
> a general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice for the  
> opening ceremony, how can this be secured ?
> ?
> 1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the Summit  
> process should - at least?-? have the right to choose who is going to  
> speak on behalf of civil society for the opening ceremony must be  
> strongly reaffirmed; this is a "make or break" principle.
> ?
> 2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can be  
> achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time trying to  
> obtain it.?We are therefore in the typical situation where rough  
> consensus (as practiced in the internet community) is?the only way  
> out. ?:
> - there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real  
> deadline)
> -?absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an alternative  
> that would be accepted by all
> ?
> 3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough  
> consensus)?could therefore be established :
> - a general call on the Plenary list would ask?individuals or  
> accredited entities to express support and a formal nomination paper  
> would be transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins?with an  
> attachment listing?accredited entities and individuals supporting the  
> nomination
> -?the call would simultaneously invite actors?who might still have  
> objections to?the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow them to  
> submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion) with : their  
> name, all potential connexions with participating governments (as a  
> matter of transparency) and -?possibly - an alternative speaker they  
> agree upon.
> ?
> The second element, that would allow the expression of minority  
> positions,?is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
> ?
> 4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with  
> their governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and ask  
> them to support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat the  
> right of civil society to choose its opening speaker, outlining the  
> bad press the Summit would get if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be  
> voluntarily refused.
> ?
> I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
> ?
> Best
> ?
> Bertrand
> ?
> - ?
> ?
> ?
> ?
>
>
> ?
> On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
>
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>
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> _______________________________________
>
> Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>
> On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>
> And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>
> MARIANNE
> (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>
> Marianne Seger
> permament European NGO observer
> at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> for
> EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> ( www.eurag-europe.org)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > On behalf of the small organization which I
> > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> > under the circumstances and regardless of how
> > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> > he's an appropriate CS representative).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lisa
> > Union for Democratic Communications
> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
>
> > >Dear Amir,
> > >
> > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make  
> herself
> > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday  
> the
> > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> > >Amb. Karklins.
> > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> > >
> > >Kind regards,
> > >Meryem
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> --
> > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> > Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> > Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> > Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> > World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.udc.org)
> >
> > Mass Communication
> > Williams Hall
> > Miami University-Ohio
> > Oxford, OH 45056
> > USA
> > Tele: 513-529-3547
> > Fax: 513-529-1835
>
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Oct 14 15:34:14 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
In-Reply-To: <B26316FC-3CBD-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
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Message-ID: <FCA8BFF8-8899-4E72-BA7E-37B2CC3DC683@earthlink.net>

Hi Meryem,

You're name was considered in the Committee's first meeting,  
alongside the HR Caucus's other nomination of Ms. Bruna Faidutti of  
WFUNA.  It was decided to put forward the name of Ms. Faidutti, given  
WFUNA's long involvement in the WSIS process and the United Nations  
and her expertise on general human rights issues.

Rik Panganiban

On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
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> _______________________________________
>
> Dear Rik, dear selection committee, dear all,
>
> The Human Rights Caucus is still waiting for the reasons why my own  
> name, as HR caucus co-chair, has not been retained. It has been  
> transmitted to you by Rikke, HR caucus co-chair, on behalf of our  
> caucus. This proposal from the caucus has been reiterated on its  
> list, with the clear request to two members of the selection  
> committee to forward this proposal to the committee.
> I know that I'm not very fashionable (although I don't know if my  
> hair are longer that Richard Stallman's).
> Is there any other sound reason that the selection committee could  
> share with the plenary, or at least with the caucus?
>
> This lack of transparency and accountability from the selection  
> committee is really problematic. In addition to the fact that two  
> nominated Tunisian Senators are members of this selection committee  
> (2 out of 6 members, if I'm not wrong).
>
> Finally, the process of collecting supports, undertaken by the HR  
> caucus, does not need any support from the selection committee,  
> since the nomination proposal is addressed directly to WSIS  
> Secretary-General and to WSIS Preparatory Process President.
>
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucus co-chair
>
> Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 15:36 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a  
> ?crit :
>
>
>> Bertrand, et al,
>>
>> Of course any civil society group or caucus can communicate  
>> directly to the WSIS Executive Secretariat their recommendation  
>> for speakers for the WSIS.  And the human rights caucus has done so.
>>
>> However we have still created a process through a selection  
>> committee composed of representatives chosen by the different  
>> regional groupings, the CS Bureau and Content and Themes.  The  
>> committee is still deliberating on whether or not it can support  
>> the nomination.
>>
>> I would ask us to first go through our already-agreed process to  
>> try and get as much general support as possible.  If this is not  
>> possible, than your other option and others should be considered.
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> Rik Panganiban
>> chair of the selection committee
>>
>> On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
>>
>> Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society in  
>> Tunis would present obvious advantages and her nomination could be  
>> forwarded to the Secretariat after a simple endorsement process  
>> described below.
>>
>> Main advantages
>>
>> 1) It would of course put human rights and gender balance at the  
>> forefront of the building of inclusive information societies,  
>> uderlining that the WSIS process is not only about technology, and  
>> that appropriate "enabling environments" also mean freedom of  
>> expression and access to information, and "capacity building" also  
>> means equal opportunities for men and women, including access to  
>> education.
>>
>> 2) She comes from a country that is very vocal during the WSIS  
>> process and the last PrepCom in Internet Governance and Follow-up  
>> discussions : in the first domain, the iranian national  
>> representative strongly advocates that Internet Governance should  
>> be "transparent and democratic,  with full linvolvement of all  
>> stakeholders"; and in the second one, that follow-up at all levels  
>> should be done with the participation of all stakeholders.
>>
>> If properly briefed on the status of discussions on the draft  
>> Tunis Declaration and the written commitments that governments  
>> plan to make in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal position to take  
>> governments at their own words and describe in plain language how  
>> far from these commitments actual practice in some countries  
>> really is. This is the opportunity to point the often too large  
>> gap between what governments say in international arenas and what  
>> they indeed practice at home.
>>
>> The WSIS has introduced something new in the international  
>> negociation process : witnesses. Civil Society's participation was  
>> not what it should have been; but enough organizations were  
>> nonetheless present during the process to hear government  
>> representatives make commitments they now can be held accountable  
>> for.
>>
>> Summits are not traditional bilateral negociations where secret is  
>> the natural rule. Summit processes are the closest thing to a  
>> world Parliament (far from it I know, but still the closest  
>> thing), where general principles for our global community (Polity)  
>> are elaborated. The first absolute rule of representative  
>> democracy is the publicity of debates.
>>
>> The ironic situation where citizens of countries (as CS actors)  
>> are not even allowed by the rules of procedure to simply listen to  
>> what representatives of their own government are saying on their  
>> behalf is totally contradictory with the notion of democracy and  
>> the transparency principle.
>>
>> 3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand well, the first  
>> woman judge in Iran. In most countries, the judiciary is a branch  
>> of the State and rightly so. Therefore, she is now a Civil Society  
>> actor with a past in the governmental sector, as are today many ex- 
>> ministers, presidents, parlementarians and civil servants. This  
>> brings an interesting light to the discussion that recently  
>> emerged around Adama or some "senators".
>>
>> Civil society is and should indeed be open to all individuals  
>> that, irrespective of their past functions, engage in governance  
>> processes as peers with all other actors, relinquishing whatever  
>> privilege they may still have and accepting to be evaluated on  
>> their sole "capacity to contribute", rather than the traditional  
>> intergovernmental rule of "equal right to oppose" (which is,  
>> ultimately, the basic foundation of the UN system under the  
>> expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>>
>> Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a symbol of the  
>> inclusiveness of Civil Society.
>>
>> _______________
>>
>> Endorsement process
>>
>> Key question is now : if, as it seems from initial reactions,  
>> there is a general agreement on her being the favorite CS choice  
>> for the opening ceremony, how can this be secured ?
>>
>> 1) The principle that Civil society actors accredited to the  
>> Summit process should - at least -  have the right to choose who  
>> is going to speak on behalf of civil society for the opening  
>> ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed; this is a "make or break"  
>> principle.
>>
>> 2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an absolute consensus can  
>> be achieved on the Plenary list and we should not waste time  
>> trying to obtain it. We are therefore in the typical situation  
>> where rough consensus (as practiced in the internet community) is  
>> the only way out.  :
>> - there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real  
>> deadline)
>> - absolute consensus cannot be achieved
>> - a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
>> - dissenting opinions do not seem to be able to provide an  
>> alternative that would be accepted by all
>>
>> 3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from the notion of rough  
>> consensus) could therefore be established :
>> - a general call on the Plenary list would ask individuals or  
>> accredited entities to express support and a formal nomination  
>> paper would be transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. Karklins  
>> with an attachment listing accredited entities and individuals  
>> supporting the nomination
>> - the call would simultaneously invite actors who might still have  
>> objections to the nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow  
>> them to submit a separate motion (sort of dissenting opinion)  
>> with : their name, all potential connexions with participating  
>> governments (as a matter of transparency) and - possibly - an  
>> alternative speaker they agree upon.
>>
>> The second element, that would allow the expression of minority  
>> positions, is essential to make the process fully legitimate.
>>
>> 4) On a separate basis, CS actors with particular connexions with  
>> their governments could make them aware of the ongoing process and  
>> ask them to support publicly or more privately to the Secretariat  
>> the right of civil society to choose its opening speaker,  
>> outlining the bad press the Summit would get if the name of Shirin  
>> Ebadi were to be voluntarily refused.
>>
>> I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bertrand
>>
>> -
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
>>
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses  
>> intended for specific people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
>> translation of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>>
>> On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
>> I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
>> (2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
>> for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>>
>> And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>>
>> MARIANNE
>> (Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>>
>> Marianne Seger
>> permament European NGO observer
>> at the U.N. New York and Geneva
>> for
>> EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
>> GRAZ/AUSTRIA
>> ( www.eurag-europe.org)
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> > On behalf of the small organization which I
>> > represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
>> > support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
>> > speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
>> > under the circumstances and regardless of how
>> > much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
>> > (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
>> > he's an appropriate CS representative).
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Lisa
>> > Union for Democratic Communications
>> >-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> ----
>>
>> > >Dear Amir,
>> > >
>> > >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make  
>> herself
>> > >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We  
>> have got
>> > >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only  
>> yesterday the
>> > >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi  
>> and to
>> > >Amb. Karklins.
>> > >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
>> > >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
>> > >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list  
>> of CS
>> > >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
>> > >
>> > >Kind regards,
>> > >Meryem
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> ----




From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Oct 14 15:28:21 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Press Liaison at Tunis Summit
In-Reply-To: <9DEDB2F2-F620-4D75-81B6-64294DFD3917@traceynaughton.com>
References: <9DEDB2F2-F620-4D75-81B6-64294DFD3917@traceynaughton.com>
Message-ID: <6B5A2F5F-9979-47C9-9EC2-1733F9AEE971@earthlink.net>

Tracey,

I'm happy to support you doing this difficult task, if you are  
reckless enough to volunteer!  And you can count on CONGO staff to be  
on hand to help.

Rik Panganiban

On Oct 13, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Tracey Naughton wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I have been approached by the ITU Media Department and asked if I  
> would be the Civil Society liaison person at the Summit. They are  
> getting a lot of requests already for media time, from many civil  
> society bodies. They feel the need for a person with internal  
> working knowledge of CS to assist them here.
>
> I replied saying that:
>
> a. I may not be there, but if I am, and if it is agreed, I could  
> cover the role [this is a voluntary role]
>
> < not said to the ITU - but it depends on the level of trust - who  
> wants 1000's of bosses or torrents of abuse?>
>
> b. There will likely be debate about this within civil society, a  
> clear response could take time...
>
> c. There may be another media savvy person from civil society who  
> would be willing to undertake the role (volunteers pleeeeease)
>
> d. We need clarity on the role (see below for the suggestions I  
> have run past them)
>
> e. We need clear guidelines on what can happen and be said at both  
> the media spaces proposed. Those of you who attended Content &  
> Themes Meetings at PrepCom 3 will recall I reported that we can  
> take up the ITU offer of a twenty minute portion of the daily hour  
> long ITU Press Conference. This may be guided by the diplomatic  
> agreement that in all likelihood will exclude criticism of the host  
> country. [For now this only my speculation and it's not yet  
> confirmed. It was the situation in PrepCom 3 under the house rules  
> of the Palais des Nations]. In addition we can organise media  
> conferences in an open area (as happened in Geneva).
>
> f. We need to know if there are guidelines for what can be said in  
> the open media space.
>
> I have raised the imperative of freedom of expression.
>
> I await the ITU response on guidelines and will put the response  
> before you.
>
> In the meantime I ask for your input on this.
>
> I have to say that WSIS is right now quite low on my rather full  
> agenda, but I will track this one, but not between Sunday evening  
> and next Thursday as I will be in the Gobi desert.
>
> Some of you have also approached the CS Secretariat and asked for  
> media over-passes. I think we will need some guidelines here too.  
> The media area is a work space, not a lobbying space, though  
> journalists of course should want to read the pulse and hear a  
> diversity of views. Previously the ITU have indicated that  
> temporary passes could be made available for CS people to access  
> journalists by appointment, but perhaps they would accept another  
> proposal. Of  course, members of civil society who are media  
> personnel and who are covering the Summit can apply as Media.
>
> I think the ITU would like a CS liaison person to, among other  
> things, direct traffic - that is connect journalists to civil  
> society people who are spokespeople or people with particular  
> expertise.
>
> So please go ahead and comment on this one. I will listen in when  
> not in the desert.
>
> regards to all
>
> Tracey
>
>
>
> suggestions for civil society media liaison person (who would need  
> to be supported by the CS Secretariat):
>
> - organise speaking slots for civil society in the daily ITU Press  
> Conference (by caucus?? by issues?  there are many new  
> participating organisations who may not have orientated to a caucus)
>
> - organise times for civil society press conferences that will  
> happen in an open area
>
> - review press releases (not to censor but in an editing role for  
> those who would like that support)
>
> - deliver the press releases to the media area
>
> - make connections between journalists and civil society spokespeople.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Tracey Naughton
>
> (to November 9, 05)
>
> Pact Mongolia Office
>
> Peace Avenue 24
>
> Ulaan Baatar
>
> Mongolia
>
> Tel:     (976 11) 46 09 01
>
> Fax:   (976 11) 46 10 48
>
> Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Moving forward on Shirin Ebadi
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Il giorno ven, 14-10-2005 alle 08:46 -0400, Robert Guerra ha scritto:
> bertrand, doesn't Iran also mention that discussions be multiaternal  
> and democratic - the code word for "only governments". I have, in the  
> internet governance sub-committee and working groups where i've heard  
> them speak never heard them specifically include "civil society".
> 
> if you have heard them specifically mention CS, please - let us know.

Actually, during one of the open WGIG consultations, Mr Seadat took the
floor to explicitly mention that the term "multilateral" had to be
intended in broad sense and also include the meaning of
"multistakeholder". Of course, as far as I understand, they still insist
that different stakeholders have to have different roles and powers.

> we seem to have consensus. I have not heard from anyone that opposes  
> Ebadi. In fact, speakers that have been proposed for the opening were  
> more than happy to cede their nomination over to Ebadi. That's an  
> honourable thing to do

I actually think that there has not been a single objection to this
nomination, not even by the previous nominees (they are actually
supportive of the change), so if I were chairing this particular process
I would have no hesitation in calling for an adoption by rough
consensus.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...


From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Fri Oct 14 16:03:01 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
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I'm not a member of the HR Caucus, for the 
record; however, I find this explanation for why 
Ms. Faidutti was chosen over Meryem Marzouki to 
be rather questionable and groundless. Meryem is 
quite capable of making her own case, but just to 
offer a comment, I don't know how anyone could 
dismiss her as not having a long involvement with 
the WSIS process (unless I conjured up her 
presence at prepcoms and on listservs during 
phase 1) and a very broad expertise on human 
rights. Given that WFUNA stands for World 
Federation of United Nations Agencies, one would 
assume that this organization has a long 
involvement with the UN; judging from their web 
site it is an involvement that prescribes support 
for the UN and its processes regardless of the 
lack of transparency and accountability that we 
have all witnessed and should be addressed. I do 
not know Ms. Faidutti, have never met her, and do 
not intend this to be a criticism of her 
specifically, and I hold no ill will toward her. 
But, if you're going to offer an explanation as 
to why she was chosen over Meryem, it seems as 
though you're going to have to offer more by way 
of explanation. Perhaps Ms. Faidutti represented 
the "safer choice"?

Regards,

Lisa




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>Hi Meryem,
>
>You're name was considered in the Committee's 
>first meeting, alongside the HR Caucus's other 
>nomination of Ms. Bruna Faidutti of WFUNA.  It 
>was decided to put forward the name of Ms. 
>Faidutti, given WFUNA's long involvement in the 
>WSIS process and the United Nations and her 
>expertise on general human rights issues.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>
>On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>
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>>Dear Rik, dear selection committee, dear all,
>>
>>The Human Rights Caucus is still waiting for 
>>the reasons why my own name, as HR caucus 
>>co-chair, has not been retained. It has been 
>>transmitted to you by Rikke, HR caucus 
>>co-chair, on behalf of our caucus. This 
>>proposal from the caucus has been reiterated on 
>>its list, with the clear request to two members 
>>of the selection committee to forward this 
>>proposal to the committee.
>>I know that I'm not very fashionable (although 
>>I don't know if my hair are longer that Richard 
>>Stallman's).
>>Is there any other sound reason that the 
>>selection committee could share with the 
>>plenary, or at least with the caucus?
>>
>>This lack of transparency and accountability 
>>from the selection committee is really 
>>problematic. In addition to the fact that two 
>>nominated Tunisian Senators are members of this 
>>selection committee (2 out of 6 members, if I'm 
>>not wrong).
>>
>>Finally, the process of collecting supports, 
>>undertaken by the HR caucus, does not need any 
>>support from the selection committee, since the 
>>nomination proposal is addressed directly to 
>>WSIS Secretary-General and to WSIS Preparatory 
>>Process President.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Meryem Marzouki
>>HR caucus co-chair
>>
>>Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 15:36 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :
>>
>>>Bertrand, et al,
>>>
>>>Of course any civil society group or caucus 
>>>can communicate directly to the WSIS Executive 
>>>Secretariat their recommendation for speakers 
>>>for the WSIS.  And the human rights caucus has 
>>>done so.
>>>
>>>However we have still created a process 
>>>through a selection committee composed of 
>>>representatives chosen by the different 
>>>regional groupings, the CS Bureau and Content 
>>>and Themes.  The committee is still 
>>>deliberating on whether or not it can support 
>>>the nomination.
>>>
>>>I would ask us to first go through our 
>>>already-agreed process to try and get as much 
>>>general support as possible.  If this is not 
>>>possible, than your other option and others 
>>>should be considered.
>>>
>>>Respectfully,
>>>
>>>Rik Panganiban
>>>chair of the selection committee
>>>
>>>On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
>>>
>>>Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for 
>>>Civil Society in Tunis would present obvious 
>>>advantages and her nomination could be 
>>>forwarded to the Secretariat after a simple 
>>>endorsement process described below.
>>>
>>>Main advantages
>>>
>>>1) It would of course put human rights and 
>>>gender balance at the forefront of the 
>>>building of inclusive information societies, 
>>>uderlining that the WSIS process is not only 
>>>about technology, and that appropriate 
>>>"enabling environments" also mean freedom of 
>>>expression and access to information, and 
>>>"capacity building" also means equal 
>>>opportunities for men and women, including 
>>>access to education.
>>>
>>>2) She comes from a country that is very vocal 
>>>during the WSIS process and the last PrepCom 
>>>in Internet Governance and Follow-up 
>>>discussions : in the first domain, the iranian 
>>>national representative strongly advocates 
>>>that Internet Governance should be 
>>>"transparent and democratic,  with full 
>>>linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the 
>>>second one, that follow-up at all levels 
>>>should be done with the participation of all 
>>>stakeholders.
>>>
>>>If properly briefed on the status of 
>>>discussions on the draft Tunis Declaration and 
>>>the written commitments that governments plan 
>>>to make in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal 
>>>position to take governments at their own 
>>>words and describe in plain language how far 
>>>from these commitments actual practice in some 
>>>countries really is. This is the opportunity 
>>>to point the often too large gap between what 
>>>governments say in international arenas and 
>>>what they indeed practice at home.
>>>
>>>The WSIS has introduced something new in the 
>>>international negociation process : witnesses. 
>>>Civil Society's participation was not what it 
>>>should have been; but enough organizations 
>>>were nonetheless present during the process to 
>>>hear government representatives make 
>>>commitments they now can be held accountable 
>>>for.
>>>
>>>Summits are not traditional bilateral 
>>>negociations where secret is the natural rule. 
>>>Summit processes are the closest thing to a 
>>>world Parliament (far from it I know, but 
>>>still the closest thing), where general 
>>>principles for our global community (Polity) 
>>>are elaborated. The first absolute rule of 
>>>representative democracy is the publicity of 
>>>debates.
>>>
>>>The ironic situation where citizens of 
>>>countries (as CS actors) are not even allowed 
>>>by the rules of procedure to simply listen to 
>>>what representatives of their own government 
>>>are saying on their behalf is totally 
>>>contradictory with the notion of democracy and 
>>>the transparency principle.
>>>
>>>3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand 
>>>well, the first woman judge in Iran. In most 
>>>countries, the judiciary is a branch of the 
>>>State and rightly so. Therefore, she is now a 
>>>Civil Society actor with a past in the 
>>>governmental sector, as are today many 
>>>ex-ministers, presidents, parlementarians and 
>>>civil servants. This brings an interesting 
>>>light to the discussion that recently emerged 
>>>around Adama or some "senators".
>>>
>>>Civil society is and should indeed be open to 
>>>all individuals that, irrespective of their 
>>>past functions, engage in governance processes 
>>>as peers with all other actors, relinquishing 
>>>whatever privilege they may still have and 
>>>accepting to be evaluated on their sole 
>>>"capacity to contribute", rather than the 
>>>traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal 
>>>right to oppose" (which is, ultimately, the 
>>>basic foundation of the UN system under the 
>>>expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>>>
>>>Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a 
>>>symbol of the inclusiveness of Civil Society.
>>>
>>>_______________
>>>
>>>Endorsement process
>>>
>>>Key question is now : if, as it seems from 
>>>initial reactions, there is a general 
>>>agreement on her being the favorite CS choice 
>>>for the opening ceremony, how can this be 
>>>secured ?
>>>
>>>1) The principle that Civil society actors 
>>>accredited to the Summit process should - at 
>>>least -  have the right to choose who is going 
>>>to speak on behalf of civil society for the 
>>>opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed; 
>>>this is a "make or break" principle.
>>>
>>>2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an 
>>>absolute consensus can be achieved on the 
>>>Plenary list and we should not waste time 
>>>trying to obtain it. We are therefore in the 
>>>typical situation where rough consensus (as 
>>>practiced in the internet community) is the 
>>>only way out.  :
>>>- there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
>>>- absolute consensus cannot be achieved
>>>- a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
>>>- dissenting opinions do not seem to be able 
>>>to provide an alternative that would be 
>>>accepted by all
>>>
>>>3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from 
>>>the notion of rough consensus) could therefore 
>>>be established :
>>>- a general call on the Plenary list would ask 
>>>individuals or accredited entities to express 
>>>support and a formal nomination paper would be 
>>>transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. 
>>>Karklins with an attachment listing accredited 
>>>entities and individuals supporting the 
>>>nomination
>>>- the call would simultaneously invite actors 
>>>who might still have objections to the 
>>>nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow 
>>>them to submit a separate motion (sort of 
>>>dissenting opinion) with : their name, all 
>>>potential connexions with participating 
>>>governments (as a matter of transparency) and 
>>>- possibly - an alternative speaker they agree 
>>>upon.
>>>
>>>The second element, that would allow the 
>>>expression of minority positions, is essential 
>>>to make the process fully legitimate.
>>>
>>>4) On a separate basis, CS actors with 
>>>particular connexions with their governments 
>>>could make them aware of the ongoing process 
>>>and ask them to support publicly or more 
>>>privately to the Secretariat the right of 
>>>civil society to choose its opening speaker, 
>>>outlining the bad press the Summit would get 
>>>if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be 
>>>voluntarily refused.
>>>
>>>I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
>>>
>>>Best
>>>
>>>Bertrand
>>>
>>>-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
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>>>for specific people]
>>>
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>>>access automatic translation of this message!
>>>_______________________________________
>>>
>>>Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>>>
>>>On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
>>>I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
>>>(2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
>>>for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>>>
>>>And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>>>
>>>MARIANNE
>>>(Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>>>
>>>Marianne Seger
>>>permament European NGO observer
>>>at the U.N. New York and Geneva
>>>for
>>>EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
>>>GRAZ/AUSTRIA
>>>( www.eurag-europe.org)
>>>
>>>---------------------------------------------------
>>>>  On behalf of the small organization which I
>>>>  represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
>>>>  support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
>>>>  speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
>>>>  under the circumstances and regardless of how
>>>>  much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
>>>>  (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
>>>>  he's an appropriate CS representative).
>>>>
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Lisa
>>>>  Union for Democratic Communications
>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>>  >Dear Amir,
>>>>  >
>>>>  >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
>>>>  >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
>>>>  >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
>>>>  >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
>>>>  >Amb. Karklins.
>>>>  >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
>>>>  >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
>>>>  >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
>>>>  >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >Kind regards,
>>>>  >Meryem
>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society

Mass Communication
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From mail at incomindios.ch  Fri Oct 14 16:11:57 2005
From: mail at incomindios.ch (Incomindios)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi
References: <B26316FC-3CBD-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <080b01c5d0d1$a8779a40$3b01a8c0@incomindios2>

Dear Meryem,

I would like to confirm that Cultural Diversity Caucus suupports the 
nomination of Shirin Ebadi as main speaker for CS.

Best Regards,

Sari Miettinen-Wiggli
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INCOMINDIOS SCHWEIZ
Beraterstatus als NGO beim Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat (ECOSOC) der Vereinten 
Nationen

Witikonerstrasse 39
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From greve at fsfeurope.org  Fri Oct 14 16:40:38 2005
From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
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	message of "Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:03:01 -0400")
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 || On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:03:01 -0400
 || mclauglm@po.muohio.edu wrote: 

 m> I'm not a member of the HR Caucus, for the record; however, I find
 m> this explanation for why Ms. Faidutti was chosen over Meryem
 m> Marzouki to be rather questionable and groundless.

I agree entirely.

If the task of the committee was to facilitate the process, I would
expect much stronger grounds on which to exclude the explicitly
selected and endorsed candidate of the human rights caucus.

Regards,
Georg

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Certain issues seem to be arising in regards to speaker selection ,  
especially the nomination of Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize  
Laureate as opening speaker . This for me is puzzling and indeed  
shocking.

Look, let's get real here!  We are taking about a nobel peace prize  
laureate. Having two of them in the room - (her and  Kofi Annan) will  
be a honour and make the event a very high profile one.  That certain  
persons, particularly those from the host country would object -  
well, is not surprizing.

Let me state the obvious... Efforts, actions or statements made by  
the host country and/or persons from the host country to block a  
nobel peace prize winner - will not be well received at all by Civil  
Society.

These actions, if they continue -  will, without a doubt confirm the  
fact held by many in CS and many like-minded countries that there is  
inappropriate interference by the host country of Non Governmental  
Organisations and their members. Might I remind everyone  of the   
statement made on behalf of 37 countries  in plenary  on the 30th of  
Sept at PrepCom 3.  Tthe complete text in english and french is below.


Other than the "speaker selection issue", there is another pressing  
issue at hand...that of participation of CS in the resumed prepcom in  
Tunis.

Might I note that the  exact location of the resumed prepcom in  
Tunisia has not been specified.  Many in CS assume it will be in  
Tunis, at the Kram Centre. That is an assumption that may, or may not  
be correct.

The Kram centre may, or may not be available. If all we are told now  
is that the event will be in "Tunisia" , then it could be anywhere in  
the country. It could be in Hammamet, an hour's drive (at least), or  
it could be at a location that's even further.  if the location is  
far, then hotel reservations might be needed - thus making hard, if  
not impossible for CS to participate....

Why do I mention this - well, to make sure that while the discussion  
takes place about the summit speakers "issue" we don't lose track of  
other key issues either.


regards

Robert



---

WSIS Preparatory committee 3

Second phase, Tunis

Geneva, 19-30 September 2005


Statement

Delivered by Canada

Mr. Chairman,

I take the floor on behalf of  the 25 member States of the European  
Union as well as Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro,  
Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Iceland, Monaco, Australia, the  
United States of America and Canada in order to emphasize that our  
Governments are dedicated to achieving a successful World Summit on  
the Information Society (WSIS), as demonstrated by our active  
involvement in the first phase and our continued engagement in the  
preparations for the second phase in Tunis.

We believe that the subject matter of the Summit is key to  
development for all members of the United Nations, whether developing  
or developed. Therefore, we wish to work closely with Tunisia, as  
host of the Summit in November, to ensure a successful outcome.

We find it necessary to make this statement because of several  
incidents which occurred during this Preparatory Committee, raising  
concerns about the participatory nature of the Summit.

Our Governments expect the Governments, Institutions and non-State  
actors taking part in the WSIS process to respect fully the  
Declaration of Principles agreed in Geneva on 10 to 12 December 2003.

The Geneva Declaration reaffirms the right to freedom of opinion and  
expression, including the right to hold opinions without interference  
and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any  
media regardless of frontiers. These rights must be upheld in all  
countries in order to promote the building of the global information  
society and ensure a successful second phase of the World Summit. We  
expect Tunisia, as host of this UN Summit, to demonstrate that it  
strongly upholds and promotes these rights.

As the Government of Tunisia will know, the Summit envisages an  
important and inclusive role for the private sector, civil society,  
international organizations, institutions of knowledge production and  
of editorially independent media both for the preparations and in the  
final Summit itself. We expect Tunisia, as host country, to do all it  
can to eliminate any grounds for concern and to ensure that  
arrangements for the Summit take account of and guarantee the  
unhindered participation of Non Governmental Organisations and their  
members.

This is the only way to make sure that this will be a Summit in  
Tunisia, not a Summit on Tunisia.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman


---

Monsieur le pr?sident,

Je prends la parole au nom des 25 pays membres de l?Union Europ?enne  
ainsi que de la Roumanie, de la Bulgarie, de la Croatie, de la Serbie  
et Mont?n?gro, de la Suisse, de la Norv?ge, de la Nouvelle Z?lande,  
de l?Islande, de Monaco, de l?Australie, des ?tats-Unis d?Am?rique et  
du Canada afin de r?affirmer l?engagement de nos gouvernements envers  
un Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l?Information que nous souhaitons  
voir couronn? de succ?s.  Cet engagement a ?t? d?montr? tant par  
notre participation active ? la premi?re phase, que par notre  
contribution ? la pr?paration de la seconde phase devant se tenir ?  
Tunis.

Nous croyons que le sujet trait? par le Sommet est d?une importance  
cruciale pour le d?veloppement de tous les membres de l?Organisation  
des Nations Unies, qu?ils soient en voie de d?veloppement ou  
d?velopp?s.  Nous souhaitons, par cons?quent, travailler ?troitement  
avec la Tunisie, en tant que pays h?te du Sommet devant se tenir en  
novembre, afin d?en assurer le plein succ?s.

Nous avons jug? n?cessaire de faire cette d?claration en raison de  
plusieurs incidents qui se sont d?roul?s au cours de ce Comit?  
Pr?paratoire, et qui mettent en cause la nature inclusive du Sommet.

Nos gouvernements s?attendent ? ce que les gouvernements,  
institutions et acteurs non-?tatiques participant au processus du  
Sommet respectent dans son int?gralit? la D?claration de Principes  
agr??e ? Gen?ve du 10 au 12 d?cembre 2003.

La D?claration de Gen?ve r?affirme le droit ? la libert? d'opinion et  
d'expression, ce qui implique le droit de ne pas ?tre inqui?t? pour  
ses opinions et celui de chercher, de recevoir et de r?pandre, sans  
consid?ration de fronti?re, les informations et les id?es par quelque  
moyen d'expression que ce soit.  Ces droits doivent ?tre respect?s  
dans tous les pays afin de promouvoir l??dification d?une Soci?t? de  
l?Information universelle et d?assurer le succ?s de la seconde phase  
du Sommet.  Nous attendons de la Tunisie, en tant qu?h?te de ce  
sommet onusien, qu?elle d?montre qu?elle respecte strictement et  
promeut ces droits.

Comme le gouvernement tunisien le sait, le Sommet pr?voit l?inclusion  
et un r?le important pour le secteur priv?, la soci?t? civile, les  
organisations internationales, les institutions g?n?ratrices de  
savoir et les m?dias ind?pendants, et ce, tant au cours de la phase  
pr?paratoire que durant le Sommet final lui-m?me.  Nous attendons de  
la Tunisie, en tant que pays h?te, qu?elle prenne toutes les mesures  
pour ?liminer toute source d?inqui?tudes et qu?elle s?assure que les  
dispositions prises pour le Sommet prennent en compte et garantissent  
la participation sans entraves des Organisations Non-Gouvernementales  
et de leurs membres.

Ce n?est que de cette fa?on que l?on pourra s?assurer qu?il s?agisse  
d?un sommet en Tunisie et non sur la Tunisie.











--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Oct 14 17:05:11 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
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Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 16:34 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :

> Hi Meryem,
>
> You're name was considered in the Committee's first meeting, alongside 
> the HR Caucus's other nomination of Ms. Bruna Faidutti of WFUNA.  It 
> was decided to put forward the name of Ms. Faidutti, given WFUNA's 
> long involvement in the WSIS process and the United Nations and her 
> expertise on general human rights issues.
>
> Rik Panganiban

Better late that never:)
And, of course, the Human Rights caucus didn't deserve two selected 
speakers (Shirin Ebadi not yet proposed at that time), while, in the 
selection list of Sept. 30:
5 selected speakers were nominated by Asia-Pacific Caucus
4 selected speakers were nominated by African Caucus
3 selected speakers were nominated by Gender Caucus
2 selected speakers were nominated by Media Caucus
2 selected speakers were nominated by NGO Community Family
2 selected speakers were nominated by Telecentres Caucus
2 selected speakers were nominated by West-Asia Region

Not even speaking on the final list recommended to ITU.

So, please, give a good reason, at least one that _seems_ sound.

I don't care speaking at WSIS, and, being yourself a member of the 
caucus, you know that I didn't want to be nominated. I think the HR 
caucus, a caucus created at 1st PrepCom of 1st phase, has been 
achieving very good work, and still will, that's what is important. You 
all know that the HR caucus has been concerned since the begining of 
the process with substance as well as with process. By highlighting the 
lack of transparence, accountability and relevance of the "selection 
committee", we're just keeping on doing our work.

Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair


From cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu  Fri Oct 14 17:34:54 2005
From: cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu (Richard Vincent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
Message-ID: <s34f97f0.044@isugw.indstate.edu>

Lisa and Georg make very good points here and I too do not believe the reasons for Ms. Faidutti being chosen over Meryem Marzouki have been well articulated.  What I fear is that the process is indeed "questionable and groundless" as Lisa notes.  Therefore, we may never get a truly adequate answer to this question.  The composition of the selection committee also does appear to have been geographically, and perhaps otherwise, skewed, thus casting shadows over the nomination process itself.

Rick

Dr. Richard C. Vincent
Professor 
Department of Communication
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
U.S.A.

email: rvincent@indstate.edu
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Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 16:34 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :

> Hi Meryem,
>
> You're name was considered in the Committee's first meeting, alongside 
> the HR Caucus's other nomination of Ms. Bruna Faidutti of WFUNA.  It 
> was decided to put forward the name of Ms. Faidutti, given WFUNA's 
> long involvement in the WSIS process and the United Nations and her 
> expertise on general human rights issues.
>
> Rik Panganiban

Better late that never:)
And, of course, the Human Rights caucus didn't deserve two selected 
speakers (Shirin Ebadi not yet proposed at that time), while, in the 
selection list of Sept. 30:
5 selected speakers were nominated by Asia-Pacific Caucus
4 selected speakers were nominated by African Caucus
3 selected speakers were nominated by Gender Caucus
2 selected speakers were nominated by Media Caucus
2 selected speakers were nominated by NGO Community Family
2 selected speakers were nominated by Telecentres Caucus
2 selected speakers were nominated by West-Asia Region

Not even speaking on the final list recommended to ITU.

So, please, give a good reason, at least one that _seems_ sound.

I don't care speaking at WSIS, and, being yourself a member of the 
caucus, you know that I didn't want to be nominated. I think the HR 
caucus, a caucus created at 1st PrepCom of 1st phase, has been 
achieving very good work, and still will, that's what is important. You 
all know that the HR caucus has been concerned since the begining of 
the process with substance as well as with process. By highlighting the 
lack of transparence, accountability and relevance of the "selection 
committee", we're just keeping on doing our work.

Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair

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From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Fri Oct 14 17:47:11 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] SideBar on Key Importance of Civil Society Inclusion without Breaks in the Dialogue.
Message-ID: <002601c5d0de$ee55ba80$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Dear List:

I hope I am not 'out of thread' posting a note I wrote myself 'to file' 10 days back.  
In reading the current discussions, as well, my own individual response regarding an eminent participant
 who  is and has  been involved thoroughly in WSIS and in ICT and rights broadly,
 I do feel that I would like to post this note now.

Of course nothing I say here binds or reflects input of Ms. Marzouki (who clearly would be an excellent Speaker), or my organizations, or anyone else. Your own feedback here or to respectful_interfaces@att.net  will be appreciated.

Cordially, LDMF.
Dr. L. D. Misek-Falkoff [Ph.D., J.D..]
Online communications systems ARPANet forward.
For Identification here: *Respectful Interfaces* Programme / Communications
Coordination Committee for the United Nations.  ACM ABA.  International
Disability Caucus for the Disability Convention (toward U.N. Treaty).
CCC/UN Secretary and Member of the Board.
Founder: Persons With Pain International (PWPI) accredited to the U.N.
Disability Convention

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


  Greetings and the following comments are mine as an ICT professional of many decades, and one not in line to be a Speaker, not do I represent below the views necessarily of any UN NGO.

  My comment is just that regardless of the particular topic, it is important and should be somehow mandatory that Civil Society be maximized/mainstreamed  centrally as well as featured in sub-groups as participants at WSIS. We have the good reasoning and urgings of those here setting forth these values.  I would add that once stakeholders are displaced from prominent - the most frontal - dialogues, that is to say de-networked at the highest nodes,   they (hence we) can begin to lose touch with the developing  "vocabulary" of terms, concepts, and commitments, and the danger is of not being even able thereafter to discourse with full benefit to all, even if opportunity should later open up to do so.

  Therefore my view is that we can be extremely grateful to Rik, Robert, and the others communicating here, and now, who clearly both here and in other UN fora and even outside the UN one repeatedly meets up with urging civil society participation at optimal levels.

  I post just to say that being "speakers" in a universe of discourse is extremely vital for everyone and that this precious communication channel can be dangerously narrowed by non use and growing disconnection.  Again, thank goodness for the voices here and the urgings they be heard in all contexts.

  Respectfully, and with warm regards, LDMF..
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From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: resumed PrepCom
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At 08:48 AM 10/14/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>participation of CS in the resumed prepcom in Tunis.

I asked if I could come even though not registered for PrepCom 3 in 
Geneva.  Registration assured me that all I would need was my WSIS 
registration, not any special PrepCom registration to attend.  They were 
not specific about details.

Sylvia 


From inescamp at chasque.net  Fri Oct 14 19:37:08 2005
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
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Boletin de WSIS Papers - Octubre 2005 No.12
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En este n?mero: EL LARGO Y SINUOSO CAMINO HACIA TUNEZ

Contenido:

- Participaci?n de sociedad civil
- Temas en debate: Gobernanza de Internet
- Temas en debate: Implementaci?n y seguimiento
- Derechos Humanos en T?nez: La pol?mica
- Despu?s de la Prepcom: Hacia la fase T?nez
- Otros recursos de informaci?n

Disponible en l?nea en: 

 http://wsispapers.choike.org/

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La Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI) surge como una instancia de decisi?n global con el fin de abordar los desaf?os planteados por las Tecnolog?as de la Informaci?n y la Comunicaci?n (TICs). De acuerdo a las declaraciones pol?ticas de los gobiernos, el principal cometido de este evento es la creaci?n e implementaci?n de marcos de acci?n comunes, tendientes a la construcci?n de una nueva sociedad de la informaci?n equitativa, integradora y orientada 
hacia el desarrollo. 

Entre el 19 y el 30 de setiembre se llev? a cabo en Ginebra, Suiza, la tercera reuni?n del Comit? Preparatorio (PrepCom-3) de la segunda fase de la CMSI. Esta fue la ?ltima reuni?n prevista antes de la celebraci?n de la segunda fase de la Cumbre en T?nez, entre el 16 y el 28 de noviembre de 2005. La agenda de esta reuni?n coloc? a la discusi?n sobre posibles modificaciones al esquema actual de "gobernanza de Internet" como uno de los temas centrales a ser analizados, junto a las decisiones sobre mecanismos concretos que aseguren la implementaci?n y el seguimiento de los acuerdos alcanzados en las dos fases de la CMSI. Los principales insumos para las discusiones fueron el informe final del "Grupo de Trabajo sobre Gobernanza de Internet" (WGIG, por su sigla en ingl?s), presentado en julio de 2005 (ver informe "La gobernanza de Internet: Asunto de todos en la sociedad de la informaci?n") y el texto redactado por el "Grupo de Amigos del Presidente" (GFC, por su sigla en ngl?s), propuesto como base para la negociaci?n sobre implementaci?n y seguimiento de la CMSI.

En cuanto a los resultados de la PrepCom-3, los ?nicos que pueden sentirse satisfechos son quienes apuestan a que el proceso de la CMSI acabe sin compromisos firmes y concretos. Si bien se avanz? en la redacci?n de los documentos de T?nez, no fue posible alcanzar consensos importantes con respecto a los temas centrales en discusi?n. En el caso de la gobernanza de Internet, por ejemplo, se evidenci? una profunda divergencia de opini?n entre quienes apuestan por una reforma profunda del sistema actual - dominado por ICANN y, por lo tanto, con preeminencia de un ?nico gobierno sobre recursos comunes de Internet - y quienes apoyan el mantenimiento de este sistema, con ligeras modificaciones.

En lo que respecta al establecimiento de mecanismos concretos previstos para asegurar la implementaci?n de los acuerdos de la CMSI y su evaluaci?n, no fue posible alcanzar acuerdos entre los pa?ses desarrollados y los pa?ses en desarrollo. Estos ?ltimos entienden que no es razonable acabar un proceso de negociaci?n tan largo y complejo sin mandatos claros hacia las organizaciones del sistema de Naciones Unidas que permitan asegurar la puesta en pr?ctica de los compromisos asumidos por los gobiernos.


Ante la imposibilidad de alcanzar consensos sobre estos temas, imprescindibles para cerrar los documentos que habr?n de ser refrendados por los jefes de Estado y de Gobierno en T?nez, la PrepCom finaliz? con la decisi?n de continuar las negociaciones en el per?odo que resta antes de la celebraci?n de la Cumbre. Con este fin se realizar?n dos sesiones intergubernamentales adicionales en Ginebra entre el 24 y el 28 de Octubre y se convoc? al PrepCom a continuar sus sesiones entre el 13 y el 15 de Noviembre en T?nez.

Los mecanismos de funcionamiento establecidos en la primera fase de la CMSI prev?n la participaci?n de m?ltiples sectores vinculados a tem?ticas de informaci?n, comunicaci?n y desarrollo, incluyendo, adem?s de los gobiernos, al sector privado y la sociedad civil. El proceso, sin embargo, se caracteriz? por la falta de apertura en lo referente a la participaci?n de actores no gubernamentales, que culmin? con la exclusi?n de la sociedad civil y el sector privado en instancias de negociaci?n fundamentales, tales como los grupos de redacci?n creados para resolver temas especialmente conflictivos. La  participaci?n de estos actores en las instancias finales de la CMSI tampoco est? clara, poniendo en tela de juicio la solidez de las declaraciones de buena voluntad respecto a la construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n con amplia participaci?n de todos los sectores involucrados, incluidas a lo largo y ancho de los documentos.

La PrepCom-3 se caracteriz? tambi?n por un aumento en el volumen de las protestas sobre la cr?tica situaci?n en materia de derechos humanos que exhibe T?nez, el pa?s anfitri?n de la segunda fase de la Cumbre. Organizaciones de la sociedad civil expresaron, en una carta abierta al secretario general de Naciones Unidas Kofi Annan, su "profunda preocupaci?n" por los ataques a la libertad de expresi?n registrados en dicho pa?s.


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* Carta de la sociedad civil a Kofi Annan  
Fuente: AMARC-WPFC
Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil participantes en la PrepCom 3 expresan en esta carta abierta su profunda preocupaci?n acerca de las condiciones en las que la CMSI se celebrar? en T?nez, especialmente en lo que concierne a las violaciones a las derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales por parte de las autoridades tunecinas.
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo/informes/3344.html

* PrepCom-3: Declaraci?n de la sociedad civil 
Fuente: Choike
Declaraci?n de la sociedad civil a la PrepCom-3 sobre la exclusi?n de las partes interesadas no-gubernamentales a los Grupos de Redacci?n. Se establece en esta que la decisi?n de excluir la participaci?n de las partes interesadas no-gubernamentales en los grupos de redacci?n de documentos atenta contra los principios acordados de transparencia y participaci?n multisectorial, y pondr? en duda la legitimidad de de todos los documentos de la CMSI.
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo/informes/3328.html

* Gobiernos desechan a sociedad civil
Gustavo Capdevila
Fuente: IPS 
La colaboraci?n entre autoridades, grupos no gubernamentales y empresarios, que caracteriz? desde hace al menos tres a?os el proceso de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n, se interrumpi? en la PrepCom 3 por decisi?n de representantes de gobiernos. 
--> http://www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=35293

* Futuro dudoso para sociedad civil 
Fuente: Rebeli?n
Antes de finalizar la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n en noviembre en T?nez, la sociedad civil sabr? el papel a cumplir en este proceso para abatir la brecha digital y democratizar las comunicaciones. Pero activistas ven nubarrones en el horizonte. 
--> http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=20466

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* Documentos y contribuciones sobre gobernanza de Internet
Fuente: UIT
Sitio de la Uni?n Internacional de Telecomunicaciones que re?ne todos los documentos y contribuciones realizadas a la PrepCom 3 sobre gobernanza de Internet por gobiernos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, sector privado  y organismos oficiales.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing.asp?lang=es?&c_event=pc2|3&c_type=co|sca

* PrepCom-3: La Coalici?n para la Financiaci?n de TIC para el desarrollo reacciona al principal documento sobre gobernanza de Internet 
Fuente: APC
La Coalici?n Informal sobre Financiamiento de TIC para el Desarrollo aporta sus reflexiones sobre las Medidas de la Secci?n 4 para promover el desarrollo del trabajo sobre el Cap?tulo 3 del principal documento sobre la gobernanza de internet.  
--> http://www.apc.org/espanol/news/index.shtml?x=1694957

* Tras el control real del mundo virtual
Mario Osava 
Fuente: IPS
El mundo real se enfrasc? en una batalla, hasta ahora diplom?tica, por el control del mundo virtual, uno de los principales asuntos que se tratar? de dirimir del 16 al 18 de noviembre en la cumbre internacional que se realizar? en T?nez. 
--> http://www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=35418

* ?Qui?n controla Internet? 
Ignacio Ramonet
Fuente: Rebeli?n
El control y la regulaci?n de Internet fue uno de los puntos centrales discutidos en la tercera reuni?n del Comit? Preparatorio (PrepCom-3) de la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI), evento que se celebrar? en Noviembre en T?nez. Esta cuesti?n se ha convertido en una pol?mica de alcance geopol?tico, pues existe un desacuerdo importante entre Estados Unidos, por una parte, y la Uni?n Europea y los pa?ses emergentes, por la otra, para 
saber c?mo se modifica la gesti?n de la "red de redes".
--> http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=20954

* Todos detr?s de Internet
Gustavo Capdevila 
Fuente: IPS
La magnitud de la puesta en juego con la gobernanza de Internet, calibrada por sus 1.000 millones de usuarios y los beneficios derivados, impidi? llegar a un acuerdo entre gobiernos para determinar las formas de control de esa red mundial de computadoras. 
--> http://ipsnoticias.org/nota.asp?idnews=35328

* Gobernanza de Internet: Un an?lisis en el contexto de la CMSI 
Fuente: WSIS Papers
Carlos Afonso 
Este documento brinda informaci?n sobre los actuales procesos de transici?n de gobernanza de Internet, discutiendo algunos de los enfoques sometidos a debate p?blico, y analiza el informe final del GTGI. Tambi?n proporciona breve informaci?n hist?rica y de referencia sobre el actual sistema de gobernanza global creado espec?ficamente para Internet (al cual se hace referencia en este texto como el sistema ICANN). Adem?s, presenta un an?lisis de las perspectivas sobre gobernanza de Internet desde el punto de vista de los grupos organizados de organizaciones de la sociedad civil que se han visto involucrados en los debates correspondientes tanto dentro como fuera del GTGI. Formato PDF. 
--> http://wsispapers.choike.org//papers/esp/carlos_gobernanza_internet.pdf

* Grupo de Trabajo sobre Gobernanza de Internet (GTGI) 
Como resultado de la primera fase de la CMSI se cre? el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Gobernanza de Internet (GTGI), cuyos miembros son nombrados por el Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas. La actividad principal del GTGI ser? investigar y hacer propuestas para la acci?n sobre la gobernanza de Internet para la segunda fase del proceso de la CMSI. En el sitio web del GTGI figura informaci?n detallada sobre el mandato de ese Grupo, su calendario de actividades y las disposiciones para las reuniones. En ingl?s.
--> http://www.wgig.org/

* La gobernanza de Internet: Asunto de todos en la sociedad de la informaci?n 
Fuente: Choike
Informe especial de Choike sobre gobernanza de Internet. 
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo/informes/3223.html

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* Documentos y contribuciones sobre mecanismos de implementaci?n y seguimiento
Fuente: UIT
Sitio de la UIT que re?ne todos los documentos y contribuciones a la PrepCom 3 sobre la fijaci?n de mecanismos de implementaci?n y seguimiento de las resoluciones de la Cumbre, realizadas por gobiernos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, sector privado y organismos oficiales .
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing.asp?lang=es?&c_event=pc2|3&c_type=co|scb

* Contribuci?n a la PrepCom-3 del Grupo de Trabajo de la Sociedad Civil sobre Seguimiento
Fuente: Grupo de Trabajo de la Sociedad Civil sobre Seguimiento
Contribuci?n del Grupo de Trabajo de la Sociedad Civil sobre Seguimiento a los P?rrafos 16-22 y 40-41 de la parte operacional del borrador del documento de T?nez. El grupo de trabajo expresa preocupaci?n por la implementaci?n de garant?as verdaderas de seguimiento de los compromisos acordados por la Cumbre, as? como por el papel que se le otorgar? a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en la etapa post-T?nez. Formato PDF. Documento s?lo disponible en ingl?s
--> http://wsispapers.choike.org/cs_follow_up_comments.pdf

* M?s all? de la CMSI - ?Existe alguna oportunidad para un foro pol?tico global para la SI?
Fuente: OneWorld South Asia
Documento de posici?n preparado por IT for Change para soporte de la sociedad civil durante la  PrepCom 3, particularmente para el ?rea conflictiva de creaci?n de mecanismos de seguimiento e implementaci?n post-CMSI. S?lo disponible en ingl?s.
--> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/oneworld/OneWorldSA/docs/Beyond_WSIS-1.doc

* Contribuci?n de la Sociedad Civil a la S?ptima Reuni?n del Grupo de Amigos del Presidente
Fuente: Choike
Contribuci?n de organizaciones de la sociedad civil a la S?ptima Reuni?n del Grupo de Amigos del Presidente  de la CMSI (5-6 Setiembre 2005, Ginebra, Suiza) sobre el borrador propuesto de los p?rrafos 11, 12 y 29 de la parte operacional del Documento de T?nez. La sociedad civil sugiere en esta declaraci?n que los mecanismos de implementaci?n y seguimiento de los acuerdos de la CMSI deben enfocarse sobre grupos de trabajo de conformaci?n  multisectorial y sobre l?neas de acci?n concretas, bajo la coordinaci?n de alg?n organismo definido para tal fin. S?lo disponible en ingl?s.
--> http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3299.html

* Inventario de CMSI 
Fuente: UIT
El Inventario de CMSI fue creado con el doble prop?sito de proveer un inventario de las actividades emprendidas por los gobiernos y dem?s participantes interesados en implementar las decisiones de Ginebra, as? como de hacer un balance del progreso alcanzado en la construcci?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n. El Inventario fue establecido en Octubre del 2004 y contin?a siendo actualizado como un portal din?mico hacia esta rica fuente de informaci?n, accesible a todos. 
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/stocktaking/index-es.html

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* Activistas exigen compromiso de T?nez
Thalif Deen 
Fuente: IPS
Una coalici?n de 14 organizaciones no gubernamentales internacionales expresaron "profunda preocupaci?n" por el aumento de los ataques a la libre expresi?n en T?nez, pa?s que albergar? el mes pr?ximo la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI). 
--> http://www.ipsenespanol.net/nota.asp?idnews=35321

*  T?nez en el ojo de la tormenta
Gustavo Capdevila 
Fuente: IPS
Uno de los nubarrones que amenaza la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI) es la situaci?n de los derechos humanos en T?nez, el pa?s anfitri?n de la segunda fase de esa conferencia, que se celebrar? entre el 16 y el 18 de noviembre. 
--> http://www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=35276

* Abusos en la cumbre
Gustavo Capdevila
Fuente: IPS 
La Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI) logr? evitar un esc?ndalo por la exclusi?n de un grupo de activistas chinos, pero es dif?cil que salga indemne cuando se discutan las denuncias de violaciones de los derechos humanos en T?nez, sede de su segunda fase. 
--> http://ipsnoticias.org/nota.asp?idnews=35213

* Los derechos humanos en T?nez, sede de la pr?xima CMSI 
Fuente: APC
Los y las participantes de la ?ltima fase de la CMSI no pudieron dejar de advertir la presencia prol?fica de representantes de T?nez. Desde los plenarios de la sociedad civil, hasta las reuniones informales y las sesiones de gobierno, los y las representantes tunecinos se hicieron escuchar en los preparativos para la cumbre de noviembre. Pero, ?acaso un pa?s cuyo gobierno censura a los y las periodistas, vigila el acceso a la red y manda a prisi?n a los usuarios y usuarias de internet sin sentencia, puede ser un buen anfitri?n para la Cumbre Mundial de la ONU sobre la sociedad de la informaci?n?. 
-->  http://www.apc.org/espanol/news/index.shtml?x=31515

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* Trabajo de negociaci?n entre reuniones y la continuaci?n de la PrepCom-3
Fuente: UIT
Por encargo de la PrepCom-3 de la fase de T?nez de la CMSI, la Mesa de PrepCom se ha pronunciado sobre las fechas del futuro trabajo de negociaci?n entre reuniones de la fase de T?nez, as? como sobre las fechas, lugar de celebraci?n y modalidades de la continuaci?n de la PrepCom-3 antes de la Cumbre de T?nez.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index-es.html

* La incertidumbre reina camino a T?nez
Gustavo Capdevila
Fuente: IPS 
Todo est? todav?a por resolverse, en particular el gobierno de Internet y la libre participaci?n de la sociedad civil, cuando apenas faltan seis semanas para la celebraci?n en T?nez de la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI). 
--> http://www.ipsnoticias.net/nota.asp?idnews=35344

* Ya est? a la vista la "Cumbre de soluciones" de T?nez 
Fuente: UIT
La tercera reuni?n del Comit? Preparatorio (PrepCom-3) de la fase de T?nez de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI) cerr? sus puertas tras dos agotadoras semanas de sesiones diurnas y nocturnas en las que se logr? un acuerdo sobre amplias partes del texto de la Cumbre y algunos desarrollos importantes en el enfoque de la comunidad internacional en lo que respecta al Gobierno de Internet, pero en ?ltima instancia, los avances logrados sobre un cierto n?mero de temas pol?micos fueron decepcionantes.
--> http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/press_releases/wsis/2005/30sep-es.html
 
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* Cobertura de Worldsummit2005.org 
Fuente: Fundaci?n Heinrich B?ll 
El equipo de la Fundaci?n Heinrich B?ll particip? activamente de la PrepCom-3 y realiz? una cobertura diaria de los principales noticias, eventos y resultados preliminares. Sitio en ingl?s.
--> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/nav/14.htm

* Cobertura de Gender IT
Fuente: Gender IT
Gender IT, miembro de la red APC, estuvo en la PrepCom-3 y realiz? una completa cobertura de la misma, con especial ?nfasis en las actividades y eventos relativos a tem?ticas de g?nero, en el marco del debate sobre los temas claves de gobernanza de Internet, financiamiento e implementaci?n de mecanismos de seguimiento. Sitio en ingl?s.
--> http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=f--e--1&nocache=1

* Sitio oficial de la PrepCom-3
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Oct 14 21:14:39 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far
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Please add CSDPTT to your list for supporting Shirin Ebadi as CS speaker at the Tunis Summit 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
president CSDPTT





> Message du 14/10/05 14:37
> De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any 
> other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll 
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More 
> supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the 
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for 
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in 
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
> 
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
> 
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
> 
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), 
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), 
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme), 
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human 
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
> 
> In their individual capacity:
> 
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
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From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
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Dear Lisa
I had the same feeling as you when I read Riks comments and the reasons he invoked to Meryem's exclusion from the list. In effect. Meryem was involved and always active in WSIS since its very beginning ! And this is well known by all CS activists. 
These kind of explanations are not honouring our "facilitators" nor do they give them our trust.
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT




> Message du 14/10/05 17:03
> De : mclauglm@po.muohio.edu
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> I'm not a member of the HR Caucus, for the 
> record; however, I find this explanation for why 
> Ms. Faidutti was chosen over Meryem Marzouki to 
> be rather questionable and groundless. Meryem is 
> quite capable of making her own case, but just to 
> offer a comment, I don't know how anyone could 
> dismiss her as not having a long involvement with 
> the WSIS process (unless I conjured up her 
> presence at prepcoms and on listservs during 
> phase 1) and a very broad expertise on human 
> rights. Given that WFUNA stands for World 
> Federation of United Nations Agencies, one would 
> assume that this organization has a long 
> involvement with the UN; judging from their web 
> site it is an involvement that prescribes support 
> for the UN and its processes regardless of the 
> lack of transparency and accountability that we 
> have all witnessed and should be addressed. I do 
> not know Ms. Faidutti, have never met her, and do 
> not intend this to be a criticism of her 
> specifically, and I hold no ill will toward her. 
> But, if you're going to offer an explanation as 
> to why she was chosen over Meryem, it seems as 
> though you're going to have to offer more by way 
> of explanation. Perhaps Ms. Faidutti represented 
> the "safer choice"?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Lisa
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
> >response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
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> >specific people]
> >
> >Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
> >access automatic translation of this message!
> >_______________________________________
> >
> >Hi Meryem,
> >
> >You're name was considered in the Committee's 
> >first meeting, alongside the HR Caucus's other 
> >nomination of Ms. Bruna Faidutti of WFUNA. It 
> >was decided to put forward the name of Ms. 
> >Faidutti, given WFUNA's long involvement in the 
> >WSIS process and the United Nations and her 
> >expertise on general human rights issues.
> >
> >Rik Panganiban
> >
> >On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
> >
> >>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
> >>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
> >>individual addresses for responses intended for 
> >>specific people]
> >>
> >>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
> >>access automatic translation of this message!
> >>_______________________________________
> >>
> >>Dear Rik, dear selection committee, dear all,
> >>
> >>The Human Rights Caucus is still waiting for 
> >>the reasons why my own name, as HR caucus 
> >>co-chair, has not been retained. It has been 
> >>transmitted to you by Rikke, HR caucus 
> >>co-chair, on behalf of our caucus. This 
> >>proposal from the caucus has been reiterated on 
> >>its list, with the clear request to two members 
> >>of the selection committee to forward this 
> >>proposal to the committee.
> >>I know that I'm not very fashionable (although 
> >>I don't know if my hair are longer that Richard 
> >>Stallman's).
> >>Is there any other sound reason that the 
> >>selection committee could share with the 
> >>plenary, or at least with the caucus?
> >>
> >>This lack of transparency and accountability 
> >>from the selection committee is really 
> >>problematic. In addition to the fact that two 
> >>nominated Tunisian Senators are members of this 
> >>selection committee (2 out of 6 members, if I'm 
> >>not wrong).
> >>
> >>Finally, the process of collecting supports, 
> >>undertaken by the HR caucus, does not need any 
> >>support from the selection committee, since the 
> >>nomination proposal is addressed directly to 
> >>WSIS Secretary-General and to WSIS Preparatory 
> >>Process President.
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>Meryem Marzouki
> >>HR caucus co-chair
> >>
> >>Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 15:36 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :
> >>
> >>>Bertrand, et al,
> >>>
> >>>Of course any civil society group or caucus 
> >>>can communicate directly to the WSIS Executive 
> >>>Secretariat their recommendation for speakers 
> >>>for the WSIS. And the human rights caucus has 
> >>>done so.
> >>>
> >>>However we have still created a process 
> >>>through a selection committee composed of 
> >>>representatives chosen by the different 
> >>>regional groupings, the CS Bureau and Content 
> >>>and Themes. The committee is still 
> >>>deliberating on whether or not it can support 
> >>>the nomination.
> >>>
> >>>I would ask us to first go through our 
> >>>already-agreed process to try and get as much 
> >>>general support as possible. If this is not 
> >>>possible, than your other option and others 
> >>>should be considered.
> >>>
> >>>Respectfully,
> >>>
> >>>Rik Panganiban
> >>>chair of the selection committee
> >>>
> >>>On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for 
> >>>Civil Society in Tunis would present obvious 
> >>>advantages and her nomination could be 
> >>>forwarded to the Secretariat after a simple 
> >>>endorsement process described below.
> >>>
> >>>Main advantages
> >>>
> >>>1) It would of course put human rights and 
> >>>gender balance at the forefront of the 
> >>>building of inclusive information societies, 
> >>>uderlining that the WSIS process is not only 
> >>>about technology, and that appropriate 
> >>>"enabling environments" also mean freedom of 
> >>>expression and access to information, and 
> >>>"capacity building" also means equal 
> >>>opportunities for men and women, including 
> >>>access to education.
> >>>
> >>>2) She comes from a country that is very vocal 
> >>>during the WSIS process and the last PrepCom 
> >>>in Internet Governance and Follow-up 
> >>>discussions : in the first domain, the iranian 
> >>>national representative strongly advocates 
> >>>that Internet Governance should be 
> >>>"transparent and democratic, with full 
> >>>linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the 
> >>>second one, that follow-up at all levels 
> >>>should be done with the participation of all 
> >>>stakeholders.
> >>>
> >>>If properly briefed on the status of 
> >>>discussions on the draft Tunis Declaration and 
> >>>the written commitments that governments plan 
> >>>to make in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal 
> >>>position to take governments at their own 
> >>>words and describe in plain language how far 
> >>>from these commitments actual practice in some 
> >>>countries really is. This is the opportunity 
> >>>to point the often too large gap between what 
> >>>governments say in international arenas and 
> >>>what they indeed practice at home.
> >>>
> >>>The WSIS has introduced something new in the 
> >>>international negociation process : witnesses. 
> >>>Civil Society's participation was not what it 
> >>>should have been; but enough organizations 
> >>>were nonetheless present during the process to 
> >>>hear government representatives make 
> >>>commitments they now can be held accountable 
> >>>for.
> >>>
> >>>Summits are not traditional bilateral 
> >>>negociations where secret is the natural rule. 
> >>>Summit processes are the closest thing to a 
> >>>world Parliament (far from it I know, but 
> >>>still the closest thing), where general 
> >>>principles for our global community (Polity) 
> >>>are elaborated. The first absolute rule of 
> >>>representative democracy is the publicity of 
> >>>debates.
> >>>
> >>>The ironic situation where citizens of 
> >>>countries (as CS actors) are not even allowed 
> >>>by the rules of procedure to simply listen to 
> >>>what representatives of their own government 
> >>>are saying on their behalf is totally 
> >>>contradictory with the notion of democracy and 
> >>>the transparency principle.
> >>>
> >>>3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand 
> >>>well, the first woman judge in Iran. In most 
> >>>countries, the judiciary is a branch of the 
> >>>State and rightly so. Therefore, she is now a 
> >>>Civil Society actor with a past in the 
> >>>governmental sector, as are today many 
> >>>ex-ministers, presidents, parlementarians and 
> >>>civil servants. This brings an interesting 
> >>>light to the discussion that recently emerged 
> >>>around Adama or some "senators".
> >>>
> >>>Civil society is and should indeed be open to 
> >>>all individuals that, irrespective of their 
> >>>past functions, engage in governance processes 
> >>>as peers with all other actors, relinquishing 
> >>>whatever privilege they may still have and 
> >>>accepting to be evaluated on their sole 
> >>>"capacity to contribute", rather than the 
> >>>traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal 
> >>>right to oppose" (which is, ultimately, the 
> >>>basic foundation of the UN system under the 
> >>>expression "equal sovereignty of States").
> >>>
> >>>Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a 
> >>>symbol of the inclusiveness of Civil Society.
> >>>
> >>>_______________
> >>>
> >>>Endorsement process
> >>>
> >>>Key question is now : if, as it seems from 
> >>>initial reactions, there is a general 
> >>>agreement on her being the favorite CS choice 
> >>>for the opening ceremony, how can this be 
> >>>secured ?
> >>>
> >>>1) The principle that Civil society actors 
> >>>accredited to the Summit process should - at 
> >>>least - have the right to choose who is going 
> >>>to speak on behalf of civil society for the 
> >>>opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed; 
> >>>this is a "make or break" principle.
> >>>
> >>>2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an 
> >>>absolute consensus can be achieved on the 
> >>>Plenary list and we should not waste time 
> >>>trying to obtain it. We are therefore in the 
> >>>typical situation where rough consensus (as 
> >>>practiced in the internet community) is the 
> >>>only way out. :
> >>>- there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
> >>>- absolute consensus cannot be achieved
> >>>- a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
> >>>- dissenting opinions do not seem to be able 
> >>>to provide an alternative that would be 
> >>>accepted by all
> >>>
> >>>3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from 
> >>>the notion of rough consensus) could therefore 
> >>>be established :
> >>>- a general call on the Plenary list would ask 
> >>>individuals or accredited entities to express 
> >>>support and a formal nomination paper would be 
> >>>transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. 
> >>>Karklins with an attachment listing accredited 
> >>>entities and individuals supporting the 
> >>>nomination
> >>>- the call would simultaneously invite actors 
> >>>who might still have objections to the 
> >>>nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow 
> >>>them to submit a separate motion (sort of 
> >>>dissenting opinion) with : their name, all 
> >>>potential connexions with participating 
> >>>governments (as a matter of transparency) and 
> >>>- possibly - an alternative speaker they agree 
> >>>upon.
> >>>
> >>>The second element, that would allow the 
> >>>expression of minority positions, is essential 
> >>>to make the process fully legitimate.
> >>>
> >>>4) On a separate basis, CS actors with 
> >>>particular connexions with their governments 
> >>>could make them aware of the ongoing process 
> >>>and ask them to support publicly or more 
> >>>privately to the Secretariat the right of 
> >>>civil society to choose its opening speaker, 
> >>>outlining the bad press the Summit would get 
> >>>if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be 
> >>>voluntarily refused.
> >>>
> >>>I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
> >>>
> >>>Best
> >>>
> >>>Bertrand
> >>>
> >>>-
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de wrote:
> >>>
> >>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
> >>>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
> >>>individual addresses for responses intended 
> >>>for specific people]
> >>>
> >>>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
> >>>access automatic translation of this message!
> >>>_______________________________________
> >>>
> >>>Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
> >>>
> >>>On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
> >>>I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
> >>>(2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
> >>>for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
> >>>
> >>>And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
> >>>
> >>>MARIANNE
> >>>(Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
> >>>
> >>>Marianne Seger
> >>>permament European NGO observer
> >>>at the U.N. New York and Geneva
> >>>for
> >>>EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
> >>>GRAZ/AUSTRIA
> >>>( www.eurag-europe.org)
> >>>
> >>>---------------------------------------------------
> >>>> On behalf of the small organization which I
> >>>> represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
> >>>> support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
> >>>> speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
> >>>> under the circumstances and regardless of how
> >>>> much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
> >>>> (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
> >>>> he's an appropriate CS representative).
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Lisa
> >>>> Union for Democratic Communications
> >>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>>> >Dear Amir,
> >>>> >
> >>>> >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> >>>> >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> >>>> >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
> >>>> >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> >>>> >Amb. Karklins.
> >>>> >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> >>>> >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> >>>> >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> >>>> >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >Kind regards,
> >>>> >Meryem
> >>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
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> 
> 
> --
> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
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> Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> World Summit on the Information Society
> 
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 15 02:24:21 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Photos of the Kram Center
Message-ID: <F96488AD-BB88-484F-A328-683DE16F02B2@lists.privaterra.org>

Looks like Marouen's posted pictures of the Kram Centre on Flickr.  
You can find them here...


<http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/tags/kram/>

regards

Robert
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Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Sat Oct 15 03:33:32 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On the selection committee process
In-Reply-To: <FCA8BFF8-8899-4E72-BA7E-37B2CC3DC683@earthlink.net>
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Message-ID: <p06010200bf76160cfe48@[192.168.1.100]>

Rik, with all due respect, you've addressed a 
variety of issues today and I realize that you 
are very busy, but you have not responded to the 
subject which is most contentious. I don't 
believe that avoidance lends itself to 
transparency or accountability. Perhaps you, as 
well as others associated with CONGO, have been 
unusually busy today. But, it is apparent that, 
if the selection committee has any interest in 
representing CS, there must be a response to this 
matter. Otherwise, you may as well all resign 
because, if you aren't representing CS, you're 
representing nobody and nothing except for CONGO 
and your own vested interests, and perhaps other 
interests as well. I am interested in learning 
more regarding the explanation as to why certain 
persons have been chosen to "speak for" CS and 
others' names were abandoned from the beginning. 
I doubt that I am alone in wanting a response 
from you or from someone else on the selection 
committee. But, please, please do not respond by 
way of noting the absence of some of us from 
phase 2 prepcoms. I would have been involved in 
every one of them if I could be, but I don't have 
the funds to travel to Geneva this time around. 
In addition, the d(evolution) of the CS process 
is such that our organization is increasingly 
skeptical of putting our funds toward my 
involvement in it. The bottom line is that those 
of you who are defined as leaders, as "our" 
representatives, owe most of the rest of us 
appropriate and adequate responses to our 
misgivings.

There was a certain promise to things at the 
beginning, and I'm saddened that we have ended on 
a note in which the status quo is both maintained 
and enhanced. Once again, it appears that another 
UN conference has addressed important social 
issues in a cursory fashion with little intent to 
follow up on redressing imbalance in global 
information flows--nice sound bites, but little 
action, even by most groups involved in CS 
(especially during phase 2).

Best,

Lisa



>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
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>specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
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>_______________________________________
>
>Hi Meryem,
>
>You're name was considered in the Committee's 
>first meeting, alongside the HR Caucus's other 
>nomination of Ms. Bruna Faidutti of WFUNA.  It 
>was decided to put forward the name of Ms. 
>Faidutti, given WFUNA's long involvement in the 
>WSIS process and the United Nations and her 
>expertise on general human rights issues.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>
>On Oct 14, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>
>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
>>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
>>individual addresses for responses intended for 
>>specific people]
>>
>>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
>>access automatic translation of this message!
>>_______________________________________
>>
>>Dear Rik, dear selection committee, dear all,
>>
>>The Human Rights Caucus is still waiting for 
>>the reasons why my own name, as HR caucus 
>>co-chair, has not been retained. It has been 
>>transmitted to you by Rikke, HR caucus 
>>co-chair, on behalf of our caucus. This 
>>proposal from the caucus has been reiterated on 
>>its list, with the clear request to two members 
>>of the selection committee to forward this 
>>proposal to the committee.
>>I know that I'm not very fashionable (although 
>>I don't know if my hair are longer that Richard 
>>Stallman's).
>>Is there any other sound reason that the 
>>selection committee could share with the 
>>plenary, or at least with the caucus?
>>
>>This lack of transparency and accountability 
>>from the selection committee is really 
>>problematic. In addition to the fact that two 
>>nominated Tunisian Senators are members of this 
>>selection committee (2 out of 6 members, if I'm 
>>not wrong).
>>
>>Finally, the process of collecting supports, 
>>undertaken by the HR caucus, does not need any 
>>support from the selection committee, since the 
>>nomination proposal is addressed directly to 
>>WSIS Secretary-General and to WSIS Preparatory 
>>Process President.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Meryem Marzouki
>>HR caucus co-chair
>>
>>Le vendredi, 14 oct 2005, ? 15:36 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :
>>
>>>Bertrand, et al,
>>>
>>>Of course any civil society group or caucus 
>>>can communicate directly to the WSIS Executive 
>>>Secretariat their recommendation for speakers 
>>>for the WSIS.  And the human rights caucus has 
>>>done so.
>>>
>>>However we have still created a process 
>>>through a selection committee composed of 
>>>representatives chosen by the different 
>>>regional groupings, the CS Bureau and Content 
>>>and Themes.  The committee is still 
>>>deliberating on whether or not it can support 
>>>the nomination.
>>>
>>>I would ask us to first go through our 
>>>already-agreed process to try and get as much 
>>>general support as possible.  If this is not 
>>>possible, than your other option and others 
>>>should be considered.
>>>
>>>Respectfully,
>>>
>>>Rik Panganiban
>>>chair of the selection committee
>>>
>>>On Oct 14, 2005, at 6:13 AM, Bertrand de La Chapelle wrote:
>>>
>>>Having Ms. Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for 
>>>Civil Society in Tunis would present obvious 
>>>advantages and her nomination could be 
>>>forwarded to the Secretariat after a simple 
>>>endorsement process described below.
>>>
>>>Main advantages
>>>
>>>1) It would of course put human rights and 
>>>gender balance at the forefront of the 
>>>building of inclusive information societies, 
>>>uderlining that the WSIS process is not only 
>>>about technology, and that appropriate 
>>>"enabling environments" also mean freedom of 
>>>expression and access to information, and 
>>>"capacity building" also means equal 
>>>opportunities for men and women, including 
>>>access to education.
>>>
>>>2) She comes from a country that is very vocal 
>>>during the WSIS process and the last PrepCom 
>>>in Internet Governance and Follow-up 
>>>discussions : in the first domain, the iranian 
>>>national representative strongly advocates 
>>>that Internet Governance should be 
>>>"transparent and democratic,  with full 
>>>linvolvement of all stakeholders"; and in the 
>>>second one, that follow-up at all levels 
>>>should be done with the participation of all 
>>>stakeholders.
>>>
>>>If properly briefed on the status of 
>>>discussions on the draft Tunis Declaration and 
>>>the written commitments that governments plan 
>>>to make in WSIS II, she would be in an ideal 
>>>position to take governments at their own 
>>>words and describe in plain language how far 
>>>from these commitments actual practice in some 
>>>countries really is. This is the opportunity 
>>>to point the often too large gap between what 
>>>governments say in international arenas and 
>>>what they indeed practice at home.
>>>
>>>The WSIS has introduced something new in the 
>>>international negociation process : witnesses. 
>>>Civil Society's participation was not what it 
>>>should have been; but enough organizations 
>>>were nonetheless present during the process to 
>>>hear government representatives make 
>>>commitments they now can be held accountable 
>>>for.
>>>
>>>Summits are not traditional bilateral 
>>>negociations where secret is the natural rule. 
>>>Summit processes are the closest thing to a 
>>>world Parliament (far from it I know, but 
>>>still the closest thing), where general 
>>>principles for our global community (Polity) 
>>>are elaborated. The first absolute rule of 
>>>representative democracy is the publicity of 
>>>debates.
>>>
>>>The ironic situation where citizens of 
>>>countries (as CS actors) are not even allowed 
>>>by the rules of procedure to simply listen to 
>>>what representatives of their own government 
>>>are saying on their behalf is totally 
>>>contradictory with the notion of democracy and 
>>>the transparency principle.
>>>
>>>3) Finally, Shirin Ebadi was, if I understand 
>>>well, the first woman judge in Iran. In most 
>>>countries, the judiciary is a branch of the 
>>>State and rightly so. Therefore, she is now a 
>>>Civil Society actor with a past in the 
>>>governmental sector, as are today many 
>>>ex-ministers, presidents, parlementarians and 
>>>civil servants. This brings an interesting 
>>>light to the discussion that recently emerged 
>>>around Adama or some "senators".
>>>
>>>Civil society is and should indeed be open to 
>>>all individuals that, irrespective of their 
>>>past functions, engage in governance processes 
>>>as peers with all other actors, relinquishing 
>>>whatever privilege they may still have and 
>>>accepting to be evaluated on their sole 
>>>"capacity to contribute", rather than the 
>>>traditional intergovernmental rule of "equal 
>>>right to oppose" (which is, ultimately, the 
>>>basic foundation of the UN system under the 
>>>expression "equal sovereignty of States").
>>>
>>>Choosing Shirin Ebadi is therefore also a 
>>>symbol of the inclusiveness of Civil Society.
>>>
>>>_______________
>>>
>>>Endorsement process
>>>
>>>Key question is now : if, as it seems from 
>>>initial reactions, there is a general 
>>>agreement on her being the favorite CS choice 
>>>for the opening ceremony, how can this be 
>>>secured ?
>>>
>>>1) The principle that Civil society actors 
>>>accredited to the Summit process should - at 
>>>least -  have the right to choose who is going 
>>>to speak on behalf of civil society for the 
>>>opening ceremony must be strongly reaffirmed; 
>>>this is a "make or break" principle.
>>>
>>>2) For obvious reasons, there is no way an 
>>>absolute consensus can be achieved on the 
>>>Plenary list and we should not waste time 
>>>trying to obtain it. We are therefore in the 
>>>typical situation where rough consensus (as 
>>>practiced in the internet community) is the 
>>>only way out.  :
>>>- there is a need to take a decision (only one slot and a real deadline)
>>>- absolute consensus cannot be achieved
>>>- a large majority seems to emerge on a specific name
>>>- dissenting opinions do not seem to be able 
>>>to provide an alternative that would be 
>>>accepted by all
>>>
>>>3) A two-fold process (taking inspiration from 
>>>the notion of rough consensus) could therefore 
>>>be established :
>>>- a general call on the Plenary list would ask 
>>>individuals or accredited entities to express 
>>>support and a formal nomination paper would be 
>>>transmitted to the Secretariat and Amb. 
>>>Karklins with an attachment listing accredited 
>>>entities and individuals supporting the 
>>>nomination
>>>- the call would simultaneously invite actors 
>>>who might still have objections to the 
>>>nomination (if any) to indicate so and allow 
>>>them to submit a separate motion (sort of 
>>>dissenting opinion) with : their name, all 
>>>potential connexions with participating 
>>>governments (as a matter of transparency) and 
>>>- possibly - an alternative speaker they agree 
>>>upon.
>>>
>>>The second element, that would allow the 
>>>expression of minority positions, is essential 
>>>to make the process fully legitimate.
>>>
>>>4) On a separate basis, CS actors with 
>>>particular connexions with their governments 
>>>could make them aware of the ongoing process 
>>>and ask them to support publicly or more 
>>>privately to the Secretariat the right of 
>>>civil society to choose its opening speaker, 
>>>outlining the bad press the Summit would get 
>>>if the name of Shirin Ebadi were to be 
>>>voluntarily refused.
>>>
>>>I hope this will help move forward on this good idea.
>>>
>>>Best
>>>
>>>Bertrand
>>>
>>>-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 10/14/05, maseger@t-online.de <maseger@t-online.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
>>>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
>>>individual addresses for responses intended 
>>>for specific people]
>>>
>>>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to 
>>>access automatic translation of this message!
>>>_______________________________________
>>>
>>>Hallo, Meryem! & Friends!
>>>
>>>On behalf of my (European umbrella-)Organisation
>>>I fully support the nomination of Mrs. Shirin Ebadi
>>>(2003 peace Nobel prize winner) as a keynote speaker
>>>for CS at the WSIS II Summit, TUNIS.
>>>
>>>And I thank Renata for her decision to step aside.
>>>
>>>MARIANNE
>>>(Gender Caucus and European Caucus)
>>>
>>>Marianne Seger
>>>permament European NGO observer
>>>at the U.N. New York and Geneva
>>>for
>>>EURAG European Federation of Older Persons
>>>GRAZ/AUSTRIA
>>>( www.eurag-europe.org)
>>>
>>>---------------------------------------------------
>>>>  On behalf of the small organization which I
>>>>  represent, I wish to say that we most strongly
>>>>  support the nomination of Ms. Ebadi as a keynote
>>>>  speaker for CS at the Tunis Summit, especially
>>>>  under the circumstances and regardless of how
>>>>  much solidarity Adama Samass?kou feels with CS
>>>>  (sorry Tracey--but we just don't believe that
>>>>  he's an appropriate CS representative).
>>>>
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>
>>>>  Lisa
>>>>  Union for Democratic Communications
>>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>>  >Dear Amir,
>>>>  >
>>>>  >This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
>>>>  >available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
>>>>  >the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
>>>>  >message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
>>>  > >Amb. Karklins.
>>>>  >The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
>>>>  >members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
>>>>  >We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
>>>>  >entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >Kind regards,
>>>>  >Meryem
>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
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From robsagun1 at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 15 09:22:48 2005
From: robsagun1 at yahoo.com (robert sagun)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
In-Reply-To: <74CB3A0A-3CAF-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051015082248.7637.qmail@web52613.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Meryem and all,

This is to formally confirm the WSIS Youth Caucus'
support, after conducting an internal consultation, to
nominate Shirin Ebadi as the CS speaker to the opening
of the Tunis Summit. 

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Titilayo Akinsanmi (Global Facilitator)
Robert Sagun (Policy Coordinator)
Alberto Nardelli (Communications Coordinator)
Facilitation Team of the WSIS Youth Caucus
www.wsisyouth.org

--- Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is the list of supports I received so far.
> Please send me any 
> other support, or any correction you may have on the
> list below. I'll 
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this
> evening. More 
> supports received after this evening could be
> forwarded in the 
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of
> individuals, only for 
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are
> participating in 
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
> 
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
> 
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human
> Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00
> Paris time
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
> 
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du
> Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
> Communautaires), 
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications),
> Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the
> Information Society), 
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social
> Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons),
> Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers
> International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des
> Droits de l'Homme), 
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the
> Protection of Human 
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University
> Women), Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire),
> France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme),
> Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture),
> Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of
> Venezuela), Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
> 
> In their individual capacity:
> 
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> 
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 15 09:59:58 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
In-Reply-To: <4862961.1129320879504.JavaMail.www@wwinf1402>
Message-ID: <20051015085958.11124.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>

Je n'ai pas l'honneur de conna?tre Shirin Ebadi mais
je fais confiance aux appr?ciations de toutes les
personnes et organisations qui supportent la
candidature.
Je supporte en ma qualit? de coordonateur du groupe de
discussion finance cette candidature.
Je souhaite que le Bureau de la soci?t? civile se
penche avec urgence sur un m?canisme d'?valuation, ?
priori, des messages ? livrer par les porte-paroles de
la soci?t? civile et de gr?ce t?chons d'?viter dans
nos prises de parole les remerciements aux
organisateurs, au pays h?te, agences onusiennes et
autres sponsors du sommet qui donnent de nous une
image infantile ! Faisons ressortir nos
insatisfactions et nos frustrations quant au statut
qui nous est r?serv? et donnons de nous une image de
conviction et de combat.
Amiti?s
Djilali  

--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Please add CSDPTT to your list for supporting Shirin
> Ebadi as CS speaker at the Tunis Summit 
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> president CSDPTT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message du 14/10/05 14:37
> > De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
> - List of CS Supports so far
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > Here is the list of supports I received so far.
> Please send me any 
> > other support, or any correction you may have on
> the list below. I'll 
> > forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins
> this evening. More 
> > supports received after this evening could be
> forwarded in the 
> > following days.
> > I think it's better keeping short the list of
> individuals, only for 
> > people whose organization is not listed, or who
> are participating in 
> > WSIS in their individual capacity.
> > 
> > Thank you all for your support,
> > Best regards,
> > Meryem Marzouki
> > HR caucu co-chair
> > =================
> > 
> > Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by
> Human Rights Caucus
> > List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00
> Paris time
> > 
> > WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> > - Community Media Working Group
> > - Human Rights Caucus
> > - Internet Governance Caucus
> > - Media Caucus
> > - West-Asia Family
> > 
> > NGO and Coalitions:
> > - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs
> du Net), France
> > - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> > - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
> Communautaires), 
> > Worldwide
> > - APC (Association for Progressive
> Communications), Worldwide
> > - Article 19, Worldwide
> > - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the
> Information Society), 
> > Switzerland
> > - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social
> Responsibility), Worldwide
> > - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> > - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> > - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons),
> Europe
> > - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers
> International), Ghana
> > - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des
> Droits de l'Homme), 
> > Worldwide
> > - Front Line (International Foundation for the
> Protection of Human 
> > Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> > - IFUW (International Federation of University
> Women), Worldwide
> > - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire),
> France
> > - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> > - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> > - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme),
> Tunisia
> > - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> > - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture),
> Worldwide
> > - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> > - Ouvaton, France
> > - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> > - PEN Club, Worldwide
> > - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> > - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of
> Venezuela), Venezuela
> > - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association,
> Denmark
> > 
> > In their individual capacity:
> > 
> > - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> > - Avri Doria, Sweden
> > - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> > - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> > - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> > - Francis Muguet, France
> > - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> > - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> > - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
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> > 
> >


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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 15 10:16:06 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS] belle initiative
In-Reply-To: <20051015085150.86380.qmail@web26605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051015091606.94320.qmail@web60718.mail.yahoo.com>

Chers amis d'Afrique et d'ailleurs,
Cette initiative de la marche des femmes pour d?noncer
le sort des ?migrants via le Maroc nous honnore....
C'est vrai que l'avenir de l'homme reste la femme,
mais tant qu'? faire il est pr?f?rable qu'il s'agisse
de femmes courageuses, progressites. Notre soeur
Aminata Traor? fait partie de ces femmes rares qu'il
faut soutenir...
S'il n'y avait qu'une parole africaine au SMSI, apr?s
celle de Nelson Mendela, celle de Aminata Traor? la
combattante est toute d?sign?e. Cela ne veut pas dire
qu'en d'autres domaines les Femmes de valeur
africaines  d?j? titulaires de prix nobel et autres
consid?rations mondiales ne m?ritent pas toute notre
consid?ration, toute notre solidarit?, toute notre
attachement...
Un clin d'oeil ? cette inconnue Helene Sirleaf
candidate aux pr?sidentielles du Lib?ria, la presse
n'a parl? que de son pass? de cadre sup?rieure ? la
Banque Mondiale, on oublie qu'elle a occup? le
prestigieux poste de Directrice du Bureau R?gional du
PNUD pour l'Afrique et qu'il y a quelques ann?es d?j?
elle a eu le courage de quitter le confort de la
Fonction publique onusienne pour affonter le grand
chef de guerre Rollings avec tous les dangers que cela
repr?sentait.
Gloire et honneur ? nos soeur progressite africaines,
du tiers monde et du monde.

--- Jean Maire Bolika <jeanmariebolika@yahoo.fr>
wrote:

> Salut Abdel,
> Nous soutenons cette id?e g?niale . Courage et bonne
> continuit?.
> 
> 
> BAUDOUIN SCHOMBE <sam_bj2000@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :
> Tres bonne initiative et felicitations.
>  
>  
> SCHOMBE Baudouin
> 
> ABDEL Rabia <rabiabdel@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :
> Cher Pape, cher Ibrahim
> Salut a vous toutes et tous
> Je vous informe que nous, les femmes africaines,
> nous
> avons pris l'initiative d'organiser "la marche de la
> dignite des m?res africaines" qui fera le parcours
> de
> nos enfants humiles, deportes, assassines pour
> proteger la forteresse de l'Europe .La marche part
> de
> Bamako, (initiative de Aminata Traore avec le Forum
> pour l'Autre Mali) , ira au Maroc, rejoindre les
> autre
> meres des victimes de l'exil economique, puis en
> Espagne, en Italie et en France.
> Si vous voulez vous joindre a la colere des femmes,
> repondez a mon adresse pour ne
> pas surcharger la liste generale.
> 
> Salam
> Rabia
> 
> --- Pape Diouf 
> a ?crit :
> 
> > Salut Ibrahim,
> > 
> > Je te remercie pour le texte concernant les actes 
> > barbares perp?tr?s encore contre nous les 
> > africains en Espagne et m?me au Maroc, terre 
> > africaine.
> > 
> > Bien entendu, je soutiens enti?rement la d?marche 
> > du Radho pour d?noncer voire sanctionner de tels 
> > actes inacceptables de nos jours.
> > 
> > On en reparle demain ? l'AG de la DAPSI, ? 14h 30
> ?
> > l'Iu?d, Incha Allah.
> > En attendant, je te souhaite un excellent vendredi
> > en ce mois b?ni de ramadan.
> > Fraternellement.
> > 
> > Pape
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Africa@wsis-cs.org
> >
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Sat Oct 15 10:33:54 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
In-Reply-To: <20051015085958.11124.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051015093354.77001.qmail@web26007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

 
Salut ? toi,
Je rejoins tes propos cher ami, laissons une chance ? la femme pour mener ? bien cette mission. Comme disait un des n?tres que la femme est l'avenir de l'homme.


djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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Je n'ai pas l'honneur de conna?tre Shirin Ebadi mais
je fais confiance aux appr?ciations de toutes les
personnes et organisations qui supportent la
candidature.
Je supporte en ma qualit? de coordonateur du groupe de
discussion finance cette candidature.
Je souhaite que le Bureau de la soci?t? civile se
penche avec urgence sur un m?canisme d'?valuation, ?
priori, des messages ? livrer par les porte-paroles de
la soci?t? civile et de gr?ce t?chons d'?viter dans
nos prises de parole les remerciements aux
organisateurs, au pays h?te, agences onusiennes et
autres sponsors du sommet qui donnent de nous une
image infantile ! Faisons ressortir nos
insatisfactions et nos frustrations quant au statut
qui nous est r?serv? et donnons de nous une image de
conviction et de combat.
Amiti?s
Djilali 

--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:

> Please add CSDPTT to your list for supporting Shirin
> Ebadi as CS speaker at the Tunis Summit 
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> president CSDPTT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message du 14/10/05 14:37
> > De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
> - List of CS Supports so far
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > Here is the list of supports I received so far.
> Please send me any 
> > other support, or any correction you may have on
> the list below. I'll 
> > forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins
> this evening. More 
> > supports received after this evening could be
> forwarded in the 
> > following days.
> > I think it's better keeping short the list of
> individuals, only for 
> > people whose organization is not listed, or who
> are participating in 
> > WSIS in their individual capacity.
> > 
> > Thank you all for your support,
> > Best regards,
> > Meryem Marzouki
> > HR caucu co-chair
> > =================
> > 
> > Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by
> Human Rights Caucus
> > List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00
> Paris time
> > 
> > WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> > - Community Media Working Group
> > - Human Rights Caucus
> > - Internet Governance Caucus
> > - Media Caucus
> > - West-Asia Family
> > 
> > NGO and Coalitions:
> > - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs
> du Net), France
> > - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> > - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
> Communautaires), 
> > Worldwide
> > - APC (Association for Progressive
> Communications), Worldwide
> > - Article 19, Worldwide
> > - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the
> Information Society), 
> > Switzerland
> > - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social
> Responsibility), Worldwide
> > - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> > - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> > - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons),
> Europe
> > - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers
> International), Ghana
> > - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des
> Droits de l'Homme), 
> > Worldwide
> > - Front Line (International Foundation for the
> Protection of Human 
> > Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> > - IFUW (International Federation of University
> Women), Worldwide
> > - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire),
> France
> > - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> > - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> > - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme),
> Tunisia
> > - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> > - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture),
> Worldwide
> > - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> > - Ouvaton, France
> > - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> > - PEN Club, Worldwide
> > - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> > - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of
> Venezuela), Venezuela
> > - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association,
> Denmark
> > 
> > In their individual capacity:
> > 
> > - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> > - Avri Doria, Sweden
> > - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> > - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> > - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> > - Francis Muguet, France
> > - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> > - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> > - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
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> > 
> >


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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Sat Oct 15 11:28:37 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
In-Reply-To: <20051015085958.11124.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <725B470E-3D66-11DA-BDFB-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Bonjour Djilali,

Afin d'?viter toute erreur de ma part, je voudrais m'assurer que ta 
formule signifie bien le soutien du "groupe de travail de la SC sur les 
m?canismes de financements", et non ton propre soutien uniquement.

Par ailleurs, voici quelques liens o? trouver des infos sur Shirin 
Ebadi/
Here are some links for more information on Shirin Ebadi:

- http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/ebadi-bio.html (Bio, 
English)
- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=458 (Allocution de Shirin 
Ebadi au FSM de Mumbai, en Fran?ais, 19/01/2004)
- http://www.fidh.org/article.php3?id_article=2661 (?Our Challenge?: 
Voices for Peace, Renewal and Partnership", Allocution de Shirin Ebadi 
? la 58e Conference ONU/DPI/ONG le 7/09/2005, en Anglais)
Meryem

Le samedi, 15 oct 2005, ? 10:59 Europe/Paris, djilali benamrane a ?crit 
:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
> specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Je n'ai pas l'honneur de conna?tre Shirin Ebadi mais
> je fais confiance aux appr?ciations de toutes les
> personnes et organisations qui supportent la
> candidature.
> Je supporte en ma qualit? de coordonateur du groupe de
> discussion finance cette candidature.
> Je souhaite que le Bureau de la soci?t? civile se
> penche avec urgence sur un m?canisme d'?valuation, ?
> priori, des messages ? livrer par les porte-paroles de
> la soci?t? civile et de gr?ce t?chons d'?viter dans
> nos prises de parole les remerciements aux
> organisateurs, au pays h?te, agences onusiennes et
> autres sponsors du sommet qui donnent de nous une
> image infantile ! Faisons ressortir nos
> insatisfactions et nos frustrations quant au statut
> qui nous est r?serv? et donnons de nous une image de
> conviction et de combat.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali 

From guillaume.cheneviere at cmrtv.org  Fri Oct 14 18:38:27 2005
From: guillaume.cheneviere at cmrtv.org (cheneviere guillaume)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
References: <74CB3A0A-3CAF-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <000f01c5d168$fced9600$0100a8c0@che>

Cher Meryem,
Le Conseil mondial de la Radio-T?l?vision supporte aussi cette nomination.
Guillaume Chenevi?re
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:38 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so
far


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Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

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this message!
_______________________________________

Dear all,

Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
following days.
I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
WSIS in their individual capacity.

Thank you all for your support,
Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucu co-chair
=================

Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time

WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
- Community Media Working Group
- Human Rights Caucus
- Internet Governance Caucus
- Media Caucus
- West-Asia Family

NGO and Coalitions:
- AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
- Alliance Rights, Nigeria
- AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
Worldwide
- APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
- Article 19, Worldwide
- Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
Switzerland
- CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
- Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
- DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
- EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
- FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
- FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
Worldwide
- Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
- IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
- IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
- ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
- ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
- LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
- Norwegian PEN, Norway
- OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
- Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
- Ouvaton, France
- Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
- PEN Club, Worldwide
- UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
- UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
- UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark

In their individual capacity:

- Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
- Avri Doria, Sweden
- Jeanette Hofman, Germany
- Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
- Lee W. McKnight, USA
- Francis Muguet, France
- Tracey Naughton, South Africa
- Claudia Padovani, Italy
- Joseph Sarr, Senegal

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From KovenRonald at aol.com  Sat Oct 15 11:45:36 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
Message-ID: <d.4e9ecba3.308237d0@aol.com>

Dear Meryem --

Pls., once again, add the World Press Freedom Committee to your list of 
endorsements for our Iranian championne.

Best, Rony
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From jsarr at refer.sn  Sat Oct 15 11:56:43 2005
From: jsarr at refer.sn (jsarr@refer.sn)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sommet de Bilbao/Bilbao Summit : Inscription/Registration
Message-ID: <1129373803.4350e06bae030@courrier.refer.sn>

Chers tous,
Dear all,

Sommet de Bilbao / Dernier d?lai d'inscription : Vendredi 21 octobre 2005 ? 12H
Bilbao Summit / Deadline for registration: Friday 21 October 2005

http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/registration/inscripcion

Salutations cordiales.
Greetings

Joseph SARR
Coordination Africaine du Sommet
African Coordination of Summit
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Sat Oct 15 12:25:55 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <d.4e9ecba3.308237d0@aol.com>
Message-ID: <7389D383-3D6E-11DA-BDFB-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

[Fran?ais ci-dessous]

Dear all,

In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and Karklins, 
and since many supports are still being sent to me while we are now on 
the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to Shirin Ebadi nomination 
only on Sunday evening, so that it can be received and read on Monday 
morning. This list of supports will also be forwarded to government 
delegations, in addition to the direct lobbying being made by many of 
us.

So please keep sending any support to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) and to 
the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time (17:00 
GMT/UTC).

Below the list of supports received as for now.

Many thanks and best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
==================
Chers tous,

Pour minimiser les envois ? MM. Ustumi et Karklins, et sachant que 
plusieurs soutiens sont en cours de r?ception alors m?me que nous 
sommes le week-end, je n'enverrai la liste de soutiens ? la candidature 
de Shirin Ebadi que dimanche soir, de sorte qu'elle puisse et re?ue et 
lue lundi matin. La liste des soutiens sera ?galement transmise aux 
d?l?gations gouvernementales, en plus du lobbying direct en cours de la 
part de plusieurs d'entre nous.

Donc veulliez continuer ? m'adresser (marzouki@ras.eu.org), ainsi qu'? 
la liste pl?ni?re, tous les soutiens, jusqu'? dimanche 16 octobre 19h00 
heure de Paris (17h00 GMT/UTC).

Ci-dessous la liste des soutiens re?us ? l'heure o? j'envoie ce message.

Merci et bien cordialement,
Meryem Marzouki
Co-responsable du caucus DDH

==================
Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT


WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
1. Community Media Working Group
2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
3. Gender Caucus
4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
5. Human Rights Caucus
6. Internet Governance Caucus
7. Media Caucus
8. North American & European Family
9. West-Asia Family
10. Youth Caucus

CS Organizations and Coalitions:
1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), 
Worldwide
4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
5. Article 19, Worldwide
6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), 
Switzerland
9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
10. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
15. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme), 
Worldwide
16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human 
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International University 
of Japan), Japan
18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
20. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange), 
Worldwide
22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
29. Ouvaton, France
30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
31. PEN Club, Worldwide
32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide

In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not 
listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):

1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
4. Avri Doria, Sweden
5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
7. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
10. Francis Muguet, France
11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal



From richardjordan at lycos.com  Sat Oct 15 12:42:56 2005
From: richardjordan at lycos.com (richard jordan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
Message-ID: <20051015114256.3871830E7E5@ws7-1a.us4.outblaze.com>

Meryem, I sent a message, but perhaps it did not get through -- please add in individual capacity, Richard Jordan USA. Thanks, Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:25:55 +0200

> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the 
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended 
> for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> [Fran?ais ci-dessous]
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and 
> Karklins, and since many supports are still being sent to me while 
> we are now on the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to 
> Shirin Ebadi nomination only on Sunday evening, so that it can be 
> received and read on Monday morning. This list of supports will 
> also be forwarded to government delegations, in addition to the 
> direct lobbying being made by many of us.
> 
> So please keep sending any support to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) and 
> to the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time 
> (17:00 GMT/UTC).
> 
> Below the list of supports received as for now.
> 
> Many thanks and best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucus co-chair
> ==================
> Chers tous,
> 
> Pour minimiser les envois ? MM. Ustumi et Karklins, et sachant que 
> plusieurs soutiens sont en cours de r?ception alors m?me que nous 
> sommes le week-end, je n'enverrai la liste de soutiens ? la 
> candidature de Shirin Ebadi que dimanche soir, de sorte qu'elle 
> puisse et re?ue et lue lundi matin. La liste des soutiens sera 
> ?galement transmise aux d?l?gations gouvernementales, en plus du 
> lobbying direct en cours de la part de plusieurs d'entre nous.
> 
> Donc veulliez continuer ? m'adresser (marzouki@ras.eu.org), ainsi 
> qu'? la liste pl?ni?re, tous les soutiens, jusqu'? dimanche 16 
> octobre 19h00 heure de Paris (17h00 GMT/UTC).
> 
> Ci-dessous la liste des soutiens re?us ? l'heure o? j'envoie ce message.
> 
> Merci et bien cordialement,
> Meryem Marzouki
> Co-responsable du caucus DDH
> 
> ==================
> Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
> Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT
> 
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> 1. Community Media Working Group
> 2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
> 3. Gender Caucus
> 4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
> 5. Human Rights Caucus
> 6. Internet Governance Caucus
> 7. Media Caucus
> 8. North American & European Family
> 9. West-Asia Family
> 10. Youth Caucus
> 
> CS Organizations and Coalitions:
> 1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
> 2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> 3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), Worldwide
> 4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
> 5. Article 19, Worldwide
> 6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
> 7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
> 8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), Switzerland
> 9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
> 10. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
> 11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> 12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> 13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> 14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
> 15. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de 
> l'Homme), Worldwide
> 16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of 
> Human Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> 17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International 
> University of Japan), Japan
> 18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
> 19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
> 20. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> 21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange), Worldwide
> 22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> 23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> 24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
> 25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> 26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
> 27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
> 28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> 29. Ouvaton, France
> 30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> 31. PEN Club, Worldwide
> 32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
> 33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
> 34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> 35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
> 36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
> 37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide
> 
> In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not 
> listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual 
> capacity):
> 
> 1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
> 2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
> 3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
> 4. Avri Doria, Sweden
> 5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> 6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
> 7. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> 8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
> 9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
> 10. Francis Muguet, France
> 11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> 12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
> 13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Sat Oct 15 13:36:56 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sommet de Bilbao/Bilbao Summit : Inscription/Registration
In-Reply-To: <1129373803.4350e06bae030@courrier.refer.sn>
Message-ID: <20051015123656.48320.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Salut ? tous,

Vous trouverez ci-joint mon inscription pour Bilbao

--- jsarr@refer.sn a ?crit :

> Chers tous,
> Dear all,
> 
> Sommet de Bilbao / Dernier d?lai d'inscription :
> Vendredi 21 octobre 2005 ? 12H
> Bilbao Summit / Deadline for registration: Friday 21
> October 2005
> 
>
http://www.it4all-bilbao.org/registration/inscripcion
> 
> Salutations cordiales.
> Greetings
> 
> Joseph SARR
> Coordination Africaine du Sommet
> African Coordination of Summit
> 

 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com




	

	
		
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From jam at jacquelinemorris.com  Fri Oct 14 21:56:14 2005
From: jam at jacquelinemorris.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far
In-Reply-To: <4862961.1129320879504.JavaMail.www@wwinf1402>
References: <4862961.1129320879504.JavaMail.www@wwinf1402>
Message-ID: <131293a20510141356v40e9123pf8427e032219f554@mail.gmail.com>

Please add the WSIS Gender Caucus to the list of supporters.
Thanks
Jacqueline A. Morris

On 10/14/05, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> Please add CSDPTT to your list for supporting Shirin Ebadi as CS speaker
> at the Tunis Summit
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> president CSDPTT
>
>
>
>
> > Message du 14/10/05 14:37
> > De : "Meryem Marzouki"
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
> so far
> >
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
> of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
> > other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
> > forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
> > supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
> > following days.
> > I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
> > people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
> > WSIS in their individual capacity.
> >
> > Thank you all for your support,
> > Best regards,
> > Meryem Marzouki
> > HR caucu co-chair
> > =================
> >
> > Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
> > List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time
> >
> > WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> > - Community Media Working Group
> > - Human Rights Caucus
> > - Internet Governance Caucus
> > - Media Caucus
> > - West-Asia Family
> >
> > NGO and Coalitions:
> > - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
> > - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> > - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
> > Worldwide
> > - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
> > - Article 19, Worldwide
> > - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
> > Switzerland
> > - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
> > - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> > - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> > - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> > - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
> > - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
> > Worldwide
> > - Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
> > Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> > - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
> > - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> > - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> > - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> > - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> > - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> > - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
> > - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> > - Ouvaton, France
> > - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> > - PEN Club, Worldwide
> > - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> > - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
> > - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
> >
> > In their individual capacity:
> >
> > - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> > - Avri Doria, Sweden
> > - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> > - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> > - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> > - Francis Muguet, France
> > - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> > - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> > - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> >
>
>


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From klohento at panos-ao.org  Sat Oct 15 14:20:10 2005
From: klohento at panos-ao.org (klohento@panos-ao.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <20051015114256.3871830E7E5@ws7-1a.us4.outblaze.com>
References: <20051015114256.3871830E7E5@ws7-1a.us4.outblaze.com>
Message-ID: <4351020A.405@panos-ao.org>

Dear Meryem, 

Ajoute mon nom s'il te plait, in individual capacity

Ken Lohento, B?nin

---
richard jordan a ?crit :

>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Meryem, I sent a message, but perhaps it did not get through -- please add in individual capacity, Richard Jordan USA. Thanks, Richard
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
>Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:25:55 +0200
>
>  
>
>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the 
>>entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended 
>>for specific people]
>>
>>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
>>translation of this message!
>>_______________________________________
>>
>>[Fran?ais ci-dessous]
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and 
>>Karklins, and since many supports are still being sent to me while 
>>we are now on the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to 
>>Shirin Ebadi nomination only on Sunday evening, so that it can be 
>>received and read on Monday morning. This list of supports will 
>>also be forwarded to government delegations, in addition to the 
>>direct lobbying being made by many of us.
>>
>>So please keep sending any support to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) and 
>>to the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time 
>>(17:00 GMT/UTC).
>>
>>Below the list of supports received as for now.
>>
>>Many thanks and best regards,
>>Meryem Marzouki
>>HR caucus co-chair
>>==================
>>Chers tous,
>>
>>Pour minimiser les envois ? MM. Ustumi et Karklins, et sachant que 
>>plusieurs soutiens sont en cours de r?ception alors m?me que nous 
>>sommes le week-end, je n'enverrai la liste de soutiens ? la 
>>candidature de Shirin Ebadi que dimanche soir, de sorte qu'elle 
>>puisse et re?ue et lue lundi matin. La liste des soutiens sera 
>>?galement transmise aux d?l?gations gouvernementales, en plus du 
>>lobbying direct en cours de la part de plusieurs d'entre nous.
>>
>>Donc veulliez continuer ? m'adresser (marzouki@ras.eu.org), ainsi 
>>qu'? la liste pl?ni?re, tous les soutiens, jusqu'? dimanche 16 
>>octobre 19h00 heure de Paris (17h00 GMT/UTC).
>>
>>Ci-dessous la liste des soutiens re?us ? l'heure o? j'envoie ce message.
>>
>>Merci et bien cordialement,
>>Meryem Marzouki
>>Co-responsable du caucus DDH
>>
>>==================
>>Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
>>Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
>>List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT
>>
>>
>>WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
>>1. Community Media Working Group
>>2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
>>3. Gender Caucus
>>4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
>>5. Human Rights Caucus
>>6. Internet Governance Caucus
>>7. Media Caucus
>>8. North American & European Family
>>9. West-Asia Family
>>10. Youth Caucus
>>
>>CS Organizations and Coalitions:
>>1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
>>2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
>>3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), Worldwide
>>4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
>>5. Article 19, Worldwide
>>6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
>>7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
>>8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), Switzerland
>>9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
>>10. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
>>11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
>>12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
>>13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
>>14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
>>15. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de 
>>l'Homme), Worldwide
>>16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of 
>>Human Rights Defenders), Worldwide
>>17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International 
>>University of Japan), Japan
>>18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
>>19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
>>20. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
>>21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange), Worldwide
>>22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
>>23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
>>24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
>>25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
>>26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
>>27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
>>28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
>>29. Ouvaton, France
>>30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
>>31. PEN Club, Worldwide
>>32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
>>33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
>>34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
>>35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
>>36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
>>37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide
>>
>>In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not 
>>listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual 
>>capacity):
>>
>>1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
>>2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
>>3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
>>4. Avri Doria, Sweden
>>5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
>>6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
>>7. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
>>8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
>>9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
>>10. Francis Muguet, France
>>11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
>>12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
>>13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Plenary mailing list
>>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>    
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
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>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>  
>

From njenga at apc.org  Sat Oct 15 14:55:12 2005
From: njenga at apc.org (Emmanuel Njenga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far]
Message-ID: <43510A40.6000002@apc.org>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS
Supports so far
Date: 	Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:58:30 +0200 (CEST)
From: 	Olivier Nana Nz?pa <anais_ac@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: 	africa@wsis-cs.org
To: 	africa@wsis-cs.org



Dear Emma!
Count ACSIS.
Olivier


*/Emmanuel Njenga <njenga@apc.org>/* a ?crit :

     FYI,

     please all send your support for CS speakers at the Tunis Summit.

     Regards,

     Njenga

     _______________________________________

     Dear all,

     Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
     other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
     forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
     supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
     following days.
     I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
     people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
     WSIS in their individual capacity.

     Thank you all for your support,
     Best regards,
     Meryem Marzouki
     HR caucu co-chair
     =================

     Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
     List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2 005, 15:00 Paris time

     WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
     - Community Media Working Group
     - Human Rights Caucus
     - Internet Governance Caucus
     - Media Caucus
     - West-Asia Family

     NGO and Coalitions:
     - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
     - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
     - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
     Worldwide
     - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
     - Article 19, Worldwide
     - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
     Switzerland
     - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
     - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
     - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
     - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
     - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
     - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
     Worldwide
     - Front Line (Internation al Foundation for the Protection of Human
     Rights Defenders), Worldwide
     - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
     - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
     - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
     - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
     - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
     - Norwegian PEN, Norway
     - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
     - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
     - Ouvaton, France
     - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
     - PEN Club, Worldwide
     - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
     - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
     - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark

     In their individual capacity:

     - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
     - Avri Doria, Sweden
     - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
     - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
     - Lee W. McKnight, USA
     - Francis Muguet, France
     - Tracey Naugh ton, South Africa
     - Claudia Padovani, Italy
     - Joseph Sarr, Senegal

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




     --
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
     Africa Policy Monitor Project
     Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
     Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
     Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

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Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From njenga at apc.org  Sat Oct 15 14:56:06 2005
From: njenga at apc.org (Emmanuel Njenga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far]
Message-ID: <43510A76.3060902@apc.org>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS
Supports so far
Date: 	Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:33:46 +0200 (CEST)
From: 	NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: 	africa@wsis-cs.org
To: 	africa@wsis-cs.org



*/Hi Emmanuel;/*
*//*
*/ Delphine NANA, CEFEPROD/ECOSOC/*
*//*
*/Best Regards
/*
*/Emmanuel Njenga <njenga@apc.org>/* a ?crit :

     FYI,

     please all send your support for CS speakers at the Tunis Summit.

     Regards,

     Njenga

     _______________________________________

     Dear all,

     Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
     other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
     forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
     supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
     following days.
     I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
     people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
     WSIS in their individual capacity.

     Thank you all for your support,
     Best regards,
     Meryem Marzouki
     HR caucu co-chair
     =================

     Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
     List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2 005, 15:00 Paris time

     WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
     - Community Media Working Group
     - Human Rights Caucus
     - Internet Governance Caucus
     - Media Caucus
     - West-Asia Family

     NGO and Coalitions:
     - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
     - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
     - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
     Worldwide
     - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
     - Article 19, Worldwide
     - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
     Switzerland
     - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
     - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
     - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
     - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
     - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
     - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
     Worldwide
     - Front Line (Internation al Foundation for the Protection of Human
     Rights Defenders), Worldwide
     - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
     - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
     - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
     - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
     - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
     - Norwegian PEN, Norway
     - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
     - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
     - Ouvaton, France
     - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
     - PEN Club, Worldwide
     - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
     - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
     - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark

     In their individual capacity:

     - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
     - Avri Doria, Sweden
     - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
     - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
     - Lee W. McKnight, USA
     - Francis Muguet, France
     - Tracey Naugh ton, South Africa
     - Claudia Padovani, Italy
     - Joseph Sarr, Senegal

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




     --
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
     Africa Policy Monitor Project
     Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
     Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
     Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

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Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From njenga at apc.org  Sat Oct 15 14:56:44 2005
From: njenga at apc.org (Emmanuel Njenga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far]
Message-ID: <43510A9C.2000206@apc.org>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS 
Supports so far
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:50:51 +0200
From: Village Suisse ONG <ong@ip-worldcom.ch>
Reply-To: africa@wsis-cs.org
To: africa@wsis-cs.org
References: <20051014203346.90432.qmail@web26006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


Hi Emmanuel,
Count Adalbert Nouga,
Village Suisse ONG, Gen?ve
Best regards








On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:33:46 +0200 (CEST)
  NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi Emmanuel;
> 
> Delphine NANA, CEFEPROD/ECOSOC
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Emmanuel Njenga <njenga@apc.org> a ?crit :
>FYI,
> 
> please all send your support for CS speakers at the 
>Tunis Summit.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Njenga
> 
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please 
>send me any
> other support, or any correction you may have on the 
>list below. I'll
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this 
>evening. More
> supports received after this evening could be forwarded 
>in the
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of 
>individuals, only for
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are 
>participating in
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
> 
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
> 
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human 
>Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris 
>time
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
> 
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du 
>Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs 
>Communautaires),
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), 
>Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information 
>Society),
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social 
>Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers 
>International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits 
>de l'Homme),
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the 
>Protection of Human
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), 
>Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), 
>Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), 
>Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
> 
> In their individual capacity:
> 
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
> Africa Policy Monitor Project
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
> Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sat Oct 15 15:04:01 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
In-Reply-To: <74CB3A0A-3CAF-11DA-9A00-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCGENOKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Meryem,

The Health and ICT Working Group endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as
opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the
list.  You also have my name as an individual supporter.

Because of the short timeline not sure if can get finalization from the
other groups I represent.  However, if there is additional time please let
us know.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
WSIS Health and ICT WG Coordinator
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN






From beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar  Sat Oct 15 15:18:26 2005
From: beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar (Beatriz Busaniche)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable
	and high level panel]
Message-ID: <1129385906.8921.59.camel@localhost>

El jue, 13-10-2005 a las 09:37 -0400, Robert Guerra escribi?:
[...]

> - Stallman was immediately identified as a possible speaker. Many  
> spoke highly of him and recalled he speaks at many high level events  
> all the time. Others, HOWEVER did not share the opinion.  The lack of  
> consensus on him was raised - and at the time, no comments were sent.  
> As such, he was removed. Again - no comments at the time.

Robert

Could you please tell us, where were these comments solicited, by whom,
and from whom?

Regards
Beatriz




From njenga at apc.org  Sat Oct 15 14:53:24 2005
From: njenga at apc.org (Emmanuel Njenga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far]
Message-ID: <435109D4.6000106@apc.org>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS 
Supports so far
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:23:41 +0200 (CEST)
From: ABDEL Rabia <rabiabdel@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: africa@wsis-cs.org
To: africa@wsis-cs.org


Dear all
Dear Myriam

Add my support to Shirin Ebadi nomination

Rabia ADELKRIM_CHIKH ,FAMES: (Forum des Femmes
Africaines pour un Monde de l'Economie
Solidaire),Senegal


--- Olivier Nana Nz?pa <anais_ac@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :

> Dear Emma!
> Count ACSIS.
> Olivier
> 
> 
> Emmanuel Njenga <njenga@apc.org> a ?crit :
> FYI,
> 
> please all send your support for CS speakers at the
> Tunis Summit.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Njenga
> 
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is the list of supports I received so far.
> Please send me any
> other support, or any correction you may have on the
> list below. I'll
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this
> evening. More
> supports received after this evening could be
> forwarded in the
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of
> individuals, only for
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are
> participating in
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
> 
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
> 
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human
> Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00
> Paris time
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
> 
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du
> Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
> Communautaires),
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications),
> Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the
> Information Society),
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social
> Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons),
> Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers
> International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des
> Droits de l'Homme),
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the
> Protection of Human
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University
> Women), Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire),
> France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme),
> Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture),
> Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of
> Venezuela), Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
> 
> In their individual capacity:
> 
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
> Africa Policy Monitor Project
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
> Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Africa mailing list
> Africa@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/africa
> 
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From bea at vialibre.org.ar  Sat Oct 15 15:17:03 2005
From: bea at vialibre.org.ar (Beatriz Busaniche)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for
	opening, roundtable and high level panel
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El jue, 13-10-2005 a las 09:37 -0400, Robert Guerra escribi?:
[...]

> - Stallman was immediately identified as a possible speaker. Many  
> spoke highly of him and recalled he speaks at many high level events  
> all the time. Others, HOWEVER did not share the opinion.  The lack of  
> consensus on him was raised - and at the time, no comments were sent.  
> As such, he was removed. Again - no comments at the time.

Robert

Could you please tell us, where were these comments solicited, by whom,
and from whom?

Regards
Beatriz

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From ronda.netizen at gmail.com  Sat Oct 15 16:19:38 2005
From: ronda.netizen at gmail.com (Ronda)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: Significant problems of WSIS - Was: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] themes and speakers
Message-ID: <ecb9aa080510150819x2926c3fka7b47fc8606bda72@mail.gmail.com>

I just want to add to the discussion over the substance and
individuals to give talks at WSIS.

It seems the issue of who speaks is substituted for
"what are the critical issues of the WSIS and how to help to clarify
and shed light on these issues."

It has been disappointing that instead of substantitive discussion of
the critical issues, like the principles needed for an appropriate
management model for the Internet's infrastructure, there seem to be
mainly organizational issues discussed of who or when etc.

The Internet makes it possible to have substantial discussions so the
salient issues can be determined of a problem. I don't know if such
online discussion is happening anywhere that is part of the WSIS
process.

However, it is a serious weakness that it hasn't seemed to be happening.

If there were serious discussion of substantial issues like the issue
of how to create an appropriate management structure for the
Internet's infrastructure (names, numbers, protocols etc), then there
would be the basis to have a substantial talk to contribute to the
WSIS process.

I tried to raise some of the issues in a recent article I wrote about WSIS
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=251118&rel_no=1

best wishes

Ronda



On 10/13/05, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
>
>
> Dear all
>
> (second message, since I experience some trouble with my mailing system)
>
>
> Sorry to disagree with Bertrand's key themes proposals : for me and for a
> lot of organizations participating to the WSIS process, the DIGITAL DIVIDE
> (even if this buzzword isn't reflecting the actual and much broader issues
> that DCs are facing) has to be put at our highest priority. As all those
> involved in the field (grassroot organizations) and in the domain (cs
> organizations and professionals from the sector) know, this issue to be
> adressed needs not a segmented approach -such as Bertrand's - but a real
> holostic one, where financing is a kind of focal point.
>
> Furthermore and once again, I repeat what I stated (as far as Tracey allowed
> me to) during our plenaries at Geneva : CS doesn't need only speakers (we
> have some ones in the CS working groups as everybody could experience) : we
> need themes addressing the very issues on stake. And we do need to know HOW
> these themes are addressed ! At least an abstract of the statements and
> backgrounds for RT discussions are to be presented by all "CS
> speaking/participating candidates". At least if they want to speak on behalf
> of CS committed in the WSIS process. Otherwise they only express their own
> views which -apart from themselves- don't interest many people, and they
> waste OUR few and precious time slots.
>
> Best
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> CSDPTT - France
>
>
>
> > Message du 05/10/05 13:20
> > De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle"
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? :
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Plenary speakers in Tunis : why not focus on the
> themes ?
> >
> >
> Dear all,
>
> We knew this designation problem would happen and we are on the verge of
> being trapped into it. We must at all costs avoid getting further into an
> divisive discussion among ourselves, based on a sort of supreme right of
> each caucus to have a speaking slot. This cannot happen and we know it.
>
> So, how can we move forward ? (I only address here the question of Plenary
> Speakers - the question of the opening slot is a completely different
> matter)
>
> There are three key elements/objectives to keep in mind :
> - civil society should be recognized the right to designate who speaks on
> behalf of civil society in Tunis : this means it should demonstrate it can
> make such choices (otherwise, we'll be back to the Geneva situation and lose
> a critical opportunity)
> - civil society wants some key messages to be heard by governments and must
> be clear about what they are (ie : we should structure and prioritize them)
> - civil society wants to put in practice as much as possible gender,
> geographic and competence balance in its representation
>
> If I am not mistaken, the process we put in place during PrepCom3 led to the
> designation of 22 plenary speakers. But, even in the best case scenario,
> according to the documents circulated at the begining of the process, there
> will be a maximum of 14 or 15 civil society plenary speakers. And the
> executive secretariat will necessarily want to put a few people of its own.
> This means we need to shorten the list even further. So, at best, we will
> get 10 slots in the end. If civil society wants to be able to claim it chose
> its speakers and not leave it to the secretariat as last time, the best
> solution would be to :
> - ask for 10 slots we will allocate ourselves without interference from the
> Secretariat (establishing CS right to designate people who will speak on its
> behalf)
> - choose ten key themes we want to put forward at the Summit (and define
> them collectively)
> - select (ideally within the present list of nominees established by the
> selection Committte), a group of ten speakers able to carry these themes,
> respecting gender and geographical balance
>
> What could be the main priority messages for the Summit ? I propose we start
> with the following list of 10 themes and try to refine it further (themes
> are in no particular order) :


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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 15 16:36:28 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: Significant problems of WSIS - Was: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] themes and speakers
In-Reply-To: <ecb9aa080510150819x2926c3fka7b47fc8606bda72@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ecb9aa080510150819x2926c3fka7b47fc8606bda72@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2509D5F0-9844-452F-A8F5-0A75C16E5DEF@lists.privaterra.org>

Ronda:

Though in "theory"  this list is just for that  - well, it is not how  
things have worked out.


A real discussion on "substance" has though, taken place on some of  
the caucus and working group lists. A case in point is the internet  
governance caucus . I would high recommend that you join it, that is,  
if you are keen on the topic.

regards,

Robert

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Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 15-Oct-05, at 11:19 AM, Ronda wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> I just want to add to the discussion over the substance and
> individuals to give talks at WSIS.


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 15 18:07:02 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Satellite imagery of Tunis
Message-ID: <39AC170D-F972-4B69-AFFC-A35B74570D2A@lists.privaterra.org>

For those of you wondering where things might be in Tunis....here's  
the google maps URL that points you to the satellite image for Tunis :)


<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=tunis,+tunisia&t=k&hl=en>



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WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From ronda.netizen at gmail.com  Sat Oct 15 18:08:00 2005
From: ronda.netizen at gmail.com (Ronda)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: Significant problems of WSIS - Was: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] themes and speakers
In-Reply-To: <2509D5F0-9844-452F-A8F5-0A75C16E5DEF@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <ecb9aa080510150819x2926c3fka7b47fc8606bda72@mail.gmail.com>
	 <2509D5F0-9844-452F-A8F5-0A75C16E5DEF@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <ecb9aa080510151008p81901devc6cb8402305b6cf7@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks Robert for your response.

On 10/15/05, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
> Ronda:
>
> Though in "theory"  this list is just for that  - well, it is not how
> things have worked out.
>
>
> A real discussion on "substance" has though, taken place on some of
> the caucus and working group lists.

It's good to hear that there has been some serious discussion on 'substance'
on some of the mailing lists.

> A case in point is the internet
> governance caucus . I would high recommend that you join it, that is,
> if you are keen on the topic.
>

I have been on the Internet governance caucus. I have tried to follow the
discussion as best as possible though at times it is a bit overwhelming.

I haven't found it encouraging of the needed serious discussion of the
underlying issues as it has been concerned with creating statements
for those who are able to attend the Prepcom meetings, planning
strategy etc.

Also the effort there seems to be how to fix the current situation,
rather than how to figure out what is needed.

Hopefully some way will be found to have the kind of serious online
discussion that the Internet makes possible.

> regards,
>
> Robert
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>

Ronda
>
>
>
>
> On 15-Oct-05, at 11:19 AM, Ronda wrote:
>

> > _______________________________________
> >
> > I just want to add to the discussion over the substance and
> > individuals to give talks at WSIS.
>
>

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 15 21:06:34 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?La_Tunisie_=E0_pied_d'oeuvre_pour_accueillir_le_S?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?msi?=
Message-ID: <A8BA9348-E265-418E-B490-A986FDF00D89@lists.privaterra.org>

http://www.infotunisie.com/2005/10/141005-8.html

La Tunisie ? pied d'oeuvre pour accueillir le Smsi

La pr?paration mat?rielle et logistique de la seconde phase du Sommet  
mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (Smsi) que la Tunisie  
abritera, du 16 au 18 novembre 2005, avance ? un rythme soutenu, a  
affirm?, vendredi,au palais des expositions du Kram (Palexpo), M.  
Habib Ammar,pr?sident du Comit? permanent charg? de la pr?paration  
mat?rielle et organisationnelle de la seconde phase du Sommet mondial  
sur la soci?t? de l'information (Comsi).

M.Habib Ammar, qui s'adressait ? la presse au cours d'une r?union  
d'information, a expliqu? que les pr?paratifs du sommet de Tunis  
seront achev?s, le 31 de ce mois et que conform?ment ? l'accord de  
si?ge, conclu, le 23 septembre dernier, entre la Tunisie et  
l'organisation onusienne, l'Union internationale des  
t?l?communications (Uit), le p?rim?tre du sommet, au sein de Palexpo,  
sera place sous l'autorit? du secr?taire g?n?ral de l'Uit, ce qui  
signifie que la gestion et la s?curit? du sommetseront du ressort  
exclusif de l'organisme onusien.

Ce sommet auquel prendront part 50 chefs d'Etat dont une trentaine  
ont confirm? leur participation et 17.000 participants (officiels,  
observateurs et exposants) repr?sentant les gouvernements, la soci?t?  
civile, le secteur priv? et les organisations internationales,  
comportera 289 manifestations qui seront organis?es dans 23 salles  
?quip?es de logistique informatique et multim?dia conform?ment aux  
normes internationales.

Plaexpo est compartimente en plusieurs espaces dont une salle pour  
les pl?ni?res d'une capacit? de 3000 places, des espaces pour tr?s  
hautes personnalistes, un espace officiel et pour les ?v?nements  
parall?les, un centre m?dias pouvant accueillir 2000 journalistes et  
un grand cyber-espace.

Une plateforme-exposition, am?nag?e sous forme d'une tente g?ante,  
occupera un espace de 8300 m?tres carres destines ? abriter des  
stands de multinationales et des contacts d'affaires entre  
entreprises Tunisiennes et groupes ?trangers.

M.Habib Ammar a d?clar? que le ''CoSmsi'' a promu, jusqu'? ce jour,  
cette exposition aupr?s de 64 pays, relevant que 144 stands et  
pavillons ont ?t? lou?s ? 250 exposants, dont des multinationales de  
grande renomm?e dans le domaine des t?l?communications telles  
qu'Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Alcatel, Samsung, outre de grandes  
soci?t?s asiatiques.

Le pr?sident du CoSmsi a fait remarquer que toutes les dispositions  
ont ?t? prises afin de garantir un bon d?roulement du Smsi.
Le Palexpo sera dot? d'une infrastructure de communication et  
informatique moderne et performante permettant d'offrir des services  
fiables de t?l?phonie et informatique, de sonorisation, de r?seau  
externe et d'acc?s ? l'Internet haut d?bit (Adsl, fibres optiques..).

Les travaux d'embellissement de l'environnement ext?rieur de Plaexpo  
vont ?galement bon train.
Dans ce contexte un monument comm?moratif du Smsi sur le th?me de la  
fracture num?rique sera ?rig? et une fontaine cybern?tique de 50  
m?tres de long et de

20 m?tres de hauteur sera am?nag?e pour faciliter l'affichage de  
messages et de photos.

Un espace pour l'inscription et la remise de badges aux participants  
a ?t? am?nag? ? proximit? de l'A?roport de Tunis-Carthage (au sein de  
l'a?rogare des p?lerins).

Les espaces, h?tels et autres commodit?s concern?s par le sommet  
seront desservis par un syst?me de navettes gratuit et afin de  
faciliter le s?jour des participants une cinquantaine d'h?tels situ?s  
dans la r?gion de Tunis-centre, Tunis-nord ainsi qu'? Yasmine- 
Hammamet ont ?t? s?lectionn?s.

Une assistance m?dicale gratuite sera ?galement assur?e au profit des  
participants.



--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374



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From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit CS Media guidelines for comment
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Dear all,

I have received the guidelines for press events, and proposed  
operations plan for civil society media liaison from Francine Lambert  
at the ITU. Here they are for comment.

Tracey Naughton

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15 October 2005 8:26:19 PM:

Dear Tracey,

Many thanks for your response. The function of the person is called  
"Media Relations Officer". This is important because the Media  
Relations Officer has special access rights and privileges on behalf  
of a group. Let me confirm how I see things:
the generally agreed code of conduct for journalists as well as the  
standard UN rules should be what guide civil society in what they can  
do, say and raise. Essentially this means that the purpose of the  
press event should be relevant to the Summit?s agenda and objectives,  
should be consistent with the principles found in the Declaration of  
Principles of the first phase of the Summit, not contain material  
which the authors know or could reasonably be expected to know is  
false, or for which they have failed to take reasonable steps to  
check the accuracy of their information. While it is understood that  
all accredited entities have the right to circulate viewpoints,  
critical comments cannot be defamatory.  They should present comment  
honestly and fairly and must make facts and opinions clearly  
distinguishable, should not misrepresent or suppress relevant facts  
and should not distort facts. What this means in practice will be a  
judgement call from the Media Relations Officer.
Civil society press conferences in the Media Centre can either be one  
slot of 45 minutes or two slots of 20 minutes daily. If two slots are  
chosen, they should be back-to-back but the entity, speakers and  
topics can be different. The Media Relations Officer books the press  
events directly through the Web after consultation with his/her  
constituencies to decide who/what.
The way that meetings with the press are organized in the Civil  
Society Pavilion (what Sanjay called open area but in fact it is  
closed) is up to you, provided the agreed guidelines are also adhered  
to. I think there is one maybe two meeting rooms in your Pavilion  
which could also be used for press meetings. Please check the layout  
of your Pavilion to find out how you may wish to organize.
For distribution of material in the Media Centre, we will provide the  
Media Relations Officer with 20 Media Centre Overpasses. These will  
be managed by the Media Relations Officer. As they are not  
nominative, they can be used by various people as the Media Relations  
Officer sees fit. These Overpasses give access to all areas of the  
Media Centre except the Working Press Room which is exclusively  
accessible by accredited media. These Overpasses can be used to  
access the press conference rooms, distribute documents to the media  
via the Documentation Service, meet journalists, etc.
The Media Relations Officer is also responsible for ensuring that CS  
documentation is compliant with the Document distribution policy.  
This policy, applicable to all WSIS paraticipants, will be on the web  
this week. We'll send you the link as soon as it is posted. The link  
will also be included in the E-Flash going out this week. So it will  
be known by all well ahead of the Summit. It should be stressed that  
the purpose of this policy is to ensure that all documents that meet  
the usual requirements for distribution at UN meetings and summits  
will remain available in the various areas foreseen for distribution.  
In Geneva, documents were vanishing from the distribution points for  
reasons unrelated to availability of stocks and we want to make sure,  
as far as we possibly can, that this does not happen in Tunis. While  
some civil society might perceive this policy as a way to curtail  
their freedom of expression, it should be made very clear to them  
that this is, in fact, in their best interest. It will also send a  
signal to delegations that as long as documents are consistent with  
the policy, political pressure will not prevail.
Based on the feedback from the person who was doing this work in  
2003, this is a full time job. I would therefore be cautious about  
your doing too many things at a time. If necessary, you act as the  
Media Relations Officer and delegate your authority to someone else  
who would act on your behalf. But this means you should have full  
confidence in that person as officially, it would be you.  
Alternatively, you could find a Media Relations Officer to whom you  
would provide support, guidance etc based on your time availability  
or whenever delicate situations arise.
On your second point, the matter at PrepCom-3 was different because  
the Press Conference was booked by ITU and was considered by the UN  
Information Service as an ITU-sponsored event and announced as such  
to media. In Tunisia however, the Media Relations Office book press  
events and take responsibility. That said, making WSIS a Summit on  
Tunisia instead of in Tunisia is in my view missing the point. Do you  
really believe that negative media coverage (no matter how much) will  
have any serious impact on the situation of human rights in Tunisia?  
On the other hand, the media would be focusing on this single issue  
and would disregard the rest of what WSIS is trying to achieve. To me  
it would be losing on a unique opportunity to get ICT for development  
at the top of the world's public agenda (the main purpose of the  
second phase) and therefore deprive millions of men and women of the  
hope that their living condition can improve. But again, this is up  
to the collective wisdom of Civil Society. I believe that the Media  
Caucus should defend the freedom of expression all over the world and  
not only in Tunisia.

Hope I have answered all of your questions. Let me know if you need  
anything else. Time is running as no press activities can be  
undertaken by civil society until the Media Relations Officer is in  
place to coordinate and interface with the Media Service.


Tracey Naughton
Communication for Development Consultant
(to November 9th)
Pact Mongolia Office
Peace Avenue 24
Ulaan Bataar
Mongolia
Tel:                   +976 11 46 09 01
Mobile:             +976 9989 6965
Fax:                  +976 11 46 10 48
Skype: tracey_naughton
Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com




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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 15 21:35:28 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit CS Media guidelines for comment
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Tracey:

If someone in CS is to perform this role, I would agree it would be  
almost 100% full time. Thus, if they are involved in this - it is  
likely they won't be able to enjoy and/or participate in the summit  
as a whole. To complicate things, with no funding it will a difficult  
challenge.


If you weren't doing anything else at the summit, then i'd say - yes   
you'd be a good person, but i think you'll be busy ... Thus, either  
you get one person to do this full time, or have a team of some sort  
do it. My opinion is that a "team" approach would be best. That way,  
the task isn't too burdensome for one specific person.

Having heard Francine's comments, my recommendation would be to have  
either Philippe or Alejandra from CONGO@WSIS be involved. Funding has  
been obtained for them to organize/co-ordinate civil society @ WSIS,  
and as such - nothing more important than this press role.

How the CS press team could work, and who would be the designated  
"media relations officer" - well, is the tricky question. It's a big  
responsibility, one with in fact much power...So, the choice has to  
be a neutral one  - the reason i'm suggesting philippe and/or  
Alejandra..

As for the a comment on the last paragraph , that of WSIS in Tunisia,  
or a summit on Tunisia...well, it all depends on the host country.  
For some time the choice has been clear, be true to the Geneva   
principles of  freedom of expression and movement  and Human Rights.  
If not, the consequences are clear - the media focus will be on  
bridging not the digital divide, but the human rights divide that  
exists....I will say no more...



regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 15-Oct-05, at 4:11 PM, Tracey Naughton wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I have received the guidelines for press events, and proposed  
> operations plan for civil society media liaison from Francine  
> Lambert at the ITU. Here they are for comment.
>
> Tracey Naughton
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 15 October 2005 8:26:19 PM:
>
> Dear Tracey,
>
> Many thanks for your response. The function of the person is called  
> "Media Relations Officer". This is important because the Media  
> Relations Officer has special access rights and privileges on  
> behalf of a group. Let me confirm how I see things:
> the generally agreed code of conduct for journalists as well as the  
> standard UN rules should be what guide civil society in what they  
> can do, say and raise. Essentially this means that the purpose of  
> the press event should be relevant to the Summit?s agenda and  
> objectives, should be consistent with the principles found in the  
> Declaration of Principles of the first phase of the Summit, not  
> contain material which the authors know or could reasonably be  
> expected to know is false, or for which they have failed to take  
> reasonable steps to check the accuracy of their information. While  
> it is understood that all accredited entities have the right to  
> circulate viewpoints, critical comments cannot be defamatory.  They  
> should present comment honestly and fairly and must make facts and  
> opinions clearly distinguishable, should not misrepresent or  
> suppress relevant facts and should not distort facts. What this  
> means in practice will be a judgement call from the Media Relations  
> Officer.
> Civil society press conferences in the Media Centre can either be  
> one slot of 45 minutes or two slots of 20 minutes daily. If two  
> slots are chosen, they should be back-to-back but the entity,  
> speakers and topics can be different. The Media Relations Officer  
> books the press events directly through the Web after consultation  
> with his/her constituencies to decide who/what.
> The way that meetings with the press are organized in the Civil  
> Society Pavilion (what Sanjay called open area but in fact it is  
> closed) is up to you, provided the agreed guidelines are also  
> adhered to. I think there is one maybe two meeting rooms in your  
> Pavilion which could also be used for press meetings. Please check  
> the layout of your Pavilion to find out how you may wish to organize.
> For distribution of material in the Media Centre, we will provide  
> the Media Relations Officer with 20 Media Centre Overpasses. These  
> will be managed by the Media Relations Officer. As they are not  
> nominative, they can be used by various people as the Media  
> Relations Officer sees fit. These Overpasses give access to all  
> areas of the Media Centre except the Working Press Room which is  
> exclusively accessible by accredited media. These Overpasses can be  
> used to access the press conference rooms, distribute documents to  
> the media via the Documentation Service, meet journalists, etc.
> The Media Relations Officer is also responsible for ensuring that  
> CS documentation is compliant with the Document distribution  
> policy. This policy, applicable to all WSIS paraticipants, will be  
> on the web this week. We'll send you the link as soon as it is  
> posted. The link will also be included in the E-Flash going out  
> this week. So it will be known by all well ahead of the Summit. It  
> should be stressed that the purpose of this policy is to ensure  
> that all documents that meet the usual requirements for  
> distribution at UN meetings and summits will remain available in  
> the various areas foreseen for distribution. In Geneva, documents  
> were vanishing from the distribution points for reasons unrelated  
> to availability of stocks and we want to make sure, as far as we  
> possibly can, that this does not happen in Tunis. While some civil  
> society might perceive this policy as a way to curtail their  
> freedom of expression, it should be made very clear to them that  
> this is, in fact, in their best interest. It will also send a  
> signal to delegations that as long as documents are consistent with  
> the policy, political pressure will not prevail.
> Based on the feedback from the person who was doing this work in  
> 2003, this is a full time job. I would therefore be cautious about  
> your doing too many things at a time. If necessary, you act as the  
> Media Relations Officer and delegate your authority to someone else  
> who would act on your behalf. But this means you should have full  
> confidence in that person as officially, it would be you.  
> Alternatively, you could find a Media Relations Officer to whom you  
> would provide support, guidance etc based on your time availability  
> or whenever delicate situations arise.
> On your second point, the matter at PrepCom-3 was different because  
> the Press Conference was booked by ITU and was considered by the UN  
> Information Service as an ITU-sponsored event and announced as such  
> to media. In Tunisia however, the Media Relations Office book press  
> events and take responsibility. That said, making WSIS a Summit on  
> Tunisia instead of in Tunisia is in my view missing the point. Do  
> you really believe that negative media coverage (no matter how  
> much) will have any serious impact on the situation of human rights  
> in Tunisia? On the other hand, the media would be focusing on this  
> single issue and would disregard the rest of what WSIS is trying to  
> achieve. To me it would be losing on a unique opportunity to get  
> ICT for development at the top of the world's public agenda (the  
> main purpose of the second phase) and therefore deprive millions of  
> men and women of the hope that their living condition can improve.  
> But again, this is up to the collective wisdom of Civil Society. I  
> believe that the Media Caucus should defend the freedom of  
> expression all over the world and not only in Tunisia.
>
> Hope I have answered all of your questions. Let me know if you need  
> anything else. Time is running as no press activities can be  
> undertaken by civil society until the Media Relations Officer is in  
> place to coordinate and interface with the Media Service.
>
>
> Tracey Naughton
> Communication for Development Consultant
> (to November 9th)
> Pact Mongolia Office
> Peace Avenue 24
> Ulaan Bataar
> Mongolia
> Tel:                   +976 11 46 09 01
> Mobile:             +976 9989 6965
> Fax:                  +976 11 46 10 48
> Skype: tracey_naughton
> Email: tracey@traceynaughton.com
>
>
>
>

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From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
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 MISE EN ?UVRE DU PLAN D?ACTION DU SMSI

 

 

                 Contribution du CENTRE FEMININ POUR LA PROMOTION DU DEVELOPPEMENT  (CEFEPROD) organisation dot?e du Statut Consultatif Sp?cial aupr?s du Conseil Economique et Social des Nations Unies (ECOSOC), Entit? accr?dit?e  au SMSI

 

                                            ACTIONS MENEES

 

1/-         Du 08 au 09 Juin 2005 : organisation d?un Colloque International  par le CEFEPROD/ECOSOC sur le th?me : les TIC pour le D?veloppement : les enjeux du Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l?Information (SMSI), sous le patronage du MINISTERE CAMEROUNAIS DES POSTES ET TELECOMMUNICATIONS  et de l?Ambassade de Tunisie au Cameroun, avec l'Appui de l'UNESCO.

 

     Objectifs du Colloque :      

        Faire la restitution de la 1?re phase du Sommet qui s?est tenue du 10 au 12 D?cembre 2003 ? Gen?ve et jeter les bases pour la pr?paration de la 2?me phase  qui aura lieu du 16 au 18 novembre 2005 ? Tunis,     

        promouvoir et vulgariser l'utilisation des TIC comme outils de d?veloppement et de r?duction de la pauvr?t?   

        Encourager un partenariat multiacteurs dans le domaine de la soci?t? de l'Information.


Site web du Colloque: http://cf.geocities.com/ccsmsi2005 

 

 

 2/ :  Appui ? la cr?ation du R?seau de la Soci?t? Civile Camerounaise pour  les TIC  (RESCATIC)  

 

Objectifs du R?seau : 

   promouvoir, vulgariser et d?velopper les TIC

   Appuyer  les actions men?es par les acteurs de la Soci?t? Civile intervenant dans le domaine de la soci?t? de l'information en g?n?ral

   promouvoir  les ?changes entre les acteurs par la cr?ation des outils 

   de communication

   Renforcer les capacit?s des membres du r?seau...................etc


 

   3/  Cr?ation d'un T?l?centre communautaire en faveur des Femmes et des jeunes ruraux.  avec l?appui de l?UIT 

 

Objectifs Globaux

 

   Promouvoir l?usage des TIC pour le d?veloppement dans les diff?rents secteurs de la soci?t? afin d?am?liorer les conditions de vie des femmes et des jeunes (filles et gar?ons)
   D?velopper des strat?gies qui permettront aux femmes de tirer profit au maximum de leurs ressources humaines et des TIC et utiliser les TIC comme outil de d?veloppement en milieu rural

 

Objectifs sp?cifiques du programme

 

   Cr?er un environnement favorable permettant aux femmes de participer activement au processus de d?veloppement et de renforcer leur r?le dans le domaine des TIC ;
   Faciliter un acc?s ais? et d?un co?t raisonnable aux services de base des t?l?communications et d?information en veillant ? ce que les avantages et des services des TIC b?n?ficient ? tous
   Am?liorer la situation socio ?conomique de base et le mode de vie de la population gr?ce ? l?acc?s ? l?information.



 PERSPECTIVES DU PROJET:

 

   p?r?nnit? des activit?s d'o? la consolidation des acquis
   l'extention des capacit?s d'accueil
   diversification des fili?res
   Recherche de Partenariat avec les institutions oeuvrant dans le domaine des TIC

   Autres initiatives .

 

Delphine NANA

Coordinatrice G?n?rale du CEFEPROD/ECOSOC

R?pr?sentante de la Famille Africaine au Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile du SMSI

 

 




		
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From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] media liaison guidelines non negotiable
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 From Francine Lambert, ITU:

15 October 2005 10:55:11 PM

I am afraid the guidelines are not subject to negotiations from any  
party. They have been drafted by a small group in the WSIS  
Secretariat based on consultations with other UN bodies and based on  
practices including the UN Commission on Human Rights and the  
Johannesburg Summit. They have now been approved by the Secretary- 
General of the Summit, hence their release next week. I would like to  
stress that these guidelines are applicable to ALL participants  
including governments. They do not require more from participants  
than the essential principles already given you. The rest of the  
guidelines are procedural: how to go about sending, getting the stamp  
of approval for distribution, where the documents can be distributed  
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From KovenRonald at aol.com  Sat Oct 15 22:50:55 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit CS Media guidelines for comment
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Dear Tracey --

Do what you like, but it seems to me this would turn you into some sort of 
media cop on behalf of the authorities. The job description calls upon you to 
tell people holding press conferences what they can or can't say -- not exactly 
facilitation of free speech. You'd have a hard time reconciling duties of the 
kind described with membership in Civil Society generally or the Media Caucus 
in particular.

The job description calls for a fulltimer, meaning you would have problems 
doing much else, in any case. It seems to me that that represents the perfect 
opening for you to back out, on grounds that you are going to the summit for 
other, time-consuming activities as well.

Best, Rony
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Sat Oct 15 23:07:40 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] media liaison guidelines non negotiable
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Tracey and Robert,

 

Below then seems to be very clear. I would give full support to Francine
Lambert's earlier suggestion: that you, Tracey, because of your much longer
experience, take final responsibility and delegate your authority to
Alejandra and Philippe, whenever needed.

 

Renata

 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Tracey Naughton
Sent: samedi, 15. octobre 2005 23:33
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] media liaison guidelines non negotiable

 

 

>From Francine Lambert, ITU:

 

15 October 2005 10:55:11 PM

 

I am afraid the guidelines are not subject to negotiations from any party.
They have been drafted by a small group in the WSIS Secretariat based on
consultations with other UN bodies and based on practices including the UN
Commission on Human Rights and the Johannesburg Summit. They have now been
approved by the Secretary-General of the Summit, hence their release next
week. I would like to stress that these guidelines are applicable to ALL
participants including governments. They do not require more from
participants than the essential principles already given you. The rest of
the guidelines are procedural: how to go about sending, getting the stamp of
approval for distribution, where the documents can be distributed etc.

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Oct 16 00:04:34 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpasses for Summit - Status ?
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Ok folks  - yet another logistical issue to remind you about before  
the end of the day (at least my day)...

The issue of "overpasses" was discussed at the recent prepcom 3 in  
Geneva. A policy, better said - a process and procedure  was developed.

If I recall correctly, each CS entity (caucus, working group, family,  
etc..) was supposed to nominate a person to be their "overpass" focal  
point. Said person would submit an overpass request, and then commit  
to distribute them to their caucuses. Well, is the procedure in  
theory....

In practice, I have serious reservations that it will work ... I say  
this from experience, as I was involved in the logistics of overpass  
distribution at the Geneva 03 summit....

Not wanting to leave things to the - very last minute - i'd like to  
ask for an update. Can the Phillippe & Alejandra give us an update on  
how many CS entities have in fact replied with the information  
requested.

thanks

regards,

Robert


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From Alex.Byrne at uts.edu.au  Sun Oct 16 00:25:27 2005
From: Alex.Byrne at uts.edu.au (Alex Byrne)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
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Dear Meryem

As President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), I can confirm IFLA's support for Dr Ebadi's nomination as a speaker at WSIS Tunis.

It is IFLA's view that civil society needs to articulate forcibly the paramount importance of respect for human rights - and particularly freedom of expression and of access to information, the need to respect and promote diversity in all of its forms and the urgency of redressing disadvantage.  We hope that all speakers will speak in concert as was done so effectively in WSIS Geneva.

With best wishes


Alex Byrne

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
> Behalf Of Meryem Marzouki
> Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2005 7:39 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Cc: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi is indeed available
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear Amir,
> 
> This is to confirm that Ms. Ebadi has finally managed to make herself
> available for the Tunis Summit, despite her busy agenda. We have got
> the news very late, that is the reason why I posted only yesterday the
> message and have sent yesterday also the letters to Mr Utsumi and to
> Amb. Karklins.
> The Human Rights caucus is in contact with her, through one of its
> members. Her participation is entirely confirmed.
> We would be happy to include the West-Asia Family in the list of CS
> entities proposing Ms. Ebadi as a speaker for WSIS opening.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Meryem
> 
> Le jeudi, 13 oct 2005, ? 10:49 Europe/Paris, west a ?crit :
> 
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> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> > translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > During the prepcom 3 , Ms. Ebadi was in Geneva and I met her and
> > actually requested her to be one of the main speakers, to be proposed
> > by our regional family. Unfortunately she is engaged in other
> > programmes and trips and she couldn't made it, I don't know did any of
> > you called her again or not or she have some changes in her plans. But
> > I could check again, anyway to my information she is not available.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Amir
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@veni.com>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Cc: <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 3:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] HR caucus proposes Shirin Ebadi to
> > speak at WSIS opening
> >
> >
> >> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> >> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
> >> specific people]
> >>
> >> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> >> translation of this message!
> >> _______________________________________
> >>
> >> Great news!
> >> Congratulations on this wonderful achievement!
> >>
> >> Internet Society of Bulgaria surely supports this nomination!
> >>
> >> veni
> >>
> >> At 13:51 12-10-05  +0200, you wrote:
> >>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> >>> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
> >>> specific people]
> >>>
> >>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> >>> translation of this message!
> >>> _______________________________________
> >>>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> Shirin Ebadi, 2003 peace Nobel prize winner, accepted the proposal
> >>> from WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to propose her as a speaker for
> >>> Summit opening. For the HR caucus, having Shirin Ebadi speaking
> >>> would be the strongest symbol that the information society should be
> >>> built on human rights and social justice foundations.
> >>>
> >>> The HR caucus has asked Shirin Ebadi if she would be willing to
> >>> speak after having seen the first list of proposed speakers
> >>> circulated on Sept. 30. (with Adama Samassekou and Renata Bloem
> >>> proposed as possible speakers for opening).
> >>>
> >>> Apparently, we are now compelled to propose Shirin Ebadi directly to
> >>> ITU, since the "selection committee" has already sent its list.
> >>>
> >>> We would be very pleased however to include support from other
> >>> caucuses and organizations to Shirin Ebadi proposal. You certainly
> >>> remember that Shirin Ebadi was considered by CS as a whole to speak
> >>> at the opening ceremony of the Geneva summit, but at that time, she
> >>> was not available because she was receiving her prize in Oslo.
> >>>
> >>> If you want to support this nomination, please sent a message to me
> >>> (marzouki@ras.eu.org) as soon as possible. Caucuses or individual
> >>> organizations are most welcome.
> >>>
> >>> More info at: http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2003/index.html
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Meryem Marzouki
> >>> HR caucus co-chair
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Sun Oct 16 08:09:12 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[WSIS_CS-Plenary]_La_Tunisie_=C3=A0_p?=
 =?UTF-8?Q?ied_d'oeuvre_pour_accueillir_le_Smsi?=
Message-ID: <20124636.1129446551997.JavaMail.www@wwinf1611>

Robert wrote :

La Tunisie ? pied d'oeuvre pour accueillir le Smsi


La pr?paration mat?rielle et logistique de la seconde phase du Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (Smsi) que la Tunisie abritera, du 16 au 18 novembre 2005, avance ? un rythme soutenu, a affirm?, vendredi,au palais des expositions du Kram (Palexpo), M. Habib Ammar,pr?sident du Comit? permanent charg? de la pr?paration mat?rielle et organisationnelle de la seconde phase du Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (Comsi).
> 
Une assistance m?dicale gratuite sera ?galement assur?e au profit des participants. 

Thanks to the tunesian gouvernement for providing this free medical service "on site" ; it could be useful especially when the local police, both the official and the so-called service d'ordre, visit civil society "side meetings" as it happend during the last PrepCom in Palais des Nations ! Don't forget : in Geneva the "service d'ordre" team played abroad and wasn't complete (so it was rather defensive), whereas Tunis Summt is a "home play" ... 

All the best
Jean-Louis Fullsack


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From: jam at jacquelinemorris.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel
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Not always, Conchita
Here we have parlimentarians who are elected and also others who are
selected by the President and the Government and the Opposition. (The
Upper and Lower House are both considered Parliament - so we have
Representatives who are elected and Senators who are selected) and
Senators are also Ministers in the Government.
Jacqueline

On 10/13/05, conchita poncini <conchita.poncini@bluewin.ch> wrote:
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>
> Just for the records, a parliamentarian is not part of a government but
> elected by the people.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rik Panganiban" <rikp@earthlink.net>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Wsis-pct] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for
> opening, roundtable and high level panel
>
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > As far as we have been informed, the WSIS Secretary General will not
> > forward a speaker from civil society if they are representing their
> > government.   This was the problem with the nomination of Adama
> > Samasekou coming from civil society, since he retains strong
> > association with the Malian government.
> >
> > Our process as it stands is for the selection committee to forward
> > the CVs and other relevant information to the WSIS Secretariat to
> > assist them in making the final determination as to who will be
> > forwarded to the President of the WSIS for final approval.  I presume
> > that if there are speakers on our list who are strongly associated
> > with their government, they will not be recommended by Mr. Utsumi.
> >
> > We will be sharing with the Plenary the full speaker's list, with CVs
> > and proposed topics as soon as possible.
> >
> > On the general point, I of course agree that our process has been
> > imperfect, too fast, etc.  But I also think that lots more of our
> > designated people will get to speak in Tunis because of this
> > process.  Where there have been gaps and omissions, let's find ways
> > to use our small list of agreed speakers to address the messages we
> > need them to support.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Rik Panganiban
> >
> > On Oct 13, 2005, at 9:37 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
> > > for specific people]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> > > translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > a couple of points:
> > >
> > > 1. The process was fast, faster than anyone would have wanted.
> > >
> > > I for instance, have raised the issue many, many times. For some
> > > reason the process of speaker selection did not start until the
> > > last week.  I REALLY ask you to read prior messages on this ,
> > > especially the ones from me...
> > >
> > > 2. I have, for some time mentioned that a quick process would NOT
> > > yield favourable results. In fact, it could be (and has been)
> > > easily manipulated to position Tunisian agents as speakers...
> > >
> > > 3. I have pushed and insisted for transparency throughout the
> > > process. There must be full disclosure on the activities of the
> > > people who are recommended.
> > >
> > > Those who did not disclose fully their involvement WHILE the names
> > > were being considered, should resign. plain & simple. marzouk,
> > > please step- down
> > >
> > > 4. i'm not the chair of the ad-hoc speaker selection committee (i'm
> > > only a vocal member of it)
> > >
> > > 5. In regards to others whose names were received, and whose
> > > profile were well known...
> > >
> > > - There was a feedback/comment period where all regional groups ,
> > > caucuses and working groups were asked to not only submit names,
> > > but also comment on speakers being proposed.
> > > - the process was lightning fast..
> > > - Stallman was immediately identified as a possible speaker. Many
> > > spoke highly of him and recalled he speaks at many high level
> > > events all the time. Others, HOWEVER did not share the opinion.
> > > The lack of consensus on him was raised - and at the time, no
> > > comments were sent. As such, he was removed. Again - no comments at
> > > the time.
> > >
> > > I will note that other caucuses DID object to have some of their
> > > nominations removed from the list. They did ask to have them be
> > > reconsidered should the opportunity present itself
> > >
> > > 6. We find ourselves in the situation that I long predicted - that
> > > is, a quick process that has not yielded optimal results.
> > >
> > > - Again, i said this was going to happen - and it has.
> > > - caucuses (such as pct, and others) are now asking for names to be
> > > reconsidered...
> > >
> > > 7. what to do - well, one overarching goal is to have gender and
> > > regional balance.
> > >
> > > the problematic "tunisian" speakers are males, from Africa.
> > > Stallman, last time I checked was not from Africa...
> > >
> > > an alternate name, one that keeps the regional balance  could be
> > > Mark Shuttleworth from South Africa. He's definitely higher profile
> > > than Marzouk and is also one of the key persons behind the Ubuntu
> > > linux distribution.
> > >
> > > Note: I did propose the name early in the process.
> > >
> > > 8. To keep the regional and gender balance - then, let's take a
> > > look at it from a North American perspective.
> > >
> > > - let us recall that Stallman was nominated and selected for a
> > > round-table at the 2003 summit...
> > > -  There is currently only two persons listed in the round-tables
> > > from the north american/ European region
> > >
> > > Ms. Tatiana Ershova
> > > Director General
> > > Institute of the Information Society, Russia
> > >
> > > Mr. Simon Davies
> > > Director, Privacy International,UK
> > >
> > > I don't know Tatiana, but Simon i do know. As a member of the
> > > Privacy and security caucus I can say he has the full endorsement
> > > of the caucus.
> > >
> > > Other than calling for Marzouk to step down  , I am not calling for
> > > any changes to the Round-tables. Why - well, objections were not
> > > raised when they should have been. The process has not been
> > > perfect, but we've tried our best given the information we've had.
> > >
> > > Again, a serious development has been the fact that one of the
> > > speakers is a "directly appointed" member of the tunisian
> > > parliament. A fact, confirmed by those in Tunisia my I add... That
> > > is the person who should, in fact must step down. When that
> > > happens, the principle of regional and gender balance must be
> > > maintained - as should the principle of transparency..
> > >
> > >
> > > 9. What's left - Plenary sessions..
> > >
> > > - These are 3-4 min interventions in the plenary.
> > > - What the status is of the plenary speakers is not know. let's
> > > wait to get information on that first.
> > >
> > > - that being said, again - the principle of gender and regional
> > > balance should be kept. There are two names from the USA at the
> > > moment - Robin Gross and John Perry Barlow. Robin has accepted and
> > > will be at the summit. Barlow, has yet to confirm that he can come.
> > >
> > > So an easily solution would be to get  Richard get in touch with
> > > Barlow to see if he in fact is going or not.  If not, we might have
> > > a solution.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > As i mentioned earlier - I have long standing issues with the
> > > speaker selection process. It should have started months ago as I
> > > have been saying all along. The process has not been perfect. Given
> > > the names have already been transmitted to the ITU and their
> > > decision is pending, then an changes after the fact may be a mute
> > > point. Should changes be possible - then an open discussion should
> > > take place and consensus, if possible should be followed.
> > >
> > >
> > > For me, the proposal of a speaker from the Tunisian parliament is
> > > far more an important issue than Stallman being on the list or not.
> > > it's the issue I will follow, track and be concerned about. Other
> > > speaker issues are noted, but are ones that I will leave for others
> > > who were involved in the process.
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 13-Oct-05, at 8:53 AM, Federico Heinz wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 21:42 -0400, Robert Guerra wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> let's not re-open the debate as to who or not should be on the
> > >>> speaker's list.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> Can you explain exactly why we should not re-open it? Or why we
> > >> should
> > >> not *open* it in the first place? I can't find much of a
> > >> discussion of
> > >> the issue in the archives of the list. As far as I can tell, caucuses
> > >> submitted their lists, and then some people took decisions on
> > >> their own,
> > >> in very familar buddy-network fashion. I also think that keeping
> > >> Richard
> > >> Stallman out of the speaker's list is a major mistake.
> > >>
> > >>     Fede
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sun Oct 16 10:00:06 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
  supports
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Dear meryem,

The privacy and security working group supports 
the nomination of Shirin Ebadi as CS speaker in the opening ceremony,

karen banks (co-coordinator, PSWG)


>WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
>1. Community Media Working Group
>2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
>3. Gender Caucus
>4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
>5. Human Rights Caucus
>6. Internet Governance Caucus
>7. Media Caucus
>8. North American & European Family
>9. West-Asia Family
>10. Youth Caucus
>
>CS Organizations and Coalitions:
>1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
>2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
>3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), Worldwide
>4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
>5. Article 19, Worldwide
>6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
>7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
>8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), Switzerland
>9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
>10. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
>11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
>12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
>13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
>14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
>15. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues 
>des Droits de l'Homme), Worldwide
>16. Front Line (International Foundation for the 
>Protection of Human Rights Defenders), Worldwide
>17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, 
>International University of Japan), Japan
>18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
>19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
>20. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
>21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange), Worldwide
>22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
>23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
>24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
>25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
>26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
>27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
>28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
>29. Ouvaton, France
>30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
>31. PEN Club, Worldwide
>32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
>33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
>34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
>35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
>36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
>37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide
>
>In their individual capacity (only people whose 
>organization is not listed, or who are 
>participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):
>
>1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
>2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
>3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
>4. Avri Doria, Sweden
>5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
>6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
>7. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
>8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
>9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
>10. Francis Muguet, France
>11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
>12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
>13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal



From njenga at apc.org  Sun Oct 16 10:48:01 2005
From: njenga at apc.org (Emmanuel Njenga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far]
Message-ID: <435221D1.6020801@apc.org>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS
Supports so far
Date: 	Sat, 15 Oct 2005 18:24:22 +0100
From: 	UNOY NIGERIA <unoynetnigeria@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: 	africa@wsis-cs.org
To: 	africa@wsis-cs.org



     Hi Colleagues and friends,

         One is pleased to be associated with the Great Role the Civil
Society Activists played throughout the Prep Com 3 in
Geneva,Switzerland.I was present from the start (Sept.19th)to the end of
the Conference (Sept,30th)and participated very actively in both the CS
Plenary and various caucauses as the case may be.As the road to Tunisia
draws nearer i do not have any alternative than to give my *SUPPORT and
SOLIDARITY *to the Civil Society Family and wish our elected/nominated
speakers the best of performance as they do their finishing touches to
give the world the best.

      From United Nations of Youth Network Nigeria its Solidarity GALORE!!!

      *Prince Goodluck Obi*

      National Executive President

      United Nations of Youth (UNOY)Net Nigeria.

       c/o United Nations Information Centre,

17 Kingsway Road Ikoyi,p.o.box 299 Festac Town.Lagos.

    Nigeria.

    Tel:        234--(o)8056212653


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From kino at iris.se  Sun Oct 16 12:04:09 2005
From: kino at iris.se (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Kicki_Nordstr=F6m?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: SV: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
Message-ID: <3DF8101092666E4A9020D949E419EB6F7BD3D1@iris.se>

Dear Meryem,

World Blind Union (WBU) also endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the list.   

Yours
Kicki

Kicki Nordstr?m
World Blind Union
Immediate Past  President
c/o SRF Iris AB
122 88 Enskede
Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)8 399 000
Fax: +46 (0)8 725 99 20
Cell: +46 (0)70 766 18 19
E-mail: kino@iris.se

-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] F?r Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Skickat: den 15 oktober 2005 16:04
Till: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Kopia: marzouki@ras.eu.org
?mne: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination

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Dear Meryem,

The Health and ICT Working Group endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the list.  You also have my name as an individual supporter.

Because of the short timeline not sure if can get finalization from the other groups I represent.  However, if there is additional time please let us know.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
WSIS Health and ICT WG Coordinator
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; UN NGO Committee on Mental Health; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN





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From info at verite-action.org  Sun Oct 16 13:21:19 2005
From: info at verite-action.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Info._V=E9rit=E9-action?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
References: <3DF8101092666E4A9020D949E419EB6F7BD3D1@iris.se>
Message-ID: <009e01c5d24c$1d2c7f10$2201a8c0@arabinstitut>

We approve also the nomination of Shirin Ebadi.
Thanks all

V?rit?-Action-Switzerland
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kicki Nordstr?m" <kino@iris.se>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: SV: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination


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_______________________________________

Dear Meryem,

World Blind Union (WBU) also endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as
opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the
list.

Yours
Kicki

Kicki Nordstr?m
World Blind Union
Immediate Past  President
c/o SRF Iris AB
122 88 Enskede
Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)8 399 000
Fax: +46 (0)8 725 99 20
Cell: +46 (0)70 766 18 19
E-mail: kino@iris.se

-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] F?r
Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Skickat: den 15 oktober 2005 16:04
Till: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Kopia: marzouki@ras.eu.org
?mne: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination

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_______________________________________

Dear Meryem,

The Health and ICT Working Group endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as
opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the
list.  You also have my name as an individual supporter.

Because of the short timeline not sure if can get finalization from the
other groups I represent.  However, if there is additional time please let
us know.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
WSIS Health and ICT WG Coordinator
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; UN NGO Committee on
Mental Health; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN





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From klohento at panos-ao.org  Sun Oct 16 14:19:53 2005
From: klohento at panos-ao.org (ken Lohento)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
 so far]
Message-ID: <43525379.2000604@panos-ao.org>

see  below
-------- Message original --------
Sujet: 	Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS 
Supports so far
Date: 	Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:45:54 +0100
De: 	John Dada <johndada@fantsuam.com>
R?pondre ?: 	africa@wsis-cs.org
Pour: 	africa@wsis-cs.org
R?f?rences: 	<434FBD7A.5000305@apc.org>



Fantsuam Foundation supports



On 14 Oct 2005, at 15:15, Emmanuel Njenga wrote:

> FYI,
>
> please all send your support for CS speakers at the Tunis Summit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Njenga
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear all,
>
> Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
> other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
> supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
>
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
>
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time
>
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
>
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
>
> In their individual capacity:
>
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
> Africa Policy Monitor Project
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
> Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> _______________________________________________
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From: klohento at panos-ao.org (ken Lohento)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
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see below

-------- Message original --------
Sujet: 	Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS 
Supports so far
Date: 	Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:52:06 +0300
De: 	Alex Gakuru <gakuru@mail.co.ke>
R?pondre ?: 	africa@wsis-cs.org
Pour: 	<africa@wsis-cs.org>
R?f?rences: 	<434FBD7A.5000305@apc.org> 
<877C7DDF-F70F-4248-B3C2-551454D00F72@fantsuam.com>



Alex Gakuru fully supports you in his person and with his associates!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dada" <johndada@fantsuam.com>
To: <africa@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
so far


Fantsuam Foundation supports



On 14 Oct 2005, at 15:15, Emmanuel Njenga wrote:

> FYI,
>
> please all send your support for CS speakers at the Tunis Summit.
>
> Regards,
>
> Njenga
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear all,
>
> Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
> other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
> supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
>
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
>
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time
>
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
>
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
>
> In their individual capacity:
>
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
> Africa Policy Monitor Project
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
> Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> _______________________________________________
> Africa mailing list
> Africa@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/africa
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From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wsis:  Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take Note.
References: <89263192-35C3-4D0D-B693-5B92E0542958@earthlink.net> <3BF87EB6-CD42-4262-ABC1-2E6939212F60@earthlink.net> <C59C875E-66EC-4607-8BF2-76845B0F1F14@lists.privaterra.org> <6.2.0.14.2.20051014093640.03e04980@mail.peoplewho.org>
Message-ID: <0ac801c5d25d$5c6854e0$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Here is an example where being registered for WSIS provides an opportunity.
I think it best you inform the full Board whether Elizabeth (a) has the
password to do so, (b) has shared it with Richard, so that a CCC/UN
Representative can be part of the World Summit on the Information Society.


Best wishes, LDMF.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sylvia Caras" <sylvia@peoplewho.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:38 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: resumed PrepCom


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> _______________________________________
>
> At 08:48 AM 10/14/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >participation of CS in the resumed prepcom in Tunis.
>
> I asked if I could come even though not registered for PrepCom 3 in
> Geneva.  Registration assured me that all I would need was my WSIS
> registration, not any special PrepCom registration to attend.  They were
> not specific about details.
>
> Sylvia
>
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Sun Oct 16 15:29:31 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far]
In-Reply-To: <435253AE.9050004@panos-ao.org>
Message-ID: <200510161429.j9GETTki025129@homer2.tic.ch>

After consultation the Board of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO) also supports
the nomination.

Renate Bloem

 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of ken Lohento
Sent: dimanche, 16. octobre 2005 15:21
To: marzouki@ras.eu.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination
- List of CS Supports so far]

 

see below

-------- Message original -------- 


Sujet: 

Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports so far


Date: 

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:52:06 +0300


De: 

Alex Gakuru  <mailto:gakuru@mail.co.ke> <gakuru@mail.co.ke>


R?pondre ?: 

africa@wsis-cs.org


Pour: 

 <mailto:africa@wsis-cs.org> <africa@wsis-cs.org>


R?f?rences: 

 <mailto:434FBD7A.5000305@apc.org> <434FBD7A.5000305@apc.org>
<mailto:877C7DDF-F70F-4248-B3C2-551454D00F72@fantsuam.com>
<877C7DDF-F70F-4248-B3C2-551454D00F72@fantsuam.com>

 

Alex Gakuru fully supports you in his person and with his associates!
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Dada"  <mailto:johndada@fantsuam.com> <johndada@fantsuam.com>
To:  <mailto:africa@wsis-cs.org> <africa@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Shirin Ebadi Nomination - List of CS Supports
so far
 
 
Fantsuam Foundation supports
 
 
 
On 14 Oct 2005, at 15:15, Emmanuel Njenga wrote:
 
> FYI,
> 
> please all send your support for CS speakers at the Tunis Summit.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Njenga
> 
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Here is the list of supports I received so far. Please send me any
> other support, or any correction you may have on the list below. I'll
> forward a first list to MM. utsumi and Karklins this evening. More
> supports received after this evening could be forwarded in the
> following days.
> I think it's better keeping short the list of individuals, only for
> people whose organization is not listed, or who are participating in
> WSIS in their individual capacity.
> 
> Thank you all for your support,
> Best regards,
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucu co-chair
> =================
> 
> Shirin Ebadi nomination on October 12, 2005 by Human Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 14, 2005, 15:00 Paris time
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> - Community Media Working Group
> - Human Rights Caucus
> - Internet Governance Caucus
> - Media Caucus
> - West-Asia Family
> 
> NGO and Coalitions:
> - AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
> - Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> - AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
> Worldwide
> - APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
> - Article 19, Worldwide
> - Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
> Switzerland
> - CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
> - Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> - DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> - EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
> - FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
> - FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
> Worldwide
> - Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> - IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
> - IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
> - ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> - ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> - LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
> - Norwegian PEN, Norway
> - OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
> - Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> - Ouvaton, France
> - Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> - PEN Club, Worldwide
> - UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
> - UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
> - UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association, Denmark
> 
> In their individual capacity:
> 
> - Bertrand de la Chapelle, France
> - Avri Doria, Sweden
> - Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> - Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> - Lee W. McKnight, USA
> - Francis Muguet, France
> - Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> - Claudia Padovani, Italy
> - Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Emmanuel Njenga Njuguna
> Africa Policy Monitor Project
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
> Email: africa.rights@apc.org or njenga@apc.org
> Web: http://africa.rights.apc.org
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Africa mailing list
> Africa@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/africa
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From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES  (was: Re Re : Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take Note).
Message-ID: <0ace01c5d260$0616d460$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Apologies for not sending this directly to Richard and Elizabeth, which was
the intent (intent to change addressee field). Nonetheless, it is a fact
that some NGOs have not been able, at this date,  to register for WSIS. We
hope that there is a password for doing so via the Web, and that Elizabeth,
who has volunteered to help, has been able to find it, and pass it to
Richard, who can register our civil society NGO. The CCC/UN is accredited to
WSIS, that is.  But not registered, due to problems using the Registration
Page (online).  Other Members of our Board may wish to attend if advance
registration is possible, and several of us have sent out messages to some
here about not yet being able to do so. Perhaps as an alternative to
online/password processes, we might send in a letter. but still would need
confirmation.*   There are provisions for arriving letter-in-hand but this
seems impractical on several sides. (?).

Again, this note was not complete when the email client managed to send it
out; sorry for not erasing addressee field and starting again, before
sending on this note as intended. to share Sylvia's good news post and the
prospects indicated.

Nonetheless, you have a glimpse into our group which even when there might
be some confusion, proceeds in the spirit of partnership as presumptively
all do here, in order to fully participate in the world in broad and the ICT
world in particular, as we are about communications and communication as
well as other values and modalities of inclusion.

P.S.. * If others can help with registration (pre-registration) please pass
on the information to this e-address.  This will be much appreciated.

Best wishes,
Dr. L. D. Misek-Falkoff
For Identification here: Secretary (Officer) and Member of the Board,
Communications Coordination Committee for the U.N..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Respectful_Interfaces" <respectful_interfaces@att.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:24 AM
Subject: wsis: Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take Note.


> Here is an example where being registered for WSIS provides an
opportunity.
> I think it best you inform the full Board whether Elizabeth (a) has the
> password to do so, (b) has shared it with Richard, so that a CCC/UN
> Representative can be part of the World Summit on the Information Society.
>
>
> Best wishes, LDMF.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sylvia Caras" <sylvia@peoplewho.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:38 PM
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: resumed PrepCom
>
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
of
> this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > At 08:48 AM 10/14/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
> > >participation of CS in the resumed prepcom in Tunis.
> >
> > I asked if I could come even though not registered for PrepCom 3 in
> > Geneva.  Registration assured me that all I would need was my WSIS
> > registration, not any special PrepCom registration to attend.  They were
> > not specific about details.
> >
> > Sylvia
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Oct 16 15:55:45 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES 
In-Reply-To: <0ace01c5d260$0616d460$ac697645@HPcomputer>
References: <0ace01c5d260$0616d460$ac697645@HPcomputer>
Message-ID: <690FEADF-209D-4E17-878D-B0734496FDBD@lists.privaterra.org>

Have you sent a fax to the # indicated on the registration section to  
get a username/password. I know of many others who have sent in a fax  
request, and recieved the login info in hours, or a few days at worse.

From:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html#registration

... If you are from a Government, from an invited International  
Organization or from an  accredited civil society entity (or from an  
entity in  consultative status with ECOSOC) or an  accredited  
business entity (or an  ITU Sector member) and you do not yet have a  
user name and a password, you can request this password by sending a  
fax to  +41 22 730 5881.

If your organization is listed in one of the two lists (below), then  
you are "almost there" - all you need is to communicate to the ITU  
who is your designated focal point, and have that person in turn  
register your delegated. if you aren't listed below - Well, the only  
way to get CS accreditation at the summit is for another organization  
have you added to their delegation.

List of ECOSOC status organizations  - http://www.un.org/esa/ 
coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf
List of Civil Society NGOs accredited - http://www.itu.int/wsis/ 
participation/accreditation/lists/civil-society.pdf


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 16-Oct-05, at 10:43 AM, Respectful_Interfaces wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Apologies for not sending this directly to Richard and Elizabeth,  
> which was
> the intent (intent to change addressee field). Nonetheless, it is a  
> fact
> that some NGOs have not been able, at this date,  to register for  
> WSIS. We
> hope that there is a password for doing so via the Web, and that  
> Elizabeth,
> who has volunteered to help, has been able to find it, and pass it to
> Richard, who can register our civil society NGO. The CCC/UN is  
> accredited to
> WSIS, that is.  But not registered, due to problems using the  
> Registration
> Page (online).

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From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Sun Oct 16 16:15:56 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES
In-Reply-To: <690FEADF-209D-4E17-878D-B0734496FDBD@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <0ace01c5d260$0616d460$ac697645@HPcomputer>
 <690FEADF-209D-4E17-878D-B0734496FDBD@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <p06010200bf781e76ed44@[192.168.1.100]>

I received a password almost immediately after sending an e-mail 
request to SG-Registration@itu.int. The username remains the same as 
the one provided during phase 1.

Best,
Lisa



>Have you sent a fax to the # indicated on the registration section 
>to get a username/password. I know of many others who have sent in a 
>fax request, and recieved the login info in hours, or a few days at 
>worse.
>
>From:
><http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html#registration>http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html#registration
>
>... If you are from a Government, from an invited International 
>Organization or from an  accredited civil society entity (or from an 
>entity in  consultative status with ECOSOC) or an  accredited 
>business entity (or an  ITU Sector member) and you do not yet have a 
>user name and a password, you can request this password by sending a 
>fax to  +41 22 730 5881.
>
>If your organization is listed in one of the two lists (below), then 
>you are "almost there" - all you need is to communicate to the ITU 
>who is your designated focal point, and have that person in turn 
>register your delegated. if you aren't listed below - Well, the only 
>way to get CS accreditation at the summit is for another 
>organization have you added to their delegation.
>
>List of ECOSOC status organizations 
>- <http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf>http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf
>List of Civil Society NGOs accredited 
>- <http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/lists/civil-society.pdf>http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/lists/civil-society.pdf
>
>
>regards,
>
>Robert
>
>--
>Robert Guerra <<mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org>rguerra@privaterra.org>
>Managing Director, Privaterra 
><<http://www.privaterra.org>http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>
>
>On 16-Oct-05, at 10:43 AM, Respectful_Interfaces wrote:
>
>>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the 
>>entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended 
>>for specific people]
>>
>>Click 
>><http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/>http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ 
>>to access automatic translation of this message!
>>_______________________________________
>>
>>Apologies for not sending this directly to Richard and Elizabeth, which was
>>the intent (intent to change addressee field). Nonetheless, it is a fact
>>that some NGOs have not been able, at this date,  to register for WSIS. We
>>hope that there is a password for doing so via the Web, and that Elizabeth,
>>who has volunteered to help, has been able to find it, and pass it to
>>Richard, who can register our civil society NGO. The CCC/UN is accredited to
>>WSIS, that is.  But not registered, due to problems using the Registration
>>Page (online).


-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society

Mass Communication
Williams Hall
Miami University-Ohio
Oxford, OH 45056
USA
Tele: 513-529-3547
Fax: 513-529-1835

From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Sun Oct 16 16:50:33 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES
References: <0ace01c5d260$0616d460$ac697645@HPcomputer> <690FEADF-209D-4E17-878D-B0734496FDBD@lists.privaterra.org> <p06010200bf781e76ed44@[192.168.1.100]>
Message-ID: <0b6401c5d269$58e922c0$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Thank you Lisa, I will pass this on.  I believe it may help others too.
Appreciated much, LDMF.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mclauglm@po.muohio.edu>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> I received a password almost immediately after sending an e-mail
> request to SG-Registration@itu.int. The username remains the same as
> the one provided during phase 1.
>
> Best,
> Lisa
>
>
>
> >Have you sent a fax to the # indicated on the registration section
> >to get a username/password. I know of many others who have sent in a
> >fax request, and recieved the login info in hours, or a few days at
> >worse.
> >
> >From:
>
><http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html#registration>http://www.itu.int/w
sis/tunis/index.html#registration
> >
> >... If you are from a Government, from an invited International
> >Organization or from an  accredited civil society entity (or from an
> >entity in  consultative status with ECOSOC) or an  accredited
> >business entity (or an  ITU Sector member) and you do not yet have a
> >user name and a password, you can request this password by sending a
> >fax to  +41 22 730 5881.
> >
> >If your organization is listed in one of the two lists (below), then
> >you are "almost there" - all you need is to communicate to the ITU
> >who is your designated focal point, and have that person in turn
> >register your delegated. if you aren't listed below - Well, the only
> >way to get CS accreditation at the summit is for another
> >organization have you added to their delegation.
> >
> >List of ECOSOC status organizations
> >-
<http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf>http://www.un.org/e
sa/coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf
> >List of Civil Society NGOs accredited
> >-
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/lists/civil-society.pdf
>http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/lists/civil-society.pdf
> >
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >Robert
> >
> >--
> >Robert Guerra <<mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org>rguerra@privaterra.org>
> >Managing Director, Privaterra
> ><<http://www.privaterra.org>http://www.privaterra.org>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 16-Oct-05, at 10:43 AM, Respectful_Interfaces wrote:
> >
> >>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> >>entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
> >>for specific people]
> >>
> >>Click
> >><http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/>http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/
> >>to access automatic translation of this message!
> >>_______________________________________
> >>
> >>Apologies for not sending this directly to Richard and Elizabeth, which
was
> >>the intent (intent to change addressee field). Nonetheless, it is a fact
> >>that some NGOs have not been able, at this date,  to register for WSIS.
We
> >>hope that there is a password for doing so via the Web, and that
Elizabeth,
> >>who has volunteered to help, has been able to find it, and pass it to
> >>Richard, who can register our civil society NGO. The CCC/UN is
accredited to
> >>WSIS, that is.  But not registered, due to problems using the
Registration
> >>Page (online).
>
>
> -- 
> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> World Summit on the Information Society
>
> Mass Communication
> Williams Hall
> Miami University-Ohio
> Oxford, OH 45056
> USA
> Tele: 513-529-3547
> Fax: 513-529-1835
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Sun Oct 16 16:57:06 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES 
References: <0ace01c5d260$0616d460$ac697645@HPcomputer> <690FEADF-209D-4E17-878D-B0734496FDBD@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <0b7201c5d26a$43176460$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Thank you also for helping with this information.

Again, may post additionally offline to individuals concerned with this process,  but briefly post here with appreciation - that each added bit of information will be very helpful - even if separate thanks are not posted.

At your service too, any time, any venue.

Best regards, LDMF.
L.D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D..
Online communications systems ARPANet forward.
For Identification here: *Respectful Interfaces* Programme / Communications
Coordination Committee for the United Nations.  ACM ABA.  International
Disability Caucus for the Disability Convention (toward U.N. Treaty).
CCC/UN Secretary and Member of the Board.
Founder: Persons With Pain International (PWPI) accredited to the U.N.
Disability Convention.  Court and Legal Work up to/inc.  U.S. Supreme Court, Human Rights and ICT.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Guerra 
  To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary 
  Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:55 AM
  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] REGISTRATION ISSUES 


  Have you sent a fax to the # indicated on the registration section to get a username/password. I know of many others who have sent in a fax request, and recieved the login info in hours, or a few days at worse.


  From:
  http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html#registration


  ... If you are from a Government, from an invited International Organization or from an  accredited civil society entity (or from an entity in  consultative status with ECOSOC) or an  accredited business entity (or an  ITU Sector member) and you do not yet have a user name and a password, you can request this password by sending a fax to  +41 22 730 5881.


  If your organization is listed in one of the two lists (below), then you are "almost there" - all you need is to communicate to the ITU who is your designated focal point, and have that person in turn register your delegated. if you aren't listed below - Well, the only way to get CS accreditation at the summit is for another organization have you added to their delegation.


  List of ECOSOC status organizations  - http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/pdf/INF_List.pdf
  List of Civil Society NGOs accredited - http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/lists/civil-society.pdf




  regards,


  Robert


  --
  Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
  Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>









  On 16-Oct-05, at 10:43 AM, Respectful_Interfaces wrote:


    [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]


    Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
    _______________________________________


    Apologies for not sending this directly to Richard and Elizabeth, which was
    the intent (intent to change addressee field). Nonetheless, it is a fact
    that some NGOs have not been able, at this date,  to register for WSIS. We
    hope that there is a password for doing so via the Web, and that Elizabeth,
    who has volunteered to help, has been able to find it, and pass it to
    Richard, who can register our civil society NGO. The CCC/UN is accredited to
    WSIS, that is.  But not registered, due to problems using the Registration
    Page (online).  

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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Oct 16 17:17:40 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wsis:  Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take Note.
In-Reply-To: <0ac801c5d25d$5c6854e0$ac697645@HPcomputer>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCIEPCKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Hi Linda,

Last we discussed,  Richard was going to help you register as he appeared to
be the focal point for CCCUN having been in that role for WSIS I and include
you in the delegation.  Although it wasn't clear why both you and Richard
were having difficulty as we all register through the same website.

As I am the focal point for ISTSS, I had no difficulty registering.
Although some of us represent more than one organization, we register
through the main one.

What is confusing is why you would have difficulty registering as you were
also registered for WSIS I.  If you continue to have difficulty registering
by email or fax,  please let me know and I will look for the tel number I
have for Geneva, as can be helpful to speak to someone directly to rectify
the situation.

Elizabeth

Dr.  Elizabeth Carll
Representative to the UN & Focal Point to  WSIS
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Vice President
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
New York, USA
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Respectful_Interfaces
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:25 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wsis: Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take
Note.


[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
_______________________________________

Here is an example where being registered for WSIS provides an opportunity.
I think it best you inform the full Board whether Elizabeth (a) has the
password to do so, (b) has shared it with Richard, so that a CCC/UN
Representative can be part of the World Summit on the Information Society.


Best wishes, LDMF.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Caras" <sylvia@peoplewho.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:38 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: resumed PrepCom


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> At 08:48 AM 10/14/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >participation of CS in the resumed prepcom in Tunis.
>
> I asked if I could come even though not registered for PrepCom 3 in
> Geneva.  Registration assured me that all I would need was my WSIS
> registration, not any special PrepCom registration to attend.  They were
> not specific about details.
>
> Sylvia
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

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



From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Oct 16 17:25:02 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: FW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wsis:  Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take Note.
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCIEPDKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Seems having difficulty posting, so trying agin. Please disregard if
duplicate.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 12:18 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wsis: Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take
Note.


Hi Linda,

Last we discussed,  Richard was going to help you register as he appeared to
be the focal point for CCCUN having been in that role for WSIS I and include
you in the delegation.  Although it wasn't clear why both you and Richard
were having difficulty as we all register through the same website.

As I am the focal point for ISTSS, I had no difficulty registering.
Although some of us represent more than one organization, we register
through the main one.

What is confusing is why you would have difficulty registering as you were
also registered for WSIS I.  If you continue to have difficulty registering
by email or fax,  please let me know and I will look for the tel number I
have for Geneva, as can be helpful to speak to someone directly to rectify
the situation.

Elizabeth

Dr.  Elizabeth Carll
Representative to the UN & Focal Point to  WSIS
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Vice President
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
New York, USA
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Respectful_Interfaces
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:25 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wsis: Richard and Elizabeth, Please Take
Note.


[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
_______________________________________

Here is an example where being registered for WSIS provides an opportunity.
I think it best you inform the full Board whether Elizabeth (a) has the
password to do so, (b) has shared it with Richard, so that a CCC/UN
Representative can be part of the World Summit on the Information Society.


Best wishes, LDMF.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Caras" <sylvia@peoplewho.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 12:38 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: resumed PrepCom


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> At 08:48 AM 10/14/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >participation of CS in the resumed prepcom in Tunis.
>
> I asked if I could come even though not registered for PrepCom 3 in
> Geneva.  Registration assured me that all I would need was my WSIS
> registration, not any special PrepCom registration to attend.  They were
> not specific about details.
>
> Sylvia
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

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



From kino at iris.se  Sun Oct 16 18:02:03 2005
From: kino at iris.se (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Kicki_Nordstr=F6m?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: SV: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
Message-ID: <3DF8101092666E4A9020D949E419EB6F7BD3DE@iris.se>

Hiroshi,

Disability Australia is happy to endorse Shirin Ebadi as the Civil Society Opening Session Speaker. However let us make sure her speech includes strong references to human rights for pwds, the Convention and women with disabilities.

Regards,

FrankHB
 
Through Kicki Nordstr?m
World Blind Union
Immediate Past  President
c/o SRF Iris AB
122 88 Enskede
Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)8 399 000
Fax: +46 (0)8 725 99 20
Cell: +46 (0)70 766 18 19
E-mail: kino@iris.se

-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] F?r Kicki Nordstr?m
Skickat: den 16 oktober 2005 13:04
Till: plenary@wsis-cs.org
?mne: SV: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination

[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________

Dear Meryem,

World Blind Union (WBU) also endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the list.   

Yours
Kicki

Kicki Nordstr?m
World Blind Union
Immediate Past  President
c/o SRF Iris AB
122 88 Enskede
Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)8 399 000
Fax: +46 (0)8 725 99 20
Cell: +46 (0)70 766 18 19
E-mail: kino@iris.se

-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Fr?n: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] F?r Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Skickat: den 15 oktober 2005 16:04
Till: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Kopia: marzouki@ras.eu.org
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Dear Meryem,

The Health and ICT Working Group endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the list.  You also have my name as an individual supporter.

Because of the short timeline not sure if can get finalization from the other groups I represent.  However, if there is additional time please let us know.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
WSIS Health and ICT WG Coordinator
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; UN NGO Committee on Mental Health; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN





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From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Sun Oct 16 17:11:15 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wifi? snail?
In-Reply-To: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch> (added by
  postmaster@bluewin.ch)
References: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch>
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I'd like to send a package of materials from the United States to my hotel 
in Tunis.  Does anyone have information about how reliable the mail service is?

I believe there is WiFi at the Tunis airport.  Is that free?  At Kram?  At 
any hotels?  When I am traveling, I usually buy by the day, and 
occasionally; I don't have full time wireless subscription access in the 
US.  For WSIS I would like access for longer.  Do I need to buy something 
here?  There?

Sylvia


From alalegre at fma.ph  Sun Oct 16 18:09:41 2005
From: alalegre at fma.ph (Alan Alegre)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for 
     supports
In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051016095843.04ac0b70@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <6.2.3.4.0.20051016095843.04ac0b70@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <3333.202.81.179.100.1129482581.squirrel@202.60.8.26>

Dear Meryem

Shirin Ebadi also has the endorsement of the Asia Pacific family

Al Alegre
co-focal point, Asia Caucus

> Dear meryem,
>
> The privacy and security working group supports
> the nomination of Shirin Ebadi as CS speaker in the opening ceremony,
>
> karen banks (co-coordinator, PSWG)
>
>
>>WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
>>1. Community Media Working Group
>>2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
>>3. Gender Caucus
>>4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
>>5. Human Rights Caucus
>>6. Internet Governance Caucus
>>7. Media Caucus
>>8. North American & European Family
>>9. West-Asia Family
>>10. Youth Caucus
>>
>>CS Organizations and Coalitions:
>>1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
>>2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
>>3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
>> Worldwide
>>4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
>>5. Article 19, Worldwide
>>6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
>>7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
>>8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
>> Switzerland
>>9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
>>10. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
>>11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
>>12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
>>13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
>>14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
>>15. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues
>>des Droits de l'Homme), Worldwide
>>16. Front Line (International Foundation for the
>>Protection of Human Rights Defenders), Worldwide
>>17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications,
>>International University of Japan), Japan
>>18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
>>19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
>>20. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
>>21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange),
>> Worldwide
>>22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
>>23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
>>24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
>>25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
>>26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
>>27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
>>28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
>>29. Ouvaton, France
>>30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
>>31. PEN Club, Worldwide
>>32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
>>33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
>>34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
>>35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
>>36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
>>37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide
>>
>>In their individual capacity (only people whose
>>organization is not listed, or who are
>>participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):
>>
>>1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
>>2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
>>3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
>>4. Avri Doria, Sweden
>>5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
>>6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
>>7. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
>>8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
>>9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
>>10. Francis Muguet, France
>>11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
>>12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
>>13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal
>
>
>
>
>


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Oct 16 19:32:22 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wifi? snail?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20051016090734.03a8a8f0@mail.peoplewho.org>
References: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch> <6.2.0.14.2.20051016090734.03a8a8f0@mail.peoplewho.org>
Message-ID: <9D876FB3-9560-4828-BC17-095EC7D818B1@lists.privaterra.org>

Sylvia:

The CS Bureau has asked - numerous, numerous times if the wireless at  
the Tunis summit will be free (as in no cost). To-date, if i'm not  
mistaken - no straight answer has been received. Thus, it is my  
working assumption is that - it is likely - that WiFi WILL NOT be  
free at the Kram Centre. What the cost (if any) will be - is yet  
unknown..

With the IT infrastructure being built at the Kram (1)  , and a  
partnership  being announced with the Finnish IT security firm   
Stonesoft (2)  - well, someone should know if WiFi will be free, and  
if in fact we will have uncensored internet (as we've always been  
promised).

Why we can't get a definite answer already - well is the big  
question. Again, my recommendation is to think the worst and plan  
accordingly..


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>




References:

1. Photos of IT infrastructure being installed @ Kram Centre:
  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506821>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506950/>

2. Partnership announcement with Stonesoft
<http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200510030257.html>





On 16-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, Sylvia Caras wrote:

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> I'd like to send a package of materials from the United States to  
> my hotel in Tunis.  Does anyone have information about how reliable  
> the mail service is?
>
> I believe there is WiFi at the Tunis airport.  Is that free?  At  
> Kram?  At any hotels?  When I am traveling, I usually buy by the  
> day, and occasionally; I don't have full time wireless subscription  
> access in the US.  For WSIS I would like access for longer.  Do I  
> need to buy something here?  There?
>
> Sylvia
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From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Sun Oct 16 19:41:42 2005
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
Message-ID: <0b4601c5d281$427894e0$0300a8c0@T42hkawa>

Dear Meryem:

Thank you very much for your initiative to nominate such an excellent
speaker for civil society at the Opening of WSIS in Tunis.

On behalf of the WSIS CS Disability Family Group, I am writing to endorse
Shirin Ebadi for CS Opening Session Speaker.

Regarding the contents of her speech, Disability Family Group kindly
requests the speaker to refer to the rights of persons with disabilities, in
particular rights of women with disabilities, in the digital divide context
so that 600,000,000 individuals with disabilities in the world may get
appropriate attention to secure the human rights by bridging the digital
gap.

Best regards,

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CSB Disability Family Group Focal Point
hkawa@atglobal.net

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Dear all,

In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and Karklins,
and since many supports are still being sent to me while we are now on
the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to Shirin Ebadi nomination
only on Sunday evening, so that it can be received and read on Monday
morning. This list of supports will also be forwarded to government
delegations, in addition to the direct lobbying being made by many of
us.

So please keep sending any support to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) and to
the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time (17:00
GMT/UTC).

Below the list of supports received as for now.

Many thanks and best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
==================
Chers tous,

Pour minimiser les envois a MM. Ustumi et Karklins, et sachant que
plusieurs soutiens sont en cours de reception alors meme que nous
sommes le week-end, je n'enverrai la liste de soutiens a la candidature
de Shirin Ebadi que dimanche soir, de sorte qu'elle puisse et recue et
lue lundi matin. La liste des soutiens sera egalement transmise aux
delegations gouvernementales, en plus du lobbying direct en cours de la
part de plusieurs d'entre nous.

Donc veulliez continuer a m'adresser (marzouki@ras.eu.org), ainsi qu'a
la liste pleniere, tous les soutiens, jusqu'a dimanche 16 octobre 19h00
heure de Paris (17h00 GMT/UTC).

Ci-dessous la liste des soutiens recus a l'heure ou j'envoie ce message.

Merci et bien cordialement,
Meryem Marzouki
Co-responsable du caucus DDH

==================
Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT


WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
1. Community Media Working Group
2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
3. Gender Caucus
4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
5. Human Rights Caucus
6. Internet Governance Caucus
7. Media Caucus
8. North American & European Family
9. West-Asia Family
10. Youth Caucus

CS Organizations and Coalitions:
1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
Worldwide
4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
5. Article 19, Worldwide
6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l$B!G(BInternet Citoyen), Worldwide
7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio Television), Worldwide
8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
Switzerland
9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
10. CSDPTT (Cooperation, Solidarite, Developpement aux PTT), France
11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
15. FIDH (Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
Worldwide
16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan), Japan
18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
20. IRIS (Imaginons un Reseau Internet Solidaire), France
21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange),
Worldwide
22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
29. Ouvaton, France
30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
31. PEN Club, Worldwide
32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide

In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not
listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):

1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
4. Avri Doria, Sweden
5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
7. Francoise Massit-Follea, France
8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
10. Francis Muguet, France
11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal


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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Oct 16 20:45:21 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <0b4601c5d281$427894e0$0300a8c0@T42hkawa>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCOEPIKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Meryem and All,

Hiroshi made an excellent point in requesting that Shirin Ebadi address
important issues represented by the Disability Family, in the event she is
selected as a speaker.  Having Shirin Ebadi include important points would
enable the highlighting of important human rights and development areas
which may not be represented well, or at all, in the WSIS II outcome
documents.

Therefore following this lead, as the Health and ICT Working Group has
submitted its endorsement of Shirin Ebadi as a speaker at the opening
session, it is requested that Shirin Ebadi also refer to the need for all
people to have access to physical and mental health information and services
via ICT.

Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often mental
health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.   Mental
health is fundamental to overall health and is the foundation for learning,
thinking, communicating, self-esteem, and resilience, as well as successful
functioning in one$B!G(Bs work, family, community, and society. Yet the
majority of the world$B!G(Bs people do not receive treatment for
diagnosable mental disorders, nor support and intervention in the aftermath
of war, oppression, violations of human rights, terrorism, and other
traumatizing life events.

In reality without both physical and mental health as a foundation, it is
very difficult, and often impossible, to effectively implement the other
necessary requirements contained in the WSIS Declaration/Chapeau and Plan of
Action.

Best regards,

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Coordinator, WSIS Health and ICT Working Group
Affiliations:
Representative to the UN & Focal Point to WSIS
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Vice President
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN;
Chair, Media/ICT Working Group
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
New York, USA
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

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Dear Meryem:

Thank you very much for your initiative to nominate such an excellent
speaker for civil society at the Opening of WSIS in Tunis.

On behalf of the WSIS CS Disability Family Group, I am writing to endorse
Shirin Ebadi for CS Opening Session Speaker.

Regarding the contents of her speech, Disability Family Group kindly
requests the speaker to refer to the rights of persons with disabilities, in
particular rights of women with disabilities, in the digital divide context
so that 600,000,000 individuals with disabilities in the world may get
appropriate attention to secure the human rights by bridging the digital
gap.

Best regards,

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CSB Disability Family Group Focal Point
hkawa@atglobal.net

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[Francais ci-dessous]

Dear all,

In order to minimize the files to be send to MM. Utsumi and Karklins,
and since many supports are still being sent to me while we are now on
the week-end, I'll send the list of supports to Shirin Ebadi nomination
only on Sunday evening, so that it can be received and read on Monday
morning. This list of supports will also be forwarded to government
delegations, in addition to the direct lobbying being made by many of
us.

So please keep sending any support to me (marzouki@ras.eu.org) and to
the plenary list, until Sunday, October 16, 19:00 Paris time (17:00
GMT/UTC).

Below the list of supports received as for now.

Many thanks and best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair
==================
Chers tous,

Pour minimiser les envois a MM. Ustumi et Karklins, et sachant que
plusieurs soutiens sont en cours de reception alors meme que nous
sommes le week-end, je n'enverrai la liste de soutiens a la candidature
de Shirin Ebadi que dimanche soir, de sorte qu'elle puisse et recue et
lue lundi matin. La liste des soutiens sera egalement transmise aux
delegations gouvernementales, en plus du lobbying direct en cours de la
part de plusieurs d'entre nous.

Donc veulliez continuer a m'adresser (marzouki@ras.eu.org), ainsi qu'a
la liste pleniere, tous les soutiens, jusqu'a dimanche 16 octobre 19h00
heure de Paris (17h00 GMT/UTC).

Ci-dessous la liste des soutiens recus a l'heure ou j'envoie ce message.

Merci et bien cordialement,
Meryem Marzouki
Co-responsable du caucus DDH

==================
Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 15, 2005, 11:30 GMT


WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
1. Community Media Working Group
2. Cultural Diversity Caucus
3. Gender Caucus
4. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
5. Human Rights Caucus
6. Internet Governance Caucus
7. Media Caucus
8. North American & European Family
9. West-Asia Family
10. Youth Caucus

CS Organizations and Coalitions:
1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
3. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires),
Worldwide
4. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
5. Article 19, Worldwide
6. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l$B!G(BInternet Citoyen), Worldwide
7. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio Television), Worldwide
8. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society),
Switzerland
9. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
10. CSDPTT (Cooperation, Solidarite, Developpement aux PTT), France
11. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
12. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
13. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
15. FIDH (Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme),
Worldwide
16. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
17. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International University
of Japan), Japan
18. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
19. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
20. IRIS (Imaginons un Reseau Internet Solidaire), France
21. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange),
Worldwide
22. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
23. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
24. IWTC (International Women's Tribune Centre), Worldwide
25. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l'Homme), Tunisia
26. Norwegian PEN, Norway
27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
28. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
29. Ouvaton, France
30. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
31. PEN Club, Worldwide
32. SIGNIS(World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
33. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
34. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA
35. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
36. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
37. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide

In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not
listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):

1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
2. Elizabeth Carll, USA
3. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
4. Avri Doria, Sweden
5. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
6. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
7. Francoise Massit-Follea, France
8. Lee W. McKnight, USA
9. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
10. Francis Muguet, France
11. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
12. Claudia Padovani, Italy
13. Joseph Sarr, Senegal


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From laina at getit.org  Sun Oct 16 21:13:09 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Overpasses for Summit - Status ?
In-Reply-To: <AD15D572-51D4-4B92-9390-8C968988DD44@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <200510170425754.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Agreed. Can we have an update so we can also coordinate within our
respective caucuses if needed. Given experience from Geneva, I agree we
should not leave this to the last minute.

Laina 

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Ok folks  - yet another logistical issue to remind you about before the end
of the day (at least my day)...

The issue of "overpasses" was discussed at the recent prepcom 3 in Geneva. A
policy, better said - a process and procedure  was developed.

If I recall correctly, each CS entity (caucus, working group, family,
etc..) was supposed to nominate a person to be their "overpass" focal point.
Said person would submit an overpass request, and then commit to distribute
them to their caucuses. Well, is the procedure in theory....

In practice, I have serious reservations that it will work ... I say this
from experience, as I was involved in the logistics of overpass distribution
at the Geneva 03 summit....

Not wanting to leave things to the - very last minute - i'd like to ask for
an update. Can the Phillippe & Alejandra give us an update on how many CS
entities have in fact replied with the information requested.

thanks

regards,

Robert


--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
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Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe Tel +1 416 893 0377
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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Sun Oct 16 21:18:26 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wifi? snail?
In-Reply-To: <9D876FB3-9560-4828-BC17-095EC7D818B1@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch>
	 <6.2.0.14.2.20051016090734.03a8a8f0@mail.peoplewho.org>
	 <9D876FB3-9560-4828-BC17-095EC7D818B1@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <9ea79150510161318i4c1f6dcfr@mail.gmail.com>

What I know is that not only Wifi will be provided gratis on the Kram
PalExpo but even 3G (I'm not sure if it's UMTS).  Also 1000 free
access Computers will be ready for public use (Windows and Linux
operated) and internet access points for laptops wired access. I'm
sure that wireless cards will be provided (for renting or for
purshase) like in PC1.

Palexpo have to be ready before the end of this month. So no need to hurry.

Wifi in hotels  is depending on the hotels level. Almost 100% of 5*
hotels in Tunis are providing wifi and internet plugs in rooms. Not
sure of Hammamet. You need to call your hotel to check that.

Marouen


2005/10/16, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Sylvia:
>
> The CS Bureau has asked - numerous, numerous times if the wireless at
> the Tunis summit will be free (as in no cost). To-date, if i'm not
> mistaken - no straight answer has been received. Thus, it is my
> working assumption is that - it is likely - that WiFi WILL NOT be
> free at the Kram Centre. What the cost (if any) will be - is yet
> unknown..
>
> With the IT infrastructure being built at the Kram (1)  , and a
> partnership  being announced with the Finnish IT security firm
> Stonesoft (2)  - well, someone should know if WiFi will be free, and
> if in fact we will have uncensored internet (as we've always been
> promised).
>
> Why we can't get a definite answer already - well is the big
> question. Again, my recommendation is to think the worst and plan
> accordingly..
>
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>
> References:
>
> 1. Photos of IT infrastructure being installed @ Kram Centre:
>   <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506821>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506950/>
>
> 2. Partnership announcement with Stonesoft
> <http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200510030257.html>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 16-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, Sylvia Caras wrote:
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
> > for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> > translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > I'd like to send a package of materials from the United States to
> > my hotel in Tunis.  Does anyone have information about how reliable
> > the mail service is?
> >
> > I believe there is WiFi at the Tunis airport.  Is that free?  At
> > Kram?  At any hotels?  When I am traveling, I usually buy by the
> > day, and occasionally; I don't have full time wireless subscription
> > access in the US.  For WSIS I would like access for longer.  Do I
> > need to buy something here?  There?
> >
> > Sylvia
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Sun Oct 16 21:22:24 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wifi? snail?
In-Reply-To: <9ea79150510161318i4c1f6dcfr@mail.gmail.com>
References: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch>
	 <6.2.0.14.2.20051016090734.03a8a8f0@mail.peoplewho.org>
	 <9D876FB3-9560-4828-BC17-095EC7D818B1@lists.privaterra.org>
	 <9ea79150510161318i4c1f6dcfr@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9ea79150510161322p45cb4af0w@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry. About snail mail service, there are no problems on that level.
You may pay more for an extra care service and more quick delivery to
be more sure if you want.

Marouen


2005/10/16, Marouen MRAIHI <mr.marouen@gmail.com>:
> What I know is that not only Wifi will be provided gratis on the Kram
> PalExpo but even 3G (I'm not sure if it's UMTS).  Also 1000 free
> access Computers will be ready for public use (Windows and Linux
> operated) and internet access points for laptops wired access. I'm
> sure that wireless cards will be provided (for renting or for
> purshase) like in PC1.
>
> Palexpo have to be ready before the end of this month. So no need to hurry.
>
> Wifi in hotels  is depending on the hotels level. Almost 100% of 5*
> hotels in Tunis are providing wifi and internet plugs in rooms. Not
> sure of Hammamet. You need to call your hotel to check that.
>
> Marouen
>
>
> 2005/10/16, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Sylvia:
> >
> > The CS Bureau has asked - numerous, numerous times if the wireless at
> > the Tunis summit will be free (as in no cost). To-date, if i'm not
> > mistaken - no straight answer has been received. Thus, it is my
> > working assumption is that - it is likely - that WiFi WILL NOT be
> > free at the Kram Centre. What the cost (if any) will be - is yet
> > unknown..
> >
> > With the IT infrastructure being built at the Kram (1)  , and a
> > partnership  being announced with the Finnish IT security firm
> > Stonesoft (2)  - well, someone should know if WiFi will be free, and
> > if in fact we will have uncensored internet (as we've always been
> > promised).
> >
> > Why we can't get a definite answer already - well is the big
> > question. Again, my recommendation is to think the worst and plan
> > accordingly..
> >
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > --
> > Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> > Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > References:
> >
> > 1. Photos of IT infrastructure being installed @ Kram Centre:
> >   <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506821>
> > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506950/>
> >
> > 2. Partnership announcement with Stonesoft
> > <http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200510030257.html>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 16-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, Sylvia Caras wrote:
> >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
> > > for specific people]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> > > translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > I'd like to send a package of materials from the United States to
> > > my hotel in Tunis.  Does anyone have information about how reliable
> > > the mail service is?
> > >
> > > I believe there is WiFi at the Tunis airport.  Is that free?  At
> > > Kram?  At any hotels?  When I am traveling, I usually buy by the
> > > day, and occasionally; I don't have full time wireless subscription
> > > access in the US.  For WSIS I would like access for longer.  Do I
> > > need to buy something here?  There?
> > >
> > > Sylvia
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
> >
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> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
>

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Oct 16 21:24:53 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wifi? snail?
In-Reply-To: <9ea79150510161318i4c1f6dcfr@mail.gmail.com>
References: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch> <6.2.0.14.2.20051016090734.03a8a8f0@mail.peoplewho.org> <9D876FB3-9560-4828-BC17-095EC7D818B1@lists.privaterra.org> <9ea79150510161318i4c1f6dcfr@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20043F2E-ED20-4A42-A75E-612B10031635@lists.privaterra.org>

Marouen:

Thanks for the news. would be good to have it confirmed from the WSIS  
ES as well. Can you  - check - if indeed it is free. ..

In the Geneva 03 summit we did have free WiFi, well - at least the  
connection to PalExpo has free. But, connection to the internet cost  
about 250 CHF for the 4 days! Ouch!

As for 3G - one would need a 3g capable device, right?



regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 16-Oct-05, at 4:18 PM, Marouen MRAIHI wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> What I know is that not only Wifi will be provided gratis on the Kram
> PalExpo but even 3G (I'm not sure if it's UMTS).  Also 1000 free
> access Computers will be ready for public use (Windows and Linux
> operated) and internet access points for laptops wired access. I'm
> sure that wireless cards will be provided (for renting or for
> purshase) like in PC1.
>
> Palexpo have to be ready before the end of this month. So no need  
> to hurry.
>
> Wifi in hotels  is depending on the hotels level. Almost 100% of 5*
> hotels in Tunis are providing wifi and internet plugs in rooms. Not
> sure of Hammamet. You need to call your hotel to check that.
>
> Marouen
>
>
> 2005/10/16, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:
>
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses  
>> intended for specific people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
>> translation of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Sylvia:
>>
>> The CS Bureau has asked - numerous, numerous times if the wireless at
>> the Tunis summit will be free (as in no cost). To-date, if i'm not
>> mistaken - no straight answer has been received. Thus, it is my
>> working assumption is that - it is likely - that WiFi WILL NOT be
>> free at the Kram Centre. What the cost (if any) will be - is yet
>> unknown..
>>
>> With the IT infrastructure being built at the Kram (1)  , and a
>> partnership  being announced with the Finnish IT security firm
>> Stonesoft (2)  - well, someone should know if WiFi will be free, and
>> if in fact we will have uncensored internet (as we've always been
>> promised).
>>
>> Why we can't get a definite answer already - well is the big
>> question. Again, my recommendation is to think the worst and plan
>> accordingly..
>>
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> --
>> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> References:
>>
>> 1. Photos of IT infrastructure being installed @ Kram Centre:
>>   <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506821>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/marouen/52506950/>
>>
>> 2. Partnership announcement with Stonesoft
>> <http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200510030257.html>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16-Oct-05, at 12:11 PM, Sylvia Caras wrote:
>>
>>
>>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
>>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
>>> for specific people]
>>>
>>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
>>> translation of this message!
>>> _______________________________________
>>>
>>> I'd like to send a package of materials from the United States to
>>> my hotel in Tunis.  Does anyone have information about how reliable
>>> the mail service is?
>>>
>>> I believe there is WiFi at the Tunis airport.  Is that free?  At
>>> Kram?  At any hotels?  When I am traveling, I usually buy by the
>>> day, and occasionally; I don't have full time wireless subscription
>>> access in the US.  For WSIS I would like access for longer.  Do I
>>> need to buy something here?  There?
>>>
>>> Sylvia
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Plenary mailing list
>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Sun Oct 16 21:22:14 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
  supports
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCOEPIKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
References: <0b4601c5d281$427894e0$0300a8c0@T42hkawa>
 <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCOEPIKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051016132051.03eae0e0@mail.peoplewho.org>

At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often mental
>health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.

Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.

Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against 
people with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for 
whom the right is urged, don't matter at all.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras, PhD
Information Technology Consultant to the International Disability Alliance`




From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Sun Oct 16 21:36:54 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] wifi? snail?
In-Reply-To: <20043F2E-ED20-4A42-A75E-612B10031635@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <434418D200125D74@mail20.bluewin.ch>
	 <6.2.0.14.2.20051016090734.03a8a8f0@mail.peoplewho.org>
	 <9D876FB3-9560-4828-BC17-095EC7D818B1@lists.privaterra.org>
	 <9ea79150510161318i4c1f6dcfr@mail.gmail.com>
	 <20043F2E-ED20-4A42-A75E-612B10031635@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <9ea79150510161336k4ec51022q@mail.gmail.com>

Yes of course you need a 3G device. I'm sure that a lot of telecom
companies will be glad because they will be able to show their 3G
features not only present the devices like in Geneva.

PS: 3G not only in Kram, but in all Tunis City

Marouen

2005/10/16, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Marouen:
>
> Thanks for the news. would be good to have it confirmed from the WSIS
> ES as well. Can you  - check - if indeed it is free. ..
>
> In the Geneva 03 summit we did have free WiFi, well - at least the
> connection to PalExpo has free. But, connection to the internet cost
> about 250 CHF for the 4 days! Ouch!
>
> As for 3G - one would need a 3g capable device, right?
>
>
>
> regards,
>
> Robert
>

From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Oct 16 21:47:54 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for  supports
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20051016132051.03eae0e0@mail.peoplewho.org>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCKEPMKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Hi Sylvia,

Yes, we have had this discussion and we appear to have a difference of
opinion.  By including mental health, which as we have discussed includes
all people, not only those with disabilities, it will insure funding and
resources via ICT.

While I can understand your concern, in reality, the allocation of resources
will be determined by parity in funding  and not by perceived
discrimination.  If it is not included in documents, it is usually not
included in funding and in the allocation of often limited resources.

In fact, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological
Association, 87 percent of Americans say that it is the lack of insurance
coverage that most keeps them from seeing a mental health professional, not
stigma or embarrassment.  The same poll revealed that 85 percent of
Americans think that health insurance should cover mental health services.

Please cite the research which shows that making provisions for parity in
access to mental health information and services results in discrimination
against people with psychosocial disabilities.  I would think quite the
opposite.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Sylvia Caras
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:22 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
_______________________________________

At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often mental
>health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.

Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.

Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against
people with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for
whom the right is urged, don't matter at all.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras, PhD
Information Technology Consultant to the International Disability Alliance`



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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Oct 16 21:49:51 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for  supports
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCKEPMKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCCEPNKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear All,

I am including my expanded response from the plenary list below as it will
further clarify.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:48 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


Hi Sylvia,

Yes, we have had this discussion and we appear to have a difference of
opinion.  By including mental health, which as we have discussed includes
all people, not only those with disabilities, it will insure funding and
resources via ICT.

While I can understand your concern, in reality, the allocation of resources
will be determined by parity in funding  and not by perceived
discrimination.  If it is not included in documents, it is usually not
included in funding and in the allocation of often limited resources.

In fact, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological
Association, 87 percent of Americans say that it is the lack of insurance
coverage that most keeps them from seeing a mental health professional, not
stigma or embarrassment.  The same poll revealed that 85 percent of
Americans think that health insurance should cover mental health services.

Please cite the research which shows that making provisions for parity in
access to mental health information and services results in discrimination
against people with psychosocial disabilities.  I would think quite the
opposite.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Sylvia Caras
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:22 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
_______________________________________

At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often mental
>health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.

Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.

Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against
people with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for
whom the right is urged, don't matter at all.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras, PhD
Information Technology Consultant to the International Disability Alliance`



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From cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu  Sun Oct 16 22:07:04 2005
From: cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu (Richard Vincent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] U.S. worried about Tunis phase? Perhaps.
Message-ID: <s3527abb.050@isugw.indstate.edu>

A short but interesting WSIS story has been published in the Washington Post with a 13 October dateline: < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202210.html >. The title is "U.S. May Face World at Internet Governance Summit".

The story states that "the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society could be the scene of an international brawl, with some claiming that the core freedoms and integrity of the global network are at risk."  An international brawl?  Reference is to the United States stand on Internet governance and ownership.  The story notes that some countries, particularly those in the South, are objecting to the ongoing U.S. supremacy of the Internet.  The article boldly notes that "the United States is having none of it."

The attributed reason is that the U.S. "suspects that some of these governments want to try to control the Internet to stifle free expression and preserve dictatorial control."  The article adds that "Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and Brazil have been especially vocal." The article adds that the matter became further complicated by the European Union's infuriating endorsement of the idea of international authority last month.

David A. Gross, coordinator of International Communications and Information Policy at the State Department. Gross said "the United States would not accept any other entity taking on oversight of ICANN, no matter what may happen at the conference in Tunisia." "We are firm in our position," he said. "This is not a negotiation."

I find the above article revealing for until now the U.S. press has published virtually no stories on the WSIS.  The New York Times has published just one story since 2001; and the Washington Post has done four, with two of these this October and the month is only half over!  Most other papers, national as well as regional, have published not a single article since 2001.  Given this overall absence of news stories, I find the present Post article interesting, and possibly revealing.  

I wonder if this may reflect a change in strategy on behalf of the State Department where it heretofore has largely ignored the summit.  It may be that the U.S. now feels threatened by what has been going on in the WSIS dialogue and decided to adopt a more aggressive stance during the Tunis phase; at least as far as Internet governance is concerned.  Finally, the allegation that interests wish to "stifle free expression and preserve dictatorial control" is a clear reflection of earlier U.S. rhetoric from the UNESCO sponsored NWICO debate of the 1970s.  In that case, stories and Op Ed pieces were strategically planted in major U.S. papers to stimulate debate and win support of the U.S. news community and other opinion leaders.  Any way, I believe this merits watching since the U.S. delegation was almost nonexistent during the entire 2003 Geneva phase of the summit.

Warm Regards,

Rick Vincent
Department of Communication
Indiana State University



Dr. Richard C. Vincent
Professor 
Department of Communication
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
U.S.A.

email: rvincent@indstate.edu
telephone: +1 812 237-3246
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Sun Oct 16 22:33:07 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi
Message-ID: <7101CFCD-3E8C-11DA-A075-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

I'm afraid it would be difficult to include supports to Shirin Ebadi  
that seem conditional to having something very specific said. This  
applies to the Disability Caucus support as well as to the Health and  
ICT Working Group support, following the messages sent by,  
respectively, Hiroshi and Elizabeth. The Human Rights Caucus is  
grateful for these two supports, but we cannot seriously commit, on  
behalf of Ms. Ebadi, that she would specifically address a given point.  
If we do that, then we will soon end with a kind of "shopping list".  
This is not reasonable.

So, unless there is a message posted, on time, by both Hiroshi and  
Elisabeth, confirming their support on the general basis that Ms. Ebadi  
would address in her speech the necessary human rights and social  
justice foundations for an information society, in the way she  
personally feels appropriate to address this issue, the Disability  
Caucus and the Health and ICT Working Group would not be included, so  
that no one may feel disappointed or, worse, utilized in some way or  
another. I think this is fair enough, and honest.

I understand the importance of the issue of the rights of persons with  
disabilities, and in particular the rights of women with disabilities  
(Hiroshi request). I also understand the importance to have access to  
physical and mental health information and services via ICT (Elizabeth  
request). I share these concerns. But anyone would reasonably recognize  
that if this level of details is reached for all issues of concerns of  
whole CS @ WSIS, then the opening speech would need to last some hours,  
and would loose any strength. There are numerous other speaking slots  
(round-tables, high-level panels, plenaries) where the development of a  
given issue is more relevant. But we're speaking of the opening.

More generally speaking, I would like to refer to a message by Ronald  
Koven on this list (Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:29:14 EDT, Subject: speakers  
list transmitted to the ITU), on this issue. I share this viewpoint  
expressed by Rony, specially since we're talking here of a really  
outstanding figure, with true intellectual authority worldwide.  
Moreover, this person is known all over the world, and has a public  
status. In other words, everyone know, or may find out, what she  
previously said in numerous top level occasions. If we support her,  
this means that we know she would make a strong high-level address, of  
which we all will be proud.

Finally, may I remind everyone that, at the Geneva Summit opening,  
Kicki Nordstr?m was the plenary speaker, and half of her speech was  
dedicated to the specific issue of people with disabilities, specially  
blind people. The speech may be found at:  
http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/coverage/ 
archive.asp?lang=en&c_type=op%7C10

On a more practical issue, I have to tell you that my mail (pop) server  
has had problems since last night, and as a consequence I'm able to  
write from but not to receive emails at my usual address. This means  
that I am able to gather all the supports expressed on the plenary list  
(through the web archives), but not those sent directly to my email  
address after Saturday 23:00 GMT. Sorry about that.

Best,
Meryem

From laina at getit.org  Sun Oct 16 22:37:58 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for  supports
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCCEPNKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <20051017055024.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Dear Elisabeth,

I have been watching your postings and those of Sylvia with interest.I am a
mother  of a child with learning disabilities, (he has central auditory
processing disorder and it took almost 5 to 7 years to get him diagnosed and
get the right help). Whilst he qualifies under the Disabilities Act, there
is lack of funding to get the necessary help he needs to cope with his type
of disability. 

I guess if there is some way to further distinguish what is meant by "mental
health" into a category of the level of a disability, as opposed to just
people living in abundance facing depression etc, that this may help. Rather
than clumping 80% of people in US together with metal and physical
disability may dilute the funding available to those who needs it most. 

Again, I have no clear side on this, but I see this issue from being a
mother and knowing that funds are limited forthis kind of help too.

Best Regards,
Laina

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Of Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:50 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports

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Dear All,

I am including my expanded response from the plenary list below as it will
further clarify.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:48 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


Hi Sylvia,

Yes, we have had this discussion and we appear to have a difference of
opinion.  By including mental health, which as we have discussed includes
all people, not only those with disabilities, it will insure funding and
resources via ICT.

While I can understand your concern, in reality, the allocation of resources
will be determined by parity in funding  and not by perceived
discrimination.  If it is not included in documents, it is usually not
included in funding and in the allocation of often limited resources.

In fact, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological
Association, 87 percent of Americans say that it is the lack of insurance
coverage that most keeps them from seeing a mental health professional, not
stigma or embarrassment.  The same poll revealed that 85 percent of
Americans think that health insurance should cover mental health services.

Please cite the research which shows that making provisions for parity in
access to mental health information and services results in discrimination
against people with psychosocial disabilities.  I would think quite the
opposite.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; UN NGO Committee on
Mental Health; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Sylvia Caras
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:22 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


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At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often 
>mental health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.

Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.

Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against people
with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for whom the
right is urged, don't matter at all.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras, PhD
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From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Sun Oct 16 22:46:28 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: Insurance / ICT Intersections That May be Quite Productive (also Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination ...)
References: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCCEPNKBAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <009301c5d29b$14909270$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Greetings:

Accord with these posts, and reflecting:  as among the three of us and quite possibly others here the different sides of  insurance parity debates  is indeed a frequent one laden with access issues, and as it appears the stigma is most frequently identified with the "treatment" process, and not the funds which so provide, what can we do in the ICT world to use the concepts and technologies to lessen any such onus?  

This discussion ruch in human rights issues may indeed blossom at  the Summit, but, as well,  colloquy before the WSIS event could as indicated here be quite productive in advance, in some forum  we can advance through notice here to all concerned..

Best wishes, LDMF.
For Identification Here:
Comunications Coordination Committee for the United Nations, Respectful Interfaces Programme/
International Disability Caucus: Persons with Pain International, Coordination of  Singular Organizations.
Participant, E. Carll ICT/Health events.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:49 PM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports


> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I am including my expanded response from the plenary list below as it will
> further clarify.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:48 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
> supports
> 
> 
> Hi Sylvia,
> 
> Yes, we have had this discussion and we appear to have a difference of
> opinion.  By including mental health, which as we have discussed includes
> all people, not only those with disabilities, it will insure funding and
> resources via ICT.
> 
> While I can understand your concern, in reality, the allocation of resources
> will be determined by parity in funding  and not by perceived
> discrimination.  If it is not included in documents, it is usually not
> included in funding and in the allocation of often limited resources.
> 
> In fact, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological
> Association, 87 percent of Americans say that it is the lack of insurance
> coverage that most keeps them from seeing a mental health professional, not
> stigma or embarrassment.  The same poll revealed that 85 percent of
> Americans think that health insurance should cover mental health services.
> 
> Please cite the research which shows that making provisions for parity in
> access to mental health information and services results in discrimination
> against people with psychosocial disabilities.  I would think quite the
> opposite.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> UN NGO Committee on Mental Health;
> Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Sylvia Caras
> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:22 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
> supports
> 
> 
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> 
> At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
> >Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often mental
> >health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.
> 
> Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.
> 
> Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against
> people with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for
> whom the right is urged, don't matter at all.
> 
> Sylvia
> 
> Sylvia Caras, PhD
> Information Technology Consultant to the International Disability Alliance`
> 
> 
> 
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Oct 16 22:50:44 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <7101CFCD-3E8C-11DA-A075-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCGEAAKCAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Meryem,

The endorsement of Shirin Ebadi by the Health and ICT Working Group was not
made contingent on the inclusion of the mention of access to physical and
mental health information in her speech, as it was a recommendation not a
stipulation.  Obviously, Ms. Ebadi will write her own speech.  Therefore, it
is an unconditional endorsement.

However, it may be helpful for her to know the concerns of the various
groups within the WSIS CS as often development and human rights issues have
taken the back burner on WSIS II discussions.   Therefore,  forwarding these
concerns to her may be helpful in her becoming cognizant of the various
issues.

Hope this has helped clarify.  Thank you for your efforts in having Shirin
Ebadi speak at the opening session.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Coordinator, WSIS Health and ICT Working Group
Affiliations:
Representative to the UN & Focal Point to WSIS
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Vice President
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN;
Chair, Media/ICT Working Group
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
New York, USA
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Meryem Marzouki
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:33 PM
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Cc: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi


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Dear all,

I'm afraid it would be difficult to include supports to Shirin Ebadi
that seem conditional to having something very specific said. This
applies to the Disability Caucus support as well as to the Health and
ICT Working Group support, following the messages sent by,
respectively, Hiroshi and Elizabeth. The Human Rights Caucus is
grateful for these two supports, but we cannot seriously commit, on
behalf of Ms. Ebadi, that she would specifically address a given point.
If we do that, then we will soon end with a kind of "shopping list".
This is not reasonable.

So, unless there is a message posted, on time, by both Hiroshi and
Elisabeth, confirming their support on the general basis that Ms. Ebadi
would address in her speech the necessary human rights and social
justice foundations for an information society, in the way she
personally feels appropriate to address this issue, the Disability
Caucus and the Health and ICT Working Group would not be included, so
that no one may feel disappointed or, worse, utilized in some way or
another. I think this is fair enough, and honest.

I understand the importance of the issue of the rights of persons with
disabilities, and in particular the rights of women with disabilities
(Hiroshi request). I also understand the importance to have access to
physical and mental health information and services via ICT (Elizabeth
request). I share these concerns. But anyone would reasonably recognize
that if this level of details is reached for all issues of concerns of
whole CS @ WSIS, then the opening speech would need to last some hours,
and would loose any strength. There are numerous other speaking slots
(round-tables, high-level panels, plenaries) where the development of a
given issue is more relevant. But we're speaking of the opening.

More generally speaking, I would like to refer to a message by Ronald
Koven on this list (Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:29:14 EDT, Subject: speakers
list transmitted to the ITU), on this issue. I share this viewpoint
expressed by Rony, specially since we're talking here of a really
outstanding figure, with true intellectual authority worldwide.
Moreover, this person is known all over the world, and has a public
status. In other words, everyone know, or may find out, what she
previously said in numerous top level occasions. If we support her,
this means that we know she would make a strong high-level address, of
which we all will be proud.

Finally, may I remind everyone that, at the Geneva Summit opening,
Kicki Nordstr?m was the plenary speaker, and half of her speech was
dedicated to the specific issue of people with disabilities, specially
blind people. The speech may be found at:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/coverage/
archive.asp?lang=en&c_type=op%7C10

On a more practical issue, I have to tell you that my mail (pop) server
has had problems since last night, and as a consequence I'm able to
write from but not to receive emails at my usual address. This means
that I am able to gather all the supports expressed on the plenary list
(through the web archives), but not those sent directly to my email
address after Saturday 23:00 GMT. Sorry about that.

Best,
Meryem
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From katitza at privaterra.org  Sun Oct 16 23:01:57 2005
From: katitza at privaterra.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Katitza_Rodr=EDguez_Pereda?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Privacy and Data Protection in Ibero-America:
Message-ID: <bc064aa146b989ecc3394db23086b8c8@privaterra.org>

Information: http://www.cpsr-peru.org/eventos/privacidad2005/
                     http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/bogota05/
Dates: October 20th and 21st, 2005.
Location: Auditorio Alberto Lleras Camargo. Universidad de los Andes,  
Carrera 1 N? 18A 10 Bogota, Colombia.
Registration: Mar?a Raquel Suarique, msuariqu@uniandes.edu.co
Contact: Katitza Rodr?guez, katitza@cpsr-peru.org
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
---------

Privacy and Data Protection in Ibero-America:
Analysis and Perspectives.

This conference will launch the EPIC?s Annual Edition of "Privacy and  
Human Rights". Its objectives are also to provide a meeting for civil  
society representatives, academic experts and governmental authorities  
to analyze and debate current public policy issues and recent  
developments in privacy in Ibero-America.


OCTOBER 20th, 2005.

14:30 Opening: Privacy and data protection in the information society.

?	Eduardo Cifuentes Mu?oz. Dean, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia).


PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION IN IBERO-AMERICA

15:00 Launch of the EPIC?s annual Privacy and Human Rights report.

?	C?dric Laurant, Director, International Privacy Project, EPIC (USA).
?	Pedro Mendiz?bal Simonetti, President, CPSR-Per? (Per?).

16:00 Break.

16:20 Data protection and Habeas Data.

?	Karen Kuhfeldt, Defensora Delegada para Asuntos Constitucionales y  
Legales, Ombudsman (Colombia).
?	Fernando Eguiguren Praeli, Head of the Academic Department of Law of  
the Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per? and professor in  
Constitutional Law (Peru).
?	Lina Ornelas, General Director of Classified Information and Personal  
Data, Federal Institute of Access to Information, IFAI (Mexico).
?	Oscar Puccinelli, Doctor in Constitucional Law, Coordinator of Habeas  
Data Group (Argentina).

Chair.- Katitza Rodr?guez, EPIC

17:40 Question/Answer session.

18:00 Break.

18:10 The Ibero-American Data Protection Network.

?	Mar?a ?ngeles Montull, Chief, Cabinet of the Director, Spanish Data  
Protection Authority (Spain).

TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS

18:40
?	Humberto Carrasco Blanc, CPSR member, LLM Quenn Mary (Chile).
?	Julio Cesar Vega G?mez, Subdirector de Normatividad de Comercio  
Electr?nico, Sub-secretar?a Econom?a (M?xico).
?	C?dric Laurant, Electronic Privacy Information Center

Chair: Pedro Mendiz?bal, President CPSR-Per? (Peru).

OCTOBER 21st, 2005

FINANCIAL PRIVACY

14:30 Plenary session

?	Pablo Palazzi, Habeas Data Group (Argentina).
?	Juan Manuel Villaveces, President, Computec. (Colombia).
?	Alejandra Gils Garb?, Fiscal General ante la C?mara Nacional de  
Apelaciones en lo Comercial (Argentina).

16:40 Question/Answer session.

Chair.- Nelson Remolina, Director GECTI.

17:00 Break.

17:20 Presentation of the Law, Communications and New Technologies  
Magazine.  Nelson Remolina, GECTI (Colombia).


TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURES: CONCEPT, SCOPE AND IMPLICATION FOR  
PRIVACY

17:50

?	Rafael Gamboa, GECTI (Colombia).
?	Katitza Rodr?guez, Electronic Privacy Information Center (Peru).
?	Enrique Chaparro, security expert, Fundaci?n V?a Libre (Argentina).

19:10 Question/Answer session.

Chair.- Ivonne Mu?oz Torres, Instituto Tecnol?gico y de Estudios  
Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico).




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From katitza at privaterra.org  Sun Oct 16 23:18:34 2005
From: katitza at privaterra.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Katitza_Rodr=EDguez_Pereda?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
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Informaci?n: http://www.cpsr-peru.org/eventos/privacidad2005/
http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/bogota05/ espanol.html
Fechas: 20 y 21 de octubre de 2005.
Lugar: Auditorio Alberto Lleras Camargo. Universidad de los Andes: 
Carrera 1 N? 18A 10 Bogot?, Colombia.
Coordinadora General, Katitza Rodr?guez, katitza@cpsr-peru.org
Inscripciones: Mar?a Raquel Suarique, msuariqu@uniandes.edu.co
--------
Se agradece la difusi?n de la presente:

Privacidad y protecci?n de datos personales en Iberoam?rica: An?lisis y 
perspectivas.
- PROGRAMA -


20 DE OCTUBRE DE 2005

14:30 Inauguraci?n

?	Eduardo Cifuentes Mu?oz. Decano de la Facultad de Derecho.
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Ex director de la Direcci?n de
Derechos Humanos de la UNESCO. Ex Defensor del Pueblo de la
Rep?blica de Colombia. Ex Magistrado de la Corte Constitucional.


EL DERECHO A LA VIDA PRIVADA Y  LA PROTECCI?N DE DATOS PERSONALES EN 
IBEROAMERICA

15:00 Presentaci?n del Libro Privacidad y Derechos Humanos.

?	C?dric Laurant, Director, Internacional Privacy Project, EPIC (USA).
?	Pedro Mendiz?bal Simonetti, Presidente de CPSR-Per? (Per?).

16:00 Descanso

16:20 La Protecci?n de Datos Personales y el Habeas Data: Concepto, 
alcances, l?mites entre lo p?blico y lo privado.

?	Karen Kuhfeldt. Defensora Delegada para Asuntos Constitucionales y
Legales de la Defensor?a del Pueblo (Colombia).
?	Fernando Eguiguren Praeli. Profesor Principal del Departamento de
Derecho de la Pontifica Universidad Cat?lica del Per?, d?nde ejerce la 
C?tedra
  de Derecho Constitucional desde 1983 (Per?)
?	Lina Ornelas, Directora General de Clasificaci?n y Datos Personales,
Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Informaci?n P?blica, IFAI, (M?xico).

Moderador.- Katitza Rodr?guez, Directora de CPSR-Per? (Per?)

17:40 Turno de Preguntas

18:00 Descanso

18:10 La Red Iberoamericana de Protecci?n de Datos

?	Mar?a ?ngeles Montull, Secretar?a, Red Iberoamericana de Protecci?n
  de Datos, Vocal Asesor, Jefa del Gabinete del Director, Agencia 
Espa?ola de
   Protecci?n de Datos (Espa?a).

LA TRANSFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE DATOS PERSONALES

18:40
?	Humberto Carrasco Blanc, CPSR, LLM Queen Mary, (Chile)
?	Julio Cesar Vega G?mez, Subdirector de Normatividad de
         Comercio Electr?nico, Sub-secretar?a Econom?a, (M?xico)
?	Cedric Laurant, Electronic Privacy Information Center

Moderador.- Pedro Mendiz?bal Simonetti, Presidente CPSR-Per? (Per?)

21 DE OCTUBRE DE 2005

14:30 Responsabilidad por el tratamiento de datos personales.
?	Oscar Puccinelli, Doctor en Derecho Constitucional y coordinador
          Foro Habeas Data (Argentina).

PRIVACIDAD FINANCIERA

15:00 Mesa redonda
?	Pablo Palazzi, Grupo Habeas Data (Argentina).
?	Juan Manuel Villaveces. Presidente de Computec. (Colombia).
?	Alejandra Gils Garb?, Fiscal General ante la C?mara Nacional
         de Apelaciones en lo Comercial (Argentina).
?	Ariel Neyva Morales, abogado, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 
(Colombia).

16:40 Turno de Preguntas

Moderador.- Nelson Remolina, Director GECTI (Colombia)

17:00 Descanso

17:20 Presentaci?n de la Revista Derecho, Comunicaciones y Nuevas 
Tecnolog?as. Nelson Remolina, GECTI (Colombia).

LAS MEDIDAS DE PROTECCION TECNOL?GICA: CONCEPTO, ALCANCE E IMPLICANCIAS 
PARA LA PROTECCI?N DE DATOS PERSONALES

17:50
?	Rafael Gamboa, GECTI (Colombia).
?	Katitza Rodr?guez, Electronic Privacy Information Center. (Per?).
?	Enrique Chaparro, experto en seguridad, Fundaci?n V?a Libre. 
(Argentina).

19:10 Turno de Preguntas

Moderador.- Ivonne Mu?oz Torres, Instituto Tecnol?gico y de Estudios 
Superiores de Monterrey. (M?xico).


Informaci?n: http://www.cpsr-peru.org/eventos/privacidad2005/
http://www.thepublicvoice.org/events/bogota05/ espanol.html
Fechas: 20 y 21 de octubre de 2005.
Lugar: Auditorio Alberto Lleras Camargo. Universidad de los Andes: 
Carrera 1 N? 18A 10 Bogot?, Colombia.
Inscripciones: Mar?a Raquel Suarique, msuariqu@uniandes.edu.co
Coordinadora General: Katitza Rodr?guez, katitza@cpsr-peru.org
Informaci?n tur?stica y hotelera: www.bogotaturismo.gov.co/


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From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Sun Oct 16 22:56:27 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for 
  supports
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At 01:49 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>my expanded response

We've been asked to not have this conversation on the plenary list - I have 
noted my disagreement on the health list.

Sylvia 


From KovenRonald at aol.com  Sun Oct 16 23:34:20 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
Message-ID: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com>

Dear All --

Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think it is 
really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect them. 
She must be free to express what she thinks is important. The authoritarian 
atmosphere of our limited version of "civil society,"defining what is sayable 
and not sayable is getting truly suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us 
to tell people that they are free to say what they think and decide for 
themselves what they consider important.

Rony Koven
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Sun Oct 16 23:39:37 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RTC access in Tunisia
Message-ID: <BB76F08C-3E95-11DA-A075-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

I don't know of any public place where there is Wifi in Tunisia, except 
in some _very_ high level hotels.

However, if this could be of any help, last time I used Internet access 
in Tunisia, this summer, I bought an Internet card (like the low cost 
phone cards), sold by hexabyte, a private Tunisian ISP. It costed me 10 
TND for 10 hours of connexion (in fact 9 TND, but perhaps this was a 
summer special offer). On the card there is a login and password, that 
you use for RTC Internet access, through a normal telephone line. The 
price includes Internet access and communication cost, i.e. it may be 
used from any direct phone. I don't think it's usable through hotel 
room phone, since generally it's not direct line, and there are 
additional charges from the hotel. It's also safer to have your own 
phone plug, normally in Tunisia it's not RJ11, but the French "T" plug 
(see http://kropla.com/france.htm), when it's not directly embedded in 
the wall (but this applies to old style phones I think).

So it worked well, though at RTC speed, and was at reasonable price. 
The only problem is that my pop server (of a French NGO ISP hosting 
some websites critical of Tunisia, including the online journal I'm 
co-managing) was blocked by the Tunisian censors:))). Even the webmail 
page of this ISP was blocked! In consequence, it worked well only with 
my professional pop server: I have been able to do my job, but for 
running my NGO activities, I had to circumvent censorship through 
another webmail:) The web was, of course, filtered.

Filtered in the same way, the publinets (cybercafes) are publicly 
accessible for an average price of 1 TND per hour.

Speaking of blocking and censorship, I appreciated a lot part of a 
report from a meeting between CONGO and the Exec Secretariat (sent to 
plenary on Oct. 9), saying that:
"-	Connectivity: Charles Geiger asserted that non filtered access is a 
major
priority for the WSIS ES, and he guaranteed that Internet connection 
would not
be filtered both in the Kram Center and in the Hotels."

Is this an incentive for the Tunisian population to come to the Kram 
Center and to the hotels during WSIS, so that they may experience, once 
in their life, a non filtered Internet access ????

Or do some people find normal to benefit from non filtered access in a 
protected enclave, while the entire population of the country they are 
currently visiting (speaking, among other things, of Freedom of 
expression), are considered as second class citizens ?

Best,
Meryem


From pimienta at funredes.org  Sun Oct 16 23:47:31 2005
From: pimienta at funredes.org (Daniel Pimienta)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Languages & cultures in the Internet
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051016184644.02794720@funredes.org>

It's my pleasure to announce the product of the FUNREDES study
on languages and cultures 2005, made thanks to the support of
Union Latine.

This has been the most ambitious study until now and it includes:
- compiling and putting in perspective all the measurements from the origin;
- a new edition of the detailed studies for Spanish (2001) and French (2003);
- the first edition of a detailed study for Portuguese and English;
- the third edition of the measurement of cultural personages (1998, 2001).

All the material is accessible from http://funredes.org/lc
in English, French and Spanish.

Synthesis: http://funredes.org/lc/L6/english/ultimas.html

A new paper exposing the methodology and the results is being written;
in the mean time the methodology can be consulted at:
http://funredes.org/LC/english/L5/L5contents.html


From ecarll at optonline.net  Mon Oct 17 00:40:21 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for  supports
In-Reply-To: <20051017055024.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCMEAEKCAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Laina,

The response to your question is probably a bit technical for the general
list and if you have further questions than the one below, we should
continue back channel or perhaps you would like to join the Health and ICT
WG.

You being up an excellent point.  In New York State, there isn't always a
clear cut distinction as to what is a learning disability and what is not.
For example, in schools if a child is designated learning disabled,
typically that would have to meet a criteria of being about 50 percent below
grade level in any particular skill level (reading, math writing, etc.) and
also simultaneously must have a minimum of average intelligence.

If the learning disability is less severe, then the school may not classify
and provide services, as the funding is based on that criteria. But
obviously the child may be 30 percent below grade level and still in need of
services, in which case the  remedial services would be the responsibility
of the parent and done privately.   However, if the Committee on Special
Education of the school district classifies a child, they must provide
services.

With insurance, often the distinction that is used to determine coverage is
whether the treatment is medically necessary and it is in this category that
often psychological services usually fall.  Therefore, those services which
are seen as educational may not be viewed as medically necessary.  As you
can see it is a complex issue with not always easy answers.

Unless there were other psychological issues, a child with a learning
disability would not necessarily be diagnosed with a mental problem/illness.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net



-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Laina Raveendran Greene
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:38 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


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Dear Elisabeth,

I have been watching your postings and those of Sylvia with interest.I am a
mother  of a child with learning disabilities, (he has central auditory
processing disorder and it took almost 5 to 7 years to get him diagnosed and
get the right help). Whilst he qualifies under the Disabilities Act, there
is lack of funding to get the necessary help he needs to cope with his type
of disability.

I guess if there is some way to further distinguish what is meant by "mental
health" into a category of the level of a disability, as opposed to just
people living in abundance facing depression etc, that this may help. Rather
than clumping 80% of people in US together with metal and physical
disability may dilute the funding available to those who needs it most.

Again, I have no clear side on this, but I see this issue from being a
mother and knowing that funds are limited forthis kind of help too.

Best Regards,
Laina

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 10:50 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports

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Dear All,

I am including my expanded response from the plenary list below as it will
further clarify.

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:48 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


Hi Sylvia,

Yes, we have had this discussion and we appear to have a difference of
opinion.  By including mental health, which as we have discussed includes
all people, not only those with disabilities, it will insure funding and
resources via ICT.

While I can understand your concern, in reality, the allocation of resources
will be determined by parity in funding  and not by perceived
discrimination.  If it is not included in documents, it is usually not
included in funding and in the allocation of often limited resources.

In fact, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological
Association, 87 percent of Americans say that it is the lack of insurance
coverage that most keeps them from seeing a mental health professional, not
stigma or embarrassment.  The same poll revealed that 85 percent of
Americans think that health insurance should cover mental health services.

Please cite the research which shows that making provisions for parity in
access to mental health information and services results in discrimination
against people with psychosocial disabilities.  I would think quite the
opposite.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; UN NGO Committee on
Mental Health; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Sylvia Caras
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:22 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


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At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often
>mental health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.

Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.

Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against people
with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for whom the
right is urged, don't matter at all.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras, PhD
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From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Mon Oct 17 02:50:19 2005
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi
References: <7101CFCD-3E8C-11DA-A075-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <0c4001c5d2bd$2261bdd0$0300a8c0@T42hkawa>

Dear Meryem and all:

If you carefully read my text you believe that Shirin Ebadi will welcome our 
message and she will not take it as conditional at all because she will not 
exclude the point I raised I believe.
I just highlighted the contents in context of WSIS to reflect the voices of 
my constituency.
I don't understand why you take my language as conditional and afraid of 
"shopping list" although "persons with disabilities" is already stipulated 
in the Summit documents. I did not add anything that are not included in the 
Summit documents, even though we have huge amount of specific points.

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CSB Disability Family Focal Point
hkawa@attglobal.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meryem Marzouki" <marzouki@ras.eu.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 6:33 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi


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Dear all,

I'm afraid it would be difficult to include supports to Shirin Ebadi
that seem conditional to having something very specific said. This
applies to the Disability Caucus support as well as to the Health and
ICT Working Group support, following the messages sent by,
respectively, Hiroshi and Elizabeth. The Human Rights Caucus is
grateful for these two supports, but we cannot seriously commit, on
behalf of Ms. Ebadi, that she would specifically address a given point.
If we do that, then we will soon end with a kind of "shopping list".
This is not reasonable.

So, unless there is a message posted, on time, by both Hiroshi and
Elisabeth, confirming their support on the general basis that Ms. Ebadi
would address in her speech the necessary human rights and social
justice foundations for an information society, in the way she
personally feels appropriate to address this issue, the Disability
Caucus and the Health and ICT Working Group would not be included, so
that no one may feel disappointed or, worse, utilized in some way or
another. I think this is fair enough, and honest.

I understand the importance of the issue of the rights of persons with
disabilities, and in particular the rights of women with disabilities
(Hiroshi request). I also understand the importance to have access to
physical and mental health information and services via ICT (Elizabeth
request). I share these concerns. But anyone would reasonably recognize
that if this level of details is reached for all issues of concerns of
whole CS @ WSIS, then the opening speech would need to last some hours,
and would loose any strength. There are numerous other speaking slots
(round-tables, high-level panels, plenaries) where the development of a
given issue is more relevant. But we're speaking of the opening.

More generally speaking, I would like to refer to a message by Ronald
Koven on this list (Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:29:14 EDT, Subject: speakers
list transmitted to the ITU), on this issue. I share this viewpoint
expressed by Rony, specially since we're talking here of a really
outstanding figure, with true intellectual authority worldwide.
Moreover, this person is known all over the world, and has a public
status. In other words, everyone know, or may find out, what she
previously said in numerous top level occasions. If we support her,
this means that we know she would make a strong high-level address, of
which we all will be proud.

Finally, may I remind everyone that, at the Geneva Summit opening,
Kicki Nordstr?m was the plenary speaker, and half of her speech was
dedicated to the specific issue of people with disabilities, specially
blind people. The speech may be found at:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/coverage/
archive.asp?lang=en&c_type=op%7C10

On a more practical issue, I have to tell you that my mail (pop) server
has had problems since last night, and as a consequence I'm able to
write from but not to receive emails at my usual address. This means
that I am able to gather all the supports expressed on the plenary list
(through the web archives), but not those sent directly to my email
address after Saturday 23:00 GMT. Sorry about that.

Best,
Meryem
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From aizu at anr.org  Mon Oct 17 03:31:48 2005
From: aizu at anr.org (Izumi AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCGEAAKCAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
References: <7101CFCD-3E8C-11DA-A075-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
 <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCGEAAKCAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051017112516.0388eeb0@anr.org>

I am not sure if I am supposed to make a comment on this matter, but
I cannot help express my reaction.

I fully agree with both wha Elizabeth wrote below and also what
Hiroshi responded.

I don't think any caucus/working group can and should dictate the substance
of the speech by our speaker. But by the same token, if we, the Civil
Society, are to recommend a speaker, she or he is expected to at least
listen to the issues or voices from the constituencies in a reasonable
manner.

What Meryem implied or indicated sounds like that is not
the case. I hope there is some misunderstandings and Ms. Ebadi
will be given full messages from us, especially from the voices
of minorities or excluded, not filtered or blocked. I am sure
Ms. Ebadi is such a person of careful listener.

And I don't think their supports be treated as "conditional".
They are very reasonable endorsements.

respectfully,

izumi

At 17:50 05/10/16 -0400, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
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>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation 
>of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Dear Meryem,
>
>The endorsement of Shirin Ebadi by the Health and ICT Working Group was not
>made contingent on the inclusion of the mention of access to physical and
>mental health information in her speech, as it was a recommendation not a
>stipulation.  Obviously, Ms. Ebadi will write her own speech.  Therefore, it
>is an unconditional endorsement.
>
>However, it may be helpful for her to know the concerns of the various
>groups within the WSIS CS as often development and human rights issues have
>taken the back burner on WSIS II discussions.   Therefore,  forwarding these
>concerns to her may be helpful in her becoming cognizant of the various
>issues.
>
>Hope this has helped clarify.  Thank you for your efforts in having Shirin
>Ebadi speak at the opening session.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Elizabeth
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Carll
>Coordinator, WSIS Health and ICT Working Group
>Affiliations:
>Representative to the UN & Focal Point to WSIS
>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
>Vice President
>Communications Coordination Committee for the UN;
>Chair, Media/ICT Working Group
>UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
>New York, USA
>Tel: 1631-754-2424
>Fax: 1631-754-5032
>ecarll@optonline.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
>Behalf Of Meryem Marzouki
>Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:33 PM
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Cc: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi
>
>
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
>Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
>this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Dear all,
>
>I'm afraid it would be difficult to include supports to Shirin Ebadi
>that seem conditional to having something very specific said. This
>applies to the Disability Caucus support as well as to the Health and
>ICT Working Group support, following the messages sent by,
>respectively, Hiroshi and Elizabeth. The Human Rights Caucus is
>grateful for these two supports, but we cannot seriously commit, on
>behalf of Ms. Ebadi, that she would specifically address a given point.
>If we do that, then we will soon end with a kind of "shopping list".
>This is not reasonable.
>
>So, unless there is a message posted, on time, by both Hiroshi and
>Elisabeth, confirming their support on the general basis that Ms. Ebadi
>would address in her speech the necessary human rights and social
>justice foundations for an information society, in the way she
>personally feels appropriate to address this issue, the Disability
>Caucus and the Health and ICT Working Group would not be included, so
>that no one may feel disappointed or, worse, utilized in some way or
>another. I think this is fair enough, and honest.
>
>I understand the importance of the issue of the rights of persons with
>disabilities, and in particular the rights of women with disabilities
>(Hiroshi request). I also understand the importance to have access to
>physical and mental health information and services via ICT (Elizabeth
>request). I share these concerns. But anyone would reasonably recognize
>that if this level of details is reached for all issues of concerns of
>whole CS @ WSIS, then the opening speech would need to last some hours,
>and would loose any strength. There are numerous other speaking slots
>(round-tables, high-level panels, plenaries) where the development of a
>given issue is more relevant. But we're speaking of the opening.
>
>More generally speaking, I would like to refer to a message by Ronald
>Koven on this list (Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:29:14 EDT, Subject: speakers
>list transmitted to the ITU), on this issue. I share this viewpoint
>expressed by Rony, specially since we're talking here of a really
>outstanding figure, with true intellectual authority worldwide.
>Moreover, this person is known all over the world, and has a public
>status. In other words, everyone know, or may find out, what she
>previously said in numerous top level occasions. If we support her,
>this means that we know she would make a strong high-level address, of
>which we all will be proud.
>
>Finally, may I remind everyone that, at the Geneva Summit opening,
>Kicki Nordstr$B‹N(B was the plenary speaker, and half of her speech was
>dedicated to the specific issue of people with disabilities, specially
>blind people. The speech may be found at:
>http://www.itu.int/wsis/geneva/coverage/
>archive.asp?lang=en&c_type=op%7C10
>
>On a more practical issue, I have to tell you that my mail (pop) server
>has had problems since last night, and as a consequence I'm able to
>write from but not to receive emails at my usual address. This means
>that I am able to gather all the supports expressed on the plenary list
>(through the web archives), but not those sent directly to my email
>address after Saturday 23:00 GMT. Sorry about that.
>
>Best,
>Meryem
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From tapani.tarvainen at effi.org  Mon Oct 17 06:41:29 2005
From: tapani.tarvainen at effi.org (Tapani Tarvainen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] On conditional support to Shirin Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <0c4001c5d2bd$2261bdd0$0300a8c0@T42hkawa>
References: <7101CFCD-3E8C-11DA-A075-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <0c4001c5d2bd$2261bdd0$0300a8c0@T42hkawa>
Message-ID: <20051017054129.GA6748@tarzan.it.jyu.fi>

On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 10:50:19AM +0900, Hiroshi Kawamura (hiroshikawamura@attglobal.net) wrote:

> I don't understand why you take my language as conditional

I wonder if we're having a language issue here, but (admittedly as a
non-native English speaker) I also read your language as conditional -
even what you repeat now is explicitly conditional to my understanding:

> If you carefully read my text you believe that Shirin Ebadi will welcome 
> our message and she will not take it as conditional at all because she will 
> not exclude the point I raised I believe.

To me that says you only support her because you believe she'll 
include your point, which implies you wouldn't if she didn't.
Perhaps I misunderstood; a clarification might be helpful.

-- 
Tapani Tarvainen

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 17 07:41:59 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
References: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com>
Message-ID: <BAY19-DAV131223FAAB3A99B11ECE4D87E0@phx.gbl>

Dear All, Ronald

I totally support your idea, the people we are selecting for speakers should be free to say what they want. If they are selected rightly and are trusted, they know what to say!

regards

Amir
  ----- Original Message ----- 
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  Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports


  Dear All --

  Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important. The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they consider important.

  Rony Koven 
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From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Mon Oct 17 08:03:51 2005
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FWD:The Disaster Management Bill 2005 leaves 70 million disabled people endangered
Message-ID: <001701c5d2e8$f1c4cf60$07e158d2@T42hkawa>

Dear all:

I am forwarding a message from my friend Aqeel Qureshi 
<aqeelsco@hotmail.com> who is active in access for information & knowledge 
as well as physical access in India.

----------
The Disaster Management Bill 2005 leaves 70 million disabled people
endangered


D.N.I.S. News Network - In what has now become a routine, so far as the
national policies are concerned, the Government of India has forgotten about
its approximately 70 million disabled citizens while framing The Disaster
Management Bill 2005. This unfortunate omission of disability related
concerns have greatly irked the disability sector.

As if in a providential act of a sad warning, the recent South Asian
earthquake has once again revealed vulnerability of the old, young and
disabled people during times of disaster. But these warnings seem to be
going in vain , as the Government and its agencies fail to address the issue
of focus on disability in its disaster management mechanisms and now the
Bill itself.

It is surprising for the disability sector that in the aftermath of the
Asian Tsunami disaster the impact on people with disabilities, both the
immediate and long-term, was emphatically and empirically highlighted, using
research studies, yet the Government has failed to take cognisance of these
inputs and demands.

National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People
(N.C.P.E.D.P.) in association with Disabled People's International - India
and Vidya Sagar had launched a campaign to get disability issues included in
the relief and rehabilitation work for the victims of Tsunami. As part of
their efforts to gather facts and information, they visited Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, which has suffered the heaviest loss in India. Following
this a report was produced that clearly highlighted the issues and problems
of people with disabilities.

To read Tsunami report click here
An All Party meeting was convened on 9th January 2005 to discuss the relief,
rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the Tsunami affected areas and
assistance provided to the neighbouring countries in the region affected by
the Tsunami. It is in this meeting that the Government informed that a Bill
would be introduced in the Parliament during the coming Budget Session for
establishing the National Disaster Management Authority and the Central
Legislation on Disaster Management in the country.

Disasters affect over 56 million people and kill over 5000 people in India,
annually. The annual economic loss on account of disasters is estimated at
1,884 million dollars.

According to Oxfam, to better the survival chances of people with
disabilities during disasters, and to address their long-term needs call
for:

$B!&(BAn informed debate that is the responsibility of every constituent of the
civil society, especially the media, academicians, activists and other
interest groups.

$B!&(BA $BES(Beality check$B!&(Bby humanitarian agencies to ensure that disability is an
integral part of their disaster response programme.

$B!&(BParadigm shift in disability and disaster related policy making, to
endorse the needs and rights of differently abled people.

It is important that the world recognises disaster-affected people not as
just passive victims, but as active survivors. Recognising that humanitarian
assistance is not an act of charity but a survival right of the affected,
may be the first step to break the poverty-vulnerability-disaster-disability
cycle.

Further, the media reports are replete with instances of mental trauma and
alienation that such high magnitude disasters cause not only to communities
but also individuals depending upon their vulnerability. In addition to
those who are disabled before the onset of the disaster many more become
disabled during the disaster.To read Disaster Management Bill visit on this
link http://rajyasabha.nic.in/bills-ls-rs/2005/LV_2005.pdf




From vb at bertola.eu.org  Mon Oct 17 08:30:36 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com>
References: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com>
Message-ID: <4353531C.5010803@bertola.eu.org>

KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
> Dear All --
> 
> Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think 
> it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to 
> reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important. 
> The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil 
> society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly 
> suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they 
> are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they 
> consider important.

I think you are starting from a good point but getting to wrong conclusions.

I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make her speech a collection 
of each group's pet issues; I actually said the same just a few days ago 
on a similar matter, when specific groups would require mention of their 
specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you definitely can't 
treat such a high level person as if she were our spokesperson, hired to 
read someone else's speech.

At the same time, people and organizations here have been spending four 
years of their lives pushing some specific issues and proposals, and the 
opening speech of the final Summit is an important chance to increase 
such push. Chances of success for civil society campaigns are directly 
related to the amount of coordination, unity and constant visibility 
that is given to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if Ms. 
Ebadi, in her autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke against 
them - maybe just because we didn't have a chance to brief her on what 
has been going on in this process.

The same applies to the other speakers, who - remember - are not there 
in their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of the entire set of 
civil society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable in hearing any 
of them, say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent attitudes to 
his people or taking stances that go against our own declaration of 
principles agreed in Geneva.

I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find ways to preserve the 
delicate balance between the independent thoughts of an individual and 
his/her role as a representative of a much broader movement. For 
example, we might schedule briefing sessions in which they listen to 
everyone and present what they plan to say. We might ask them to post 
drafts of their speeches for public comment, some days in advance. We 
might map them to topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant caucuses 
to discuss the intervention in the next couple of weeks.

I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor attempts to "define 
what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own speakers. But if we 
end up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern and saying just the 
first thing that came up in their minds, without any kind of 
coordination among themselves or with past activities, we will have 
missed a huge opportunity and done quite a bad job.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 17 08:58:29 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
References: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com> <4353531C.5010803@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <BAY19-DAV15B59815C259A81EDFEFDD87E0@phx.gbl>

Dear Maryam, All

My suggestion is, if she then approved by ITU to be the main opening 
spejaer, I could meet her (we are both in Tehran) and share your views, 
comments for opening speech. This requires a series of points and comments 
prepared by you to be shared with her. If so, my suggestion is that all 
caucuses and groups provide  short  bullet points that they believe it would 
be good to be reflected in her speech, and just ask her to accommodate them 
in her speech, if she agrees to.

Regards
Amir


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> KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
>> Dear All --
>>
>> Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think it 
>> is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to 
>> reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important. 
>> The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil 
>> society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly 
>> suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they 
>> are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they 
>> consider important.
>
> I think you are starting from a good point but getting to wrong 
> conclusions.
>
> I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make her speech a collection 
> of each group's pet issues; I actually said the same just a few days ago 
> on a similar matter, when specific groups would require mention of their 
> specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you definitely can't treat 
> such a high level person as if she were our spokesperson, hired to read 
> someone else's speech.
>
> At the same time, people and organizations here have been spending four 
> years of their lives pushing some specific issues and proposals, and the 
> opening speech of the final Summit is an important chance to increase such 
> push. Chances of success for civil society campaigns are directly related 
> to the amount of coordination, unity and constant visibility that is given 
> to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if Ms. Ebadi, in her 
> autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke against them - maybe just 
> because we didn't have a chance to brief her on what has been going on in 
> this process.
>
> The same applies to the other speakers, who - remember - are not there in 
> their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of the entire set of civil 
> society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable in hearing any of them, 
> say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent attitudes to his people 
> or taking stances that go against our own declaration of principles agreed 
> in Geneva.
>
> I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find ways to preserve the 
> delicate balance between the independent thoughts of an individual and 
> his/her role as a representative of a much broader movement. For example, 
> we might schedule briefing sessions in which they listen to everyone and 
> present what they plan to say. We might ask them to post drafts of their 
> speeches for public comment, some days in advance. We might map them to 
> topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant caucuses to discuss the 
> intervention in the next couple of weeks.
>
> I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor attempts to "define 
> what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own speakers. But if we end 
> up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern and saying just the first 
> thing that came up in their minds, without any kind of coordination among 
> themselves or with past activities, we will have missed a huge opportunity 
> and done quite a bad job.
> -- 
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From aidan.white at ifj.org  Mon Oct 17 09:04:11 2005
From: aidan.white at ifj.org (Aidan White)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
Message-ID: <30BB1BEA2D1D97479FC7AA67DD7AFEFB26F6C1@ifjs01.IFJ.local>

I am not sure if it is authoritarian to hope that nominated speakers
have in mind the proirities of civil society groups before they speak,
but I am certain that brief time allocated for speakers will not be long
enough to deal with all of the issues that our groups want to take up. I
don't think necessarily that Ms Ebadi will be able to address all the
concerns of the media caucus, far less the specific priorities of the
people in journalism that I represent, but we support her nomination
precisely because we believe that she will focus on broader issues that
concern all of us and by doing so she may be able to redirect the focus
of the WSIS towards the CS agenda. We should let her to get on with it
in the way she sees fit without providing a crib sheet or checklist of
issues that have to be covered. I must say that Rony Koven's point on
this is well put. 

Aidan White


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KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
> Dear All --
> 
> Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think

> it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to 
> reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is
important.
> The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil 
> society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly 
> suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they

> are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they 
> consider important.

I think you are starting from a good point but getting to wrong
conclusions.

I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make her speech a collection
of each group's pet issues; I actually said the same just a few days ago
on a similar matter, when specific groups would require mention of their
specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you definitely can't
treat such a high level person as if she were our spokesperson, hired to
read someone else's speech.

At the same time, people and organizations here have been spending four
years of their lives pushing some specific issues and proposals, and the
opening speech of the final Summit is an important chance to increase
such push. Chances of success for civil society campaigns are directly
related to the amount of coordination, unity and constant visibility
that is given to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if Ms. 
Ebadi, in her autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke against
them - maybe just because we didn't have a chance to brief her on what
has been going on in this process.

The same applies to the other speakers, who - remember - are not there
in their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of the entire set of
civil society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable in hearing any
of them, say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent attitudes to
his people or taking stances that go against our own declaration of
principles agreed in Geneva.

I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find ways to preserve the
delicate balance between the independent thoughts of an individual and
his/her role as a representative of a much broader movement. For
example, we might schedule briefing sessions in which they listen to
everyone and present what they plan to say. We might ask them to post
drafts of their speeches for public comment, some days in advance. We
might map them to topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant caucuses
to discuss the intervention in the next couple of weeks.

I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor attempts to "define
what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own speakers. But if we
end up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern and saying just the
first thing that came up in their minds, without any kind of
coordination among themselves or with past activities, we will have
missed a huge opportunity and done quite a bad job.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
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From katitza at cpsr-peru.org  Sun Oct 16 22:54:34 2005
From: katitza at cpsr-peru.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Katitza_Rodr=EDguez_Pereda?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Colombia: Privacy and Data Protection in Ibero-America
Message-ID: <1aae9e06f3a299a96a67fd122295603d@cpsr-peru.org>

Privacy and Data Protection in Ibero-America:
Analysis and Perspectives.

This conference will launch the EPIC?s Annual Edition of "Privacy and 
Human Rights". Its objectives are also to provide a meeting for civil 
society representatives, academic experts and governmental authorities 
to analyze and debate current public policy issues and recent 
developments in privacy in Ibero-America.

Organized by: Electronic Privacy Information Center ( EPIC), CPSR-Per? 
y GECTI (U. Andes, Colombia)

Collaborators: Ibero-american Data Protection Network
                             Latino-america Habeas Data Group

OCTOBER 20th, 2005.

14:30 Opening: Privacy and data protection in the information society.

?	Eduardo Cifuentes Mu?oz. Dean, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia).


PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION IN IBERO-AMERICA

15:00 Launch of the EPIC?s annual Privacy and Human Rights report.

?	C?dric Laurant, Director, International Privacy Project, EPIC (USA).
?	Pedro Mendiz?bal Simonetti, President, CPSR-Per? (Per?).

16:00 Break.

16:20 Data protection and Habeas Data.

?	Karen Kuhfeldt, Defensora Delegada para Asuntos Constitucionales y 
Legales, Ombudsman (Colombia).
?	Fernando Eguiguren Praeli, Head of the Academic Department of Law of 
the Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per? and professor in 
Constitutional Law (Peru).
?	Lina Ornelas, General Director of Classified Information and Personal 
Data, Federal Institute of Access to Information, IFAI (Mexico).
?	Oscar Puccinelli, Doctor in Constitucional Law, Coordinator of Habeas 
Data Group (Argentina).

Chair.- Katitza Rodr?guez, EPIC

17:40 Question/Answer session.

18:00 Break.

18:10 The Ibero-American Data Protection Network.

?	Mar?a ?ngeles Montull, Chief, Cabinet of the Director, Spanish Data 
Protection Authority (Spain).


TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS

18:40
?	Humberto Carrasco Blanc, CPSR member, LLM Quenn Mary (Chile).
?	Julio Cesar Vega G?mez, Subdirector de Normatividad de Comercio 
Electr?nico, Sub-secretar?a Econom?a (M?xico).
?	C?dric Laurant, Electronic Privacy Information Center

Chair: Pedro Mendiz?bal, President CPSR-Per? (Peru).

OCTOBER 21st, 2005

FINANCIAL PRIVACY

14:30 Plenary session

?	Pablo Palazzi, Habeas Data Group (Argentina).
?	Juan Manuel Villaveces, President, Computec. (Colombia).
?	Alejandra Gils Garb?, Fiscal General ante la C?mara Nacional de 
Apelaciones en lo Comercial (Argentina).

16:40 Question/Answer session.

Chair.- Nelson Remolina, Director GECTI.

17:00 Break.

17:20 Presentation of the Law, Communications and New Technologies 
Magazine.  Nelson Remolina, GECTI (Colombia).

TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURES: CONCEPT, SCOPE AND IMPLICATION FOR 
PRIVACY

17:50

?	Rafael Gamboa, GECTI (Colombia).
?	Katitza Rodr?guez, Electronic Privacy Information Center (Peru).
?	Enrique Chaparro, security expert, Fundaci?n V?a Libre (Argentina).

19:10 Question/Answer session.

Chair.- Ivonne Mu?oz Torres, Instituto Tecnol?gico y de Estudios 
Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico).
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From katitza at cpsr-peru.org  Sun Oct 16 23:07:53 2005
From: katitza at cpsr-peru.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Katitza_Rodr=EDguez_Pereda?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Colombia: Privacy and Data Protection in Ibero-America
Message-ID: <31f407bbe991c24a8b7d274c0599fffe@cpsr-peru.org>

(Spanish in next email)

Privacy and Data Protection in Ibero-America:
Analysis and Perspectives.

This conference will launch the EPIC?s Annual Edition of "Privacy and 
Human Rights". Its objectives are also to provide a meeting for civil 
society representatives, academic experts and governmental authorities 
to analyze and debate current public policy issues and recent 
developments in privacy in Ibero-America.

Organized by: Electronic Privacy Information Center ( EPIC), CPSR-Per? 
y GECTI (U. Andes, Colombia)

Collaborators: Ibero-american Data Protection Network
                             Latino-america Habeas Data Group

OCTOBER 20th, 2005.

14:30 Opening: Privacy and data protection in the information society.

?	Eduardo Cifuentes Mu?oz. Dean, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia).


PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION IN IBERO-AMERICA

15:00 Launch of the EPIC?s annual Privacy and Human Rights report.

?	C?dric Laurant, Director, International Privacy Project, EPIC (USA).
?	Pedro Mendiz?bal Simonetti, President, CPSR-Per? (Per?).

16:00 Break.

16:20 Data protection and Habeas Data.

?	Karen Kuhfeldt, Defensora Delegada para Asuntos Constitucionales y 
Legales, Ombudsman (Colombia).
?	Fernando Eguiguren Praeli, Head of the Academic Department of Law of 
the Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per? and professor in 
Constitutional Law (Peru).
?	Lina Ornelas, General Director of Classified Information and Personal 
Data, Federal Institute of Access to Information, IFAI (Mexico).
?	Oscar Puccinelli, Doctor in Constitucional Law, Coordinator of Habeas 
Data Group (Argentina).

Chair.- Katitza Rodr?guez, EPIC

17:40 Question/Answer session.

18:00 Break.

18:10 The Ibero-American Data Protection Network.

?	Mar?a ?ngeles Montull, Chief, Cabinet of the Director, Spanish Data 
Protection Authority (Spain).


TRANSBORDER DATA FLOWS

18:40
?	Humberto Carrasco Blanc, CPSR member, LLM Quenn Mary (Chile).
?	Julio Cesar Vega G?mez, Subdirector de Normatividad de Comercio 
Electr?nico, Sub-secretar?a Econom?a (M?xico).
?	C?dric Laurant, Electronic Privacy Information Center

Chair: Pedro Mendiz?bal, President CPSR-Per? (Peru).

OCTOBER 21st, 2005

FINANCIAL PRIVACY

14:30 Plenary session

?	Pablo Palazzi, Habeas Data Group (Argentina).
?	Juan Manuel Villaveces, President, Computec. (Colombia).
?	Alejandra Gils Garb?, Fiscal General ante la C?mara Nacional de 
Apelaciones en lo Comercial (Argentina).

16:40 Question/Answer session.

Chair.- Nelson Remolina, Director GECTI.

17:00 Break.

17:20 Presentation of the Law, Communications and New Technologies 
Magazine.  Nelson Remolina, GECTI (Colombia).

TECHNOLOGICAL PROTECTION MEASURES: CONCEPT, SCOPE AND IMPLICATION FOR 
PRIVACY

17:50

?	Rafael Gamboa, GECTI (Colombia).
?	Katitza Rodr?guez, Electronic Privacy Information Center (Peru).
?	Enrique Chaparro, security expert, Fundaci?n V?a Libre (Argentina).

19:10 Question/Answer session.

Chair.- Ivonne Mu?oz Torres, Instituto Tecnol?gico y de Estudios 
Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico).
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Mon Oct 17 09:32:54 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
 supports
Message-ID: <17441175.1129537974382.JavaMail.www@wwinf1611>

Dear Robert and all
I believe that the issues to be raised -and particularly those mentioned by the disabled caucuses- are more than "hobbyhorses" and deserve a better attention. 
I also believe that Shirin Ebadi is conscious of actual issues our societies are facing at this time, and no doubt she will take them in account in her discourse.
However, this doesn't prevent us from indicating her our most urgent priorities as assessed during the second phase of WSIS, suggesting her to include them in her spech at her convenience. I think that this way is both respecting her liberty and personality, and the CS main concerns in this WSIS phase.
Best
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT





> Message du 17/10/05 00:35
> De : KovenRonald@aol.com
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
> 
> Dear All --
> 
> Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important. The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they consider important.
> 
> Rony Koven
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 17 11:22:38 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <17441175.1129537974382.JavaMail.www@wwinf1611>
Message-ID: <20051017102238.7327.qmail@web60713.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Robert and Jean Louis,
I support the JL vision and request.
We indeed as civile society need somebody men or
women, black or white, young or senior, rich or poor,
welknown or not who accept to speak on behalf us and
not for his or her notority every whom he or she is.
We have to give him or her our vision and
preoccupation and concern.... If not i really prefer
that nobody speak for himself on behaf of the civile
society as we deed by the past.
The Civile society bureau has to draft guidelines of
our vision concerning main issues to dressed. 
I am sure that a high quality status as Shrin Ebadi
onr will welcome such an approach.
All the best
Djilali  

--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Dear Robert and all
> I believe that the issues to be raised -and
> particularly those mentioned by the disabled
> caucuses- are more than "hobbyhorses" and deserve a
> better attention. 
> I also believe that Shirin Ebadi is conscious of
> actual issues our societies are facing at this time,
> and no doubt she will take them in account in her
> discourse.
> However, this doesn't prevent us from indicating her
> our most urgent priorities as assessed during the
> second phase of WSIS, suggesting her to include them
> in her spech at her convenience. I think that this
> way is both respecting her liberty and personality,
> and the CS main concerns in this WSIS phase.
> Best
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message du 17/10/05 00:35
> > De : KovenRonald@aol.com
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : 
> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi
> Nomination - Deadline for supports
> > 
> > Dear All --
> > 
> > Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite
> essential topics. I think it is really out of bounds
> for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect
> them. She must be free to express what she thinks is
> important. The authoritarian atmosphere of our
> limited version of "civil society,"defining what is
> sayable and not sayable is getting truly
> suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to
> tell people that they are free to say what they
> think and decide for themselves what they consider
> important.
> > 
> > Rony Koven


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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 17 11:38:19 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-DAV131223FAAB3A99B11ECE4D87E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051017103820.59234.qmail@web60717.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all,
It is our responsability to select who is able to
speak on our behalf and i am happy of our consensus on
Shirin Ebadi nomination. I support it.
But it is also our responability and our duty and
credibility to give to somebody who is going to speak
on our behalf some information on what we would like
to be said.
I definitly refuse speach like during Geneva meeting
when the main part of CS speaker related to thanks and
issues not directly connected to our concern.
I am quite sure that among those who plead for total
liberty of expression they give without transparency
orientation and advices to CS speakers.
Let's be transparent, let's give in transparency
elements to our speaker and if he decide to not follow
 our request we will see what to do for the future. 
All the best
Djilali
--- west <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All, Ronald
> 
> I totally support your idea, the people we are
> selecting for speakers should be free to say what
> they want. If they are selected rightly and are
> trusted, they know what to say!
> 
> regards
> 
> Amir
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: KovenRonald@aol.com 
>   To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
>   Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:04 AM
>   Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi
> Nomination - Deadline for supports
> 
> 
>   Dear All --
> 
>   Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite
> essential topics. I think it is really out of bounds
> for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to reflect
> them. She must be free to express what she thinks is
> important. The authoritarian atmosphere of our
> limited version of "civil society,"defining what is
> sayable and not sayable is getting truly
> suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to
> tell people that they are free to say what they
> think and decide for themselves what they consider
> important.
> 
>   Rony Koven 


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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 17 11:43:08 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-DAV15B59815C259A81EDFEFDD87E0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051017104308.16306.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>

I prefere this point of view with a preferency to
involve all caucusses and discussion group who have a
short important message to adress. It could seem
difficult but we have to do it and we leave to Shirin
the liberty to choice regarding the feeling.
All the best
Djilali

--- west <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear Maryam, All
> 
> My suggestion is, if she then approved by ITU to be
> the main opening 
> spejaer, I could meet her (we are both in Tehran)
> and share your views, 
> comments for opening speech. This requires a series
> of points and comments 
> prepared by you to be shared with her. If so, my
> suggestion is that all 
> caucuses and groups provide  short  bullet points
> that they believe it would 
> be good to be reflected in her speech, and just ask
> her to accommodate them 
> in her speech, if she agrees to.
> 
> Regards
> Amir
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Vittorio Bertola" <vb@bertola.eu.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 11:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi
> Nomination - Deadline for 
> supports
> 
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. 
> > Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific 
> > people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of 
> > this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
> >> Dear All --
> >>
> >> Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite
> essential topics. I think it 
> >> is really out of bounds for us to ask someone
> like Shirin Ebadi to 
> >> reflect them. She must be free to express what
> she thinks is important. 
> >> The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited
> version of "civil 
> >> society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable
> is getting truly 
> >> suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to
> tell people that they 
> >> are free to say what they think and decide for
> themselves what they 
> >> consider important.
> >
> > I think you are starting from a good point but
> getting to wrong 
> > conclusions.
> >
> > I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make
> her speech a collection 
> > of each group's pet issues; I actually said the
> same just a few days ago 
> > on a similar matter, when specific groups would
> require mention of their 
> > specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you
> definitely can't treat 
> > such a high level person as if she were our
> spokesperson, hired to read 
> > someone else's speech.
> >
> > At the same time, people and organizations here
> have been spending four 
> > years of their lives pushing some specific issues
> and proposals, and the 
> > opening speech of the final Summit is an important
> chance to increase such 
> > push. Chances of success for civil society
> campaigns are directly related 
> > to the amount of coordination, unity and constant
> visibility that is given 
> > to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if
> Ms. Ebadi, in her 
> > autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke
> against them - maybe just 
> > because we didn't have a chance to brief her on
> what has been going on in 
> > this process.
> >
> > The same applies to the other speakers, who -
> remember - are not there in 
> > their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of
> the entire set of civil 
> > society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable
> in hearing any of them, 
> > say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent
> attitudes to his people 
> > or taking stances that go against our own
> declaration of principles agreed 
> > in Geneva.
> >
> > I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find
> ways to preserve the 
> > delicate balance between the independent thoughts
> of an individual and 
> > his/her role as a representative of a much broader
> movement. For example, 
> > we might schedule briefing sessions in which they
> listen to everyone and 
> > present what they plan to say. We might ask them
> to post drafts of their 
> > speeches for public comment, some days in advance.
> We might map them to 
> > topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant
> caucuses to discuss the 
> > intervention in the next couple of weeks.
> >
> > I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor
> attempts to "define 
> > what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own
> speakers. But if we end 
> > up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern
> and saying just the first 
> > thing that came up in their minds, without any
> kind of coordination among 
> > themselves or with past activities, we will have
> missed a huge opportunity 
> > and done quite a bad job.
> > -- 
> > vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a]
> bertola.eu.org]<-----
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> > _______________________________________________
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> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Mon Oct 17 12:16:07 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)
Message-ID: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

To avoid any misunderstanding, let me clarify this point:

It is obvious that Shirin Ebadi would be briefed with the main issues 
and concerns addressed by civil society at WSIS since 2002. Since the 
HR caucus proposed her name, and got many supports, it is obviously the 
first duty of the HR caucus to brief her on that. But it is not 
reasonable to ask for a meeting between her and thousands of persons...

I think that the caucus has gained enough confidence from CS @ WSIS 
since 2002, on its capacity to understand and participate to the 
promotion of all issues, even if this is not, obviously, at the level 
of details each dedicated caucus may reach.

But on the other hand, it is equally obvious that we cannot commit on 
every single issue be specifically addressed by Ms. Ebadi, since she, 
in the end, will write her own address. This is what I meant when 
speaking on "conditional support", and I wrote this message for the 
sake of transparency and honesty.

Again, I would like to remind everyone that this is the opening speech, 
and further speaking slots (round tables, plenaries, high level panels) 
would be used by other CS speakers to elaborate more on specific issues.

Best,
Meryem


From temp1 at civicus.org  Mon Oct 17 12:56:54 2005
From: temp1 at civicus.org (Chris Ayangafac)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit CS Media guidelines for comment
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-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Tracey Naughton
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:11 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit CS Media guidelines for comment


Dear all,


I have received the guidelines for press events, and proposed operations
plan for civil society media liaison from Francine Lambert at the ITU.
Here they are for comment. 


Tracey Naughton


------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
15 October 2005 8:26:19 PM:


Dear Tracey,

 

Many thanks for your response. The function of the person is called
"Media Relations Officer". This is important because the Media Relations
Officer has special access rights and privileges on behalf of a group.
Let me confirm how I see things:

*	the generally agreed code of conduct for journalists as well as
the standard UN rules should be what guide civil society in what they
can do, say and raise. Essentially this means that the purpose of the
press event should be relevant to the Summit's agenda and objectives,
should be consistent with the principles found in the Declaration of
Principles of the first phase of the Summit, not contain material which
the authors know or could reasonably be expected to know is false, or
for which they have failed to take reasonable steps to check the
accuracy of their information. While it is understood that all
accredited entities have the right to circulate viewpoints, critical
comments cannot be defamatory.  They should present comment honestly and
fairly and must make facts and opinions clearly distinguishable, should
not misrepresent or suppress relevant facts and should not distort
facts. What this means in practice will be a judgement call from the
Media Relations Officer. 

*	Civil society press conferences in the Media Centre can either
be one slot of 45 minutes or two slots of 20 minutes daily. If two slots
are chosen, they should be back-to-back but the entity, speakers and
topics can be different. The Media Relations Officer books the press
events directly through the Web after consultation with his/her
constituencies to decide who/what. 

*	The way that meetings with the press are organized in the Civil
Society Pavilion (what Sanjay called open area but in fact it is closed)
is up to you, provided the agreed guidelines are also adhered to. I
think there is one maybe two meeting rooms in your Pavilion which could
also be used for press meetings. Please check the layout of your
Pavilion to find out how you may wish to organize. 

*	For distribution of material in the Media Centre, we will
provide the Media Relations Officer with 20 Media Centre Overpasses.
These will be managed by the Media Relations Officer. As they are not
nominative, they can be used by various people as the Media Relations
Officer sees fit. These Overpasses give access to all areas of the Media
Centre except the Working Press Room which is exclusively accessible by
accredited media. These Overpasses can be used to access the press
conference rooms, distribute documents to the media via the
Documentation Service, meet journalists, etc. 

*	The Media Relations Officer is also responsible for ensuring
that CS documentation is compliant with the Document distribution
policy. This policy, applicable to all WSIS paraticipants, will be on
the web this week. We'll send you the link as soon as it is posted. The
link will also be included in the E-Flash going out this week. So it
will be known by all well ahead of the Summit. It should be stressed
that the purpose of this policy is to ensure that all documents that
meet the usual requirements for distribution at UN meetings and summits
will remain available in the various areas foreseen for distribution. In
Geneva, documents were vanishing from the distribution points for
reasons unrelated to availability of stocks and we want to make sure, as
far as we possibly can, that this does not happen in Tunis. While some
civil society might perceive this policy as a way to curtail their
freedom of expression, it should be made very clear to them that this
is, in fact, in their best interest. It will also send a signal to
delegations that as long as documents are consistent with the policy,
political pressure will not prevail. 

*	Based on the feedback from the person who was doing this work in
2003, this is a full time job. I would therefore be cautious about your
doing too many things at a time. If necessary, you act as the Media
Relations Officer and delegate your authority to someone else who would
act on your behalf. But this means you should have full confidence in
that person as officially, it would be you. Alternatively, you could
find a Media Relations Officer to whom you would provide support,
guidance etc based on your time availability or whenever delicate
situations arise.

On your second point, the matter at PrepCom-3 was different because the
Press Conference was booked by ITU and was considered by the UN
Information Service as an ITU-sponsored event and announced as such to
media. In Tunisia however, the Media Relations Office book press events
and take responsibility. That said, making WSIS a Summit on Tunisia
instead of in Tunisia is in my view missing the point. Do you really
believe that negative media coverage (no matter how much) will have any
serious impact on the situation of human rights in Tunisia? On the other
hand, the media would be focusing on this single issue and would
disregard the rest of what WSIS is trying to achieve. To me it would be
losing on a unique opportunity to get ICT for development at the top of
the world's public agenda (the main purpose of the second phase) and
therefore deprive millions of men and women of the hope that their
living condition can improve. But again, this is up to the collective
wisdom of Civil Society. I believe that the Media Caucus should defend
the freedom of expression all over the world and not only in Tunisia.

 

Hope I have answered all of your questions. Let me know if you need
anything else. Time is running as no press activities can be undertaken
by civil society until the Media Relations Officer is in place to
coordinate and interface with the Media Service.




Tracey Naughton 
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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Mon Oct 17 13:01:14 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)
In-Reply-To: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <p0623093abf793dda4236@[192.168.1.254]>

Meryem, thanks for this reassuring email.

The HR caucus has been an essential and exemplary member of civil 
society in WSIS; I have great confidence that you, the caucus and Ms. 
Ebadi will do what's right.

I hope we will hear from the nomcom or CS bureau soon confirming Ms. 
Ebadi as the CS speaker for plenary.

Adam


>
>Dear all,
>
>To avoid any misunderstanding, let me clarify this point:
>
>It is obvious that Shirin Ebadi would be briefed with the main 
>issues and concerns addressed by civil society at WSIS since 2002. 
>Since the HR caucus proposed her name, and got many supports, it is 
>obviously the first duty of the HR caucus to brief her on that. But 
>it is not reasonable to ask for a meeting between her and thousands 
>of persons...
>
>I think that the caucus has gained enough confidence from CS @ WSIS 
>since 2002, on its capacity to understand and participate to the 
>promotion of all issues, even if this is not, obviously, at the 
>level of details each dedicated caucus may reach.
>
>But on the other hand, it is equally obvious that we cannot commit 
>on every single issue be specifically addressed by Ms. Ebadi, since 
>she, in the end, will write her own address. This is what I meant 
>when speaking on "conditional support", and I wrote this message for 
>the sake of transparency and honesty.
>
>Again, I would like to remind everyone that this is the opening 
>speech, and further speaking slots (round tables, plenaries, high 
>level panels) would be used by other CS speakers to elaborate more 
>on specific issues.
>
>Best,
>Meryem
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From jam at jacquelinemorris.com  Mon Oct 17 13:17:37 2005
From: jam at jacquelinemorris.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <4353531C.5010803@bertola.eu.org>
References: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com> <4353531C.5010803@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <131293a20510170517x5bc94554tf692596d51c8278e@mail.gmail.com>

Vittorio
I agree with you - maybe the easiest way would be to prepare a
briefing paper for the speakers, that explains the issues and the CS
positions. Then we would have to trust them to speak appropriately.
Jacqueline

On 10/17/05, Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
> > Dear All --
> >
> > Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think
> > it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to
> > reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important.
> > The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil
> > society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly
> > suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they
> > are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they
> > consider important.
>
> I think you are starting from a good point but getting to wrong conclusions.
>
> I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make her speech a collection
> of each group's pet issues; I actually said the same just a few days ago
> on a similar matter, when specific groups would require mention of their
> specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you definitely can't
> treat such a high level person as if she were our spokesperson, hired to
> read someone else's speech.
>
> At the same time, people and organizations here have been spending four
> years of their lives pushing some specific issues and proposals, and the
> opening speech of the final Summit is an important chance to increase
> such push. Chances of success for civil society campaigns are directly
> related to the amount of coordination, unity and constant visibility
> that is given to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if Ms.
> Ebadi, in her autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke against
> them - maybe just because we didn't have a chance to brief her on what
> has been going on in this process.
>
> The same applies to the other speakers, who - remember - are not there
> in their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of the entire set of
> civil society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable in hearing any
> of them, say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent attitudes to
> his people or taking stances that go against our own declaration of
> principles agreed in Geneva.
>
> I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find ways to preserve the
> delicate balance between the independent thoughts of an individual and
> his/her role as a representative of a much broader movement. For
> example, we might schedule briefing sessions in which they listen to
> everyone and present what they plan to say. We might ask them to post
> drafts of their speeches for public comment, some days in advance. We
> might map them to topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant caucuses
> to discuss the intervention in the next couple of weeks.
>
> I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor attempts to "define
> what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own speakers. But if we
> end up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern and saying just the
> first thing that came up in their minds, without any kind of
> coordination among themselves or with past activities, we will have
> missed a huge opportunity and done quite a bad job.
> --
> vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
> http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
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From classicalliberalism at gmail.com  Mon Oct 17 13:25:10 2005
From: classicalliberalism at gmail.com (Yong Liu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Stockholm Challenge Award 2006
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From aizu at anr.org  Mon Oct 17 13:40:53 2005
From: aizu at anr.org (Izumi AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)
In-Reply-To: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051017213612.09ce51b0@anr.org>

What is the real chance of getting Shirin for our opening speaker?

Highly likely?  Hard to predict?

AND, perhaps, the issue as now develops may not only be applied
to Shirin, but to some or all other CS speakers as well.

Personally, I like to have a reasonable amount of coordination,
but not too strict. The speakers also should have some kind
of autonomy. What I wanted in my earlier note is that
s/he will do their best to "listen" but not take all the elements,
or even "balanced" output per se. She may drop certain issue
at her own judgement, no problem.

In any case I think "conditional support" is not healthy, and
the two caucus/WG supports didn't seem, at least to me, to
be conditional, but just conveyed their standpoints which
is reasonable.

Many thanks Meryem for your continued effort. After all
we could not have this kind of positive support without
your effort in bringing her to the podium.

izumi

At 13:16 05/10/17 +0200, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
>Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation 
>of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Dear all,
>
>To avoid any misunderstanding, let me clarify this point:
>
>It is obvious that Shirin Ebadi would be briefed with the main issues and 
>concerns addressed by civil society at WSIS since 2002. Since the HR 
>caucus proposed her name, and got many supports, it is obviously the first 
>duty of the HR caucus to brief her on that. But it is not reasonable to 
>ask for a meeting between her and thousands of persons...
>
>I think that the caucus has gained enough confidence from CS @ WSIS since 
>2002, on its capacity to understand and participate to the promotion of 
>all issues, even if this is not, obviously, at the level of details each 
>dedicated caucus may reach.
>
>But on the other hand, it is equally obvious that we cannot commit on 
>every single issue be specifically addressed by Ms. Ebadi, since she, in 
>the end, will write her own address. This is what I meant when speaking on 
>"conditional support", and I wrote this message for the sake of 
>transparency and honesty.
>
>Again, I would like to remind everyone that this is the opening speech, 
>and further speaking slots (round tables, plenaries, high level panels) 
>would be used by other CS speakers to elaborate more on specific issues.
>
>Best,
>Meryem
>
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Mon Oct 17 13:47:52 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)
In-Reply-To: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <1129553273.4106.101.camel@croce.dyf.it>

Il giorno lun, 17-10-2005 alle 13:16 +0200, Meryem Marzouki ha scritto:
> It is obvious that Shirin Ebadi would be briefed with the main issues 
> and concerns addressed by civil society at WSIS since 2002. Since the 
> HR caucus proposed her name, and got many supports, it is obviously the 
> first duty of the HR caucus to brief her on that. But it is not 
> reasonable to ask for a meeting between her and thousands of persons...

Let's be practical: we could arrange a couple of things:

1) ask each caucus to pick three issues and describe them in one
sentence, and then forward these lists to Ms. Ebadi;

2) set up a short meeting between her and one person per caucus (the
coordinator, I guess) - that would be, I guess, 20 people or so, so
nothing unmanageable.

Then, of course, she will listen and decide what to include in the
speech.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...


From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Mon Oct 17 14:21:22 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Notes on meeting with Amb. Karklins on October 12th
Message-ID: <954259bd0510170621h32ba4b61x26e37f3ed4d6c403@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry for not reporting earlier. Here are the main points discussed with
Amb. Karklins on October 12th. Renate Bloem was also present.

 The purpose of the meeting was to address :

- logistical issues related to the intersession and the resumed PrepCom in
Tunis

- Amb. Karklins general vision on the summit process and achievable
objectives in Tunis

- CS positions regarding follow-up and implementation

 *On the intersession*

 J. Karklins confirmed that CS actors will be given badges to access the
Palais des Nations during the intersession in order to be able to interact
with governmental delegations. The Executive Secretariat will take care of
this and is in contact with the Security of the Palais. I stressed the
importance of CS having nominative badges with their organization and not
simple visitor badges that would symbolically amount to denying CS right to
be there.

 The PrepCom President confirmed his willingness to hold a daily interactive
meeting with CS representatives every morning between 9:15 and 10.

 He also agreed to have CS comments on parts one and four distributed to
delegations as an attachment to his own document if we wish to do so.

 *On the resumed PrepCom in **Tunis***

 It most probably will not take place in the Kram Center, but the precise
location is not fixed yet. A 600 seats room is considered and PrepCom rules
will apply. He agreed that making sure that seats are available for CS is
essential, but believes that this should not be a problem, given that full
governmental delegations will probably only arrive for the summit itself.
More information will be given in the coming weeks and the key actor in
charge for that aspect will be the Secretariat.

 *On the objectives of the Intersession*

 President Karklins reiterated his objective of closing Political Chapeau
and parts 1 and 4 during the Intersession in order to leave the more
contentious issue of Internet Governance for the resumed PrepCom.

 He stressed that, after the Tunis Summit, all documents adopted in Genevaand
Tunis will be viewed together as a single set of documents. Many aspects of
the Political Chapeau are strongly inspired (or even "recycled") from the
Geneva Declaration. As a consequence, if problems arise on some contentious
issues ? in particular Human Rights ? a rational solution would be either to
drop them altogether (as they were addressed already) or to repeat the
formulations agreed in Geneva.

 I stressed the importance of at least reiterating the Geneva Formulations,
given the obvious reaction of the press in the context of the summit if
paragraphs on human rights and Freedom of Expression were present in the
preliminary drafts of political chapeau and absent form the final text.

 *On Internet Governance*

 The rising visibility of this debate in the press was mentioned. Amb.
Karklins hopes the coverage of the Summit will become broader and not focus
only on this issue.

 A key question in the resumed PrepCom will be what document becomes the
basis for discussion : can the present Chair's "food for thought" be
accepted as a basis or rather something along the lines of the
"cross-regional" proposal (Argentina and others) ?

 A lot will depend on whether the different actors are willing to have a
positive outcome in Tunis or not. The US government has showed some openness
on discussing issues in existing forums and on recognizing a legitimate
interest of governments in managing their ccTLDs. But the issue of the
root-zone file and oversight is a non-starter and the US government probably
does not feel it needs to start negotiations on that point. Whether an
agreement can be found around the creation of a Forum and postponing the
discussion on the root-zone file is not clear.

 In any case, a Forum would not be tasked with any implementation but only
provide a space to raise issues and find the appropriate framework to
address them.

 *On follow-up*

 Amb. Karklins confirmed that follow-up could be structured around the three
legs already mentionned: implementation, evaluation and policy debate. Each
agency, upon decision of their respective governing bodies, will integrate
the WSIS outcomes in their activities and the whole WSIS follow-up should
become an integral part of the follow-up framework of UN Conferences,
particularly resolution 57/270 B.

 Two elements were highlighted in response :

- WSIS is the first summit to devote two full years to the key question of
follow-up and the establishment of a multi-stakeholder approach; the result
of these two years cannot be only to request everyone to do what they should
normally do;

- Resolution 57/270B was adopted only because implementation and follow-up
of past conference were recognized as insufficient; it is a only minimal set
of rules to guarantee that at least something happens; it does not preclude
in anyway ? quite on the contrary ? to do better; in particular, there is no
reason for the WSIS not to be able to do what other Summits have done : set
up a dedicated commission or reform an existing one to help coordinate
actors

 He expressed his vision of a two-layer mechanism : the inter-agency (ie
intergovernmental) implementation and follow-up and, on top of it, a
multi-stakeholder coordination. But he did not elaborate much.

   Responding to comments on the importance of establishing a truly
multi-stakeholder follow-up mechanism and the unique opportunity this WSIS
process provides to pioneer an innovative framework within the UN system, he
strongly stressed that, given the present situation in the UN system, a
completely new body (ie a Commission for the Information Society) is out of
the question : governments will not accept it.

 On the other hand, he recognized that requesting the UN SG after Tunis to
make proposals on coordination in time for the ECOSOC meeting in July (as
suggested by the EU presidency during PrepCom3), could potentially be a way
to move forward and avoid a deadlock and an inter-agency battle.

 But in any case, the PrepCom President is at the service of governments and
can only do what they want to do. Such an approach has to come from the
participants and gather enough support if it is to prevail.

 *On the structure of the text*

 Amb. Karklins saw no objection against somewhat restructuring the text,
merging all or part of Chapter one into Chapter four to make the Tunis
Declaration more readable and coherent. (Note : this was subsequently
formally proposed by him in his Friday mail).

 In general, the discussion was very open and Amb. Karklins is very keen on
seeing an acceptable solution emerge from the intersession on Follow-up, in
order to clear the way for the resumed PrepCom to focus on the single issue
of Internet Governance.

 That'all folks.

 Best

 Bertrand
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From gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU  Mon Oct 17 14:24:39 2005
From: gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU (Gurstein, Michael)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)
Message-ID: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A12C355D7@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu>

Although there has been relatively little involvement by the grassroots/community ICT user/practitioner community in these discussions (for reasons of availabity of time and financial resources), this group recognizes the significance of the outcomes and particularly the "follow-ups" to the WSIS discussions for communities and particularly those in most need, world wide.

A sign-on letter representing the position concerning the "Follow-up to WSIS", of at least two of the largest of these networks of networks--the Telecentres of the Americas Partnership (representing 10,000 telecentres + throughout the Americas) and the European Union of Telecentre Associations (representing 1000 telecentres/telecottages throughout Central and Eastern Europe) and others is currently being circulated and is attached to this note.

Without disagreeing in any sense with the significance and value of having Shirin Ebadi present /represent Civil Society as a WSIS keynote, this is just to indicate that as an event discussing the Information Society, any of those who are intending to represent the non-governmental and non-commercial interests within the Information Society would need to reflect a considerable degree of commitment and understanding of the significance and value of bottom-up and community based approaches towards the broad achievement of a global Information Society.

Best to all,

Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
Board Member: Telecentres of the Americas Partnership
Chair: Community Informatics Research Network 

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Sent: October 17, 2005 2:41 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
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Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)


[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message! _______________________________________

What is the real chance of getting Shirin for our opening speaker?

Highly likely?  Hard to predict?

AND, perhaps, the issue as now develops may not only be applied to Shirin, but to some or all other CS speakers as well.

Personally, I like to have a reasonable amount of coordination, but not too strict. The speakers also should have some kind of autonomy. What I wanted in my earlier note is that s/he will do their best to "listen" but not take all the elements, or even "balanced" output per se. She may drop certain issue at her own judgement, no problem.

In any case I think "conditional support" is not healthy, and the two caucus/WG supports didn't seem, at least to me, to be conditional, but just conveyed their standpoints which is reasonable.

Many thanks Meryem for your continued effort. After all
we could not have this kind of positive support without
your effort in bringing her to the podium.

izumi

At 13:16 05/10/17 +0200, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
>list.
>Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
>of this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Dear all,
>
>To avoid any misunderstanding, let me clarify this point:
>
>It is obvious that Shirin Ebadi would be briefed with the main issues 
>and
>concerns addressed by civil society at WSIS since 2002. Since the HR 
>caucus proposed her name, and got many supports, it is obviously the first 
>duty of the HR caucus to brief her on that. But it is not reasonable to 
>ask for a meeting between her and thousands of persons...
>
>I think that the caucus has gained enough confidence from CS @ WSIS 
>since
>2002, on its capacity to understand and participate to the promotion of 
>all issues, even if this is not, obviously, at the level of details each 
>dedicated caucus may reach.
>
>But on the other hand, it is equally obvious that we cannot commit on
>every single issue be specifically addressed by Ms. Ebadi, since she, in 
>the end, will write her own address. This is what I meant when speaking on 
>"conditional support", and I wrote this message for the sake of 
>transparency and honesty.
>
>Again, I would like to remind everyone that this is the opening speech,
>and further speaking slots (round tables, plenaries, high level panels) 
>would be used by other CS speakers to elaborate more on specific issues.
>
>Best,
>Meryem
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org 
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Mon Oct 17 16:11:00 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] First list of supports sent - Shirin Ebadi nomination
Message-ID: <39E15465-3F20-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

I'd like to inform the plenary that I've sent the first list of CS 
supports  to Ms. Ebadi nomination (15+ WSIS CS Thematic and Regional 
Caucuses, 20+ Worldwide and Regional CS Organizations and Coalitions, 
30+ National CS
Organizations and Coalitions. See below the list), to Mr Utsumi and 
Amb. Karklins.

I've been told by the Exec Secretariat that the date when we can expect 
a decision by Mr Utsumi is not known yet. In the mean time, I will send 
any additional support that would be expressed. Since we don't know the 
deadline, and since I wouldn't like to send too many messages to MM. 
Utsumi and Karklins, please hurry up if you would like to add your 
support and haven't done that yet (I'm already keeping track of some 
additional supports already sent to me).

Best,
Meryem
======
Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 16, 2005


WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:

1. African Caucus (ACSIS: African Civil Society for the Information 
Society)
2. Asia Pacific Family
3. Community Media Working Group
4. Cultural Diversity Caucus
5. Disability Caucus
6. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
7. Gender Caucus
8. Grassroots Caucus
9. Health and ICT Working Group
10. Human Rights Caucus
11. Internet Governance Caucus
12. Media Caucus
13. North American & European Family
14. Privacy and Security Working Group
15. West-Asia Family
16. Youth Caucus

Worldwide and Regional CS Organizations and Coalitions:

1. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), 
Worldwide
2. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
3. Article 19, Worldwide
4. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
5. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
6. CONGO (Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations), Worldwide
7. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
8. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
9. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l?Homme), 
Worldwide
10. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human 
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
11. HIVOS (Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), 
Worldwide
12. IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and 
Institutions), Worldwide
13. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
14. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women?s International Cross Cultural Exchange), 
Worldwide
15. IWTC (International Women?s Tribune Centre), Worldwide
16. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
17. OneWorld International Foundation, Worldwide
18. SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
19. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
20. PEN Club, Worldwide
21. WBU (World Blind Union), Worldwide
22. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide

National CS Organizations and Coalitions:

1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
3. CAPDA (Consortium d?Appui aux Actions pour la Promotion et le 
D?veloppement  de l?Afrique), Cameroon
4. CEFEPROD (Centre F?minin pour la Promotion du D?veloppement), 
Cameroon
5. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), 
Switzerland
6. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
7. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
8. Disability Australia Ltd., Australia
9. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
10. FAMES (Forum des Femmes Africaines pour un Monde de l?Economie 
Solidaire), Senegal
11. Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria
12. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
13. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International University 
of Japan), Japan
14. House of Culture and Sustainable Development, Iran
15. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
16. IP Justice, USA
17. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
18. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
19. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
20. IT for Change, India
21. LDV (Lagos Digital Village), Nigeria
22. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l?Homme), Tunisia
23. Norwegian PEN, Norway
24. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
25. Ouvaton, France
26. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
27. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA/Canada
28. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
29. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
30. UNOY (United Nations of Youth, Network Nigeria), Nigeria
31. V?rit?-Action, Switzerland
32. Village Suisse ONG, Cameroon/Switzerland

In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not 
listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):

1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
2. Harold L. Burstyn, USA
3. Elizabeth Carll, USA
4. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
5. Ababacar Diop, Senegal
6. Avri Doria, USA
7. Alex Gakuru, Kenya
8. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
9. Richard Jordan, USA
10. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
11. Ken Lohento, Benin
12. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
13. Lee W. McKnight, USA
14. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
15. Francis Muguet, France
16. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
17. Claudia Padovani, Italy
18. Joseph Sarr, Senegal


From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 17 17:00:34 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Speaker Background Information and Recommendation of Ms. Abadi
References: <FFA42BFF-09DA-4549-BF2F-E2DB45E60A18@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1C336608-DA73-4C66-A636-A68B77FF74D5@earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues,

The following memo was directed to the WSIS Executive Secretariat  
today on behalf of the selection committee.  The background  
information on the recommended speakers is a large file (over 1 Meg)  
so I have uploaded it here:

     http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/Tunisspeakerbios101705.doc

Regards,

Rik Panganiban

> Yoshio Utsumi
> Secretary-General
> World Summit on the Information Society
>
>
> Dear Mr. Utsumi:
>
> Please find attached to this letter the recommended list of civil  
> society speakers with relevant background information for the  
> various speaking slots allotted to civil society during the World  
> Summit on the Information Society from November 16-18, 2005 in  
> Tunis, Tunisia.
>
> In addition, we understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi has been nominated  
> by numerous caucuses and civil society organizations to speak at  
> the opening ceremony of the WSIS (please see attachments 2 and 3).   
> The selection committee has deliberated on this request, and it  
> recommends that Ms. Abadi address the opening ceremony on behalf of  
> civil society. We note the reservation of the representative of the  
> Arab caucus to this recommendation.
>
> We also inform you that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio,  
> whom we had earlier recommended for the opening ceremony, have both  
> indicated to us their support for Ms. Abadi and their willingness  
> to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to speaking at the opening.  Thus  
> we would request that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio be  
> considered for other speaking slots along with our other  
> recommendations.
>
> We thank you for this opportunity to make the following  
> recommendations, and trust that it will receive your careful  
> consideration.  Please contact us if we can provide any further  
> assistance or guidance.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> On behalf of the Civil Society Selection Committee
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ATTACHMENTS:
> 1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Abadi  
> dated 12 October 2005
> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Abadi?s recommendation (as of  
> 16 October 2005)
>
>


===============================================
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

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
* Information on Millennium+5 at http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


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From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Mon Oct 17 17:05:14 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Speaker Background Information and
 Recommendation of Ms. Abadi
In-Reply-To: <1C336608-DA73-4C66-A636-A68B77FF74D5@earthlink.net>
References: <FFA42BFF-09DA-4549-BF2F-E2DB45E60A18@earthlink.net>
 <1C336608-DA73-4C66-A636-A68B77FF74D5@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <p06010200bf797bd2f11f@[192.168.1.100]>

It may be too late to correct this, but Ms. Ebadi's name is spelled 
incorrectly below, as "Abadi."

Lisa




>Dear Colleagues,
>
>The following memo was directed to the WSIS Executive Secretariat 
>today on behalf of the selection committee. The background 
>information on the recommended speakers is a large file (over 1 Meg) 
>so I have uploaded it here:
>
><http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/Tunisspeakerbios101705.doc>http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/Tunisspeakerbios101705.doc
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>
>>Yoshio Utsumi
>>Secretary-General
>>World Summit on the Information Society
>>Dear Mr. Utsumi:
>>Please find attached to this letter the recommended list of civil 
>>society speakers with relevant background information for the 
>>various speaking slots allotted to civil society during the World 
>>Summit on the Information Society from November 16-18, 2005 in 
>>Tunis, Tunisia.
>>In addition, we understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi has been nominated 
>>by numerous caucuses and civil society organizations to speak at 
>>the opening ceremony of the WSIS (please see attachments 2 and 3). 
>>The selection committee has deliberated on this request, and it 
>>recommends that Ms. Abadi address the opening ceremony on behalf of 
>>civil society. We note the reservation of the representative of the 
>>Arab caucus to this recommendation.
>>We also inform you that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio, 
>>whom we had earlier recommended for the opening ceremony, have both 
>>indicated to us their support for Ms. Abadi and their willingness 
>>to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to speaking at the opening. Thus 
>>we would request that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio be 
>>considered for other speaking slots along with our other 
>>recommendations.
>>We thank you for this opportunity to make the following 
>>recommendations, and trust that it will receive your careful 
>>consideration. Please contact us if we can provide any further 
>>assistance or guidance.
>>Sincerely,
>>Rik Panganiban
>>On behalf of the Civil Society Selection Committee
>>
>>ATTACHMENTS:
>>1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
>>2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Abadi 
>>dated 12 October 2005
>>3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Abadi's recommendation (as of 
>>16 October 2005)
>>
>
>
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United 
>Nations (CONGO)
>web: <http://www.ngocongo.org>http://www.ngocongo.org
>email: <mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org>rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>
>* Information on the WSIS at 
><http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis>http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>* Information on Millennium+5 at 
><http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg>http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg


-- 
Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
Editor, Feminist Media Studies
Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
World Summit on the Information Society

Mass Communication
Williams Hall
Miami University-Ohio
Oxford, OH 45056
USA
Tele: 513-529-3547
Fax: 513-529-1835

From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 17 17:08:12 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Speaker Background Information and Recommendation of Ms. Abadi
In-Reply-To: <p06010200bf797bd2f11f@[192.168.1.100]>
References: <FFA42BFF-09DA-4549-BF2F-E2DB45E60A18@earthlink.net> <1C336608-DA73-4C66-A636-A68B77FF74D5@earthlink.net> <p06010200bf797bd2f11f@[192.168.1.100]>
Message-ID: <55A95447-F9C5-460D-8E0D-9DFD40CF0D7C@earthlink.net>

Thanks. It's not too late. Will correct.

Rik Panganiban (embarrassed)

On Oct 17, 2005, at 12:05 PM, mclauglm@po.muohio.edu wrote:

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>
> It may be too late to correct this, but Ms. Ebadi's name is spelled  
> incorrectly below, as "Abadi."
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
>
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> The following memo was directed to the WSIS Executive Secretariat  
>> today on behalf of the selection committee. The background  
>> information on the recommended speakers is a large file (over 1  
>> Meg) so I have uploaded it here:
>>
>> <http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/ 
>> Tunisspeakerbios101705.doc>http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/ 
>> Tunisspeakerbios101705.doc
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rik Panganiban
>>
>>
>>> Yoshio Utsumi
>>> Secretary-General
>>> World Summit on the Information Society
>>> Dear Mr. Utsumi:
>>> Please find attached to this letter the recommended list of civil  
>>> society speakers with relevant background information for the  
>>> various speaking slots allotted to civil society during the World  
>>> Summit on the Information Society from November 16-18, 2005 in  
>>> Tunis, Tunisia.
>>> In addition, we understand that Ms. Shirin Abadi has been  
>>> nominated by numerous caucuses and civil society organizations to  
>>> speak at the opening ceremony of the WSIS (please see attachments  
>>> 2 and 3). The selection committee has deliberated on this  
>>> request, and it recommends that Ms. Abadi address the opening  
>>> ceremony on behalf of civil society. We note the reservation of  
>>> the representative of the Arab caucus to this recommendation.
>>> We also inform you that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr. Roberto Bissio,  
>>> whom we had earlier recommended for the opening ceremony, have  
>>> both indicated to us their support for Ms. Abadi and their  
>>> willingness to step aside to allow Ms. Abadi to speaking at the  
>>> opening. Thus we would request that Ms. Renata Bloem and Mr.  
>>> Roberto Bissio be considered for other speaking slots along with  
>>> our other recommendations.
>>> We thank you for this opportunity to make the following  
>>> recommendations, and trust that it will receive your careful  
>>> consideration. Please contact us if we can provide any further  
>>> assistance or guidance.
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Rik Panganiban
>>> On behalf of the Civil Society Selection Committee
>>>
>>> ATTACHMENTS:
>>> 1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
>>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Abadi  
>>> dated 12 October 2005
>>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Abadi's recommendation (as  
>>> of 16 October 2005)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> ===============================================
>> RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
>> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United  
>> Nations (CONGO)
>> web: <http://www.ngocongo.org>http://www.ngocongo.org
>> email:  
>> <mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org>rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>>
>> * Information on the WSIS at <http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis>http:// 
>> www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>> * Information on Millennium+5 at <http://www.ngocongo.org/ 
>> mdg>http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies
> Editor, Feminist Media Studies
> Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication
> Union for Democratic Communications Representative,
> World Summit on the Information Society
>
> Mass Communication
> Williams Hall
> Miami University-Ohio
> Oxford, OH 45056
> USA
> Tele: 513-529-3547
> Fax: 513-529-1835
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From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Mon Oct 17 17:11:05 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi speech (if accepted)
In-Reply-To: <1129553273.4106.101.camel@croce.dyf.it>
References: <69B2829E-3EFF-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
 <1129553273.4106.101.camel@croce.dyf.it>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051017090957.039ec620@mail.peoplewho.org>

>1) ask each caucus to pick three issues and describe them in one
>sentence

If collated, this would be a very valuable document to have available as a 
press release, as a handout for those at Kram, at PrepCom 3 resumed, ...

Sylvia


From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Mon Oct 17 18:43:01 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
References: <b8.7c7379d4.30842f6c@aol.com> <4353531C.5010803@bertola.eu.org> <131293a20510170517x5bc94554tf692596d51c8278e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <008801c5d342$381241b0$2101a8c0@home>

I agree with Jacqueline that each Caucus provide a brief for Ms. Ebadi so
that she will have a feel of what CS wants.  It will then be foro her to
pick and choose in order to have a commonb  thread that would run across her
statement.

conchita




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To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
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Vittorio
I agree with you - maybe the easiest way would be to prepare a
briefing paper for the speakers, that explains the issues and the CS
positions. Then we would have to trust them to speak appropriately.
Jacqueline

On 10/17/05, Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org> wrote:
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> KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
> > Dear All --
> >
> > Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think
> > it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to
> > reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important.
> > The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil
> > society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly
> > suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they
> > are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they
> > consider important.
>
> I think you are starting from a good point but getting to wrong
conclusions.
>
> I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make her speech a collection
> of each group's pet issues; I actually said the same just a few days ago
> on a similar matter, when specific groups would require mention of their
> specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you definitely can't
> treat such a high level person as if she were our spokesperson, hired to
> read someone else's speech.
>
> At the same time, people and organizations here have been spending four
> years of their lives pushing some specific issues and proposals, and the
> opening speech of the final Summit is an important chance to increase
> such push. Chances of success for civil society campaigns are directly
> related to the amount of coordination, unity and constant visibility
> that is given to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if Ms.
> Ebadi, in her autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke against
> them - maybe just because we didn't have a chance to brief her on what
> has been going on in this process.
>
> The same applies to the other speakers, who - remember - are not there
> in their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of the entire set of
> civil society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable in hearing any
> of them, say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent attitudes to
> his people or taking stances that go against our own declaration of
> principles agreed in Geneva.
>
> I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find ways to preserve the
> delicate balance between the independent thoughts of an individual and
> his/her role as a representative of a much broader movement. For
> example, we might schedule briefing sessions in which they listen to
> everyone and present what they plan to say. We might ask them to post
> drafts of their speeches for public comment, some days in advance. We
> might map them to topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant caucuses
> to discuss the intervention in the next couple of weeks.
>
> I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor attempts to "define
> what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own speakers. But if we
> end up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern and saying just the
> first thing that came up in their minds, without any kind of
> coordination among themselves or with past activities, we will have
> missed a huge opportunity and done quite a bad job.
> --
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From cathy at sangonet.org.za  Mon Oct 17 14:11:58 2005
From: cathy at sangonet.org.za (THETHA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [THETHA] SANGONeT's World Development Information Day Event, 24 October 2005
Message-ID: <00c801c5d31c$5af444b0$ea00a8c0@fifi>

World Development Information Day

24 October 2005

Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban

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

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) will host a special event on 
Monday, 24 October 2005 (09h00-14h00), to celebrate World Development 
Information Day.

The United Nations General Assembly instituted World Development Information 
Day in December 1972 with the objective of drawing public attention annually 
to development problems and the importance of strengthening international 
cooperation to solve them.

The event will be held in Johannesburg, while a video conference link with 
Cape Town and Durban will enable participation from those two cities (see 
physical addresses of venues below).

The objective of the event is to highlight the role and significance of 
information and communication in the South African NGO sector and to profile 
specific initiatives aimed at improving its information and communication 
capacity.

Key speakers include Godfrey Mokate, newly appointed CEO of the National 
Development Agency (NDA) and Michael Gilbert of the Gilbert Center in 
Seattle. Michael Gilbert is a non-profit online specialist who will talk 
about how NGOs can maximise their websites to achieve their development 
goals.

SANGONeT will also unveil a new "NGO Portal" which is aimed at promoting the 
development goals of the South African NGO sector, creating a platform for 
community exchange and supporting the institutional development of the 
sector.

The draft programme of the event is available on the SANGONeT website @ 
http://www.sangonet.org.za

Venues:

Johannesburg - American Culture and Information Centre, 3rd Floor, 1066 
Building, 35 Pritchard Street, cnr Harrison Street.

Cape Town - U.S. Consulate General, 7th Floor Broadway Centre, Hertzog 
Boulevard, Heerengracht Street, Foreshore.

Durban - U.S. Consulate General, 31st Floor, Old Mutual Centre, 303 West 
Street.

If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact Cathy 
Niken at SANGONeT on Tel: (011) 403-4935 or e-mail: cathy@sangonet.org.za.

There is no charge for attending the event, but as space is limited, please 
register by 20 October 2005. 


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From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 17 18:56:57 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: TUNISIA: ON EVE OF INFORMATION SUMMIT, UN RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR PRISONER RELEASE
References: <000301c5d323$1ffa7170$720a960a@un.org>
Message-ID: <EF82CA5E-D46F-4516-96B6-51714958796D@earthlink.net>

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "UN News Service" <UNNews@un.org>
> Date: October 17, 2005 10:00:24 AM EDT
> To: <news5@list.un.org>
> Subject: TUNISIA: ON EVE OF INFORMATION SUMMIT, UN RIGHTS EXPERT  
> CALLS FOR PRISONER RELEASE
> Reply-To: <UNNews@un.org>
>
>
> TUNISIA: ON EVE OF INFORMATION SUMMIT, UN RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR  
> PRISONER RELEASE
> New York, Oct 17 2005 10:00AM
> Citing reported violations of freedom of opinion and expression in  
> Tunisia as the North African country prepares to host the World  
> Summit on the Information Society next month, a United Nations  
> human rights expert has called on the Government to release  
> unconditionally all press- and opinion-related prisoners.
>
> ?I have also been alarmed by the polarization of opinions and the  
> lack of dialogue with the Press, two elements which could seriously  
> jeopardize the progress of media freedom in the country,? the  
> Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and  
> expression of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Ambeyi Ligabo,  
> said in a statement, calling on the Government to allow the full  
> exercise of those rights.
>
> He noted that recent reported violations included the banning of a  
> ?journalists? union congress, the imprisonment of a lawyer for  
> publishing controversial articles and ?smear campaigns? against  
> human rights activists, particularly in conjunction with their  
> right to freedom of expression and of association.
>
> Mr. Ligabo called on the Government to take effective measures for  
> the promotion of a real pluralism, including action related to the  
> increase of media freedom in the country and to guarantee full  
> access to information for media professionals as well as for the  
> ordinary citizen, in order to expand transparency and public  
> awareness.
>
> He also urged it to ensure that all media workers can exercise  
> their profession without any impediment and restriction and to  
> adopt legislation for the decriminalization of defamation and  
> related offences, including norms regarding fair criteria of  
> proportionality in imposing fines.
>
> The final phase of the World Summit is to be held in Tunis from 16  
> to 18 November and will be marked by ?a crucial effort to ensure a  
> better future for less developed societies through the exploitation  
> of Internet resources,? Mr. Ligabo noted.
>
> ?Agreements on Internet governance and its financing will be at the  
> core of decisive discussions and could initiate a new era for  
> freedom of opinion and expression through enhanced dissemination  
> and availability of information,? he added.
>
> The Summit?s first phase was held in Geneva in 2003.
>  2005-10-17 00:00:00.000
>
>
> ________________
>
> For more details go to UN News Centre at http://www.un.org/news

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From Drossou at BOELL.DE  Mon Oct 17 18:48:27 2005
From: Drossou at BOELL.DE (Olga Drossou)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: Antw: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination
Message-ID: <s3540014.074@BOELL.DE>

Dear Meryem,

Heinrich B?ll Foundation also endorses the nomination of  Shirin Ebadi as
opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.  Please include us on the
list.

Yours
Olga Drossou


----------------------------------------------
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Referentin Neue Medien - Senior Officer New Media Desk
Heinrich B?ll Stiftung - Heinrich Boell Foundation
Rosenthaler Str. 40/41, D-10178 Berlin
Tel:+49 30-28534-183, Fax:  49 30-28534-108, 
mailto: drossou@boell.de,   
www.boell.de

aktuell: 
www.boell.de/woctis
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www.worldsummit2005.de



From laina at getit.org  Mon Oct 17 19:13:21 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for supports
In-Reply-To: <008801c5d342$381241b0$2101a8c0@home>
Message-ID: <200510180225819.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Good ideas Jacqueline and Conchita, offering ideas from the caucuses but
leaving it up to the speaker to pick up what she feels appropriate. To be
fair though to Ms Ebadi, this should apply to all CS speakers. We cannot put
the full burden on her to speak CS ideas. Perhaps we could share these
thoughts with all CS speakers, and hope some or all of them will pick up the
relevant points we feel should go through to governments. 

Laina 

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I agree with Jacqueline that each Caucus provide a brief for Ms. Ebadi so
that she will have a feel of what CS wants.  It will then be foro her to
pick and choose in order to have a commonb  thread that would run across her
statement.

conchita




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Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
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Vittorio
I agree with you - maybe the easiest way would be to prepare a
briefing paper for the speakers, that explains the issues and the CS
positions. Then we would have to trust them to speak appropriately.
Jacqueline

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>
> KovenRonald@aol.com ha scritto:
> > Dear All --
> >
> > Everyone of us has his hobbyhorses, favorite essential topics. I think
> > it is really out of bounds for us to ask someone like Shirin Ebadi to
> > reflect them. She must be free to express what she thinks is important.
> > The authoritarian atmosphere of our limited version of "civil
> > society,"defining what is sayable and not sayable is getting truly
> > suffocating. It's time -- past time -- for us to tell people that they
> > are free to say what they think and decide for themselves what they
> > consider important.
>
> I think you are starting from a good point but getting to wrong
conclusions.
>
> I agree that we should not ask Ms. Ebadi to make her speech a collection
> of each group's pet issues; I actually said the same just a few days ago
> on a similar matter, when specific groups would require mention of their
> specific issues into a generic text. Moreover, you definitely can't
> treat such a high level person as if she were our spokesperson, hired to
> read someone else's speech.
>
> At the same time, people and organizations here have been spending four
> years of their lives pushing some specific issues and proposals, and the
> opening speech of the final Summit is an important chance to increase
> such push. Chances of success for civil society campaigns are directly
> related to the amount of coordination, unity and constant visibility
> that is given to our proposals. Thus it would be a disaster if Ms.
> Ebadi, in her autonomy, missed some vital points or even spoke against
> them - maybe just because we didn't have a chance to brief her on what
> has been going on in this process.
>
> The same applies to the other speakers, who - remember - are not there
> in their personal capacity, but speaking on behalf of the entire set of
> civil society participants. I wouldn't feel comfortable in hearing any
> of them, say, praising President Ben Ali for his benevolent attitudes to
> his people or taking stances that go against our own declaration of
> principles agreed in Geneva.
>
> I think that if we all are reasonable, we can find ways to preserve the
> delicate balance between the independent thoughts of an individual and
> his/her role as a representative of a much broader movement. For
> example, we might schedule briefing sessions in which they listen to
> everyone and present what they plan to say. We might ask them to post
> drafts of their speeches for public comment, some days in advance. We
> might map them to topics and ask them to subscribe to relevant caucuses
> to discuss the intervention in the next couple of weeks.
>
> I don't think these are unreasonable requests, nor attempts to "define
> what is sayable or not sayable" or censor our own speakers. But if we
> end up with 10 or 15 people going up to the lectern and saying just the
> first thing that came up in their minds, without any kind of
> coordination among themselves or with past activities, we will have
> missed a huge opportunity and done quite a bad job.
> --
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 17 19:39:40 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Not-so-serious-news: "Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance"
Message-ID: <776E2807-06F5-4FD1-BFB8-16E9A9EA46A4@earthlink.net>

Ok, so it doesn't relate to Tunis directly, but still an interesting  
project to try and develop computer games that teach cooperation and  
peaceful resolution of conflict.  I personally loved playing the  
"Food Force" game put out by the World Food Programme last year.

The hard part of course is making the games fun.

Rik Panganiban

===================================

washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/ 
AR2005101500218_pf.html

Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance
By Mike Musgrove
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 16, 2005; F01



Parents who worry that video games are teaching kids to settle  
conflicts with blasters and bloodshed can take heart: A new  
generation of video games wants to save the world through peace and  
democracy.

A team at Carnegie Mellon University is working on an educational  
computer game that explores the Mideast conflict -- you win by  
negotiating peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This spring, the  
United Nations' World Food Programme released an online game in which  
players must figure out how to feed thousands of people on a  
fictitious island.

This weekend, the University of Southern California is kicking off a  
competition to develop a game that promotes international goodwill  
toward the United States, a kind of Voice of America for the gamer set.

And lest anyone think only professors and policy wonks are involved,  
a unit of MTV this week announced a contest to come up with a video  
game that fights genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

Internet-based computer games, in which players create characters in  
a virtual world and interact to solve problems or win battles, are  
branching out from fantasy into serious social issues. Academics  
recognize their power as a new form of mass entertainment, and  
activists hope to tap into their enormous worldwide popularity to  
reach a new generation used to interacting through computers.

"It's been kind of a surprise for us. It just took off," said  
Jennifer Parmelee, a spokeswoman for the U.N.'s food program.

So popular was the U.N.'s game, titled Food Force, Yahoo had to step  
in as a Web host for the game when swarms of Internet users converged  
on http://www.food-force.com/ and accidentally knocked it off-line.  
The game, which Parmelee said was initially regarded with skepticism  
within the U.N., has been downloaded 2 million times since its launch.

Stephen Friedman, general manager of an MTV channel shown on college  
campuses, said he thinks his network's contest could help spread  
awareness of Darfur to young people who are interested in games but  
who don't follow world events.

"Activism needs to be rethought and reinvented with each generation,"  
he said. "This is a generation that lives online -- what better way  
to have an effect?" The network is promising a $50,000 prize to the  
student or team of students that comes up with the best idea.

Carnegie Mellon's project, called PeaceMaker, is led by an Israeli  
citizen named Asi Burak, who has sought input from both sides of the  
conflict for the game his team is building. In it, players take a  
role as an Israeli or Palestinian leader charged with bringing peace  
to the region. Use too much military force and the region falls into  
violence -- but give too many concessions quickly and a leader risks  
assassination.

"We want to prove that video games can be serious and deal with  
meaningful issues," said Burak, who will be lecturing about it at the  
Serious Games conference in Washington next month, a get-together  
dedicated to introducing game makers to potential clients interested  
in educational games.

Edward Castronova, a professor at the University of Indiana who has  
written a book about the dynamics of virtual worlds, said he wishes  
the State Department would invest in an immersive online game that  
would appeal to teenagers across the globe -- a game in which players  
could participate in an online world governed by democratic principles.

"It would just have one feature," he said, " live democracy. See what  
it's like when issues get resolved through peaceful voting and  
transition of power.

"Games give you the opportunity to live a culture and I think that is  
dramatically more powerful and persuasive than a million leaflets or  
60,000 Peace Corps volunteers."

A State Department official said the agency doesn't have plans to  
make such an investment.

"We are not generally a source of funding for experimental  
technology," said Jeremy Curtin, senior adviser to the undersecretary  
of state for public diplomacy. "But we are very interested in what  
the private sector is doing in terms of creative use of technologies."

USC professors Joshua Fouts and Douglas Thomas, the organizers of  
that school's contest, have discussed the project with State  
Department officials and hope to get a policymaker on their judging  
panel. The contest winner will be announced on the eve of a video  
game industry conference in Los Angeles next year.

The two said their contest was inspired by playing and exploring the  
virtual world of an online game called Star Wars Galaxies, which lets  
players around the world log on and participate in the universe of  
the "Star Wars" movies. They found that many players from other  
countries had a negative view of Americans, an impression that  
sometimes became more positive as they played cooperatively with  
players based in the United States.

"It's a virtual exchange program," said Fouts, who worked at Voice of  
America for six years before becoming the director of USC's Center on  
Public Diplomacy.

The biggest challenge for programmers entering the contest might be  
one that policymakers and activists have never had to think about:  
The game will have to be fun. After all, the loftiest and most  
educational game in the world won't have much positive result if  
nobody plays it.

David Tucker, a computer science major at the University of Maryland  
who hopes to land a job in game design, said he didn't know whether  
he'd want to play such a game or not. "I guess it would depend on the  
quality of the game," he said. "I know I have played games that don't  
have violence but are enjoyable." After a short pause, he added, "I  
can't think of any at the moment."

"If you write a boring book and people stop on page two, it has no  
impact," said Jesse H. Ausubel, a director at the Richard Lounsbery  
Foundation, which provided $125,000 in funds to sponsor USC's contest.

Is democracy "fun"? Castronova thinks aspiring game designers should  
have more than enough to work with for such a project. "You could  
look at the U.S. Constitution as a big game," he said. "We've been  
playing it for 200 years. And we love it."

? 2005 The Washington Post Company
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From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for  supports
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCMEAEKCAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <200510180303900.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Thanks Elizabeth. Yes, in my son's case the only reason we were able to even
get some help to get him diagnosed was because it was constant ear
infections and 2 surgeries on his ears (to put in tubes to drain the ear)
that finally led them to agree he needed help. Then it took another 5-7
years before he was finally diagnosed with what his disability was.   Now
his school lacks funding to support him even though he qualifies as having a
disability. His disablity however led him to have other "mental health"
issues such as self esteem, depression, etc and it is not clear if these
will be covered by insurance to help him.

Agreed, that the issue is more complicated than I can comment, which is why
I said I did not have a stand on it as such. Just wanted to share a specific
case at hand.

Thanks,
Laina

PS I will consider joining the health list although I am already overwhlemed
by the current lists I am on.  

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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 1:40 AM
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Dear Laina,

The response to your question is probably a bit technical for the general
list and if you have further questions than the one below, we should
continue back channel or perhaps you would like to join the Health and ICT
WG.

You being up an excellent point.  In New York State, there isn't always a
clear cut distinction as to what is a learning disability and what is not.
For example, in schools if a child is designated learning disabled,
typically that would have to meet a criteria of being about 50 percent below
grade level in any particular skill level (reading, math writing, etc.) and
also simultaneously must have a minimum of average intelligence.

If the learning disability is less severe, then the school may not classify
and provide services, as the funding is based on that criteria. But
obviously the child may be 30 percent below grade level and still in need of
services, in which case the  remedial services would be the responsibility
of the parent and done privately.   However, if the Committee on Special
Education of the school district classifies a child, they must provide
services.

With insurance, often the distinction that is used to determine coverage is
whether the treatment is medically necessary and it is in this category that
often psychological services usually fall.  Therefore, those services which
are seen as educational may not be viewed as medically necessary.  As you
can see it is a complex issue with not always easy answers.

Unless there were other psychological issues, a child with a learning
disability would not necessarily be diagnosed with a mental problem/illness.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies UN NGO Committee on
Mental Health Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
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Behalf Of Laina Raveendran Greene
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 5:38 PM
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Dear Elisabeth,

I have been watching your postings and those of Sylvia with interest.I am a
mother  of a child with learning disabilities, (he has central auditory
processing disorder and it took almost 5 to 7 years to get him diagnosed and
get the right help). Whilst he qualifies under the Disabilities Act, there
is lack of funding to get the necessary help he needs to cope with his type
of disability.

I guess if there is some way to further distinguish what is meant by "mental
health" into a category of the level of a disability, as opposed to just
people living in abundance facing depression etc, that this may help. Rather
than clumping 80% of people in US together with metal and physical
disability may dilute the funding available to those who needs it most.

Again, I have no clear side on this, but I see this issue from being a
mother and knowing that funds are limited forthis kind of help too.

Best Regards,
Laina

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Dear All,

I am including my expanded response from the plenary list below as it will
further clarify.

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From: Elizabeth Carll, PhD [mailto:ecarll@optonline.net]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:48 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi Nomination - Deadline for
supports


Hi Sylvia,

Yes, we have had this discussion and we appear to have a difference of
opinion.  By including mental health, which as we have discussed includes
all people, not only those with disabilities, it will insure funding and
resources via ICT.

While I can understand your concern, in reality, the allocation of resources
will be determined by parity in funding  and not by perceived
discrimination.  If it is not included in documents, it is usually not
included in funding and in the allocation of often limited resources.

In fact, according to a recent poll by the American Psychological
Association, 87 percent of Americans say that it is the lack of insurance
coverage that most keeps them from seeing a mental health professional, not
stigma or embarrassment.  The same poll revealed that 85 percent of
Americans think that health insurance should cover mental health services.

Please cite the research which shows that making provisions for parity in
access to mental health information and services results in discrimination
against people with psychosocial disabilities.  I would think quite the
opposite.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; UN NGO Committee on
Mental Health; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN

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Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:22 PM
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At 12:45 PM 10/16/05, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:
>Both physical and mental health is a basic human right, yet often 
>mental health services is viewed as disconnected from health services.

Elizabeth and I have this conversation in many places.

Separating out mental health always results in discrimination against people
with psychosocial disabilities.  It feels like we, the people for whom the
right is urged, don't matter at all.

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras, PhD
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From respectful_interfaces at att.net  Mon Oct 17 20:28:19 2005
From: respectful_interfaces at att.net (Respectful_Interfaces)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Not-so-serious-news: "Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance"
References: <776E2807-06F5-4FD1-BFB8-16E9A9EA46A4@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <002c01c5d350$ef9c75e0$ac697645@HPcomputer>

Dear Rik and all:

Also briefly, I post in resonance having just attended the DigiLife Expo at Javitz Center in New York City precisely to sample other views of infospace.  It was largely gaming tournaments, the excitement of which is for other e-lists but the portent of which may apply here - hence this post.  Encouraging: between rounds of ragewar and space feuds, and a few peace related graphics wonderland tourneys, quite a few attendees asked:  what? WSIS? What's that? Considering that these youth are the future, I found this quite encouraging. I hope my responses over the 'DigiDin' there  sufficed in that context. Quite a few of them gave email addresses and asked for links. A Press Pass as U.N. NGO. What more can we ask?

:) LDMF.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rik Panganiban 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 2:39 PM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Not-so-serious-news: "Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance"


  Ok, so it doesn't relate to Tunis directly, but still an interesting project to try and develop computer games that teach cooperation and peaceful resolution of conflict.  I personally loved playing the "Food Force" game put out by the World Food Programme last year.


  The hard part of course is making the games fun.


  Rik Panganiban


  ===================================


  washingtonpost.com
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101500218_pf.html



  Video Game World Gives Peace a Chance
  By Mike Musgrove
  Washington Post Staff Writer
  Sunday, October 16, 2005; F01




  Parents who worry that video games are teaching kids to settle conflicts with blasters and bloodshed can take heart: A new generation of video games wants to save the world through peace and democracy.

  A team at Carnegie Mellon University is working on an educational computer game that explores the Mideast conflict -- you win by negotiating peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This spring, the United Nations' World Food Programme released an online game in which players must figure out how to feed thousands of people on a fictitious island.

  This weekend, the University of Southern California is kicking off a competition to develop a game that promotes international goodwill toward the United States, a kind of Voice of America for the gamer set.

  And lest anyone think only professors and policy wonks are involved, a unit of MTV this week announced a contest to come up with a video game that fights genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

  Internet-based computer games, in which players create characters in a virtual world and interact to solve problems or win battles, are branching out from fantasy into serious social issues. Academics recognize their power as a new form of mass entertainment, and activists hope to tap into their enormous worldwide popularity to reach a new generation used to interacting through computers.

  "It's been kind of a surprise for us. It just took off," said Jennifer Parmelee, a spokeswoman for the U.N.'s food program.

  So popular was the U.N.'s game, titled Food Force, Yahoo had to step in as a Web host for the game when swarms of Internet users converged on http://www.food-force.com/ and accidentally knocked it off-line. The game, which Parmelee said was initially regarded with skepticism within the U.N., has been downloaded 2 million times since its launch.

  Stephen Friedman, general manager of an MTV channel shown on college campuses, said he thinks his network's contest could help spread awareness of Darfur to young people who are interested in games but who don't follow world events.

  "Activism needs to be rethought and reinvented with each generation," he said. "This is a generation that lives online -- what better way to have an effect?" The network is promising a $50,000 prize to the student or team of students that comes up with the best idea.

  Carnegie Mellon's project, called PeaceMaker, is led by an Israeli citizen named Asi Burak, who has sought input from both sides of the conflict for the game his team is building. In it, players take a role as an Israeli or Palestinian leader charged with bringing peace to the region. Use too much military force and the region falls into violence -- but give too many concessions quickly and a leader risks assassination.

  "We want to prove that video games can be serious and deal with meaningful issues," said Burak, who will be lecturing about it at the Serious Games conference in Washington next month, a get-together dedicated to introducing game makers to potential clients interested in educational games.

  Edward Castronova, a professor at the University of Indiana who has written a book about the dynamics of virtual worlds, said he wishes the State Department would invest in an immersive online game that would appeal to teenagers across the globe -- a game in which players could participate in an online world governed by democratic principles.

  "It would just have one feature," he said, " live democracy. See what it's like when issues get resolved through peaceful voting and transition of power.

  "Games give you the opportunity to live a culture and I think that is dramatically more powerful and persuasive than a million leaflets or 60,000 Peace Corps volunteers."

  A State Department official said the agency doesn't have plans to make such an investment.

  "We are not generally a source of funding for experimental technology," said Jeremy Curtin, senior adviser to the undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. "But we are very interested in what the private sector is doing in terms of creative use of technologies."

  USC professors Joshua Fouts and Douglas Thomas, the organizers of that school's contest, have discussed the project with State Department officials and hope to get a policymaker on their judging panel. The contest winner will be announced on the eve of a video game industry conference in Los Angeles next year.

  The two said their contest was inspired by playing and exploring the virtual world of an online game called Star Wars Galaxies, which lets players around the world log on and participate in the universe of the "Star Wars" movies. They found that many players from other countries had a negative view of Americans, an impression that sometimes became more positive as they played cooperatively with players based in the United States.

  "It's a virtual exchange program," said Fouts, who worked at Voice of America for six years before becoming the director of USC's Center on Public Diplomacy.

  The biggest challenge for programmers entering the contest might be one that policymakers and activists have never had to think about: The game will have to be fun. After all, the loftiest and most educational game in the world won't have much positive result if nobody plays it.

  David Tucker, a computer science major at the University of Maryland who hopes to land a job in game design, said he didn't know whether he'd want to play such a game or not. "I guess it would depend on the quality of the game," he said. "I know I have played games that don't have violence but are enjoyable." After a short pause, he added, "I can't think of any at the moment."

  "If you write a boring book and people stop on page two, it has no impact," said Jesse H. Ausubel, a director at the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, which provided $125,000 in funds to sponsor USC's contest.

  Is democracy "fun"? Castronova thinks aspiring game designers should have more than enough to work with for such a project. "You could look at the U.S. Constitution as a big game," he said. "We've been playing it for 200 years. And we love it."

  ? 2005 The Washington Post Company
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From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: TUNISIA: ON EVE OF INFORMATION SUMMIT,
 UN RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR PRISONER RELEASE
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On Mon, 17 Oct 2005, Rik Panganiban wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "UN News Service" <UNNews@un.org>
> > Date: October 17, 2005 10:00:24 AM EDT
> > To: <news5@list.un.org>
> > Subject: TUNISIA: ON EVE OF INFORMATION SUMMIT, UN RIGHTS EXPERT
> > CALLS FOR PRISONER RELEASE
> > Reply-To: <UNNews@un.org>

I see the american press is working over time getting the appropriate
consensus in place for the summit.

cheers
joe baptista

Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593

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> >
> >
> > TUNISIA: ON EVE OF INFORMATION SUMMIT, UN RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR
> > PRISONER RELEASE
> > New York, Oct 17 2005 10:00AM
> > Citing reported violations of freedom of opinion and expression in
> > Tunisia as the North African country prepares to host the World
> > Summit on the Information Society next month, a United Nations
> > human rights expert has called on the Government to release
> > unconditionally all press- and opinion-related prisoners.
> >
> > =93I have also been alarmed by the polarization of opinions and the
> > lack of dialogue with the Press, two elements which could seriously
> > jeopardize the progress of media freedom in the country,=94 the
> > Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and
> > expression of the UN Commission on Human Rights, Ambeyi Ligabo,
> > said in a statement, calling on the Government to allow the full
> > exercise of those rights.
> >
> > He noted that recent reported violations included the banning of a
> > =91journalists=92 union congress, the imprisonment of a lawyer for
> > publishing controversial articles and =93smear campaigns=94 against
> > human rights activists, particularly in conjunction with their
> > right to freedom of expression and of association.
> >
> > Mr. Ligabo called on the Government to take effective measures for
> > the promotion of a real pluralism, including action related to the
> > increase of media freedom in the country and to guarantee full
> > access to information for media professionals as well as for the
> > ordinary citizen, in order to expand transparency and public
> > awareness.
> >
> > He also urged it to ensure that all media workers can exercise
> > their profession without any impediment and restriction and to
> > adopt legislation for the decriminalization of defamation and
> > related offences, including norms regarding fair criteria of
> > proportionality in imposing fines.
> >
> > The final phase of the World Summit is to be held in Tunis from 16
> > to 18 November and will be marked by =93a crucial effort to ensure a
> > better future for less developed societies through the exploitation
> > of Internet resources,=94 Mr. Ligabo noted.
> >
> > =93Agreements on Internet governance and its financing will be at the
> > core of decisive discussions and could initiate a new era for
> > freedom of opinion and expression through enhanced dissemination
> > and availability of information,=94 he added.
> >
> > The Summit=92s first phase was held in Geneva in 2003.
> >  2005-10-17 00:00:00.000
> >
> >
> > ________________
> >
> > For more details go to UN News Centre at http://www.un.org/news
>
>

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 17 22:45:49 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] First list of supports sent - Shirin Ebadi nomination
In-Reply-To: <39E15465-3F20-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051017214550.12303.qmail@web60717.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Meryem,
We all have a great consideration for what we did and
what you are doing for the Civile society promotion in
this WSIS Summit process, including, we hope, in the
future follow-up phase.
As you are among the most involved in the Shirin Ebadi
nomination, i would like to propose to the high staff
management of the Tunis Meeting that except Shirin
Ebadi, the Civile society will refuse any other VIP
who should be proposed by any big boss to speak on
behalf the Civile society.
If Shirin is refused after so important support we
have to draw all conclusion on how we are considered.
I share also precedent messages proposing that each
caucus or thematic duscussion group who would like to
provide a short brefing paper to Shirin can send it to
Shirin who can refere to it or no.
I prefere that Shirin try to take into account our
concern if any rather than leaving "God" or "Evel"
doing its best.
Speaking on our behalf i suppose that Shirin will be
able to take into account our main and real concern
and there is so much to said.
My only message as long as the Financing Mechanism
Working Group decided to keep fare from financing
official proposal to meet the North-South Digital Gap,
our only request is that the speech of Civile society
will not be full with thanks to Swiss and Tunisian
Governments, to UN and ITU Agency and no reference to
happiness for any supposed improvement of these
Summits  and for any consideration for the Civile
society representative.
Best regards
Djilali 
   

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From meigs at wanadoo.fr  Tue Oct 18 13:15:22 2005
From: meigs at wanadoo.fr (Meigs)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Shirin Ebadi nomination
Message-ID: <BF7AB3FA.12CE4%meigs@wanadoo.fr>

Dear Meryem,

Th education, academia and research taskforce also endorses the nomination
of  Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.
Please include us on the list.

Best
Divina Frau-Meigs

 



From Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca  Tue Oct 18 14:29:35 2005
From: Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Bill McIver)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Privacy -- Color printers & tracking
Message-ID: <4354F8BF.3080204@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>


New news from the EFF:


Posted at 07:48 AM <http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_10.php#004064>


      Secret Code in Color Printers Lets Government Track You

Tiny Dots Show Where and When You Made Your Print

San Francisco - A research team led by the Electronic Frontier 
Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that 
some color laser printers secretly hide in every document.

The U.S. Secret Service admitted that the tracking information is part 
of a deal struck with selected color laser printer manufacturers, 
ostensibly to identify counterfeiters. However, the nature of the 
private information encoded in each document was not previously known.

...

More at  http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_10.php#004063

WJM
-- 
Bill McIver  
e-Government / e-Citizen Group
National Research Council Canada  Institute for Information Technology
e-mail: bill.mciver@nrc.gc.ca                  
http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/r-d/e-government-gouvernement-e_e.html
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
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Supinya Klangnarong Vs Shin Corp: the last days
Supinya Klangnarong who is being sued by communication giant Shin Corp in Thailand was in court testifying on 11th and 12 the October.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/971

Interconnection costs
By Mike Jensen(Sep 2005)
This paper produced by South African Mike Jensen covers increasing North-South inequities ("paying both ways") and proposed strategies for minimising the disparities in interconnection rates.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/970

Indians win right to information
People across India have new rights to access information held by the government under a law which has come into force nationwide.
The right-to-information law applies to government agency material as well as private sector material which is held by official bodies.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/969

EU says internet could fall apart
Developing countries demand share of control ? US says urge to censor underlies calls for reform
Richard Wray
Wednesday October 12, 2005, Guardian
A battle has erupted over who governs the internet, with America demanding to maintain a key role in the network it helped create and other countries demanding more control.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/968

Right of access to information
Principles on the right of access to information launched The Open Society Justice Initiative announced a set of 10 principles on the right of access to information, to mark the third annual International Right to Know Day (28 Sept. 2005). Drawn from comparative law and practice in the over 60 countries world-wide that have freedom of information laws, these principles provide a clear set of standards to guide civil society groups and legislators in their efforts to increase public access to information.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/967

Bloggers versus the mainstream media: A study on Iraq
Rahul Kumar
"There are no waving masses of people welcoming the Americans, nor are they surrendering by the thousands. People are doing what all of us are, sitting in their homes and hoping that a bomb doesn't fall on them". http://dear_raed.blogspot.com
(Sunday, 23 March 2003)
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Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects r?gionaux.
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From pbatreau at epistrophe.fr  Wed Oct 19 08:32:04 2005
From: pbatreau at epistrophe.fr (Philippe Batreau)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
Message-ID: <00b801c5d47f$345380f0$0302a8c0@portab>

Dear all,

 

This message is in french.

 

Bonjour,

 

Le chapitre fran?ais de l'Internet Society, Isoc France, en partenariat avec
d'autres chapitres francophones et des organismes publics et priv?s
francophones pr?parent le lancement d' ? Isoc Francophonie ?, chapitre
francophone de l'Internet Society. 

 

Nous cherchons ? ?largir le champ des personnes et organismes int?ress?s.

 

L'objet d'Isoc Francophonie est notamment la promotion de la francophonie
dans l'internet, la promotion de l'internet dans la francophonie et de
favoriser et impulser des projets de  coop?ration internationaux. 

 

Trois cat?gories de membres sont pr?vues : chapitres francophones et
organismes associ?s, collectivit?s publiques (collectivit?s locales et
autres types d'?tablissements publics), entreprises. Nous nous adressons
aussi aux personnes francophones souhaitant adh?rer ? l'ISOC et ne disposant
pas d'un chapitre dans leur pays.

 

Une r?union de lancement aura lieu ? Tunis, le 15 novembre 2005 ? 15 h, dans
le cadre des ?v?nements parall?les au SMSI.

 

Nous invitons les personnes et organismes int?ress?s tant par le projet que
par la r?union de lancement ? nous le faire savoir en r?pondant ? ce
message.

 

Un site est en cours de construction :

http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/

O? vous pouvez vous inscrire sur la liste de discussion en remplissant le
formulaire en ligne :

http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/article.php3?id_article=1

 

Dans l'attente de vous lire,

 

Cordialement,

 

Philippe Batreau

http://www.isoc.fr <http://www.isoc.fr/> 

http://www.smsi-territoires.net <http://www.smsi-territoires.net/> 

http://www.epistrophe.fr <http://www.epistrophe.fr/> 

 

 

 

 

 

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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 19 10:20:01 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [EN] Reuters - Tunisia denies U.N. charges on media freedom
Message-ID: <86859D88-4081-11DA-9806-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Tunisia denies U.N. charges on media freedom

Reuters, le 17.10.2005 ? 18h53

TUNIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Tunisia, which hosts a summit on information 
and the Internet next month, on Monday rejected as "unfounded 
allegations" a U.N. rights envoy's statement that it jails reporters 
and stifles press freedom.

U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of opinion Ambeyi Ligabo said 
last week the World Summit on the Information Society Tunis is 
scheduled to host Nov. 16-18 could herald a "new era" for freedom of 
expression around the globe.

"I urge the government of Tunisia to release unconditionally all press 
and opinion-related prisoners and to allow the full exercise of the 
right of expression," he said in a statement.

The government in Tunis dismissed his remarks as based on "unfounded 
allegations emanating from some parties known for their bias and lack 
of objectivity" -- a reference to opposition and rights groups.

"No person can be imprisoned in Tunisia because of his opinion and 
journalistic activities. Freedom of expression is a fact of life in the 
country," the government statement said.

Ligabo, a former Kenyan appointed to the independent rapporteur post in 
2002, said from the start he had received reports of violations of 
freedom of opinion and expression in Tunisia.

"Recent cases would include the banning of a journalists' union 
congress, the conviction to prison terms of a lawyer for publishing 
controversial articles and smear campaigns against human rights 
activists," Ligabo said.

Tunisia has repeatedly denied criticism by rights groups at home and 
abroad that the government tolerates no dissent and allows no freedom 
for local independent reporters.

The International Telecommunications Union, a U.N. agency, is 
organising the Tunis Internet meeting.

REUTERS


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 19 10:21:12 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?[FR]_Reuters_-_Tunis_rejette_les_propos_d'un_=E9m?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?issaire_de_l'Onu?=
Message-ID: <B0E4B08D-4081-11DA-9806-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Information - Tunis rejette les propos d'un ?missaire de l'Onu

Reuters, le 17.10.2005 ? 19h22

TUNIS, 17 octobre (Reuters) - La Tunisie, qui accueille le mois 
prochain une conf?rence internationale sur l'information et internet, a 
qualifi? lundi d'all?gations sans fondement un communiqu? d'un 
?missaire de l'Onu qui l'accuse d'emprisonner des journalistes et de ne 
pas respecter la libert? de la presse.

Ambeyi Ligabo, rapporteur sp?cial de l'Onu sur la libert? d'opinion, a 
estim? la semaine derni?re que le Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de 
l'information, pr?vu ? Tunis du 16 au 18 novembre, pourrait inaugurer 
une "?re nouvelle" pour la libert? d'expression ? travers le monde.

Dans un communiqu?, il engageait le gouvernement tunisien ? lib?rer 
sans conditions les prisonniers d'opinion et ? "autoriser le pleine 
exercice du droit ? la libert? d'opinion et d'expression".

Le gouvernement tunisien dit consid?rer ces propos comme des 
all?gations d?nu?es de fondement qui ?manent de milieux connus pour 
leur "manque d'objectivit?".

Un communiqu? officiel assure que nul ne peut ?tre emprisonn? en 
Tunisie en raison de son opinion et de ses activit?s journalistiques, 
et que la libert? d'expression est un principe respect? dans le pays.

Ligabo, ancien diplomate kenyan nomm? rapporteur de l'Onu en 2002, a 
dit avoir ?t? inform? d'atteintes ? la libert? d'expression et 
d'opinion en Tunisie. Il a mentionn? pour la p?riode r?cente 
l'emprisonnement d'un avocat pour publication d'articles controvers?s 
et des campagnes de diffamation visant des militants des droits de 
l'homme.

La conf?rence de Tunis est organis?e par l'Union internationale des 
t?l?communications, organisme de l'Onu.

REUTERS


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Wed Oct 19 10:33:03 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <20051019084811.37333.qmail@web26905.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <588B5C38-4083-11DA-9806-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Peut-on savoir quel est ce ? "caucus" en forfaiture ? ?
Can we learn which caucus is this " "caucus" in felony " ?

Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair

Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, ? 10:48 Europe/Paris, khemakhem jamel a ?crit  
:

> De: Chekib Dhaouadi <chekib_dhaouadi@yahoo.fr>
> Date: Mer 19 oct 2005  01:36:59 Europe/Paris
> ?: jamelatude@yahoo.fr
> Objet: Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms.  
> Ebadi

> De: Chekib Dhaouadi <chekib_dhaouadi@yahoo.fr>
> Date: Mer 19 oct 2005  01:21:43 Europe/Paris
> ?: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>
> Objet: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms.  
> Ebadi
>
>
>                                              Cher Ami
> RIK,j'ai recu ton courrier comme d'habitude,et je ten
> remecie.Je te remercie pour les efforts que tu fais
> pour nous tous.Seulement,il y a une clarification que
> je voudrais apporter et qui s'avere necessaire.Elle
> concerne la nomination de Mme EBADI.En effet,ma
> reserve concerne des regles de procedure et du respect
> qui doit regir les relations entre les divers
> acteurs,qu'ils soient individus ou entites.Il est bien
> entendu qu'un "caucus" en forfaiture ou un eternel
> absent parceque preoccupe par "ses affaires" ou plutot
> par ses engagements au sein de la DELEGATION
> GOUVERNEMENTALE de son pays(BADGE A L'APPUI) tout au
> long de Prepcom3,ne devraient honnetement pas aspirer
> aux memes chances que ceux qui ont partage le travail
> pour que Prepcom3 connaisse la reussite.Je dis
> cela,car ce sont toujours les memes qui posent
> prqbleme.La nomination de Mme EBADI nous honore tous,
> sans aucun,mais ne change ma conviction que la
> nomination de notre Amie RENATA pour la ceremonie
> d'ouverture aurait ete un merveilleux couronnement
> pour toute sa carriere et pour tout ce qu'elle
> continue de faire quand d'autres sont aux abonnes
> absents ou trop pris dans leur delegation
> gouvernementale.Cher RIK,j'ai voulu aporter cette
> precision par acquis de conscience mais par respect a
> Mme EBADI.Tu eras bien aimable de transmettre cette
> precision al'UIT ainsi qu'a la pleiniere.SALUTATIONS
> SINCERES. CHEKIB.
>
> --- Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> a ?crit :
>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>
>>> Date: October 17, 2005 12:37:25 PM EDT
>>> To: Toru Nakaya <toru.nakaya@itu.int>
>>> Subject: Speaker Background Notes and
>> Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
>>>
>>> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi
>> as well as 3
>>> attachments related to the letter:
>>>
>>> 1. Background information on recommended speakers
>> from civil society
>>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending
>> Ms. Shirin Ebadi
>>> dated 12 October 2005
>>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi???s
>> recommendation (as of
>>> 16 October 2005)
>>>
>>> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
>>>
>>> Rik Panganiban
>>> on behalf of the selection committee
>>>
>> ????????????
>>>
>>>
>>> ===============================================
>>> 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
>>>
>>> * Information on the WSIS at
>> http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>>> * Information on Millennium+5 at
>> http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct 19 12:53:49 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [hr-wsis] [EN] Reuters - Tunisia denies U.N. charges on media freedom
In-Reply-To: <86859D88-4081-11DA-9806-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <86859D88-4081-11DA-9806-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <D35E9D0D-890C-44A7-81ED-16A99FD55924@lists.privaterra.org>

Instead of accepting the criticism and working to help conditions -  
denial and a deterioration of conditions is taking place.

So predictable, yet so tragic...

regards

Robert



On 19-Oct-05, at 5:20 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> Tunisia denies U.N. charges on media freedom
>
> Reuters, le 17.10.2005 ? 18h53
>
> TUNIS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Tunisia, which hosts a summit on  
> information and the Internet next month, on Monday rejected as  
> "unfounded allegations" a U.N. rights envoy's statement that it  
> jails reporters and stifles press freedom.
>


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct 19 13:28:11 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers - Issues with Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <20051019084811.37333.qmail@web26905.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20051019084811.37333.qmail@web26905.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C8FFF191-2EEB-4219-969F-84083D1D9C38@lists.privaterra.org>

Colleagues:

I've taken the liberty of reformatting the earlier message sent by  
Chekib so that it reads "better"...(it is below)

I will comment briefly :

1. there are concerns being raised about what the significance is on  
being (or not) on a governmental delegation.

Might I add, that many in CS have the priviledge of being invited as  
NGO and/or civil society advisors on governmental delegations. This  
was done by certain governments to make sure civil society was able  
to participate in (listen to and comment on) all the activities at  
the prepcom. With numerous sessions being "closed" - it was the only  
way CS could in fact know what was going on.

I and many others in CS took up this offer . Might I add that most,  
if not all of us were VERY open and clear about our roles. That we  
had been invited as advisors to a governmental delegation, but we are  
not members of the government.

The outstanding issue is one of transparency - certain people were  
quite clear and open as to 1. their background, 3.. their  
organization, and 4.. if they are members of parliament of one or  
another country - this issues remain unsolved.

2. Dear Chekib , I gather you want to pick a fight with most of the  
Civil society at WSIS, right? Your combative style and failure to  
recognize that the nomination of speakers can't just come from a very  
small and quickly convened selection committee.. It has been clear ,  
for about a week now that a very large # of organizations and  
individuals are supporting Ms. Ebadi's nomination as opening  
speaker . This support, is seen by many as coming from the "plenary"  
- "the ultimate decision making body of CS", and as such overrides  
any structure that you and your buddies might sit on..


3. The ITU has before it a list of CS's nominations for speakers,  
including the one for opening speaker. What issues do we seem to have:


- a nobel peace prize winner : Who some object to.
- 2 Tunisian parliamentarians : Who, unlike others, fail to disclose  
the fact they are in fact appointed members of the parliament...

Again - the issue is one of disclosure. Some people are more than  
happy to be open, transparent and mention all their affiliations -  
others, prefer to hide facts.


In summary -  Some, among us have chosen not to support Ms. Ebadi.  
Well, too bad the rest of us could not convince you. Thank you for  
your opinions - but, so far , the majority does not seem to back your  
view. This decision, i do not think can be taken by consensus.

The larger issue:

It seems the rest of the world is more than happy to give the many  
Tunisians that have been involved in the WSIS the right to express  
their opinions, to move around freely, and to enjoy basic human  
rights.  The question is, as we get closer to the summit - will our  
Tunisian hosts extend the same rights to the rest of us....many of us  
doubt that...

regards,

Robert



> From: Chekib Dhaouadi <chekib_dhaouadi@yahoo.fr>
> Date: October 18, 2005 7:21:43 PM EDT (CA)
> To: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of  
> Ms. Ebadi
>
>
>
> Cher Ami RIK,
>
> j'ai recu ton courrier comme d'habitude,et je ten remecie.Je te  
> remercie pour les efforts que tu fais pour nous tous.Seulement,il y  
> a une clarification que je voudrais apporter et qui s'avere  
> necessaire.Elle concerne la nomination de Mme EBADI.En effet,ma  
> reserve concerne des regles de procedure et du respect qui doit  
> regir les relations entre les divers acteurs,qu'ils soient  
> individus ou entites.Il est bien entendu qu'un "caucus" en  
> forfaiture ou un eternel absent parceque preoccupe par "ses  
> affaires" ou plutot par ses engagements au sein de la DELEGATION  
> GOUVERNEMENTALE de son pays(BADGE A L'APPUI) tout au long de  
> Prepcom3,ne devraient honnetement pas aspirer aux memes chances que  
> ceux qui ont partage le travail pour que Prepcom3 connaisse la  
> reussite.
>
> Je dis cela,car ce sont toujours les memes qui posent prqbleme.La  
> nomination de Mme EBADI nous honore tous, sans aucun,mais ne change  
> ma conviction que la nomination de notre Amie RENATA pour la  
> ceremonie d'ouverture aurait ete un merveilleux couronnement pour  
> toute sa carriere et pour tout ce qu'elle continue de faire quand  
> d'autres sont aux abonnes absents ou trop pris dans leur delegation  
> gouvernementale.
>
> Cher RIK,j'ai voulu aporter cette precision par acquis de  
> conscience mais par respect a Mme EBADI.Tu eras bien aimable de  
> transmettre cette precision al'UIT ainsi qu'a la  
> pleiniere.SALUTATIONS SINCERES. CHEKIB.
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From m_mdella at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 19 14:35:20 2005
From: m_mdella at yahoo.fr (Mdella Mohamed)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
In-Reply-To: <00b801c5d47f$345380f0$0302a8c0@portab>
Message-ID: <20051019133520.78392.qmail@web26804.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Salut.
Je suis vraiment int?ress? en tant que Tunisien et francophone ? l'id?e et je vous demander de bien nous ?clairer sur les proc?dures d'adh?sion ? l'Isoc Francophonie.
Merci 
MDELLA Mohamed

Philippe Batreau <pbatreau@epistrophe.fr> a ?crit :

Dear all,

 

This message is in french.

 

Bonjour,

 

Le chapitre fran?ais de l'Internet Society, Isoc France, en partenariat avec d'autres chapitres francophones et des organismes publics et priv?s francophones pr?parent le lancement d' ? Isoc Francophonie ?, chapitre francophone de l'Internet Society. 

 

Nous cherchons ? ?largir le champ des personnes et organismes int?ress?s.

 

L'objet d'Isoc Francophonie est notamment la promotion de la francophonie dans l'internet, la promotion de l'internet dans la francophonie et de favoriser et impulser des projets de  coop?ration internationaux. 

 

Trois cat?gories de membres sont pr?vues : chapitres francophones et organismes associ?s, collectivit?s publiques (collectivit?s locales et autres types d'?tablissements publics), entreprises. Nous nous adressons aussi aux personnes francophones souhaitant adh?rer ? l'ISOC et ne disposant pas d'un chapitre dans leur pays.

 

Une r?union de lancement aura lieu ? Tunis, le 15 novembre 2005 ? 15 h, dans le cadre des ?v?nements parall?les au SMSI.

 

Nous invitons les personnes et organismes int?ress?s tant par le projet que par la r?union de lancement ? nous le faire savoir en r?pondant ? ce message.

 

Un site est en cours de construction :

http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/

O? vous pouvez vous inscrire sur la liste de discussion en remplissant le formulaire en ligne :

http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/article.php3?id_article=1

 

Dans l'attente de vous lire,

 

Cordialement,

 

Philippe Batreau

http://www.isoc.fr

http://www.smsi-territoires.net

http://www.epistrophe.fr

 

 

 

 

 




   lejuriste 



		
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct 19 17:01:57 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
 Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
Message-ID: <20372750.1129737717151.JavaMail.www@wwinf1506>


Ch?re Meryem
Je serai aussi tr?s int?ress? de l'apprendre, et j'entrevois d?j? un "comit? d'accueil" ? Tunis qui fera le tri des caucus et autres participants de la SC.
Bon courage !
Jean-Louis Fullsack


> Message du 19/10/05 16:26
> De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Peut-on savoir quel est ce ? "caucus" en forfaiture ? ?
> Can we learn which caucus is this " "caucus" in felony " ?
> 
> Meryem Marzouki
> HR caucus co-chair
> 
> Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, ? 10:48 Europe/Paris, khemakhem jamel a ?crit 
> :
> 
> > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:36:59 Europe/Paris
> > ?: jamelatude@yahoo.fr
> > Objet: Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. 
> > Ebadi
> 
> > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:21:43 Europe/Paris
> > ?: Rik Panganiban 
> > Objet: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. 
> > Ebadi
> >
> >
> > Cher Ami
> > RIK,j'ai recu ton courrier comme d'habitude,et je ten
> > remecie.Je te remercie pour les efforts que tu fais
> > pour nous tous.Seulement,il y a une clarification que
> > je voudrais apporter et qui s'avere necessaire.Elle
> > concerne la nomination de Mme EBADI.En effet,ma
> > reserve concerne des regles de procedure et du respect
> > qui doit regir les relations entre les divers
> > acteurs,qu'ils soient individus ou entites.Il est bien
> > entendu qu'un "caucus" en forfaiture ou un eternel
> > absent parceque preoccupe par "ses affaires" ou plutot
> > par ses engagements au sein de la DELEGATION
> > GOUVERNEMENTALE de son pays(BADGE A L'APPUI) tout au
> > long de Prepcom3,ne devraient honnetement pas aspirer
> > aux memes chances que ceux qui ont partage le travail
> > pour que Prepcom3 connaisse la reussite.Je dis
> > cela,car ce sont toujours les memes qui posent
> > prqbleme.La nomination de Mme EBADI nous honore tous,
> > sans aucun,mais ne change ma conviction que la
> > nomination de notre Amie RENATA pour la ceremonie
> > d'ouverture aurait ete un merveilleux couronnement
> > pour toute sa carriere et pour tout ce qu'elle
> > continue de faire quand d'autres sont aux abonnes
> > absents ou trop pris dans leur delegation
> > gouvernementale.Cher RIK,j'ai voulu aporter cette
> > precision par acquis de conscience mais par respect a
> > Mme EBADI.Tu eras bien aimable de transmettre cette
> > precision al'UIT ainsi qu'a la pleiniere.SALUTATIONS
> > SINCERES. CHEKIB.
> >
> > --- Rik Panganiban a ?crit :
> >
> >> Begin forwarded message:
> >>
> >>> From: Rik Panganiban 
> >>> Date: October 17, 2005 12:37:25 PM EDT
> >>> To: Toru Nakaya 
> >>> Subject: Speaker Background Notes and
> >> Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
> >>>
> >>> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi
> >> as well as 3
> >>> attachments related to the letter:
> >>>
> >>> 1. Background information on recommended speakers
> >> from civil society
> >>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending
> >> Ms. Shirin Ebadi
> >>> dated 12 October 2005
> >>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi???s
> >> recommendation (as of
> >>> 16 October 2005)
> >>>
> >>> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
> >>>
> >>> Rik Panganiban
> >>> on behalf of the selection committee
> >>>
> >> ????????????
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ===============================================
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>> * Information on the WSIS at
> >> http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> >>> * Information on Millennium+5 at
> >> http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________________________________ 
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct 19 17:23:00 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] Johannesburg: World Development Information Day
Message-ID: <21697160.1129738980185.JavaMail.www@wwinf1506>

I'm just wondering why such a UN event in South Africa is exclusively hosted by US representations. 
Isn't the USA the worst donor among the richest countries in ODA for development?
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT-France 





> Message du 19/10/05 17:22
> De : "Rui Correia" 
> A : ct@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS-CT] Johannesburg: World Development Information Day
> 
> This message was submitted from a non-subscribed address. I am posting it on
> behalf of SANGONET.
> 
> World Development Information Day
> 
> 24 October 2005
> 
> Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) will host a special event on 
> Monday, 24 October 2005 (09h00-14h00), to celebrate World Development 
> Information Day.
> 
> The United Nations General Assembly instituted World Development Information
> 
> Day in December 1972 with the objective of drawing public attention annually
> 
> to development problems and the importance of strengthening international 
> cooperation to solve them.
> 
> The event will be held in Johannesburg, while a video conference link with 
> Cape Town and Durban will enable participation from those two cities (see 
> physical addresses of venues below).
> 
> The objective of the event is to highlight the role and significance of 
> information and communication in the South African NGO sector and to profile
> 
> specific initiatives aimed at improving its information and communication 
> capacity.
> 
> Key speakers include Godfrey Mokate, newly appointed CEO of the National 
> Development Agency (NDA) and Michael Gilbert of the Gilbert Center in 
> Seattle. Michael Gilbert is a non-profit online specialist who will talk 
> about how NGOs can maximise their websites to achieve their development 
> goals.
> 
> SANGONeT will also unveil a new "NGO Portal" which is aimed at promoting the
> 
> development goals of the South African NGO sector, creating a platform for 
> community exchange and supporting the institutional development of the 
> sector.
> 
> The draft programme of the event is available on the SANGONeT website @ 
> http://www.sangonet.org.za
> 
> Venues:
> 
> Johannesburg - American Culture and Information Centre, 3rd Floor, 1066 
> Building, 35 Pritchard Street, cnr Harrison Street.
> 
> Cape Town - U.S. Consulate General, 7th Floor Broadway Centre, Hertzog 
> Boulevard, Heerengracht Street, Foreshore.
> 
> Durban - U.S. Consulate General, 31st Floor, Old Mutual Centre, 303 West 
> Street.
> 
> If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact Cathy 
> Niken at SANGONeT on Tel: (011) 403-4935 or e-mail: cathy@sangonet.org.za.
> 
> There is no charge for attending the event, but as space is limited, please 
> register by 20 October 2005. 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________
> WSIS mailing list
> WSIS@lists.sn.apc.org
> http://lists.sn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis
> 
> ________________________________________________
>  
>  
> Rui Correia
> Coordinator, Southern Africa WSIS Partnership
> (Media Institute of Southern Africa, SACOD, Highway Africa)
> 38 Finch St, 
> Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort, 
> Johannesburg, South Africa
> Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336
> Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214
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From wsis at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 19 17:53:05 2005
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO - Jette Madsen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Intersessional Negotiation Work next week in Geneva
Message-ID: <200510191654.j9JGsVO5007307@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all,

Referring to previous messages send out, we would like to remind you that
the intersessional Negotiation Group will meet next week at Palais de
Nations in Geneva in room XX. The meetings will not be open to observers,
but as previously announced amb. Karklins has agreed to meet with civil
society participants, the first time Monday morning 9.15-10.00. Information
about room will be sent out later.

For our information, we would like to know who of you intend to be in Geneva
during the time of these meetings. Please don't reply to the whole list, but
respond to us at wsis@ngocongo.org.

If you need a badge to enter the Palais de Nations, please find information
below.

Best regards,
Jette Madsen
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org>  
The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

_____________________________________________
De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de Renate Bloem
Envoy? : mercredi, 12. octobre 2005 20:14
? : CS Plenary
Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Badges for 24-28 October

Dear all, 

To those who intend to come to Geneva to lobby around the closed
"Negotiation Intergovernmental Group" meeting, 24-28 October, note that you
need a badge to access the UN Building. 
Please look at the itu/wsis/int website under what is new, 7 October,
information on badges. Fill out the forms (meant in general for governments)
and send them both to Charles Geiger charles.geiger@itu.int and with stamps
and signature as a fax to the WSIS ES at +41 22 730 6393.

Best
Renata
     


Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 


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From greve at fsfeurope.org  Wed Oct 19 18:32:15 2005
From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] PCT WG endorsement of Ms. Shirin Abadi as opening speaker for Civil Society
Message-ID: <m364rte7kw.fsf@brain.gnuhh.org>

Dear Meryem Marzouki,

please add the Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (PCT) Working Group
of Civil Society to the list of groups supporting Ms. Shirin Abadi as
opening speaker for Civil Society.

The PCT working group has been working hard to see issues of
intellectual wealth for all of humankind addressed properly by Civil
Society and consequently the WSIS. The same goes for questions of
digital freedom and equality, which we consider essential for a
democratic digitised society in which human rights prevail.

Everywhere in the world, human rights cannot be protected in the
digital domain if they are lost in the physical world.

Conversely, justice for all, in all areas, cannot be enforced if laws
and practises concerning the digital domain are not reflecting the
overall advances of Human Rights.

That is why we have chosen to support Ms. Shirin Abadi.

In the spirit of our ongoing cooperation with and support for the
Human Rights Caucus, we also gladly offer ourselves to Ms Abadi for a
discussion on how human rights can be preserved in the transition to
the digital age: After all our speakers have been excluded and denied
their chance to speak, we hope she will help ensure that our cause is
not silenced entirely.

With best regards,

Georg Greve and Francis Muguet

PCT Working Group Co-Coordinators
on behalf of PCT WG

-- 
Georg C. F. Greve                                 <greve@fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe	                 (http://fsfeurope.org)
Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom!     (http://www.fsfe.org)
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From cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu  Wed Oct 19 19:37:09 2005
From: cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu (Richard Vincent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: U.S. worried about Tunis phase?, Perhaps.
Message-ID: <s3564c17.039@isugw.indstate.edu>

Sasha,

Actually, the message I was responding to directly was this message of yours attached below....

I must admit that I am a bit surprised (Okay, call me a na?ve American!) by the flood of US written press stories on internet governance and cultural diversity over this past week.  The recent NY Times piece (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/13/arts/13unes.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1129327300-IKG0L2GS4PMwVoJogc3fCA ), the Washington Post article (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101202210_pf.html ), the Heritage Foundation story (http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm885.cfm ), the Senator Norm Coleman press release about his introduction of a Senate Resolution to protect the U.S.'s role of Internet operations (http://coleman.senate.gov/index.cfm? ), the George Will op ed piece (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101320.html ), and the many other news stories that have surfaced all paint an alarming pattern that has not likely happened by chance.  It all, in lieu of any contradictory reports, looks very similar to that which happened about 20 years ago when the State Department sponsored a media blitz on the NWICO activities at UNESCO.  That served, of course, as the main reason the US withdrew from UNESCO for 19 years.  

I have often not been proud of the US press's blindly following stories out of Washington, and my disappointment only grows greater with developments such as these. The US press honestly sees itself as a model for so-called objective journalism, yet it continues to support this type of nationalistic propaganda, without hesitation, yet it stands dumbfounded when academics and critics question the foundations upon which American journalism has been built.  Hey, they cannot have it both ways!

Rick Vincent



Dr. Richard C. Vincent
Professor 
Department of Communication
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
U.S.A.

email: rvincent@indstate.edu
telephone: +1 812 237-3246
fax: +1 812 237-3217
>>> Sasha Costanza-Chock <schock@riseup.net> 10/18/05 11:06 PM >>>
Hi all,

Regarding the question of whether the USG is adopting a more aggressive 
stance on international communication policy, it seems the answer is 
shaping up into a clear 'yes.' We're seeing a ton of press on the 
ICANN/UN debate, as well as a sudden unexpected hardline stance, flurry 
of press releases, and right-wing think tank commentary on the UNESCO 
convention on cultural diversity. (See the newswire of 
http://www.mediatrademonitor.org for links to this week's spate of 
articles on the UNESCO process).

It's not only telecom and audiovisual policy battles; my sense is that 
this is all part of the broader Bush admin strategy to delegitimize the 
entire UN system.

IMHO This list/network should really pay some more attention to what's 
shaping up in Hong Kong WTO negotiations and in the continued post-HK 
ministerial talks over the next year or two. Watch for heavy pressure 
from USTR for all countries to commit both 'audiovisual services' and a 
new category they are calling 'information services.'

For example, US telcos are losing their bid to shut down muni wireless 
by introducting state-level legislation, so they are venue shopping by 
going simultaneously to DC (where they may still convince Congress to 
pass legislation overruling states on muni wifi) and to Geneva (WTO 
GATS) where they will try to introduce the same.

It's not a 'nefarious plot,' it's business as usual: incumbents trying 
to lock in rents by any means necessary.

sasha

--
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 19 21:54:15 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <20372750.1129737717151.JavaMail.www@wwinf1506>
Message-ID: <20051019205416.6968.qmail@web60720.mail.yahoo.com>

Chers vous tous,
Nous avons r?ussi ? r?unir un consensus autour
d'EBADI, il n'est pas question de reprendre les d?bats
? z?ro.
Nous avons le plus grand respect et la plus grande
consid?ration pour RENATA, c'est vrai qu'elle connait
les probl?matiques de la soci?t? civile et du SMSI
mieux que tout le monde, mais soyons s?rieux nous
n'allons pas changer notre d?cision au risque de nous
voir d?signer quelqu'un d'autre, un ou une illustre
inconnue ou pire encore un artiste ambassadeur de
bonne volont? comme l'ONU ? coutume de proc?der. 
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> 
> Ch??re Meryem
> Je serai aussi tr??s int??ress?? de l'apprendre, et
> j'entrevois d??j?  un "comit?? d'accueil" ?  Tunis
> qui fera le tri des caucus et autres participants de
> la SC.
> Bon courage !
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> 
> 
> > Message du 19/10/05 16:26
> > De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ?  : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker
> Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
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> people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Peut-on savoir quel est ce ?? "caucus" en
> forfaiture ?? ?
> > Can we learn which caucus is this " "caucus" in
> felony " ?
> > 
> > Meryem Marzouki
> > HR caucus co-chair
> > 
> > Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, ?  10:48 Europe/Paris,
> khemakhem jamel a ??crit 
> > :
> > 
> > > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:36:59 Europe/Paris
> > > ??: jamelatude@yahoo.fr
> > > Objet: Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
> Recommendation of Ms. 
> > > Ebadi
> > 
> > > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:21:43 Europe/Paris
> > > ??: Rik Panganiban 
> > > Objet: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
> Recommendation of Ms. 
> > > Ebadi
> > >
> > >
> > > Cher Ami
> > > RIK,j'ai recu ton courrier comme d'habitude,et
> je ten
> > > remecie.Je te remercie pour les efforts que tu
> fais
> > > pour nous tous.Seulement,il y a une
> clarification que
> > > je voudrais apporter et qui s'avere
> necessaire.Elle
> > > concerne la nomination de Mme EBADI.En effet,ma
> > > reserve concerne des regles de procedure et du
> respect
> > > qui doit regir les relations entre les divers
> > > acteurs,qu'ils soient individus ou entites.Il
> est bien
> > > entendu qu'un "caucus" en forfaiture ou un
> eternel
> > > absent parceque preoccupe par "ses affaires" ou
> plutot
> > > par ses engagements au sein de la DELEGATION
> > > GOUVERNEMENTALE de son pays(BADGE A L'APPUI)
> tout au
> > > long de Prepcom3,ne devraient honnetement pas
> aspirer
> > > aux memes chances que ceux qui ont partage le
> travail
> > > pour que Prepcom3 connaisse la reussite.Je dis
> > > cela,car ce sont toujours les memes qui posent
> > > prqbleme.La nomination de Mme EBADI nous honore
> tous,
> > > sans aucun,mais ne change ma conviction que la
> > > nomination de notre Amie RENATA pour la
> ceremonie
> > > d'ouverture aurait ete un merveilleux
> couronnement
> > > pour toute sa carriere et pour tout ce qu'elle
> > > continue de faire quand d'autres sont aux
> abonnes
> > > absents ou trop pris dans leur delegation
> > > gouvernementale.Cher RIK,j'ai voulu aporter
> cette
> > > precision par acquis de conscience mais par
> respect a
> > > Mme EBADI.Tu eras bien aimable de transmettre
> cette
> > > precision al'UIT ainsi qu'a la
> pleiniere.SALUTATIONS
> > > SINCERES. CHEKIB.
> > >
> > > --- Rik Panganiban a ??crit :
> > >
> > >> Begin forwarded message:
> > >>
> > >>> From: Rik Panganiban 
> > >>> Date: October 17, 2005 12:37:25 PM EDT
> > >>> To: Toru Nakaya 
> > >>> Subject: Speaker Background Notes and
> > >> Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
> > >>>
> > >>> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr.
> Utsumi
> > >> as well as 3
> > >>> attachments related to the letter:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. Background information on recommended
> speakers
> > >> from civil society
> > >>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus
> recommending
> > >> Ms. Shirin Ebadi
> > >>> dated 12 October 2005
> > >>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms.
> Ebadi????????s
> > >> recommendation (as of
> > >>> 16 October 2005)
> > >>>
> > >>> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
> > >>>
> > >>> Rik Panganiban
> > >>> on behalf of the selection committee
> > >>>
> > >> ????????????????????????
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> ===============================================
> > >>> 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
> > >>>
> > >>> * Information on the WSIS at
> > >> http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> > >>> * Information on Millennium+5 at
> > >> http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
>
_______________________________________________________________________
> 
> > > ____
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> le nouveau Yahoo! 
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From KovenRonald at aol.com  Wed Oct 19 22:05:02 2005
From: KovenRonald at aol.com (KovenRonald@aol.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: U.S. worried about Tunis phase?, Perhaps.
Message-ID: <1df.4657266b.30880efe@aol.com>

Dear All --

That's a very unfair set of generalizations about the US press. Alan Riding's 
piece in the NYTimes was a very nuanced and fair piece. It is far from 
adopting the State Dept.'s propaganda line on the Cultural Diversity Convention. 
George Will's piece is indeed predictable propaganda, but he's a columnist and is 
close politically to those putting out the line.

I think if you parse who is writing what, you will find that it is as 
diversified as the press and as the the US political scene. One shouldn't fall into 
the trap of mimicking one's adversaries, by saying the exact opposite of what 
they say.

Best, Rony Koven
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 19 22:35:07 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <20051019205416.6968.qmail@web60720.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <200510192135.j9JLZ3mx012062@homer2.tic.ch>

Cher Djilali,

Tu ne prends pas ?a au s?rieux! J'?tais la pr?mi?re de donner ma place ?
Shirin Abadi (avec A d'ailleurs)
Renata

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_______________________________________

Chers vous tous,
Nous avons r?ussi ? r?unir un consensus autour
d'EBADI, il n'est pas question de reprendre les d?bats
? z?ro.
Nous avons le plus grand respect et la plus grande
consid?ration pour RENATA, c'est vrai qu'elle connait
les probl?matiques de la soci?t? civile et du SMSI
mieux que tout le monde, mais soyons s?rieux nous
n'allons pas changer notre d?cision au risque de nous
voir d?signer quelqu'un d'autre, un ou une illustre
inconnue ou pire encore un artiste ambassadeur de
bonne volont? comme l'ONU ? coutume de proc?der. 
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> 
> Ch??re Meryem
> Je serai aussi tr??s int??ress?? de l'apprendre, et
> j'entrevois d??j?  un "comit?? d'accueil" ?  Tunis
> qui fera le tri des caucus et autres participants de
> la SC.
> Bon courage !
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> 
> 
> > Message du 19/10/05 16:26
> > De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ?  : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker
> Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Peut-on savoir quel est ce ?? "caucus" en
> forfaiture ?? ?
> > Can we learn which caucus is this " "caucus" in
> felony " ?
> > 
> > Meryem Marzouki
> > HR caucus co-chair
> > 
> > Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, ?  10:48 Europe/Paris,
> khemakhem jamel a ??crit 
> > :
> > 
> > > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:36:59 Europe/Paris
> > > ??: jamelatude@yahoo.fr
> > > Objet: Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
> Recommendation of Ms. 
> > > Ebadi
> > 
> > > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:21:43 Europe/Paris
> > > ??: Rik Panganiban 
> > > Objet: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
> Recommendation of Ms. 
> > > Ebadi
> > >
> > >
> > > Cher Ami
> > > RIK,j'ai recu ton courrier comme d'habitude,et
> je ten
> > > remecie.Je te remercie pour les efforts que tu
> fais
> > > pour nous tous.Seulement,il y a une
> clarification que
> > > je voudrais apporter et qui s'avere
> necessaire.Elle
> > > concerne la nomination de Mme EBADI.En effet,ma
> > > reserve concerne des regles de procedure et du
> respect
> > > qui doit regir les relations entre les divers
> > > acteurs,qu'ils soient individus ou entites.Il
> est bien
> > > entendu qu'un "caucus" en forfaiture ou un
> eternel
> > > absent parceque preoccupe par "ses affaires" ou
> plutot
> > > par ses engagements au sein de la DELEGATION
> > > GOUVERNEMENTALE de son pays(BADGE A L'APPUI)
> tout au
> > > long de Prepcom3,ne devraient honnetement pas
> aspirer
> > > aux memes chances que ceux qui ont partage le
> travail
> > > pour que Prepcom3 connaisse la reussite.Je dis
> > > cela,car ce sont toujours les memes qui posent
> > > prqbleme.La nomination de Mme EBADI nous honore
> tous,
> > > sans aucun,mais ne change ma conviction que la
> > > nomination de notre Amie RENATA pour la
> ceremonie
> > > d'ouverture aurait ete un merveilleux
> couronnement
> > > pour toute sa carriere et pour tout ce qu'elle
> > > continue de faire quand d'autres sont aux
> abonnes
> > > absents ou trop pris dans leur delegation
> > > gouvernementale.Cher RIK,j'ai voulu aporter
> cette
> > > precision par acquis de conscience mais par
> respect a
> > > Mme EBADI.Tu eras bien aimable de transmettre
> cette
> > > precision al'UIT ainsi qu'a la
> pleiniere.SALUTATIONS
> > > SINCERES. CHEKIB.
> > >
> > > --- Rik Panganiban a ??crit :
> > >
> > >> Begin forwarded message:
> > >>
> > >>> From: Rik Panganiban 
> > >>> Date: October 17, 2005 12:37:25 PM EDT
> > >>> To: Toru Nakaya 
> > >>> Subject: Speaker Background Notes and
> > >> Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
> > >>>
> > >>> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr.
> Utsumi
> > >> as well as 3
> > >>> attachments related to the letter:
> > >>>
> > >>> 1. Background information on recommended
> speakers
> > >> from civil society
> > >>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus
> recommending
> > >> Ms. Shirin Ebadi
> > >>> dated 12 October 2005
> > >>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms.
> Ebadi????????s
> > >> recommendation (as of
> > >>> 16 October 2005)
> > >>>
> > >>> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
> > >>>
> > >>> Rik Panganiban
> > >>> on behalf of the selection committee
> > >>>
> > >> ????????????????????????
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> ===============================================
> > >>> 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
> > >>>
> > >>> * Information on the WSIS at
> > >> http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> > >>> * Information on Millennium+5 at
> > >> http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
>
_______________________________________________________________________
> 
> > > ____
> > > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec
> le nouveau Yahoo! 
> > > Messenger
> > > T??l??chargez cette version sur
> http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
>
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> > 
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Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
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discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct 19 23:02:25 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
 Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
Message-ID: <13878146.1129759345289.JavaMail.www@wwinf1636>


M?me point de vue
Jean-Louis




> Message du 19/10/05 22:55
> De : "djilali benamrane" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : "Finance" , finance@wtis.org, wsis-finance@yahoogroupes.fr
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Chers vous tous,
> Nous avons r?ussi ? r?unir un consensus autour
> d'EBADI, il n'est pas question de reprendre les d?bats
> ? z?ro.
> Nous avons le plus grand respect et la plus grande
> consid?ration pour RENATA, c'est vrai qu'elle connait
> les probl?matiques de la soci?t? civile et du SMSI
> mieux que tout le monde, mais soyons s?rieux nous
> n'allons pas changer notre d?cision au risque de nous
> voir d?signer quelqu'un d'autre, un ou une illustre
> inconnue ou pire encore un artiste ambassadeur de
> bonne volont? comme l'ONU ? coutume de proc?der. 
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> --- Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Ch??re Meryem
> > Je serai aussi tr??s int??ress?? de l'apprendre, et
> > j'entrevois d??j? un "comit?? d'accueil" ? Tunis
> > qui fera le tri des caucus et autres participants de
> > la SC.
> > Bon courage !
> > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > 
> > 
> > > Message du 19/10/05 16:26
> > > De : "Meryem Marzouki" 
> > > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > Copie ? : hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> > > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker
> > Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> > > 
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> > > 
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > > 
> > > Peut-on savoir quel est ce ?? "caucus" en
> > forfaiture ?? ?
> > > Can we learn which caucus is this " "caucus" in
> > felony " ?
> > > 
> > > Meryem Marzouki
> > > HR caucus co-chair
> > > 
> > > Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, ? 10:48 Europe/Paris,
> > khemakhem jamel a ??crit 
> > > :
> > > 
> > > > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > > > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:36:59 Europe/Paris
> > > > ??: jamelatude@yahoo.fr
> > > > Objet: Tr: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
> > Recommendation of Ms. 
> > > > Ebadi
> > > 
> > > > De: Chekib Dhaouadi 
> > > > Date: Mer 19 oct 2005 01:21:43 Europe/Paris
> > > > ??: Rik Panganiban 
> > > > Objet: RE: Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and
> > Recommendation of Ms. 
> > > > Ebadi
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cher Ami
> > > > RIK,j'ai recu ton courrier comme d'habitude,et
> > je ten
> > > > remecie.Je te remercie pour les efforts que tu
> > fais
> > > > pour nous tous.Seulement,il y a une
> > clarification que
> > > > je voudrais apporter et qui s'avere
> > necessaire.Elle
> > > > concerne la nomination de Mme EBADI.En effet,ma
> > > > reserve concerne des regles de procedure et du
> > respect
> > > > qui doit regir les relations entre les divers
> > > > acteurs,qu'ils soient individus ou entites.Il
> > est bien
> > > > entendu qu'un "caucus" en forfaiture ou un
> > eternel
> > > > absent parceque preoccupe par "ses affaires" ou
> > plutot
> > > > par ses engagements au sein de la DELEGATION
> > > > GOUVERNEMENTALE de son pays(BADGE A L'APPUI)
> > tout au
> > > > long de Prepcom3,ne devraient honnetement pas
> > aspirer
> > > > aux memes chances que ceux qui ont partage le
> > travail
> > > > pour que Prepcom3 connaisse la reussite.Je dis
> > > > cela,car ce sont toujours les memes qui posent
> > > > prqbleme.La nomination de Mme EBADI nous honore
> > tous,
> > > > sans aucun,mais ne change ma conviction que la
> > > > nomination de notre Amie RENATA pour la
> > ceremonie
> > > > d'ouverture aurait ete un merveilleux
> > couronnement
> > > > pour toute sa carriere et pour tout ce qu'elle
> > > > continue de faire quand d'autres sont aux
> > abonnes
> > > > absents ou trop pris dans leur delegation
> > > > gouvernementale.Cher RIK,j'ai voulu aporter
> > cette
> > > > precision par acquis de conscience mais par
> > respect a
> > > > Mme EBADI.Tu eras bien aimable de transmettre
> > cette
> > > > precision al'UIT ainsi qu'a la
> > pleiniere.SALUTATIONS
> > > > SINCERES. CHEKIB.
> > > >
> > > > --- Rik Panganiban a ??crit :
> > > >
> > > >> Begin forwarded message:
> > > >>
> > > >>> From: Rik Panganiban 
> > > >>> Date: October 17, 2005 12:37:25 PM EDT
> > > >>> To: Toru Nakaya 
> > > >>> Subject: Speaker Background Notes and
> > > >> Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr.
> > Utsumi
> > > >> as well as 3
> > > >>> attachments related to the letter:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 1. Background information on recommended
> > speakers
> > > >> from civil society
> > > >>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus
> > recommending
> > > >> Ms. Shirin Ebadi
> > > >>> dated 12 October 2005
> > > >>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms.
> > Ebadi????????s
> > > >> recommendation (as of
> > > >>> 16 October 2005)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Rik Panganiban
> > > >>> on behalf of the selection committee
> > > >>>
> > > >> ????????????????????????
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > ===============================================
> > > >>> 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
> > > >>>
> > > >>> * Information on the WSIS at
> > > >> http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> > > >>> * Information on Millennium+5 at
> > > >> http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > >
> >
> _______________________________________________________________________
> > 
> > > > ____
> > > > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec
> > le nouveau Yahoo! 
> > > > Messenger
> > > > T??l??chargez cette version sur
> > http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
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> >
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> 
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> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> 
> 
> 
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From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Le_Canada_doit_=E9viter_de_cautionner_le_r=E9gime?=
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Message-ID: <BD75B262-E507-46F7-868D-A2B82051FFE7@lists.privaterra.org>

Forwarding the following article that appeared in on of the french  
newspapers in Canada..?



Texte paru dans le quotidien Le Soleil (Qu?bec) concernant le Canada  
et les droits de la personne en Tunisie dans le cadre du SMSI.

Op-ed published this morning in a French daily  (Le Soleil, Qu?bec)  
regarding the Canada and the Human Rights in Tunisia (WSIS)


?
Le Soleil
Opinions, mercredi 19 octobre 2005, p. A17
R?pression, torture, intimidation...
Le Canada doit ?viter de cautionner le r?gime tunisien

Ironie supr?me, le Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information  
(SMSI), qui doit en principe consacrer le principe de l'acc?s  
universel ? Internet, va se d?rouler dans un pays qui se sp?cialise  
de plus en plus dans la violation r?p?t?e des droits humains,  
notamment la libert? d'expression !

Arrestations arbitraires, censure des m?dias et des sites Internet  
(Amnistie internationale et Le Monde diplomatique par exemple),  
proc?s bidon dignes de l'?re stalinienne, intimidation de  
journalistes et de d?fenseurs de droits humains, emprisonnement  
d'avocats, passage ? tabac et torture sont au palmar?s du r?gime du  
pr?sident Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Ce dernier profitera de la tenue  
du Sommet pour redorer son image sur le plan international.

Cela lui sera encore plus facile si on le voit en compagnie de chefs  
de gouvernement ou de ministres (du Canada comme du Qu?bec  
d'ailleurs) qui lui serrent la main et contribuent tout sourire ? sa  
l?gitimit?.

Ces derni?res ann?es, les d?nonciations contre Ben Ali se sont  
multipli?es, notamment au moyen de rapports d'enqu?te men?es par  
diff?rents organismes. Le Groupe d'observation de la Tunisie, qui  
comprend notamment la F?d?ration internationale des journalistes et  
le World Press Freedom Committee, a men? trois missions en Tunisie  
ces derniers mois. Son plus r?cent rapport, d?voil? ? Gen?ve il y  
a quelques semaines, affirme que la r?pression s'aggrave en Tunisie.

Le rapport soutient que le gouvernement Ben Ali "cherche ? r?primer  
plus avant la dissension ? la veille du SMSI". Il invite aussi la  
communaut? internationale ? prendre ses responsabilit?s pour que la  
Tunisie cesse d'?tre un ?tat policier. On y d?nonce notamment  
l'emprisonnement d'un avocat des droits de l'homme, Mohamed Abou, qui  
a eu le malheur de critiquer dans Internet le gouvernement tunisien,  
alors que son ?pouse ?tait "agress?e et renvers?e par des  
policiers en civil" pendant la premi?re journ?e du proc?s  
arbitraire de son mari.

Le gouvernement tunisien, qui se vante de tenir chez lui un sommet  
international sur la soci?t? de l'information en collaboration avec  
l'ONU, est le m?me qui bloque les sites Internet des dissidents et  
espionne les citoyens contraints d'utiliser des ordinateurs dans des  
cybercaf?s.

La censure de livres, la r?pression des organisations de citoyens, le  
d?mant?lement de la Ligue tunisienne des droits de l'homme, la  
d?stabilisation de l'Association tunisienne des magistrats,  
l'interdiction faite au Syndicat des journalistes tunisiens de tenir  
son premier congr?s en septembre dernier, le harc?lement policier et  
l'intimidation ? l'endroit de journalistes et de dissidents sont  
autant de gestes tyranniques qui constituent le dossier noir de la  
Tunisie.

Par ailleurs, il fallait voir les faux repr?sentants de la soci?t?  
civile tunisienne lors des rencontres pr?paratoires au SMSI qui ont  
au lieu ? l'ONU, ? Gen?ve, en f?vrier et septembre 2005. Bien  
organis?s, ces envoy?s clandestins du pr?sident Ben Ali ?taient  
pr?ts ? tout pour saboter des rencontres o? se discutaient les  
enjeux d?mocratiques, ?conomiques, culturels et sociaux de la  
soci?t? de l'information (acc?s au savoir, aide aux pays  
d?favoris?s, libert? de presse, acc?s libre ? Internet, etc.).

Sous pr?texte de combattre le terrorisme et l'int?grisme islamique,  
Ben Ali a progressivement instaur? un r?gime despotique. On  
s'?tonne donc du portrait complaisant de la Tunisie que l'on trouve  
dans le site Internet du minist?re canadien des Affaires ?trang?res  
et du Commerce international, qui vante son "?conomie prosp?re et  
dynamique [qui] s'accro?t r?guli?rement et [son] environnement  
politique... stable et s?curitaire".

Si on y apprend que les ?changes ?conomiques entre le Canada et la  
Tunisie ont ?t? de 110 millions $ en 2003, il est cependant  
troublant de constater que nous y exportons le papier journal  
vraisemblablement utilis? pour diffuser la propagande quotidienne de  
Ben Ali !

Et dire que le ministre Pierre Pettigrew consent ? cet ?loge d'un  
r?gime despotique. Il faut croire que les droits humains fondamentaux  
peuvent ?tre ignor?s de ceux-l? m?me qui affichent avec  
ostentation leurs fameuses "valeurs lib?rales".

Intervenir au sein de la Francophonie

Certes, le cas tunisien n'est pas unique comme le prouve la Chine,  
qui n'a rien ? envier au chapitre de la r?pression. Cependant, si le  
poids politique et ?conomique du Canada est insignifiant pour la  
Chine, il peut par contre exercer une pression efficace sur le  
gouvernement tunisien. Il peut le faire directement ou indirectement,  
par exemple en s'alliant ? la France pour ?laborer et implanter des  
repr?sailles de divers ordres de la part des pays de la Francophonie.

La Tunisie est membre de l'Agence intergouvernementale de la  
Francophonie, tout comme le Canada. Certes bien d'autres pays de la  
Francophonie sont irrespectueux des droits de l'homme et m?ritent une  
d?nonciation aussi cat?gorique. Mais dans l'imm?diat il faut  
s'assurer que la tenue du SMSI ? Tunis ne soit pas un exercice de  
l?gitimation du r?gime Ben Ali.

? cet effet, le Canada ne doit d?l?guer aucun ministre ? Tunis,  
encore moins son premier ministre. La participation canadienne aux  
d?bats peut tout aussi bien se faire par l'interm?diaire d'une  
d?l?gation de diplomates, de fonctionnaires et de repr?sentants de  
sa soci?t? civile.

En toute justice, il faut pr?ciser que le Canada, au nom notamment  
des pays de l'Union europ?enne, des ?tats-Unis et de quelques autres  
pays, a commenc? ? s'affirmer lors de la derni?re pl?ni?re de  
Gen?ve, ? la fin de septembre. Il a alors d?nonc?, de fa?on  
diplomatique bien entendu, les "incidents" survenus les jours  
pr?c?dents, r?f?rant ? l'intimidation de la part de la  
d?l?gation tunisienne. La Tunisie a tent? de r?futer cette  
critique, avec l'appui de pays ?galement reconnus pour nier les  
droits de la personne, notamment l'Arabie Saoudite et Cuba.

S'il a le courage politique de ses pr?tentions d?mocratiques, Paul  
Martin peut faire pour le peuple tunisien ce que Brian Mulroney a  
fait pour aider le peuple d'Afrique du Sud, c'est-?-dire prendre  
l'initiative d'organiser une strat?gie de boycott, notamment en ce  
qui concerne ses ?changes ?conomiques et ses relations  
diplomatiques. Ce que le Canada a d?j? fait dans le cadre du  
Commonwealth, il peut le r?p?ter dans le cadre de la Francophonie.

Marc-Fran?ois Bernier

Membre de la Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO et participant au  
Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information, ? Tunis. L'auteur  
s'exprime ? titre personnel.


Illustration(s) :

Marc-Fran?ois Bernier
Le Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information se tiendra dans un  
pays qui ne respecte pas les droits humains.



Marc-Fran?ois Bernier (Ph.D.)
Professeur agr?g?
Coordonnateur du programme de journalisme
D?partement de communication
Universit? d'Ottawa
554 King Edward (local 204)
Ottawa (ON)
K1N 6N5
(613) 562-5800 (3828)
mbernier@uottawa.ca



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From ocaproce_internationale at hotmail.com  Wed Oct 19 10:07:06 2005
From: ocaproce_internationale at hotmail.com (ocaproce internationale)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of Internet
 Society ISOC Francophonie
Message-ID: <BAY19-F10D4A4FE2210413D98AE1889700@phx.gbl>

Bonjour Philippe,

Dans le cadre des ?v?nement parall?les au Prepcom3, OCAPROCE Internationale 
a organis? son 2?me Colloque international sur les TIC et lesDroits de 
l'Enfant, le 23 septembre dernier au Palais des Nations salle XXII.

En attendant de finaliser les actes de ce Colloque, je vous prie de trouver 
ci-joints pour votre information, la D?claration de Gen?ve ainsi que le 
rapport de synth?se.

Meilleures salutations



Princesse Micheline MAKOU DJOUMA
Presidente et Coordinatrice Internationale
(41) 078 893 11 54 GENEVE




>From: "Philippe Batreau" <pbatreau@epistrophe.fr>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of 
>Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:32:04 +0200
>
>Dear all,
>
>
>
>This message is in french.
>
>
>
>Bonjour,
>
>
>
>Le chapitre fran?ais de l'Internet Society, Isoc France, en partenariat 
>avec
>d'autres chapitres francophones et des organismes publics et priv?s
>francophones pr?parent le lancement d' ? Isoc Francophonie ?, chapitre
>francophone de l'Internet Society.
>
>
>
>Nous cherchons ? ?largir le champ des personnes et organismes int?ress?s.
>
>
>
>L'objet d'Isoc Francophonie est notamment la promotion de la francophonie
>dans l'internet, la promotion de l'internet dans la francophonie et de
>favoriser et impulser des projets de  coop?ration internationaux.
>
>
>
>Trois cat?gories de membres sont pr?vues : chapitres francophones et
>organismes associ?s, collectivit?s publiques (collectivit?s locales et
>autres types d'?tablissements publics), entreprises. Nous nous adressons
>aussi aux personnes francophones souhaitant adh?rer ? l'ISOC et ne 
>disposant
>pas d'un chapitre dans leur pays.
>
>
>
>Une r?union de lancement aura lieu ? Tunis, le 15 novembre 2005 ? 15 h, 
>dans
>le cadre des ?v?nements parall?les au SMSI.
>
>
>
>Nous invitons les personnes et organismes int?ress?s tant par le projet que
>par la r?union de lancement ? nous le faire savoir en r?pondant ? ce
>message.
>
>
>
>Un site est en cours de construction :
>
>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/
>
>O? vous pouvez vous inscrire sur la liste de discussion en remplissant le
>formulaire en ligne :
>
>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/article.php3?id_article=1
>
>
>
>Dans l'attente de vous lire,
>
>
>
>Cordialement,
>
>
>
>Philippe Batreau
>
>http://www.isoc.fr <http://www.isoc.fr/>
>
>http://www.smsi-territoires.net <http://www.smsi-territoires.net/>
>
>http://www.epistrophe.fr <http://www.epistrophe.fr/>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>

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From greve at gnu.org  Wed Oct 19 18:34:29 2005
From: greve at gnu.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FSFE endorsement for Ms. Shirin Abadi as opening speaker for Civil Society
Message-ID: <m31x2he7h6.fsf@brain.gnuhh.org>

Dear Meryem,

please also add the Free Software Foundation Europe [1] to the list of
NGOs endorsing Ms Shirin Abadi as opening speaker for Civil Society at
the WSIS in Tunis.

Best,
Georg


[1] http://fsfeurope.org

-- 
Georg C. F. Greve                                       <greve@gnu.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe	                 (http://fsfeurope.org)
Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom!     (http://www.fsfe.org)
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From john at johnhowkins.com  Wed Oct 19 18:56:17 2005
From: john at johnhowkins.com (John Howkins)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] PCT WG endorsement of Ms. Shirin Abadi as opening
 speaker for Civil Society
In-Reply-To: <m364rte7kw.fsf@brain.gnuhh.org>
Message-ID: <BF7C4751.4181%john@johnhowkins.com>

Hi,

Last week, we published the Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and
Intellectual Property.  See <www.adelphicharter.org> or email me for more
info.

The Charter was prepared by a 19-person commission including Gilbert Gil;
Lawrence Lessig, chair of Creative Commons; and Cory Doctorow, EFF.

We would like to bring this to the attention of WSIS in some way. Is there a
list of NGOS who have registered to attend - and who might help?

Cheers John Howkins
Director, Adelphi Charter




On 19/10/05 6:32, "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve@fsfeurope.org> wrote:

> Dear Meryem Marzouki,
> 
> please add the Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (PCT) Working Group
> of Civil Society to the list of groups supporting Ms. Shirin Abadi as
> opening speaker for Civil Society.
> 
> The PCT working group has been working hard to see issues of
> intellectual wealth for all of humankind addressed properly by Civil
> Society and consequently the WSIS. The same goes for questions of
> digital freedom and equality, which we consider essential for a
> democratic digitised society in which human rights prevail.
> 
> Everywhere in the world, human rights cannot be protected in the
> digital domain if they are lost in the physical world.
> 
> Conversely, justice for all, in all areas, cannot be enforced if laws
> and practises concerning the digital domain are not reflecting the
> overall advances of Human Rights.
> 
> That is why we have chosen to support Ms. Shirin Abadi.
> 
> In the spirit of our ongoing cooperation with and support for the
> Human Rights Caucus, we also gladly offer ourselves to Ms Abadi for a
> discussion on how human rights can be preserved in the transition to
> the digital age: After all our speakers have been excluded and denied
> their chance to speak, we hope she will help ensure that our cause is
> not silenced entirely.
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> Georg Greve and Francis Muguet
> 
> PCT Working Group Co-Coordinators
> on behalf of PCT WG



From fiem at bluewin.ch  Thu Oct 20 07:30:08 2005
From: fiem at bluewin.ch (FIEM)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [WSIS Edu] Shirin Ebadi nomination
In-Reply-To: <BF7AB3FA.12CE4%meigs@wanadoo.fr>
Message-ID: <4343F9D70027CFA5@mail14.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

Dear Meryem,
The International Foundation for the Children of the World endorses the
nomination of Shirin Ebadi.  Please include the Foundation on the list.
Many thanks and best regards

Sonja L. Hanachi

-----Message d'origine-----
De?: edu-bounces@wsis-cs.org [mailto:edu-bounces@wsis-cs.org] De la part de
Meigs
Envoy??: mardi, 18. octobre 2005 14:15
??: CS Plenary; Edu Mailinglist
Objet?: [WSIS Edu] Shirin Ebadi nomination


Dear Meryem,

Th education, academia and research taskforce also endorses the nomination
of  Shirin Ebadi as opening speaker for Civil Society for WSIS Tunis.
Please include us on the list.

Best
Divina Frau-Meigs

 


_______________________________________________
Edu mailing list
Edu@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/edu



From m_mdella at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 20 09:03:15 2005
From: m_mdella at yahoo.fr (Mdella Mohamed)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?RE:=20[WSIS=20CS-Plenary]=20Le=20Canada=20doit=20=E9viter?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?=20de=20cautionner=20le=20r=E9gime=20tunisien?=
In-Reply-To: <BD75B262-E507-46F7-868D-A2B82051FFE7@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20051020080315.34774.qmail@web26809.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

salut ? toutes et ? tous
Assez de sp?culations, Assez la politisation des droits de l'homme.. donnez-nous un pays au moins qui respecte ces "droit de l'homme".. il est temps de baisser le baton voir l'?pais "de damocles" dirig? o?, quand et comme on le veux.. Ces pays qui se sont pos?s les "tenants" ou les "policiers" du monde doivent volontairement savoir que "les droits de l'homme" ne font pas partie de l'OMC 

Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> a ?crit :
Forwarding the following article that appeared in on of the french 
newspapers in Canada..?



Texte paru dans le quotidien Le Soleil (Qu??bec) concernant le Canada 
et les droits de la personne en Tunisie dans le cadre du SMSI.

Op-ed published this morning in a French daily (Le Soleil, Qu??bec) 
regarding the Canada and the Human Rights in Tunisia (WSIS)


???
Le Soleil
Opinions, mercredi 19 octobre 2005, p. A17
R??pression, torture, intimidation...
Le Canada doit ??viter de cautionner le r??gime tunisien

Ironie supr??me, le Sommet mondial sur la soci??t?? de l'information 
(SMSI), qui doit en principe consacrer le principe de l'acc??s 
universel ?  Internet, va se d??rouler dans un pays qui se sp??cialise 
de plus en plus dans la violation r??p??t??e des droits humains, 
notamment la libert?? d'expression !

Arrestations arbitraires, censure des m??dias et des sites Internet 
(Amnistie internationale et Le Monde diplomatique par exemple), 
proc??s bidon dignes de l'??re stalinienne, intimidation de 
journalistes et de d??fenseurs de droits humains, emprisonnement 
d'avocats, passage ?  tabac et torture sont au palmar??s du r??gime du 
pr??sident Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Ce dernier profitera de la tenue 
du Sommet pour redorer son image sur le plan international.

Cela lui sera encore plus facile si on le voit en compagnie de chefs 
de gouvernement ou de ministres (du Canada comme du Qu??bec 
d'ailleurs) qui lui serrent la main et contribuent tout sourire ?  sa 
l??gitimit??.

Ces derni??res ann??es, les d??nonciations contre Ben Ali se sont 
multipli??es, notamment au moyen de rapports d'enqu??te men??es par 
diff??rents organismes. Le Groupe d'observation de la Tunisie, qui 
comprend notamment la F??d??ration internationale des journalistes et 
le World Press Freedom Committee, a men?? trois missions en Tunisie 
ces derniers mois. Son plus r??cent rapport, d??voil?? ?  Gen??ve il y 
a quelques semaines, affirme que la r??pression s'aggrave en Tunisie.

Le rapport soutient que le gouvernement Ben Ali "cherche ?  r??primer 
plus avant la dissension ?  la veille du SMSI". Il invite aussi la 
communaut?? internationale ?  prendre ses responsabilit??s pour que la 
Tunisie cesse d'??tre un ??tat policier. On y d??nonce notamment 
l'emprisonnement d'un avocat des droits de l'homme, Mohamed Abou, qui 
a eu le malheur de critiquer dans Internet le gouvernement tunisien, 
alors que son ??pouse ??tait "agress??e et renvers??e par des 
policiers en civil" pendant la premi??re journ??e du proc??s 
arbitraire de son mari.

Le gouvernement tunisien, qui se vante de tenir chez lui un sommet 
international sur la soci??t?? de l'information en collaboration avec 
l'ONU, est le m??me qui bloque les sites Internet des dissidents et 
espionne les citoyens contraints d'utiliser des ordinateurs dans des 
cybercaf??s.

La censure de livres, la r??pression des organisations de citoyens, le 
d??mant??lement de la Ligue tunisienne des droits de l'homme, la 
d??stabilisation de l'Association tunisienne des magistrats, 
l'interdiction faite au Syndicat des journalistes tunisiens de tenir 
son premier congr??s en septembre dernier, le harc??lement policier et 
l'intimidation ?  l'endroit de journalistes et de dissidents sont 
autant de gestes tyranniques qui constituent le dossier noir de la 
Tunisie.

Par ailleurs, il fallait voir les faux repr??sentants de la soci??t?? 
civile tunisienne lors des rencontres pr??paratoires au SMSI qui ont 
au lieu ?  l'ONU, ?  Gen??ve, en f??vrier et septembre 2005. Bien 
organis??s, ces envoy??s clandestins du pr??sident Ben Ali ??taient 
pr??ts ?  tout pour saboter des rencontres o?? se discutaient les 
enjeux d??mocratiques, ??conomiques, culturels et sociaux de la 
soci??t?? de l'information (acc??s au savoir, aide aux pays 
d??favoris??s, libert?? de presse, acc??s libre ?  Internet, etc.).

Sous pr??texte de combattre le terrorisme et l'int??grisme islamique, 
Ben Ali a progressivement instaur?? un r??gime despotique. On 
s'??tonne donc du portrait complaisant de la Tunisie que l'on trouve 
dans le site Internet du minist??re canadien des Affaires ??trang??res 
et du Commerce international, qui vante son "??conomie prosp??re et 
dynamique [qui] s'accro??t r??guli??rement et [son] environnement 
politique... stable et s??curitaire".

Si on y apprend que les ??changes ??conomiques entre le Canada et la 
Tunisie ont ??t?? de 110 millions $ en 2003, il est cependant 
troublant de constater que nous y exportons le papier journal 
vraisemblablement utilis?? pour diffuser la propagande quotidienne de 
Ben Ali !

Et dire que le ministre Pierre Pettigrew consent ?  cet ??loge d'un 
r??gime despotique. Il faut croire que les droits humains fondamentaux 
peuvent ??tre ignor??s de ceux-l?  m??me qui affichent avec 
ostentation leurs fameuses "valeurs lib??rales".

Intervenir au sein de la Francophonie

Certes, le cas tunisien n'est pas unique comme le prouve la Chine, 
qui n'a rien ?  envier au chapitre de la r??pression. Cependant, si le 
poids politique et ??conomique du Canada est insignifiant pour la 
Chine, il peut par contre exercer une pression efficace sur le 
gouvernement tunisien. Il peut le faire directement ou indirectement, 
par exemple en s'alliant ?  la France pour ??laborer et implanter des 
repr??sailles de divers ordres de la part des pays de la Francophonie.

La Tunisie est membre de l'Agence intergouvernementale de la 
Francophonie, tout comme le Canada. Certes bien d'autres pays de la 
Francophonie sont irrespectueux des droits de l'homme et m??ritent une 
d??nonciation aussi cat??gorique. Mais dans l'imm??diat il faut 
s'assurer que la tenue du SMSI ?  Tunis ne soit pas un exercice de 
l??gitimation du r??gime Ben Ali.

?? cet effet, le Canada ne doit d??l??guer aucun ministre ?  Tunis, 
encore moins son premier ministre. La participation canadienne aux 
d??bats peut tout aussi bien se faire par l'interm??diaire d'une 
d??l??gation de diplomates, de fonctionnaires et de repr??sentants de 
sa soci??t?? civile.

En toute justice, il faut pr??ciser que le Canada, au nom notamment 
des pays de l'Union europ??enne, des ??tats-Unis et de quelques autres 
pays, a commenc?? ?  s'affirmer lors de la derni??re pl??ni??re de 
Gen??ve, ?  la fin de septembre. Il a alors d??nonc??, de fa??on 
diplomatique bien entendu, les "incidents" survenus les jours 
pr??c??dents, r??f??rant ?  l'intimidation de la part de la 
d??l??gation tunisienne. La Tunisie a tent?? de r??futer cette 
critique, avec l'appui de pays ??galement reconnus pour nier les 
droits de la personne, notamment l'Arabie Saoudite et Cuba.

S'il a le courage politique de ses pr??tentions d??mocratiques, Paul 
Martin peut faire pour le peuple tunisien ce que Brian Mulroney a 
fait pour aider le peuple d'Afrique du Sud, c'est-? -dire prendre 
l'initiative d'organiser une strat??gie de boycott, notamment en ce 
qui concerne ses ??changes ??conomiques et ses relations 
diplomatiques. Ce que le Canada a d??j?  fait dans le cadre du 
Commonwealth, il peut le r??p??ter dans le cadre de la Francophonie.

Marc-Fran??ois Bernier

Membre de la Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO et participant au 
Sommet mondial sur la soci??t?? de l'information, ?  Tunis. L'auteur 
s'exprime ?  titre personnel.


Illustration(s) :

Marc-Fran??ois Bernier
Le Sommet mondial sur la soci??t?? de l'information se tiendra dans un 
pays qui ne respecte pas les droits humains.



Marc-Fran??ois Bernier (Ph.D.)
Professeur agr??g??
Coordonnateur du programme de journalisme
D??partement de communication
Universit?? d'Ottawa
554 King Edward (local 204)
Ottawa (ON)
K1N 6N5
(613) 562-5800 (3828)
mbernier@uottawa.ca






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From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-F10D4A4FE2210413D98AE1889700@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051020112828.61886.qmail@web26005.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

salut ? tous!

Je suis profondement touch? par ce que je viens de
voir sur les droit des enfants en Afrique et tiens ?
vous remercier d'avoir pens? ? ces ino?ants. Ici au
Gabon nous vivons la m?me chose le mal est partout en
Afrique, les responsables sont au premier chef nos
dirigeants qui n'ont pas une politique assez solide
pour encadrer ces adolescents qui vagabondent ?
longueur de journ?e dans les rues de la capitale. Ils
sont pour la plupart, des enfants dont la tranche
d'?ge varie entre 8, 15 et 25 ans. Ces jeunes se
livrent nuit et jour aux ph?nom?nes de prostitution et
aux grossesses pr?coces chez les jeunes filles, chez
les hommes c'est la drogue, le braquage et autres maux
qui minent la soci?t?.
Etant dans une ONG qui milite pour les droits de
l'enfant, je suis asserment? pour vous donner
d'informations concernant la vie des jeunes
adolescents de mon pays. 
Si vous vous voulez avoir plus d'informations,
n'?sitez pas, contactez moi car j'ai m?me fait un
livre au sujet de ces enfants de la rue de Libreville
et du Gabon en g?ral.
Dans l'espoir de vous lire, vous prie de me tenir
inform? sur d'autres faits concernant les droit de
l'enfant.
--- ocaproce internationale
<ocaproce_internationale@hotmail.com> a ?crit :

> Bonjour Philippe,
> 
> Dans le cadre des ?v?nement parall?les au Prepcom3,
> OCAPROCE Internationale 
> a organis? son 2?me Colloque international sur les
> TIC et lesDroits de 
> l'Enfant, le 23 septembre dernier au Palais des
> Nations salle XXII.
> 
> En attendant de finaliser les actes de ce Colloque,
> je vous prie de trouver 
> ci-joints pour votre information, la D?claration de
> Gen?ve ainsi que le 
> rapport de synth?se.
> 
> Meilleures salutations
> 
> 
> 
> Princesse Micheline MAKOU DJOUMA
> Presidente et Coordinatrice Internationale
> (41) 078 893 11 54 GENEVE
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Philippe Batreau" <pbatreau@epistrophe.fr>
> >Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> >Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join
> french speaking chapter of 
> >Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
> >Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:32:04 +0200
> >
> >Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> >This message is in french.
> >
> >
> >
> >Bonjour,
> >
> >
> >
> >Le chapitre fran?ais de l'Internet Society, Isoc
> France, en partenariat 
> >avec
> >d'autres chapitres francophones et des organismes
> publics et priv?s
> >francophones pr?parent le lancement d' ? Isoc
> Francophonie ?, chapitre
> >francophone de l'Internet Society.
> >
> >
> >
> >Nous cherchons ? ?largir le champ des personnes et
> organismes int?ress?s.
> >
> >
> >
> >L'objet d'Isoc Francophonie est notamment la
> promotion de la francophonie
> >dans l'internet, la promotion de l'internet dans la
> francophonie et de
> >favoriser et impulser des projets de  coop?ration
> internationaux.
> >
> >
> >
> >Trois cat?gories de membres sont pr?vues :
> chapitres francophones et
> >organismes associ?s, collectivit?s publiques
> (collectivit?s locales et
> >autres types d'?tablissements publics),
> entreprises. Nous nous adressons
> >aussi aux personnes francophones souhaitant adh?rer
> ? l'ISOC et ne 
> >disposant
> >pas d'un chapitre dans leur pays.
> >
> >
> >
> >Une r?union de lancement aura lieu ? Tunis, le 15
> novembre 2005 ? 15 h, 
> >dans
> >le cadre des ?v?nements parall?les au SMSI.
> >
> >
> >
> >Nous invitons les personnes et organismes
> int?ress?s tant par le projet que
> >par la r?union de lancement ? nous le faire savoir
> en r?pondant ? ce
> >message.
> >
> >
> >
> >Un site est en cours de construction :
> >
> >http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/
> >
> >O? vous pouvez vous inscrire sur la liste de
> discussion en remplissant le
> >formulaire en ligne :
> >
>
>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/article.php3?id_article=1
> >
> >
> >
> >Dans l'attente de vous lire,
> >
> >
> >
> >Cordialement,
> >
> >
> >
> >Philippe Batreau
> >
> >http://www.isoc.fr <http://www.isoc.fr/>
> >
> >http://www.smsi-territoires.net
> <http://www.smsi-territoires.net/>
> >
> >http://www.epistrophe.fr
> <http://www.epistrophe.fr/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
>
_________________________________________________________________
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> 


 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Oct 20 13:46:37 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Le Monde Press release about HR violations in Tunesia (french)
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 20 14:09:57 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FOSS @ ICT 4 D - Windows is the only way to view Tunis...
Message-ID: <090BCFC5-35BC-48EC-9E3F-BB871AB768FB@lists.privaterra.org>

Despite all the hype about FOSS at Tunis , especially at the ICT 4 D   
space, well it seems one a key part of the exposition website is only  
accessible to those using the Microsoft windows platform.

In a "new" featured, added just yesterday - those visiting the  
website can see Tunis, in 3D no less! However, you'll need to be  
running windows.... Oh well, I guess the only way to see Tunis is  
through a "closed" window that isn't "open and free".So much for  
promoting the spirit of FOSS by the actual conference organizers ..  
sigh!

here's the link:

http://www.expo.ict4all-tunis.org/

scroll down to - " How do I get to the ICT 4 all Exhibition area?"
Visit the new 3D map of Tunis and surroundings

regards

Robert


--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Oct 20 15:03:19 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] A New Listserv on Public-Private Partnerships in ICT
Message-ID: <4357A3A7.8020402@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

A very good initiative to foster a necessary discussion that also pops up 
here regularly.

Best, Ralf

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: <incom> CFP PPP-L - A New Listserv on Public-Private 
Partnerships in	ICT
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:39:37 +0200
From: Soenke Zehle <s.zehle@kein.org>
To: incom <incom-l@incommunicado.info>

[The call below is the result of discussions - and multiple edits -
between Steve Cisler, Ljupco Gjorgjinski, Mike Gurstein, Lisa
McLaughlin, and myself, building on an Incommunicado05 workshop on the
issue of PPP that involved several other incom-mers, Soenke]

Call for Participation

A New Listserv on Public-Private Partnerships in ICT

<ppp-l@pppwatch.org>

This is an invitation to join a new listserv that focuses on
public-private partnership initiatives in the field of information and
communication technologies (ICTs), with a particular emphasis on the
economic and political dynamic usually referred to as 'development'.

Following the growth of private-sector involvement in public
infrastructure projects across the globe, corporate investments often
have become a substitute for public funding formerly provided by
intergovernmental agencies, international aid organizations, and
governments. Usually considered in terms of a pooling of private and
public resources, public-private partnerships aim at a cooperative
provision of services and products to exploit synergy effects although
they take many forms and adopt a variety of organizational, funding and
governance structures. Through this process, public institutions are
expected to become more 'proactive' in terms of their engagement with
private actors, and the development process is projected as being,
altogether, more equitable and sustainable.

Such official pronouncements aside, assessments from the ground tend to
view the relatively new tool of PPP with much more ambivalence. While
major info-corporations are indeed offering themselves as ?partners in
development? and support ICT development as vehicles for 'effective
service delivery' and 'e-governance', they also take advantage of the
newfound enthusiasm for Public-Private Partnerships to stake out their
own commercial claims, crowd out public-sector alternatives, and
actively discourage alternative forms of development cooperation.
Questions concerning the motivations particularly implicit in relation
to these initiatives include the gaining of inter-company competitive
advantages, pole positions in standard setting (and pushing aside
technological alternatives), influencing procurement strategies, and so on.

Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSPs) are offered as an alternative form
of development cooperation. Unlike PPPs, which are based on the primacy
of an ambiguous private/public distinction, MSPs focus on whoever has a
stake in a given process. Because the position and identities of
'stakeholders' are largely self-defined, MSPs, at least theoretically,
are open to individual and collective actors that may be left out of PPP
processes that involve only state and private sector actors. Beyond the
contractual relationship of PPPs, in principle MSPs prioritize
overlapping interests, emphasize trust and transparency, and could also
play an important role in the development of new accountability
mechanisms. More generally, perhaps, MSPs affirm that the idea of
'partnerships' is itself in flux and open to contestation.

The idea to launch a project committed exclusively to PPP-in-ICT arose
during a two-day conference, Incommunicado 05: From Info-Development to
Info-Politics, held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in June 2005.
Incommunicado 05 attempted to offer a critical survey of the current
state of 'info-development', generally known by its catchy acronym
'ICT4D' (Information and Communication Technologies for Development) but
also created an interest in more focused follow-up projects that would
engage specific dimensions of the info-development process.
Public-private partnerships in ICT became a topic of debate during the
conference, with discussions concerning, for example, the role of Cisco
and Cisco Academies in their partnership with the UN Development
Program, the on-going role of Microsoft in its Unlimited Potential
program and its recent partnership with Canada?s International
Development Research Centre, and the role of WSIS in the evolving
landscape of similar info-development alliances.

What we envision is a lively exchange of research, critical discussions
and reports from the ground, a sharing of experiences both via a mailing
list and - later on - a collaborative weblog. Given that PPPs in ICT
involve a complex set of actors - including intergovernmental
institutions, states, local authorities, transnational corporations,
small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) - the scope is both specific - PPP in ICT - and
broad enough to address related developments and processes.

To be taken up at a later time, we also propose the joint development of
a code of conduct for PPP that addresses the specificity of ICT.

A great deal of research is done outside the institutional loops of the
academy, research labs, or development consulting, so we hope that the
framing of this topic will be of interest to those who wish to engage in
a substantial PPP-in-ICT exchange, regardless of whether or not they
consider themselves researchers, community and/or media activists, etc.

On PPP-in-ICT and PPP-Watch

The domain currently used for this project is pppwatch.org. In the
context of software, 'pppwatch' refers to a small demon used to monitor
the PPP connection. In the more general context of info-political
efforts, the idea of a 'watch' also suggests common cause with other
'watch' projects that attempt to create a modicum of transparency and
accountability in development processes - regardless of whether they
involve public or private actors - where there is none. Both offer apt
descriptors for a project that intends to keep an eye on the evolving
dynamic of 'partnerships' in the field of ICT.

We are hoping that you will participate in this project. The listserv
will ?go live? once an initial threshold of 50 subscribers has been
reached. Online subscription will be enabled once this number has been
reached. To subscribe, please contact Soenke Zehle (s.zehle@tmsp.org) or
Lisa McLaughlin (mclauglm@muohio.edu). The site and list are currently
maintained by kein.org.
_______________________________________________
incom-l mailing list
incom-l@incommunicado.info
http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/incom-l


From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Thu Oct 20 15:06:35 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FOSS @ ICT 4 D - Windows is the only way to view Tunis...
In-Reply-To: <090BCFC5-35BC-48EC-9E3F-BB871AB768FB@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <090BCFC5-35BC-48EC-9E3F-BB871AB768FB@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <9ea79150510200706i3c8a809ck@mail.gmail.com>

Yes but you have to know that the ICT4all website is managed by Otto
Frei AG which is providing this visit through another company.

So nothing to do with FOSS movement in Tunisia.

Marouen

2005/10/20, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Despite all the hype about FOSS at Tunis , especially at the ICT 4 D
> space, well it seems one a key part of the exposition website is only
> accessible to those using the Microsoft windows platform.
>
> In a "new" featured, added just yesterday - those visiting the
> website can see Tunis, in 3D no less! However, you'll need to be
> running windows.... Oh well, I guess the only way to see Tunis is
> through a "closed" window that isn't "open and free".So much for
> promoting the spirit of FOSS by the actual conference organizers ..
> sigh!
>
> here's the link:
>
> http://www.expo.ict4all-tunis.org/
>
> scroll down to - " How do I get to the ICT 4 all Exhibition area?"
> Visit the new 3D map of Tunis and surroundings
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>

From nenita91844 at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 20 15:12:44 2005
From: nenita91844 at yahoo.com (nenita tenefrancia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] First list of supports sent - Shirin Ebadi nomination
In-Reply-To: <39E15465-3F20-11DA-9525-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051020141244.25344.qmail@web54613.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Meryem, Please add TERESIAN ASSOCIATION to the
list of international CS organizations supporting the
nomination of Shirin Ebadi for the WSIS Tunis opening
ceremony speaker. Thank you. Nenita Tenefrancia

--- Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I'd like to inform the plenary that I've sent the
> first list of CS 
> supports  to Ms. Ebadi nomination (15+ WSIS CS
> Thematic and Regional 
> Caucuses, 20+ Worldwide and Regional CS
> Organizations and Coalitions, 
> 30+ National CS
> Organizations and Coalitions. See below the list),
> to Mr Utsumi and 
> Amb. Karklins.
> 
> I've been told by the Exec Secretariat that the date
> when we can expect 
> a decision by Mr Utsumi is not known yet. In the
> mean time, I will send 
> any additional support that would be expressed.
> Since we don't know the 
> deadline, and since I wouldn't like to send too many
> messages to MM. 
> Utsumi and Karklins, please hurry up if you would
> like to add your 
> support and haven't done that yet (I'm already
> keeping track of some 
> additional supports already sent to me).
> 
> Best,
> Meryem
> ======
> Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis
> Opening Ceremony
> Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human
> Rights Caucus
> List of CS supports, as of October 16, 2005
> 
> 
> WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:
> 
> 1. African Caucus (ACSIS: African Civil Society for
> the Information 
> Society)
> 2. Asia Pacific Family
> 3. Community Media Working Group
> 4. Cultural Diversity Caucus
> 5. Disability Caucus
> 6. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
> 7. Gender Caucus
> 8. Grassroots Caucus
> 9. Health and ICT Working Group
> 10. Human Rights Caucus
> 11. Internet Governance Caucus
> 12. Media Caucus
> 13. North American & European Family
> 14. Privacy and Security Working Group
> 15. West-Asia Family
> 16. Youth Caucus
> 
> Worldwide and Regional CS Organizations and
> Coalitions:
> 
> 1. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs
> Communautaires), 
> Worldwide
> 2. APC (Association for Progressive Communications),
> Worldwide
> 3. Article 19, Worldwide
> 4. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet
> Citoyen), Worldwide
> 5. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision),
> Worldwide
> 6. CONGO (Conference Of Non-Governmental
> Organizations), Worldwide
> 7. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social
> Responsibility), Worldwide
> 8. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons),
> Europe
> 9. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des
> Droits de l?Homme), 
> Worldwide
> 10. Front Line (International Foundation for the
> Protection of Human 
> Rights Defenders), Worldwide
> 11. HIVOS (Humanistisch Instituut voor
> Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), 
> Worldwide
> 12. IFLA (International Federation of Library
> Associations and 
> Institutions), Worldwide
> 13. IFUW (International Federation of University
> Women), Worldwide
> 14. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women?s International Cross
> Cultural Exchange), 
> Worldwide
> 15. IWTC (International Women?s Tribune Centre),
> Worldwide
> 16. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture),
> Worldwide
> 17. OneWorld International Foundation, Worldwide
> 18. SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for
> Communication), Worldwide
> 19. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
> 20. PEN Club, Worldwide
> 21. WBU (World Blind Union), Worldwide
> 22. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide
> 
> National CS Organizations and Coalitions:
> 
> 1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs
> du Net), France
> 2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
> 3. CAPDA (Consortium d?Appui aux Actions pour la
> Promotion et le 
> D?veloppement  de l?Afrique), Cameroon
> 4. CEFEPROD (Centre F?minin pour la Promotion du
> D?veloppement), 
> Cameroon
> 5. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the
> Information Society), 
> Switzerland
> 6. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement
> aux PTT), France
> 7. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
> 8. Disability Australia Ltd., Australia
> 9. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
> 10. FAMES (Forum des Femmes Africaines pour un Monde
> de l?Economie 
> Solidaire), Senegal
> 11. Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria
> 12. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers
> International), Ghana
> 13. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications,
> International University 
> of Japan), Japan
> 14. House of Culture and Sustainable Development,
> Iran
> 15. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
> 16. IP Justice, USA
> 17. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire),
> France
> 18. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
> 19. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
> 20. IT for Change, India
> 21. LDV (Lagos Digital Village), Nigeria
> 22. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l?Homme),
> Tunisia
> 23. Norwegian PEN, Norway
> 24. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
> 25. Ouvaton, France
> 26. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
> 27. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications),
> USA/Canada
> 28. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of
> Venezuela), Venezuela
> 29. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association),
> Denmark
> 30. UNOY (United Nations of Youth, Network Nigeria),
> Nigeria
> 31. V?rit?-Action, Switzerland
> 32. Village Suisse ONG, Cameroon/Switzerland
> 
> In their individual capacity (only people whose
> organization is not 
> listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their
> individual capacity):
> 
> 1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
> 2. Harold L. Burstyn, USA
> 3. Elizabeth Carll, USA
> 4. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
> 5. Ababacar Diop, Senegal
> 6. Avri Doria, USA
> 7. Alex Gakuru, Kenya
> 8. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
> 9. Richard Jordan, USA
> 10. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
> 11. Ken Lohento, Benin
> 12. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
> 13. Lee W. McKnight, USA
> 14. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
> 15. Francis Muguet, France
> 16. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
> 17. Claudia Padovani, Italy
> 18. Joseph Sarr, Senegal
> 
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 20 15:28:01 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FOSS @ ICT 4 D - Windows is the only way to view Tunis...
In-Reply-To: <9ea79150510200706i3c8a809ck@mail.gmail.com>
References: <090BCFC5-35BC-48EC-9E3F-BB871AB768FB@lists.privaterra.org> <9ea79150510200706i3c8a809ck@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C6FB6B64-DDF7-40A9-BEAB-9C0421FC39C1@lists.privaterra.org>

I made no reference to the FOSS movement in Tunisia, only that the   
company that is organizing the ICT 4 D event at the summit  (Otto  
Frei AG) has made a part of their site in-accessible for those of us  
who do not use the Microsoft windows platform.

Thus, those using FOSS/FLOSS  or those organizing events - can not  
access the part of the site that (hopefully) provides vital  
information on how to get around Tunis and the Kram Centre. With no  
other city maps provided online - Those of us not from Tunisia have  
no idea before getting there where things are.

A suggestion:

- Can someone draft a statement asking Otto Frei AG to please ensure  
that their 3D view of Tunis is available to more platforms...
- that city maps be available online.

There is no shortage of maps available (online) for Geneva, for some  
reason i can't find any for Tunis..

regards

Robert


>> So much for
>> promoting the spirit of FOSS by the actual conference organizers ..
>> sigh!


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 20-Oct-05, at 10:06 AM, Marouen MRAIHI wrote:

> Yes but you have to know that the ICT4all website is managed by Otto
> Frei AG which is providing this visit through another company.
>
> So nothing to do with FOSS movement in Tunisia.
>
> Marouen


From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Oct 20 15:41:10 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
References: <F9CC31E2327C3D4B99BCB36A17622178041A48DF@MAILBOX1.blue.itu.ch>
Message-ID: <9A6D6E2A-ACC5-48E5-9938-67EECCD23D47@earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues,

Good news from the ITU.  The SG of the WSIS will be nominating Ms.  
Ebadi to be the opening speaker on behalf of civil society.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban

Begin forwarded message:

> From: <wsis@itu.int>
> Date: October 20, 2005 10:29:05 AM EDT
> To: <rikp@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <rbloem@ngocongo.org>, <bureau@wsis-cs.org>,  
> <wsis@ngocongo.org>, <charles.geiger@itu.int>,  
> <moncef.achour@itu.int>, <charlotte.sgier@itu.int>
> Subject: RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
>
>
> Dear Civil Society Selection Committee,
>
> I hereby inform you that Secretary-General of ITU Mr. Utsumi  
> decided to nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as the opening speaker on  
> behalf of Civil Society.  Ms. Renate Bloem, who had been nominated  
> as the opening speaker in the initial list, was invited to speak in  
> the General debate. At the same time, we were informed that Mr.  
> Roberto Bissio was not available for the Tunis Summit.
>
> The second list of Plenary speakers from Civil Society will be  
> announced by the end of next week.
>
> With my best regards
>
> Toru Nakaya
> In charge of the official program coordination
> WSIS Executive Secretariat
>
> ==============================
>
> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
>
> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi as well as 3
> attachments related to the letter:
>
> 1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Ebadi
> dated 12 October 2005
> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi?s recommendation (as of 16
> October 2005)
>
> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the selection committee
>



===============================================
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

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
* Submit NGO Events to http://www.ngoevents.org


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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Oct 20 15:43:57 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Final list of support to Ms. Ebadi to be sent this evening
Message-ID: <F2178B46-4177-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

I'll send the final list of supports to Ms. Ebadi this evening (Paris 
time). I think after that it would be too late to send additional 
supports. So if your organization/coalition/caucus wants to be listed 
in, please hurry up.

Best,
Meryem


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 20 16:02:23 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
In-Reply-To: <9A6D6E2A-ACC5-48E5-9938-67EECCD23D47@earthlink.net>
References: <F9CC31E2327C3D4B99BCB36A17622178041A48DF@MAILBOX1.blue.itu.ch> <9A6D6E2A-ACC5-48E5-9938-67EECCD23D47@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <9AE0F67E-D205-4B18-B77B-E207B953DE14@lists.privaterra.org>


On 20-Oct-05, at 10:41 AM, Rik Panganiban wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Good news from the ITU.  The SG of the WSIS will be nominating Ms.  
> Ebadi to be the opening speaker on behalf of civil society.
>

Rik:

Great news indeed!

regards,

Robert



From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Oct 20 16:04:52 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Ms. Ebadi nominated
In-Reply-To: <9A6D6E2A-ACC5-48E5-9938-67EECCD23D47@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <DE1C3930-417A-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Great news. Although I really don't see any reason why the "selection 
committee" receives an answer regarding a nomination he hasn't made.
In any case, on behalf of the HR caucus, I would like to thank you to 
all for your support.
I'll send in any case the final list, for the record.

Best regards,
Meryem

Le jeudi, 20 oct 2005, ? 16:41 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Good news from the ITU.? The SG of the WSIS will be nominating Ms. 
> Ebadi to be the opening speaker on behalf of civil society.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rik Panganiban
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: <wsis@itu.int>
> Date: October 20, 2005 10:29:05 AM EDT
> To: <rikp@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <rbloem@ngocongo.org>, <bureau@wsis-cs.org>, <wsis@ngocongo.org>, 
> <charles.geiger@itu.int>, <moncef.achour@itu.int>, 
> <charlotte.sgier@itu.int>
> Subject: RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
>
>
> Dear Civil Society Selection Committee,
>
> I hereby inform you that Secretary-General of ITU Mr. Utsumi decided 
> to nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as the opening speaker on behalf of Civil 
> Society.?Ms. Renate Bloem, who had been nominated as the opening 
> speaker in the initial list, was invited to speak in the General 
> debate. At the same time, we were informed that Mr. Roberto Bissio was 
> not available for the Tunis Summit.
>
> The second list of Plenary speakers from Civil Society will be 
> announced by the end of next week.
>
> With my best regards
>
> Toru Nakaya
> In charge of the official program coordination
> WSIS Executive Secretariat
>
> ==============================
>
> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
>
> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi as well as 3 ?
> attachments related to the letter:
>
> 1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Ebadi ?
> dated 12 October 2005
> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi?s recommendation (as of 16 ?
> October 2005)
>
> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
>
> Rik Panganiban
> on behalf of the selection committee
>
>
>
>
> ===============================================
> 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?
>
> * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> * Submit NGO Events to http://www.ngoevents.org
>
>


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Thu Oct 20 16:53:35 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 2nd letter to Mr Utsumi and final list of support to Ms. Ebadi
Message-ID: <AC671EC1-4181-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Dear all,

Please find attached a letter from the WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus to 
Mr Utsumi following his nomination of Shirin Ebadi, as well as the 
final list of CS supports as of October 20, 2005.

Again, I would like to thank you all for your support.

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki
HR Caucus co-chair
=============
Paris, October 20, 2005

Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
Secretary-General
World Summit on the Information Society

Re: Shirin Ebadi nomination for WSIS opening ceremony

Dear Mr. Utsumi,

The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus has learnt your decision to 
nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as civil society speaker for the WSIS opening 
ceremony in Tunis.

The WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus has received a huge number 
of supports from civil society constituencies to the proposal it made. 
20 WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses, 35 Worldwide and Regional CS 
Organizations and Coalitions, and 42 National CS Organizations and 
Coalitions have been able to discuss this proposal and to make their 
decision within only few days. You will find attached this final list 
of supports, as of October 20, 2005.

On behalf of the WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus and of the 
whole list of supporters, I would like to express our satisfaction to 
see, through the decision you made, that genuine civil society voices 
have been heard.


Sincerely,

Meryem Marzouki
Human Rights Caucus Co-chair
and
President, IRIS - Imaginons un r?seau Internet solidaire
[details]

Copies:
This letter is also being sent to Ambassador Janis Karklins, President 
of the WSIS process

=============
Shirin Ebadi as Civil Society Speaker for WSIS Tunis Opening Ceremony
Nominated on October 12, 2005 by WSIS CS Human Rights Caucus
List of CS supports, as of October 20, 2005


WSIS CS Thematic and Regional Caucuses:

1. ALC-CMSI (Latin American Civil Society Organizations at WSIS)
2. African Caucus (ACSIS: African Civil Society for the Information 
Society)
3. Asia Pacific Family
4. Community Media Working Group
5. Cultural Diversity Caucus
6. Disability Caucus
7. Education, Academia and Research Taskforce
8. European Caucus
9. Financing Mechanisms Working Group
10. Gender Caucus
11. Grassroots Caucus
12. Health and ICT Working Group
13. Human Rights Caucus
14. Internet Governance Caucus
15. Media Caucus
16. North American & European Family
17. Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (PCT) Working Group
18. Privacy and Security Working Group
19. West-Asia Family
20. Youth Caucus

Worldwide and Regional CS Organizations and Coalitions:

1. ALER (Asociaci?n Latinoamericana de Educaci?n Radiof?nica), Latin 
America and the Caribbean
2. Alfa-Redi, Latin America and the Caribbean
3. ANND (Arab NGO Network for Development), Middle East and North Africa
4. AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radiodiffuseurs Communautaires), 
Worldwide
5. APC (Association for Progressive Communications), Worldwide
6. Article 19, Worldwide
7. CMIC/WFCN (Carrefour Mondial de l?Internet Citoyen), Worldwide
8. CMRTV (Conseil Mondial de la Radio T?l?vision), Worldwide
9. The Conference of NGOs (CONGO Board), Worldwide
10. CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), Worldwide
11. CRIS (Communication Rights in the Information Society), Worldwide
12. EURAG (European Federation of Older Persons), Europe
13. FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l?Homme), 
Worldwide
14. FIEM (International Foundation for the Children of the World), 
Worldwide
15. FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe), Europe
16. FUNREDES (Fundaci?n Redes y Desarrollo), Worldwide
17. Front Line (International Foundation for the Protection of Human 
Rights Defenders), Worldwide
18. Heinrich B?ll Foundation, Worldwide
19. HIVOS (Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking), 
Worldwide
20. HRW (Human Rights Watch), Worldwide
21. ICHRDD (Droits et D?mocratie/Rights and Democracy), Worldwide
22. IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and 
Institutions), Worldwide
23. IFUW (International Federation of University Women), Worldwide
24. Isis-WICCE (Isis-Women?s International Cross Cultural Exchange), 
Worldwide
25. IWTC (International Women?s Tribune Centre), Worldwide
26. Monitor de TIC en LAC de la Asociaci?n para el Progreso de las 
Comunicaciones (APC), Latin America and the Caribbean
27. OMCT (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture), Worldwide
28. OneWorld International Foundation, Worldwide
29. PEN Club, Worldwide
30. SIGNIS (World Catholic Association for Communication), Worldwide
31. Soroptimist International, Worldwide
32. The Teresian Association, Worldwide
33. WBU (World Blind Union), Worldwide
34. WINGS (Women's International News Gathering Service), Worldwide
35. WPFC (World Press Freedom Committee), Worldwide

National CS Organizations and Coalitions:

1. AFNET (Association Francophone des utilisateurs du Net), France
2. Alliance Rights, Nigeria
3. CAPDA (Consortium d?Appui aux Actions pour la Promotion et le 
D?veloppement  de l?Afrique), Cameroon
4. Cap?tulo Peruano - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility 
(CPSR), Peru
5. CEFEPROD (Centre F?minin pour la Promotion du D?veloppement), 
Cameroon
6. Community Media Network, Ireland
7. Comunica-CH (Swiss CS Coalition for the Information Society), 
Switzerland
8. CSDPTT (Coop?ration, Solidarit?, D?veloppement aux PTT), France
9. Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark
10. Disability Australia Ltd., Australia
11. DR-DK (Digital Rights Denmark), Denmark
12. FAMES (Forum des Femmes Africaines pour un Monde de l?Economie 
Solidaire), Senegal
13. Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria
14. FFCWI (Foundation for Future Christian Workers International), Ghana
15. Gender thematic team, Democratic Republic of Congo
16. GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications, International University 
of Japan), Japan
17. House of Culture and Sustainable Development, Iran
18. IGP (Internet Governance Project), USA
19. IP Justice, USA
20. IRIS (Imaginons un R?seau Internet Solidaire), France
21. ISOC-BG (Internet Society of Bulgaria), Bulgaria
22. ITeM (Instituto del Tercer Mundo), Uruguay
23. IT for Change, India
24. JAC (Japan Accountability Caucus for the Beijing Conference), Japan
25. Japan Women?s Watch, Japan
26. LaNeTa, Mexico
27. LDV (Lagos Digital Village), Nigeria
28. LTDH (Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l?Homme), Tunisia
29. Methodist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
30. NEXUS Research Cooperative, Ireland
31. Norwegian PEN, Norway
32. Open Forum of Cambodia, Cambodia
33. Ouvaton, France
34. Pain pour le prochain, Switzerland
35. People Who, USA
36. RITS (Rede de Informa??es para o Terceiro Setor), Brazil
37. UDC (Union for Democratic Communications), USA/Canada
38. UNA-ANUV (United Nations Association of Venezuela), Venezuela
39. UNA-DK (Danish United Nations Association), Denmark
40. UNOY (United Nations of Youth, Network Nigeria), Nigeria
41. V?rit?-Action, Switzerland
42. Village Suisse ONG, Cameroon/Switzerland

In their individual capacity (only people whose organization is not 
listed, or who are participating in WSIS in their individual capacity):

1. Vittorio Bertola, Italy
2. Harold L. Burstyn, USA
3. Elizabeth Carll, USA
4. Larbi Chouikha, Tunisia
5. Ababacar Diop, Senegal
6. Avri Doria, USA
7. Alex Gakuru, Kenya
8. Hiroko Hashimoto, Japan
9. Jeanette Hofman, Germany
10. Richard Jordan, USA
11. Bertrand de La Chapelle, France
12. Ken Lohento, Benin
13. Fran?oise Massit-Foll?a, France
14. Tim McGinnis, Uganda
15. Lee W. McKnight, USA
16. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, USA
17. Francis Muguet, France
18. Tracey Naughton, South Africa
19. Claudia Padovani, Italy
20. Joseph Sarr, Senegal


From ambrosia at web.ca  Thu Oct 20 16:07:52 2005
From: ambrosia at web.ca (Alain Ambrosi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [hr-wsis] Ms. Ebadi nominated
In-Reply-To: <DE1C3930-417A-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <DE1C3930-417A-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <4357B2C8.7000707@web.ca>



Very good news indeed and thanks and congratulations to Meryem for her 
tenacity
Alain Ambrosi

Meryem Marzouki a ?crit :

> Great news. Although I really don't see any reason why the "selection 
> committee" receives an answer regarding a nomination he hasn't made.
> In any case, on behalf of the HR caucus, I would like to thank you to 
> all for your support.
> I'll send in any case the final list, for the record.
>
> Best regards,
> Meryem
>
> Le jeudi, 20 oct 2005, ? 16:41 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a ?crit :
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Good news from the ITU.  The SG of the WSIS will be nominating Ms. 
>> Ebadi to be the opening speaker on behalf of civil society.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rik Panganiban
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> From: <wsis@itu.int>
>> Date: October 20, 2005 10:29:05 AM EDT
>> To: <rikp@earthlink.net>
>> Cc: <rbloem@ngocongo.org>, <bureau@wsis-cs.org>, <wsis@ngocongo.org>, 
>> <charles.geiger@itu.int>, <moncef.achour@itu.int>, 
>> <charlotte.sgier@itu.int>
>> Subject: RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
>>
>>
>> Dear Civil Society Selection Committee,
>>
>> I hereby inform you that Secretary-General of ITU Mr. Utsumi decided 
>> to nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as the opening speaker on behalf of 
>> Civil Society. Ms. Renate Bloem, who had been nominated as the 
>> opening speaker in the initial list, was invited to speak in the 
>> General debate. At the same time, we were informed that Mr. Roberto 
>> Bissio was not available for the Tunis Summit.
>>
>> The second list of Plenary speakers from Civil Society will be 
>> announced by the end of next week.
>>
>> With my best regards
>>
>> Toru Nakaya
>> In charge of the official program coordination
>> WSIS Executive Secretariat
>>
>> ==============================
>>
>> Dear Mr. Nakaya,
>>
>> Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi as well as 3  
>> attachments related to the letter:
>>
>> 1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
>> 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Ebadi  
>> dated 12 October 2005
>> 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi?s recommendation (as of 16  
>> October 2005)
>>
>> Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
>>
>> Rik Panganiban
>> on behalf of the selection committee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ===============================================
>> 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 
>>
>> * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
>> * Submit NGO Events to http://www.ngoevents.org
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Working List of the WSIS Human Rights Caucus
> Web site : http://www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis
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> To post a message to the list, send an email to: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org
> To subscribe/unsubscribe, send an email to: Meryem.Marzouki@iris.sgdg.org
>
>


From mdansokho at sentoo.sn  Thu Oct 20 13:21:28 2005
From: mdansokho at sentoo.sn (Marthe Dansokho)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
References: <BAY19-F10D4A4FE2210413D98AE1889700@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <00b701c5d570$cc4d7950$dbc7cfc4@MartheDansokho>

Je suis contente de voir un temps special consacre aux problemes des 
enfants. Cette couche de notre population merite l attention 1ere de tous et 
je salue le travail qui est realise pour leur donner un mieux etre.

De tout coeur avec vous!

Marthe DANSOKHO
Me Service Social
Ps 84:10 Mieux vaut un jour dans tes parvis que mille ailleurs!
Marthe DANSOKHO
Me Service Social
Ps 84:10 Mieux vaut un jour dans tes parvis que mille ailleurs!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ocaproce internationale" <ocaproce_internationale@hotmail.com>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of 
Internet Society ISOC Francophonie


> Bonjour Philippe,
>
> Dans le cadre des ?v?nement parall?les au Prepcom3, OCAPROCE 
> Internationale
> a organis? son 2?me Colloque international sur les TIC et lesDroits de
> l'Enfant, le 23 septembre dernier au Palais des Nations salle XXII.
>
> En attendant de finaliser les actes de ce Colloque, je vous prie de 
> trouver
> ci-joints pour votre information, la D?claration de Gen?ve ainsi que le
> rapport de synth?se.
>
> Meilleures salutations
>
>
>
> Princesse Micheline MAKOU DJOUMA
> Presidente et Coordinatrice Internationale
> (41) 078 893 11 54 GENEVE
>
>
>
>
>>From: "Philippe Batreau" <pbatreau@epistrophe.fr>
>>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of
>>Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
>>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:32:04 +0200
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>>This message is in french.
>>
>>
>>
>>Bonjour,
>>
>>
>>
>>Le chapitre fran?ais de l'Internet Society, Isoc France, en partenariat
>>avec
>>d'autres chapitres francophones et des organismes publics et priv?s
>>francophones pr?parent le lancement d' ? Isoc Francophonie ?, chapitre
>>francophone de l'Internet Society.
>>
>>
>>
>>Nous cherchons ? ?largir le champ des personnes et organismes int?ress?s.
>>
>>
>>
>>L'objet d'Isoc Francophonie est notamment la promotion de la francophonie
>>dans l'internet, la promotion de l'internet dans la francophonie et de
>>favoriser et impulser des projets de  coop?ration internationaux.
>>
>>
>>
>>Trois cat?gories de membres sont pr?vues : chapitres francophones et
>>organismes associ?s, collectivit?s publiques (collectivit?s locales et
>>autres types d'?tablissements publics), entreprises. Nous nous adressons
>>aussi aux personnes francophones souhaitant adh?rer ? l'ISOC et ne
>>disposant
>>pas d'un chapitre dans leur pays.
>>
>>
>>
>>Une r?union de lancement aura lieu ? Tunis, le 15 novembre 2005 ? 15 h,
>>dans
>>le cadre des ?v?nements parall?les au SMSI.
>>
>>
>>
>>Nous invitons les personnes et organismes int?ress?s tant par le projet 
>>que
>>par la r?union de lancement ? nous le faire savoir en r?pondant ? ce
>>message.
>>
>>
>>
>>Un site est en cours de construction :
>>
>>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/
>>
>>O? vous pouvez vous inscrire sur la liste de discussion en remplissant le
>>formulaire en ligne :
>>
>>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/article.php3?id_article=1
>>
>>
>>
>>Dans l'attente de vous lire,
>>
>>
>>
>>Cordialement,
>>
>>
>>
>>Philippe Batreau
>>
>>http://www.isoc.fr <http://www.isoc.fr/>
>>
>>http://www.smsi-territoires.net <http://www.smsi-territoires.net/>
>>
>>http://www.epistrophe.fr <http://www.epistrophe.fr/>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Fri Oct 21 03:15:04 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: WSIS WIRE is now online: latest news on the WSIS
Message-ID: <9ea79150510201915t3a132e35y@mail.gmail.com>

FYI

Marouen MRAIHI
http://www.wsisyouth.org

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From: WSIS WIRE [mailto:contact@wsis-wire.net]
Sent: 17 October 2005 14:14
Subject: WSIS WIRE is now online: latest news on the WSIS


___WSIS WIRE | www.wsis-wire.net
___PRESS RELEASE
___(MON 17 Oct 2005)

WSIS WIRE has been launched.

WSIS WIRE is an independent news service offering an updated survey of news
and blog posts concerning the World Summit on the Information Society. The
survey is categorized by language (English, French, German), topic, region and
publication type.

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society is approaching
and the need of being updated on the current events is evident. WSIS
WIRE appeals
to all interested in the WSIS process and especially to those taking part in it.

Whether you want to be updated on the latest WSIS news or need some earlier
articles for research works - WSIS WIRE is a convenient service to
find the desired
information.

You're welcome to visit the site and get the latest news on the WSIS at:
http://www.wsis-wire.net
_______________________________________
WSIS WIRE - the summiteer's source of choice

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct 21 03:43:42 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Holy See on I.T.
Message-ID: <4ED2BCF8-4A27-471C-B067-F15DA7B6219E@lists.privaterra.org>

http://theschoolofmary.blogspot.com/2005/10/holy-see-on-it.html

  Holy See on I.T.

     Holy See's Address on Information Technologies
     "The Right to Communicate Is the Right of All"

     NEW YORK, OCT. 18, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of an  
address delivered by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Holy See's  
permanent observer to the United Nations, last Thursday before the  
U.N. General Assembly commission on "Questions Relating to information."

     Mr. Chairman,

     The Holy See recognizes the right to information and its  
importance in the life of all democratic societies and institutions.  
The exercise of the freedom of communication should not depend upon  
wealth, education or political power. The right to communicate is the  
right of all. Freedom of expression and the right to information  
increase and develop in societies when the fundamental ethics of  
communication are not compromised, such as the pre-eminence of truth  
and the good of the individual, the respect for human dignity, and  
the promotion of the common good.

     Furthermore, new technologies have an important role to play in  
the advancement of the poor. As with health and education, access to  
the wealth represented by communications would certainly benefit the  
poor, as recipients of information to be sure, but also as actors,  
able to promote their own point of view before the world's decision  
makers.

     Given the ever increasing ease of access to information of every  
possible kind, the Holy See also stresses the need to protect the  
most vulnerable, such as children and young people, especially in the  
light of the increase of content featuring violence, intolerance and  
pornography.

     Perhaps the most essential question raised by technological  
progress is whether, as a result of it, people will grow in dignity,  
responsibility and openness to others.

     In this context, the Holy See has set up a unique continentwide  
initiative called the Digital Network of the Church in Latin America  
("Red Inform?tica de Iglesia en America Latina" -- RIIAL) which  
promotes the adoption of digital technologies and programs in media  
education, especially in poor areas. The success of this project has  
drawn the attention of the Observatory for Cultural and Audiovisual  
Communication in the Mediterranean and in the World (OCCAM) and other  
international organizations. The Holy See also supports the continued  
promotion of the traditional role of libraries and radios in formation.

     It is to be hoped that the Second Phase of the U.N. World Summit  
on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis shortly, will  
lead to further concrete efforts to build a more inclusive digital  
society which will reduce the widespread "info-poverty." It would be  
well if a new dynamic were created which goes beyond the political  
and commercial logic usually at play in these fields.

     My delegation believes that the Information Society should be  
one endowed with the ability, capacity and skills to generate and  
capture new knowledge and to access, absorb and use effectively  
information, data and knowledge with the support of information and  
communication technology. Already in society there are many "agents  
of meaning" or "knowledge workers," such as the family, schools, the  
state, opinion makers and leaders, not to mention religious  
institutions.

     Knowledge is essential in establishing presence in the  
international marketplace, and is key to
     participating in the global economy of which the Internet is an  
increasingly important vehicle. Moreover, knowledge should be  
recognized in its role in the development of information and  
communication technology. At the same time, there is a fundamental  
need to develop an ability to discern information received, given the  
enormous sea of information available. This process can flourish only  
where there is a recognized hierarchy of values.

     Thank you, Mr. Chairman.



--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Fri Oct 21 04:52:17 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Media Advisory on the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis: Accredit Now
References: <23243.benhamid.SA-44435.2005.10.17.69235.38.pressinfo.mailb@itu.int>
Message-ID: <896CA0BD-1638-43DF-9B2E-5471A7335F4D@traceynaughton.com>



?International Telecommunication Union
For immediate release
?Contact Us : Press and Public Information Service


World Summit on the Information Society - Tunis Phase
16-18 November2005, Tunis, Tunisia

Accredit Now

Geneva, 17 October 2005 - With the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on  
the Information Society set to open its doors in just five weeks,  
final preparations are now underway for the arrival of an expected 50  
heads of State and government, as well as for an exciting programme  
of high-profile media and Parallel Events featuring leading figures  
from civil society and business.

Journalists are invited to accredit now for this top-level event,  
which will play a major role in shaping the future of the Information  
Society in both developed and developing nations.

What:	World Summit on the Information Society
When:	16-18 November, 2005
Where:	Kram PalExpo, Tunis, Tunisia
The Tunis Phase of the Summit is conceived as a "Summit of  
Solutions", where the Declaration of Principles and 15-point Action  
Plan developed at the Geneva Phase of WSIS in 2003 will be translated  
into tangible strategies aimed at building a more equitable and  
inclusive Information Society.

The event is expected to welcome some 12'000 participants from UN  
agencies, the private sector, civil society and leading media  
organizations worldwide.

Those who have already confirmed their attendance include:

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Heads of state and heads of government from more than 50 countries  
worldwide
Top-level executives from over 200 companies including Alcatel,  
Ericsson, France Telecom, Google, Huawei, Infosys, Intel, KDDI,  
Microsoft, Nokia, NTT DoCoMo, Skype, Sun Microsystems, Telef?nica,  
WorldSpace and others
Heads of UN agencies and programmes including ITU, UNDP, UNESCO and UPU
Leading development organizations including Grameen Telecom, MS  
Swaminathan Foundation, Telecoms Sans Fronti?res.
Alongside the three days of Plenary sessions, the Summit will also  
feature a programme of around 250 Parallel Events, featuring  
presentations and debates by participating organizations on topics  
relevant to the development of tomorrow's Information Society.

In addition, a special 10'000m2 ICT4All exhibition will showcase the  
activities of more than 100 NGOs and private sector enterprises,  
focusing particularly on developing and Least Developed Countries.

Internet Governance at Centre Stage

The Summit will also serve as the stage for key decisions on the  
future of Internet governance, following failure to reach consensus  
at the Summit's final preparatory meeting (PrepCom-3), which took  
place in Geneva from September 19-30.

Negotiations at a resumed PrepCom, scheduled immediately prior to the  
opening of WSIS, are expected to be lively, as pressure to finalize  
the Summit output documents brings the remaining contentious issues  
to a head.

A draft plan of the full Summit programme can be found here.

Media Accreditation

Official media accreditation is compulsory for this event.

Details of the accreditation procedure and an online accreditation  
form can be found here.

Journalists already accredited for WSIS PrepCom-3 do not need to re- 
accredit for WSIS.

Pre-accredited journalists will be able to collect their Media badges  
from Friday,11 November 2005 at the WSIS Accreditation and Badging  
Centre, located some 6km from the Kram Centre. Please note that the  
letter from ITU confirming acceptance of accreditation must be  
presented, together with an internationally recognized photo  
identification document (passport or national identity card).

Accreditation applications can also be made directly onsite, though  
journalists should note that this could involve lengthy delays. Those  
choosing to accredit on arrival should take careful note of all  
accreditation requirements and ensure they have all required  
documentation with them before their arrival at the Accreditation and  
Badging Centre.

Please note that no exceptions will be made to WSIS accreditation  
requirements, and that, for security reasons, there will strictly no  
admittance to the Kram centre without a Media badge.

For further information about the World Summit on the Information  
Society contact:

Mr Sanjay Acharya
Communication Officer
WSIS Executive Secretariat
Tel: +41 22 730 5046
Email


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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Oct 21 09:35:14 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [hr-wsis] Re: Ms. Ebadi nominated
In-Reply-To: <4357B2C8.7000707@web.ca>
References: <DE1C3930-417A-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
 <4357B2C8.7000707@web.ca>
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20051021093503.05776280@pop.gn.apc.org>

great..

karen

>>Great news. Although I really don't see any reason why the 
>>"selection committee" receives an answer regarding a nomination he hasn't made.
>>In any case, on behalf of the HR caucus, I would like to thank you 
>>to all for your support.
>>I'll send in any case the final list, for the record.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Meryem



From ocaproce_internationale at hotmail.com  Fri Oct 21 10:36:25 2005
From: ocaproce_internationale at hotmail.com (ocaproce internationale)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of Internet
 Society ISOC Francophonie
In-Reply-To: <00b701c5d570$cc4d7950$dbc7cfc4@MartheDansokho>
Message-ID: <BAY19-F26758414097EED7685385389720@phx.gbl>

Je suis de l'avis de Madame Marthe Dansokho pour lque es femmes se 
mobilisent autour de la probl?matique des enfants.

Ch?re Marthe,
J'aimerais faire davantage votre connaissance surtout avoir vos coordonn?s 
afin d'entrer en contact avec vous pour des ?changes d'id?es, merci pour vos 
interventions m?me si les femmes ne comprennent pas encore qu'il faut jouer 
le r?le d'une femme et m?re! Vous pouvez m'?crire directement par mon email: 
makoudj@yahoo.com.

Meilleures salutations



Princesse Micheline MAKOU DJOUMA
Presidente et Coordinatrice Internationale
(41) 078 893 11 54 GENEVE






>From: "Marthe Dansokho" <mdansokho@sentoo.sn>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter 
>of Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:21:28 -0000
>
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
>Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
>Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of 
>this message!
>_______________________________________
>
>Je suis contente de voir un temps special consacre aux problemes des 
>enfants. Cette couche de notre population merite l attention 1ere de tous 
>et je salue le travail qui est realise pour leur donner un mieux etre.
>
>De tout coeur avec vous!
>
>Marthe DANSOKHO
>Me Service Social
>Ps 84:10 Mieux vaut un jour dans tes parvis que mille ailleurs!
>Marthe DANSOKHO
>Me Service Social
>Ps 84:10 Mieux vaut un jour dans tes parvis que mille ailleurs!
>----- Original Message ----- From: "ocaproce internationale" 
><ocaproce_internationale@hotmail.com>
>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:07 AM
>Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter 
>of Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
>
>
>>Bonjour Philippe,
>>
>>Dans le cadre des ?v?nement parall?les au Prepcom3, OCAPROCE 
>>Internationale
>>a organis? son 2?me Colloque international sur les TIC et lesDroits de
>>l'Enfant, le 23 septembre dernier au Palais des Nations salle XXII.
>>
>>En attendant de finaliser les actes de ce Colloque, je vous prie de 
>>trouver
>>ci-joints pour votre information, la D?claration de Gen?ve ainsi que le
>>rapport de synth?se.
>>
>>Meilleures salutations
>>
>>
>>
>>Princesse Micheline MAKOU DJOUMA
>>Presidente et Coordinatrice Internationale
>>(41) 078 893 11 54 GENEVE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>From: "Philippe Batreau" <pbatreau@epistrophe.fr>
>>>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>>To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>>>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to join french speaking chapter of
>>>Internet Society ISOC Francophonie
>>>Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:32:04 +0200
>>>
>>>Dear all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>This message is in french.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Bonjour,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Le chapitre fran?ais de l'Internet Society, Isoc France, en partenariat
>>>avec
>>>d'autres chapitres francophones et des organismes publics et priv?s
>>>francophones pr?parent le lancement d' ? Isoc Francophonie ?, chapitre
>>>francophone de l'Internet Society.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Nous cherchons ? ?largir le champ des personnes et organismes int?ress?s.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>L'objet d'Isoc Francophonie est notamment la promotion de la francophonie
>>>dans l'internet, la promotion de l'internet dans la francophonie et de
>>>favoriser et impulser des projets de  coop?ration internationaux.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Trois cat?gories de membres sont pr?vues : chapitres francophones et
>>>organismes associ?s, collectivit?s publiques (collectivit?s locales et
>>>autres types d'?tablissements publics), entreprises. Nous nous adressons
>>>aussi aux personnes francophones souhaitant adh?rer ? l'ISOC et ne
>>>disposant
>>>pas d'un chapitre dans leur pays.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Une r?union de lancement aura lieu ? Tunis, le 15 novembre 2005 ? 15 h,
>>>dans
>>>le cadre des ?v?nements parall?les au SMSI.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Nous invitons les personnes et organismes int?ress?s tant par le projet 
>>>que
>>>par la r?union de lancement ? nous le faire savoir en r?pondant ? ce
>>>message.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Un site est en cours de construction :
>>>
>>>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/
>>>
>>>O? vous pouvez vous inscrire sur la liste de discussion en remplissant le
>>>formulaire en ligne :
>>>
>>>http://www.francophonie.isoc.fr/article.php3?id_article=1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Dans l'attente de vous lire,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Cordialement,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Philippe Batreau
>>>
>>>http://www.isoc.fr <http://www.isoc.fr/>
>>>
>>>http://www.smsi-territoires.net <http://www.smsi-territoires.net/>
>>>
>>>http://www.epistrophe.fr <http://www.epistrophe.fr/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 21 11:54:55 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Ms. Ebadi nominated
In-Reply-To: <DE1C3930-417A-11DA-A311-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051021105455.72184.qmail@web60724.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Meruyem,
Great ! Good news...
Let's go ahead.
Djilali

--- Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org> wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Great news. Although I really don't see any reason
> why the "selection 
> committee" receives an answer regarding a nomination
> he hasn't made.
> In any case, on behalf of the HR caucus, I would
> like to thank you to 
> all for your support.
> I'll send in any case the final list, for the
> record.
> 
> Best regards,
> Meryem
> 
> Le jeudi, 20 oct 2005, ? 16:41 Europe/Paris, Rik
> Panganiban a ?crit :
> 
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > Good news from the ITU.  The SG of the WSIS will
> be nominating Ms. 
> > Ebadi to be the opening speaker on behalf of civil
> society.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rik Panganiban
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: <wsis@itu.int>
> > Date: October 20, 2005 10:29:05 AM EDT
> > To: <rikp@earthlink.net>
> > Cc: <rbloem@ngocongo.org>, <bureau@wsis-cs.org>,
> <wsis@ngocongo.org>, 
> > <charles.geiger@itu.int>, <moncef.achour@itu.int>,
> 
> > <charlotte.sgier@itu.int>
> > Subject: RE: Speaker Background Notes and
> Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi
> >
> >
> > Dear Civil Society Selection Committee,
> >
> > I hereby inform you that Secretary-General of ITU
> Mr. Utsumi decided 
> > to nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as the opening
> speaker on behalf of Civil 
> > Society. Ms. Renate Bloem, who had been nominated
> as the opening 
> > speaker in the initial list, was invited to speak
> in the General 
> > debate. At the same time, we were informed that
> Mr. Roberto Bissio was 
> > not available for the Tunis Summit.
> >
> > The second list of Plenary speakers from Civil
> Society will be 
> > announced by the end of next week.
> >
> > With my best regards
> >
> > Toru Nakaya
> > In charge of the official program coordination
> > WSIS Executive Secretariat
> >
> > ==============================
> >
> > Dear Mr. Nakaya,
> >
> > Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi
> as well as 3  
> > attachments related to the letter:
> >
> > 1. Background information on recommended speakers
> from civil society
> > 2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending
> Ms. Shirin Ebadi  
> > dated 12 October 2005
> > 3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi?s
> recommendation (as of 16  
> > October 2005)
> >
> > Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.
> >
> > Rik Panganiban
> > on behalf of the selection committee
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ===============================================
> > 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 
> >
> > * Information on the WSIS at
> http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
> > * Submit NGO Events to http://www.ngoevents.org
> >
> >
> 
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From nne75 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 21 12:31:59 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis
Message-ID: <20051021113159.80223.qmail@web50211.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all, 
 
Please find below the updated list of Civil Society organisations that may participate in the Africa Civil Society village during the ICT4ALL exhibition platform in Tunis.  
 

1.        African Century  - UK

2.        African Youth - Africa

3.        Amarc Africa - South Africa

4.        ANAIS - Africa

5.       Association Yam Pukri ? Burkina Faso

6.        Azur D?veloppement - Congo

7.        Base Network Africa  - Nigeria

8.        Bokk Jang / Bokk Jeff - Senegal

9.        CEFEPROD - Cameroon 

10.    CRESP - Senegal

11.    Devnet - Nigeria 

12.    Drepanet - France

13.    ENDA - Senegal 

14.    Equinox - Nigeria

15.    Fantsuam Foundation - Nigeria

16.    Fossfa/Fossrec - Ghana

17.    Jonction -  Senegal 

18.    Knowledge House Africa - Nigeria

19.    LinuxChix  - Kenya

20.    Mali (Group) - Mali

21.    MISA - Namibia

22.    NAWODA  - Uganda

23.    PIWA -  Senegal  

24.    RDC (Group)

25.    Schoolnet - South Africa 

26.    Shuttleworth Foundation - South Africa

27.    Sudan Internet Society  - Sudan

28.    WANGONET - Nigeria 

29.    WOUGNET - Uganda 

30.    Youth for Technology -  Nigeria
            31.  Youth Leadership Forum ? Nigeria
 
For any other information, please contact:
 
Nnenna Nwakanma
Pavilion Coordinator
nne75@yahoo.com
 
 

		
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From: ershova at iis.ru (Tatiana V. Ershova)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Congratulations for Ms. Shirin Ebadi's nomination
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Message-ID: <018101c5d639$df76c530$d173a8c0@msk.iis.ru>

Dear colleagues,

WSIS Civil Society Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family congratulates all for Ms. Ebadi's nomination as civil society speaker for WSIS opening ceremony in Tunis. We extend our gratitude to the WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus for their proposal to have her as our speaker.

With best regards,

Tatiana Ershova,

Co-Coordinator
WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family
 
General Director
Institute of the Information Society
E-mail: info@iis.ru
URL: http://www.iis.ru

4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
E-mail: ershova@iis.ru
  ----- ???????? ????????? ----- 
  ??: Rik Panganiban 
  ????: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  ?????: hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org 
  ??????????: 20 ??????? 2005 ?. 18:41
  ????: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi


  Dear Colleagues,


  Good news from the ITU.  The SG of the WSIS will be nominating Ms. Ebadi to be the opening speaker on behalf of civil society.


  Regards,


  Rik Panganiban



  Begin forwarded message:


    From: <wsis@itu.int>
    Date: October 20, 2005 10:29:05 AM EDT
    To: <rikp@earthlink.net>
    Cc: <rbloem@ngocongo.org>, <bureau@wsis-cs.org>, <wsis@ngocongo.org>, <charles.geiger@itu.int>, <moncef.achour@itu.int>, <charlotte.sgier@itu.int>
    Subject: RE: Speaker Background Notes and Recommendation of Ms. Ebadi




    Dear Civil Society Selection Committee,


    I hereby inform you that Secretary-General of ITU Mr. Utsumi decided to nominate Ms. Shirin Ebadi as the opening speaker on behalf of Civil Society.  Ms. Renate Bloem, who had been nominated as the opening speaker in the initial list, was invited to speak in the General debate. At the same time, we were informed that Mr. Roberto Bissio was not available for the Tunis Summit.


    The second list of Plenary speakers from Civil Society will be announced by the end of next week.


    With my best regards


    Toru Nakaya
    In charge of the official program coordination
    WSIS Executive Secretariat


    ==============================


    Dear Mr. Nakaya,


    Please find attached a cover letter to Mr. Utsumi as well as 3  
    attachments related to the letter:


    1. Background information on recommended speakers from civil society
    2. Letter from Human Rights Caucus recommending Ms. Shirin Ebadi  
    dated 12 October 2005
    3. List of endorsing entities to Ms. Ebadi?s recommendation (as of 16  
    October 2005)


    Please transmit this to Mr. Utsumi.


    Rik Panganiban
    on behalf of the selection committee







  ===============================================
  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 


  * Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
  * Submit NGO Events to http://www.ngoevents.org



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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Oct 21 16:39:48 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051021113159.80223.qmail@web50211.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <E97EF5CA-4248-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Is this only meant as subsaharian Africa ? No North-African countries ?
Meryem

Le vendredi, 21 oct 2005, ? 13:31 Europe/Paris, Nnenna a ?crit :

> Dear all,
> ?
> Please find below the updated list of Civil Society organisations that 
> may participate in the Africa Civil Society village during the ICT4ALL 
> exhibition platform in Tunis.?
> ?
>
> 1.???????African Century? - UK
>
> 2.???????African Youth - Africa
>
> 3.???????Amarc Africa - South Africa
>
> 4.???????ANAIS - Africa
>
> 5.??????Association Yam Pukri ? Burkina Faso
>
> 6.???????Azur D?veloppement - Congo
>
> 7.???????Base Network Africa? - Nigeria
>
> 8.???????Bokk Jang?/ Bokk Jeff - Senegal
>
> 9.???????CEFEPROD - Cameroon
>
> 10.???CRESP - Senegal
>
> 11.???Devnet - Nigeria
>
> 12.???Drepanet - France
>
> 13.???ENDA - Senegal
>
> 14.???Equinox - Nigeria
>
> 15.???Fantsuam Foundation - Nigeria
>
> 16.???Fossfa/Fossrec -?Ghana
>
> 17.???Jonction -?Senegal
>
> 18.???Knowledge House Africa - Nigeria
>
> 19.???LinuxChix? - Kenya
>
> 20.???Mali (Group) - Mali
>
> 21.???MISA - Namibia
>
> 22.???NAWODA? - Uganda
>
> 23.???PIWA -?Senegal?
>
> 24.???RDC (Group)
>
> 25.???Schoolnet - South Africa
>
> 26.???Shuttleworth Foundation - South Africa
>
> 27.???Sudan Internet Society?- Sudan
>
> 28.???WANGONET - Nigeria
>
> 29.???WOUGNET - Uganda
>
> 30.???Youth for Technology - ?Nigeria
>
> ??????????? 31.? Youth Leadership Forum ? Nigeria
> ?
> For any other information, please contact:
> ?
> Nnenna Nwakanma
> Pavilion Coordinator
> nne75@yahoo.com
> ?
> ?
>
>
>
<image.tiff>
>
> Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. 

From nne75 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 21 16:42:16 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis
In-Reply-To: <E97EF5CA-4248-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <20051021154216.78382.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Meryem
 
The invitation to co-exhibit included all Civil Society organisations in Africa and its diaspora.  I was also disappointed by the apparent lack of (interest) (existence) of Northern African CSOs.
 
Very best
 
Nnenna

		
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From correia.rui at gmail.com  Fri Oct 21 17:02:45 2005
From: correia.rui at gmail.com (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis
In-Reply-To: <E97EF5CA-4248-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <002001c5d658$eacd5b00$0500000a@Laptop>

Hi Meryem

There are a number of other exhibitors that are not part of the ?Village? ?
this year to be a market ? but as to whether they are Civil Society or not,
I cannot say nor will I be the one to put my head on the block, since
nowadays even appointed Senators are claiming to be members of  Civil
Society.

At any rate, you can read the names of the exhibitors on the map of the expo
hall by hovering the cursor over the stand. You can find the mat at
http://www.mediacoding.ch/ottofrei/tunis/map3/ 

Rui
________________________________________________
?
?
Rui Correia
Coordinator, Southern Africa WSIS Partnership
(Media Institute of Southern Africa, SACOD, Highway Africa)
38 Finch St, 
Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort, 
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336
Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214



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Of Meryem Marzouki
Sent: 21 October 2005 17:40
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis

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Is this only meant as subsaharian Africa ? No North-African countries ?
Meryem

 


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct 21 17:13:14 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051021154216.78382.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20051021154216.78382.qmail@web50201.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 21-Oct-05, at 11:42 AM, Nnenna wrote:

>
> The invitation to co-exhibit included all Civil Society  
> organisations in Africa and its diaspora.  I was also disappointed  
> by the apparent lack of (interest) (existence) of Northern African  
> CSOs.
>

should I comment...?

Likely the north Africans will likely be found elsewhere at WSIS. We  
are in their region after all....

regards

Robert
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From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS: New documents for the WSIS Negotiation Group meeting of next week
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From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Fri Oct 21 18:01:45 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ Tunis
In-Reply-To: <002001c5d658$eacd5b00$0500000a@Laptop>
Message-ID: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Thanks Rui for the map. The African village seems to include a group 
from Tunisia (Conseil de l'ordre des ing?nieurs, "Engineers council 
order" or whatever is the right name in English for these professional 
organizations), but not all listed in Nnenna' mail are listed. It's 
next to a Chinese pavillon called "welcome to China NGOs". Cute:)

Some Morrocan groups (e.g. ISOC-Morrocco) are listed on the Morrocan 
gov pavillon.

Meryem

Le vendredi, 21 oct 2005, ? 18:02 Europe/Paris, Rui Correia a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
> specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Hi Meryem
>
> There are a number of other exhibitors that are not part of the 
> ?Village? ?
> this year to be a market ? but as to whether they are Civil Society or 
> not,
> I cannot say nor will I be the one to put my head on the block, since
> nowadays even appointed Senators are claiming to be members of  Civil
> Society.
>
> At any rate, you can read the names of the exhibitors on the map of 
> the expo
> hall by hovering the cursor over the stand. You can find the mat at
> http://www.mediacoding.ch/ottofrei/tunis/map3/
>
> Rui
> ________________________________________________
> ?
> ?
> Rui Correia
> Coordinator, Southern Africa WSIS Partnership
> (Media Institute of Southern Africa, SACOD, Highway Africa)
> 38 Finch St,
> Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort,
> Johannesburg, South Africa
> Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336
> Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Meryem Marzouki
> Sent: 21 October 2005 17:40
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update - Africa Civil Society Village @ 
> Tunis
>
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> list.
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> Is this only meant as subsaharian Africa ? No North-African countries ?
> Meryem
>
>
>
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From Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr  Fri Oct 21 18:28:11 2005
From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein du smsi
In-Reply-To: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr>

i hope we must organize our document distribution on wsis

some comments?

bruno salgues



Document: WSIS-05/TUNIS/ADM/4-E
Date: 19 October 2005
Original: English

Note by the Executive Secretariat
Guidelines for the distribution of publications, documents, and any other
printed materials on the premises of the Summit


The following guidelines have been drawn up on the basis of UN practice for
world summits and for major UN events and meetings.

There are three categories of WSIS documents which follow distinct procedures
for distribution:
WSIS documents
WSIS-related documents
Documents distributed at parallel events

In the case of WSIS and WSIS-related documents (a and b above), the guidelines
are implemented by ITU and the WSIS Executive Secretariat, collectively
referred to hereinafter as "the Secretariat". Documents are defined as
publications, documents, information material, newspapers, books, magazines and
any printed materials as well as electronic (CD, online, etc.) materials.

In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the responsibility
rests solely with the organizer of the event.

Any document that does not comply with these criteria and procedural guidelines
cannot be distributed and will be removed by the Secretariat without prior
notice. The delegation and/or accredited entity concerned will have the
opportunity to seek clarification from the Secretariat for any action taken in
this regard.


a. WSIS documents

1. What is a WSIS document?
 There are three types of WSIS document:
Type 1: Official documents set out in the agenda of the Summit.

Type 2: Administrative documents such as annotated and daily agendas, time
management plans, Information for participants, etc.

Type 3: Contributions related to the agenda of the Summit such as input
documents and statements delivered in Plenary.

2. Who can submit a WSIS document
 Types 1 and 2: Official and administrative documents are submitted by the WSIS
Preparatory Committee through the Secretariat of the Summit or by the
Secretariat of the Summit.

Type 3: Contributions related to the agenda of the Summit can be submitted only
by government delegations and observers.

3. How to proceed to submit a WSIS document
 Type 1: Official documents are submitted electronically to the WSIS Documents
Service. Official documents are then made available to participants in Arabic,
Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

Type 2: Administrative documents are submitted electronically to the WSIS
Documents Service. Administrative documents are then made available to
participants in English, French and Spanish.

Type 3: Contributions are submitted to the WSIS Documents Service at
wsis-contributions@itu.int Contributions are made available to the participants
in the language(s) in which the contributions were submitted.

4. Where are WSIS documents distributed? Types 1 and 2: Official and
administrative documents are available on the WSIS website at
www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/official/ and www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/administrative/.

Type 3: Contributions are made available on the WSIS website at
www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/contributions/.

Government delegations and observers wishing to make their contributions
available in hard copy to WSIS participants are advised to provide 500 copies
to the WSIS Documents Service at

"Livraison Documentation"
WSIS Documents Service
PalExpo Kram
SMSI 2005
Porte No. 3
Kram, Tunisie

These contributions are distributed only at authorized distribution points (see
paragraph 8) in the quantities and in the language in which they are received.
Please note that the Summit Secretariat can undertake neither the translation
nor the reproduction of such contributions.

All participants will receive a set of documents in exchange for a document
voucher provided upon registration in Tunis. Additional documents will be made
available as follows:

a. in pigeonholes located at the entrance of the Plenary Hall and assigned for
this purpose1 to government delegations, international organizations and
entities having received a standing invitation from the UN General Assembly;

b. at the Civil Society and Business Sector information desks.



  WSIS statements delivered in Plenary
  Speakers to the Plenary are invited to submit an advance copy of their
statement. The statement should contain a clear indication of: 1) the speaker?s
name; 2) the speaker?s title; 3) the name of the state or organization of the
speaker; 4) the contact details of a contact person; 5) the session of the
Plenary at which the statement is to be delivered; 6) original language of
text. If changes are to be made to the text, the contact person should advise
the WSIS Executive Secretariat at the latest 15 minutes after the end of the
speech delivery. In the absence of an indication, the speech will be posted on
the web 15 minutes after delivery at www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/statements/.
Statements should preferably be submitted by e-mail to the Secretariat at
wsis-statements@itu.int in the language(s) of their choice. They can also be
handed out to the Speakers? List Officers Desk in the Plenary Hall located near
the podium, on diskette or as hard copy.
Speakers who wish to distribute paper copies of their statements should deliver
the copies of their statement to the WSIS-related Document Service, in the
languages and quantities they wish to make available to participants.

Copies provided will be made available at the designated authorized distribution
points. The Secretariat can undertake neither the translation nor the
reproduction of such statements.



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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Oct 22 03:05:33 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein
 du smsi
In-Reply-To: <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr>
References: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr>
Message-ID: <43599E6D.9020400@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

> Document: WSIS-05/TUNIS/ADM/4-E Date: 19 October 2005 Original: English
> 
> Note by the Executive Secretariat Guidelines for the distribution of
> publications, documents, and any other printed materials on the
> premises of the Summit

(irrelevant stuff snipped)

> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the
> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.
Now - what does this mean?
Responsibility for distributing?
Or responsibility in terms of criminal liability?

It basically says nothing about what we can do in the side-events. I think 
we should assume that this is of course according to the human rights 
standards agreed to in the relevant UN and WSIS documents. :-)

Ralf

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 22 03:18:45 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein du smsi
In-Reply-To: <43599E6D.9020400@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr> <43599E6D.9020400@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <136783A8-EFE2-4457-9AF7-D5E50E37A902@lists.privaterra.org>


On 21-Oct-05, at 10:05 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
>
>> Document: WSIS-05/TUNIS/ADM/4-E Date: 19 October 2005 Original:  
>> English
>> Note by the Executive Secretariat Guidelines for the distribution of
>> publications, documents, and any other printed materials on the
>> premises of the Summit
>>
>
> (irrelevant stuff snipped)
>
>
>> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the
>> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.
>>
> Now - what does this mean?
> Responsibility for distributing?
> Or responsibility in terms of criminal liability?
>
Means, don't comply and WSIS ES takes action. At the Prepcom , this  
meant Moncef and the UN guards kicking people out of a room. Probably  
means something worse at the summit -perhaps loss of accreditation,  
or who knows...


> It basically says nothing about what we can do in the side-events.  
> I think we should assume that this is of course according to the  
> human rights standards agreed to in the relevant UN and WSIS  
> documents. :-)
>

In UN speak, parallel events are venues @ Kram Centre. that's the  
area that's only open to accredited orgs.  side-events means events  
"off-site" - where Tunisian law applies.






From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Oct 22 03:51:14 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein
 du smsi
In-Reply-To: <136783A8-EFE2-4457-9AF7-D5E50E37A902@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr> <43599E6D.9020400@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <136783A8-EFE2-4457-9AF7-D5E50E37A902@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <4359A922.3040409@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Robert Guerra wrote:

>>> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the 
>>> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.

> Means, don't comply and WSIS ES takes action.
But comply with what? That was my question...

> In UN speak, parallel events are venues @ Kram Centre. that's the  area
>  that's only open to accredited orgs.  side-events means events 
> "off-site" - where Tunisian law applies.
But where we are still covered (protected?) by the host country agreement 
- which is not public yet...

But thanks for reminding us that there is a difference...

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 22 04:20:01 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein du smsi
In-Reply-To: <4359A922.3040409@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr> <43599E6D.9020400@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <136783A8-EFE2-4457-9AF7-D5E50E37A902@lists.privaterra.org> <4359A922.3040409@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <0CFC1058-E00B-42FE-92E1-7CF1DA364408@lists.privaterra.org>

On 21-Oct-05, at 10:51 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

>
> Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>
>>>> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the  
>>>> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.
>>>>
>
>
>> Means, don't comply and WSIS ES takes action.
>>
> But comply with what? That was my question...
>
well, let's all raise the question to national delegations and see if  
they can get an answer. After all, they will be in Geneva next week  
and can ask the ITU...

>
>> In UN speak, parallel events are venues @ Kram Centre. that's the   
>> area
>>  that's only open to accredited orgs.  side-events means events  
>> "off-site" - where Tunisian law applies.
>>
> But where we are still covered (protected?) by the host country  
> agreement - which is not public yet...

I read somewhere that the document was only going to be released once  
it got approved by the Tunisian Parliament....if it has, and there  
might be people who might be able to tell us - then the ITU should  
release it. So they promised over, and over...

I know several countries have also asked to see it. Whether they have  
been able to get a copy, don't know. I think they are in the same  
situation we are.

Such an important document , and hidden from all of us... hmm. a  
taste of things to come..?

regards

Robert


From tracey at traceynaughton.com  Sat Oct 22 05:06:03 2005
From: tracey at traceynaughton.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to IFAD's panel discussion - "Eradicating rural poverty by connecting rural communities".
References: <009401c5d4b0$fce86b30$8a25030a@wks.ifad.org>
Message-ID: <0AD48162-5AFD-41D8-8281-72AE738FF8EB@traceynaughton.com>

Dear Colleague,

During WSIS the International Fund for Agricultural Development  
(IFAD), will hold a panel discussion on the theme "Eradicating rural  
poverty by connecting rural communities".



I am pleased to invite you to attend IFAD?s panel discussion, which  
will be held from 9 to 11 am on Thursday 17 November, in Meeting Room  
B?ja at the Parc des expositions du Kram (Kram PalExpo).



Information and communication technology (ICT) is a powerful tool for  
rural development. However, before ICTs can make a meaningful  
contribution to improving the lives of rural poor people, certain  
conditions have to be met. These relate to ownership, local content,  
language, culture and appropriate technology. Access to ICTs becomes  
important only once these conditions have been met.

We anticipate that new ideas will emerge from the discussion on how  
to increase the positive impact of ICTs in rural areas of developing  
countries, and on how to ensure that ICTs can contribute in  
meaningful, substantive and sustainable ways to the eradication of  
rural poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.



The discussion will draw attention to the real-time experience and  
lessons learned emerging from IFAD?s First Mile Project in Tanzania,  
which is tackling two challenges: access by rural poor people to  
information and knowledge, and to communication technologies such as  
mobile phones, the Internet and email; and how they can build  
relationships, communicate and negotiate with others along the market  
chain to improve their access to markets. The project is supported by  
the Government of Switzerland.

The discussion will highlight issues including:

the importance of relevant local content
how local people are using and adapting ICTs in innovative ways to  
their own circumstances and needs
convergence and complementarity of traditional and new ICTs

It will do so by bringing in the voices of rural poor people,  
highlighting their needs, priorities and their hopes for how they can  
use ICTs to improve their lives. Panelists will be asked to discuss  
the relevance and implications of the First Mile experiences for  
Africa, for other regions and globally, building on their own  
knowledge and experience.


A specialized agency of the United Nations, IFAD is dedicated to  
eradicating poverty and hunger in the rural areas of developing  
countries. Through low-interest loans and grants, IFAD develops and  
finances projects that enable poor rural people to overcome poverty  
themselves.


Since 1978, IFAD has invested about US$8.7 billion in more than 690  
rural development projects in 115 countries and territories around  
the world. These projects have enabled over 250 million small  
farmers, herders, fisherfolk, landless workers, artisans and  
indigenous peoples to make a better life for themselves and for their  
families. IFAD?s projects help to reduce poverty in some of the  
world?s most remote and fragile areas, and among its poorest and most  
marginalized people.


On my own behalf and that of IFAD, allow me to voice the hope that  
our roundtable will be honoured by your presence and participation.


Sincerely yours,

Sandra McGuire

Director of Communication

IFAD




Panelists

Cyril Enweze, Vice-President, IFAD
Clive Lightfoot, Executive Director International Support Group and  
President of the International Farming Systems Association (IFSA).
Aida Opoku Mensah, Director, United Nations Economic Commission for  
Africa (UNECA)
Clare O?Farrell, Communication for Development Office, Food and  
Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Nathaniel Katinila, Project Coordinator Agricultural Marketing  
Systems Development Programme (AMSDP)
Richard Gerster, Development economist and activities, University of  
St Gall

Agenda

Opening remarks: Cyril Enweze, Vice-President, IFAD
Nathaniel Katinila: Brief presentation on Agricultural Marketing  
Systems Development Programme (AMSDP) and conditions on the ground
Clive Lightfoot: Presentation on lessons emerging from the First Mile  
project
Richard Gerster: How can use of information and communication  
technology help eradicate rural poverty: the role of the donor community
Aida Opoku Mensah: Elements of good policies and strategies to ensure  
relevant and meaningful use of ICTs in rural areas: the role of  
governments and the private sector
Clare O'Farrell: Local appropriation of ICTs and the implications for  
rural development interventions
Debate and discussion
Summing up and closing remarks: Cyril Enweze, Vice-President, IFAD



________________________________________________________
2005 is the International Year of Microcredit -
Microfinance is one way to fight poverty in rural areas,
where most of the world's poorest people live.


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From cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu  Sat Oct 22 05:36:38 2005
From: cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu (Richard Vincent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: U.S. worried about Tunis phase?, Perhaps.
Message-ID: <s3597b90.034@isugw.indstate.edu>

Hello Rony:

I appreciate your response about US press reactions the last couple weeks.  I agree with you that the Alan Riding 13 October NYT article was much more evenhanded than the others I cited in my posting.  However, the Riding piece you mention does not appear to be without problems.

For example, the Riding piece mentions the present conflict in UNESCO, yet fails to relate this to earlier UNESCO and NWICO events, something that definitely was warranted when the article's first paragraph refers to the 19-year UNESCO boycott by the US.  Information on these earlier events would have better explained events that otherwise are left hanging.  I found that many non-US written stories did get into these circumstances.  Likewise, the Riding article labels the cultural diversity treaty convention as a free trade issue, but does not go deeper and opts to focus on potential US retaliation instead.  Other non-US stories appear to have often been more interested in better understanding how such differences of opinion might arise, and they note how media arguably are not the same as most other trade products, thus deserving different treatment.  Haider Rizxi even quotes Allen Scott of the University of California to explain such trade product differences in an IPS article.  All I am saying is that US-written stories seemed to be more limited in scope, and I have written books and articles on this over the years, the latest with coauthor Johan Galtung.

As for my expressed concern that we were beginning to see a rash of news articles on this and the internet governance "conflicts" at UNESCO and WSIS, I agree that this does not appear to have happened.  My concerns were based on articles, press releases and interviews coming out of Washington late last week and early this week.  However, US Ambassador to Unesco Louise Oliver moved to downplay the significance of the treaty convention vote on Thursday.  Since then, the stories appear to have abated.  

Perhaps it was activity on this and other lists that influenced events.  Perhaps it is mere coincidence that more level heads finally prevailed in Washington.  Whatever the reason, I am glad the activity seen earlier has changed course.  I hope it continues this way.  On the other hand, I think it was useful to remind everyone that we too have access to media organs and we should use them whenever it appears appropriate.  

Regards,

Rick Vincent




Dr. Richard C. Vincent
Professor 
Department of Communication
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
U.S.A.

email: rvincent@indstate.edu
telephone: +1 812 237-3246
fax: +1 812 237-3217
>>> KovenRonald@aol.com 10/19/05 4:05 PM >>>
Dear All --

That's a very unfair set of generalizations about the US press. Alan Riding's 
piece in the NYTimes was a very nuanced and fair piece. It is far from 
adopting the State Dept.'s propaganda line on the Cultural Diversity Convention. 
George Will's piece is indeed predictable propaganda, but he's a columnist and is 
close politically to those putting out the line.

I think if you parse who is writing what, you will find that it is as 
diversified as the press and as the the US political scene. One shouldn't fall into 
the trap of mimicking one's adversaries, by saying the exact opposite of what 
they say.

Best, Rony Koven


From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Sat Oct 22 08:11:07 2005
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein du smsi
In-Reply-To: <0CFC1058-E00B-42FE-92E1-7CF1DA364408@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20051022071119.C260BABE1C@smtp3.libero.it>

Ciao to all, 
I would suggest CONGO could do something useful (probably they have already
plans): as soon as the country agreement is made public, could we have a
short document, circulated as widely as possible, with a listing of basics
in the agreement and practical indication for procedures, requirements ecc,
concerning the different events/actions we may be involved in: from
diffusion of printed materials to public gatherings outside WSIS premises?

Best wishes
Claudia padovani

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di Robert Guerra
Inviato: sabato 22 ottobre 2005 5.20
A: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Oggetto: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au
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On 21-Oct-05, at 10:51 PM, Ralf Bendrath wrote:

>
> Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>
>>>> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the  
>>>> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.
>>>>
>
>
>> Means, don't comply and WSIS ES takes action.
>>
> But comply with what? That was my question...
>
well, let's all raise the question to national delegations and see if  
they can get an answer. After all, they will be in Geneva next week  
and can ask the ITU...

>
>> In UN speak, parallel events are venues @ Kram Centre. that's the   
>> area
>>  that's only open to accredited orgs.  side-events means events  
>> "off-site" - where Tunisian law applies.
>>
> But where we are still covered (protected?) by the host country  
> agreement - which is not public yet...

I read somewhere that the document was only going to be released once  
it got approved by the Tunisian Parliament....if it has, and there  
might be people who might be able to tell us - then the ITU should  
release it. So they promised over, and over...

I know several countries have also asked to see it. Whether they have  
been able to get a copy, don't know. I think they are in the same  
situation we are.

Such an important document , and hidden from all of us... hmm. a  
taste of things to come..?

regards

Robert

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From Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr  Sat Oct 22 08:33:03 2005
From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein du smsi
In-Reply-To: <136783A8-EFE2-4457-9AF7-D5E50E37A902@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <5C912892-4254-11DA-9E7C-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org> <1129915691.4359252bf3b79@imp.int-evry.fr> <43599E6D.9020400@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <136783A8-EFE2-4457-9AF7-D5E50E37A902@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <1129966383.4359eb2f17b8a@imp.int-evry.fr>

i agree on this analyse and i am a lot afraid of this

bruno

Selon Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:

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> >> Document: WSIS-05/TUNIS/ADM/4-E Date: 19 October 2005 Original:
> >> English
> >> Note by the Executive Secretariat Guidelines for the distribution of
> >> publications, documents, and any other printed materials on the
> >> premises of the Summit
> >>
> >
> > (irrelevant stuff snipped)
> >
> >
> >> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the
> >> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.
> >>
> > Now - what does this mean?
> > Responsibility for distributing?
> > Or responsibility in terms of criminal liability?
> >
> Means, don't comply and WSIS ES takes action. At the Prepcom , this
> meant Moncef and the UN guards kicking people out of a room. Probably
> means something worse at the summit -perhaps loss of accreditation,
> or who knows...
>
>
> > It basically says nothing about what we can do in the side-events.
> > I think we should assume that this is of course according to the
> > human rights standards agreed to in the relevant UN and WSIS
> > documents. :-)
> >
>
> In UN speak, parallel events are venues @ Kram Centre. that's the
> area that's only open to accredited orgs.  side-events means events
> "off-site" - where Tunisian law applies.
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From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Sat Oct 22 11:31:27 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] note sur la distribution des documents au sein du smsi
In-Reply-To: <4359A922.3040409@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <0061BD1E-42E7-11DA-B230-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Le samedi, 22 oct 2005, ? 04:51 Europe/Paris, Ralf Bendrath a ?crit :

> Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>>>> In the case of documents distributied at parallel events, the 
>>>> responsibility rests solely with the organizer of the event.
>
>> Means, don't comply and WSIS ES takes action.
> But comply with what? That was my question...

With UN rules, I assume, those that Antoine Madelin (FIDH & HR caucus) 
had to remind us during HR caucus panels at PrepComs, regarding, e.g. 
reports from Human Rights in China: documents from NON accredited 
organizations may be distributed in the room where the event is held, 
but not outside of this room in other Summit premises.
There are for sure other rules, some specific to parallel events @ 
WSIS, that I don't know.

In any case, if parallel event organizers are to be subject to any 
liability, and are under threat of any actions that may be taken by 
WSIS ES, they have to know precisely what are these rules.

So we are waiting for the precise and exhaustive list of rules from 
WSIS ES. Without this knowledge, it would be hard for parallel event 
organizer to comply with the rules, and this would open the reign of 
the arbitrary (first breach of the rule of law).

It's strange, BTW, that parallel event organizers are supposed to 
comply with rules they would (if lucky) know afterwards, subsequently 
to their commitment to organize a parallel event (second breach of the 
rule of law).

Meryem Marzouki
HR caucus co-chair, a caucus which is very sensitive to any breach of 
the rule of law:)

From dhalleck at ucsd.edu  Sat Oct 22 13:16:54 2005
From: dhalleck at ucsd.edu (DeeDee Halleck)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US stands alone over cultural diversity treaty
Message-ID: <435A2DB6.7080207@ucsd.edu>

US stands alone over cultural diversity treaty

>>By Frances Williams in Geneva
>  
>
Financial Times

>>Published: October 20 2005 03:00 | Last updated: October 20 2005 03:00
>  
>
>>>>
>>    
>>
A United Nations treaty to protect and promote cultural diversity is likely to be overwhelmingly approved today in the face of lonely opposition from the US, which fears the impact on exports of US films and television programmes.

In an emotional debate in Unesco (the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) that preceded today's vote, supporters of the treaty led by France and Canada said it would help countries defend domestic culture from the homogenising influence of globalisation.

In a preliminary vote this week, 151 countries backed the pact, with the US and Israel the sole opponents. Australia and the Pacific island of Kiribati abstained.

The treaty affirms the "sovereign right" of countries to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions and requires this to be taken into account in applying other accords, such as the rules of the World Trade Organisation.

France and Canada have backed the pact as a way of reinforcing their claim to keep the "cultural exception" they enjoy at the WTO.

Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, the French culture minister, said this week that the Unesco vote would vindicate France's position on the "cultural exception". Liza Frulla, minister of Canadian heritage, said it was "a tool to protect our own identities".

The European Union said the treaty "will give a lifeline to any communities who feel their cultural diversity is being threatened, particularly in developing countries".

However, the US says the treaty is couched in vague and ambiguous language that could be used to restrict cultural diversity and block trade in cultural goods and services.

Louise Oliver, the US ambassador to Paris-based Unesco, told the FT: "The foundation of cultural diversity is freedom. The main proponents of this convention seem more interested in control over international trade flows and the lives of their citizens than in promoting freedom and cultural diversity."
 

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From: dhalleck at ucsd.edu (DeeDee Halleck)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UNESCO AGREEMENT SHOWS POLITICAL COSTS
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sanjoy Mahajan [mailto:sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:04 PM
To: sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk
Subject: [sm] UNESCO agreement to protect local cultures

The political costs to the US government of invading Iraq accumulate in
small and large ways.

City and national governments worldwide are slowly switching to the
free-software GNU/Linux operating system rather than pay tribute to
Microsoft.  Some of that shift is due to Microsoft's licensing fees,
some of it to free software improving, but some is due to growing
distrust of US power.

Also partly thanks to the Iraq war, American culture -- as seen in
pro-war political conventions, "Freedom Fries", violent movies, people
starving in New Orleans -- is held in low esteem worldwide.  So a large
majority of UNESCO, with only the US and Israel opposed, has approved
the "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of
Cultural Expressions."  Even Britain supported it.  The Independent
article highlights this extreme isolation in its first sentence:

  Not for the first time, the United States has found itself in almost
  total isolation in an international body...

Shades of the UNESCO battles of the 1970's and 1980's over global
information flows, perhaps not coincidentally after worldwide revulsion
towards the Vietnam war.

The US government of course is shedding crocodile tears because:

  repressive regimes could use it to justify "measures that would
  interfere with human rights and fundamental freedoms".

Meaning the human right to consume rubbish from Hollywood and lies from
CNN.

I'll be interested to see how, and whether, this vote is reported by the
US 'culture' industry.

-Sanjoy

`A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.'
   - Bertrand de Jouvenal


http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article321124.ece

Hollywood the loser as global culture plan backed

Independent (London)
21 October 2005

Not for the first time, the United States has found itself in almost
total isolation in an international body, as the rest of the world
adopts a convention which supporters say could help stop the
"steamroller" of Hollywood globalisation.

The "Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of
Cultural Expressions" was approved in Paris yesterday by an
overwhelming majority of 191 member countries of the UN Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). Only Israel joined the
US in opposing the text.

Britain - the current president of the European Union - voted in
favour of the 40-page document. The British ambassador to Unesco,
Timothy Craddock, described it as "clear, carefully balanced, and
consistent with the principles of international law and fundamental
human rights."

But the US ambassador, Louise Oliver, said the convention, adopted
during the UN cultural organisation's general conference which is held
every two years, was "deeply flawed". According to Washington - which
only rejoined Unesco two years ago after a 19-year boycott - it is a
charter for unscrupulous governments to erect trade barriers, suppress
minority cultures and block the free flow of information.

Vigorously backed by France, which tends to lead the world in cultural
protection, the convention authorises nations to take "regulatory
measures" to promote diversity. Under Article 8 they may identify
"situations where cultural expressions ... are at risk of extinction
and may take all "appropriate measures" to preserve them.

Arguments are certain to rage for years over the text's judicial
scope, but the French for one are confident it is an important marker
which will help it keep cinema, publishing and music out of the next
round of talks at the World Trade Organisation. The convention
enshrines the French policy of subsidising the arts and imposing
quotas on American films and music.

Indeed, the Paris press could hardly contain its glee at America's
isolation in the 60-year-old assembly, which was set up after the
Second World War to promote peace via the interchange of ideas.

"The incredible mobilisation of member states of Unesco ... will stay
in the memory as a rare moment," gushed Le Monde. "They have
reaffirmed loud and clear that culture is not a merchandise like
others. They have called on the creators of tomorrow ... to rise up
against the dominant culture and block the American steamroller."

Opponents of the US believe it is motivated by the sole urge to impose
Steven Spielberg and Mariah Carey on the world and strangle at birth
any alternative foreign film or music industry.

The Americans have been careful to base their opposition to the
convention on higher arguments. They have been helped by a text which
- with its use of terms like "interculturality" - lays itself open to
charges of ambiguous banality. According to the US State Department,
the convention could be wilfully misinterpreted to put up all sorts of
trade barriers - only this week France officially designated foie gras
as a "cultural item" - while repressive regimes could use it to
justify "measures that would interfere with human rights and
fundamental freedoms".


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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 22 14:47:03 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Where's the host country agreement - MIA...
In-Reply-To: <20051022071119.C260BABE1C@smtp3.libero.it>
References: <20051022071119.C260BABE1C@smtp3.libero.it>
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On 22-Oct-05, at 3:11 AM, Claudia Padovani wrote:

>
> Ciao to all,
> I would suggest CONGO could do something useful (probably they have  
> already
> plans): as soon as the country agreement is made public, could we  
> have a
> short document, circulated as widely as possible, with a listing of  
> basics
> in the agreement and practical indication for procedures,  
> requirements ecc,
> concerning the different events/actions we may be involved in: from
> diffusion of printed materials to public gatherings outside WSIS  
> premises?
>

I am not sure why the host country agreement isn't yet available , as  
it was signed the first week of the prepcom in sept.

that being said, it is a UN document and thus should be made  
available by the ITU - that's their job.

CS should look at it, and get expert opinion and comment from legal  
experts in CS and friendly diplomats . We need to know what the fine  
print says, specifically  what types of rights, privileges and  
obligations we have.  CS will no doubt want to push the envelope -  
and as such we will need to be proactive and have good relations with  
UN member states . We've had issues with the host country (Tunisia)  
and UN officials already - thanks to them a statement was read at the  
closing prepcom in Sept.

regards

Robert



From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 22 15:46:31 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunis / Logistical Information - Maps & others details
Message-ID: <C19F346C-FC46-49A2-857C-18100D4F4AEC@lists.privaterra.org>

CSB members, such as myself have one key role to play - that of  
helping with, and advising on LOGISTICAL questions and needs.

Consequently,  I'd like to share a very interesting and valuable  
piece of logistical information with all of you...... That being a  
document from ISO, where they give very detailed and accurate  
information on and about many of the summit venues.

URL - <http://jtc1sc36.org/doc/36N1101.pdf>

As you clearly see when you open the document, it is of far better  
quality and in much better detail then ANY information currently  
provided by the ITU or the host country. Unfortunately it is in PDF  
format, a format that is not accessible to those with disabilities.

I would hope that the ISO document inspires others (perhaps the CSB,  
the CS host country liason, or the host country itself,etc..) to come  
up with equally as good documentation IN ADVANCE of the summit.

As for other resources, i've been told that the (pc/windows) google  
earth application has stunning views of Tunis and Tunisia as a whole.


regards

Robert




--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Sat Oct 22 17:56:34 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunis / Logistical Information
In-Reply-To: <C19F346C-FC46-49A2-857C-18100D4F4AEC@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <C19F346C-FC46-49A2-857C-18100D4F4AEC@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20051022095501.039ce070@mail.peoplewho.org>

It looks like there are no ATM/cash machines at the airport.

Does anyone know what kind of "plastic" is acceptable for exchanging money 
and paying hotel and other bills?

Or would it be better to bring currency, US dollars?

Sylvia


From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Sat Oct 22 20:10:38 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunis / Logistical Information
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It's not true. You can use "any plastic" in the airport and almost all
the hotels in Tunis. And cash machines are everywhere.
You can find even some currency change machines.

Euros and US dollars are the most used here by tourists and in commerce.

Marouen



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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Oct 23 02:02:09 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Events listing - Tunisia/Nov 2005
Message-ID: <938C3546-56E2-4877-8220-2A5CACEF7D7B@lists.privaterra.org>

Dear colleagues:

Below is a list i've compiled on events happening at the same time,  
or just before the WSIS. If you know of other events, please email me  
privately and i'll add to next revision.


regards

Robert


--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374


-- Events listing - Nov 2005 - Tunisia --

(1) Resumed PrepCom 3, UN World Summit on the Information Society
(negotiations on Internet Governance)
  Nov 13-15, Tunisia

http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

(2) World Forum on Information Society (WFIS)
November 16-18, 2005 - Tunis -  Renaissance Tunis Hotel

http://irfd.org/events/wf2005/

The International Research Foundation for Development is organizing  
the second phase of its World Forum on Information Society to be held  
in Tunis in November 2005 in view of the United Nations World Summit  
on the Information Society,

(3) Past, Present, and Future of Research  in the Information Society
November 13 - 15, 2005, Tunis, Corinthia Khamsa Hotel

http://www.worldsci.net


This event will examine the role of research and the production of  
knowledge in the information society, with special emphasis on  
developing areas of the world. "Past, Present, and Future of Research  
in the Information Society" (PPF) is a three day conference that  
immediately precedes the second phase of the World Summit on the  
Information Society (WSIS), in Tunisia (November 2005). Core issues  
of the conference lie at the intersection of Science and Engineering,  
Information and Communication Technologies, and Development. While  
WSIS is sponsored by the UN Secretary-General, with the International  
Telecommunication Union in the lead role, this conference is a  
"satellite event" of WSIS without political affiliation.
PPF is a decentralized event, organized by an International Program  
Committee composed of one representative each from a loose coalition  
of organizations.

(4) Global Symposium For Regulators (GSR)

November 14-15, Medina Conference Center in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia

in collaboration with INT (Instance National des T?l?communications,  
Tunisie)


     * GSR 2005 - 14-15 November 2005
       -  Consultation on Best Practice Guidelines

     * Effective Regulation, Executive-level Training for Regulators  
- 12-13 November 2005

     * Third Annual Meeting of Regional Regulators' Associations - 13  
November 2005


From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Sun Oct 23 18:26:36 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent 
In-Reply-To: <200510121328.j9CDSJuP023593@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <20051023172636.95260.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Monsieur Philippe,
 
Je suis dans le suspense total car je n'ai point de nouvelles provenant de votre part. Ainsi, j'aimerai savoir comment faire pour ?tre inform? des ?v?nements r?latifs au d?placement sur Tunis. 
Dans l'espoir de vous lire, veuillez recevoir Monsieur l'expression de ma haute consid?ration.




 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com


		
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From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?En_Tunisie,_le_pr=E9sident_Ben_Ali_s'en_prend_=E0?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_ses_opposants,_en_gr=E8ve_de_la_faim?=
Message-ID: <5DEEC7BB-BF22-418C-9737-931188C68C15@lists.privaterra.org>

http://www.matin.qc.ca/monde.php?article=20051022174402

En Tunisie, le pr?sident Ben Ali s'en prend ? ses opposants, en gr?ve  
de la faim
Presse Canadienne

Le pr?sident tunisien Zine El Abidine Ben Ali s'en est pris samedi ?  
ses opposants qui sont en gr?ve de la faim. Il les a accus? de tenter  
de porter pr?judice ? la Tunisie et ? son image dans le monde. Tunis  
s'appr?te ? accueillir la deuxi?me phase du Sommet mondial sur la  
soci?t? de l'information (SMSI), du 16 au 18 novembre prochain.

Sans les citer par leur nom, le pr?sident tunisien s'en prenait aux  
huit dirigeants d'associations et de partis d'opposition qui ont  
entam? mardi dernier une gr?ve de la faim pour attirer l'attention de  
l'opinion publique sur la d?gradation de la situation politique en  
Tunisie. Les gr?vistes r?clament que soient garanties les libert?s  
d'expression et d'association, la lib?ration des prisonniers  
politiques et la promulgation d'une loi d'amnistie g?n?rale.

Dans une s?che mise en garde, le pr?sident Ben Ali a averti qu'il  
veillera ? appliquer la loi contre quiconque s'avisera de tenter de  
l'enfreindre ou de l'ignorer.



--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From biebl at icnm.net  Mon Oct 24 07:52:26 2005
From: biebl at icnm.net (Thomas Biebl)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Events listing - Tunisia/Nov 2005
In-Reply-To: <938C3546-56E2-4877-8220-2A5CACEF7D7B@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <E1ETwC8-0000Xr-1V@smartmx-02.inode.at>

Dear all,
I wanted to add two events to Robert's WSIS events list:

I: World Summit Youth Award, WSYA
http://www.youthaward.org 
Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 17:30 ? 18:00 | Kram Palexpo- Central Place 

WSYA aims to empower youth by creating digital opportunity. It is an
international competition for youth-led projects that encourage the active
participation of young people in the emerging Information Society. It is the
first global "youth for youth" initiative for selecting and promoting best
practice in e-content and technological creativity. 

WSYA Award Laudations

? Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for
Information Society & Media ? Franz Morak, State Secretary for the Arts and
Media, Republic of Austria ? Lynn St. Amour, President, Internet Society,
Switzerland/United States of America ? Thomas Ganswindt, Dr. h.c., Member of
the Corporate Executive Committee responsible for Information &
Communication, Siemens AG


II: World Summit Award
http://www.wsis-award.org
Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 17:30 ? 18:00 | Kram Palexpo- Central Place 

The WSA Gala is a festive and dynamic event featuring, announcing and
celebrating the world's best e-content and most creative producers, hosting
over 500 highest level guests from all over the world. It will be one of the
prime events at the Tunis summit and one of the few with TV coverage from
around the world.

Award Laudations - Heads of State (tbc)

? Mr. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia ? H.E.
Sheik Salam bin Hamad bin Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain
? Ms. Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of
Bangladesh ? Mr. Franz Morak, State Secretary for Arts & Media of the
Republic of Austria ? Mr. Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of
Senegal ? Mr. G?rard Latortue, Prime Minister of Haiti ? Mr. N?stor Carlos
Kirchner, President of Argentina ? Ms. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland


All the best,
Thomas



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Dear colleagues:

Below is a list i've compiled on events happening at the same time, or just
before the WSIS. If you know of other events, please email me privately and
i'll add to next revision.


regards

Robert


--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) WSIS Civil
Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe Tel +1 416 893 0377
Fax +1 416 893 0374


-- Events listing - Nov 2005 - Tunisia --

(1) Resumed PrepCom 3, UN World Summit on the Information Society
(negotiations on Internet Governance)
  Nov 13-15, Tunisia

http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

(2) World Forum on Information Society (WFIS) November 16-18, 2005 - Tunis -
Renaissance Tunis Hotel

http://irfd.org/events/wf2005/

The International Research Foundation for Development is organizing the
second phase of its World Forum on Information Society to be held in Tunis
in November 2005 in view of the United Nations World Summit on the
Information Society,

(3) Past, Present, and Future of Research  in the Information Society
November 13 - 15, 2005, Tunis, Corinthia Khamsa Hotel

http://www.worldsci.net


This event will examine the role of research and the production of knowledge
in the information society, with special emphasis on developing areas of the
world. "Past, Present, and Future of Research in the Information Society"
(PPF) is a three day conference that immediately precedes the second phase
of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), in Tunisia (November
2005). Core issues of the conference lie at the intersection of Science and
Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies, and Development.
While WSIS is sponsored by the UN Secretary-General, with the International
Telecommunication Union in the lead role, this conference is a "satellite
event" of WSIS without political affiliation.
PPF is a decentralized event, organized by an International Program
Committee composed of one representative each from a loose coalition of
organizations.

(4) Global Symposium For Regulators (GSR)

November 14-15, Medina Conference Center in Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia

in collaboration with INT (Instance National des T?l?communications,
Tunisie)


     * GSR 2005 - 14-15 November 2005
       -  Consultation on Best Practice Guidelines

     * Effective Regulation, Executive-level Training for Regulators
- 12-13 November 2005

     * Third Annual Meeting of Regional Regulators' Associations - 13
November 2005

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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Mon Oct 24 11:49:44 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent 
In-Reply-To: <20051023172636.95260.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <200510241049.j9OAnZKU014257@homer2.tic.ch>

Les informations relatives au transport et ? l?h?bergement ? Tunis sont
disponibles sur www.smsitunis2005.org <http://www.smsitunis2005.org/> ,
ainsi que la liste des ?v?nements parall?les. Le programme officiel est
disponible sur www.itu.int/wsis. .

 

Pour informations compl?mentaires, je vous renvoie aux diff?rents mails que
j?ai envoy? au cours de la semaine derni?re sur la liste virtuelle de la
Plenary, ? laquelle vous ?tes inscrit.

 

Bien ? vous, 

 

Philippe Dam

 

  _____  

De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de Sandza Laurent
Envoy? : dimanche, 23. octobre 2005 18:27
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent 

 

Monsieur Philippe,

 

Je suis dans le suspense total car je n'ai point de nouvelles provenant de
votre part. Ainsi, j'aimerai savoir comment faire pour ?tre inform? des
?v?nements r?latifs au d?placement sur Tunis. 

Dans l'espoir de vous lire, veuillez recevoir Monsieur l'expression de ma
haute consid?ration.

 

 

 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA
<http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/23.gif> 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org <http://www.jvfgabon.org/>  

E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com

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From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent (JVFGabon)
In-Reply-To: <200510241049.j9OAnZKU014257@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <20051024122947.86118.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Monsieur Philippe,
 
Je vous prie de m'excuser une fois de plus du fait de ma pr?occupation. Ainsi, j'aimerai savoir par rapport aux informations dont vous m'avez fait ?tat sur le site www.smsitunis2005.org si je comprends bien le transport, et l'h?bergement me sont d?j? acquis? Car ce que j'ai cru lire sur ce lien http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/index.php?lang=fr dans la rubrique information pour les participants l? j'ai pu lire et d?celler dans un passage que le comit? d'organisation du SMSI dispose de bourses limit?s pour les entit?s accr?dit?s. Alors j'aimerai savoir si j'ai eu une bourse pour participer?.
Merci

CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis@iprolink.ch> a ?crit :
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Les informations relatives au transport et ? l?h?bergement ? Tunis sont disponibles sur www.smsitunis2005.org, ainsi que la liste des ?v?nements parall?les. Le programme officiel est disponible sur www.itu.int/wsis. .

 

Pour informations compl?mentaires, je vous renvoie aux diff?rents mails que j?ai envoy? au cours de la semaine derni?re sur la liste virtuelle de la Plenary, ? laquelle vous ?tes inscrit.

 

Bien ? vous, 

 

Philippe Dam

 

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De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de Sandza Laurent
Envoy? : dimanche, 23. octobre 2005 18:27
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Urgent 


 

Monsieur Philippe,


 


Je suis dans le suspense total car je n'ai point de nouvelles provenant de votre part. Ainsi, j'aimerai savoir comment faire pour ?tre inform? des ?v?nements r?latifs au d?placement sur Tunis. 


Dans l'espoir de vous lire, veuillez recevoir Monsieur l'expression de ma haute consid?ration.


 

 


 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 


E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com



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Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
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From ershova at iis.ru  Mon Oct 24 13:42:25 2005
From: ershova at iis.ru (Tatiana V. Ershova)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to a GKP Forum event at WSIS. Focus: Europe and Central Asia Region, Multi-stakeholder partnerships
References: <435A2DB6.7080207@ucsd.edu>
Message-ID: <001601c5d898$6300e9c0$cd73a8c0@msk.iis.ru>

Dear colleagues,

This is to inform you that the Global Knowledge Partnership / Cluster 
Central & Eastern Europe in partnership with the Institute of the 
Information Society, UN ICT Task Force Europe and Central Asia Regional 
Network and the Russian e-Development Partnership are organizing Regional 
Meeting ?Information Society Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia? 
within the Global Knowledge Partnership Forum at the World Summit on the 
Information Society. The event is scheduled for 17 November 2005 on 
12:00 -13:30 at ICT4All Exhibition, Expo Room 8.

The main goal of the meeting is to present the level of the information 
society development in Eastern European and Central Asian countries. 
Existing strategies and action plans of the information society development, 
as well as stocktaking activities and pilot projects implementation will be 
discussed.

Major focus will be on the multi-stakeholder partnerships in the region 
within the global initiatives such as Global Knowledge Partnership, UN ICT 
Task Force Europe and Central Asia Regional Network, Europe and Central Asia 
Country Gateways Network, etc. The aim of their cooperation is to create a 
necessary climate for development of information society in each country 
individually and in the region as a whole.

The following themes will be discussed:

- National e-strategies and action plans comparison for the region
- Analysis and evaluation of Eastern European and Central Asian countries 
readiness for the information society development
- Elaboration of tools and methods for monitoring of information society 
development in the region and some countries taken individually
- Coordination of activity and strengthening of partnership of different 
development-driven communities on regional level
- Forming of partnership for development of information society in Eastern 
Europe and Central Asia on the regional level as well as each country 
individually

We are happy to invite you to participate in the Regional Meeting 
?Information Society Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia? and 
contribute to the discussions.

Contacts:
Yuri Hohlov
Chairman of the Board
Institute of the Information Society - Russia
Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-1727
E-mail: hohlov@iis.ru
Web: http://www.iis.ru/en/wsis/
________________________________________

Tatiana V. Ershova

Co-Coordinator
WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family

General Director
Institute of the Information Society
E-mail: info@iis.ru
URL: http://www.iis.ru

Chair of the Board
Russian e-Development Foundation
E-mail: info@russia-gateway.ru
URL: http://www.russia-gateway.ru

4, Makarenko str., 105062 Moscow
P.O. Box 716, Central Post Office, 101000 Moscow
Russian Federation
Tel./Fax: +7 (095) 925-42-03, 17-27
E-mail: ershova@iis.ru

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????: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US stands alone over cultural diversity treaty


US stands alone over cultural diversity treaty

>By Frances Williams in Geneva

Financial Times

>Published: October 20 2005 03:00 | Last updated: October 20 2005 03:00

>>

A United Nations treaty to protect and promote cultural diversity is likely 
to be overwhelmingly approved today in the face of lonely opposition from 
the US, which fears the impact on exports of US films and television 
programmes.

In an emotional debate in Unesco (the UN Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Organisation) that preceded today's vote, supporters of the treaty 
led by France and Canada said it would help countries defend domestic 
culture from the homogenising influence of globalisation.

In a preliminary vote this week, 151 countries backed the pact, with the US 
and Israel the sole opponents. Australia and the Pacific island of Kiribati 
abstained.

The treaty affirms the "sovereign right" of countries to protect and promote 
the diversity of cultural expressions and requires this to be taken into 
account in applying other accords, such as the rules of the World Trade 
Organisation.

France and Canada have backed the pact as a way of reinforcing their claim 
to keep the "cultural exception" they enjoy at the WTO.

Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, the French culture minister, said this week that 
the Unesco vote would vindicate France's position on the "cultural 
exception". Liza Frulla, minister of Canadian heritage, said it was "a tool 
to protect our own identities".

The European Union said the treaty "will give a lifeline to any communities 
who feel their cultural diversity is being threatened, particularly in 
developing countries".

However, the US says the treaty is couched in vague and ambiguous language 
that could be used to restrict cultural diversity and block trade in 
cultural goods and services.

Louise Oliver, the US ambassador to Paris-based Unesco, told the FT: "The 
foundation of cultural diversity is freedom. The main proponents of this 
convention seem more interested in control over international trade flows 
and the lives of their citizens than in promoting freedom and cultural 
diversity."
 



From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Mon Oct 24 13:48:28 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?[ES]_Cumbre_Ciudadana_sobre_la_Sociedad_de_la_Inf?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ormaci=F3n_=28CCSI=29_-_T=FAnez,_16_al_18_de_novi?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?embre_de_2005?=
Message-ID: <799020EC-448C-11DA-A27D-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CCSI)
T?nez, 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005
Primer anuncio y convocatoria a adhesiones
Nota de prensa de la CCSI ? 24 de octubre de 2005


En T?nez, del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005, tendr? lugar una Cumbre 
Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CCSI), coincidiendo con 
la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI).

La CCSI ser? un nuevo moj?n en la larga tradici?n de conferencias y 
Cumbres de Naciones Unidas complementadas con eventos organizados por 
grupos ciudadanos. Eventos anteriores de este tipo han alcanzado gran 
?xito durante conferencias tales como la Conferencia sobre Poblaci?n y 
Desarrollo de El Cairo (1994), la Conferencia sobre la Mujer en Beijing 
(1995) y la Cumbre sobre Financiamiento para el Desarrollo en Monterrey 
(2002).

Los objetivos de la CCSI se dirigen en dos sentidos:
- Enviar un fuerte mensaje de apoyo y solidaridad desde la sociedad 
civil internacional a la sociedad civil y los ciudadanos locales;
- Encarar los principales temas en debate en la CMSI desde la 
perspectiva de grupos ciudadanos y el p?blico en general.

Bas?ndose en los precedentes mencionados, este evento ofrecer? una 
excelente oportunidad para la promoci?n de la sociedad de la 
informaci?n y los principios b?sicos en los cuales debe apoyarse, tal 
como fue articulado en la primera fase de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la 
Sociedad de la Informaci?n: los derechos humanos y la justicia social.

Invitaci?n y convocatoria a apoyar:
Grupos ciudadanos, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, instituciones 
nacionales, regionales e internacionales, delegaciones gubernamentales 
y todas aquellas partes e individuos interesados son invitados a 
participar de la Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n. 
Se hace un llamado enf?tico para que todos los interesados expresen su 
apoyo y solidaridad  con la CCSI, por ejemplo:
- Manifestando su adhesi?n,
- Ofreciendo una donaci?n,
- Proponiendo una contribuci?n al programa de la CCSI,
- Leyendo una declaraci?n de apoyo a la CCSI en un evento paralelo de 
la CMSI,
- Difundiendo noticias sobre la CCSI en sitios web y listas de correo,
- Mediante cualquier otra forma de expresar apoyo que se pueda sugerir.

Informaci?n pr?ctica:
La Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n dar? comienzo 
el d?a 16 de noviembre a las 16:00 horas con una ceremonia de apertura, 
continuar? el 17 de noviembre durante todo el d?a y la sesi?n de 
clausura se realizar? en la ma?ana del 18 de noviembre. El programa de 
la CCSI consistir? de una serie de paneles y conferencias en los que 
los principales temas de la CMSI se expondr?n desde una perspectiva 
ciudadana.

A comienzos de noviembre se difundir? el programa detallado, as? como 
informaci?n pr?ctica y la lista de adherentes a la CCSI.

Primera lista de organizadores y adherentes de la CCSI:

AMARC (Asociaci?n Mundial de Radiodifusores Comunitarios), ANND (Red de 
ONG ?rabes para el Desarrollo), APC (Asociaci?n para el Progreso de las 
Comunicaciones), Article 19, CJFE (Periodistas Canadienses para la 
Libertad de Expresi?n), Comunica-ch (Coalici?n de la Sociedad Civil 
Suiza para la CMSI), CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social 
Responsibility), Campa?a CRIS (Derechos de Comunicaci?n en la Sociedad 
de la Informaci?n), FIDH (Federaci?n Internacional de Ligas de Derechos 
Humanos), FrontLine (Fundaci?n Internacional para la Protecci?n de los 
Defensores de Derechos Humanos), HR Caucus (Caucus de Derechos Humanos 
de la Sociedad Civil en la CMSI) HRW (Human Rights Watch), ICHRDD 
(Derechos y Democracia), Index on Censorship, ITeM (Instituto del 
Tercer Mundo), PEN de Noruega, OMCT (Organizaci?n Mundial contra la 
Tortura), WAN (Asociaci?n Mundial de Peri?dicos), WPFC (Comit? Mundial 
por la Libertad de Prensa), en coordinaci?n con organizaciones 
tunecinas independientes de la sociedad civil.

Comit? Internacional de la CCSI:

Pablo Accuosto, Karen Banks, Roberto Bissio, Steve Buckley, Rikke Frank 
J?rgensen, Wolf Ludwig, Antoine Madelin, Meryem Marzouki, Se?n ? 
Siochr?, Chantal Peyer, en coordinaci?n con representantes de 
organizaciones tunecinas independientes de la sociedad civil.

Contactos:

Expresiones de apoyo: support@citizens-summit.org
Prensa: press@citizens-summit.org
Contacto general, consultas: contact@citizens-summit.org

Sitio web: www.citizens-summit.org


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 24 14:04:25 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Re:_[hr-wsis]_[EN]_Citizens=92_Summit_on_the_In?=
 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?formation_Society_=28CSIS=29_-_Tunis,_November_?=
 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?16-18,_2005?=
In-Reply-To: <5D8067A2-448C-11DA-A27D-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <5D8067A2-448C-11DA-A27D-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <A6821D4B-CF03-4585-9EE3-416F279FBCCA@lists.privaterra.org>

Those of us from Canada will chuckle over the initials chosen - it  
happens to be the same as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service  
(CSIS)
http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca



regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 24-Oct-05, at 8:47 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> Citizens? Summit on the Information Society (CSIS)
> Tunis, November 16-18, 2005
> First announcement and call for support
> CSIS Press release ? October 24, 2005
>
> A Citizens? Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) will be held  
> in Tunis, on November 16-18, 2005, coinciding with the World Summit  
> on the Information Society (WSIS).
>
> The CSIS will be another milestone in the long tradition of UN  
> conferences and Summits being complemented with events organized by  
> citizen groups. Previous such events met with great success, for  
> example during the Cairo Conference on Population and Development  
> (1994), the Beijing Conference on Women (1995) or the Monterrey  
> Summit on Financing for Development (2002).
>


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Mon Oct 24 13:47:41 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?[EN]_Citizens=92_Summit_on_the_Information_Soci?=
 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?ety_=28CSIS=29_-_Tunis,_November_16-18,_2005?=
Message-ID: <5D8067A2-448C-11DA-A27D-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Citizens? Summit on the Information Society (CSIS)
Tunis, November 16-18, 2005
First announcement and call for support
CSIS Press release ? October 24, 2005

A Citizens? Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) will be held in 
Tunis, on November 16-18, 2005, coinciding with the World Summit on the 
Information Society (WSIS).

The CSIS will be another milestone in the long tradition of UN 
conferences and Summits being complemented with events organized by 
citizen groups. Previous such events met with great success, for 
example during the Cairo Conference on Population and Development 
(1994), the Beijing Conference on Women (1995) or the Monterrey Summit 
on Financing for Development (2002).

The CSIS objectives are twofold:
- To send a strong message of support and solidarity from international 
civil society to the local civil society and citizens;
- To address the main issues being debated at the WSIS, from the 
perspective of citizen groups and the public.

Based on earlier precedents, this event will offer an excellent 
opportunity to promote the Information Society and the basic principles 
on which it must be based, as articulated in the first phase of the 
World Summit on the Information, namely: human rights and social 
justice.

Invitation and Call for support:
Citizen groups, Civil society organizations, National, Regional and 
International Institutions, Government Delegations, and all other 
interested parties and individuals are invited to participate in the 
Citizen?s Summit on the Information Society.  All are strongly 
encouraged to express their support for and solidarity with the CSIS 
by, e.g.:
- Signing-on as a supporter,
- Offering a donation,
- Proposing a contribution to the CSIS program,
- Reading a statement of support to CSIS, in a WSIS parallel event they 
may organize
- Disseminating CSIS news through websites and mailing lists,
- Or any other means of support they may suggest.

Practical information:
The Citizen?s Summit on the Information Society will begin on November 
16th at 16:00, with an opening ceremony, continue all day on November 
17th, with the closing session on November 18th morning. The CSIS 
program will consist of a series of panels and conferences addressing 
main WSIS issues from the public perspective.

The detailed program and practical information will be circulated by 
early November, together with a list of CSIS supporters.

First list of CSIS organizers and supporters:
AMARC (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters), ANND (Arab 
NGO Network for Development), APC (Association for Progressive 
Communications), Article 19, CJFE (Canadian Journalists for Free 
Expression), Comunica-ch (WSIS Swiss Civil Society Coalition), CPSR 
(Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility), CRIS Campaign 
(Communication Rights in the Information Society), FIDH (International 
Federation of Human Rights Leagues), FrontLine (International 
Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), HR Caucus 
(WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus) HRW (Human Rights Watch), 
ICHRDD (Rights and Democracy), Index on Censorship, IteM (Instituto del 
Tercer Mundo), Norwegian PEN, OMCT (World Organization against 
Torture), WAN (World Association of Newspapers), WPFC (World Press 
Freedom Committee), in coordination with independent Tunisian civil 
society organizations.

CSIS International Organizing Committee:
Pablo Accuosto, Karen Banks, Roberto Bissio, Steve Buckley, Rikke Frank 
J?rgensen, Wolf Ludwig, Antoine Madelin, Meryem Marzouki, Se?n ? 
Siochr?, Chantal Peyer, in coordination with independent Tunisian civil 
society organization representatives.

Contact:
Expressions of support: support@citizens-summit.org
Press enquiries: press@citizens-summit.org
General contact, questions: contact@citizens-summit.org

Website: www.citizens-summit.org


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Mon Oct 24 13:46:55 2005
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?[FR]_Sommet_Citoyen_sur_la_Soci=E9t=E9_de_l=92I?=
 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?nformation_=28SCSI=29_-_Tunis,_16-18_novembre_2?=
 =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?005?=
Message-ID: <42381040-448C-11DA-A27D-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Sommet Citoyen sur la Soci?t? de l?Information (SCSI)
Tunis, 16-18 novembre 2005
Premi?re annonce et appel ? soutiens
Communiqu? de presse SCSI ? 24 octobre 2005

Un Sommet Citoyen sur la Soci?t? de l?Information (SCSI) aura lieu ? 
Tunis, du 16 au 18 novembre 2005, co?ncidant avec le Sommet Mondial sur 
la Soci?t? de l?Information (SMSI).

Le SCSI constituera un nouveau jalon dans la longue tradition des 
Conf?rences et Sommets des Nations Unies compl?t?s par des ?v?nements 
organis?s par des groupes de citoyens. De tels ?v?nements ont 
pr?c?demment rencontr? un grand succ?s, par exemple durant la 
Conf?rence du Caire sur la Population et le D?veloppement (1994), la 
Conf?rence de Beijing sur les Femmes (1995), ou le Sommet de Monterrey 
sur le Financement pour le D?veloppement (2002).

L?objectif du SCSI est double :
- Adresser un message fort de soutien et de solidarit? de la soci?t? 
civile internationale ? la soci?t? civile et aux citoyens locaux ;
- Traiter des principales questions d?battues au SMSI, du point de vue 
des groupes de citoyens et du public.

Dans la continuit? de ceux qui l?ont pr?c?d?, cet ?v?nement constituera 
une excellente opportunit? de promouvoir la soci?t? de l?information et 
les principes de base sur lesquels elle doit ?tre fond?e, tels que 
formul?s durant la premi?re phase du Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de 
l?Information, c?est-?-dire les droits de l?homme et la justice sociale.

Invitation et appel ? soutiens :
Groupes citoyens, organisations de la soci?t? civile, institutions 
nationales, r?gionales et internationales, d?l?gations 
gouvernementales, ainsi que toutes autres parties et personnes 
int?ress?es, sont invit?s ? participer au Sommet Citoyen sur la Soci?t? 
de l?Information. Tous sont fortement encourag?s ? exprimer leur 
soutien ?, et leur solidarit? avec, le SCSI en contribuant par, ? titre 
d?exemple :
- Une signature en tant que soutien,
- Une contribution financi?re,
- Une contribution au programme du SCSI,
- La lecture d?une d?claration en soutien au SCSI, au cours d?un 
?v?nement parall?le qu?ils organiseraient dans le cadre du SMSI,
- La diss?mination des informations relatives au SCSI ? travers sites 
web et listes de diffusion,
- Ou tout autre moyen de soutien qu?ils pourraient sugg?rer.

Informations pratiques :
Le Sommet Citoyen sur la Soci?t? de l?Information d?butera le 16 
novembre ? 16h00 par une c?r?monie d?ouverture, se poursuivra toute la 
journ?e du 17 novembre, et s?ach?vera par une session de cl?ture le 18 
novembre au matin. Le programme du SCSI consistera en une s?rie de 
d?bats et conf?rences traitant des principales questions du SMSI dans 
une perspective citoyenne.

Le programme d?taill? et les informations pratiques seront diffus?s 
d?but novembre, avec une liste des soutiens du SCSI.

Premi?re liste d?organisateurs et de soutiens du SCSI :
AMARC (Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires), ANND 
(R?seau des ONG Arabes pour le D?veloppement), APC (Association for 
Progressive Communications), Article 19, Caucus DDH (Caucus de la 
soci?t? civile au SMSI pour les droits de l'homme), CJFE (Journalistes 
canadiens pour la libert? d?expression), Comunica-ch (Coalition de la 
soci?t? civile suisse au SMSI), CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social 
Responsibility), Campagne CRIS (Communication Rights in the Information 
Society), FIDH (F?d?ration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de 
l?Homme), FrontLine (Fondation Internationale pour la Protection des 
D?fenseurs des Droits de l?Homme), HRW (Human Rights Watch), ICHRDD 
(Droits et D?mocratie), Index on Censorship, IteM (Instituto del Tercer 
Mundo), Norwegian PEN, OMCT (Organisation mondiale contre la torture), 
WAN (Association mondiale des journaux), WPFC (World Press Freedom 
Committee), en coordination avec des organisations de la soci?t? civile 
tunisienne ind?pendante.

Comit? international d?organisation du SCSI :
Pablo Accuosto, Karen Banks, Roberto Bissio, Steve Buckley, Rikke Frank 
J?rgensen, Wolf Ludwig, Antoine Madelin, Meryem Marzouki, Se?n ? 
Siochr?, Chantal Peyer, en coordination avec des repr?sentants 
d?organisations de la soci?t? civile tunisienne ind?pendante.

Contact:
Expression de soutien: support@citizens-summit.org
Contact presse: press@citizens-summit.org
Contact d?ordre g?n?ral, questions: contact@citizens-summit.org

Site web: www.citizens-summit.org


From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Mon Oct 24 19:08:41 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sommet de Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051024122947.86118.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051024180841.45346.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


Salut ? tous,
 
Qu'en  pensez-vous de ce sommet, Est-ce  que cedit sommet atteindra ces odjectifs?
j'ouvre le d?bat ? qui veut la parole.
Merci



 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
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From nafrin at dgfoundation.org  Mon Oct 24 19:13:01 2005
From: nafrin at dgfoundation.org (Afrin, Nadia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Development Gateway's New Special Report  -  Information Society: The Next Steps
Message-ID: <36EC972D677CE544B5441B43BC7A0C210111661D@dgexchange.DGF.local>

 

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October 24th - New Special Report  -  Information Society: The Next
Steps

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The Information Society has produced a tantalizing array of new
information and communication technologies (ICT) that have transformed
today's approach to development. Access to these technologies is
spreading rapidly. This year, the number of Internet users in developing
countries is crossing the 500 million mark, surpassing industrial
nations for the first time. By some estimates, more than 75% of the
world's population now lives within range of a mobile network. Yet the
long-heralded promise of ICT remains far out of reach for most of the
developing world. For the information poor, economic and social gaps are
in fact widening - both within and between countries. Following on the
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) of December 2003, WSIS Phase
II in November 2005 will assess progress and prompt further global
action to capture the promise of ICT for all. This Special Report
"Information Society: Next Steps" looks at how the ICT landscape is
changing in the developing world and what lies ahead. Experts from
governments, donors, NGOs and the private sector speak out about
effective policies, promising applications and innovative business
models. The online report includes:

 

- Interviews with experts on how to create an effective enabling
environment for ICT for development and how to finance it;

- collections of documents, research and statistics on tools and
applications that can benefit developing countries, found on the
Development Gateway portal and other websites; and

- a unique section devoted to the "voices" of those developing and using
ICT from both the North and South, relating stories contributed through
a recent Development Gateway survey of our members.

 

Interviews with the following people, among others, will be featured:

- Charles Geiger, Executive Director, WSIS Executive Secretariat

- Pierre Guislain, Manager of Global ICT Division, World Bank Group

- Aimal Marjan, National ICT Advisor, Afghan Ministry of Communication

- Sam Pitroda, Chairman of Indian Knowledge Commission

- Danilo Piaggesi, Chief of IT for Development Division, Inter-American
Development Bank

- M. S. Swaminathan, Founder, Swaminathan Research Foundation

- Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder, Wikipedia

 

Read the Special Report October 24, 2005 - January 15, 2006
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/special/informationsociety

 

 

 

 

 

Nadia Afrin

Content Coordinator

Development Gateway

Phone: 202 572 9258

 

ICT for Development http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict

E-government http://topics.developmentgateway.org/e-government

 

  

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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Mon Oct 24 19:53:07 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Intersessional negotiation group of PrepCom-3 - 24 October 2005
Message-ID: <200510241853.j9OIqvl4010038@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

This is a very short up-date on today's meetings of the 'closed'
intersessional negotiation group.

 

Civil society people got a briefing with Ambassador Karklins between 9:15
and 10:00. In addition to his modus operandi for today's meeting, Ambassador
Karklins mentioned that a new proposal from ITU / UNESCO would be officially
circulated (but at the end of the end we have not it yet). We don't know at
this stage if there would be any working group created to find consensus on
articles still under discussion on implementation and follow-up (to be
discussed on Wednesday, depending on the actual work on the Political
Chapeau and Chapter 2).

 

>From those who attended some parts of the meetings, we heard that Karklins
had a very fast first reading of the bracketed paragraphs of the Political
Chapeau (please see Document
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2129|2173>
WSIS-II/PC-3/DT/12 : ) in order to streamline it, with the hope to get it
stronger and more focused, by deleting all the elements directly copied and
pasted from the Geneva documents. He did not get consensus on this and
therefore get back to Article 1 to start negotiations.

 

Discussions among States were of course stuck on some contentious issues
(State sovereignty, multi-stakeholder partnerships, debt and trade related
issues), but they went pretty fast on this and many articles were agreed
upon with some changes (paragraphs 1-2; 6 to 8; 10; 13 to 18; 20-21; 23 to
27; 29 to 31; 36; 39; 40 to 42; 44).

Negotiations will continue for compromise texts and need to come back for
para. 3 to 5, 9; 12; 22; 28; 32 to 35 (with main problem on 32 and 33); 37;
39; 43 and 45.

Paragraphs 11, 12 and 19 are to be merged.

 

Tomorrow morning, discussions will start on financing mechanisms. The
Negotiation group still is supposed to get a finalized agreement tomorrow
afternoon on Political Chapeau and Chapter 2, in order to deal with
Implementation and Follow-up mechanism on Wednesday.

 

We also had a meeting with the UK / EU mission after the afternoon session
during we get an overall report on today's discussion.

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reporters Without Borders nominees for the freedom blog contest
Message-ID: <435D38DC.7050305@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

One Tunisian blogger on hunger strike is among them.
Ralf

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Subject: 	INTERNATIONAL : The eight Reporters Without Borders nominees
for the blog contest / INTERNATIONAL : Concours de blogs : les huit
nomin?s de Reporters sans fronti?res
Date: 	Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:38:07 +0200
From: 	RSF.Internet <internet@rsf.org>
To: 	internet@rsf.org



English / Fran?ais

Reporters Without Borders / Internet Freedom desk

24 October 2005
*
*
*INTERNATIONAL*
**
*The eight Reporters Without Borders nominees for the blog contest

*The German radio station/ Deutsche Welle/ has published the list of
nominees for its weblog contest, including those chosen by Reporters
Without Borders for the "freedom of expression" category. The bloggers
who have been singled out include former Tunisian judge Mokhtar
Yahyaoui, currently on a hunger strike in protest against President Ben
Ali's repressive policies.

  From the more than 130 blogs proposed by Internet users, Reporters
Without Borders and/ Deutsche Welle/ picked the shortlist of eight
because of a particular passion they have displayed in their defence of
free expression. All of these eight blogs carry news and information not
found in the traditional media. Internet users can vote on
www.thebobs.de to indicate who they prefer. But it will be up to the
panel of judges to choose the final winners. The results will be
announced on 21 November.

These are the eight nominees in the special category sponsored by
Reporters Without Borders:

-* China Digital Times* (http://chinadigitaltimes.net)
A news blog about China that is published outside of the country. A very
rich source for those who want to follow Chinese current affairs.

-* Chronique d?plaisante d'une dictature ordinaire
*(http://www.addisferengi.net)
A French resident in Addis Ababa criticises repression in Ethiopia. The
blog includes lots of interviews with Ethiopian dissidents.

-* Manal and Alaa Bit Bucket* (www.manalaa.net)
An Egyptian blog promoting free expression and human rights. A forum for
discussion, but also a resource centre for Arabic-speaking Internet
users who would like to set up their own blog.

-* Wang Yi's microphone* (http://zhivago.tianyablog.com)
A Chinese intellectual who uses his blog as a microphone to denounce the
repressive system that rules his country.

-* Hanif Mazrooie* (http://hanif.ir)
An independent Iranian journalist's blog which led to its author
spending a month in prison in September 2004.

-* Parastood* (www.parastood.com)
One of the oldest Iranian blogs, famous for its open criticism.

-* Colombian realities* (http://lacoctelera.com/realidades)
A Colombian journalist who writes critically about a range of issues
including his country's pervasive violence and corruption.
-* Yahyaoui* (http://yahyaoui.blogspot.com)
The blog of former judge Mokhtar Yahyaoui, one of Tunisia's leading
political dissidents and the uncle of cyber-dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui.
His blog was recently pirated and rendered unavailable. But it can still
be accessed by using Google's "cached" function (enter yahyaoui +
blogspot in Google and then choose the "cached" option).

Mokhtar Yahyaoui is one of seven Tunisian civil society figures who are
currently on hunger strike in protest against the lack of freedom in
Tunisia, where his blog is censored, along with dozens of others.
Nonetheless, Tunis is to host the World Summit on the Information
Society on 16-18 November, which is being organised under the aegis of
the United Nations.
-------------------

*INTERNATIONAL*
**
*Concours de blogs : les huit nomin?s de Reporters sans fronti?res

*La radio allemande/ Deutsche Welle/ a rendu publique la liste des
nomin?s de son concours de blogs, notamment ceux choisis par Reporters
sans fronti?res pour la cat?gorie "libert? d'expression". Parmi les
blogs s?lectionn?s, figure celui de l'ancien juge tunisien Mokhtar
Yahyaoui, actuellement en gr?ve de la faim pour d?noncer la politique
r?pressive du pr?sident Ben Ali.

Sur une liste de plus de 130 blogs propos?s par les internautes,
Reporters sans fronti?res et la/ Deutsche Welle/ en ont s?lectionn? huit
qui d?fendent avec une ardeur toute particuli?re la libert?
d'expression. Ces blogs ont en commun de publier des informations qui ne
sont pas relay?es par les m?dias traditionnels. Les internautes ont la
possibilit? de voter sur_ www.thebobs.de_ pour mettre en avant leurs
favoris. Il reviendra toutefois au jury de d?signer les laur?ats du
concours, dont les r?sultats seront annonc?s le 21 novembre.

Les huit nomin?s de la cat?gorie sp?ciale parrain?e par Reporters sans
fronti?res :

-* China Digital Times* (http://chinadigitaltimes.net)
Un blog d'information sur la Chine publi? de l'?tranger. Une publication
extr?mement riche, pour suivre l'actualit? chinoise.

-* Chronique d?plaisante d'une dictature ordinaire
*(http://www.addisferengi.net)
Une r?sidente fran?aise ? Addis-Ab?ba d?nonce la r?pression en Ethiopie.
Le blog propose notamment de nombreuses interviews de dissidents locaux.

-* Manal and Alaa's Bit Bucket* (www.manalaa.net)
Un blog ?gyptien qui promeut la libert? d'expression et les droits de
l'homme. Un espace de discussion, mais aussi un centre de ressources
pour aider les internautes de langue arabe ? cr?er leur propre publication.

-* Le microphone de Wang Yi* (http://zhivago.tianyablog.com)
Un intellectuel chinois qui se sert de son blog comme d'un microphone
pour d?noncer le syst?me r?pressif qui gouverne son pays.

-* Hanif Mazrooie* (http://hanif.ir)
Le blog d'un journaliste iranien ind?pendant. Cette publication a valu ?
son auteur un mois de prison en septembre 2004.

-* Parastood* (www.parastood.com)
L'un des plus anciens blogs iraniens, c?l?bre pour sa libert? de ton.

-* R?alit?s colombiennes* (http://lacoctelera.com/realidades)
Une journaliste colombienne qui d?nonce, entre autres, la violence et la
corruption r?gnant dans son pays.


-* Yahyaoui* (http://yahyaoui.blogspot.com)
Le blog de Mokhtar Yahyaoui, ancien juge, figure de la dissidence
politique tunisienne et oncle du cyberdissident Zouhair Yahyaoui. Son
blog a ?t? r?cemment pirat? et rendu indisponible.

Mokhtar Yahyaoui est actuellement en gr?ve de la faim, avec six autres
personnalit?s de la soci?t? civile tunisienne, pour protester contre le
manque de libert? en Tunisie. Son blog est censur? dans le pays, comme
des dizaines d'autres. Pourtant, c'est ? Tunis que se tiendra le Sommet
mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information, organis? sous l'?gide des
Nations unies, du 16 au 18 novembre.




-- 
Julien Pain
Bureau Internet et libert?s / Internet Freedom desk
___________________________________________

Reporters sans fronti?res / Reporters Without Borders
TEL: ++ 33 (0) 1 44 83 84 71
FAX: ++ 33 (0) 1 45 23 11 51
internet@rsf.org
www.internet.rsf.org
Read our handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents :
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542

Consultez notre guide du blogger et du cyberdissident :
http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=527

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 24 21:04:33 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sommet de Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051024180841.45346.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20051024180841.45346.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <7C5BA773-2A97-4BBE-B0E9-0C454590D06B@lists.privaterra.org>

Laurent:

Though, "en anglais", the following website is one worth mentioning -  
http://www.worldsummit2005.de

The site has some good commentary and analysis of the developments to- 
date, as well as insight on what many of the CS actors think about  
the summit and what it will achieve (or not).

hope it helps


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 24-Oct-05, at 2:08 PM, Sandza Laurent wrote:

>
> Salut ? tous,
>
> Qu'en pensez-vous de ce sommet, Est-ce  que cedit sommet atteindra  
> ces odjectifs?
> j'ouvre le d?bat ? qui veut la parole.
> Merci
>


From kohmichel at yahoo.fr  Mon Oct 24 21:29:41 2005
From: kohmichel at yahoo.fr (Michel Towa koh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sommet de Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051024180841.45346.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051024202941.1376.qmail@web25607.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour Laurent,
 
d'abord je pensai que tu cherchais des financements pour nous deux. apparement tu ne cherches que pour toi.
Deuxi?mement je suis nouveau dans ces choses l? et je ne suis pas s?r de bien comprendre ce qui se passe. J'aimerai que tu me dises quels sont m?me les objectifs de ce sommet. moi je ne pense pas que les pays africains doivent en attendre un geste des pays riches. je pense que la fracture num?rique c'est comme la dette. ?a devient un instrument de domination pour perp?tuer l'ordre mondial ?tabli qui voit les riches s'enrichir et les pauvres s'appauvrir.

Sandza Laurent <sandzal@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :

Salut ? tous,
 
Qu'en pensez-vous de ce sommet, Est-ce  que cedit sommet atteindra ces odjectifs?
j'ouvre le d?bat ? qui veut la parole.
Merci



 
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From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re Intersessionalo Negotiations Group
Message-ID: <003501c5d8fc$46ed4440$2101a8c0@home>

This morning, we had a briefing with the Chair of the WSISII Prepcom.  This briefing will be daily from 9:15-10:00. We were told that it was a close meeting.  Nevertheless some of us were able enter the gallery.  However, this afternoon, when we were about to go to the gallery, we were told by the person responsible for checking entry that we were now allowed to enter the main room.

We also had a briefing from the ( U.K) and the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union.  This will also take place daily after the session 6:00 p.m.

I attended the whole morning session and part of the afternoon one.  Philippe Dam reported on these..

The Chair announced that tomorrow he will start first with the discussion of Chapter 2 and then proceed with what the rest of the Chapeau and what was  pending agreement on the Chapeau.  

I wish to provide my own general comments on what I felt were issues that were contentious. 

The first one was on Para. 4.  To find a balance between "freedom ?f expression" and  freedom of the media.  Onthe phrase of the text "editorially independent media in the information society".  China asked the iquestion "what is the "media" and proposed to delete it. The Chair recalled that the media was discussed at great length in the Geneva Phase and is in the Geneva Declaration of Principles.

Para. 9 on leading role of governments in patnership with other stakeholders, the Chair after listening to the many comments, took note that many wanted to see that governments play a leading role.  In line with this, the Chair proposed the following rewording,  "We reaffirm the role of each stakeholder as outlined in Para.3 of the Geneva POA.  Egypt wanted to insert after "role" the phrase "and responsibility", which the Chair felt was a good proposal and will incorporate it in the text to be submitted tomorrow..  

On the proposal of the Chair to delete Paras3-5, Norway made a long statement to support keeping para4 this on grounds that a knowledge-based society is recognized as being the key to development, which was endorsed by U.S., Egypt, Canada.

Paras 32 and 33 on the issue of trade, the Chair wanted to delete all parasm referring to this as being outside the purview of WSIS.   However,  Honduras (G77)  and Egypt expressed that there was a tight relationship between Trade and Development and ICT and many paras were in fact found in the Geneva text.. Canada was of the view that the first sentence of para 32 was certainly not for the Group to negotiate since comprehensive financial strategy that covers debt sustainability as it was within the mandate of the Finance Ministry.  It was howevere prepared to agree to 32 and 33 without this first sentence.  U.S.was prepared to look at 33..

Paras 34 and 35, Thailand wanted to make certain that cultural diversity be kept.  Egypt mentioned that UNESCO just adopted a Convention on Cultural Diversity which should be relected here as regards promotion and protetion of cultural diversity.  Mexico wanted to insert "indigenous language and the U.S. and Norway agreed that indigenous and cultural diversity should be in the language of the document.  The Chair at this late hour of the evening plead for flexibility on the part of Thailand and U.S. to accept 34.and delete  35 incorporating in 34 the two concepts of indigenous.and culotural divdersity.

The session ended at this point.

Conchita
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From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] News/ Use the information summit to pressure the Tunisian authoritie
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http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp? 
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Copyright (c) 2005 The Daily Star

Monday, October 24, 2005
Use the information summit to pressure the Tunisian authorities


By Bassam Bounenni
Commentary by

The choice of Tunisia to host the November 16-18 second World Summit  
on the Information Society (WSIS) has provoked much controversy. The  
idea behind the summit is to bridge the gap between rich and poor  
countries in a field that has proven to be one of the focal points of  
present and future progress. Tunisia, however, excels neither in  
informatics and related fields nor in allowing freedom of expression  
and respecting the rights of civil society. A September 26 report by  
the Tunisian Monitoring Group stated specifically that "Tunisia is  
not the appropriate country to host the Information Society summit,"  
especially in view of escalating measures targeting free speech.

The Tunisian authorities have been working for months on creating a  
"new look" for the world, exploiting preparations for the summit to  
improve the image of the country in terms of the media, human rights  
and civil society. A regulation requiring all newspapers to submit  
editions to the government in advance of publication, which led to  
widespread self-censorship, was revoked in May. Numerous other  
problems remain, however, for opposition newspapers such as the  
weekly Al-Mawqif, mouthpiece of the Progressive Democratic Party.  
Opposition newspapers still suffer from frequent confiscations and  
lack of access to public sector advertising revenues.

As part of their cosmetic efforts, the Tunisian authorities loosened  
restrictions on television and radio and created new radio stations  
such as Mosaic FM and Al-Jawhara, as well as the satellite television  
station Hanbal. These stations are run by individuals close to the  
government, while members of the independent media wait to obtain  
licenses to form new stations. Independents will not obtain licenses,  
in view of the fact that the legislation for loosening restrictions  
on television and radio media is riddled with loopholes.

This "new look" for Tunisia amounts to no more than an effort to  
mislead the world into missing the forest for the trees. The Tunisian  
authorities continue to repress all those who dare question the  
legitimacy of the political authority as well as its respect for  
public freedoms and rights.

In April, a Tunisian court sentenced Mohammad Abbou, a lawyer and  
human rights activist, to three-and-a-half years in prison. Abbou was  
sentenced after publishing two articles, one of which compared the  
situation of Tunisian prisons to Abu Ghraib, and the other that  
compared President Zein al-Abedin ben Ali to Israeli Prime Minister  
Ariel Sharon (in reference to the expected visit of the latter to  
Tunisia for the summit). The International Association for the  
Support of Political Prisoners described the decision against Abbou  
as "a thunderbolt," adding that "for the first time in the history of  
Tunisian justice, a defendant was overtly denied his right to defend  
himself."

Measures against free expression escalated further when the Tunisian  
authorities cancelled the first conference of the Tunisian  
Journalists Syndicate, founded by independent journalists, to have  
been held in early September. Human rights organizations expressed  
surprise at this decision, especially as syndicate activities are a  
right provided for in the Tunisian Constitution as well as in  
international agreements to which Tunisia is party. Authorities also  
took measures to restrict the Tunisian League for Human Rights and  
the Association of Tunisian Judges.

Even if one sets aside the concerns of those in the politically- 
active elite, ordinary Tunisians are also deprived of information  
because only a single point of view and limited sources of  
information are tolerated. Even surfing the Internet is fraught with  
obstacles because many foreign sites are banned.

What is strange is that Tunisia has been at times a pioneer in many  
fields such as media and human rights, especially in terms of its  
legislation and organizations. The Tunisian League for Human Rights,  
for example, was the first non-governmental organization in the Arab  
world charged with defending human rights. But like many other such  
organizations it is now barely surviving, hoping for deeper political  
reforms or foreign pressures that will strike a balance between  
economic interests and the need for democracy.

Tunisian civil society organizations, along with those in media and  
human rights groups, are hoping to use the WSIS as an opportunity to  
demand their foremost right: to exist. So far Tunisian authorities  
deny this right and continue their harassment of such forces. The  
silence of Western countries - or even in some cases their approval  
of repressive Tunisian policies, in light of the so-called war on  
terror - has only exacerbated the situation.

It is possible, rather it is imperative, for the international  
community to use the summit to turn a spotlight on the problems that  
have afflicted Tunisian society and led to an all-time high in  
internal tensions. As the summit will be held in Tunisia, the  
international community must at least use that opportunity to apply  
its recommendations both to faraway countries and to the host country  
itself.



Bassam Bounenni is a Tunisian journalist and researcher based in  
Paris. He wrote this commentary for THE DAILY STAR.



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From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Tue Oct 25 09:01:03 2005
From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re Intersessionalo Negotiations Group
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3735A67C@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

Thanks Conchita, very helpful.
 
wolfgang
 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von conchita poncini
Gesendet: Di 25.10.2005 02:37
An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Betreff: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re Intersessionalo Negotiations Group


This morning, we had a briefing with the Chair of the WSISII Prepcom.  This briefing will be daily from 9:15-10:00. We were told that it was a close meeting.  Nevertheless some of us were able enter the gallery.  However, this afternoon, when we were about to go to the gallery, we were told by the person responsible for checking entry that we were now allowed to enter the main room.
 
We also had a briefing from the ( U.K) and the Netherlands on behalf of the European Union.  This will also take place daily after the session 6:00 p.m.
 
I attended the whole morning session and part of the afternoon one.  Philippe Dam reported on these..
 
The Chair announced that tomorrow he will start first with the discussion of Chapter 2 and then proceed with what the rest of the Chapeau and what was  pending agreement on the Chapeau.  
 
I wish to provide my own general comments on what I felt were issues that were contentious. 
 
The first one was on Para. 4.  To find a balance between "freedom ?f expression" and  freedom of the media.  Onthe phrase of the text "editorially independent media in the information society".  China asked the iquestion "what is the "media" and proposed to delete it. The Chair recalled that the media was discussed at great length in the Geneva Phase and is in the Geneva Declaration of Principles.
 
Para. 9 on leading role of governments in patnership with other stakeholders, the Chair after listening to the many comments, took note that many wanted to see that governments play a leading role.  In line with this, the Chair proposed the following rewording,  "We reaffirm the role of each stakeholder as outlined in Para.3 of the Geneva POA.  Egypt wanted to insert after "role" the phrase "and responsibility", which the Chair felt was a good proposal and will incorporate it in the text to be submitted tomorrow..  
 
On the proposal of the Chair to delete Paras3-5, Norway made a long statement to support keeping para4 this on grounds that a knowledge-based society is recognized as being the key to development, which was endorsed by U.S., Egypt, Canada.
 
Paras 32 and 33 on the issue of trade, the Chair wanted to delete all parasm referring to this as being outside the purview of WSIS.   However,  Honduras (G77)  and Egypt expressed that there was a tight relationship between Trade and Development and ICT and many paras were in fact found in the Geneva text.. Canada was of the view that the first sentence of para 32 was certainly not for the Group to negotiate since comprehensive financial strategy that covers debt sustainability as it was within the mandate of the Finance Ministry.  It was howevere prepared to agree to 32 and 33 without this first sentence.  U.S.was prepared to look at 33..
 
Paras 34 and 35, Thailand wanted to make certain that cultural diversity be kept.  Egypt mentioned that UNESCO just adopted a Convention on Cultural Diversity which should be relected here as regards promotion and protetion of cultural diversity.  Mexico wanted to insert "indigenous language and the U.S. and Norway agreed that indigenous and cultural diversity should be in the language of the document.  The Chair at this late hour of the evening plead for flexibility on the part of Thailand and U.S. to accept 34.and delete  35 incorporating in 34 the two concepts of indigenous.and culotural divdersity.
 
The session ended at this point.
 
Conchita
    .    .  
 

From acarvin at edc.org  Tue Oct 25 11:14:16 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] drafting of the Dhaka Declaration: The Road to Tunis
Message-ID: <35589DD47219F14BBFE1446979A831B40168815F@athena.ad.edc.org>

Hi everyone,

Right now here in Dhaka, Bangladeshi ICT minister Abdul Moyeen Khan is moderating a plenary drafting session for the "Dhaka Declaration" that will be published at the conclusion of this week's WSIS forum hosted by the Bangladeshi government and UNDP Bangladesh. The current draft of the document is very brief, just one page long, though it is possible that there will be appendices summarizing the results of each panel from the last three days. The ICT minister is encouraging the drafting group to make the document as succint as possible.

We are currently going through a series of interventions. Zahid Jamil of Pakistan requested that the document make reference to multi-stakeholder partnerships as key to bridging the digital divide, while removing the word "appropriate" from the phrase "appropriate content," so there nothing in the document that could be perceived as being counter to freedom of expression. I seconded both of his interventions, as well as requesting the inclusion of the phrase "people with disabilities" when discussion the notion of creating an inclusive information society, along with women, children and the underprivileged, as originally drafted. These interventions were all adopted by the drafting group. Meanwhile, Josie Cacdac of the Philippines has just proposed the inclusion of the concept, "Holistic ICT education and training for all," which was adopted unanimously. Overall, the interventions made by representatives from civil society and the private sector have been compatible with each other and welcomed by the ICT minister.

Once the final version is complete, I will post a copy of it to the list and on my blog, www.andycarvin.com.  -andy


-- 
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From dina_hov at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 25 11:35:05 2005
From: dina_hov at yahoo.com (dina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] drafting of the Dhaka Declaration: The Road to Tunis
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Andy Carvin <acarvin@edc.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,

Right now here in Dhaka, Bangladeshi ICT minister Abdul Moyeen Khan is moderating a plenary drafting session for the "Dhaka Declaration" that will be published at the conclusion of this week's WSIS forum hosted by the Bangladeshi government and UNDP Bangladesh. The current draft of the document is very brief, just one page long, though it is possible that there will be appendices summarizing the results of each panel from the last three days. The ICT minister is encouraging the drafting group to make the document as succint as possible.

We are currently going through a series of interventions. Zahid Jamil of Pakistan requested that the document make reference to multi-stakeholder partnerships as key to bridging the digital divide, while removing the word "appropriate" from the phrase "appropriate content," so there nothing in the document that could be perceived as being counter to freedom of expression. I seconded both of his interventions, as well as requesting the inclusion of the phrase "people with disabilities" when discussion the notion of creating an inclusive information society, along with women, children and the underprivileged, as originally drafted. These interventions were all adopted by the drafting group. Meanwhile, Josie Cacdac of the Philippines has just proposed the inclusion of the concept, "Holistic ICT education and training for all," which was adopted unanimously. Overall, the interventions made by representatives from civil society and the private sector have been compatible with each other
 and welcomed by the ICT minister.

Once the final version is complete, I will post a copy of it to the list and on my blog, www.andycarvin.com.  -andy


--
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Tue Oct 25 12:39:43 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Overpasses
In-Reply-To: <200510250842.j9P8fBhj014926@smtp2.planet.net.tn>
References: <200510250842.j9P8fBhj014926@smtp2.planet.net.tn>
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On 25-Oct-05, at 4:42 AM, Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:

> Bonjour,
>
> Voici mes commentaires sur la politique de distribution des ?  
> Overpasses ? :
>
> -    Pour le panel de haut niveau, d?accord pour ajouter 1 laisser- 
> passer
> pour  le caucus Africain et un autre pour le caucus de la  
> gouvernance Internet.
>
> -    Pour les Pl?ni?res, j?ai un ensemble de remarques :
> o    Le groupe de travail ? Environnement et TIC ? a demand? 1 seul  
> Passe.
> Pourquoi lui en attribuer 5 (500%), surtout que sa pr?sence n?a pas  
> ?t?
> tr?s senti lors du processus du sommet.

it is a caucus. has an active webpage.

check with thomas (cc'ing him)

> o    La r?gion LAC n?a pas ?t? repr?sent?e lors du processus de la  
> 2?me
> phase du SMSI. Magaly repr?sente le caucus Genre, et non pas La r?gion
> LAC. Qui a demand? les 10 passes au nom de LAC ? Et pourquoi vous leur
> attribuez le double ?

DO NOT AGREE

- they couldn't get funding from the ITU @ phase II, that's why.  
blame the ITU, but don't  underestimate their involvement in the  
information society and involvement @ WSIS.
- as for reasons they want 2 - Roberto Bissio will be speaking,  
that's probably why.

It would be best if your comments where in english, as it's hard for  
people in spanish to understand comments in frnech . that being said,  
i will hope philipe and alejandra can translate your comments so that  
Magaly, Olinca and others can reply.


> o    La famille ? Philanthropic Institutions ? n?existe presque plus.
> Wolfgang est au caucus de la gouvernance de l?Internet. Il n?a pas
> demand? beaucoup, mais je me demande a qui il va les distribuer.
>

DO NOT AGREE
you are questioning one caucus after an another. it is too late in  
the process to state eliminate them. please post these very serious  
questions to the plenary. thank you.



> o    La dame Russe qui se dit repr?senter la famille ?  
> Multistakeholder
> Partenarships ? ne s?est manifest?e que les derniers jours de  
> PrepCom3.
> Je ne pense pas que l?attribution de passes pour cette famille  
> serait une
> bonne chose.

DO NOT AGREE

She was involved in phase I in several of the video conferences that  
I organized at PC 2, PC3 & the summit.

again, no funding to come - so we don't see here. does not mean was  
not active in - THE INFORMATION SOCIETY.



> o    Pour le caucus des jeunes, je pense qu?il serait juste de leur  
> ajouter
> quelques Passes car ils seront tr?s nombreux ? Tunis (Il y a un  
> congr?s
> mondial des jeunes qui se tiendra sous forme d??v?nement parall?le  
> durant
> la p?riode du Sommet).
>
DO NOT SPEAK FOR YOUTH WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM -

let's get their comments. you do not speak for the,

> o    Et enfin, le caucus Africain m?rite plus de passes eu ?gard au  
> nombre
> de ses membres.
>
DO NOT AGREE

if we follow your logic we should give the passes to the region that  
has had most representation - that would be Europe and north america  
region + all the caucuses they are a part of.  they have been there  
in the most number and been the most active - thus, should they get  
the most? that would not be fair - the other regions should have  
passes to.


At this point, i beg to ask the question - why are you speaking for  
caucuses other than your own? Don't please - if you do, you will open  
a pandora's box that does not need to be opened at this state. If you  
insist on getting comments, then we should open the comments to all  
concern - not just the CSB. Consequently, i am cc'ing plenary.



> -    D?accord pour les 36 passes restant
>
> -    Pour le m?canisme de distribution des passes, je vous enverrai  
> la liste
> des membres de ma famille qui ont demand? un laisser-passer pour la
> pl?ni?re. Vous remarquerez que leur nombre est sup?rieur au nombre de
> passes attribu?s. La distribution se fera sur la base du ? premier  
> venu,
> premier servi ?. Bien entendu, ceux du bas de la liste pourront  
> avoir des
> passes en fonction des d?sistements, et en alternant l?usage des
> laisser-passer chaque fois que cela est possible (puisque les  
> passes ne
> sont pas nominatifs).
>
Your family is what again? how active was it in the - process of  
negotiation at WSIS phase II. To be honest, i don't think I have meet  
anyone in your family other than yourself. where are they  
from...AH...let me guess, Tunisia... SIGH!!

you are asking we Tunisia YET another allotment of overpasses - that  
makes 100+36. my comment - I DO NOT THINK SO


Begs the question - I am very, very, very, disappointed that you did  
not care to comment on my comments nor address the very serious flaws  
I pointed out in the earlier draft Phillipe circulated . What don't  
need is a long discussion - what we need to do is move to ACTION, to  
actually get things done. This is what I have proposed with the  
online system. Can you comment on that please.


The address is -
https://secure.privaterra.org/wsis/



As Sean and others have commented - I was the only, the ONLY one who  
cared enough from the CSB to be involved in the overpass distrubution  
issue at phase 1. There were many lessons learned  . I have shared  
many of my comments on this issue because of that. Strangely enough,  
many of the proposals being put forward will lead, in my opinion, to  
a very flawed process . One that will be so complex that at the end,  
it will simply not work.

Given the concerns expressed by a large # of individuals in (real)  
CS, as well as by governments with the host country make it VERY  
problematic to  over-allocation of such a scare resource to the host  
country. Your comments and those of Marzouk and Moncef (seen as no  
friend of CS ) do not help either.

in summary -

- We currently have a flawed process that will not work. trust me.
- Worse yet, we have a process that - should it be approved by the  
CSB (and over  my dead body will it be), will open a pandora's box of  
criticism from fellow CS and govts.

- with only 3 weeks  to go i find it upsetting that the overpass  
issue has not been dealt with. The policy should be simple,  
transparent and adhere to the principles of inclusion of all CS. We  
should not, we must not - ignore those constituencies that have not  
been able to attend the phase II physical meetings.

- Worse yet, at this moment, I feel my experience and understanding  
of the issue is being ignored.

- I am not happy.




















From muguet at mdpi.org  Tue Oct 25 20:25:00 2005
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New ITU proposal concerning coordination
Message-ID: <435E868C.5030102@mdpi.org>

Hello from Geneva

There is a very little progress
in the current negotiations.

For your information :

original source :
http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/contributions/co97.pdf
in text format below.

Best regards

Francis

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INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

ITU Position on Implementation and Follow-up 1. The International
Telecommunication Union
wishes to maintain the views it previously submitted on this issue
during PrepCom-3, in particular the proposal submitted jointly with
UNESCO in Doc WSIS-II/PC-3/DT3 (rev2). In light of document DT/9 rev. 2
and DT/26, there is widespread agreement that the multi-stakeholder
nature of WSIS should be maintained through the overall implementation
and follow-up
process after Tunis. 2. The WSIS addresses a wide spectrum of issues
that involve many different parts of governments, most UN agencies and a
broad segment of the private sector and civil society. This can be
clearly seen in the Action Plan adopted in Geneva. Implementation and
followup will be a complicated process, with many tasks and operating at
many levels, so a clear division of responsibilities is vital for an
effective process that produces concrete results. 3. Paragraph 17 of
DT/9 rev. 2 provides a very useful framework upon
which to organize the implementation and follow-up, as it recognizes 3
fundamental elements following the Tunis Summit. These are: (1)
implementation (2) evaluation and (3) review, policy debate and
follow-up. An explanatory diagram, showing a possible
division/allocation of tasks under the framework in para. 17, is
attached. This paragraph has been deleted
from DT/26. 4. This diagram is based on the framework in para.17 of DT9
(rev.2), as well as the following elements. a. The WSIS outputs provide
a unique opportunity for all stakeholders to collaborate on a new issue,
which is cross-cutting in nature, and to develop new
work modalities that can effectively respond to the requirements in the
outputs. b. The implementation activities organized along the Action
Lines of the Plan of Action (para. 17a) require an appropriate and light
multistakeholder approach, in which individual Action Lines could be
moderated/facilitated by UN agencies. ITU and UNESCO are ready to play a
leading managerial role in organizing meetings of coordinators of action
lines and reporting on implementation. c. The follow-up (para. 17c) of
WSIS must be in line with UNGA Resolution 57/270 B to ensure that WSIS
is part of an integrated approach to all UN Summits and that ICTs are
mainstreamed into the Development agenda of the UN. In that respect,
existing UN processes and procedures can play an useful role, including
those of ECOSOC, on review,
policy debate and follow-up.
d. There is widespread recognition of the need for stocktaking,
statistical indicators and analytical assessment (Para. 17B) as an
evaluation component of the implementation and follow-up activities. 5.
The tradition has been that each UN style Summit establishes its own and
specific implementation process and different models have been chosen by
each Summit. Several of the key elements in DT/26, including much of
para. 29, were already considered at PreCom-3. ITU considers that the
final Outcome document of WSIS should provide more specificity than is
set forth in DT/26 as to the roles and responsibility of different
entities, so that concrete results can truly be achieved.

^L
DT/9 rev 2 Multi-stakeholder follow-up

International level

17 c

? Review, policy debate and coordination through ECOSOC (may involve
existing or new functional commission) ? Follow-up becomes integral part
of the UN integrated follow-up to major UN conferences and ? Review,
policy debate and coordination in line with UN Resolution 57/270 B

17 b

Multi-stakeholder evaluation

? Periodical evaluation, using agreed methodology (Para 44, 45 and 46
(stocktaking) of DT9/rev 2)
? No new operational bodies created
Multi-stakeholder implementation

17 a

? Bottom-up multi-stakeholder implementation activities, organized along
action lines of Geneva Plan of Action, moderated/facilitated by UN
agencies (Annex or as determined by CEB/HLSOC)
? Modalities of coordination of multi-stakeholders activities, as well
as multi-stakeholder policy discussion space are expected to be
established. ?No new operational bodies created ?ITU/UNESCO/ and
possibly UNDP to coordinate meetings of coordinators and reporting of
implementation

Regional level See Para 19 of DT/9 rev 2
National level (See Para
18 of DT/9 Se Rev e 2)
Para 18 of DT/9 Rev 2



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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Tue Oct 25 20:49:03 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Meeting yesterday with WSIS ES
Message-ID: <200510251949.j9PJmrZI008640@homer2.tic.ch>

Please find below a short summary of the meeting we had on Monday with the
WSIS ES.

 

Meeting with the WSIS ES

24 October 2005

 

Overpasses for Resumed PrepCom-3 - The venue of the resumed prepcom-3 is now
decided: it will be in a hotel in Tunis North, close to the KRAM Centre (I
will send you the exact name of the Hotel tomorrow, because there was some
sort of confusion on it today). One more time, even though the decision is
not taken yet and if Charles Geiger was quite reticent to the introduction
of overpasses, it seemed to us highly probably that overpasses would be
established for the Plenary and Sub-Committees A & B of the resumed
PrepCom-3 in Tunis.

 

Host Country Agreement

Charles Geiger ensured that the Host Country Agreement would probably be
published on the ITU website on the next few days (at least article 1 to 6,
applicable to all participants, and the table of contents). In addition,
each government could see the entire upon request.

 

As this stage, note that you can find a www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/info.html a
FAQs regarding privileges and immunities for participants: the document is
only in French today but will be translated in the up-coming hours.

 

Documents policy

We commented the text and get some additional clarification that this is in
line with regular practice in UN summit, and that the ITU would follow the
same practice. 

 

We were advised to send pouched documents to the address indicated on the
documents policy guidelines:

"Livraison Documentation"
PalExpo Kram
SMSI 2005
Porte No. 3
Kram, Tunisie 

However the main difficulty remains how to send document pouches in Tunis
and be sure that it would arrive at the Kram Centre in due time and without
any custom problem. Tunisian customs and post services were requested not to
block or delay the importation of documentation for the Summit, but we
requested more information of the best procedure to send documents in Tunis.
Some possibilities are still under considerations, and the WSIS ES proposed
to come back by the end of this week with additional information, through
its team currently visiting Tunisia for logistical issues.

 

We will come back to you as soon as we have additional and more precise
information in this regard.

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe

 

 

 

 

 

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CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
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From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UNESCO implementation of WSIS recommendations
Message-ID: <435E8F2D.3000303@mdpi.org>


Hello again from Geneva,

The 33rd General Conference of UNESCO
( 3 - 21 October 2005, Paris, France )
decided of the
UNESCO budget for the next two years.

I was able to attend only parts of the
conference, because  I first got
a badge problem to get there,
and then I had other duties
to attend and then I caught
a severe broncho-larygitis !

Please find attached ( text & pdf )
( also  URL of the informal information note
http://www.wsis-si.org/IS/wsis-unesco-25oct05.pdf )
the informal information note
that I gave to few delegates at 6PM and later tonight.

This is giving a credible preview of what could be the
implementation
of the WSIS recommendations when the implementation is left
entirely to the good will of a UN agency.
Not a single WSIS recommendation is ever quoted, just vague
allusions to WSIS.
Therefore, as I never ceased to repeat it, a strong
multi-stakeholder oversight is required for the implementation
and follow-up, avoiding at all costs
  foggy diplomatic schemes where
the Civil Society will be lost.

More comments tomorrow about UNESCO, the WSIS
implementation / follow-up process and current
negotiations in Geneva.

Best regards

Francis


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Intersessional negotiation work 
24-28 October 2005 
WSIS CIVIL SOCIETY

An informal information note with few comments
concerning the WSIS implementation and follow-up
at UNESCO

Tuesday 25 October 2005
Version 3
URL : http://www.wsis-si.org/IS/wsis-unesco-25oct05.pdf


Important quoted texts are   highlighted  

Concerning the implementation of the WSIS recommendations by UNESCO, It has been brought mostly to the attention of all stakeholders : governments, civil society and business sector, the document entitled â€œUNESCO and the WSISâ€� ( ref 33C/41 ).

However, we feel that further information and comments might prove helpfull in order to provide some food for thought in the context of current negotiations    concerning the implementation and follow-up of the WSIS.

The document 33C/41  has been discussed during the UNESCO 33rd  General Conference on Wednesday 12 October 2005, by the Commission V.  According to the draft oral report of the rapporteur of Commission V (17 October 2005), the paragraph 22.6 related to Internet Governance was deleted. Concerning the paragraph 22.8 â€œendorsing the Director-General's approach to the implementation of and follow-up to the WSIS outcomesâ€�, some countries were not satisfied with this formulation feeling that it could imply agreement before the outcomes of the Summit were known. After extensive discussions, the Chair called for a vote, and the original wording in this section of the DR was adopted ( 57 in favor, 6 against and 5 abstentions ). There was also extensive debate about the timing of reporting outcomes, with some feeling that the 34th  Session of the General Conference is too far away. Mr Khan agreed that the Tunis Outcomes and the tasks assigned to UNESCO could be reported to the April 2006 session of the Executive Board and that a more comprehensive implementation progress report would be prepared for the next General Conference in 2007.

However for all practical purposes, what really matters concerning the implementation of the WSIS recommendations is what has been adopted in the Budget for the next biennum, and one might be concerned about the efficiency of the Director General approach if there is no dedicated financial ressources towards this purpose.  Therefore, we feel that what is of utmost importance is the Budget. We hereby refer to the Draft Budget ( ref 33C/5) to assess the current implementation of the WSIS recommendations by UNESCO. 
The draft budget of UNESCO is organized according to Five Major Programmes that correspond to the various UNESCO administrative divisions.
I  Education
II Natural Sciences
III Social and Human Sciences
IV Culture
V  Communication and Information.

It is worth to notice that the WSIS is only mentionned within the Major Programme V Communication and information (C33/5 p 191 ). We are also concerned that the WSIS recommendations whose precise language has been the matter of extensive diplomatic negotiations are never quoted as such and no itemized implementation of each recommendation has been contemplated.  In the matter of e-science, which fells in the undisputed field of competence of UNESCO,  we are extremely concerned that that budget items ( eg. see Annex 2 ) are not reflecting precisely the recommendations of the plan of action.

Main paragraphs of the Draft Budget where the WSIS is mentionned.:

05003. International goals and commitments :Â­ Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 2003 and 2005) Â­ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular MDG 1, MDG 2 and MDG 8, target 18 Â­ United Nations Millennium Declaration.

05005. Information, communication and knowledge are at the core of human progress, endeavour, and well-being. Traditional and new information and communication technologies (ICTs) open new and challenging opportunities to attain higher levels of development for the benefit of people in all parts of the world. However, many people and nations, especially the poorest ones, do not have effective and equitable access to the means for producing, disseminating and using information and, therefore, to development opportunities. The concept of knowledge societies, which UNESCO has been advocating, offers a holistic and comprehensive vision (cutting across all UNESCO's domains) with a clear development-oriented perspective that captures the complexity and dynamism of current changes in the world. Knowledge societies are about capabilities to identify, produce, disseminate and use information to build and apply knowledge for human development. They require an empowering social vision which encompasses plurality, inclusion, solidarity and participation. Based on the principles of freedom of expression, universal access to information and knowledge, promotion of cultural diversity, and equal access to quality education, the concept of knowledge societies is progressively recognized as essential for attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly in the new framework for international dialogue and cooperation set by the two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Programme V.1
05101 Empowering people through access to information and knowledge with special emphasis on freedom of expression
( C33/5 p 194 )

Programme objectives. UNESCO will seek to support actions designed to empower people so that they can access and contribute to information and knowledge flows. Actions will be initiated along four main thrusts: (i) promoting freedom of expression; (ii) creating an enabling environment which is conducive to and facilitates universal access to information and knowledge; (iii) developing effective "infostructures"; and (iv) stimulating the development of and access to diverse content. The actions under the first thrust are geared towards attaining the objectives of promoting freedom of expression and freedom of the press, establishing internationally recognized standards for freedom of expression and freedom of information, developing accountability, ethics and professional standards in journalism as well as enhancing the role of the media in democratic governance. These actions will consolidate some of the expected outcomes of strategic objective 10 in document 31 C/4 Approved, especially (i) progress in the application of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the media; and (ii) extension of the geographical coverage of networks in order to fight more effectively against threats to the security of journalists. The Information for All Programme (IFAP) will provide the policy framework for many of the actions under the second thrust which will be designed around setting standards, raising awareness and monitoring progress to achieve universal access to information and knowledge. The objectives include promoting the formulation of integrated information and communication strategies and policies in Member States that conform with the Principles and the Action Plan adopted at the WSIS. Special consideration will be given to fostering international debate on the ethical implications of emerging knowledge societies and assisting in the development of information and management tools. Special consideration will be given to fostering international debate on the ethical implications of emerging knowledge societies and assisting in the development of information and management tools. Other objectives will be to enhance the development of "infostructures", such as libraries and archives, especially at the community level; stimulate the production of and access to diverse content; and preserve the documentary heritage, both in digital and traditional formats. It is envisaged that these actions will lead to an increase in the amount of publicly available information and encourage multilingualism, especially in cyberspace. They will also aim at reinforcing the contributions by the media to intercultural dialogue in the larger context of the Organization's efforts to promote a dialogue among cultures and civilizations as well as peoples. These actions will equally help attain the expected outcomes of strategic objectives in document 31 C/4 Approved, in particular (i) improved cultural and linguistic diversity through a more diverse offer in the Internet and other digital products (strategic objective 11); (ii) broader participation in world networks as a result of training and institutional support; and (iii) greater participation in regional networks and improvement in their technical capacity.

0511. Strategic approaches. UNESCO has a unique mandate to act as the lead agency in promoting freedom of expression and universal access to information and knowledge. The Organization is well suited to serve as a resource facility and a think-tank for pertinent questions related to the complex development of knowledge societies. One main objective will be to ensure that the concrete implementation of the WSIS Plan of Action is accompanied by a continued reflection on the conditions in which knowledge societies can develop. The focus will be on creating an enabling environment to achieve freedom of expression and universal access. These goals are strongly interrelated. The freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media reflects the fundamental human right upon which the goal of universal access is predicated. Freedom of expression and the free flow of ideas by word and image are critical to achieve universal access and fully exploit its potential in developing prosperity and knowledge....
 The approach also entails fostering standards for editorial independence of public service broadcasting institutions. Another important element of the strategy will be the implementation of the outcomes of the two phases of the WSIS (Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005). Action will be targeted to the needs of developing countries, especially the least developed countries and countries in transition. Special attention will be paid to the gender dimensions and to the needs of young people. Consultations and consensus-building on important "infoethics" issues will be pursued, as will be monitoring and analysing developments in knowledge societies, in collaboration with national authorities, civil society organizations and the private sector 

0512 Fostering community access and diversity of content
Strategic approaches. Dealing with two main thrusts of the principal priority area, namely developing effective "infostructures" Â­ such as libraries, archives, community learning centres, and other providers of information services Â­ and stimulating the development of, and access to, diverse content Â­ the actions are designed to operationalize the concept of knowledge societies and to contribute to the implementation of the WSIS Action Plan. They are equally intended to address the digital divide and develop strategies for universal access. In developing "infostructures", UNESCO will concentrate on building human and institutional capacities as well as strengthening community access and participation in knowledge societies. With regard to building human and institutional capacities, the strategy aims at providing training, integrating media literacy issues into curricula of communication training institutions and assisting them to offer on-line and off-line training opportunities. ...

Flagship project: Community media as a catalyst for development and social change
...The CMC modality was highlighted as a UNESCO flagship activity at WSIS I, held in December 2003 in Geneva...

05201  Promoting communication development and ICTs for education, science and culture

Programme objectives. The following two main objectives will be pursued: (i) supporting the development of communication media, including in conflict and post-conflict areas as well as in post-disaster situations; and (ii) advancing the use of ICTs for education, science and culture. Under the first objective, the Organization will continue its efforts to foster communication development in Member States, principally through its International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). Priority will be given to least developed countries, Africa and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as well as countries in transition. In areas of emergency and conflict, building on its experience in South-East Europe, the Great Lakes region in Africa, the Middle East, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan, UNESCO will contribute to peace-building and reconciliation processes by providing assistance to independent media so as to enable them to gather and disseminate non-partisan information. The objectives are threefold: support the establishment of media facilities; encourage media initiatives which contribute to peacebuilding; and assist in the rebuilding and development of independent and pluralistic media landscapes in post-conflict areas as well as in post-disaster situations. The actions are designed to reinforce the expected outcomes of an increase in the number of (i) development projects on communication capacities (strategic objective 12 in document 31 C/4 Approved); and (ii) independent newspapers and radio or television stations, both public and private, in countries in transition as well as in conflict or post-conflict zones (strategic objective 10). With regard to advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture, the Organization will seek to enhance learning opportunities through access to diversified contents and delivery systems as well as strengthening capacities for scientific research, information-sharing and cultural exchanges. As the "lead sector" for the cross-cutting theme on ICTs, the Communication and Information Sector will reinforce synergies between its own programmes and the cross-cutting projects related to this theme. Actions will focus on using ICTs to contribute to achieving the EFA goals and the WSIS Action Plan by expanding access to education and learning, broadening access to scientific information and increasing capacities for information-sharing and exchanges. In this way, the actions will also strengthen the achievement of the expected outcome of more diversified applications of ICTs for training purposes, especially in distance education and scientific and cultural cooperation (strategic objective 12 in document 31 C/4 Approved).

05401 Cooperation with extrabudgetary funding sources 
Under Major Programme V, UNESCO will continue its cooperation with multilateral and bilateral institutions and donors in the public and private sectors and other stakeholders. The Organization will intensify its efforts to collaborate with the international donor community to generate funds for actions designed to enhance the role of communication and information in development as well as in building open and inclusive societies. The Organization will seek to achieve a greater integration of efforts among the donor community and multilateral development institutions through coordinated or joint programme approaches. In particular, efforts will be made to improve synergies with the UN ICT Task Force, the Global Knowledge Partnership, UNDP, ITU, the World Bank and other stakeholders in the implementation of the Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS, 2003 and 2005). The Organization's own intergovernmental and international programmes, the International Programme for Development of Communication (IPDC) and Information for All Programme (IFAP), will be particularly important in the efforts to mobilize funds and strengthen international cooperation. In the principal priority area, "empowering people through access to information and knowledge with special emphasis of freedom of expression", partnerships will be sought with organizations and initiatives belonging to the United Nations system such as the UNDP, ITU, UN ICT Task Force and other IGOs. Civil society organizations, including professional NGOs, will continue to be essential partners for building alliances around knowledge society issues. Partnerships with the private sector, particularly the IT industry, will be consolidated and widened, especially in areas of shared social and economic development objectives and where the IT industry can provide innovative solutions for establishing knowledge networks. With regard to the promotion of freedom of expression and media independence and pluralism, including in conflict areas and post-disaster situations where UNESCO has gained considerable experience over the past years, extrabudgetary funding will be sought from a range of international, national, and private sources, including those bilateral national donors (such as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, United States) that have already contributed substantially to the Organization's activities in this area. Cooperation will also be sought or reinforced with the joint United Nations and World Bank Trust Funds, OCHA, OHCHR, the European Union, the Council of Europe, OSCE, foundations and the private sector. Existing partnership arrangements with national, regional and international NGOs as well as with main professional organizations will continue and be further developed....

Annex 1 :
Budget : Major Programme V Â­ Communication and information 
I. Personnel  $19 052 100 
II. Activities: 
V.1 Empowering people through access to information and knowledge
with special emphasis on freedom of expression 
V.1.1 Creating an enabling environment for the promotion of freedom
of expression and universal access  $3 989 600 
V.1.2 Fostering community access and diversity of content  $6 480 500 
V.2 Promoting communication development and ICTs for education,
science and culture 
V.2.1 Fostering media development $2 382 500 
V.2Promoting communication development and ICTs for education,
science and culture 
V.2.1 Fostering media development $2 382 500 
V.2.2 Advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture $1 045 700 
Projects relating to cross-cutting themes  $1 500 000 
Total, Major Programme V  $34 450 400
V.3

Annex 2

33 C Budget item with our proposed modifications (for illustrative purpose only, since this budget item has been adopted ) to ensure a minimal, although not satisfactory agreement with the precise recommendations of the WSIS Geneva plan of action.  

V.2.2 Advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture
Main line of action 2.
Broadening access to scientific and technological information through media and ICTs
05222 ( page 211 )
Regular budget $260,300
Extrabudgetary $557,000
Total, Activities: $817,300
Expected results at the end of the biennium
Access to scientific information sources such as preprints, publications, journals, archives, and open education resources (OER) increased.  
Performance indicators:
Â­ agreements established with publishers on worldwide  Open access to scientific information; 
Â­  developement of open-access ressources  networks supported and scope of their membership and  a network of open-access ressources.  
Â­ online and off-line quality  freely available resources available to scientists in developing countries.
ICT-based networking and knowledge-sharing among scientists strengthened through innovative strategies 
Performance indicators:
Â­ online networks set up involving science communities;
Â­ provision and use of free/open source software by scientists.
Science journalism promoted through support to media training institutions.
Performance indicators:
Â­ training courses in science journalism;
Â­ production and use of model curricula for science journalism in training institutions;
Â­ media programmes/productions on science.

Dr. Francis Muguet
muguet@ensta.fr   muguet@wtis.org 
Chair 							     		        Co-chair
Civil Society Working Group 		                   Civil Society Working Group
Scientific Information			          Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks 
http://www.wsis-si.org						            http://www.wsis-pct.org 
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 25 22:24:17 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
Message-ID: <20051025212417.20855.qmail@web60712.mail.yahoo.com>

Salut,
Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au 20
novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine en
demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
compris.
Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
Amiti?s
Djilali


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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Wed Oct 26 00:11:57 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Overpasses
In-Reply-To: <3E277140-59B5-4CD6-AA58-CD0E2441D22D@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <200510250842.j9P8fBhj014926@smtp2.planet.net.tn>
	 <3E277140-59B5-4CD6-AA58-CD0E2441D22D@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <9ea79150510251611w1ebffdbaw@mail.gmail.com>

Concerning this point, Mr Tijani has been for a long time a good
advocate for the Youth Caucus. And he is in direct contact with me and
an advisor like me for the World Youth Congress. About his comment, he
did it because I cannot participate on the bureau list and because I
told him that Titi is disconnected these last days.


> > o  Pour le caucus des jeunes, je pense qu'il serait juste de leur
> > ajouter quelques Passes car ils seront tr?s nombreux ? Tunis (Il y a un
> > congr?s mondial des jeunes qui se tiendra sous forme d'?v?nement parall?le
> > durant la p?riode du Sommet).
> >
> DO NOT SPEAK FOR YOUTH WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM -
>
> let's get their comments. you do not speak for the,

Regards

Marouen MRAIHI
WSIS Youth Caucus local coordinator - Tunisia
http://www.wsisyouth.org

From anais_ac at yahoo.fr  Tue Oct 25 07:04:48 2005
From: anais_ac at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?Olivier=20Nana=20Nz=E9pa?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Africa-CS-WSIS]SPONSORSHIPS/URGENT
In-Reply-To: <20051005110514.57254.qmail@web26809.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051025060448.26292.qmail@web26808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>



Dear All,
All those of you, members of the ACSIS cabinet, the various committees and the electorate college -all registered national focal point- who haven't yet get a sponsorship for Tunis, please send names and point of departure directely to me today.
 
 
Tous ceux d'entre vous, membres du cabinet de l'ACSIS, des differents comites que nous avons mis sur pied et ducollege electoral - tous les points focaux nationaux officiellement reconnus- qui n'avez pas encore de prise en charge pour Tunis, envoyez-moi aujourd'hui vos noms et vos points de depart.
 
Olivier
 

		
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct 26 01:09:19 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Overpasses
In-Reply-To: <9ea79150510251611w1ebffdbaw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <200510250842.j9P8fBhj014926@smtp2.planet.net.tn>
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Mauren:

I too have good contacts with the youth caucus, and it is well known
that I am a member of the CSB as well. So, i am puzzled.

The issue remains - one of uncertainty and problems in regards to host
country overpasses

regards

Robert



On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 00:11 +0100, Marouen MRAIHI wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Concerning this point, Mr Tijani has been for a long time a good
> advocate for the Youth Caucus. And he is in direct contact with me and
> an advisor like me for the World Youth Congress. About his comment, he
> did it because I cannot participate on the bureau list and because I
> told him that Titi is disconnected these last days.
> 
> 
> > > o  Pour le caucus des jeunes, je pense qu'il serait juste de leur
> > > ajouter quelques Passes car ils seront tr?s nombreux ? Tunis (Il y a un
> > > congr?s mondial des jeunes qui se tiendra sous forme d'?v?nement parall?le
> > > durant la p?riode du Sommet).
> > >
> > DO NOT SPEAK FOR YOUTH WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM -
> >
> > let's get their comments. you do not speak for the,
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marouen MRAIHI
> WSIS Youth Caucus local coordinator - Tunisia
> http://www.wsisyouth.org
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Wed Oct 26 02:27:19 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Additional Comments  on the Intersessional Negotiation Group
Message-ID: <00a901c5d9cc$69111490$2101a8c0@home>

First of all, I wish to refer you to Jettre Madsen and Philippe Dam's report for today Tuesday 25 Oct.,  .

I have a few remarks to make.

The Chair announced that NGOs were not allowed to sit in even in silence.  So NGOs as visible as ourselves had to leave the room.  

Secondly, while there were more texts agreed upon today, some governments backtracked on agreed language despite the plea of the Chair not to as a matter of principle and for want of time.  A specific one wason para.27 of Rev Chapter Two. The real issue here was on new and adequate finances and not deviating resources from existing ones, rather than approaches (Egypt's comment).  And also the need to have responses and support - in other words  promptness and accessability of financiaI support from North/South and N/S and S/S coopeation were needed. .Another para were there was danger of backtracking was para 39 when the U.S. wanted to include Civil Society for the purpose of "style"., and some governments found this as an opening to introduce new language.  So the Chair stressed the necessity not to reopen agreed paragraphs, in which case the U.S. withdrew this proposal in order to keep the agreement. 

With regards to Para 21 of Rev. Chapter Two, in our briefing with the UK (EU), the idea of transfer of technology was acceptable but not the issue of supporting financial investments but  not its sustainabiloity.  She also welcome new language from other stakeholders and said she will allude to this in tomorrow's session.       

iOn specific paragraphs, 32 and 33 of the Political Chapeau, trade libralization was considered to be a specialized subject that the WSIS had no competence in and should be left to the Finance Ministries (Venezuela specifically stated that they were pre-empting the Hongkong Ministerial Conference which outcome was still unknown.  I sense that this issue will either deleted or left in brackets till Tunis.     

With regard to 34 and 35, the problem is with the U.S. that did not want to use the word protect cultural expression which is in the newly adopted UNESCO Convention but preferred to keep preserve and insert indigenous  and local languages.

Since it willo be a close session from now on, we shall havde to depend on the briefings by the Chair in the morning and by the UK in the evening.

Conchita 

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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Wed Oct 26 05:01:16 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Meeting yesterday with WSIS ES
In-Reply-To: <200510251949.j9PJmrZI008640@homer2.tic.ch>
References: <200510251949.j9PJmrZI008640@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <p0623090ebf84af7fa12d@[192.168.1.254]>

Philippe, thank you.

One question (below)

At 9:49 PM +0200 10/25/05, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
>Please find below a short summary of the meeting 
>we had on Monday with the WSIS ES.
>
>Meeting with the WSIS ES
>24 October 2005
>
>Overpasses for Resumed PrepCom-3 ? The venue of 
>the resumed prepcom-3 is now decided: it will be 
>in a hotel in Tunis North, close to the KRAM 
>Centre (I will send you the exact name of the 
>Hotel tomorrow, because there was some sort of 
>confusion on it today). One more time, even 
>though the decision is not taken yet and if 
>Charles Geiger was quite reticent to the 
>introduction of overpasses, it seemed to us 
>highly probably that overpasses would be 
>established for the Plenary and Sub-Committees A 
>& B of the resumed PrepCom-3 in Tunis.
>



Did the WSIS ES say how large the meeting space 
is, how many people it will take?

Is it the 300 seat room first mentioned, or 
larger space they hoped to be able to find?

Could you confirm.

Many thanks,

Adam




>Host Country Agreement
>Charles Geiger ensured that the Host Country 
>Agreement would probably be published on the ITU 
>website on the next few days (at least article 1 
>to 6, applicable to all participants, and the 
>table of contents). In addition, each government 
>could see the entire upon request.
>
>As this stage, note that you can find a 
><http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/info.html>www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/info.html 
>a FAQs regarding privileges and immunities for 
>participants: the document is only in French 
>today but will be translated in the up-coming 
>hours.
>
>Documents policy
>We commented the text and get some additional 
>clarification that this is in line with regular 
>practice in UN summit, and that the ITU would 
>follow the same practice.
>
>We were advised to send pouched documents to the 
>address indicated on the documents policy 
>guidelines:
>"Livraison Documentation"
>PalExpo Kram
>SMSI 2005
>Porte No. 3
>Kram, Tunisie
>However the main difficulty remains how to send 
>document pouches in Tunis and be sure that it 
>would arrive at the Kram Centre in due time and 
>without any custom problem. Tunisian customs and 
>post services were requested not to block or 
>delay the importation of documentation for the 
>Summit, but we requested more information of the 
>best procedure to send documents in Tunis. Some 
>possibilities are still under considerations, 
>and the WSIS ES proposed to come back by the end 
>of this week with additional information, 
>through its team currently visiting Tunisia for 
>logistical issues.
>
>We will come back to you as soon as we have 
>additional and more precise information in this 
>regard.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Philippe
>
>
>
>
>
>Philippe Dam
>CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>11, Avenue de la Paix
>CH-1202 Geneva
>Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>E-mail: <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>wsis@ngocongo.org
>Website: <http://www.ngocongo.org>www.ngocongo.org?
>
>The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an 
>international, membership association that 
>facilitates the participation of NGOs in United 
>Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, 
>CONGO's major objective is to ensure the 
>presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's 
>governments and United Nations agencies on 
>issues of global concern.  For more information 
>see our website at 
><http://www.ngocongo.org/>www.ngocongo.org
>


From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Wed Oct 26 06:19:24 2005
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] monitoring MSP post_wsis initiative
In-Reply-To: <435E8F2D.3000303@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20051026051926.6EA6A50758@smtp20.libero.it>

Dear all,

Following Francis note on UNESCO,this note is to draw your attention to an
initiative which we think could be of interest in preparing for Tunis,
acknowledging all the controversies and shortcomings of this final phase.

The idea, just in infant stage at the moment, is to set up monitoring
initiative on multi-stakeholder dimension of whatever will come out of Tunis
at national (and international) level after wsis, as a way to keep people
connected while putting pressure on governments and bringing input to
whatever mechanism will be set up.

We believe there is some potential to keep the energy of the civil society
constitutency that developed around WSIS while one of the risks we are
facing now is not to have any sustainability after Tunis for the broad
mobilization worldwide. We believe a sound proposal from different CS
groups, with a loose trans-national structure but some connection (to be
discussed) to the institutional setting, can show that we have some
knowledge, competence and will to seriously foster MSP at various levels, as
a way to promote more participatory practices in communication governance.

We aim at developing principles, criteria, indicators and a monitoring
mechanisms to "look after" the post-Tunis phase, building on former
experiences and existing frameworks to be adapted to the specific policy
areas emerging from WSIS Implementation.

As Tunis is coming closer, we would very much appreciate your feedback on: 

the idea itself; the proposed initiative; the why, what, who and how; 
and eventually your own interest in supporting this exercise (through
knowledge exchange as well as in promoting the initiative further and
cooperate directly). 

We are planning to use the coming weeks refine the proposal, start reviewing
existing frameworks, contact those peoples who have done work on this and
come to Tunis with something that can be discussed, refined and promoted
broadly.

Please go to the WSIS MSP site to see the draft of the initiative -
http://www.wsis-msp.org/msmi_wsis/ (also in attach). Comments and
suggestions are most welcome.

With best regards 

Claudia Padovani
And 
Tatiana Ershova


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From duhamic at rwanda1.com  Wed Oct 26 07:31:15 2005
From: duhamic at rwanda1.com (Duhamic)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Africa-CS-WSIS]SPONSORSHIPS/URGENT
References: <20051025060448.26292.qmail@web26808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <001201c5d9f6$de8d1fa0$0501a8c0@SE>

Monsier Olivier 

J'ai bien re?u ton message 
Je n'ai pas pas encore re?u la prise en charge pour Tunis  
Merci d'avance pour ton aide.

Merci

BENINEZA Innocent
Secr?taire Ex?ctutif de DUHAMIC ADRI
BP 1080 Kigali Rwanda
Tel (250) 514665
     (205) 582455
Fax (250) 582455
Portable (250) 08300424
E mail: duhamic@rwanda1.com
Internet:www.duhamic.org.rw
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Olivier Nana Nz?pa 
  To: acscabinetmembers@yahoogroups.com ; africa@wsis-cs.org ; aisi-acsis@dgroups.org ; aisi-wsis-l@dgroups.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:04 AM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Africa-CS-WSIS]SPONSORSHIPS/URGENT




  Dear All,
  All those of you, members of the ACSIS cabinet, the various committees and the electorate college -all registered national focal point- who haven't yet get a sponsorship for Tunis, please send names and point of departure directely to me today.


  Tous ceux d'entre vous, membres du cabinet de l'ACSIS, des differents comites que nous avons mis sur pied et ducollege electoral - tous les points focaux nationaux officiellement reconnus- qui n'avez pas encore de prise en charge pour Tunis, envoyez-moi aujourd'hui vos noms et vos points de depart.

  Olivier



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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct 26 10:18:19 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Overpasses
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je suis d'accord avec joseph

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 07:44 +0000, jsarr@refer.sn wrote:
> Bonjour ? tous,
> 
> Je maintiens ma demande de "deux overpasses" pour la famille des villes et
> autorit?s locales. La raison est que cette famille organise un sommet mondial ?
> Bilbao, du 9 au 11 novembre, et va envoyer une d?l?gation tr?s importante ?
> Tunis pour faire la restitution.
> Bonne r?ception et salutations cordiales.
> 
> Joseph SARR
> Point focal de la famille des Villes et Autorit?s locales
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Selon Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>:
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> > Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> > this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> > On 25-Oct-05, at 4:42 AM, Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:
> >
> > > Bonjour,
> > >
> > > Voici mes commentaires sur la politique de distribution des ?
> > > Overpasses ? :
> > >
> > > -    Pour le panel de haut niveau, d?accord pour ajouter 1 laisser-
> > > passer
> > > pour  le caucus Africain et un autre pour le caucus de la
> > > gouvernance Internet.
> > >
> > > -    Pour les Pl?ni?res, j?ai un ensemble de remarques :
> > > o    Le groupe de travail ? Environnement et TIC ? a demand? 1 seul
> > > Passe.
> > > Pourquoi lui en attribuer 5 (500%), surtout que sa pr?sence n?a pas
> > > ?t?
> > > tr?s senti lors du processus du sommet.
> >
> > it is a caucus. has an active webpage.
> >
> > check with thomas (cc'ing him)
> >
> > > o    La r?gion LAC n?a pas ?t? repr?sent?e lors du processus de la
> > > 2?me
> > > phase du SMSI. Magaly repr?sente le caucus Genre, et non pas La r?gion
> > > LAC. Qui a demand? les 10 passes au nom de LAC ? Et pourquoi vous leur
> > > attribuez le double ?
> >
> > DO NOT AGREE
> >
> > - they couldn't get funding from the ITU @ phase II, that's why.
> > blame the ITU, but don't  underestimate their involvement in the
> > information society and involvement @ WSIS.
> > - as for reasons they want 2 - Roberto Bissio will be speaking,
> > that's probably why.
> >
> > It would be best if your comments where in english, as it's hard for
> > people in spanish to understand comments in frnech . that being said,
> > i will hope philipe and alejandra can translate your comments so that
> > Magaly, Olinca and others can reply.
> >
> >
> > > o    La famille ? Philanthropic Institutions ? n?existe presque plus.
> > > Wolfgang est au caucus de la gouvernance de l?Internet. Il n?a pas
> > > demand? beaucoup, mais je me demande a qui il va les distribuer.
> > >
> >
> > DO NOT AGREE
> > you are questioning one caucus after an another. it is too late in
> > the process to state eliminate them. please post these very serious
> > questions to the plenary. thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> > > o    La dame Russe qui se dit repr?senter la famille ?
> > > Multistakeholder
> > > Partenarships ? ne s?est manifest?e que les derniers jours de
> > > PrepCom3.
> > > Je ne pense pas que l?attribution de passes pour cette famille
> > > serait une
> > > bonne chose.
> >
> > DO NOT AGREE
> >
> > She was involved in phase I in several of the video conferences that
> > I organized at PC 2, PC3 & the summit.
> >
> > again, no funding to come - so we don't see here. does not mean was
> > not active in - THE INFORMATION SOCIETY.
> >
> >
> >
> > > o    Pour le caucus des jeunes, je pense qu?il serait juste de leur
> > > ajouter
> > > quelques Passes car ils seront tr?s nombreux ? Tunis (Il y a un
> > > congr?s
> > > mondial des jeunes qui se tiendra sous forme d??v?nement parall?le
> > > durant
> > > la p?riode du Sommet).
> > >
> > DO NOT SPEAK FOR YOUTH WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM -
> >
> > let's get their comments. you do not speak for the,
> >
> > > o    Et enfin, le caucus Africain m?rite plus de passes eu ?gard au
> > > nombre
> > > de ses membres.
> > >
> > DO NOT AGREE
> >
> > if we follow your logic we should give the passes to the region that
> > has had most representation - that would be Europe and north america
> > region + all the caucuses they are a part of.  they have been there
> > in the most number and been the most active - thus, should they get
> > the most? that would not be fair - the other regions should have
> > passes to.
> >
> >
> > At this point, i beg to ask the question - why are you speaking for
> > caucuses other than your own? Don't please - if you do, you will open
> > a pandora's box that does not need to be opened at this state. If you
> > insist on getting comments, then we should open the comments to all
> > concern - not just the CSB. Consequently, i am cc'ing plenary.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -    D?accord pour les 36 passes restant
> > >
> > > -    Pour le m?canisme de distribution des passes, je vous enverrai
> > > la liste
> > > des membres de ma famille qui ont demand? un laisser-passer pour la
> > > pl?ni?re. Vous remarquerez que leur nombre est sup?rieur au nombre de
> > > passes attribu?s. La distribution se fera sur la base du ? premier
> > > venu,
> > > premier servi ?. Bien entendu, ceux du bas de la liste pourront
> > > avoir des
> > > passes en fonction des d?sistements, et en alternant l?usage des
> > > laisser-passer chaque fois que cela est possible (puisque les
> > > passes ne
> > > sont pas nominatifs).
> > >
> > Your family is what again? how active was it in the - process of
> > negotiation at WSIS phase II. To be honest, i don't think I have meet
> > anyone in your family other than yourself. where are they
> > from...AH...let me guess, Tunisia... SIGH!!
> >
> > you are asking we Tunisia YET another allotment of overpasses - that
> > makes 100+36. my comment - I DO NOT THINK SO
> >
> >
> > Begs the question - I am very, very, very, disappointed that you did
> > not care to comment on my comments nor address the very serious flaws
> > I pointed out in the earlier draft Phillipe circulated . What don't
> > need is a long discussion - what we need to do is move to ACTION, to
> > actually get things done. This is what I have proposed with the
> > online system. Can you comment on that please.
> >
> >
> > The address is -
> > https://secure.privaterra.org/wsis/
> >
> >
> >
> > As Sean and others have commented - I was the only, the ONLY one who
> > cared enough from the CSB to be involved in the overpass distrubution
> > issue at phase 1. There were many lessons learned  . I have shared
> > many of my comments on this issue because of that. Strangely enough,
> > many of the proposals being put forward will lead, in my opinion, to
> > a very flawed process . One that will be so complex that at the end,
> > it will simply not work.
> >
> > Given the concerns expressed by a large # of individuals in (real)
> > CS, as well as by governments with the host country make it VERY
> > problematic to  over-allocation of such a scare resource to the host
> > country. Your comments and those of Marzouk and Moncef (seen as no
> > friend of CS ) do not help either.
> >
> > in summary -
> >
> > - We currently have a flawed process that will not work. trust me.
> > - Worse yet, we have a process that - should it be approved by the
> > CSB (and over  my dead body will it be), will open a pandora's box of
> > criticism from fellow CS and govts.
> >
> > - with only 3 weeks  to go i find it upsetting that the overpass
> > issue has not been dealt with. The policy should be simple,
> > transparent and adhere to the principles of inclusion of all CS. We
> > should not, we must not - ignore those constituencies that have not
> > been able to attend the phase II physical meetings.
> >
> > - Worse yet, at this moment, I feel my experience and understanding
> > of the issue is being ignored.
> >
> > - I am not happy.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> 
> 
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From basheerhamad.shadrach at oneworld.net  Wed Oct 26 09:44:34 2005
From: basheerhamad.shadrach at oneworld.net (Basheerhamad Shadrach)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Professor M S Swaminathan
In-Reply-To: <200510241853.j9OIqvl4010038@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <020401c5da09$7da344e0$7336e0dc@oneworld.sa>

Dear all

Since an important meeting in India clashes with WSIS, Professor M S
Swaminathan would be available in Tunis on 14-15 November 2005.  DO you
think the Civil Society Plenary would like to take advantage of his
presence there?  If so, do you have any ideas for the afternoon on the
15th.  He shall be free at 1330 hours for three hours after attending a
Press Conference at the ITU Launch Pad area.

Warmest regards

Shaddy

 

B. Shadrach

Director, OneWorld South Asia

C5, Qutab Institutional Area

New Delhi 110016

 

 

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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 26 10:51:06 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Africa-CS-WSIS]SPONSORSHIPS/URGENT
In-Reply-To: <20051025060448.26292.qmail@web26808.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026095106.32254.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Salut ? tous,
 
J'aimerai savoir si je peux faire partie de ce cabinet car j'ai des difficult?s au niveau de prise en charge pour Tunis. Pr?sentement, je suis dans l'impasse totale et souhaite de l'aide en ce sens.
Merci

Olivier Nana Nz?pa <anais_ac@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :

Dear All,
All those of you, members of the ACSIS cabinet, the various committees and the electorate college -all registered national focal point- who haven't yet get a sponsorship for Tunis, please send names and point of departure directely to me today.
 
 
Tous ceux d'entre vous, membres du cabinet de l'ACSIS, des differents comites que nous avons mis sur pied et ducollege electoral - tous les points focaux nationaux officiellement reconnus- qui n'avez pas encore de prise en charge pour Tunis, envoyez-moi aujourd'hui vos noms et vos points de depart.
 
Olivier
 


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From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sommet de Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051024202941.1376.qmail@web25607.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026122404.86003.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

salut,

Comme toi je cherche des financements pour assister ?
cet ?v?nement. 
Si j'avais une issue de financement, pourquoi aurai
manqu? de le transmettre en ligne? On est l? pour
s'entraider les uns les autres.
Je me dit que les pays riches devraient encourager les
pays pauvres ? prendre une part active dans ce
processus du fait que c'est nous qui sommes tr?s tr?s
en retard sur le plan des nouvelles technologies. Or
le constat est l?, se sont les m?mes qui cr?ent, se
sont les m?mes qui exploitent les autres nations,
celles du Sud.
Alors que pouvons nous faire en tant que Africain pour
la rencontre de Tunis vu notre faible participation
du? au manque de financement?
R?action...

Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :

> Bonjour Laurent,
>  
> d'abord je pensai que tu cherchais des financements
> pour nous deux. apparement tu ne cherches que pour
> toi.
> Deuxi?mement je suis nouveau dans ces choses l? et
> je ne suis pas s?r de bien comprendre ce qui se
> passe. J'aimerai que tu me dises quels sont m?me les
> objectifs de ce sommet. moi je ne pense pas que les
> pays africains doivent en attendre un geste des pays
> riches. je pense que la fracture num?rique c'est
> comme la dette. ?a devient un instrument de
> domination pour perp?tuer l'ordre mondial ?tabli qui
> voit les riches s'enrichir et les pauvres
> s'appauvrir.
> 
> Sandza Laurent <sandzal@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :
> 
> Salut ? tous,
>  
> Qu'en pensez-vous de ce sommet, Est-ce  que cedit
> sommet atteindra ces odjectifs?
> j'ouvre le d?bat ? qui veut la parole.
> Merci
> 
> 
> 
>  
>  Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
> Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
> Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
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> Fax: +241 445 372 
> Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
> E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com
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From mh at wacc.org.uk  Wed Oct 26 15:26:28 2005
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [October 26th 2005]
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D91226C@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

NEWSROOM

Digital Dangers: Information and Communication Technologies and Trafficking in Women
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- It seems unlikely that whoever coined the term 'information superhighway' anticipated that the traffic on the internet would be in people, as well as information. How, and how much, the internet and other ICTs are implicated in trafficking is the subject of this issue paper by The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP) produced in cooperation with The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/976

Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2005
North Korea, Eritrea and Turkmenistan are the world's "black holes" for news. Western democracies slip back, with the US falling more than 20 places.
North Korea once again comes bottom of the Reporters Without Borders fourth annual World Press Freedom Index, released today. It is closely followed in the 167-country list by Eritrea (166th) and Turkmenistan (165th), which are other "black holes" for news where the privately-owned media is not allowed and freedom of expression does not exist.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/972


NEWSROOM/UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY


UNESCO: Convention sur la diversit? culturelle: Communiqu? CRIS
La campagne Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS:
www.crisinfo.org) accueille favorablement l'approbation quasi unanime de la Convention sur la protection de la diversit? des contenus culturels et des expressions artistiques. Cette Convention d?montre clairement que les gouvernements reconnaissent que la culture ne peut ?tre r?duite ? une simple marchandise. En endossant la Convention, les gouvernements ont d?mont? qu'ils sont pr?par?s ? prendre des initiatives positives afin de supporter la diversit? culturelle ? une ?poque o? les industries culturelles sont globales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/987

UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity: CRIS Statement
The campaign for Communication Rights in the Information Society welcomes UNESCO's near-unanimous approval of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions. The Convention is a clear demonstration that governments recognize that culture cannot be reduced to a mere commodity. By endorsing the Convention, governments have shown that they are prepared to take positive steps to support cultural diversity in the age of global cultural industries.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/986 

UNESCO Adopts Convention to Protect Diversity
Julio Godoy
PARIS, Oct 20 (IPS) - The United Nations cultural body adopted an international treaty Thursday to protect cultural diversity, marking what experts say is a first but important moral victory in the long-running fight to preserve the world's cultural richness.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/985 

La Unesco avala el proteccionismo cultural con la frontal oposici?n de Estados Unidos
La Vanguardia
LLU?S UR?A - 20/10/2005
Corresponsal. PAR?S
La Unesco aprobar? hoy un convenio internacional que pretende sustraer los bienes culturales a la liberalizaci?n comercial
El nuevo tratado, promovido por Francia y Canad?, pretende ser un arma jur?dica para resistir la hegemon?a de EE.UU.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/984

Hollywood the loser as global culture plan backed
Independent (London)
21 October 2005
Not for the first time, the United States has found itself in almost total isolation in an international body, as the rest of the world adopts a convention which supporters say could help stop the "steamroller" of Hollywood globalisation.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/983

US stands alone over cultural diversity treaty
By Frances Williams in Geneva
Financial Times
Published: October 20 2005 03:00
A United Nations treaty to protect and promote cultural diversity is likely to be overwhelmingly approved today in the face of lonely opposition from the US, which fears the impact on exports of US films and television programmes.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/982

AND MORE ON UNESCO COVERAGE ON: www.mediatradmonitor.org and http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/978/(offset)/4 


NEWSROOM/WSIS [TUNISIA AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS]


Citizens' Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) Tunis
November 16-18, 2005 First announcement and call for support CSIS Press release - October 24, 2005
A Citizens' Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) will be held in Tunis, on November 16-18, 2005, coinciding with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
The CSIS will be another milestone in the long tradition of UN conferences and Summits being complemented with events organized by citizen groups. Previous such events met with great success, for example during the Cairo Conference on Population and Development (1994), the Beijing Conference on Women (1995) or the Monterrey Summit on Financing for Development (2002).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/988

Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n
T?nez, 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005
Primer anuncio y convocatoria a adhesiones
Nota de prensa de la CCSI - 24 de octubre de 2005
En T?nez, del 16 al 18 de noviembre de 2005, tendr? lugar una Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CCSI), coincidiendo con la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI).
La CCSI ser? un nuevo moj?n en la larga tradici?n de conferencias y Cumbres de Naciones Unidas complementadas con eventos organizados por grupos ciudadanos. Eventos anteriores de este tipo han alcanzado gran ?xito durante conferencias tales como la Conferencia sobre Poblaci?n y Desarrollo de El Cairo (1994), la Conferencia sobre la Mujer en Beijing (1995) y la Cumbre sobre Financiamiento para el Desarrollo en Monterrey (2002).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/989 


Un expert de l'ONU invite la Tunisie ? lib?rer les personnes emprisonn?es pour avoir exerc? la libert? d'expression
Le Rapporteur sp?cial sur la promotion et la protection du droit ? la libert? d'opinion et d'expression de la Commission des droits de l'homme, M. Ambeyi Ligabo, a fait 14 octobre 2005 une d?claration concernant la situation en Tunisie, ou se tiendra, du 16 au 18 novembre prochains, la phase finale du Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/974

UN rights expert urges unconditional release of Tunisians imprisoned for exercising freedom of expression
Just a few weeks before the World Summit on the Information Society takes place in Tunis, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Ambeyi Ligabo, issued the following statement (14 October 2005).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/975


GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION


The Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 is open for entries
The Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 invites excellent ICT projects from all over the world to compete for the prestigious Challenge trophies.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/977

Nominations for Communication and Social Change Award
Due 1 November 2005
The Communication and Social Change (CSC) Award is an annual award given to an individual or organisation for contributions to the theory and/or practice of communication for social change. Major theoretical contributions, and applied communication practices that are illustrative of frontline change and long-term sustainable development will be considered for this award.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/973


SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visi?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, econ?mica 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 construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participaci?n, justicia social y econ?mica, e inspiradas por la equidad de g?nero y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects r?gionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

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.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Direct line: 44 (0) 207 587 3018
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org/www.wacc.org.uk
email: mh@wacc.org.uk


From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Wed Oct 26 15:52:25 2005
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Wikipedia et la Chine
In-Reply-To: <435E8F2D.3000303@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <BF8564C9.2B249%esther.joly@club-internet.fr>

Extrait du site ZATAz

Le site de Wikipedia,  a ?t? rendu inaccessible, le 18 octobre 2005, dans
plusieurs provinces chinoises, notamment dans la r?gion de Shanghai.
Reporters sans fronti?res demande aux autorit?s d?bloquer ce site, qui
constitue une source d'information ind?pendante de plus en plus populaire
chez les internautes chinois.

"Cette censure intervient au moment m?me o? la Chine publie son premier
Livre Blanc sur  'l'?dification de la d?mocratie politique en Chine'. La
situation est pour le moins paradoxale : les dirigeants chinois vantent les
progr?s de leur pays en terme de participation des citoyens ? la vie
politique, mais dans le m?me temps ils accentuent leur censure d'Internet.
Aucun r?gime ne peut pourtant ?tre consid?r? comme d?mocratique s'il ne
respecte pas la libert? d'expression et le droit des individus ?
s'informer", a d?clar? l'organisation.

Lorsqu'ils tentent d'acc?der ? Wikipedia.org, les internautes chinois se
voient retourner un message d'erreur indiquant une indisponibilit?
temporaire du site. Cette encyclopdie avait d?j? ?t? censur?e ? deux
reprises, en juin puis en septembre 2004, en raison d'articles sur la
situation politique au Tibet et sur les massacres de la place Tienanmen, en
juin 1989. Cette encyclop?die est disponible dans plusieurs dizaines de
langues, dont le Chinois.

Le filtrage de Wikipedia intervient peu apr?s la mise en place de nouvelles
r?gulations visant ? contr?ler encore plus ?troitement la libert?
d'expression sur Internet (voir :
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15139). La Chine censure
syst?matiquement les sites qui s'?cartent du discours officiel sur un
certain nombre de sujets sensibles, comme les atteintes aux droits de
l'homme dans le pays, l'ind?pendance de Taiwan, le mouvement spirituel
falungong - autant de sujets couverts par Wikipedia.

Le Livre Blanc sur "l'?dification de la d?mocratie politique en Chine", paru
le 19 novembre, expose "l'initiation, le  d?veloppement, les contenus et les
principes de la d?mocratie  politique du pays". L'une des douze parties de
ce document touche ? la situation des droits de l'homme en Chine. (Julien
Pain/Bureau Internet et libert?s/RSF
--  

Les droits ne sont pas garantis par une autorit? divine?; ils reposent sur
la vitalit? des institutions, des citoyens et des formations de pouvoir qui
en soutiennent l?existence. Don't forget it.
  ,__o     
_-\_<,          
(*)/'(*)   That's all folks


> De?: "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org>
> R?pondre ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Date?: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 22:01:49 +0200
> ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UNESCO implementation of WSIS recommendations
> 
> 
> Hello again from Geneva,
> 
> The 33rd General Conference of UNESCO
> ( 3 - 21 October 2005, Paris, France )
> decided of the
> UNESCO budget for the next two years.
> 
> I was able to attend only parts of the
> conference, because  I first got
> a badge problem to get there,
> and then I had other duties
> to attend and then I caught
> a severe broncho-larygitis !
> 
> Please find attached ( text & pdf )
> ( also  URL of the informal information note
> http://www.wsis-si.org/IS/wsis-unesco-25oct05.pdf )
> the informal information note
> that I gave to few delegates at 6PM and later tonight.
> 
> This is giving a credible preview of what could be the
> implementation
> of the WSIS recommendations when the implementation is left
> entirely to the good will of a UN agency.
> Not a single WSIS recommendation is ever quoted, just vague
> allusions to WSIS.
> Therefore, as I never ceased to repeat it, a strong
> multi-stakeholder oversight is required for the implementation
> and follow-up, avoiding at all costs
> foggy diplomatic schemes where
> the Civil Society will be lost.
> 
> More comments tomorrow about UNESCO, the WSIS
> implementation / follow-up process and current
> negotiations in Geneva.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> 
> ???
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Intersessional negotiation work
> 24-28 October 2005
> WSIS CIVIL SOCIETY
> 
> An informal information note with few comments
> concerning the WSIS implementation and follow-up
> at UNESCO
> 
> Tuesday 25 October 2005
> Version 3
> URL : http://www.wsis-si.org/IS/wsis-unesco-25oct05.pdf
> 
> 
> Important quoted texts are   highlighted
> 
> Concerning the implementation of the WSIS recommendations by UNESCO, It has
> been brought mostly to the attention of all stakeholders : governments, civil
> society and business sector, the document entitled ???UNESCO and the WSIS??? (
> ref 33C/41 ).
> 
> However, we feel that further information and comments might prove helpfull in
> order to provide some food for thought in the context of current negotiations
> concerning the implementation and follow-up of the WSIS.
> 
> The document 33C/41  has been discussed during the UNESCO 33rd  General
> Conference on Wednesday 12 October 2005, by the Commission V.  According to
> the draft oral report of the rapporteur of Commission V (17 October 2005), the
> paragraph 22.6 related to Internet Governance was deleted. Concerning the
> paragraph 22.8 ???endorsing the Director-General's approach to the
> implementation of and follow-up to the WSIS outcomes???, some countries were
> not satisfied with this formulation feeling that it could imply agreement
> before the outcomes of the Summit were known. After extensive discussions, the
> Chair called for a vote, and the original wording in this section of the DR
> was adopted ( 57 in favor, 6 against and 5 abstentions ). There was also
> extensive debate about the timing of reporting outcomes, with some feeling
> that the 34th  Session of the General Conference is too far away. Mr Khan
> agreed that the Tunis Outcomes and the tasks assigned to UNESCO could be
> reported to the April 2006 session of the Executive Board and that a more
> comprehensive implementation progress report would be prepared for the next
> General Conference in 2007.
> 
> However for all practical purposes, what really matters concerning the
> implementation of the WSIS recommendations is what has been adopted in the
> Budget for the next biennum, and one might be concerned about the efficiency
> of the Director General approach if there is no dedicated financial ressources
> towards this purpose.  Therefore, we feel that what is of utmost importance is
> the Budget. We hereby refer to the Draft Budget ( ref 33C/5) to assess the
> current implementation of the WSIS recommendations by UNESCO.
> The draft budget of UNESCO is organized according to Five Major Programmes
> that correspond to the various UNESCO administrative divisions.
> I  Education
> II Natural Sciences
> III Social and Human Sciences
> IV Culture
> V  Communication and Information.
> 
> It is worth to notice that the WSIS is only mentionned within the Major
> Programme V Communication and information (C33/5 p 191 ). We are also
> concerned that the WSIS recommendations whose precise language has been the
> matter of extensive diplomatic negotiations are never quoted as such and no
> itemized implementation of each recommendation has been contemplated.  In the
> matter of e-science, which fells in the undisputed field of competence of
> UNESCO,  we are extremely concerned that that budget items ( eg. see Annex 2 )
> are not reflecting precisely the recommendations of the plan of action.
> 
> Main paragraphs of the Draft Budget where the WSIS is mentionned.:
> 
> 05003. International goals and commitments :?? Declaration of Principles and
> Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS 2003 and
> 2005) ?? Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), in particular MDG 1, MDG 2 and
> MDG 8, target 18 ?? United Nations Millennium Declaration.
> 
> 05005. Information, communication and knowledge are at the core of human
> progress, endeavour, and well-being. Traditional and new information and
> communication technologies (ICTs) open new and challenging opportunities to
> attain higher levels of development for the benefit of people in all parts of
> the world. However, many people and nations, especially the poorest ones, do
> not have effective and equitable access to the means for producing,
> disseminating and using information and, therefore, to development
> opportunities. The concept of knowledge societies, which UNESCO has been
> advocating, offers a holistic and comprehensive vision (cutting across all
> UNESCO's domains) with a clear development-oriented perspective that captures
> the complexity and dynamism of current changes in the world. Knowledge
> societies are about capabilities to identify, produce, disseminate and use
> information to build and apply knowledge for human development. They require
> an empowering social vision which encompasses plurality, inclusion, solidarity
> and participation. Based on the principles of freedom of expression, universal
> access to information and knowledge, promotion of cultural diversity, and
> equal access to quality education, the concept of knowledge societies is
> progressively recognized as essential for attaining the Millennium Development
> Goals (MDGs), particularly in the new framework for international dialogue and
> cooperation set by the two phases of the World Summit on the Information
> Society (WSIS).
> 
> Programme V.1
> 05101 Empowering people through access to information and knowledge with
> special emphasis on freedom of expression
> ( C33/5 p 194 )
> 
> Programme objectives. UNESCO will seek to support actions designed to empower
> people so that they can access and contribute to information and knowledge
> flows. Actions will be initiated along four main thrusts: (i) promoting
> freedom of expression; (ii) creating an enabling environment which is
> conducive to and facilitates universal access to information and knowledge;
> (iii) developing effective "infostructures"; and (iv) stimulating the
> development of and access to diverse content. The actions under the first
> thrust are geared towards attaining the objectives of promoting freedom of
> expression and freedom of the press, establishing internationally recognized
> standards for freedom of expression and freedom of information, developing
> accountability, ethics and professional standards in journalism as well as
> enhancing the role of the media in democratic governance. These actions will
> consolidate some of the expected outcomes of strategic objective 10 in
> document 31 C/4 Approved, especially (i) progress in the application of human
> rights and fundamental freedoms in the media; and (ii) extension of the
> geographical coverage of networks in order to fight more effectively against
> threats to the security of journalists. The Information for All Programme
> (IFAP) will provide the policy framework for many of the actions under the
> second thrust which will be designed around setting standards, raising
> awareness and monitoring progress to achieve universal access to information
> and knowledge. The objectives include promoting the formulation of integrated
> information and communication strategies and policies in Member States that
> conform with the Principles and the Action Plan adopted at the WSIS. Special
> consideration will be given to fostering international debate on the ethical
> implications of emerging knowledge societies and assisting in the development
> of information and management tools. Special consideration will be given to
> fostering international debate on the ethical implications of emerging
> knowledge societies and assisting in the development of information and
> management tools. Other objectives will be to enhance the development of
> "infostructures", such as libraries and archives, especially at the community
> level; stimulate the production of and access to diverse content; and preserve
> the documentary heritage, both in digital and traditional formats. It is
> envisaged that these actions will lead to an increase in the amount of
> publicly available information and encourage multilingualism, especially in
> cyberspace. They will also aim at reinforcing the contributions by the media
> to intercultural dialogue in the larger context of the Organization's efforts
> to promote a dialogue among cultures and civilizations as well as peoples.
> These actions will equally help attain the expected outcomes of strategic
> objectives in document 31 C/4 Approved, in particular (i) improved cultural
> and linguistic diversity through a more diverse offer in the Internet and
> other digital products (strategic objective 11); (ii) broader participation in
> world networks as a result of training and institutional support; and (iii)
> greater participation in regional networks and improvement in their technical
> capacity.
> 
> 0511. Strategic approaches. UNESCO has a unique mandate to act as the lead
> agency in promoting freedom of expression and universal access to information
> and knowledge. The Organization is well suited to serve as a resource facility
> and a think-tank for pertinent questions related to the complex development of
> knowledge societies. One main objective will be to ensure that the concrete
> implementation of the WSIS Plan of Action is accompanied by a continued
> reflection on the conditions in which knowledge societies can develop. The
> focus will be on creating an enabling environment to achieve freedom of
> expression and universal access. These goals are strongly interrelated. The
> freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart
> information and ideas through any media reflects the fundamental human right
> upon which the goal of universal access is predicated. Freedom of expression
> and the free flow of ideas by word and image are critical to achieve universal
> access and fully exploit its potential in developing prosperity and
> knowledge....
> The approach also entails fostering standards for editorial independence of
> public service broadcasting institutions. Another important element of the
> strategy will be the implementation of the outcomes of the two phases of the
> WSIS (Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005). Action will be targeted to the needs of
> developing countries, especially the least developed countries and countries
> in transition. Special attention will be paid to the gender dimensions and to
> the needs of young people. Consultations and consensus-building on important
> "infoethics" issues will be pursued, as will be monitoring and analysing
> developments in knowledge societies, in collaboration with national
> authorities, civil society organizations and the private sector
> 
> 0512 Fostering community access and diversity of content
> Strategic approaches. Dealing with two main thrusts of the principal priority
> area, namely developing effective "infostructures" ?? such as libraries,
> archives, community learning centres, and other providers of information
> services ?? and stimulating the development of, and access to, diverse content
> ?? the actions are designed to operationalize the concept of knowledge
> societies and to contribute to the implementation of the WSIS Action Plan.
> They are equally intended to address the digital divide and develop strategies
> for universal access. In developing "infostructures", UNESCO will concentrate
> on building human and institutional capacities as well as strengthening
> community access and participation in knowledge societies. With regard to
> building human and institutional capacities, the strategy aims at providing
> training, integrating media literacy issues into curricula of communication
> training institutions and assisting them to offer on-line and off-line
> training opportunities. ...
> 
> Flagship project: Community media as a catalyst for development and social
> change
> ...The CMC modality was highlighted as a UNESCO flagship activity at WSIS I,
> held in December 2003 in Geneva...
> 
> 05201  Promoting communication development and ICTs for education, science and
> culture
> 
> Programme objectives. The following two main objectives will be pursued: (i)
> supporting the development of communication media, including in conflict and
> post-conflict areas as well as in post-disaster situations; and (ii) advancing
> the use of ICTs for education, science and culture. Under the first objective,
> the Organization will continue its efforts to foster communication development
> in Member States, principally through its International Programme for the
> Development of Communication (IPDC). Priority will be given to least developed
> countries, Africa and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as well as
> countries in transition. In areas of emergency and conflict, building on its
> experience in South-East Europe, the Great Lakes region in Africa, the Middle
> East, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan, UNESCO will contribute to peace-building
> and reconciliation processes by providing assistance to independent media so
> as to enable them to gather and disseminate non-partisan information. The
> objectives are threefold: support the establishment of media facilities;
> encourage media initiatives which contribute to peacebuilding; and assist in
> the rebuilding and development of independent and pluralistic media landscapes
> in post-conflict areas as well as in post-disaster situations. The actions are
> designed to reinforce the expected outcomes of an increase in the number of
> (i) development projects on communication capacities (strategic objective 12
> in document 31 C/4 Approved); and (ii) independent newspapers and radio or
> television stations, both public and private, in countries in transition as
> well as in conflict or post-conflict zones (strategic objective 10). With
> regard to advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture, the
> Organization will seek to enhance learning opportunities through access to
> diversified contents and delivery systems as well as strengthening capacities
> for scientific research, information-sharing and cultural exchanges. As the
> "lead sector" for the cross-cutting theme on ICTs, the Communication and
> Information Sector will reinforce synergies between its own programmes and the
> cross-cutting projects related to this theme. Actions will focus on using ICTs
> to contribute to achieving the EFA goals and the WSIS Action Plan by expanding
> access to education and learning, broadening access to scientific information
> and increasing capacities for information-sharing and exchanges. In this way,
> the actions will also strengthen the achievement of the expected outcome of
> more diversified applications of ICTs for training purposes, especially in
> distance education and scientific and cultural cooperation (strategic
> objective 12 in document 31 C/4 Approved).
> 
> 05401 Cooperation with extrabudgetary funding sources
> Under Major Programme V, UNESCO will continue its cooperation with
> multilateral and bilateral institutions and donors in the public and private
> sectors and other stakeholders. The Organization will intensify its efforts to
> collaborate with the international donor community to generate funds for
> actions designed to enhance the role of communication and information in
> development as well as in building open and inclusive societies. The
> Organization will seek to achieve a greater integration of efforts among the
> donor community and multilateral development institutions through coordinated
> or joint programme approaches. In particular, efforts will be made to improve
> synergies with the UN ICT Task Force, the Global Knowledge Partnership, UNDP,
> ITU, the World Bank and other stakeholders in the implementation of the Plan
> of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS, 2003 and
> 2005). The Organization's own intergovernmental and international programmes,
> the International Programme for Development of Communication (IPDC) and
> Information for All Programme (IFAP), will be particularly important in the
> efforts to mobilize funds and strengthen international cooperation. In the
> principal priority area, "empowering people through access to information and
> knowledge with special emphasis of freedom of expression", partnerships will
> be sought with organizations and initiatives belonging to the United Nations
> system such as the UNDP, ITU, UN ICT Task Force and other IGOs. Civil society
> organizations, including professional NGOs, will continue to be essential
> partners for building alliances around knowledge society issues. Partnerships
> with the private sector, particularly the IT industry, will be consolidated
> and widened, especially in areas of shared social and economic development
> objectives and where the IT industry can provide innovative solutions for
> establishing knowledge networks. With regard to the promotion of freedom of
> expression and media independence and pluralism, including in conflict areas
> and post-disaster situations where UNESCO has gained considerable experience
> over the past years, extrabudgetary funding will be sought from a range of
> international, national, and private sources, including those bilateral
> national donors (such as Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Norway,
> Sweden, United States) that have already contributed substantially to the
> Organization's activities in this area. Cooperation will also be sought or
> reinforced with the joint United Nations and World Bank Trust Funds, OCHA,
> OHCHR, the European Union, the Council of Europe, OSCE, foundations and the
> private sector. Existing partnership arrangements with national, regional and
> international NGOs as well as with main professional organizations will
> continue and be further developed....
> 
> Annex 1 :
> Budget : Major Programme V ?? Communication and information
> I. Personnel  $19 052 100
> II. Activities: 
> V.1 Empowering people through access to information and knowledge
> with special emphasis on freedom of expression
> V.1.1 Creating an enabling environment for the promotion of freedom
> of expression and universal access  $3 989 600
> V.1.2 Fostering community access and diversity of content  $6 480 500
> V.2 Promoting communication development and ICTs for education,
> science and culture
> V.2.1 Fostering media development $2 382 500
> V.2Promoting communication development and ICTs for education,
> science and culture
> V.2.1 Fostering media development $2 382 500
> V.2.2 Advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture $1 045 700
> Projects relating to cross-cutting themes  $1 500 000
> Total, Major Programme V  $34 450 400
> V.3
> 
> Annex 2
> 
> 33 C Budget item with our proposed modifications (for illustrative purpose
> only, since this budget item has been adopted ) to ensure a minimal, although
> not satisfactory agreement with the precise recommendations of the WSIS Geneva
> plan of action.  
> 
> V.2.2 Advancing the use of ICTs in education, science and culture
> Main line of action 2.
> Broadening access to scientific and technological information through media
> and ICTs
> 05222 ( page 211 )
> Regular budget $260,300
> Extrabudgetary $557,000
> Total, Activities: $817,300
> Expected results at the end of the biennium
> Access to scientific information sources such as preprints, publications,
> journals, archives, and open education resources (OER) increased.
> Performance indicators:
> ?? agreements established with publishers on worldwide  Open access to
> scientific information;
> ??  developement of open-access ressources  networks supported and scope of
> their membership and  a network of open-access ressources.
> ?? online and off-line quality  freely available resources available to
> scientists in developing countries.
> ICT-based networking and knowledge-sharing among scientists strengthened
> through innovative strategies
> Performance indicators:
> ?? online networks set up involving science communities;
> ?? provision and use of free/open source software by scientists.
> Science journalism promoted through support to media training institutions.
> Performance indicators:
> ?? training courses in science journalism;
> ?? production and use of model curricula for science journalism in training
> institutions;
> ?? media programmes/productions on science.
> 
> Dr. Francis Muguet
> muguet@ensta.fr   muguet@wtis.org
> Chair                                                  Co-chair
> Civil Society Working Group                            Civil Society Working
Group
> Scientific Information                      Patents, Copyrights & Trademarks
> http://www.wsis-si.org
http://www.wsis-pct.org
> 


From laina at getit.org  Wed Oct 26 16:56:15 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
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Thanks Myriam for sharing this news with us. 

I am glad to see that APC has highlighted the issue of human trafficking. I
understand that every year 800,000 people are trafficked and put into
slavery every year..the main victims of these being women and girls. The US
now has new programs on TV to create awareness of this, since part of the
issue is to hopefuly try to reduce the demand driving this trend. The US is
apparently the largest market for this type of trafficking, which is
horrifying. Violence against women in this form, is only being made more
efficient using ICT and we need to be more aware of this, so we can better
deal with this.

Laina

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Digital Dangers: Information and Communication Technologies and Trafficking
in Women PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- It seems unlikely that whoever coined the
term 'information superhighway' anticipated that the traffic on the internet
would be in people, as well as information. How, and how much, the internet
and other ICTs are implicated in trafficking is the subject of this issue
paper by The Association for Progressive Communications Women's Networking
Support Programme (APC WNSP) produced in cooperation with The Association
for Women's Rights in Development (AWID).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/976

Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index - 2005 North Korea, Eritrea and
Turkmenistan are the world's "black holes" for news. Western democracies
slip back, with the US falling more than 20 places.
North Korea once again comes bottom of the Reporters Without Borders fourth
annual World Press Freedom Index, released today. It is closely followed in
the 167-country list by Eritrea (166th) and Turkmenistan (165th), which are
other "black holes" for news where the privately-owned media is not allowed
and freedom of expression does not exist.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/972


NEWSROOM/UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY


UNESCO: Convention sur la diversit? culturelle: Communiqu? CRIS La campagne
Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS:
www.crisinfo.org) accueille favorablement l'approbation quasi unanime de la
Convention sur la protection de la diversit? des contenus culturels et des
expressions artistiques. Cette Convention d?montre clairement que les
gouvernements reconnaissent que la culture ne peut ?tre r?duite ? une simple
marchandise. En endossant la Convention, les gouvernements ont d?mont?
qu'ils sont pr?par?s ? prendre des initiatives positives afin de supporter
la diversit? culturelle ? une ?poque o? les industries culturelles sont
globales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/987

UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity: CRIS Statement The campaign for
Communication Rights in the Information Society welcomes UNESCO's
near-unanimous approval of the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of
Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions. The Convention is a clear
demonstration that governments recognize that culture cannot be reduced to a
mere commodity. By endorsing the Convention, governments have shown that
they are prepared to take positive steps to support cultural diversity in
the age of global cultural industries.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/986 

UNESCO Adopts Convention to Protect Diversity Julio Godoy PARIS, Oct 20
(IPS) - The United Nations cultural body adopted an international treaty
Thursday to protect cultural diversity, marking what experts say is a first
but important moral victory in the long-running fight to preserve the
world's cultural richness.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/985 

La Unesco avala el proteccionismo cultural con la frontal oposici?n de
Estados Unidos La Vanguardia LLU?S UR?A - 20/10/2005 Corresponsal. PAR?S La
Unesco aprobar? hoy un convenio internacional que pretende sustraer los
bienes culturales a la liberalizaci?n comercial El nuevo tratado, promovido
por Francia y Canad?, pretende ser un arma jur?dica para resistir la
hegemon?a de EE.UU.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/984

Hollywood the loser as global culture plan backed Independent (London)
21 October 2005
Not for the first time, the United States has found itself in almost total
isolation in an international body, as the rest of the world adopts a
convention which supporters say could help stop the "steamroller" of
Hollywood globalisation.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/983

US stands alone over cultural diversity treaty By Frances Williams in Geneva
Financial Times
Published: October 20 2005 03:00
A United Nations treaty to protect and promote cultural diversity is likely
to be overwhelmingly approved today in the face of lonely opposition from
the US, which fears the impact on exports of US films and television
programmes.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/982

AND MORE ON UNESCO COVERAGE ON: www.mediatradmonitor.org and
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NEWSROOM/WSIS [TUNISIA AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS]


Citizens' Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) Tunis November 16-18,
2005 First announcement and call for support CSIS Press release - October
24, 2005 A Citizens' Summit on the Information Society (CSIS) will be held
in Tunis, on November 16-18, 2005, coinciding with the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS).
The CSIS will be another milestone in the long tradition of UN conferences
and Summits being complemented with events organized by citizen groups.
Previous such events met with great success, for example during the Cairo
Conference on Population and Development (1994), the Beijing Conference on
Women (1995) or the Monterrey Summit on Financing for Development (2002).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/988

Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n T?nez, 16 al 18 de
noviembre de 2005 Primer anuncio y convocatoria a adhesiones Nota de prensa
de la CCSI - 24 de octubre de 2005 En T?nez, del 16 al 18 de noviembre de
2005, tendr? lugar una Cumbre Ciudadana sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n
(CCSI), coincidiendo con la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la
Informaci?n (CMSI).
La CCSI ser? un nuevo moj?n en la larga tradici?n de conferencias y Cumbres
de Naciones Unidas complementadas con eventos organizados por grupos
ciudadanos. Eventos anteriores de este tipo han alcanzado gran ?xito durante
conferencias tales como la Conferencia sobre Poblaci?n y Desarrollo de El
Cairo (1994), la Conferencia sobre la Mujer en Beijing (1995) y la Cumbre
sobre Financiamiento para el Desarrollo en Monterrey (2002).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/989 


Un expert de l'ONU invite la Tunisie ? lib?rer les personnes emprisonn?es
pour avoir exerc? la libert? d'expression Le Rapporteur sp?cial sur la
promotion et la protection du droit ? la libert? d'opinion et d'expression
de la Commission des droits de l'homme, M. Ambeyi Ligabo, a fait 14 octobre
2005 une d?claration concernant la situation en Tunisie, ou se tiendra, du
16 au 18 novembre prochains, la phase finale du Sommet mondial sur la
soci?t? de l'information.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/974

UN rights expert urges unconditional release of Tunisians imprisoned for
exercising freedom of expression Just a few weeks before the World Summit on
the Information Society takes place in Tunis, the Special Rapporteur on the
promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Ambeyi Ligabo, issued the
following statement (14 October 2005).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/975


GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION


The Stockholm Challenge Award 2006 is open for entries The Stockholm
Challenge Award 2006 invites excellent ICT projects from all over the world
to compete for the prestigious Challenge trophies.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/977

Nominations for Communication and Social Change Award Due 1 November 2005
The Communication and Social Change (CSC) Award is an annual award given to
an individual or organisation for contributions to the theory and/or
practice of communication for social change. Major theoretical
contributions, and applied communication practices that are illustrative of
frontline change and long-term sustainable development will be considered
for this award.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/973


SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visi?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n se fundamenta en el Derecho
a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la
vida social, econ?mica 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 construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n
basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participaci?n, justicia
social y econ?mica, e inspiradas por la equidad de g?nero y la perspectivas
culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de
communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de
l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes
et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la
soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de
l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de
participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une
approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects
r?gionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

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.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
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From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Intersessional negotiation group of PrepCom-3 - 26 October 2005 (morning session)
Message-ID: <200510261730.j9QHUMBt005042@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

This is a short up-date on the meetings of the 'closed' intersessional
negotiation group (Wednesday 26 Oct. 2005 Morning session 10-13).

 

 

The meeting started very late (10:50).

 

Implementation and follow-up (Chapter 1 and 4)

Ambassador Karklins started the meeting by presenting the document DT-26,
circulated two weeks ago. This document contains the proposal to change the
structure and draft it in one chapter on implementation and follow-up. Based
on this assumption, he drafted proposal contained in document DT-26. In its
part on implementation and follow up, it is based on DT-9 Rev. 2. 

 

Mentioning that some delegations would need more time to analyse the new
proposed document DT-26 on Chapter 1 and 4 (Implementation and Follow-up),
which was circulated two weeks ago. 

He therefore proposed to proceed with Political Chapeau and Chapter 2 before
dealing with Chapter 1 and 4 this afternoon.

 

 

Back to DT-12 Rev 2. (political Chapeau)

 

Paragraph 9, after further consultation yesterday

Based on the new proposal from Russia, some delegations raised concerns
about the responsibility of states and other stakeholders (UK, Canada). 

Karklins called for revisiting this paragraph at later stage

 

Paragraph 12, replacing 11, 12 and 19

Discussion is still under way in drafting group and we could not deal with
that paragraph.

 

Paragraph 22

Agreed with the text as discussed yesterday after support from capitals: "We
urge governments using the potential of ICTs, to create public systems of
information on laws and regulations, envisaging a wider development of
public access points and supporting the broad availability of this
information.". 

 

Paragraph 32 and 33 (consultations by El Salvador)

El Salvador is conducing on going consultation, further information would be
available this afternoon only.

 

Paragraph 34 and 35 (cultural diversity, by UK)

UK: drafting group today, but still need to consult capitals over lunch
time. 

 

Paragraph 37

It was adopted ad referendum pending the clearance of the capitals
yesterday. 

UK requests a little more time at this time, and we would come back to this
later on.

 

Paragraph 39

The negotiation on this paragraph was reopened yesterday by the USA. On the
contrary, G77 supported that the wording initially agreed yesterday on
public policy should be maintained. G77 would like to see references to para
40 of the Geneva Declaration (enabling international environment for foreign
direct investment) to the existing reference to it paragraph 39 (rule of law
and public policy). We were sometimes closed to a reinterpretation on the
text of the Geneva Declaration paragraphs 39 and 40.

 

Ambassador Karklins finally proposed a drafting group to be coordinated by
Brazil and the USA, mandated to come with consensus proposals by 24 hours.

 

Paragraph 43 (consultation by Honduras)

Honduras asserted that the position of the G77 was that this wording for
para 43 should stay as it was. No consensus could be found on this question
of international cooperation. 

The chair recommended a next reading after consultation with capitals.

 

Paragraph 45

The G77 demanded the reopening of the negotiation on this paragraph, and to
keep the 1st sentence deleted yesterday, and putting the last sentence,
agreed yesterday, as a new paragraph 45A. UK, Canada and the USA agreed to
reopen this paragraph and to discuss it later after the negotiation groups
decide on an implementation mechanism.

 

 

 

Conclusion:

We removed one bracket from political chapeau (para 22)

Establishment of a new group by USA and Brazil on paragraph 39.

Reopening of discussion on one paragraph (para 45)

No progress on other paragraphs

 

 

DT-27 (financial mechanisms and G77 proposals)

Delegations accepted to open discussion on new proposed paragraphs 20A and
27A, but without guarantee that a solution could be found in the end, since
it was previously agreed that no new idea would be add during the
negotiation groups.

 

UK stressed that if the negotiation group agreed to discuss new paragraphs,
we would need other stakeholder to be allowed to make inputs on this since
it is important that they could propose their views before States discuss.

 

Please refer to the scanned document we attached yesterday with G77 new
proposals.

 

New paragraph 20A (transfer of technology)

After a discussion on the use of "preferential terms" or "on mutually agreed
terms", Ambassador Karklins proposed to leave "preferential terms" in
brackets so that this new paragraph would be revisited at later stage.

 

New paragraph 27A (trans-national corporations)

The decision focused on the new concepts of "corporate developmental /
social responsibility" and "responsibility of trans-national corporations"
(which is regularly discussed in Geneva in the context of the Sub-Commission
on Human Rights). 

Acknowledging that it would be difficult to get an agreement on this within
two days, Ambassador Karklins proposed to stop here the discussion, and
demanded the other delegations to circulate its alternate wording.

 

Paragraph 33

Agreed

 

 

Report on this afternoon's session will come later on.

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe Dam

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From Mueller at syr.edu  Wed Oct 26 19:12:24 2005
From: Mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] monitoring MSP post_wsis initiative
Message-ID: <s35f8edb.091@gwia201.syr.edu>

Claudia:
It is a good idea. One point I would wish to emphasize is that for
those interested in Internet governance, there are both channels for CS
participation and a pressing need for participation in ICANN. As the
global community attempts to modify ICANN in various ways, it is
important that these voices be brought inside of Internet identifier
governance, where they can have a direct impact. 

>>> claudia.padovani@unipd.it 10/26/2005 1:19 AM >>>
Following Francis note on UNESCO,this note is to draw your attention to
an
initiative which we think could be of interest in preparing for Tunis,
acknowledging all the controversies and shortcomings of this final
phase.

The idea, just in infant stage at the moment, is to set up monitoring
initiative on multi-stakeholder dimension of whatever will come out of
Tunis
at national (and international) level after wsis, as a way to keep
people
connected while putting pressure on governments and bringing input to
whatever mechanism will be set up.

We believe there is some potential to keep the energy of the civil
society
constitutency that developed around WSIS while one of the risks we are
facing now is not to have any sustainability after Tunis for the broad
mobilization worldwide. We believe a sound proposal from different CS
groups, with a loose trans-national structure but some connection (to
be
discussed) to the institutional setting, can show that we have some
knowledge, competence and will to seriously foster MSP at various
levels, as
a way to promote more participatory practices in communication
governance.

We aim at developing principles, criteria, indicators and a monitoring
mechanisms to "look after" the post-Tunis phase, building on former
experiences and existing frameworks to be adapted to the specific
policy
areas emerging from WSIS Implementation.

As Tunis is coming closer, we would very much appreciate your feedback
on: 

the idea itself; the proposed initiative; the why, what, who and how; 
and eventually your own interest in supporting this exercise (through
knowledge exchange as well as in promoting the initiative further and
cooperate directly). 

We are planning to use the coming weeks refine the proposal, start
reviewing
existing frameworks, contact those peoples who have done work on this
and
come to Tunis with something that can be discussed, refined and
promoted
broadly.

Please go to the WSIS MSP site to see the draft of the initiative -
http://www.wsis-msp.org/msmi_wsis/ (also in attach). Comments and
suggestions are most welcome.

With best regards 

Claudia Padovani
And 
Tatiana Ershova



From kohmichel at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 26 20:27:34 2005
From: kohmichel at yahoo.fr (Michel Towa koh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
In-Reply-To: <20051025212417.20855.qmail@web60712.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026192734.53739.qmail@web25609.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour,
 
Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me co?terait ? 
Michel Towa 
237 997 68 87

djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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Salut,
Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au 20
novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine en
demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
compris.
Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
Amiti?s
Djilali


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Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
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From: kohmichel at yahoo.fr (Michel Towa koh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?Je=20voudrais=20l'adresse=20d'un=20hotel=201=20=E0=20Tunis?=
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Bonjour ? tous,
 
Je cherche un h?tel 1 ?toile pas loin du centre de conf?rence. O? il y aurai encore de la place.
 
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Wed Oct 26 20:28:31 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to CONGO event "Scaling Up Civil Society Best Practices" 16 Nov, Tunis
Message-ID: <55AE43D6-1A86-4FDE-8E7B-4AACD31FB505@earthlink.net>

Dear Friends,

Please find attached an invitation to a parallel event in Tunis  
organized by CONGO on "Scaling Up Civil Society Best Practices in  
Bridging the Digital Divide."  It will take place on 16 November from  
1300-1700 in Rm. St Augustin in the Kram Centre.

Please forward to anyone who might be interested.  Apologies for  
duplicate postings of this notice.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
CONGO
=====================================



Conference of NGOs

in Consultative Relationship

with the United Nations (CONGO)




Cordially Invites All WSIS Participants to an Interactive Forum on



?Scaling Up Civil Society Best Practices

to Bridge the Digital Divide?



16 November 2005

1300-1700

Salle St Augustin, Kram Centre, Tunis



Featuring:

Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for  
Communications and Public Information

Adama Samassekou, President, WSIS Phase I

With Representatives of:

African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
OneWorld South Asia / Grassroots Caucus

Development Gateway

WSIS Youth Caucus


Moderator:

Renata Bloem, President, CONGO


This forum will highlight the critical role of civil society  
organizations in promoting access to and effective utilization of the  
Internet and other information communications technologies.  We will  
look at successful civil society projects in Asia, Latin America,  
Africa, and Europe.

Questions the presenters will address include:
1.          What are common challenges faced by civil society in  
implementing their projects?

2.          What are common factors in the success of certain projects?

3.          What can civil society do to better coordinate their  
projects and activities with each other?

4.          What can the international community, UN, governments and  
others do to scale up successful projects?


Following presentations, there will be an interactive dialogue with  
all the speakers and participants.

For more information contact Rik Panganiban at  
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org



===============================================
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

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
* Submit NGO Events to http://www.ngoevents.org


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From dogwallah at gmail.com  Wed Oct 26 20:52:08 2005
From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: X-IMail-SPAM-Statistical [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [October 26th 2005]
In-Reply-To: <200510270009326.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
References: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D91226C@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>
	 <200510270009326.SM01024@LAINATABLET>
Message-ID: <f65fb55e0510261252k1588c19dpd7369d54e58b773b@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/26/05, Laina Raveendran Greene <laina@getit.org> wrote:

> Thanks Myriam for sharing this news with us.

yes, it's always helpful.

>
<snip>
> apparently the largest market for this type of trafficking, which is
> horrifying. Violence against women in this form, is only being made more
> efficient using ICT and we need to be more aware of this, so we can better
> deal with this.

As far as trafficking goes, I ran across this link recently, which
describes how we are dealing with it using IT:

http://tinyurl.com/8r464

here is an excerpt:

" ICT is effectively used in the global efforts to end trafficking of
women and girls.  For example, the Internet has been used since as
early as 1995 to build an alliance,  discuss strategies and share
experiences in efforts to end trafficking.   In other cases, ICT is
used to gather data on trafficking, to inform the public about the
trafficking, rescue the trafficked women, and rehabilitate those who
returned through job training. The seminar will at first discuss the
multi-dimensional challenges of trafficking, then look at various
effective uses of ICT in anti-trafficking programs"

Rgds,

McTim

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Wed Oct 26 22:00:18 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Gouvernance and the US
Message-ID: <10517320.1130360418878.JavaMail.www@wwinf1403>

Dear all
Please find hereafter the position of the US Congress and Senate on ICANN and IG.
Best
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT-France
Internet
US Congress backs support for ICANN
by CommsDay Global - 26/10/2005 12:10:58

Forward this story to a colleague

The US House of Representatives has followed the Senate and introduced a resolution demanding that core Internet infrastructure remain under US control despite global criticism. Republicans John Doolittle and Bob Goodlatte allied with Democrat Rick Boucher to push the measure, claiming that UN control would stifle innovation and lead to repressive regimes having influence over content and architecture.

"Turning the Internet over to countries with problematic human-rights records, muted free-speech laws, and questionable taxation practices will prevent the Internet from remaining the thriving medium it has become today," John Doolittle said in a statement. 

Earlier this year, the Bush Administration said it would retain control of core infrastructure despite earlier promises to relinquish oversight. Last month, the European Union publicly killed its support for the current framework. A serious rupture could potentially lead to the end of the Internet as we know it, transforming the World Wide Web into a series of localized networks that might not always be accessible based on geography. 

"The United States is uniquely positioned in the world to protect the fundamental principles of free press and free speech, upon which the Internet has thrived," Goodlatte said in a statement. Critics dispute that characterization, noting that the US Commerce Department interfered with ICANN's plans for the proposed .xxx domain in August. 

Meanwhile ICANN and VeriSign have privately settled a long-running dispute over the latter's search engine for mistyped URLs. The agreement ends a legal squabble dating back two years. Under the deal, ICANN and VeriSign will draw up a new contract "intended to balance innovation and business certainty with the need to ensure competition, security and stability in the domain name system."
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From dogwallah at gmail.com  Wed Oct 26 22:14:39 2005
From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Gouvernance and the US
In-Reply-To: <10517320.1130360418878.JavaMail.www@wwinf1403>
References: <10517320.1130360418878.JavaMail.www@wwinf1403>
Message-ID: <f65fb55e0510261414i6b7babbfn45257dd71e54a347@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/27/05, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Please find hereafter the position of the US Congress and Senate on ICANN
> and IG.

Please find hereafter a poorly headlined media story about a
Congressional resolution.

> Internet
> US Congress backs support for ICANN

They haven't, yet, tho they probably will.
These resolutions have only been introduced, NOT passed.

>
> The US House of Representatives has followed the Senate and introduced a
> resolution demanding that core Internet infrastructure remain

Don't just read the headline, they can be misleading.

[H.CON.RES.268.IH] Introduced in House
[S.RES.273.IS] Introduced in Senate

--
Cheers,

McTim
nic-hdl:      TMCG

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 26 22:21:23 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
In-Reply-To: <20051026192734.53739.qmail@web25609.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026212124.5450.qmail@web60721.mail.yahoo.com>

Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui fait
des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours et
si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
entre Hammamet et Tunis.
Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions d'hebergement
que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour,
>  
> Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> co?terait ? 
> Michel Towa 
> 237 997 68 87
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Salut,
> Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au
> 20
> novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine
> en
> demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
> compris.
> Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> 
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From delynana2002 at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 26 22:31:22 2005
From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
In-Reply-To: <20051026212124.5450.qmail@web60721.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026213122.90850.qmail@web26006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour Djilali
 
En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te faire parvenir  dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de la d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions de pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
 
Delphine

djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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_______________________________________

Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui fait
des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours et
si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
entre Hammamet et Tunis.
Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions d'hebergement
que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh wrote:

> Bonjour,
> 
> Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> co?terait ? 
> Michel Towa 
> 237 997 68 87
> 
> djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Salut,
> Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au
> 20
> novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine
> en
> demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
> compris.
> Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> 
> 
> 
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 26 22:35:19 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
In-Reply-To: <20051026213122.90850.qmail@web26006.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026213519.44820.qmail@web60715.mail.yahoo.com>

Je ferai de mon mieux, le plus vite sera le mieux !
Djilali
Existe-il un vol du Cameroun ? Tunis par Tunis Air ?
cela pourrait faciliter les choses.
Djilali
--- NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour Djilali
>  
> En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te faire
> parvenir  dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de la
> d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions de
> pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
>  
> Delphine
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
> directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
> faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui
> fait
> des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours
> et
> si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
> Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
> entre Hammamet et Tunis.
> Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions
> d'hebergement
> que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
> Djilali
> 
> --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> 
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> > co?terait ? 
> > Michel Towa 
> > 237 997 68 87
> > 
> > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> > 
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> > J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au
> > 20
> > novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine
> > en
> > demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> > transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
> > compris.
> > Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> > Amiti?s
> > Djilali
> > 
> > 
> > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
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From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Political Chapeau as it stands end of today
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From laina at getit.org  Wed Oct 26 22:49:45 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
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Merci beaucoup pour cette reseignment. Je besoin d' avoir des details sur cette service de transport entre Hammamet et Tunis. Est'que vous pouvez mes aidez.

Merci.

Laina

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Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui fait des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours et si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport entre Hammamet et Tunis.
Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions d'hebergement que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour,
>  
> Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me co?terait ?
> Michel Towa
> 237 997 68 87
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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> Salut,
> Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au 20 novembre Paris 
> Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine en demi pension dans un h?tel 3 
> ?toiles pour 383 ? transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet 
> compris.
> Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
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> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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From delynana2002 at yahoo.fr  Wed Oct 26 23:04:35 2005
From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
In-Reply-To: <20051026213519.44820.qmail@web60715.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051026220435.10927.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Il existe plut?t AIR MAROC
 
Delphine

djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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Je ferai de mon mieux, le plus vite sera le mieux !
Djilali
Existe-il un vol du Cameroun ? Tunis par Tunis Air ?
cela pourrait faciliter les choses.
Djilali
--- NANA Delphine wrote:

> Bonjour Djilali
> 
> En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te faire
> parvenir dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de la
> d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions de
> pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
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> Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
> directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
> faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui
> fait
> des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours
> et
> si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
> Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
> entre Hammamet et Tunis.
> Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions
> d'hebergement
> que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
> Djilali
> 
> --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> 
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> > co?terait ? 
> > Michel Towa 
> > 237 997 68 87
> > 
> > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
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> > Salut,
> > Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> > J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au
> > 20
> > novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine
> > en
> > demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> > transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
> > compris.
> > Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> > Amiti?s
> > Djilali
> > 
> > 
> > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> > l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
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> discussion
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> > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 26 23:32:10 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
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There will be buses from the hotels in Hammamet to Kram, about 50 minutes.

Il y aura des services des bus des h?tels ? Hammamet ? Kram, environ 50
minutes.

Renata


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Merci beaucoup pour cette reseignment. Je besoin d' avoir des details sur
cette service de transport entre Hammamet et Tunis. Est'que vous pouvez mes
aidez.

Merci.

Laina

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Of djilali benamrane
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Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent directement ? Tunis d'une
capitale africaine, il faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui fait
des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours et si vous ?tes pr?t ?
habiter ? hammamet....
Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport entre Hammamet et Tunis.
Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions d'hebergement que vous pouvez
comparer avec d'autres..
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour,
>  
> Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me co?terait ?
> Michel Towa
> 237 997 68 87
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
> specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
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> _______________________________________
> 
> Salut,
> Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au 20 novembre Paris 
> Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine en demi pension dans un h?tel 3 
> ?toiles pour 383 ? transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet 
> compris.
> Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
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Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
(mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
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From laina at getit.org  Wed Oct 26 23:37:01 2005
From: laina at getit.org (Laina Raveendran Greene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] information utile
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Message-ID: <200510270650852.SM01024@LAINATABLET>

Merci beaucoup Renata. Thanks Renata.

Is it from all hotels in Hammamet or only from one point? De tous l'hotels ou seulement d'une place? (sorry my French is not that good).

Regards,
Laina 

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There will be buses from the hotels in Hammamet to Kram, about 50 minutes.

Il y aura des services des bus des h?tels ? Hammamet ? Kram, environ 50 minutes.

Renata


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Merci beaucoup pour cette reseignment. Je besoin d' avoir des details sur cette service de transport entre Hammamet et Tunis. Est'que vous pouvez mes aidez.

Merci.

Laina

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Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui fait des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours et si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport entre Hammamet et Tunis.
Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions d'hebergement que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour,
>  
> Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me co?terait ?
> Michel Towa
> 237 997 68 87
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
> specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic 
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> _______________________________________
> 
> Salut,
> Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au 20 novembre Paris 
> Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine en demi pension dans un h?tel 3 
> ?toiles pour 383 ? transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet 
> compris.
> Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 
> 11207 - Niamey - Niger T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France 
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) 
> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de 
> discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
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From conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch  Thu Oct 27 01:08:36 2005
From: conchita.poncini at bluewin.ch (conchita poncini)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Political Chapeau as it stands end of today
References: <200510262142.j9QLgZJO006480@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <00a601c5da8a$937caa50$2101a8c0@home>

Thanks so much for this valuable text.  Does it exist in French?  I would like to send excerpts to our francophone members of IFUW.

As it is a close session, I no longer intend to attend but will look out for your daily input

Yours in solidarity 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Renata Bloem 
  To: Plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: wsis@ngocongo.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:42 PM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Political Chapeau as it stands end of today


  Dear all,

   

  Pls find attached the text of PCh as it was displayed on the screen at the end of today.

   

  Renate Bloem
  President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
  11, Avenue de la Paix
  CH-1202 Geneva
  Tel: +41 22 301 1000
  Fax: +41 22 301 2000
  E-mil: rbloem@ngocongo.org
  Website: www.ngocongo.org

   

   

   

   
   
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From Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca  Thu Oct 27 04:21:38 2005
From: Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Bill McIver)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Call for Participation: The Role of the Computing Professions in
 WSIS Implementation
Message-ID: <436047C2.2030206@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>


Call for Participation
 
The Role of Computer Science and Engineering Professions in Achieving 
WSIS Goals,
a Panel & Discussion organized by Computer Professionals for Social 
Responsibility ( http://www.cpsr.org )

Tunis, Tunisia
16 November 2005
11:00 - 13:00
Le Kram in the Summit Venue

This is Parallel Event of the World Summit of the Information Society 
Second Phase in Tunis,
16 - 18 November 2005  ( http://www.itu.int/wsis ).


This panel will examine the central role that the computer science and 
engineering
professions play in shaping the information society and how they can 
serve in
helping to realize the goals set by WSIS.

All WSIS attendees are invited to participate in the session.

Proposals for panel presentations are invited.

Please contact Bill McIver at mailto:[Bill.McIver@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca].

Conveners:

William McIver, Jr. (**) and Douglas Schuler (++)

(**)
National Research Council
Institute for Information Technology
Fredericton, NB
Canada
Bill.McIver@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

(++)
Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
USA
douglas@cpsr.org

-- 
Bill McIver  
e-Government / e-Citizen Group
National Research Council Canada  Institute for Information Technology
e-mail: bill.mciver@nrc.gc.ca                  
http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/r-d/e-government-gouvernement-e_e.html
http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/r-d/e-government-gouvernement-e_f.html

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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Thu Oct 27 10:51:49 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Consular office at the tunisian mission in Geneva
Message-ID: <200510270951.j9R9pcUf010660@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

As you may know, visa free of charge will be delivered directly at Tunis
airport to WSIS participants with a copy of the confirmation of your
electronic registration to the Summit.

You can check the visa requirement by nationality at
www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php. 

 

For those are based in Geneva and who would prefer to get a visa before they
fly to Tunis, we were informed that there will be a consular office at the
tunisian mission to the UN in Geneva from today (27 October) to next Tuesday
(1 November).

 

Mission permanente de Tunisie

Rue de Moillebeau 58

1211 Geneva 19

Tel 022 749 15 50

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From alalegre at fma.ph  Thu Oct 27 11:15:08 2005
From: alalegre at fma.ph (Al Alegre)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Consular office at the tunisian mission in Geneva
References: <200510270951.j9R9pcUf010660@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <016e01c5dadf$50bc3140$9d00a8c0@fma>

Dear Philippe

I guess in principle this is a great service. However, in some countries it is a
different reality on the ground.

Here in Manila our immigration desk checks already for a valid visa to your
destination, and it is very hard to convince them (especially for countries that
the officers are not too familiar with) that visas upon arrival will be issued.

In addition, some transit countries also give our nationals a hard time for the
same reason. EU immigration officers in the various countries (e.g., Frankfurt
or Rome) for example may choose to deny entry to people from my country if we
cannot show visas to our onward destination...they seem to think that everyone
is dying to be an illegal alien to fortress Europe :-)

So I would encourage everyone to double-check if this visa-upon-arrival option
will not pose more problems either in your home country or in your transit
airport (if any)...

Thanks
Al

(obviously a veteran of visa problems.... :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis@iprolink.ch>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <bureau@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: 'Renate Bloem' <rbloem@ngocongo.org>; <wsis@ngocongo.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: [CS Bureau] Consular office at the tunisian mission in Geneva


> Dear all,
>
> As you may know, visa free of charge will be delivered directly at Tunis
> airport to WSIS participants with a copy of the confirmation of your
> electronic registration to the Summit.
>
> You can check the visa requirement by nationality at
> www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php.
>
> For those are based in Geneva and who would prefer to get a visa before they
> fly to Tunis, we were informed that there will be a consular office at the
> tunisian mission to the UN in Geneva from today (27 October) to next Tuesday
> (1 November).
>
> Mission permanente de Tunisie
> Rue de Moillebeau 58
> 1211 Geneva 19
> Tel 022 749 15 50
>
> Best regards,
>

> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
> Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org
>
>
>
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
> website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/>
>
>
>
>


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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Thu Oct 27 11:31:45 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Political Chapeau as it stands end of today
In-Reply-To: <00a601c5da8a$937caa50$2101a8c0@home>
Message-ID: <435F84AF0003E970@mail12.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

Conchita,

 

Negotiation papers for the Intersessionals are only in English. Once
finalized, they will be translated into the other languages for Tunis and
can then be found on the ITU website.

 

Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org> rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

 

De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de conchita poncini
Envoy? : jeudi, 27. octobre 2005 01:09
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Political Chapeau as it stands end of today

 

Thanks so much for this valuable text.  Does it exist in French?  I would
like to send excerpts to our francophone members of IFUW.

 

As it is a close session, I no longer intend to attend but will look out for
your daily input

 

Yours in solidarity 

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

From: Renata Bloem <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org>  

To: Plenary@wsis-cs.org 

Cc: wsis@ngocongo.org 

Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:42 PM

Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Political Chapeau as it stands end of today

 

Dear all,

 

Pls find attached the text of PCh as it was displayed on the screen at the
end of today.

 

Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mil: rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org

 

 

 


 


 

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From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Thu Oct 27 13:01:41 2005
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS media coverage: can you help?
Message-ID: <000801c5daee$3246cea0$6701a8c0@local>

ciao to all. I am writing asking for little help.
with my students from the master in Journalism at the University of Padova, we are working on an Italian brochure on Tunis 2005, which will focus on several aspects (from summit description to controversial issues, to HR in Tunisia ecc). This will be widely circulated in the country as an info tool for interested people, local authorities, media professionals ecc.

One of the topics we want to to deal with is the media coverage of WSIS (both geneva phase and way to Tunis), looking at national mainstream media attention to the summit in different regional areas, as well as independent media and on-line resources.

I ask those of you who have been involved in press coverage in your countries, conducted research on this topic, written articles where this aspect is critically analysed, to reply write to myself (claudia.padovani@unipd.it) and gioviruz@libero.it . please also indicate the most relevant on-line information resources on WSIS in your country.

I thank you very much from now for your cooperation, knowing well how busy we all are... :-)
claudia padovani
Dip. Studi Storici e Politici
Universit? di Padova
via del Santo, 35100 Padova
Italy
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 27 13:50:53 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GABON/ AFRICA  INFORMATION
Message-ID: <20051027125053.45721.qmail@web26003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

We exert in communication and information technologies in Gabon Africa. Gabon does not have reached yet or more or month did not solve the problem of the ditch of the numerical fracture. The costs of telecommunications are very high with such ensign that one does not manage to give the possibility to the populations of better impregnating thing. From where one by today here of data-processing illiteracy because the comun of the mortals passes beside opportunities which offers Internet and other advantages going in the direction of the progress of information. In addition, I request the contest of NGOs and of the investors of the company of information to take into account this problem which undermines the young Gabonese nation bus if large thing is not made, it will be I am convinced the last of the history in the field of the ICT and out of economic matter because the hour is not any more with the sale of the raw materials, but with the sale of the grey matter. Thus, I call with all
 and with very to propose solutions of which I could present at our State, so that it does something for its youth instead of sacrificed as is it now.



 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
E- mail:   sandzal@yahoo.fr/sandzal@hotmail.com


		
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From sandzal at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 27 13:51:17 2005
From: sandzal at yahoo.fr (Sandza Laurent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GABON/ AFRICA  INFORMATION
Message-ID: <20051027125117.89636.qmail@web26005.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Dear all,
We exert in communication and information technologies in Gabon Africa. Gabon does not have reached yet or more or month did not solve the problem of the ditch of the numerical fracture. The costs of telecommunications are very high with such ensign that one does not manage to give the possibility to the populations of better impregnating thing. From where one by today here of data-processing illiteracy because the comun of the mortals passes beside opportunities which offers Internet and other advantages going in the direction of the progress of information. In addition, I request the contest of NGOs and of the investors of the company of information to take into account this problem which undermines the young Gabonese nation bus if large thing is not made, it will be I am convinced the last of the history in the field of the ICT and out of economic matter because the hour is not any more with the sale of the raw materials, but with the sale of the grey matter. Thus, I call with all
 and with very to propose solutions of which I could present at our State, so that it does something for its youth instead of sacrificed as is it now.
Kindest regards



 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
Charg? ? l'Environnement ? JVFGabon 
Pr?sident de l'O.N.G Environnement Sans Fronti?res 
BP: 685 Libreville/Gabon 
TEl: +241 0668 16 18/0610 12 58 
Fax: +241 445 372 
Site web: http://www.jvfgabon.org 
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 27 14:14:07 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Information for Participants @ Summit (rules of conduct..?)
In-Reply-To: <20051027125053.45721.qmail@web26003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20051027125053.45721.qmail@web26003.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <2226.67.68.5.93.1130418847.squirrel@secure.privaterra.org>

There are some new documents on the ITU/WSIS site on the issue of
"information for participants"

http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/info.html


particularly look at this one...

http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/5.pdf
Second Phase of the WSIS (16-18 November 2005, Tunis)
Guidelines regarding the conduct of Parallel Events

Given incidents CS has experienced at the prepcoms, i would really ask
everyone to read the document. I think we need clarification on certain
items. For example, what authority the chair of a session has to keep
order . If it is Tunisian govt agents causing the problem, what authority
does the chair have to remove them so that the session can proceed in an
air of civility and mutual respect of - the right of freedom of expression

I look forward for people's comment on this one. The sooner, the better..


regards

Robert



From correia.rui at gmail.com  Thu Oct 27 14:54:14 2005
From: correia.rui at gmail.com (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Information for Participants @ Summit (rules of conduct..?)
In-Reply-To: <2226.67.68.5.93.1130418847.squirrel@secure.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <006001c5dafd$f2828bf0$0500000a@Laptop>

They could have spared us all having to go through this - by simply
distributing it to their own "government parallel civil society"

So, if it is really meant for "us", then the only way it makes sense is if
the "organiser of the event" is to be made responsible for deliberately
staged acts of public disorder and so put the blame on CS. I fear to think
what would be the nature of intervention by security should such a scenario
evolve.

Robert, I don't know how much you want to make of this, but herewith a few
points, by number:

[some of the guidelines mix process with content - 5a, for example].

4. It is quite commonplace nowadays to be able to film with cell phones and
digital cameras for personal purposes and a lot of people do this. I can't
see why it should not be allowed, other than reducing the odds of capturing
scenes of .....  

5.a) This sounds very much like a direct reference to the IFEX meetings on
Human Rights situations in Tunisia. 


6. "... and may report to the ECOSOC Secretariat in case the delegate or
delegates are registered by an entity in consultative status with ECOSOC." -
this is blatant intimidation. So, if they can get at you through the
channels via ECOSOC, than keep quite, right? If you have no ties to ECOSOC,
then speak your mind. 

And while on the subject, I seek clarity on "closed meetings" - at the last
PrepCom III, a certain caucus unceremoniously threw out people arriving for
the next session, saying the meeting was reserved for their members. I couls
be wrong, but from what I could establish, that meeting did not feature on
the daily list of events. 

________________________________________________
?
?
Rui Correia
Coordinator, Southern Africa WSIS Partnership
(Media Institute of Southern Africa, SACOD, Highway Africa)
38 Finch St, 
Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort, 
Johannesburg, South Africa
Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336
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There are some new documents on the ITU/WSIS site on the issue of
"information for participants"

http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/info.html


particularly look at this one...

http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/5.pdf
Second Phase of the WSIS (16-18 November 2005, Tunis)
Guidelines regarding the conduct of Parallel Events

Given incidents CS has experienced at the prepcoms, i would really ask
everyone to read the document. I think we need clarification on certain
items. For example, what authority the chair of a session has to keep
order . If it is Tunisian govt agents causing the problem, what authority
does the chair have to remove them so that the session can proceed in an
air of civility and mutual respect of - the right of freedom of expression

I look forward for people's comment on this one. The sooner, the better..


regards

Robert


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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Oct 27 15:16:02 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Information for Participants @ Summit (rules
 of conduct..?)
In-Reply-To: <006001c5dafd$f2828bf0$0500000a@Laptop>
References: <006001c5dafd$f2828bf0$0500000a@Laptop>
Message-ID: <4360E122.8040408@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

This is especially funny:

"politically motivated acts against Member States of the United Nations"
-> call UN security

Does this mean we can't say anymore that we dislike the US policy on 
Internet Governance? ;-)

> http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/5.pdf
> Second Phase of the WSIS (16-18 November 2005, Tunis)
> Guidelines regarding the conduct of Parallel Events

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Thu Oct 27 15:56:09 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Information for Participants @ Summit (rules
 of conduct..?)
In-Reply-To: <4360E122.8040408@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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Ralf Bendrath ha scritto:
> This is especially funny:
> 
> "politically motivated acts against Member States of the United Nations"
> -> call UN security
> 
> Does this mean we can't say anymore that we dislike the US policy on 
> Internet Governance? ;-)

Sure. Feel free to criticize Tunisian food and Tunisian weather, but not 
the Tunisian government.

I think we should make a clear, loud and firm protest against these 
parts of the document, and request edits. For example, 6. should have a 
safeguard clause mentioning freedom of (critical political) expression. 
And the constraint on filming is ridiculous. If we start to accept 
constraints like these, we'll engage into a situation where we'll be 
bound hands and feet.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu  Thu Oct 27 16:31:18 2005
From: cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu (Richard Vincent)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Information for Participants @ Summit (rules of
 conduct..?)
Message-ID: <s360ac88.089@isugw.indstate.edu>

I agree that a statement such as "politically motivated acts against Member States" is extremely vague and may include critical political expression directed toward state governments, Tunisia, the US, or anyone else.  Also, the restriction against filming is absurd.  Finally, the limitation of document distribution including newspapers to only the publishers section, while perhaps an attempt to establish order,  is a direct attack on basic freedoms of expression.  It seems to me that the WSIS may finally be regretting the "first of a kind" open forum that the ITU originally envisioned.  I saw no true disruption of activities during the Geneva phase, and I see no reason to assume that we will see it now.

Rick


Dr. Richard C. Vincent
Professor 
Department of Communication
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
U.S.A.

email: rvincent@indstate.edu
telephone: +1 812 237-3246
fax: +1 812 237-3217
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Ralf Bendrath ha scritto:
> This is especially funny:
> 
> "politically motivated acts against Member States of the United Nations"
> -> call UN security
> 
> Does this mean we can't say anymore that we dislike the US policy on 
> Internet Governance? ;-)

Sure. Feel free to criticize Tunisian food and Tunisian weather, but not 
the Tunisian government.

I think we should make a clear, loud and firm protest against these 
parts of the document, and request edits. For example, 6. should have a 
safeguard clause mentioning freedom of (critical political) expression. 
And the constraint on filming is ridiculous. If we start to accept 
constraints like these, we'll engage into a situation where we'll be 
bound hands and feet.
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From r_correia at telkomsa.net  Thu Oct 27 17:34:40 2005
From: r_correia at telkomsa.net (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Bill Gates's "gift" to India
Message-ID: <00ab01c5db14$57aab000$0500000a@Laptop>

The list is relatively quiet, so I thought I'd sneak this in, but I do
apologise for taking the liberty. Nonetheless I think it is a worthwhile
piece.

Rui

Counterpunch, October 27, 2005
In India, Bill Gates Does Well By Doing "Good"
License to Bill

By LILA RAJIVA

To his fans, a Randian free-market hero, an Atlas barely quivering under 
the Himalayan chain of operating systems, software packages and security 
patches with which he feeds the hungering cyber-masses. Or as one Indian 
model squealed orgasmically, "Mr. Gates, you are my idea of the ideal man. 
You are rich, and you are powerful."

And a philanthropist to...er.. boot.... The Gates foundation, which is 
worth $30 billion, (?17 billion), is now the largest charity run by a 
single philanthropist or private company And Gates says he intends to give 
away 90 per cent of his $50 billion fortune.

On September 22 this year, Microsoft made its latest corporate raid on 
humanitarianism, pledging to partner with the Indian Ministry of 
Communication and Information Technology in seven crucial areas. The deal, 
largely unnoticed by the media, was struck at Microsoft's Redmond, 
Washington headquarters with Minister Dayanidhi Maran.

Microsoft offered a new Windows XP Starter Edition licensed and built just 
for India in nine Indian languages as well as English; it "adopted" 100 
schools in 6 states to provide an interactive learning environment and 
pledged to support an Indian government program to establish 100,000 rural 
kiosks with a range of affordable products and services; it also pledged to 
deliver a broadband and PC package targeted to first time users at an 
affordable monthly installment, to set up and fund with 2 million dollars 
an E-governance Center of Excellence for pilot programs, and to collaborate 
with Indian agencies and scientists to research Indic language computing 
technologies and increase security. (1)

Shades of Rockefeller, who spent the latter part of his life guiltily 
giving away the fortune he'd amassed. Maybe His Billness has taken to 
reading the geek blogs with their unkindest cuts. Or Greg Palast and that 
crack of his about Blackbeard the Pirate has gotten to him. (2)

Who steals my purse steals trash ...etc. etc.

full: http://www.counterpunch.com/rajiva10272005.html




From wsis at iprolink.ch  Thu Oct 27 18:31:56 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: Intersessional negotiation group - 26 oct, afternoon session
Message-ID: <200510271731.j9RHVk1p030221@homer2.tic.ch>

It seems that this did not go through the CS plenary list yesterday.

Find the report on yesterday afternoon?s meeting (26 october).

 

Ph

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : wsis@tic.ch [mailto:wsis@tic.ch] 
Envoy? : mercredi, 26. octobre 2005 23:36
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc : wsis@ngocongo.org
Objet : Intersessional negotiation group - 26 oct, afternoon session

 

Dear all,

 

Find below a summary of today's afternoon session in the intersessional

negotiation group.

 

Best regards,

Jette Madsen

 

 

Wednesday 26 October, afternoon session

 

After the delegations had had time to have a look at DT26 again, they agreed
to

use it as a basis for negotiations. Elements from DT9 will be brought in

whenever a delegation feels that a part is missing.

 

In the beginning of the meeting, Canada stated that it did not felt
comfortable

discussing multi-stakeholder participation in the implementation without the

presence of other stakeholders.This was supported by UK (EU).

 

The EU also addressed that an ITU proposal was made available in the back of
the

room. The EU stated that it was not fair that one organisation had been
given

the privilege to make a proposal in the intergovernmental meeting and that
they

hoped this privilege would be extended to other stakeholders. The chair
replied

that he would inform the stakeholders about this at his briefing tomorrow

morning.

 

Reading of para 1-10:

 

Para 1-6 was agreed with few, not very substantial changes.

 

Para 7: Para. 9 was moved back in the end of para 7, so as para 7 now stands
as

para 4 stood in DT9. Agreed.

 

New paras 7A and 7B: G77 proposed that new 6bis from DT9 was inserted as a
new

para 7A. US preferred the language in newest 6bis. As there was not
agreement

on this, Karklins proposed to let both paras stay in the text in brackets.

 

Para 8:

Agreed

 

Para 9: moved to 7(see above)

 

Para 10: Iran wanted ?mutually-agreed terms? to be conditioned to the
results of

negotiations on para 20 in chap. 2. US would not commit to this. Para was
not

agreed.

 

New paras 10a and 10b: Honduras proposed to insert 6bis and 9B from DT6
after

para 10.Not agreed.

 

?Conceptual reading? of para 23-30:

With about an hour left, the chair proposed to move to paras 23-30 for a

?conceptual reading? to find out whether governments could agree in
principle

on these paragraphs.

 

There was general support to the conceptual framework of the text. In the

following is highlighted some of the positions that were expressed.

 

Chile noted that its proposal on follow-up that was not reflected in the new

text:

[49A: We request ECOSOC, through its Commission on Science and Technology
for

Development, to oversee the systematic coordination, review and policy
debate

of the Geneva and Tunis outcomes of the World Summit on the Information

Society.]] The Chilean proposal was supported by Nicaragua and El Salvador.

 

El Salvador also recalled the solution in the GFC paper, where UNSG is asked
to

set up coordination within a specific date.

 

Ghana (African group) said that they were working on a redrafting of the
Annex,

which they will submit tomorrow.

 

UK (EU) stated that their basic building blocs was

-           Implementation in a system wide and coordinated way, which
should follow

resolution 57/270B.

-           let it be up to each UN agency to decide for themselves how to
implement

(within this reference to stakeholders). No need to blueprint role for any

specific agency (in the briefing with EU after the meeting, it was clarified

that this meant no Annex)

-           SG should coordinate the implementation between agencies

-           Not miss experiences of agencies or multistakeholders

-           Follow-up within ECOSOC

-           Need to look for a way to fit in a multistakeholder approach
with this

 

At the briefing with EU after the meeting, the UK expressed that the EU
liked

the idea of the Chilean proposal and would like to see the proposal included
in

the text in brackets to keep it in the discussion.

 

Russia: in favour of approach building on experiences of UN agencies.

 

Egypt, Iran and Brazil wanted more weight to the follow-up of the WSIS
process

than reports to ECOSOC.

 

 

Jette Madsen

CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat

11, Avenue de la Paix

CH-1202 Geneva

Tel: +41 22 301 1000

Fax: +41 22 301 2000

E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org

Website: www.ngocongo.org

 

 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that

facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions.

Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs
in

exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on
issues

of global concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Invitation_au_Forum_sur_"les_meilleures_pratiques?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_de_la_soci=E9t=E9_civile"_16_Nov,_Tunis_?=
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La Conf?rence des ONG ayant des Relations consultatives avec les  
Nations Unies (CONGO)




Invite cordialement tous les participants au SMSI ? un Forum  
Interactif sur



?D?velopper les meilleures pratiques de la soci?t? civile pour  
combler la fracture num?rique?


16 Novembre 2005

13h00-17h00

Salle St Augustin, Kram, Tunis



Invit?s :

Shashi Tharoor, Secr?taire G?n?ral djoint des Nations Unies ? la  
Communication et l?Information

Adama Samassekou, Pr?sident du SMSI Phase I

Avec les repr?sentants de :

R?seau du d?veloppement et de la communication des femmes africaines  
(FEMNET)
OneWorld Asie du Sud / Grassroots Caucus

Development Gateway

Caucus de la Jeunesse au SMSI


Mod?ratrice :

Renata Bloem, Pr?sidente de la CONGO


Ce forum va mettre en valeur le r?le fondamental des organisations de  
la soci?t? civile pour promouvoir l?acc?s et l?utilisation de  
l?Internet et des autres technologies de l?information et de la  
communication. Nous observerons les projets r?alis?s avec succ?s par  
la soci?t? civile en Asie, Am?rique Latine, Afrique et Europe.

Les questions qui seront trait?es par les exposants incluent :
1.          Quels sont les d?fis communs auxquels fait face la  
soci?t? civile dans la mise en oeuvre de ses projets ?

2.          Quels sont les facteurs communs dans les succ?s de  
certains projets ?

3.          Qu?est ce que la soci?t? civile peut faire pour mieux  
coordonner en son sein  ses projets?

4.          Que peuvent faire la communaut? internationale, les  
Nations Unies, les gouvernements et autres acteurs pour d?velopper  
les projets r?alis?s avec succ?s ?


Suite ? ces pr?sentations, un dialogue interactif aura lieu entre les  
orateurs et les participants.


Pour plus d?information, veuillez contacter Rik Panganiban ?  
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
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From: wsis at iprolink.ch (wsis@iprolink.ch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report from Intersessional Negotiation Meeting - 27 October
Message-ID: <20051028012425.11xybc6jtnkk0o0w@service.ch.inter.net>

Dear all,

Today the intersessional negotiation Group went through paras 11-31 in DT26
(Implementation and Follow-up). You can find reports from the morning and
afternoon session below.

Best regards,
Jette Madsen


Intersessional Negotiation Group, Thursday 27 October

At the morning briefing with Amb Karklins, we were today informed that,
following the request from EU yesterday, it would now be possible for all
stakeholders to have their position papers placed in the back of the room.

MORNING SESSION

At the morning session, the delegations went through para 11-20 in DT26. At the
beginning of the meeting, Karklins reminded that only 12 hours remained to
conclude on Political Chapeau, Financing Mechanisms, and Implementation and
Follow-up. He asked the delegations to be as constructive as possible and not
come in with random suggestions at this late stage. Night sessions will not be
a possibility in respect for the delegates who celebrated Ramadan. Further, he
reminded that they yesterday had agreed that paragraphs from DT9 would stay in
brackets to be reviewed in a second reading.

Para 11, 11a, 11b, 11c were agreed with few, mostly editorial changes. In para
11c, a reference to ?older persons? was inserted.

Para 11d (training and education of women):
Russia had strong difficulties with the paragraph. They wanted the reference to
?civil society representatives? deleted and questioned the meaning of
?e-government process?. Either the paragraph should be deleted or made clearer.
The chair asked Russia to work on the text and come with new language by
tomorrow morning.

Iran asked that 7p from DT9 could be brought into the text. On this the chair
replied that 7p repeats para 10 in DT26. After having reconsidered its
proposal, Iran agreed that it was covered in para 10, but that it was pending
on the outcomes of the negotiations of para 10.

Para 11e
Thailand proposed insertion of ?and use of assistive technologies? (agreed).

Para 11f:
Agreed with slight editorial changes

UK asked that old 7d on community volunteering could be included from DT9. US
supported re-incorporation and will lead consultations on how it can be done.

Paras 11g, h, i and j was agreed with few editorial changes.

Paras 11k (educational, scientific and cultural institutions):
US proposed to change ?affordable? to ?free? and that ?and community
connectivity? should be amended after ?improve it-literacy?. Cuba and Honduras
opposed the change of ?affordable? to ?free?. It was decided that US would work
on it and come up with a proposal at three.

Para 11l:
Language was changed so that it is consitent with para 35 in political chapeau:
?local and/or indigenous languages.?
UK(EU) proposed the amendment ?and improving quality e-content?, but Canada
stated that the proposal did not make sense in this paragraph. It was decided
that EU should present a new paragraph on quality e-content at three.
11l was agreed.

Para 11m:
There were some discussions on if the paragraph should only refer to traditional
media as some delegations argued the original purpose of the paragraph had been,
or if the reference to new media should stay. Further, the delegates went into a
lengthy discussion on a comma. In the end, the paragraph was agreed with an
amendment of ?inter alia? in front of radio and television.

Para 11n on freedom of press will await the results of consultations lead by
Norway and Iran on para 4-5 in Political Chapeau

Para 11o:
US wanted a reference to ?proper disposal of ICT waste?
Egypt argued that as many developing countries do not have the resources to do
this, text about assisting developing countries in addressing this problem
should be added. Egypt will come up with new language.

Para 11p:
Discussion between Iran and US on the concept of ?co-regulatory?. Chair asks the
two to exchange views bilaterally.

New para 11q:
Chile came up with a new proposal:
?Promoting the development of advanced research networks of national, regional
and international levels in order to improve collaboration in science,
technology and higher education.?
Karklins stated that on procedural grounds, he would refuse the proposal, but if
everybody was willing to accept the proposal as it stood, he would allow it to
be included. Objection from one single government would mean deletion.
The proposal was circulated in paper form and in the end of the meeting;
Karklins gave governments 15 seconds to object. As nobody objected, the
proposal was adopted referendum.

Para 12 with subparagraphs (disaster reduction)
Australia stated that it had many changes to the para and to save time, they
proposed a short meeting between interested delegations. Pakistan on behalf of
Asia wanted to introduce old o+n from DT9. It was decided that Australia and
Pakistan would lead informal consultations and present a result tomorrow.

Para 13 (Child helplines):
EU and US wanted to take out the specific reference to 3 and 4-digits (technical
problem)
Russia found the word ?undertake? too strong and proposed it replaced with the
less binding ?recommend? or ?seek?
India raised the question of who will pay and proposed to insert language on
?mobilise resources?
Canada wanted to educate children on how to use emergency lines also
Chair proposed simplification: ?We seek to make available children phone lines
in each country.?
Iran stated that developing countries don?t have the resources and that resource
problem should be accommodated, whereas US had a problem with ?we seek to
mobilise resources?, if we meant the governments. Finally, it was decided that
will lead consulations on this.

Para 14 was agreed without discussion.

Para 15 was not touched as Karklins is consulting governments on this paragraph.
Para 16: agreed

Para 17: Karklins has conducted informal consultations on this also and results
leaved him to believe that the paragraph as drafted will be acceptable. Only El
Salvador had a problem with the paragraph and it was decided that the delegate
from here should consult his capital.
Agreed ad referendum

Para 18-19:
Russia insisted on inserting a reference to ?the leading role of governments?.
This was opposed by Canada and USA and the paragraphs were left square
bracketed.

Para 20:
South Africa wanted ?framework? changed to ?mechanism? and was supported on this
by Iran, Brazil and Cuba (the latter arguing that the term already had been used
in para 61 in Geneva Declaration of Principles) whereas Canada opposed. It was
decided to move on and leave the two possibilities in brackets as the
discussion reflected more substantive differences.


AFTERNOON SESSION:

In the afternoon, the negotiations group came to the more contentious paragraphs
on international implementation. However, the session started with presentation
of new text that had been drafted on community volunteering, quality e-content
and children helplines

New para 11r: ?Promoting volunteering service at the community level to help
maximize the developmental impact of ICTs.? (agreed)

New para 11s: ?Strengthening the creation of quality e-content and innovative
applications at national, regional and international level.? The EU proposal
did not gain support and the EU was asked to reconsider its proposal.

New para 13: ?We seek to make available child help lines in all countries and to
mobilise appropriate resources?
UK expressed surprise that the delegations could not at least agree on
freephone, international standards and all phones in principle. Karklins will
continue consultations.

Then they continued from para 21 (implementation at the national level).
Cuba proposed replacement of framework with mechanism. Both were kept in
brackets and the paragraph ?agreed conditionally?, meaning that the final
decision on the terminology would depend on the rest of the document.

Then the negotiations moved back to new paras 10a and 10b (newest 6bis and 9B
that yesterday was included from DT9 on a request from G77):

Para10a: ?International and regional organizations should assess and report
regularly on universal accessibility of nations to ICTs, with the aim of
creating equitable opportunities for the growth of ICT sectors of developing
countries.?
Was agreed as it stands in 28c in Geneva Plan of Action.

Para 10b: ?Appropriate indicators and benchmarking, including community
connectivity indicators, should clarify the magnitude of the digital divide, in
both its domestic and international dimensions, and keep it under regular
assessment, and tracking global progress in the use of ICTs to achieve
internationally agreed development goals, including those of the Millennium
Declaration.?
Australia proposed insertion of a sentence in the end: ?The development of these
should take place in a collaborative, cost-effective and non-duplicative
fashion.?
The paragraph will be revisited in the next reading.

Para 22 was agreed without major changes.

Para 23:
Canada proposed a reference to res. 57/270B in the chapeau to the paragraph.

Para 24 (Intergovernmental implementation and follow-up)
Iran proposed a new amendment in the end of para 24:
?In this regard, bearing in mind paras 11 and 12 of UN Res. 270B, request the UN
Secretary General to establish within the Chief Executive Board (CEB), a UN
Group on Information Society (UNGIS), chaired by ITU in collaboration with
UNESCO and UNDP, with the mandate to facilitate the implementation, evaluation
and follow-up of WSIS outcomes and to report to the coordination segment of
ECOSOC, for further follow up through functional commission on science and
technology.?

The delegations seemed to like the proposal, although some of them said they
would have to read it more carefully.

EU made another proposal: ?The systemwide organisation of implementation
activities should follow res. 270 para 11 and 12. We therefore invite all
international organisation the relevance of their activities
 Request Secretary
General to submit a report by July 2006 that includes concrete proposals on
coordination as part of annual report to ECOSOC.? (quotation is incomplete)
The proposal could substitute language both in 26 and 24.

Chile asked for flexibilty for Secretary General to decide which institutions,
as it might be others than UNESCO, UNDP and ITU and proposed the Commission on
Science and Technology as the coordinating body. SG should submit an annual
report on implementation to the ECOSOC.

Egypt would preferred reporting to UN assembly ?to widen the scope? and stated
that it maybe will come up with language tomorrow.

Para 27 (Multistakeholder implementation):
The African group wanted to delete the paragraph as they found the reference to
both ?international? and ?bottom-up? inconsistent. However, they wanted to keep
the Annex that is referred to in para 27.  Brazil, El Salvador, Cuba, Iran and
Japan wanted to keep both para 27 and the Annex.

On the other side, Canada, Australia and US wanted to delete the Annex and the
reference to moderation/facilitation by UN agencies in the end of para 27.
UK (EU) would also like to delete the annex and proposed a merging of 27 and 29:
?Multistakeholder implementation should be bottom-up. Where appropriate it
should be carried out along the action lines and themes of the Plan of Action
and facilitated by UN agencies. The experience of, and activities undertaken by
UN agencies in the WSIS process ? notably ITU, UNESCO and UNDP ? should continue
to be used to their fullest extent. It should not require the creation of any
new operation bodies.

Chair proposed that the delegations would meet in the Canadian mission tomorrow
morning for informal discussions on Annex + paras 27 and 29.

Para 28 (indicators):
US and Australia proposed deletion.
Honduras (G77) did not wanted complete deletion ? language should be
incorporated in 31.
Chile proposed to change the structure of the text and place paras 31-34 before
para 20.

Para 29
Australia and Canada expressed interest in the EU proposal (see above).

Russia propose amendment to para 29: ?these agencies should play the leading
managerial role in organizing activities along action lines as mentioned in the
Annex.?

In relation to the discussions on para 29, Canada expressed that it was
increasingly concerned that the governments were discussing multistakeholder
implementation without the other stakeholders. In consequence, they should not
take any decisions on multistakeholder implementation before PrepCom-3, where
stakeholders can express their opinions.
Chair answered that he met with stakeholders every morning and that papers were
available in the back of the room as a reminder of stakeholder positions.

Para. 30:
EU proposes to move the paragraph higher up as it sets the premise for creating
the modalities of multistakeholder activities.

Chile asked that its proposal on the Commission on Science and Technology could
be inserted in the text. Karklins replied that he believed the Chilean proposal
in part already was covered in the Iranian proposal

Para 31:
Ghana wants to change ?welcome? to ?note? in front of ?the launch of the Digital
Opportunity Index.? Canada object to this ? either we welcome all or do not
mention any of tehm
Honduras (G77) propose inclusion of elements from para 28 included in para 31.
Karklins replied that it might be relevant to have one paragraph on measuring
icts and one on digital opportunity index. He will try to propose text that
takes this into account tomorrow morning.
Iran would like a reference to UN statistical commission.

Tomorrow morning, the session will start with outstanding issues in political
chapeau and chapter 2, and then the negotiation group will move on to
implementation and follow-up.

Jette Madsen
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that
facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions.Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of
NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on
issues of global concern.  For more information see our website at
www.ngocongo.org


From dina_hov at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 28 00:53:49 2005
From: dina_hov at yahoo.com (dina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report from Intersessional Negotiation Meeting - 27 October
In-Reply-To: <20051028012425.11xybc6jtnkk0o0w@service.ch.inter.net>
Message-ID: <20051027235349.43088.qmail@web30214.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Do you have the names of international negotiation group , spesially I am interested  the name of the person from Iran.
Thank you in advace
Dina




Dear all,

Today the intersessional negotiation Group went through paras 11-31 in DT26
(Implementation and Follow-up). You can find reports from the morning and
afternoon session below.

Best regards,
Jette Madsen


Intersessional Negotiation Group, Thursday 27 October

At the morning briefing with Amb Karklins, we were today informed that,
following the request from EU yesterday, it would now be possible for all
stakeholders to have their position papers placed in the back of the room.

MORNING SESSION

At the morning session, the delegations went through para 11-20 in DT26. At the
beginning of the meeting, Karklins reminded that only 12 hours remained to
conclude on Political Chapeau, Financing Mechanisms, and Implementation and
Follow-up. He asked the delegations to be as constructive as possible and not
come in with random suggestions at this late stage. Night sessions will not be
a possibility in respect for the delegates who celebrated Ramadan. Further, he
reminded that they yesterday had agreed that paragraphs from DT9 would stay in
brackets to be reviewed in a second reading.

Para 11, 11a, 11b, 11c were agreed with few, mostly editorial changes. In para
11c, a reference to ?older persons? was inserted.

Para 11d (training and education of women):
Russia had strong difficulties with the paragraph. They wanted the reference to
?civil society representatives? deleted and questioned the meaning of
?e-government process?. Either the paragraph should be deleted or made clearer.
The chair asked Russia to work on the text and come with new language by
tomorrow morning.

Iran asked that 7p from DT9 could be brought into the text. On this the chair
replied that 7p repeats para 10 in DT26. After having reconsidered its
proposal, Iran agreed that it was covered in para 10, but that it was pending
on the outcomes of the negotiations of para 10.

Para 11e
Thailand proposed insertion of ?and use of assistive technologies? (agreed).

Para 11f:
Agreed with slight editorial changes

UK asked that old 7d on community volunteering could be included from DT9. US
supported re-incorporation and will lead consultations on how it can be done.

Paras 11g, h, i and j was agreed with few editorial changes.

Paras 11k (educational, scientific and cultural institutions):
US proposed to change ?affordable? to ?free? and that ?and community
connectivity? should be amended after ?improve it-literacy?. Cuba and Honduras
opposed the change of ?affordable? to ?free?. It was decided that US would work
on it and come up with a proposal at three.

Para 11l:
Language was changed so that it is consitent with para 35 in political chapeau:
?local and/or indigenous languages.?
UK(EU) proposed the amendment ?and improving quality e-content?, but Canada
stated that the proposal did not make sense in this paragraph. It was decided
that EU should present a new paragraph on quality e-content at three.
11l was agreed.

Para 11m:
There were some discussions on if the paragraph should only refer to traditional
media as some delegations argued the original purpose of the paragraph had been,
or if the reference to new media should stay. Further, the delegates went into a
lengthy discussion on a comma. In the end, the paragraph was agreed with an
amendment of ?inter alia? in front of radio and television.

Para 11n on freedom of press will await the results of consultations lead by
Norway and Iran on para 4-5 in Political Chapeau

Para 11o:
US wanted a reference to ?proper disposal of ICT waste?
Egypt argued that as many developing countries do not have the resources to do
this, text about assisting developing countries in addressing this problem
should be added. Egypt will come up with new language.

Para 11p:
Discussion between Iran and US on the concept of ?co-regulatory?. Chair asks the
two to exchange views bilaterally.

New para 11q:
Chile came up with a new proposal:
?Promoting the development of advanced research networks of national, regional
and international levels in order to improve collaboration in science,
technology and higher education.?
Karklins stated that on procedural grounds, he would refuse the proposal, but if
everybody was willing to accept the proposal as it stood, he would allow it to
be included. Objection from one single government would mean deletion.
The proposal was circulated in paper form and in the end of the meeting;
Karklins gave governments 15 seconds to object. As nobody objected, the
proposal was adopted referendum.

Para 12 with subparagraphs (disaster reduction)
Australia stated that it had many changes to the para and to save time, they
proposed a short meeting between interested delegations. Pakistan on behalf of
Asia wanted to introduce old o+n from DT9. It was decided that Australia and
Pakistan would lead informal consultations and present a result tomorrow.

Para 13 (Child helplines):
EU and US wanted to take out the specific reference to 3 and 4-digits (technical
problem)
Russia found the word ?undertake? too strong and proposed it replaced with the
less binding ?recommend? or ?seek?
India raised the question of who will pay and proposed to insert language on
?mobilise resources?
Canada wanted to educate children on how to use emergency lines also
Chair proposed simplification: ?We seek to make available children phone lines
in each country.?
Iran stated that developing countries don?t have the resources and that resource
problem should be accommodated, whereas US had a problem with ?we seek to
mobilise resources?, if we meant the governments. Finally, it was decided that
will lead consulations on this.

Para 14 was agreed without discussion.

Para 15 was not touched as Karklins is consulting governments on this paragraph.
Para 16: agreed

Para 17: Karklins has conducted informal consultations on this also and results
leaved him to believe that the paragraph as drafted will be acceptable. Only El
Salvador had a problem with the paragraph and it was decided that the delegate
from here should consult his capital.
Agreed ad referendum

Para 18-19:
Russia insisted on inserting a reference to ?the leading role of governments?.
This was opposed by Canada and USA and the paragraphs were left square
bracketed.

Para 20:
South Africa wanted ?framework? changed to ?mechanism? and was supported on this
by Iran, Brazil and Cuba (the latter arguing that the term already had been used
in para 61 in Geneva Declaration of Principles) whereas Canada opposed. It was
decided to move on and leave the two possibilities in brackets as the
discussion reflected more substantive differences.


AFTERNOON SESSION:

In the afternoon, the negotiations group came to the more contentious paragraphs
on international implementation. However, the session started with presentation
of new text that had been drafted on community volunteering, quality e-content
and children helplines

New para 11r: ?Promoting volunteering service at the community level to help
maximize the developmental impact of ICTs.? (agreed)

New para 11s: ?Strengthening the creation of quality e-content and innovative
applications at national, regional and international level.? The EU proposal
did not gain support and the EU was asked to reconsider its proposal.

New para 13: ?We seek to make available child help lines in all countries and to
mobilise appropriate resources?
UK expressed surprise that the delegations could not at least agree on
freephone, international standards and all phones in principle. Karklins will
continue consultations.

Then they continued from para 21 (implementation at the national level).
Cuba proposed replacement of framework with mechanism. Both were kept in
brackets and the paragraph ?agreed conditionally?, meaning that the final
decision on the terminology would depend on the rest of the document.

Then the negotiations moved back to new paras 10a and 10b (newest 6bis and 9B
that yesterday was included from DT9 on a request from G77):

Para10a: ?International and regional organizations should assess and report
regularly on universal accessibility of nations to ICTs, with the aim of
creating equitable opportunities for the growth of ICT sectors of developing
countries.?
Was agreed as it stands in 28c in Geneva Plan of Action.

Para 10b: ?Appropriate indicators and benchmarking, including community
connectivity indicators, should clarify the magnitude of the digital divide, in
both its domestic and international dimensions, and keep it under regular
assessment, and tracking global progress in the use of ICTs to achieve
internationally agreed development goals, including those of the Millennium
Declaration.?
Australia proposed insertion of a sentence in the end: ?The development of these
should take place in a collaborative, cost-effective and non-duplicative
fashion.?
The paragraph will be revisited in the next reading.

Para 22 was agreed without major changes.

Para 23:
Canada proposed a reference to res. 57/270B in the chapeau to the paragraph.

Para 24 (Intergovernmental implementation and follow-up)
Iran proposed a new amendment in the end of para 24:
?In this regard, bearing in mind paras 11 and 12 of UN Res. 270B, request the UN
Secretary General to establish within the Chief Executive Board (CEB), a UN
Group on Information Society (UNGIS), chaired by ITU in collaboration with
UNESCO and UNDP, with the mandate to facilitate the implementation, evaluation
and follow-up of WSIS outcomes and to report to the coordination segment of
ECOSOC, for further follow up through functional commission on science and
technology.?

The delegations seemed to like the proposal, although some of them said they
would have to read it more carefully.

EU made another proposal: ?The systemwide organisation of implementation
activities should follow res. 270 para 11 and 12. We therefore invite all
international organisation the relevance of their activities
 Request Secretary
General to submit a report by July 2006 that includes concrete proposals on
coordination as part of annual report to ECOSOC.? (quotation is incomplete)
The proposal could substitute language both in 26 and 24.

Chile asked for flexibilty for Secretary General to decide which institutions,
as it might be others than UNESCO, UNDP and ITU and proposed the Commission on
Science and Technology as the coordinating body. SG should submit an annual
report on implementation to the ECOSOC.

Egypt would preferred reporting to UN assembly ?to widen the scope? and stated
that it maybe will come up with language tomorrow.

Para 27 (Multistakeholder implementation):
The African group wanted to delete the paragraph as they found the reference to
both ?international? and ?bottom-up? inconsistent. However, they wanted to keep
the Annex that is referred to in para 27. Brazil, El Salvador, Cuba, Iran and
Japan wanted to keep both para 27 and the Annex.

On the other side, Canada, Australia and US wanted to delete the Annex and the
reference to moderation/facilitation by UN agencies in the end of para 27.
UK (EU) would also like to delete the annex and proposed a merging of 27 and 29:
?Multistakeholder implementation should be bottom-up. Where appropriate it
should be carried out along the action lines and themes of the Plan of Action
and facilitated by UN agencies. The experience of, and activities undertaken by
UN agencies in the WSIS process ? notably ITU, UNESCO and UNDP ? should continue
to be used to their fullest extent. It should not require the creation of any
new operation bodies.

Chair proposed that the delegations would meet in the Canadian mission tomorrow
morning for informal discussions on Annex + paras 27 and 29.

Para 28 (indicators):
US and Australia proposed deletion.
Honduras (G77) did not wanted complete deletion ? language should be
incorporated in 31.
Chile proposed to change the structure of the text and place paras 31-34 before
para 20.

Para 29
Australia and Canada expressed interest in the EU proposal (see above).

Russia propose amendment to para 29: ?these agencies should play the leading
managerial role in organizing activities along action lines as mentioned in the
Annex.?

In relation to the discussions on para 29, Canada expressed that it was
increasingly concerned that the governments were discussing multistakeholder
implementation without the other stakeholders. In consequence, they should not
take any decisions on multistakeholder implementation before PrepCom-3, where
stakeholders can express their opinions.
Chair answered that he met with stakeholders every morning and that papers were
available in the back of the room as a reminder of stakeholder positions.

Para. 30:
EU proposes to move the paragraph higher up as it sets the premise for creating
the modalities of multistakeholder activities.

Chile asked that its proposal on the Commission on Science and Technology could
be inserted in the text. Karklins replied that he believed the Chilean proposal
in part already was covered in the Iranian proposal

Para 31:
Ghana wants to change ?welcome? to ?note? in front of ?the launch of the Digital
Opportunity Index.? Canada object to this ? either we welcome all or do not
mention any of tehm
Honduras (G77) propose inclusion of elements from para 28 included in para 31.
Karklins replied that it might be relevant to have one paragraph on measuring
icts and one on digital opportunity index. He will try to propose text that
takes this into account tomorrow morning.
Iran would like a reference to UN statistical commission.

Tomorrow morning, the session will start with outstanding issues in political
chapeau and chapter 2, and then the negotiation group will move on to
implementation and follow-up.

Jette Madsen
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org

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From Parminder at ITforChange.net  Fri Oct 28 04:39:00 2005
From: Parminder at ITforChange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: US re-opens agreed para in the political chapeau
Message-ID: <20051028033859.B4F82292BA@mail.gn.apc.org>

 



Dear All, 

This is regarding US re-opening the para 39 of the political chapeau on
wednesday after it was agreed by all at the prepcom 3. 

39. We recognize the central role of public policy as the main framework in
which resource mobilization can take place. Governments should intervene, as
appropriate, to correct market failures, to maintain fair competition, to
attract investment, to enhance development of the ICT infrastructure and
applications to maximize economic and social benefits, and to serve national
priorities. [Agreed]

The line 'We recognize the central role of public policy as the main
framework in which resource mobilization can take place' had come from the
submission by the 'CS coalition on financing'. 

It is an very important statement in the political chapeau which lays out
the primacy of public policy over market structures - a issue that underlies
the threat of neo-liberal ideology led globalization. 

US and Brazil have been asked to submit alternative text for para 39 now. 

The re-opening of this agreed para is just one another instance of US's
attempt to scuttle most progressive languages in the WSIS documents till
date. current Information Society discourse instead of facilitating new
paradigms of development has been used to strengthen the stranglehold of
neo-liberalism over the entire world.  

I think CS should have something to say at Tunis on how WSIS - like all
other global policy negotiations - have been compromised by US and its
supporters. 

Parminder 

_________________________________________________
Parminder Jeet Singh
IT for Change
Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities
91-80-26654134
www.ITforChange.net 



From wsis at tic.ch  Wed Oct 26 23:35:39 2005
From: wsis at tic.ch (wsis@tic.ch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Intersessional negotiation group - 26 oct, afternoon session
Message-ID: <20051027003539.rbnlypdwx0084ks8@service.ch.inter.net>

Dear all,

Find below a summary of today's afternoon session in the intersessional
negotiation group.

Best regards,
Jette Madsen


Wednesday 26 October, afternoon session

After the delegations had had time to have a look at DT26 again, they agreed to
use it as a basis for negotiations. Elements from DT9 will be brought in
whenever a delegation feels that a part is missing.

In the beginning of the meeting, Canada stated that it did not felt comfortable
discussing multi-stakeholder participation in the implementation without the
presence of other stakeholders.This was supported by UK (EU).

The EU also addressed that an ITU proposal was made available in the back of the
room. The EU stated that it was not fair that one organisation had been given
the privilege to make a proposal in the intergovernmental meeting and that they
hoped this privilege would be extended to other stakeholders. The chair replied
that he would inform the stakeholders about this at his briefing tomorrow
morning.

Reading of para 1-10:

Para 1-6 was agreed with few, not very substantial changes.

Para 7: Para. 9 was moved back in the end of para 7, so as para 7 now stands as
para 4 stood in DT9. Agreed.

New paras 7A and 7B: G77 proposed that new 6bis from DT9 was inserted as a new
para 7A. US preferred the language in newest 6bis. As there was not agreement
on this, Karklins proposed to let both paras stay in the text in brackets.

Para 8:
Agreed

Para 9: moved to 7(see above)

Para 10: Iran wanted ?mutually-agreed terms? to be conditioned to the results of
negotiations on para 20 in chap. 2. US would not commit to this. Para was not
agreed.

New paras 10a and 10b: Honduras proposed to insert 6bis and 9B from DT6 after
para 10.Not agreed.

?Conceptual reading? of para 23-30:
With about an hour left, the chair proposed to move to paras 23-30 for a
?conceptual reading? to find out whether governments could agree in principle
on these paragraphs.

There was general support to the conceptual framework of the text. In the
following is highlighted some of the positions that were expressed.

Chile noted that its proposal on follow-up that was not reflected in the new
text:
[49A: We request ECOSOC, through its Commission on Science and Technology for
Development, to oversee the systematic coordination, review and policy debate
of the Geneva and Tunis outcomes of the World Summit on the Information
Society.]] The Chilean proposal was supported by Nicaragua and El Salvador.

El Salvador also recalled the solution in the GFC paper, where UNSG is asked to
set up coordination within a specific date.

Ghana (African group) said that they were working on a redrafting of the Annex,
which they will submit tomorrow.

UK (EU) stated that their basic building blocs was
-	Implementation in a system wide and coordinated way, which should follow
resolution 57/270B.
-	let it be up to each UN agency to decide for themselves how to implement
(within this reference to stakeholders). No need to blueprint role for any
specific agency (in the briefing with EU after the meeting, it was clarified
that this meant no Annex)
-	SG should coordinate the implementation between agencies
-	Not miss experiences of agencies or multistakeholders
-	Follow-up within ECOSOC
-	Need to look for a way to fit in a multistakeholder approach with this

At the briefing with EU after the meeting, the UK expressed that the EU liked
the idea of the Chilean proposal and would like to see the proposal included in
the text in brackets to keep it in the discussion.

Russia: in favour of approach building on experiences of UN agencies.

Egypt, Iran and Brazil wanted more weight to the follow-up of the WSIS process
than reports to ECOSOC.


Jette Madsen
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org



The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that
facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions.
Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in
exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues
of global concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org







From Parminder at ITforChange.net  Thu Oct 27 15:00:21 2005
From: Parminder at ITforChange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US re-opens agreed para in the political chapeau
Message-ID: <1130421621.4360dd75ec026@secure.symonds.net>


Dear All, 

This is regarding US re-opening the para 39 of the political chapeau yesterday 
after it was agreed by all at the prepcom 3. 

39. We recognize the central role of public policy as the main framework in 
which resource mobilization can take place. Governments should intervene, as 
appropriate, to correct market failures, to maintain fair competition, to 
attract investment, to enhance development of the ICT infrastructure and 
applications to maximize economic and social benefits, and to serve national 
priorities. [Agreed]

The line 'We recognize the central role of public policy as the main framework 
in which resource mobilization can take place' had come from the submission by 
the 'CS coalition on financing'. 

It is an very important statement in the political chapeau which lays out the 
primacy of public policy over market structures - a issue that underlies the 
threat of neo-liberal ideology led globalization. 

US and Brazil have been asked to submit alternative text for para 39 now. 

The re-opening of this agreed para is just one another instance of US's 
attempt to scuttle most progressive languages in the WSIS documents till date. 
current Information Society discourse instead of facilitating new paradigms of 
development has been used to strengthen the stranglehold of neo-liberalism 
over the entire world.  

I think CS should have something to say at Tunis on how WSIS - like all other 
global policy negotiations - have been compromised by US and its supporters. 

Parminder 

_________________________________________________
Parminder Jeet Singh
IT for Change
Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities
91-80-26654134
www.ITforChange.net 



From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 28 08:26:14 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] informations utiles pour participants SC
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From cafec3m at yahoo.fr  Fri Oct 28 08:29:59 2005
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Bonjour,
 
Je prendrai part a cette rencontre
 
SCHOMBE Baudouin

Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> a ?crit :



La Conf?rence des ONG ayant des Relations consultatives avec les Nations Unies (CONGO)


 

Invite cordialement tous les participants au SMSI ? un Forum Interactif sur 

 
?D?velopper les meilleures pratiques de la soci?t? civile pour combler la fracture num?rique?


16 Novembre 2005

13h00-17h00

Salle St Augustin, Kram, Tunis

 

Invit?s :

Shashi Tharoor, Secr?taire G?n?ral djoint des Nations Unies ? la Communication et l?Information
Adama Samassekou, Pr?sident du SMSI Phase I 

Avec les repr?sentants de :
R?seau du d?veloppement et de la communication des femmes africaines (FEMNET)
OneWorld Asie du Sud / Grassroots Caucus

Development Gateway
Caucus de la Jeunesse au SMSI
 

Mod?ratrice :
Renata Bloem, Pr?sidente de la CONGO
 
Ce forum va mettre en valeur le r?le fondamental des organisations de la soci?t? civile pour promouvoir l?acc?s et l?utilisation de l?Internet et des autres technologies de l?information et de la communication. Nous observerons les projets r?alis?s avec succ?s par la soci?t? civile en Asie, Am?rique Latine, Afrique et Europe.
 
Les questions qui seront trait?es par les exposants incluent :

1.          Quels sont les d?fis communs auxquels fait face la soci?t? civile dans la mise en oeuvre de ses projets ? 

2.          Quels sont les facteurs communs dans les succ?s de certains projets ?

3.          Qu?est ce que la soci?t? civile peut faire pour mieux coordonner en son sein  ses projets?

4.          Que peuvent faire la communaut? internationale, les Nations Unies, les gouvernements et autres acteurs pour d?velopper les projets r?alis?s avec succ?s ?
 
Suite ? ces pr?sentations, un dialogue interactif aura lieu entre les orateurs et les participants.
 
 

Pour plus d?information, veuillez contacter Rik Panganiban ? rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org



CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL 
(CAFEC)
COORDINATION NATIONALE DU RESEAU DES ONG 
POUR LA PROMOTION DES NTIC EN REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO
(REPRONTIC)
Boulevard du 30 Juin, Galerie Albert,5e niveau,
(voir panneau ALTERNATIVES)
Comune de la Gombe
R?publique D?mocratique du Congo
t?l?phone: 243 09 98 98 34 91
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From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reports from Intersessional
In-Reply-To: <20051027003539.rbnlypdwx0084ks8@service.ch.inter.net>
References: <20051027003539.rbnlypdwx0084ks8@service.ch.inter.net>
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.0.20051028100754.059c1e70@gn.apc.org>

Dear Jette and Philiippe,

Thank you very much for the updates from Geneva on intersessional 
negotiations - it makes a huge difference to those of us preparing 
for the resumed prepcom and summit who can't be in geneva.

Thanks also conchita for your additional comments, very useful.

I was wondering if someone could give me an update on what you think 
will be the status of documents as at the end of today - the end of 
this intersessional period.  It would appear that many paras in both 
documents will go to tunis in brackets, and, when i look at the 
contested paragraphs in the political chapeau (a crude assessment but):

- the principle of national sovereignty (para 3/Alt 3)
- independent media (para 4)
- freedom of expression (para 5)
- the role of non-governmental stakeholders in WSIS outcomes (para 9)
- obstacles to bridge the 'digital divide' (para 12, 43)
- financing ICTD/trade (paras 32, 33, 37, 38, 39)
- cultural diversity and identity (para 34/35)

not much has changed since phase I ;)

I am working on DT12rev2 as the current working version of The 
Political chapeau, as posted by renate on wed oct 26th. (the 'on 
screen' version) - is that the last version?

many thanks

karen



From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Oct 28 11:43:47 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Reports from Intersessional
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.0.20051028100754.059c1e70@gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <200510281043.j9SAhZ3I030572@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear Karen and all, 

 

To complete the report Jette sent out on yesterday?s meeting, you can find
the latest version of the text on Implementation and Follow-up at
www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/working/dt26rev1.doc (dated 28 Oct.).

This was posted yesterday night. 

In addition, you can also find other room documents, introduced by Karklins
during the meetings at
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2178|2181|2182|2
183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188>
&id=2178|2181|2182|2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188 (outcome of drafting groups
and wording proposals).

 

Best, 

 

Philippe

 

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : karen banks [mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org] 
Envoy? : vendredi, 28. octobre 2005 10:13
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc : wsis@ngocongo.org; CONGO - Philippe Dam
Objet : Reports from Intersessional

 

Dear Jette and Philiippe,

 

Thank you very much for the updates from Geneva on intersessional 

negotiations - it makes a huge difference to those of us preparing 

for the resumed prepcom and summit who can't be in geneva.

 

Thanks also conchita for your additional comments, very useful.

 

I was wondering if someone could give me an update on what you think 

will be the status of documents as at the end of today - the end of 

this intersessional period.  It would appear that many paras in both 

documents will go to tunis in brackets, and, when i look at the 

contested paragraphs in the political chapeau (a crude assessment but):

 

- the principle of national sovereignty (para 3/Alt 3)

- independent media (para 4)

- freedom of expression (para 5)

- the role of non-governmental stakeholders in WSIS outcomes (para 9)

- obstacles to bridge the 'digital divide' (para 12, 43)

- financing ICTD/trade (paras 32, 33, 37, 38, 39)

- cultural diversity and identity (para 34/35)

 

not much has changed since phase I ;)

 

I am working on DT12rev2 as the current working version of The 

Political chapeau, as posted by renate on wed oct 26th. (the 'on 

screen' version) - is that the last version?

 

many thanks

 

karen

 

 

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From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Reports from Intersessional
In-Reply-To: <200510281043.j9SAhZ3I030572@homer2.tic.ch>
References: <6.2.5.6.0.20051028100754.059c1e70@gn.apc.org>
 <200510281043.j9SAhZ3I030572@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <6.2.5.6.0.20051028114641.041eab90@gn.apc.org>

hi phillipe

thanks for this - are negotiations carrying on today on DT12 
(chapeau) - or is the version sent on oct 26th the final working version?

karen

At 11:43 28/10/2005, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
>Dear Karen and all,
>
>To complete the report Jette sent out on yesterday's meeting, you 
>can find the latest version of the text on Implementation and 
>Follow-up at 
><http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/working/dt26rev1.doc>www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/working/dt26rev1.doc 
>(dated 28 Oct.).
>This was posted yesterday night.
>In addition, you can also find other room documents, introduced by 
>Karklins during the meetings at 
><http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2178|2181|2182|2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188>http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2178|2181|2182|2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188 
>(outcome of drafting groups and wording proposals).
>
>Best,
>
>Philippe




From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Oct 28 12:37:29 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Reports from Intersessional
In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.0.20051028114641.041eab90@gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <200510281137.j9SBbHSM020183@homer2.tic.ch>

The discussions were supposed to provisionally finalize the Chapeau this
morning. We might have a slightly modified version tonight. Jette followed
that and she will report on that this afternoon.

Ph

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : karen banks [mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org] 
Envoy? : vendredi, 28. octobre 2005 11:47
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc : wsis@ngocongo.org; 'Renate Bloem'
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Reports from Intersessional

 

hi phillipe

 

thanks for this - are negotiations carrying on today on DT12 

(chapeau) - or is the version sent on oct 26th the final working version?

 

karen

 

At 11:43 28/10/2005, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:

>Dear Karen and all,

> 

>To complete the report Jette sent out on yesterday's meeting, you 

>can find the latest version of the text on Implementation and 

>Follow-up at 

><http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/working/dt26rev1.doc>www.itu.int/wsis/do
cs2/pc3/working/dt26rev1.doc 

>(dated 28 Oct.).

>This was posted yesterday night.

>In addition, you can also find other room documents, introduced by 

>Karklins during the meetings at 

><http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2178|2181|2182|
2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188>http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.as
p?lang=en&id=2178|2181|2182|2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188 

>(outcome of drafting groups and wording proposals).

> 

>Best,

> 

>Philippe

 

 

 

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From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Reports from Intersessional
In-Reply-To: <200510281137.j9SBbHSM020183@homer2.tic.ch>
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thanks philippe

At 12:37 28/10/2005, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
>The discussions were supposed to provisionally finalize the Chapeau 
>this morning. We might have a slightly modified version tonight. 
>Jette followed that and she will report on that this afternoon.
>Ph




From acarvin at edc.org  Fri Oct 28 14:48:58 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Dhaka Declaration
Message-ID: <43622C4A.2040607@edc.org>

Here is the text of the so-called Dhaka Declaration issued after the 
Road to Tunis forum in Bangladesh earlier this week. -andy

http://www.mosict.gov.bd/html/Road2Tunis/dec.html

  DHAKA DECLARATION

We, the ICT stakeholders representing Governments, Private Sector, 
Academicia and the Civil Society, having come from six continents of the 
world,  assembled in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 23 to 25 October 2005 in an 
International Workshop entitled ?Building an Information Society :  Road 
2 Tunis?, organized under the auspices of the  Ministry of Science and 
Information & Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh in 
collaboration with UNDP Bangladesh and in association with World Summit 
Award (WSA), Austria;

  after extensive deliberations on the issues of e-governance, 
transparency & accountability, public and private sector partnership, 
internet governance, security vis-?-vis privacy, e-content & creativity, 
holistic ICT education & training for all, rural & universal ICT access, 
ICT4D leading to poverty alleviation and inclusion of women, children, 
the underprivileged & people with disabilities as well as the financing 
aspects of the solidarity fund;

  hereby declare our common desire and commitment to build a free 
multi-stakeholder, people-centric, inclusive and development-oriented 
knowledge based Information Society in the world at large :

emphasizing that a primary aim of the Information Society must be to 
provide basic information and communication technology (ICT) 
infrastructure to people to facilitate full utilization of ICT at all 
levels in society including the grass roots and hence enable the sharing 
of social and economic benefits by all by means of ubiquitous access to 
information networks, while preserving cultural diversity and heritage 
of humankind all over the world;

endorsing the important role that ICT can play in achieving the United 
Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which describe a 
fundamental set of principles and guidelines for combating poverty, 
hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and gender 
inequality;

recognizing that the concept of a knowledge-based Information Society is 
one in which affordable access to information & communication technology 
through content in accessible language and formats can help people 
achieve their full potential, promote sustainable economic and social 
development, facilitate participatory decision-making processes in 
sustaining democracy and good governance and improving quality of life 
for all;

appreciating the efforts of the UN in convening the WSIS and of the ITU 
in implementing the summit in two phases, Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005 and

committing ourselves to the Declared Principles and Plan of Action at 
the Geneva Phase of the Summit and leading to the Tunis Phase of WSIS.

  This Dhaka Declaration adopted at the conclusion of the  International 
Workshop entitled ?Building an Information Society :  Road 2 Tunis? 
23-25 October 2005, Dhaka, Bangladesh and is submitted as input to the 
Second Phase of the WSIS in Tunis during 16-18 November 2005 through the 
Secretary General of the ITU and will also be disseminated through 
governments, civil society, private sector, NGOs and the media.

Dhaka 25 October 2005


The Workshop deliberations and views expressed shall be made available 
to all ICT stakeholders on the website http://www.mosict.gov.bd/road2tunis.

-- 
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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From raoul.weiler at skynet.be  Fri Oct 28 15:39:42 2005
From: raoul.weiler at skynet.be (Raoul Weiler)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Special Invitation in Tunis
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From diallo_iam at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 28 15:49:53 2005
From: diallo_iam at yahoo.com (Mamadou Diallo Iam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Special Invitation in Tunis
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Thank you for your kind invitation, Dr Diallo Iam.

Raoul Weiler <raoul.weiler@skynet.be> wrote:Apologies for cross mailing 
 
 
 
Dear all,

The Club of Rome and WorldSpace have the pleasure 
to invite you and your colleagues to the presentation 
of Negroponte's education project:
 
One Laptop Per Child ; the $100 laptop 
 
N. Negroponte will held the presentation Tunis on 
Friday November 18, at 11:00. 
 
Please forward this announcement around you.
 
Most cordially,
 
 
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The Club of Rome
President Brussels-EU Chapter



		
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From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO - Jette Madsen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report from Intersessional Negotiation Group - 28 October (morning session)
Message-ID: <200510281520.j9SFKH3x029871@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

Find below a report from today's morning session of the Negotiation Group.

 

Best regards,

Jette

 

 

Intersessional Negotiation Group, 28 October - morning session

 

This morning the Negotiation Group began with outstanding issues in
Political Chapeau and Chapter 2. Then the governments carried on with
Implementation and Follow-up and finished the first reading of DT26.

 

Political Chapeau

 

The delegations agreed that the name of the document will be "Tunis
Commitment."

 

Para 3 was not discussed as agreement on this will probably need to be found
within a bigger package.

 

Para 4-5:

Norway reported that informal consultations had identified where the
governments disagree, but agreement had not been reached yet. Ghana had
proposed to draft a new text based on para 4 and incorporating elements from
para 5. Karklins concluded that it would be difficult to reach agreement on
this paragraph today and decided to postpone the negotiations to the first
day of the resumed PrepCom-3

 

Para. 9 on the "leading role of governments"

UK stated that they had conducted consultations, but they had not come to
agreement with the delegation (Russia) that put the paragraph. The paragraph
will go to Tunis in brackets.

 

Para. 12:

The chair had conducted consultations with the most interested governments
on this paragraph and chair's proposed text was agreed without discussion.

 

Para new 23A (former 43):

Agreed referendum as US asked for the possibility to come back later on the
day.

 

Para 32-33:

El Salvador reported that they needed a little more time to come up with a
language. The Negotiation Group will revisit it at 3 pm.

 

Para 34 and 35:

UK presented a new para 35, mentioning that one nation still had
reservations on the second part of the new paragraph. The new EU proposal
was not adopted, but the delegations agreed to let it substitute the
existing paras 34 and 35

 

Para 37:

EU could not accepted the word "commit" and proposed it replaced with
"strive". Egypt objected to this and was asked by the chair to come with new
proposal and consult with EU on it before 3 pm.

 

Para 38:

deleted

 

Para 39: New proposal by Brazil and US.

Agreed without discussions.

 

Para 45 was not discussed as it is pending on the results of the
negotiations on implementation and follow-up.

 

Summary:

Para 12, 23A and 39 was agreed or agreed referendum. 

Para 3, 4-5, 9, new 35 and 45 will go to Tunis in brackets.

The negotiation group will revisit 32-33 and 37 this afternoon.

 

 

Financing Mechanism

 

In chapter 2 three outstanding issues remained: para 20, new 27B and 37F

 

Para 20 and 20A was not resolved. Para 20 will go to Tunis with "transfer of
technology" in square brackets and in para 20A it is still not agreed on
what terms the technology transfer shall take place. The developing
countries insisted on "preferential terms", whereas developed countries
wanted "mutually agreed terms". Both Egypt and the chair came up compromise
proposals and despite a long discussion, agreement was not reached

 

27B on good corporate governance of Transnational Corporations will be
revisited at 3 pm, where the G77 again will be asked to agree to delete it.
US, Canada, Israel and Australia asked for deletion and UK (EU) stated that
also CCBI had asked for deletion. Karklins asked the G77, if they could
accept a deletion as it would be difficult to reach agreement also at the
resumed PrepCom. Honduras stated that they would have to discuss it within
G77.

 

37F:

Agreed with deletion of "existing".

 

 

Implementation and follow-up (DT26)

 

Para 31 (indicators):

The chair proposed new text, where the paragraph was divided into two new
subparas. On a request from G77 new 10B (9B from DT9) had been moved to the
section on indicators. 

 

Subpara a) and b) was merged.

Subpara e) was deleted as almost identical to c)

Dominican Republic propose a reference to "indicators that measure gender
digital divide in its various dimensions" in 31, but it was proposed that
this should be incorporated in 11d instead, when this was revisited
tomorrow.

 

31A:

Mali and Senegal had reservations on 31A, as they did not want to approve
the Digital Opportunity Index, before it had been launched.

UK proposed a rewording that was placed in square brackets

 

31b:

Was first agreed, but then the "(Agreed)" was removed again by US 

 

Para 32 and 33: 

Agreed

 

34 (stocktaking):

South Africa wanted to change "a" to "one of the valuable tools" to
underline that the Stocktaking Report is not the only option.

UK found the last sentence too prescriptive and wanted to change it to "we
invite all countries to gather information at the national level". Canada
supported, but Senegal objected to the deletion of "mechanism" 

As only 12 minutes was left Karklins cut off the discussions and asked if
the delegations could adopt the paragraph as it stood. As they could not, it
will go to Tunis in brackets.

 

35:

Will go to Tunis in brackets

 

36: 

Cuba "We decide to make an overall review of the implementation of the WSIS
outcome by 2010."

Iran proposed the amendment of the word "annual".

Karklins replied to both that he would not accept such amendments in this
paragraph as the described report was purely procedural. The issues should
be addressed in the negotiations of

Agreed.

 

The afternoon session will start with 32-33, 37, deletion of 37b of
political chapeau and then continue with implementation and follow-up.
Karklins stated that if quick agreement was not reached on a paragraph this
afternoon, it would go to Tunis.

Jette Madsen
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Oct 28 17:45:20 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Digital Divide and Digital waste
Message-ID: <22352058.1130517920655.JavaMail.www@wwinf1529>

Hello everybody
This important issue wasn't/isn't sufficiently raised in the WSIS documents. All of us committed in helping to bridge the "digital divide" should therefore base our future contribution on the Basel Action Network enquiry outcomes. Therefore this issue should find its place in the Tunis documents on implementation and follow-up.
Furthermore, we should denounce the recurrent US beheaviour in environment matters. Once again the far biggest polluter refuses to join the international community and to sign the highest needed agreements (Basel Action and Kyoto). 
Please, take a close look to the article hereafter, issued today by TelecomTV Daily News Analysis. 
Best
Jean-Louis Fulmlsack
CSDPTT-France

Markets
Dumping in the digital divide
by Martyn Warwick - 28/10/2005 10:55:46

Forward this story to a colleague

The drive to bridge the digital divide between the developed and the developing world is freely acknowledged to be an idealistic and long-term project. But, according to speakers at the ITU Americas Telecom exhibition and conference that took place earlier this month in Salvador da Bahia in Brazil, whilst the gap between the high-tech haves and have-nots may have narrowed in recent years, it may, at the same time, actually be getting deeper.

As an example of the continuing imbalance, a new report published today by the Seattle, US-based environmental watchdog, "The Basel Action Network" says that much of the computer equipment sent from America to developing countries for use in businesses, schools and homes is, in fact, not only obsolete, but also, in the main, broken and irrepairable.

The paper, "The Digital Dump: Exporting Re-use and Abuse to Africa" says that both charitable donations and commercial, for-profit, export sales of second-hand IT equipment are causing enormous environmental damage in some of the world's poorest countries. It also says that some unscrupulous recycling companies export unwanted kit as part of an ongoing strategy to avoid the expense of conforming to rigorous US recycling laws and standards.

The research paper doesn't pull its punches. It says, "All too often, justifications of 'building bridges over the digital divide' are used as an excuse to obscure and ignore the fact that these bridges double as toxic waste pipes". It claims that, as a result, developing nations are being saddled with a disproportionate amount of the toxic waste derived from high tech equipment such as computers.

This week's publication is a follow-up to an earlier report that the Basel Action Network issued in 2002. It revealed that 50 per cent to 80 per cent of electronics, IT and computing waste collected in the US for recycling is actually disassembled overseas, often in uncontrolled circumstances, in countries such as China, India, Nigeria and Pakistan.

The new report takes the example of Nigeria, which, it says, as a case study is equally applicable to many other countries in the developing world. It shows that the port of Lagos alone takes in more than 400,000 old computers every month from the US. That's close to five million per annum, a huge number to be sure but only a tiny part of the total of old kit that the US exports every year. Estimates are that in the US alone over the course of 2005 more than 63 million computers will become obsolete and will be dumped for recycling or destruction. The global sum is of course much, much, higher.

Now, consider that a single desktop computer and monitor can yield as much as four kilos of lead, plus toxic heavy metals such as cadmium and lithium and chunks of non-biodegradable plastics doused with flame-retardant chemicals and you can begin to appreciate the scale of the problem.

So, just one Nigerian port is taking-in getting on for 5 million computer units a year. However, the Basel Action Network research shows that 75 per cent of those imports are "junk that is not repairable" and Nigeria doesn't have developed infrastructure sufficient to facilitate the recycling and salvage of electronic components. The result is that imported non-working, second-hand computers and other IT equipment often ends up dumped in urban landfill sites from where toxins eventually leak out to pollute both land and water.

Despite the fact that many US citizens donate unwanted IT equipment in the hope and expectation that what they give will be put to productive use in the developing world, there is plenty of photographic evidence to show that, all too often, their gifts end up as part of an avalanche of ancient computers dumped everywhere and anywhere in the streets of Lagos. However, even that proof is not enough for some people.

For example, Gary Wollaston, the president of Scrap Computers in the US, insists that virtually every component of old IT equipment shipped to the developing world is re-used. He says, for example, that in Malaysia, in a quaint new take on the nature of cottage industry in the 21st century, defunct TV's are turned into fish tanks(!) and that "There is no such thing as a third-world landfill. If you left and old computer on the street there it would very quickly be taken stripped for its parts and soon there would be nothing left." These bizarre assertions will come as something of surprise to the thousands of those in the developing world that live atop mountains of old IT gear and don't have a recycled fish tank to call their own.

In the face of examples of such amazing depth of knowledge and understanding of the problems of the developing world it is no surprise that the Basel Action Network is struggling in its efforts to get the Bush administration to enforce the Basel Convention, a UN treaty designed to limit the burgeoning international trade in hazardous waste. The US is the only country in the developed world that has failed to ratify it and the Basel Action Network has compiled a list of just 30 recycling companies in the whole of the US that have agreed not to export electronic waste to developing countries.

Meanwhile, the US Environmental Protection Agency admits that some "inappropriate practices" have occurred in the IT equipment recycling industry but adds that banning exports of secondhand and redundant computers won't help solve the problem.
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Oct 28 20:43:27 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Followup] negotiations in geneva
In-Reply-To: <75B49819-0899-4B22-9CD1-FF01E532155E@oi.com.br>
Message-ID: <200510281943.j9SJhGm5009838@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all,

Find below the summary of this afternoon?s meeting of the WSIS negotiation
group. It mainly focused on implementation and follow-up.

 

I will refer in the report below on the revised text of the operational
document (implementation and follow-up: WSIS-II/PC-3/DT-26
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/working/dt26rev1.doc>  (Rev. 1)) and to
the existing room documents, mostly available now on the ITU webite
(http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2178|2181|2182|2
183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188|2189>
&id=2178|2181|2182|2183|2184|2185|2186|2187|2188|2189).

 

 

After consulting delegations, Karklins decided that the negotiation group
would keep DT-9 open together with DT-26 and continue to import elements
from DT-9.

 

Paragraph 11 d (Russia lead discussion group) ? Education for girls and
women, room doct. 11

Russia presented its consensus text with general reference to training and
education. 

UK proposes new language: ?promoting effective training and education,
particularly on ICT science and technology?. 

 

Brazil, supported by Canada, requested the element referring to decision
making should not be deleted from the later version, which was then rejected
by Russia.

 

Both proposals would be kept and brought for resumed PrepCom-3.

 

Paragraph 11 k (USA) ? Libraries and free access

Proposed by the USA and amended by Australia, agreed as follows:

: ?supporting educational, scientific, and cultural institutions, including
libraries, archives and museums, in their role of developing, providing
equitable, open and affordable access to, and preserving diverse and varied
content, including in digital form, to support informal and formal
education, and in particular supporting libraries in their public service
role of providing free and equitable access to information and improving
research and innovation and to improve ICT literacy and community
connectivity particularly in underserved communities;?

Agreed

 

Paragraph 11 L ? Quality education

Ecuador proposed to add ?dialect? in addition to language, before
withdrawing its proposed amendment.

Agreed

 

Paragraph 11 L2 ? Quality of E-Content

?strengthening the creation of quality e-content, on national, regional and
international levels?

Israel would add ?e-content, taking into consideration the ethical
dimensions of information society, on national
?, but not accepted by the
UK.

Chairman suspended the discussion, will be discussed in Tunis.

 

Paragraph 1 n (Norway - Iran) ? Independence and Plurality and media

Norway reported that concerned delegations did not have the time to discuss
this issue properly. Proposed the non-consensual wording: ?Consistent with
the rule of law, we commit the development of domestic legislation that
guarantees the independence and plurality of media
?.

 

Chairman re-conducted drafting groups of Norway and Iran.

 

Paragraph 11 o (Egypt) ? ICT and environment

Russia: proposes to introduce ?the importance of the responsible use of
?.

Egypt: on the last new sentence of this paragraph on the specific needs of
developing countries.

Agreed

 

Paragraph 11 p (Iran and USA) ? Co-regulation

This was almost agreed yesterday, except by Iran who withdrew its proposed
amendment today: we delete ?co-regulatory? from DT-26.

Agreed

 

Paragraph 11 q (new proposal from Chile proposed yesterday) ? creation of
research networks

Agreed

 

New paragraph 11 s (Argentina) - 

?by promoting the use of ICT to enhance flexible ways of working, including
teleworking, leading to greater productivity and job creation?.

Supported by GRULAC and G77. 

Egypt: proposes ?flexible methods of working?

Chair: at this stage it is take-it-or-leave-it. Agreed as it stands.

Agreed

 

Paragraph 12 ? Disaster reduction

Room Document 9 for new proposal on drafting group.

Pakistan: small amendment ?a) promoting technical cooperation and enhancing
the capacity?.

Agreed

 

Paragraph 13 (new proposed text by EU, Indian, USA and Iran) ? Child
helpline

Russia stressed importance of national legislation and economic elements and
proposed that this should be on the basis of existing legislations and in
accordance with existing rules and procedures. UK highlighted that the
wording proposed by Russia did not convey the right message, so that
Karklins kept the original para. 13 of DT-26, with UE proposal as alternate
and would carry it to Tunis.

 

Paragraph 15 (informal consultation on this paragraph by Chairman) ?
unilateral measures

New text based on Karklins? consultations did not get any consensus. The
Chairman suspended the discussion with the understanding that he would
continue to search for acceptable agreement.

 

Paragraph 17 (agreed ad referendum yesterday) ? policy environment

No objection from Salvador, hence agreed

 

Paragraph 18 and 19 (Russia) ? multi-stakeholder participation and
cooperation

Yesterday Russian proposed amendment to insert a reference to ?the leading
role of governments? was rejected and there is no further agreement today,
unless Russian federation withdrew its amendment of yesterday. 

Russia leaves its proposed amendment in the text.

 

Paragraph 25 (proposal by Spain and consultation) ? Information Society Day

Spain proposed to keep in bracket to the reference to the dates and leave
the rest of the paragraph as agreed. There is unanimity on the text but the
date must still be considered.

The text would be brought on this form to Tunis to make a deeper search on
the modalities and on who should do what.

 

Paragraphs 23 and so

Ambassador Karklins presented the informal answer he received from the UN in
New York: he was said the configuration of an interagency mechanism is a
prerogative of the system itself. A World Summit cannot tell CEB or SG to
create any body. The GA however can do that and can give general guidance,
such as set up in GA Resolution 57-270B, but cannot dictate elements. This
can only be decided by agreement among agencies, and only agencies can
decide which one should chair. The SG cannot decide to create or not a CEB
mechanism or not, but only propose, then it is up to agencies can agree or
not. Karklins stated he did not fully agree with this analysis, referring to
the WSIS Geneva Declaration 2003 which demanded the establishment of 2
working group, and the UN SG did it before the GA Resolution endorsing the
outcome of the Summit. In addition, Janis Karklins underlined the long
practice that UN Summit declaration are endorsed by the UNGA so that in his
view a World Summit can give guidance

 

On the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development: In its
present composition, the UN CSTD cannot provide a framework for follow-up or
intergovernmental political review. CSTD was mentioned as reconstructed
commission, which requires ECOSOC decision, which is certainly doable.

 

This morning, I circulated copies of the UN Handbook (I will scan it and
mail it to the CS Plenary list fyi over the week end). 

 

Paragraph 23

Canada is comfortable with this approach.

Russia was comfortable with ?23 in isolation, but reserved the right to come
back to 23 later for better inter-linkages with other paragraphs.

 

Paragraph 24

2 proposals:      Iran (supported by G77): creation of UN Group on the
Information Society within the UN CEB.

                        UK 

 

Egypt proposed to replace the 1st sentence of DT-26 existing para 24 by the
DT9 ?20b which reads as follows: ?Each UN agency, within its mandate and
competencies, and based on decisions of their respective governing bodies,
and in line with UNGA Resolution 57/270 B, should facilitate activities
among different stakeholders, including civil society and the business
sector, to help national governments in their implementation efforts?

 

Chair reminded that the decision of governing bodies is already mentioned in
?23. 

Chile proposed to divide paragraph 24 in 3 parts: 1st sentence / CEB for
coordination modality / ECOSOC and its commission?s role (second part of the
UK proposal).

UK insisted to add ?including on participation of multi-stakeholder?.

 

Chile proposed to change the UK - EU text so that the UN SG would report in
June 2006 and not in July 2006 (before ECOSOC substantive session). In
addition, this should be two separate paragraphs (he will submit a possible
reformulation in writing, to be available on the ITU early next week). 

 

Finally States agreed that the Egyptian/G77 proposal, with adequate changes
to avoid repetition with other paragraphs, would replace the previous
Iranian proposal, as follows: 

Proposal from Egypt for Para 24 (last part) of DT/26 (Rev. 1)

?In this regard, bearing in mind UNGA Resolution 57/270 B entitled
"Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes
of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and
social fields" and emphasizing the important responsibility of
intergovernmental bodies to further promote the implementation of the
outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits, we request the UN
Secretary-General to establish within the CEB a UN group on the Information
Society, chaired by the ITU, and consisting of the relevant UN organs and
organizations with the mandate to facilitate the implementation, evaluation
and the follow-up of WSIS and to report to the UNGA, on an annual basis [,
through the coordination segment of ECOSOC for further follow-up through the
functional UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development].?

 

Paragraph 26

Deleted because it was repeating elements of Egyptian and Iranian proposals.

 

Paragraph 27 and 29 (UK proposal to merge 27 and 29) ? multi-stakeholder
participation

Honduras and Ghana supported that the Annex to Paragraph 27 should be
retained and remained open to new elements. Ghana proposed that

Egypt proposed to delete the mention of a ?bottom-up? approach. Karklins
demands Egypt not to insist on this proposal, but later on accepted to leave
it in square brackets. 

 

Canada concluded that we should keep a non prescriptive approach of this
annex.

 

Political Chapeau, paragraph 32

Chair proposes to replace new propose 32 and 33 by Salvador proposal for 32.

UK refused and preferred to keep the former version.

 

 

Ambassador Karklins concluded that all what was still un-agreed at this
stage would be brought for further discussion in Tunis. 

 

The next governmental Bureau meeting on 1st November would decide on the
modalities for resumed PrepCom-3. Up-dated text under negotiation would be
issues at the beginning of next week. 

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe Dam

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

 

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From: sbuckley at gn.apc.org (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Kofi Annan letter re. Tunisia
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20051028234554.022f77d0@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all

I received today the following letter from Kofi Annan which is in response 
both to a Tunisia Monitoring Group letter of 2 September and to the WSIS 
civil society letter of 1 October which had over 100 signatories of which I 
was one of the first listed. The Secretary General's letter makes clear 
that many of our very serious concerns, which the Tunisian government 
continues to describe as unfounded, are shared at the highest level of the UN.

Steve Buckley
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From cafec3m at yahoo.fr  Sat Oct 29 11:07:39 2005
From: cafec3m at yahoo.fr (CAFEC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Special Invitation in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <001001c5dbc3$e810adc0$0b01a8c0@computer03>
Message-ID: <20051029100739.17084.qmail@web26605.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Morning,
 
Thanks for this invitation.
I will come in your presentation.
 
SCHOMBE Baudouin

Raoul Weiler <raoul.weiler@skynet.be> a ?crit : 


Dear all,

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N. Negroponte will held the presentation Tunis on 
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Please forward this announcement around you.
 
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The Club of Rome
President Brussels-EU Chapter




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From kohmichel at yahoo.fr  Sat Oct 29 14:14:37 2005
From: kohmichel at yahoo.fr (Michel Towa koh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?RE:=20[WSIS=20CS-Plenary]=20=E0=20Dj=E9bali=20:=20Voyage?=
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Bonjour djibali,
 
Merci pour les efforts que tu fais pour aider le maximum de fr?res. Nous avons une liste de camerounais inscits au SMSI Tunis 2005.
1- Nana Delphine n?ee Mekount?.
2- Mme Motto Ndoumb? Solange;
3- Towa Koh Michel;
4- Nonga Jean Claude Aim?
5-Mme Esther Ngo Nsoga;
6- Mme Assam L. Chantal;
7- Mme Memb Madeleine;
8- Mme Ngou?w? Lucienne;
9- Mme Ngo Gwet Naomie 
10- Carole Tchaptchet;
11- Bappa Donnat;
12- Ngni? Yves Bienvenue;
13- Moto Gabriel;
14 - Ballong Kong ;
15 Okala R?n? Claude.
16- Takoukang Fogang Oberlin.
 
Parmi ceux-ci certains ont commenc? les d?marches pour le voyage.( Pr?ts ? voyager ? leur frais)
R?servation Sur le Vol Royal Air Maroc de Samedi 12 Octobre 2005 D?part Douala 2h05 Matin arriv?e ? tunis 19h20.
Il s'agit de:
1- Towa Koh Michel;
2- Nonga Jean Claude;
3 Esther Ngo Nsoga;
4- Takougang Fogang Oberlin;
5- Bappa Donnat;
Nous avons fais une r?servation d'h?tel par une agence de voyage.
Mais celle-ci  a fait une r?servation au Sol El Mouradi SKanes. maleureuement cet h?tel se trouverait ? Monastir ( 170 Km de Tunis).Inacceptable pour l'ambassade de Tunisie
Sur le Net Nous avons trouv? des hotels Tr?s bons prix ? hammamet. Mais la r?servation se fait en ligne avec carte de cr?dit.Chose rare au Cameroun. As tu une solution pour ceux l? ? M?me pour les autres.
 


djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
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Je ferai de mon mieux, le plus vite sera le mieux !
Djilali
Existe-il un vol du Cameroun ? Tunis par Tunis Air ?
cela pourrait faciliter les choses.
Djilali
--- NANA Delphine wrote:

> Bonjour Djilali
> 
> En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te faire
> parvenir dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de la
> d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions de
> pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
> 
> Delphine
> 
> djilali benamrane a ?crit :
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> 
> Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
> directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
> faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui
> fait
> des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours
> et
> si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
> Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
> entre Hammamet et Tunis.
> Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions
> d'hebergement
> que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
> Djilali
> 
> --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> 
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> > co?terait ? 
> > Michel Towa 
> > 237 997 68 87
> > 
> > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
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> > people]
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> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
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> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Salut,
> > Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> > J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13 au
> > 20
> > novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une semaine
> > en
> > demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> > transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et Hammet
> > compris.
> > Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> > Amiti?s
> > Djilali
> > 
> > 
> > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
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> > http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion
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> > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
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> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
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Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
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From: ggautierk at online.fr (Gerard gautier)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Solidarit=E9s_Num=E9riques_/_Numeric_?=
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   Hello,

   I just received this link this afternoon, a meeting about Numeric 
Solidarity in Paris for 3 and 4 november in Cit? des Sciences.

		http://carrefour-numerique.cite-sciences.fr/rencontre-ecm2005/

   I know it is late to distribute it, but maybe some of you will be in 
Paris and will be able to go to part of it... I'll try myself to go to at 
least part of it.

   Best,

   Gerard Gautier
   MILSET, Paris


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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Sat Oct 29 16:41:59 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Modification of the Guidelines for parallel events at WSIS
In-Reply-To: <s360ac88.089@isugw.indstate.edu>
Message-ID: <200510291541.j9TFflFl005912@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

I had a long conversation yesterday with the legal advisor at ITU about a
couple of things, including of course the guidelines regarding the conduct
of parallel events. 

 

As concerns ?6., I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the
text of this document has now been modified further to our concerns. The
first sentence of this paragraph is almost a direct quotation of UN ECOSOC
Resolution 1996/31 on Consultative relationship between the UN and NGOs;
this resolution also provides elements on the participation of NGOs in Intl
Conferences convened by the UN. However, in the initial version of these
guidelines for parallel events (referred to by Richard and Ralf), the last
part of the resolution paragraph was missing, thus deeply modifying the
meaning. Now the question of criticism towards state governments in this
paragraph 6 should be understood as follows: ?
 unsubstantiated or
politically motivated acts against Member States of the United Nations
incompatible with those purposes and principles [of the Charter the United
Nations]?. With this modification, this paragraph is now in line with the UN
rules and practices in this regard and is a more balanced approach to
critical expression of State governments.

 

To answer Robert?s comment on the authority of the Chair of a session, I was
told by the ITU legal advisor that the Organizer/Chair of a parallel event
has the responsibility to keep order in the meeting room, by analogy with
the practice and rules of official meetings. The Chair of the parallel event
is implicitly granted with policy powers (with the right to notify a
potential expulsion to a participant hindering the proceedings of the event,
and then ask the UN security staff to intervene if the acts continue to
occur). 

The presence of UN security staff in the meeting room will be granted on the
request of the organisers (as it was the case during PrepCom meetings). Do
not hesitate to let us know if you consider your meeting is at risk and if
you would like security staff to be present during your meeting. 

 

At last, paragraph 5 is mainly drawn from the regular UN practice in this
area, including previous UN summits (i.e. Johannesburg). 

 

The ITU legal advisor will remain at our disposal before and during Tunis
Summit. Do not hesitate to come back to us for further comments or
clarification.

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe

 

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de Richard Vincent
Envoy? : jeudi, 27. octobre 2005 16:31
? : vb@bertola.eu.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] New Information for Participants @ Summit (rules
of conduct..?)

 

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I agree that a statement such as "politically motivated acts against Member
States" is extremely vague and may include critical political expression
directed toward state governments, Tunisia, the US, or anyone else.  Also,
the restriction against filming is absurd.  Finally, the limitation of
document distribution including newspapers to only the publishers section,
while perhaps an attempt to establish order,  is a direct attack on basic
freedoms of expression.  It seems to me that the WSIS may finally be
regretting the "first of a kind" open forum that the ITU originally
envisioned.  I saw no true disruption of activities during the Geneva phase,
and I see no reason to assume that we will see it now.

 

Rick

 

 

Dr. Richard C. Vincent

Professor 

Department of Communication

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN 47809

U.S.A.

 

email: rvincent@indstate.edu

telephone: +1 812 237-3246

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Ralf Bendrath ha scritto:

> This is especially funny:

> 

> "politically motivated acts against Member States of the United Nations"

> -> call UN security

> 

> Does this mean we can't say anymore that we dislike the US policy on 

> Internet Governance? ;-)

 

Sure. Feel free to criticize Tunisian food and Tunisian weather, but not 

the Tunisian government.

 

I think we should make a clear, loud and firm protest against these 

parts of the document, and request edits. For example, 6. should have a 

safeguard clause mentioning freedom of (critical political) expression. 

And the constraint on filming is ridiculous. If we start to accept 

constraints like these, we'll engage into a situation where we'll be 

bound hands and feet.

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From baptista at cynikal.net  Sat Oct 29 17:17:02 2005
From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Confirmation of Turkish government unhappiness with Public-Root
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510291153410.22541@ruby.cynikal.net>

Mr Marty an Veluw the Managing Director of UNIDT this past Sep 29/2005
sent a letter to the Public-Root complaining on a number of issues.  This
letter has been indexed here:

http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/2005-09-29%20UNIDT%20to%20Scheepers.pdf

Page 3 end of Paragraph 4 and Page 4 middle of Paragraph 3 contain
disclosure that the Turkish government has been involved with the
Public-Root and is unhappy with the organization.

I repeat again what I said in my letter to the Turks - namely that it is
unfortunate the turkish government has ended up with this embarrassment
but I also stress that they should of done their due deligence before
they invested in the Public-Root.  The public-root is an excellent
concept for the sharing of and control of root operations.

Unfortunately the organization was run by bad people whos only interest
and motivation was profit and this public root was not the organization
the community invested and believed in.

regards
joe baptista

Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593

Public-Root Disclosure Documents: http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/
Public-Root Discussion Forum: http://lair.lionpost.net/mailman/listinfo/pr-plan


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 29 17:45:17 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] à Djébali : Voyage de Camerounais pour Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051029131438.14156.qmail@web25601.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051029164517.41899.qmail@web60719.mail.yahoo.com>

Bonjour Michel,
Je copie ton message ? farida d'easy tour, j'esp?re
qu'elle va pouvoir te r?pondre directement et avec des
propositions concr?tes.
Peut-?tre aussi que notre ami Achour Moncef devrait
avoir des id?es.
Esct-ce quelqu'un a des coordonn?es d'un h^tel ?
hammamet du nom de Narjess ou quelque chose de ce
genre on pourrait voir si les prix de s?jours de sont
pas plus accessibles.
Amiti?s
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour djibali,
>  
> Merci pour les efforts que tu fais pour aider le
> maximum de fr?res. Nous avons une liste de
> camerounais inscits au SMSI Tunis 2005.
> 1- Nana Delphine n?ee Mekount?.
> 2- Mme Motto Ndoumb? Solange;
> 3- Towa Koh Michel;
> 4- Nonga Jean Claude Aim?
> 5-Mme Esther Ngo Nsoga;
> 6- Mme Assam L. Chantal;
> 7- Mme Memb Madeleine;
> 8- Mme Ngou?w? Lucienne;
> 9- Mme Ngo Gwet Naomie 
> 10- Carole Tchaptchet;
> 11- Bappa Donnat;
> 12- Ngni? Yves Bienvenue;
> 13- Moto Gabriel;
> 14 - Ballong Kong ;
> 15 Okala R?n? Claude.
> 16- Takoukang Fogang Oberlin.
>  
> Parmi ceux-ci certains ont commenc? les d?marches
> pour le voyage.( Pr?ts ? voyager ? leur frais)
> R?servation Sur le Vol Royal Air Maroc de Samedi 12
> Octobre 2005 D?part Douala 2h05 Matin arriv?e ?
> tunis 19h20.
> Il s'agit de:
> 1- Towa Koh Michel;
> 2- Nonga Jean Claude;
> 3 Esther Ngo Nsoga;
> 4- Takougang Fogang Oberlin;
> 5- Bappa Donnat;
> Nous avons fais une r?servation d'h?tel par une
> agence de voyage.
> Mais celle-ci  a fait une r?servation au Sol El
> Mouradi SKanes. maleureuement cet h?tel se
> trouverait ? Monastir ( 170 Km de
> Tunis).Inacceptable pour l'ambassade de Tunisie
> Sur le Net Nous avons trouv? des hotels Tr?s bons
> prix ? hammamet. Mais la r?servation se fait en
> ligne avec carte de cr?dit.Chose rare au Cameroun.
> As tu une solution pour ceux l? ? M?me pour les
> autres.
>  
> 
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
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> 
> Je ferai de mon mieux, le plus vite sera le mieux !
> Djilali
> Existe-il un vol du Cameroun ? Tunis par Tunis Air ?
> cela pourrait faciliter les choses.
> Djilali
> --- NANA Delphine wrote:
> 
> > Bonjour Djilali
> > 
> > En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te faire
> > parvenir dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de la
> > d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions
> de
> > pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
> > 
> > Delphine
> > 
> > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
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> > 
> > Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
> > directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
> > faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui
> > fait
> > des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours
> > et
> > si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
> > Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
> > entre Hammamet et Tunis.
> > Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions
> > d'hebergement
> > que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
> > Djilali
> > 
> > --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> > 
> > > Bonjour,
> > > 
> > > Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> > > co?terait ? 
> > > Michel Towa 
> > > 237 997 68 87
> > > 
> > > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
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> > > _______________________________________
> > > 
> > > Salut,
> > > Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> > > J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13
> au
> > > 20
> > > novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une
> semaine
> > > en
> > > demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> > > transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et
> Hammet
> > > compris.
> > > Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> > > Amiti?s
> > > Djilali
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey -
> Niger
> > > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
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> > > http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> > discussion
> > > : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> > > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > > Groupe de discussion:
> > > http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> > l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> > http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion
> > : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


		
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Sat Oct 29 17:54:12 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importation of documents to Tunis for WSIS
Message-ID: <200510291654.j9TGs0Of004800@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all,

 

Further to what we already mentioned on Tuesday, we confirm that pouched
documents should be sent by post to the address indicated on the documents
policy guidelines:

"Livraison Documentation"
PalExpo Kram
SMSI 2005
Porte No. 3
Kram, Tunisie 

 

As mentioned in the FAQs on privileges and immunities for participants in
WSIS (only in French so far, but the English version might be posted soon on
the ITU website, as well as relevant articles of the Host country
agreement), there will be the following: inviolability of documents and the
right to receive documents. The ITU legal office will have a very close look
at the way in which importation of documents for the summit will be managed,
and the ITU received all the necessary guarantees that documents for the
summit will not be blocked or delayed by customs.

We are advised to clearly indicate on the pouch that the documents will be
used in the framework of your participation in WSIS (to ensure it to be
dealt in priority), to get an evidence that you sent the pouch (date and
destination). There might no be any problem as concerns the importation of
documents, but if you notice any problem in this regard, including excessive
delay, the ITU legal office will be ready to take action on that.

 

Note the following:

-          We will have more information on Monday on when ITU or UN staff
would be at the Kram Center to receive and stock documentation received at
Door 3. 

-          We also asked for clarifications on how to send documentation for
your participation in the ICT4all exhibition space, and we would get more
information on that on Monday as well.

-          There will not be custom fees exoneration for the importation of
any documentation in Tunisia.

 

Best regards

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
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From kohmichel at yahoo.fr  Sun Oct 30 14:50:54 2005
From: kohmichel at yahoo.fr (Michel Towa koh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?Re:=20[WSIS=20CS-Plenary]=20=E0=20Dj=E9bali=20:=20Voyage?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?=20de=20Camerounais=20pour=20Tunis?=
In-Reply-To: <20051029164517.41899.qmail@web60719.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051030145055.5137.qmail@web25604.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour Djilali,
Sur les 15 de la liste 4 ont d?j? avanc?.
Mme Ngo Soga esther;
Mrs Towa Koh Michel
      - Nonga Jean Claude;
      - Takugang Fogang Auberlin.
Sont d?j? r?serv?s. 
 
Voyage par Royal Air Maroc Douala- Casablanca-Tunis. D?part le Samedi 12 Novembre ? 02h05 -- Arriv?e ? Tunis 19h05.Co?t 566 900 Fcfa/personne.
 
Ils S?journeront ? Hammamet Yasmine au Meli? Flora Park Boutique H?tel****.
Chambre Double Avec petit D?jeuner. Co?t 18,44 Euros par chambre(9 nuit?es ). Je pense que c'est faisable.
On continue ? se battre. Je vais contacter Farida d'easy Tour pour voir si elle peux faire quelque chose pour r?duire le co?t des billets.
 
Djilali,
 
Moi je suis dans la formation professionnelle( Je suis fondateur d'un centre de formation professionnelle en informatique). Qu'est-ce que je peux attendre du SMSI ? Y a t-il des ?v?nements parall?les ou des personnes que tu me recommande ?
Je me demande aussi, si cela vaut la peine que j'assiste au sommet. Ne devrai-je pas me consacrer aux ?v?nements parral?les et ? ICT4All pour la recherche de partenaires pour mon centre ?


djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
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Bonjour Michel,
Je copie ton message ? farida d'easy tour, j'esp?re
qu'elle va pouvoir te r?pondre directement et avec des
propositions concr?tes.
Peut-?tre aussi que notre ami Achour Moncef devrait
avoir des id?es.
Esct-ce quelqu'un a des coordonn?es d'un h^tel ?
hammamet du nom de Narjess ou quelque chose de ce
genre on pourrait voir si les prix de s?jours de sont
pas plus accessibles.
Amiti?s
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh wrote:

> Bonjour djibali,
> 
> Merci pour les efforts que tu fais pour aider le
> maximum de fr?res. Nous avons une liste de
> camerounais inscits au SMSI Tunis 2005.
> 1- Nana Delphine n?ee Mekount?.
> 2- Mme Motto Ndoumb? Solange;
> 3- Towa Koh Michel;
> 4- Nonga Jean Claude Aim?
> 5-Mme Esther Ngo Nsoga;
> 6- Mme Assam L. Chantal;
> 7- Mme Memb Madeleine;
> 8- Mme Ngou?w? Lucienne;
> 9- Mme Ngo Gwet Naomie 
> 10- Carole Tchaptchet;
> 11- Bappa Donnat;
> 12- Ngni? Yves Bienvenue;
> 13- Moto Gabriel;
> 14 - Ballong Kong ;
> 15 Okala R?n? Claude.
> 16- Takoukang Fogang Oberlin.
> 
> Parmi ceux-ci certains ont commenc? les d?marches
> pour le voyage.( Pr?ts ? voyager ? leur frais)
> R?servation Sur le Vol Royal Air Maroc de Samedi 12
> Octobre 2005 D?part Douala 2h05 Matin arriv?e ?
> tunis 19h20.
> Il s'agit de:
> 1- Towa Koh Michel;
> 2- Nonga Jean Claude;
> 3 Esther Ngo Nsoga;
> 4- Takougang Fogang Oberlin;
> 5- Bappa Donnat;
> Nous avons fais une r?servation d'h?tel par une
> agence de voyage.
> Mais celle-ci a fait une r?servation au Sol El
> Mouradi SKanes. maleureuement cet h?tel se
> trouverait ? Monastir ( 170 Km de
> Tunis).Inacceptable pour l'ambassade de Tunisie
> Sur le Net Nous avons trouv? des hotels Tr?s bons
> prix ? hammamet. Mais la r?servation se fait en
> ligne avec carte de cr?dit.Chose rare au Cameroun.
> As tu une solution pour ceux l? ? M?me pour les
> autres.
> 
> 
> 
> djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Je ferai de mon mieux, le plus vite sera le mieux !
> Djilali
> Existe-il un vol du Cameroun ? Tunis par Tunis Air ?
> cela pourrait faciliter les choses.
> Djilali
> --- NANA Delphine wrote:
> 
> > Bonjour Djilali
> > 
> > En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te faire
> > parvenir dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de la
> > d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions
> de
> > pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
> > 
> > Delphine
> > 
> > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
> > directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
> > faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui
> > fait
> > des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de jours
> > et
> > si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
> > Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de transport
> > entre Hammamet et Tunis.
> > Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions
> > d'hebergement
> > que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
> > Djilali
> > 
> > --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> > 
> > > Bonjour,
> > > 
> > > Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> > > co?terait ? 
> > > Michel Towa 
> > > 237 997 68 87
> > > 
> > > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> response
> > > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > > people]
> > > 
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> access
> > > automatic translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > > 
> > > Salut,
> > > Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> > > J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du 13
> au
> > > 20
> > > novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une
> semaine
> > > en
> > > demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383 ?
> > > transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et
> Hammet
> > > compris.
> > > Est-ce que quelqu'un a mieux ?
> > > Amiti?s
> > > Djilali
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey -
> Niger
> > > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> > > l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> > > http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> > discussion
> > > : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> > > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > > Groupe de discussion:
> > > http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> > > 
> > > 
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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Sun Oct 30 18:23:54 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RFC: Global Alliance for ICT and Development
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOEEPIFNAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hello,

Progress continues toward the launching of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development.  Following discussions at the ninth meeting of the UNICT Task Force on 1 October 2005 in Geneva, the UN is assembling a start-up group to finalize the specific features of the proposal that remain open, such as its organizational arrangements, participation and funding.  The start-up group will meet at the Tunis summit, and has been asked to encourage multistakeholder input on the concept during the period prior.  In particular, the group has been asked to solicit views on the following questions, taking into account the discussion in the paper on the principles and elements of the Global Alliance http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1562:

-         What kind of organizational elements would be optimal for ensuring effectiveness, sustainability and impact of the Global Alliance?

-         What should be the criteria for participation that would ensure openness and inclusion, but at the same time be based on relevance to and coherence of purpose?

-         How to build an adequate and sustainable resource foundation on the basis of voluntary financial and in-kind contributions?



Since this list is necessarily busy with other pre-summit matters, it might be difficult to have a focused discussion on these or related aspects here.   In that event, anyone interested in this process could comment in the forum on the UNICT Task Force website at http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/comments.pl?ot=document;oi=1443.

Thanks,

Bill

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From baptista at cynikal.net  Mon Oct 31 02:53:23 2005
From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] oversight
In-Reply-To: <4364EF47.6528.5D05895@localhost>
References: <4364EF47.6528.5D05895@localhost>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510302134500.15688@ruby.cynikal.net>

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Edward Hasbrouck wrote:

> More than 6 months ago, I made a formal request for independent review of

Only six months Edward?  Some people have been waiting years for a
response.

> (4) Other parties (individuals, corporations, governments) could "route
> around" ICANN by acting independently, e.g. by establishing alternative
> roots.  This seems to be the only oversight mechanism that doesn't depend
> on voluntary cooperation by ICANN and/or the USA government.

That is what is happening.  China has gone down this road as has
Turkey.  People are finding alternatives to the ICANN mess.  Unfortunately
non of these alternatives are well co-ordinated and as such go nowhere.
That includes the China and Turkish root systems.

The problem with the DNS is that it requires a centralized record system
to provide the glue records to maintain the root.  And non of the
alternative systems can agree on a central point of control - so nothing
of significance ever happens.

We came close with the Public-Root.  Even managed to get the national
government of Turkey involved.  Unfortunately due to scandal the
Public-Root a.k.a. United-Root a.k.a. Unified-Root is now a complete
failure.

I expect in the long run countries will start their own root systems.
This will have two results - 1) it will provide countries with an
excellent bargaining mechanism and 2) it will provide some benefits on
resolution - i.e. speed and enhanced privacy for users.

I also expect in the long run such unco-ordinated root systems will cause
serious technical problems and result in breakage of the networks.  But
eventually this will be solved through an agreed upon central
administrative entity that will preserve the operational stability of the
global Internet by providing public access to the coordination, management
and distribution of elements and identifiers used to delegate Top-Level
Domains in the root system.

But that will only come about when we accept that control can only be
accomplished through an open, transparent, accountable, representative and
inclusive processes.  That will happen when the control freaks in both the
private and public sector realize they have no other option but to give
up.

cheers
joe baptista

Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593

Public-Root Disclosure Documents: http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/
Public-Root Discussion Forum: http://lair.lionpost.net/mailman/listinfo/pr-plan

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 31 09:06:50 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] à Djébali : Voyage de Camerounais pour Tunis
In-Reply-To: <20051030145055.5137.qmail@web25604.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20051031090650.39594.qmail@web60723.mail.yahoo.com>

C'est excellent comme nouvelles et comme actions
concr?tes qui peuvent servir pour nos amis africains.
Il faut que l'information circule et que si d'autres
trouvent mieux qu'ils partagent tout de suite
l'information.
Ce qui est regettable c'est que la soci?t? civile
n'ait pas eu les moyens de d?l?guer un membre et ou de
mandater un membre de la soci?t? civile tunisienne
pour n?gocier avec la partie tunisienne de la mise ?
disposition d'une cit?? universitaire, d'un centre
d'habergement ou d'un centre d'accueil o? les
participants de la soci?t? civile auraient pu
s?journer gratuitement ou quasi gratuitement. C'est
des solutions de ce genre qui d?montreront la capacit?
r?elle de la soci?t? civile de vivre diff?remment des
repr?sentants des gouvernements, des institutions
intergouvernementales et du secteur priv?. Ce n'est
qu'avec des solution de ce genre qu'on d?masquera ceux
qui mangent ? tous les rateliers... Ils sont t?nors
dans les r?unions de la soci?t? civile et porteurs de
serviettes des d?l?gations gouvernementales ou
d'int?r?ts de mutlinationales et bien s?r ils ont
besoin de chambre d'h?tel de luxe pour survivre.
Le chemin est long pour que la soci?t? civile
deviennent un interlocuteur cr?dible. Elle n'aura
jamais les moyens des autres interlocuteurs
soit-disant partenaires. Nous serons ? Tunis des
milliers mais nous ne peserons pas le milli?me du
poids du representant de Microsoft, de Cisco ou de tel
ou tel op?rateur dominant dans les t?l?coms ou dans la
communication. Il faut ?tre conscient des rapports de
force et travailler pour l'apr?s SMSI, il y aura
d'autres sommets mondiaux et l'investissement fait par
la soci?t? civile ne doit pas se perdre. Inscrivons
nos propositions dans l'apr?s SMSI car cette bataille
est d?j? perdue.
Amiti?s
Djilali

--- Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Bonjour Djilali,
> Sur les 15 de la liste 4 ont d?j? avanc?.
> Mme Ngo Soga esther;
> Mrs Towa Koh Michel
>       - Nonga Jean Claude;
>       - Takugang Fogang Auberlin.
> Sont d?j? r?serv?s. 
>  
> Voyage par Royal Air Maroc Douala- Casablanca-Tunis.
> D?part le Samedi 12 Novembre ? 02h05 -- Arriv?e ?
> Tunis 19h05.Co?t 566 900 Fcfa/personne.
>  
> Ils S?journeront ? Hammamet Yasmine au Meli? Flora
> Park Boutique H?tel****.
> Chambre Double Avec petit D?jeuner. Co?t 18,44 Euros
> par chambre(9 nuit?es ). Je pense que c'est
> faisable.
> On continue ? se battre. Je vais contacter Farida
> d'easy Tour pour voir si elle peux faire quelque
> chose pour r?duire le co?t des billets.
>  
> Djilali,
>  
> Moi je suis dans la formation professionnelle( Je
> suis fondateur d'un centre de formation
> professionnelle en informatique). Qu'est-ce que je
> peux attendre du SMSI ? Y a t-il des ?v?nements
> parall?les ou des personnes que tu me recommande ?
> Je me demande aussi, si cela vaut la peine que
> j'assiste au sommet. Ne devrai-je pas me consacrer
> aux ?v?nements parral?les et ? ICT4All pour la
> recherche de partenaires pour mon centre ?
> 
> 
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Bonjour Michel,
> Je copie ton message ? farida d'easy tour, j'esp?re
> qu'elle va pouvoir te r?pondre directement et avec
> des
> propositions concr?tes.
> Peut-?tre aussi que notre ami Achour Moncef devrait
> avoir des id?es.
> Esct-ce quelqu'un a des coordonn?es d'un h^tel ?
> hammamet du nom de Narjess ou quelque chose de ce
> genre on pourrait voir si les prix de s?jours de
> sont
> pas plus accessibles.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> 
> --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> 
> > Bonjour djibali,
> > 
> > Merci pour les efforts que tu fais pour aider le
> > maximum de fr?res. Nous avons une liste de
> > camerounais inscits au SMSI Tunis 2005.
> > 1- Nana Delphine n?ee Mekount?.
> > 2- Mme Motto Ndoumb? Solange;
> > 3- Towa Koh Michel;
> > 4- Nonga Jean Claude Aim?
> > 5-Mme Esther Ngo Nsoga;
> > 6- Mme Assam L. Chantal;
> > 7- Mme Memb Madeleine;
> > 8- Mme Ngou?w? Lucienne;
> > 9- Mme Ngo Gwet Naomie 
> > 10- Carole Tchaptchet;
> > 11- Bappa Donnat;
> > 12- Ngni? Yves Bienvenue;
> > 13- Moto Gabriel;
> > 14 - Ballong Kong ;
> > 15 Okala R?n? Claude.
> > 16- Takoukang Fogang Oberlin.
> > 
> > Parmi ceux-ci certains ont commenc? les d?marches
> > pour le voyage.( Pr?ts ? voyager ? leur frais)
> > R?servation Sur le Vol Royal Air Maroc de Samedi
> 12
> > Octobre 2005 D?part Douala 2h05 Matin arriv?e ?
> > tunis 19h20.
> > Il s'agit de:
> > 1- Towa Koh Michel;
> > 2- Nonga Jean Claude;
> > 3 Esther Ngo Nsoga;
> > 4- Takougang Fogang Oberlin;
> > 5- Bappa Donnat;
> > Nous avons fais une r?servation d'h?tel par une
> > agence de voyage.
> > Mais celle-ci a fait une r?servation au Sol El
> > Mouradi SKanes. maleureuement cet h?tel se
> > trouverait ? Monastir ( 170 Km de
> > Tunis).Inacceptable pour l'ambassade de Tunisie
> > Sur le Net Nous avons trouv? des hotels Tr?s bons
> > prix ? hammamet. Mais la r?servation se fait en
> > ligne avec carte de cr?dit.Chose rare au Cameroun.
> > As tu une solution pour ceux l? ? M?me pour les
> > autres.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> > 
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> > 
> > Je ferai de mon mieux, le plus vite sera le mieux
> !
> > Djilali
> > Existe-il un vol du Cameroun ? Tunis par Tunis Air
> ?
> > cela pourrait faciliter les choses.
> > Djilali
> > --- NANA Delphine wrote:
> > 
> > > Bonjour Djilali
> > > 
> > > En concertation avec Michel, nous allons te
> faire
> > > parvenir dans les meilleurs d?lais la liste de
> la
> > > d?l?gation camerounaise qui assiste aux r?unions
> > de
> > > pr?paration du Sommet de Tunis
> > > 
> > > Delphine
> > > 
> > > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> response
> > > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > > people]
> > > 
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> access
> > > automatic translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > > 
> > > Pour ceux que cela int?resse et qui arrivent
> > > directement ? Tunis d'une capitale africaine, il
> > > faudrait dire si vous arrivez avec Tunis Air qui
> > > fait
> > > des prix sp?ciaux pour le sommet, combien de
> jours
> > > et
> > > si vous ?tes pr?t ? habiter ? hammamet....
> > > Il semblerait qu'il y aura un service de
> transport
> > > entre Hammamet et Tunis.
> > > Je pourrais alors obtenir des conditions
> > > d'hebergement
> > > que vous pouvez comparer avec d'autres..
> > > Djilali
> > > 
> > > --- Michel Towa koh wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Bonjour,
> > > > 
> > > > Moi je pars du Cameroun. Combien l'hotel me
> > > > co?terait ? 
> > > > Michel Towa 
> > > > 237 997 68 87
> > > > 
> > > > djilali benamrane a ?crit :
> > > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> > response
> > > > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > > > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > > > people]
> > > > 
> > > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> > access
> > > > automatic translation of this message!
> > > > _______________________________________
> > > > 
> > > > Salut,
> > > > Pour ce que cela peut int?resser.
> > > > J'ai des proposition de s?jour ? Hammamet du
> 13
> > au
> > > > 20
> > > > novembre Paris Tunis Hammet et retour, une
> > semaine
> > > > en
> > > > demi pension dans un h?tel 3 ?toiles pour 383
> ?
> > > > transport a?rien et navette entre Tunis et
> 
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Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Mon Oct 31 09:23:48 2005
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] data needed on ICT status in the world-urgent
Message-ID: <BAY19-DAV1D6AC45CF01DC2E78D950D86C0@phx.gbl>

Dear All,

Mrs. Ebadi, our CS opening speaker is preparing her speech, she requested me to prepare these information for her, that she might use it in her speech or use as a background information fro her analysis. Would you please help me in finding these data. I need hot data, like how many have ever seen a telephone or not seen a mobile in their life, how many in the world ever seen a PC or use internet. These sort of data is needed. If you also have other interesting data, please share.

The items that I need information on now are:

1- the budget for military expenditure of some developing countries and 
their budget on ICT and other development infrastructure/education.
2-some statistics regarding world situation on communication, the important 
ones, such as how many have access or no access to telephone, internet, PCs, 
etc

I have gained some of these info on ITU website, but its not complete. Looking for your advise and support.


Regards

Amir





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From james.archibald at mcgill.ca  Mon Oct 31 10:01:49 2005
From: james.archibald at mcgill.ca (james.archibald@mcgill.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] oversight
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510302134500.15688@ruby.cynikal.net>
References: <4364EF47.6528.5D05895@localhost> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0510302134500.15688@ruby.cynikal.net>
Message-ID: <1130752909.4365eb8d7dcee@webmail.mcgill.ca>

See the editorial in Sunday's NYTimes: "Worldwide but Homegrown" (30 Oct 2005).
J. Archibald


Quoting Joe Baptista <baptista@cynikal.net>:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
>
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Edward Hasbrouck wrote:
>
> > More than 6 months ago, I made a formal request for independent review of
>
> Only six months Edward?  Some people have been waiting years for a
> response.
>
> > (4) Other parties (individuals, corporations, governments) could "route
> > around" ICANN by acting independently, e.g. by establishing alternative
> > roots.  This seems to be the only oversight mechanism that doesn't depend
> > on voluntary cooperation by ICANN and/or the USA government.
>
> That is what is happening.  China has gone down this road as has
> Turkey.  People are finding alternatives to the ICANN mess.  Unfortunately
> non of these alternatives are well co-ordinated and as such go nowhere.
> That includes the China and Turkish root systems.
>
> The problem with the DNS is that it requires a centralized record system
> to provide the glue records to maintain the root.  And non of the
> alternative systems can agree on a central point of control - so nothing
> of significance ever happens.
>
> We came close with the Public-Root.  Even managed to get the national
> government of Turkey involved.  Unfortunately due to scandal the
> Public-Root a.k.a. United-Root a.k.a. Unified-Root is now a complete
> failure.
>
> I expect in the long run countries will start their own root systems.
> This will have two results - 1) it will provide countries with an
> excellent bargaining mechanism and 2) it will provide some benefits on
> resolution - i.e. speed and enhanced privacy for users.
>
> I also expect in the long run such unco-ordinated root systems will cause
> serious technical problems and result in breakage of the networks.  But
> eventually this will be solved through an agreed upon central
> administrative entity that will preserve the operational stability of the
> global Internet by providing public access to the coordination, management
> and distribution of elements and identifiers used to delegate Top-Level
> Domains in the root system.
>
> But that will only come about when we accept that control can only be
> accomplished through an open, transparent, accountable, representative and
> inclusive processes.  That will happen when the control freaks in both the
> private and public sector realize they have no other option but to give
> up.
>
> cheers
> joe baptista
>
> Joe Baptista, Official Public-Root Representative and Lobbyist to the
> United States Congress and Senate / Tel: +1 (202) 517-1593
>
> Public-Root Disclosure Documents: http://www.cynikal.net/~baptista/P-R/
> Public-Root Discussion Forum:
> http://lair.lionpost.net/mailman/listinfo/pr-plan
> _______________________________________________
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From gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU  Mon Oct 31 13:04:47 2005
From: gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU (Gurstein, Michael)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] monitoring MSP post_wsis initiative
Message-ID: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A132AF704@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu>

Hello Claudia,

I've just now had a chance to take a look at this most interesting and
useful initiative and I would applaud you and your colleagues for this
undertaking.

I will also pass this along to my colleagues in the Community
Informatics Research Network (I believe that my colleague Wal Taylor of
Cape Peninsula University has already expressed interest on behalf of
CIRN in these areas) as well as the emerging Global Telecentre Alliance
(currently the Telecenters of the Americas Partnership and the European
Association of Telecotttages and on whose Steering Committee I currently
serve) who represent I believe the largest organized group of grass
roots ICT initiatives (some 15,000 in all) and suggest that they review
this initiative with the possible objective of active participation.

I do have a few questions however and one suggestion.  The single
suggestion is that prior to more actively pursuing this initiative that
you with colleagues conduct an open self-assessment of the Civil Society
role and activities within the WSIS process.  While in a number of
respects the CS process for WSIS has been a successful one, in other
areas I think there are issues that need to be addressed particularly if
one is concerned with being inclusive, equitable, development oriented
and transparent.

The most significant issue has been, I believe, the severely limited
participation in the various WSIS Civil Society processes which largely
were physical processes of interaction and participation supplemented
between these events by on-line participation primarily among those
already active in the physical processes.  The absence of clear
procedures for agenda setting, decision making,
"representation"/inclusive participation, and language issues were all
to my mind somewhat problematic and need to be subjected to some self
and public examination in the context of extending a CS role into the
new and most important areas of monitoring that you are suggesting. 

Overall, the limitation on participation in the WSIS/CS processes to
those who were able to find the resources (whether personal or
institutional) to physically attend seems to me to be a very major
limitation on these efforts and is something which must be addressed in
advance of any further activities such as you are suggesting. There is I
believe, the need to move beyond the current group of those engaged in
WSIS CS activities and to extend rather more broadly into the ICT
user/practitioner and community technology/community informatics
research communities.  Perhaps by building in bottom up processes for
monitoring from the very beginning some of these limitations may be
avoided.

However, this would necessarily require a significant broadening and
dare I say "growth" in what has emerged as the perspectives and issues
being addressed by CS in the context of WSIS Tunis (being driven of
course, in large part by the external WSIS negotiating agenda) as well
as some adaptation in the current CS processes, procedures and
practices.

I should add that if there is a willingness on the part of those active
in promoting this monitoring initiative to move in these directions for
renewal I have every expectation that there would be a very active
interest in participation in these efforts by the broader constituencies
I have mentioned above.

Best,

Mike Gurstein

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From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Claudia Padovani
Sent: October 26, 2005 7:19 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] monitoring MSP post_wsis initiative


Dear all,

Following Francis note on UNESCO,this note is to draw your attention to
an initiative which we think could be of interest in preparing for
Tunis, acknowledging all the controversies and shortcomings of this
final phase.

The idea, just in infant stage at the moment, is to set up monitoring
initiative on multi-stakeholder dimension of whatever will come out of
Tunis at national (and international) level after wsis, as a way to keep
people connected while putting pressure on governments and bringing
input to whatever mechanism will be set up.

We believe there is some potential to keep the energy of the civil
society constitutency that developed around WSIS while one of the risks
we are facing now is not to have any sustainability after Tunis for the
broad mobilization worldwide. We believe a sound proposal from different
CS groups, with a loose trans-national structure but some connection (to
be
discussed) to the institutional setting, can show that we have some
knowledge, competence and will to seriously foster MSP at various
levels, as a way to promote more participatory practices in
communication governance.

We aim at developing principles, criteria, indicators and a monitoring
mechanisms to "look after" the post-Tunis phase, building on former
experiences and existing frameworks to be adapted to the specific policy
areas emerging from WSIS Implementation.

As Tunis is coming closer, we would very much appreciate your feedback
on: 

the idea itself; the proposed initiative; the why, what, who and how; 
and eventually your own interest in supporting this exercise (through
knowledge exchange as well as in promoting the initiative further and
cooperate directly). 

We are planning to use the coming weeks refine the proposal, start
reviewing existing frameworks, contact those peoples who have done work
on this and come to Tunis with something that can be discussed, refined
and promoted broadly.

Please go to the WSIS MSP site to see the draft of the initiative -
http://www.wsis-msp.org/msmi_wsis/ (also in attach). Comments and
suggestions are most welcome.

With best regards 

Claudia Padovani
And 
Tatiana Ershova


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 31 13:22:54 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] data needed on ICT status in the world-urgent
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-DAV1D6AC45CF01DC2E78D950D86C0@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY19-DAV1D6AC45CF01DC2E78D950D86C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <2556.66.167.200.162.1130764974.squirrel@secure.privaterra.org>

Am on my way home to toronto. will try to get you the information over the
next few days.

regards

Robert

> Dear All,
>
> Mrs. Ebadi, our CS opening speaker is preparing her speech, she requested
> me to prepare these information for her, that she might use it in her
> speech or use as a background information fro her analysis. Would you
> please help me in finding these data. I need hot data, like how many have
> ever seen a telephone or not seen a mobile in their life, how many in the
> world ever seen a PC or use internet. These sort of data is needed. If you
> also have other interesting data, please share.
>
> The items that I need information on now are:
>
> 1- the budget for military expenditure of some developing countries and
> their budget on ICT and other development infrastructure/education.
> 2-some statistics regarding world situation on communication, the
> important
> ones, such as how many have access or no access to telephone, internet,
> PCs,
> etc
>
> I have gained some of these info on ITU website, but its not complete.
> Looking for your advise and support.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Amir
>
>
>
>
>
>



From ca at rits.org.br  Mon Oct 31 14:46:53 2005
From: ca at rits.org.br (Carlos Afonso)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Kofi Annan letter re. Tunisia
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.20051028234554.022f77d0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <4.3.1.20051028234554.022f77d0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <43662E5D.8010006@rits.org.br>

Dear Steve and all,

Attached is the Portuguese version of Annan's letter.

fraternal regards

--c.a.

Steve Buckley wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I received today the following letter from Kofi Annan which is in 
> response both to a Tunisia Monitoring Group letter of 2 September and 
> to the WSIS civil society letter of 1 October which had over 100 
> signatories of which I was one of the first listed. The Secretary 
> General's letter makes clear that many of our very serious concerns, 
> which the Tunisian government continues to describe as unfounded, are 
> shared at the highest level of the UN.
>
> Steve Buckley
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>        Please note my new contact details:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>                          Steve Buckley
>  15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX - U.K.
>              Email: sbuckley@gn.apc.org
>                    Tel: +44 114 220 1426
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>             Community Media Solutions
>                       www.cmso.co.uk
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>

-- 
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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diretor de planejamento
Rede de Informa??es para o Terceiro Setor - Rits
Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 272, 6? andar - Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brasil         CEP 22270-060
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[logo das Na????es Unidas]
Secret??rio Geral

27 de outubro de 2005

Sr Steve Buckley
Presidente
Interc??mbio de Liberdade de Express??o Internacional
[International Freedom of Expression Exchange]
Grupo de Monitoramento da Tun??sia
Toronto

Prezado Sr Buckley,

Gostaria de agradecer suas cartas de 2 de setembro e 1 de outubro de 2005 sobre a situa????o dos direitos humanos na Tun??sia e a adequa????o de realizar a fase final da C??pula Mundial sobre a Sociedade da Informa????o (CMSI) nesse pa??s.

A decis??o de realizar a segunda fase da CMSI na Tun??sia foi tomada pelo Conselho da Uni??o Internacional da Telecomunica????o, que ?? constituido por 46 Estados de todas as regi??es do mundo. Em 2001, o Conselho aceitou as ofertas da Sui??a e Tun??sia para sediar a primeira e segunda fase da C??pula em 2003 e 2005, respectivamente. A Assembl??ia Geral das Na????es Unidas aprovou por unanimidade essa decis??o.

Estou convencido que a realiza????o desta C??pula na Tun??sia oferece uma boa oportunidade para o Governo da Tun??sia de tratar v??rias preocupa????es relativas aos direitos humanos, incluindo aquelas relacionadas ?? liberdade de opini??o e express??o. De fato, esses direitos s??o cruciais para qualquer pa??s que pretenda usar tecnologias de informa????o e comunica????o para progredir em seu desenvolvimento econ??mico e social. Esse grande potencial est?? no cerne de todo o processo da C??pula.

O Escrit??rio do Alto Comiss??rio para Direitos Humanos continua a acompanhar de perto a situa????o de direitos humanos na Tun??sia. O Alto Comiss??rio prop??s ??s autoridades tunisianas que elas tomem v??rias medidas para remover obst??culos ao pleno exerc??cio do direito ?? liberdade de express??o e associa????o. Essas medidas tratam de algumas das preocupa????es mencionadas em sua carta, incluindo a liberta????o dos prisioneiros relacionados a imprensa e opini??o, o direito ao livre e irrestrito acesso ?? midia escrita e eletr??nica, e um fim ?? persegui????o de professionais de midia e ativistas de direitos humanos e ao banimento de suas associa????es.

Adicionalmente, atrav??s dos procedimentos especiais e mecanismos tem??ticos da Comiss??o sobre Direitos Humanos, 26 comunica????es foram enviadas ao Governo at?? agora durante este ano, a maioria delas tratando das preocupa????es relacionadas ?? liberdade de opini??o e express??o e ?? situa????o de defensores dos direitos humanos. No in??cio deste m??s, o Relator Especial sobre Promo????o e Prote????o do Direito ?? Liberdade de Opini??o e Express??o da Comiss??o sobre Direitos Humanos solicitou ao Governo da Tun??sia uma s??rie de passos similares.

Finalmente, como em todas as confer??ncias e c??pulas realizadas sob os ausp??cios das Na????es Unidas, a Tun??sia comprometeu-se, atrav??s de um Acordo de Confer??ncia, a prover aos jornalistas e grupos da sociedade civil credenciados o acesso ao espa??o da C??pula.

Confio que esta informa????o responde suas preocupa????es e demonstra nosso compromisso inabal??vel com os direitos e liberdades que ambos defendemos. Agradeceria se o Sr pudesse compartilhar esta resposta com os outros signat??rios de sua carta.

Sinceramente,

[assinado]
Kofi A. Annan
From accuosto at chasque.net  Sun Oct 30 16:21:32 2005
From: accuosto at chasque.net (Pablo Accuosto)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importation of documents to Tunis for WSIS
References: <200510291654.j9TGs0Of004800@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <02f101c5dd6d$ff81d640$4704a8c0@paullier.net>

dear philippe,

thank you for this valuable information.

> There will not be custom fees exoneration for the importation of any
documentation in Tunisia.

will they provide information on estimates of the amounts to be paid
(depending on the type of publication?) and the procedures to follow to do
these payments and have the documents delivered?

thanks!

pablo





From acarvin at edc.org  Mon Oct 31 16:22:40 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] who's planning to blog from WSIS?
Message-ID: <436644D0.1060906@edc.org>

Hi everyone,

I'm getting ready to update my WSIS blog aggregator, www.wsisblogs.org. 
The idea behind the site is to feature the work of bloggers attending 
WSIS. A small group of us used it earlier this year at the February 
Geneva Prepcom, and I'm hoping to be able to add many more bloggers to 
the site, particularly women and people from the South. It's a 
multilingual blog, so WSIS-related blogs in any language will be accepted.

If you're planning to attend WSIS and will be blogging from there, 
please send me your blog information, particularly your RSS feed. I'll 
need the RSS feed to add your blog to the news digest.

Thanks,
andy

-- 
-----------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
-----------------------------------

From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Mon Oct 31 17:18:55 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Diplo@WSIS Tunis
Message-ID: <9ea79150510310918x4c26011cp@mail.gmail.com>

FYI

Marouen MRAIHI
http://www.mraihi.com *
_____________________________

Diplo@WSIS Tunis*

Diplo invites you to attend our activities at the World Summit on the
Information Society, 15 ? 19 November, 2005, in Tunis. Many of these events
are a culmination of the capacity building projects on Internet Governance
organised by Diplo during the WSIS process. Highlights include:

   - *Internet Governance during and after the WSIS* - panel discussions
   with high profile participants, reviewing the Internet Governance process
   between 2003 and 2005, presenting lessons learned, and mapping possible
   future developments.
   - *Internet Governance Capacity Building* ? an examination of capacity
   building in the field of IG, showcasing Diplo's Internet Governance Capacity
   Building Programme as a possible model. Expert speakers will be joined by
   new voices in the field - participants from Diplo's capacity building
   programmes.
   - *Presentation of Internet Governance Booklets in UN Languages* ? the
   launch of the 2nd edition of the Internet Governance booklet, published
   jointly by DiploFoundation and the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), and
   translated into official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and
   Spanish).
   - *Launch of the Internet Governance DVD* - the Internet Governance
   DVD is a comprehensive multimedia resource including the Internet Governance
   FILM which explains IG issues through interviews with more than 30 leading
   experts and policy-makers in this field; the Internet Governance COURSE, a
   self-paced online course developed by Diplo over the last 10 years, covering
   more than 40 issues organised in 5 baskets; and Internet Governance
   RESOURCES, a comprehensive repository of materials, papers, and documents on
   Internet Governance.
   - *Launch of the Internet Governance Portal* - the portal, which
   contains 5000 annotated links to various Internet Governance resources,
   provides both basic and comprehensive access to information and knowledge on
   Internet Governance.

For more information please visit the Diplo@WSIS
website<http://www.diplomacy.edu/activities/wsis/diplo-wsis/>
.
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Oct 31 18:50:11 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] who's planning to blog from WSIS?
In-Reply-To: <436644D0.1060906@edc.org>
References: <436644D0.1060906@edc.org>
Message-ID: <2AD18483-EBF2-49A7-96CC-413EDB32D444@earthlink.net>

Hi Andy,

Well I'm already in your aggregator, but it would be good to plug it  
anyway:

Rik Panganiban's blog:                 http://rikomatic.com/blogomatic
RSS feed (Atom only, sorry!):       http://rikomatic.com/blogomatic/ 
atom.xml

- Rik

On Oct 31, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Andy Carvin wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm getting ready to update my WSIS blog aggregator,  
> www.wsisblogs.org. The idea behind the site is to feature the work  
> of bloggers attending WSIS. A small group of us used it earlier  
> this year at the February Geneva Prepcom, and I'm hoping to be able  
> to add many more bloggers to the site, particularly women and  
> people from the South. It's a multilingual blog, so WSIS-related  
> blogs in any language will be accepted.
>
> If you're planning to attend WSIS and will be blogging from there,  
> please send me your blog information, particularly your RSS feed.  
> I'll need the RSS feed to add your blog to the news digest.
>
> Thanks,
> andy
>
> -- 
> -----------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldivide.net
> http://katrina05.blogspot.com
> Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
>
>


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From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] United States Says No U.N. Body Should Control Internet (fwd)
Message-ID: <43666828.3020509@edc.org>

The following WSIS-related article was posted recently on the US State 
Department website. US Ambassador David Gross will be conducting an 
online chat about WSIS on November 2 at 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT). 
Participating is open to the public, but you need to register first by 
emailing iipchat@state.gov. They'll then supply you with the URL, login 
and password. -andy


United States Says No U.N. Body Should Control Internet
Ambassador Gross to discuss WSIS summit during Internet chat November 2
The U.N.-sponsored WSIS will convene on November 16-18 in Tunis, Tunisia

http://usinfo.state.gov/eur/Archive/2005/Oct/25-499.html

By Tim Receveur
Washington File Staff Writer

Washington ? The United States says that transferring control of the 
Internet to the United Nations would stifle innovation with excessive 
bureaucracy and may help repressive regimes curtail free expression 
online, according to the U.S. coordinator for international 
communications and information policy.

In a November 2 Internet chat, Ambassador David Gross, the U.S. 
coordinator, will preview an upcoming summit on Internet governance and 
discuss his views on why the very nature of the Internet as an 
innovative and dynamic medium is at stake.

The United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society 
(WSIS) will convene on November 16-18 in Tunis, Tunisia, to discuss the 
future of Internet governance and ways to bring the benefits of 
technology to the developing world.

The Internet has become ?an extraordinary mechanism for freedom of 
expression. Each year, publications are available on the Internet; 
people are able to directly communicate with them, with each other, 
through the Internet,? Gross said at a roundtable with journalists in 
Washington October 6.

The current system of Internet governance ?is extraordinarily 
participatory,? he said. ?Not just by other governments, which all of 
whom already played an important role in this, but also by what's called 
civil society, by private enterprise, by a whole host of actors, by 
technical people, academics and the like,? Gross said. (See related 
article and transcript.)

The U.S. government has maintained a consistent hands-off approach that 
has allowed the Internet to grow and develop without substantial 
restrictions.

Since 1998, a nonprofit organization named ICANN -- Internet Corporation 
for Assigned Names and Numbers -- has been responsible for managing and 
coordinating the Internet's domain names, according to ICANN.

ICANN?s role has been to facilitate and smooth the explosive growth of 
the Internet. Its president directs an international staff, working from 
three continents, who ensure that ICANN meets its operational commitment 
to the Internet community.

FEARS BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL WOULD STIFLE INNOVATION

Gross expressed concern over some other countries? proposals for sharing 
or ceding private sector oversight of the Internet -- including what 
ICANN now does -- to the United Nations.

A recent European Union proposal, for example, outlined a new framework 
for international cooperation that would see the creation of a new, 
multistakeholder ?forum? to develop public policy, and international 
government involvement in allocation of Internet Provider (IP) 
addressing systems.

?As we read the EU proposal, there will be a group of bureaucrats from 
countries around the world that will be able to restrict the innovation 
that the technical people in Italy, for example, currently bring to the 
Internet and their ability to be able to continue to innovate,? Gross 
said. ?We would like to see people -- whether it's in Italy, Russia, 
United States, around the world -- be free to continue to innovate and 
not have to seek permission or make sure that they structure what they 
do in a way that meets some predetermined outcome set by a bunch of 
international government bureaucrats.

?What the EU seems to propose is a top-down bureaucratic structure that 
was the way of the last century and that seems to us to be 
counterproductive because it stifles innovation, it stifles the very 
thing that's made the Internet as successful as it is,? he said.

He also noted that support for the EU proposal, which was made at a 
preparatory conference (PrepCom-3) for the Tunis summit in September, 
was expressed by Cuba, Iran and China, among others. ?These are not, I 
submit, the types of people who necessarily see eye to eye with us in 
terms of the importance of the growth and the participatory nature of 
the Internet,? Gross said.

PrepCom-3 failed to reach agreement on a number of contentious issues, 
and the United States is working with other governments, private 
enterprise and nongovernmental organizations to craft an agreement that 
will bridge diverse positions on how, by whom and to what degree the 
Internet should be governed or regulated.

?We see the way in which the Internet has worked so far, and we support 
its continuing evolution. What we don't want to see is an 
intergovernmental group coming in to stifle that,? Gross said.

He noted that the preparatory meeting would resume for three days on the 
eve of the WSIS summit in Tunis. ?Between now and then, we are already 
and we'll continue to be very actively engaged in bilateral discussions, 
not only with governments but with other groups -- industry, civil 
society and the like. And, you know, we are very hopeful that when the 
world leaders gather in Tunis in November, that they will have a 
document to endorse that we can all be proud of,? he said.

During the live Internet chat on November 2, Gross will be available to 
answer questions about the upcoming WSIS summit in Tunis and the U.S. 
position on various issues relating to Internet governance. The chat 
will be held at 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT).

To ask a question or make a comment, please register at 
iipchat@state.gov. If you already have participated in one of our 
previous discussions, there is no need to register again. Just use the 
same user name and password. We neither require nor encourage the use of 
full names. You may identify yourself by the user name of your choice.

As always, your questions and comments are welcome in advance of the 
program and at any time during it.
-- 
-----------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Mon Oct 31 19:16:41 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importation of documents to Tunis for WSIS - Additional Information
Message-ID: <200510311916.j9VJGS1f021168@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

? Document importation for the Official area of WSIS

In addition to what we already mentioned in our previous mails, we were
informed today that ITU and UN staff will be present at the Kram Exhibition
Centre in Tunis from 8 November to receive and stock documentation sent at
the following address: 

"Livraison Documentation"
PalExpo Kram
SMSI 2005
Porte No. 3
Kram, Tunisie 

 

You can nevertheless send your packages as soon as possible: they would be
stocked by the organisers of the Summit at their arrival at the Kram Center.

Find also below the mail we recently sent for additional information.

 

Of course, for better clarification, mention on the boxes which category of
documents it contains (WSIS documents / WSIS-related documents / Documents
for parallel events: see Documents policy guidelines for precise definition
of these terms
: http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/4.doc).

 

Besides, as you may know, WSIS documents and WSIS related documents to be
circulated by observers must be submitted to the ITU documents service
before their distribution (see the ITU Documents policy guidelines,
available at http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/4.doc). 

 

You can submit in advance by now electronic versions of WSIS-related
documents (other non-official and non-administrative documents related to
the Summit or media-documents, to be submitted at wsis-related-docs@itu.int)
to accelerate the administrative approval performed by WSIS staff.  Note
that on-site requests should be submitted for clearance at least 24 hours
prior to the distribution of documentation.

 

? Document importation for the Exhibition Space ICT for all

I refer to the Exhibitor Manual, now available on the ICT4All Exhibition
(www.expo.ict4all-tunis.org/documents/exhi_manual_v1_e.pdf). Otto Frei
(ICT4All organiser) confirmed to us that the official freight forwarder is
the Agency C2T (Tunis). Document pouches for ICT4All exhibition can be sent
at their postal address in Tunis, preferably before 10 November 2005, and
boxes will therefore be delivered to the Exhibition Space before the opening
of the exhibition:

C2T

14 Rue Ahmed Tlili

TN-1000 Tunis

Tunisia

For any additional information, please contact directly this agency so that
they could orient you on the procedure:

Contact person: Mr Ahmed Zoghlami

c2t_consulting@yahoo.fr 

Tel. + 216 71 33 98 93

Fax + 216 71 33 99 01

Mobile +216 20 222 191

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe Dam

 

  _____  

De : CONGO - Philippe Dam [mailto:wsis@iprolink.ch] 
Envoy? : samedi, 29. octobre 2005 17:54
? : 'plenary@wsis-cs.org'; 'bureau@wsis-cs.org'
Cc : 'Maja Andjelkovic'
Objet : Importation of documents to Tunis for WSIS

 

Dear all,

 

Further to what we already mentioned on Tuesday, we confirm that pouched
documents should be sent by post to the address indicated on the documents
policy guidelines:

"Livraison Documentation"
PalExpo Kram
SMSI 2005
Porte No. 3
Kram, Tunisie 

 

As mentioned in the FAQs on privileges and immunities for participants in
WSIS (only in French so far, but the English version might be posted soon on
the ITU website, as well as relevant articles of the Host country
agreement), there will be the following: inviolability of documents and the
right to receive documents. The ITU legal office will have a very close look
at the way in which importation of documents for the summit will be managed,
and the ITU received all the necessary guarantees that documents for the
summit will not be blocked or delayed by customs.

We are advised to clearly indicate on the pouch that the documents will be
used in the framework of your participation in WSIS (to ensure it to be
dealt in priority), to get an evidence that you sent the pouch (date and
destination). There might no be any problem as concerns the importation of
documents, but if you notice any problem in this regard, including excessive
delay, the ITU legal office will be ready to take action on that.

 

Note the following:

-          We will have more information on Monday on when ITU or UN staff
would be at the Kram Center to receive and stock documentation received at
Door 3. 

-          We also asked for clarifications on how to send documentation for
your participation in the ICT4all exhibition space, and we would get more
information on that on Monday as well.

-          There will not be custom fees exoneration for the importation of
any documentation in Tunisia.

 

Best regards

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
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From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Renting facilities for CS side events in Tunis
Message-ID: <200510311934.j9VJYgUh029812@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

Let me remind you that information is available on the Host Country
organising committee on renting all sorts of equipments for side events to
be organised during WSIS (www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/detail.php?id=518
<http://www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/detail.php?id=518&lang=en>
&lang=en). You can hire power point facilities, video projectors and
interpretation services, interpretation booth, .

 

You can check the respective websites: 

-          GL-Events: www.gl-events.com <http://www.gl-events.com/>  

-          EQUIPFOIRES: www.equipfoires.com.tn
<http://www.equipfoires.com.tn/>  

 

However, these agencies might be contacted very urgently (preferably by
Wednesday) to ensure that equipments could be made available in Tunis.

 

Best regards, 

 

Ph

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

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that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
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From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:21:11 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Importation of documents to Tunis for WSIS - Additional Information
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Thank you Philippe

What about those bringing documents on their flights ?
And those printing their documents in Tunisia ?

Marouen


2005/10/31, CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis@iprolink.ch>:
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> ? Document importation for the Official area of WSIS
>
> In addition to what we already mentioned in our previous mails, we were
> informed today that ITU and UN staff will be present at the Kram Exhibition
> Centre in Tunis from 8 November to receive and stock documentation sent at
> the following address:
>
> "Livraison Documentation"
>  PalExpo Kram
>  SMSI 2005
>  Porte No. 3
>  Kram, Tunisie
>
>
>
> You can nevertheless send your packages as soon as possible: they would be
> stocked by the organisers of the Summit at their arrival at the Kram Center.
>
> Find also below the mail we recently sent for additional information.
>
>
>
> Of course, for better clarification, mention on the boxes which category of
> documents it contains (WSIS documents / WSIS-related documents / Documents
> for parallel events: see Documents policy guidelines for precise definition
> of these terms?:
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/4.doc).
>
>
>
> Besides, as you may know, WSIS documents and WSIS related documents to be
> circulated by observers must be submitted to the ITU documents service
> before their distribution (see the ITU Documents policy guidelines,
> available at
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/tunis/adm/4.doc).
>
>
>
> You can submit in advance by now electronic versions of WSIS-related
> documents (other non-official and non-administrative documents related to
> the Summit or media-documents, to be submitted at wsis-related-docs@itu.int)
> to accelerate the administrative approval performed by WSIS staff.  Note
> that on-site requests should be submitted for clearance at least 24 hours
> prior to the distribution of documentation.
>
>
>
> ? Document importation for the Exhibition Space ICT for all
>
> I refer to the Exhibitor Manual, now available on the ICT4All Exhibition
> (www.expo.ict4all-tunis.org/documents/exhi_manual_v1_e.pdf).
> Otto Frei (ICT4All organiser) confirmed to us that the official freight
> forwarder is the Agency C2T (Tunis). Document pouches for ICT4All exhibition
> can be sent at their postal address in Tunis, preferably before 10 November
> 2005, and boxes will therefore be delivered to the Exhibition Space before
> the opening of the exhibition:
>
> C2T
>
> 14 Rue Ahmed Tlili
>
> TN-1000 Tunis
>
> Tunisia
>
> For any additional information, please contact directly this agency so that
> they could orient you on the procedure:
>
> Contact person: Mr Ahmed Zoghlami
>
> c2t_consulting@yahoo.fr
>
> Tel. + 216 71 33 98 93
>
> Fax + 216 71 33 99 01
>
> Mobile +216 20 222 191
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Philippe Dam
>
>
>
>  ________________________________
>
>
> De : CONGO - Philippe Dam [mailto:wsis@iprolink.ch]
>  Envoy? : samedi, 29. octobre 2005 17:54
>  ? : 'plenary@wsis-cs.org'; 'bureau@wsis-cs.org'
>  Cc : 'Maja Andjelkovic'
>  Objet : Importation of documents to Tunis for WSIS
>
>
>
> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Further to what we already mentioned on Tuesday, we confirm that pouched
> documents should be sent by post to the address indicated on the documents
> policy guidelines:
>
> "Livraison Documentation"
>  PalExpo Kram
>  SMSI 2005
>  Porte No. 3
>  Kram, Tunisie
>
>
>
> As mentioned in the FAQs on privileges and immunities for participants in
> WSIS (only in French so far, but the English version might be posted soon on
> the ITU website, as well as relevant articles of the Host country
> agreement), there will be the following: inviolability of documents and the
> right to receive documents. The ITU legal office will have a very close look
> at the way in which importation of documents for the summit will be managed,
> and the ITU received all the necessary guarantees that documents for the
> summit will not be blocked or delayed by customs.
>
> We are advised to clearly indicate on the pouch that the documents will be
> used in the framework of your participation in WSIS (to ensure it to be
> dealt in priority), to get an evidence that you sent the pouch (date and
> destination). There might no be any problem as concerns the importation of
> documents, but if you notice any problem in this regard, including excessive
> delay, the ITU legal office will be ready to take action on that.
>
>
>
> Note the following:
>
> -          We will have more information on Monday on when ITU or UN staff
> would be at the Kram Center to receive and stock documentation received at
> Door 3.
>
> -          We also asked for clarifications on how to send documentation for
> your participation in the ICT4all exhibition space, and we would get more
> information on that on Monday as well.
>
> -          There will not be custom fees exoneration for the importation of
> any documentation in Tunisia.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> Philippe Dam
>  CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>  11, Avenue de la Paix
>  CH-1202 Geneva
>  Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>  Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>  E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
>  Website: www.ngocongo.org
>
>
>
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
> website at www.ngocongo.org
>
>
