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This is really bad, and we should take a quick and strong<br>
action to request that this decision is reversed, and also<br>
suggest the serious negative consequence.<br><br>
In the meantime, there was a Thematic conference in<br>
Korea under the title of<br><br>
"Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Bridging<br>
the Digital Divide", co-organized by the Ministry of Information
&<br>
Communication of Korea(MIC) and International Telecommunication<br>
Union(ITU, just held June 23-24,<br><br>
but neither Korean or Asian civil society members who have<br>
participated in the past WSIS meetings both in Geneva and<br>
Asia Pacific places have not been informed and invited<br>
to the preparation and execution of this meeting at all.<br><br>
As a consequence, Korean NGOs have released a<br>
strong statement expressing their concerns. Below is a partial<br>
quote and I will send the whole message separately. <br>
Similar case happened at the Tehran meeting as I already<br>
reported and may have happened at many other regional and<br>
thematic meetings.<br><br>
I think it is time for us to consider this very very seriously<br>
and express that to both Government bureau and ITU/ES.<br><br>
izumi<br><br>
<br><br>
"we should express deep concern on the fact that this WSIS<br>
Thematic Meeting had never been publicly informed to all member<br>
organizations of WSIS Korea Forum. Also, there had been no discussion
or<br>
consultation on its topic with civil society beforehand for this
event.<br>
As a result, this event has been solely prepared by the MIC and KADO.
We<br>
are deeply worried at this unilateral preparation process.<br><br>
<br>
izumi<br><br>
<br><br>
At 11:30 05/06/24 +0200, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite><font face="arial" size=2>Dear all, <br>
<br>
In spite of what was proposed by President Karklins, during the GFC
Informal Consultation (13 June), the WSIS Bureau decided <b>not to invite
Civil Society observers to attend the next GFC meetings</b> (27 June, 4
July and 11 July 2005).<br>
<br>
These meetings will be open to representatives of GFC Members and
observers from governments <b>ONLY</b>.<br>
<br>
I just discussed this with Moncef Achour (ITU) who confirmed this
decision.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
<br>
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Chers tous, <br>
<br>
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Pr$BqT(Bident du PrepCom, au cours de la Consultation Informelle du Groupe
des Amis du Pr$BqT(Bident (13 juin 2005), le Bureau du SMSI a d$BqD(Bid$Bq(Bde ne
pas inviter les observateurs de la soci$BqUq(Bcivile $B_(Bassister aux
prochaines r$BqV(Bnions du GAP (27 Juin, 4 Juillet et 11 Juillet 2005).<br>
<br>
Ces r$BqV(Bnions ne seront ouvertes qu$BCB(Bux repr$BqT(Bentants des Etats Membres du
GAP et aux observateurs gouvernementaux <b>SEULEMENT</b>. <br>
<br>
Je viens d$BCF(Bn discuter avec Moncef Achour (UIT) qui a confirm$Bq(Bcette
d$BqD(Bision.<br>
<br>
Bien $B_(Bvous, <br>
<br>
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<br>
Estimados colegas,<br>
<br>
A pesar de lo propuesto por el Presidente Karklins, durante la Consulta
Informal del GAP (Junio 13), la Mesa de la CMSI decidi$B…(B<b>no invitar a
la Sociedad Civil como observador a las siguientes reuniones del GAP</b>
(27 Junio, 4 y 11 Julio 2005).<br>
<br>
Estas juntas estar$BaO(B abiertas a los representantes de los Estados
Miembros del GAP y a observadores gubernamentales SOLAMENTE:<br>
<br>
Acabo de hablar con Moncef Achour (UIT) quien ha confirmado esta
decisi$B…O(B.<br>
<br>
Saludos Coordiales <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080"><b>Philippe Dam<br>
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat <br>
11, Avenue de la Paix<br>
CH-1202 Geneva<br>
Tel: +41 22 301 1000<br>
Fax: +41 22 301 2000<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org">wsis@ngocongo.org</a><br>
Website: <a href="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org">www.ngocongo.org</a>
<br>
</font><font face="times new roman" color="#FF0000"> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#000080">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
<a href="BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/">www.ngocongo.org</a><br>
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