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<DIV><SPAN class=730341714-28082005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Hi
Parminder,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=730341714-28082005><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN class=730341714-28082005>Thanks for moving
this along. As you say, it's pressing, with just a couple of days to go
(although of course we can raise it at the prepcom even if we don't get in a
document prior). I suspect it might be difficult to get broad engagement
and consensus quickly; it's not even entirely obvious if this is a process issue
for the bureau or a substance issue for content and themes. In any event,
I suspect it might improve the chances if we focus narrowly on your first
point below and make a simple, one-point statement opposing removal of
the existing language. The precise character of implementation teams and
mechanisms, the idea of an IS implementation forum (in addition to the proposed
IG forum?) and so on would take more dialogue and consensus building within CS,
and it's not obvious that </SPAN>i<SPAN class=730341714-28082005>t'd be
strategic to raise these at this stage. So FWIW, my suggestion would
be that you draft a concise one paragraph statement on the first point, send it
to the list, and see if it gets traction. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=730341714-28082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=730341714-28082005>Best,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=730341714-28082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=730341714-28082005>Bill</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=730341714-28082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=730341714-28082005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Parminder<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 28, 2005 3:59 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] drastic changes to
the proposed WSIS implementation mechanisms in the new
text<BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear Bill, Jean-Loius, Bertrand, Robert and others,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks for your valuable
comments.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Do you think the CS can agree on a short statement
that can be submitted to the GFC before the deadline of 31st, and then also be
taken up by CS representatives that attend the 6th September meeting.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We can include the following points in the
statement.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The CS strongly
opposes the move to make the proposed changes in paras 10, 11 and 29 of the
operational part of the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tunis</st1:place></st1:State> document, as per the document
submitted by the chair of the GFC. These changes are too drastic and they do
not represent the contributions of the various stakeholders to the existing
text of the operational part of the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tunis</st1:place></st1:State> document. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.25in"><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The CS will also
like to know the motivation and the reasons behind the move to dismantle the
implementation mechanism based on stakeholder teams around action lines with a
well-defined overall co-ordination body, as indicated in the paras 10 and 11
of the present text. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The CS will like
to see the present suggested mechanism improved through a multi-stakeholder
consultative process to ensure that an adequate and necessary post-WSIS
structure is in place, not only for implementing the outcomes of WSIS but also
to take up Information Society (IS) issues as they come up.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><SPAN lang=EN-GB>A global IS
policy and implementation structure beyond WSIS is very important to put up,
because many, existing and emerging, IS issues defy the existing mandates and
jurisdictions of multi-lateral bodies. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The
implementation- follow-up of WSIS cannot be equated with that of other UN
summits, because the nature of WSIS is very different from these other UN
summits. All the earlier summits dealt with an existing problem/issue more or
less fully formed, about which the global community needed to give a
co-ordinated response. WSIS however is about an emerging context and
opportunity, and most of its issues may be in the future, and often,
definitionally, (as consisting a new societal arrangement implicit in the IS
terminology used by WSIS), defying existing mandate and jurisdiction of global
organisations. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText
style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><FONT
face=Symbol size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><![endif]><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The WGIG
recommendation for a multi-stakeholder ‘forum’ for IG issues, in its
composition and the nature of functions, is a good format for setting up a
WSIS implementation and follow-up structure. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">If there is some general agreement around these points
one of us can draft a statement, and others who agree can endorse.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bertrand, is there a way to look for general
endorsement of the CS, through a proposal by the caucus on implementation
mechanisms. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To remind once again that we have only 3 days to send
the written statements. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Parminder <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">_________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Parminder Jeet Singh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">IT for Change<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bridging Development Realities and Technological
Possibilities <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">91-80-26654134<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">www.ITforChange.net <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of
William Drake<BR>Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:21 PM<BR>To: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">plenary@wsis-cs.org</st1:PersonName><BR>Subject: RE: [WSIS
CS-Plenary] drastic changes to the proposed WSIS implementation mechanisms in
the new text</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">_______________________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hi Parminder,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks for this, obviously very bad news that as you
say requires a strong<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">and coordinated response by CS. We should make a
statement soon, and at the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">prepcom try to connect with governments that are
reasonably like-minded on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">implementation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It is also interesting to read this in relation to two
other items recently<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">discussed on plenary---the 12th hour interventions on
the .xxx domain, and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the Bush Administration's equally 12th hour effort to
rip up the entire<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Millenium + 5 document and remove any discussion of
the MDGs and development<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">funding commitments. You have to wonder what's
going on here. One can<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">think of a very large number of cases in which last
minute, radical changes<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">in negotiating positions, in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> but
elsewhere as well, resulted from<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">process mismanagement, if not incompetence---e.g.
earlier failures to get<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">agreement among relevant governmental power centers,
or overreactions to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">late push back from the private sector, legislatures,
or other domestic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">actors. While there's undoubtedly been an
element of these dynamics in the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">recent cases (most notably the .xxx thing, which in
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> involved
push<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">back from the religious far right), there's probably
more to it than that.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Like the .xxx decision and the Millenium + 5 text, the
proposals for WSIS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">implementation mechanisms, including multistakeholder
teams, have been on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the table for a long time, yet the governments
involved never got up and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">signaled that this is simply unacceptable to us.
It's not plausible that<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">the 'need' to stop these decisions just dawned on
them. One suspects that<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">this is by design, and that the negotiation strategy
always has been to run<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">down the clock, create a crisis, and then leverage
that. Any tiny last<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">minute concessions can then be presented as acts of
great sacrifice to the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">spirit of international consensus etc. This is
long been the standard<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">practice in the WTO. In any event, it certainly
undermines a lot of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">previous effort, and any pretense of an open
multistakeholder process.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Bill<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> -----Original
Message-----<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Behalf Of Parminder<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:19
PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> To: <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">plenary@wsis-cs.org</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] drastic changes to the
proposed WSIS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> implementation mechanisms in the new
text<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Dear All,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> The new text proposed by the chair of the GFC for
paras 10, 11<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> and 29 of the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> operational part of the <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tunis</st1:place></st1:State> document, which
deals with the actual<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> implementation and follow-up structures, carries
some drastic changes. In<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> effect, specific implementation structures
consisting of multi-stakeholder<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> teams around various actions lines, with overall
co-ordination by a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> 'well-defined co-ordination body' as suggested in
the existing text are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> sought to be completely
removed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> See
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1671|0
for<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> the new draft.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> If this draft is accepted (as it most probably
will be, unless strong<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> opposition to it is articulated NOW), it would
essentially mean NO real<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> implementation and follow-up structures for WSIS.
This will deny<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> the world a<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> much needed global Information Society (IS)
policy (and implementation)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> forum, at which rapidly arising important IS
issues could be taken up.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> What is surprising is that the approach taken in
the new text, where<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> implementation is subsumed under follow-up, is
quite contrary to the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> declaration by the Chair of GFC in a recent
meeting organised by ITU where<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> he affirmed that "for the first time that there
is an evolving<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> understanding<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> within the UN that the implementation process and
follow-up must<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> be seen as<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> separate processes". These thoughts are also
clearly articulated in the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> document 'food for thought' earlier distributed
by the chair of GFC.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1604|0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> I have prepared a comparison of the existing text
and the proposed one, on<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> the more relevant points, which I am enclosing
here.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> The last date to give comments on the proposed
text is 30th August. While<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> there may be differences in views within the CS
about which<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> agencies should<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> play a pivotal role in implementation-follow up,
I expect most of us to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> agree on the point that the current drastic
changes to the text, before<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> substantive discussions are taken up at prepcom
3, are completely<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> un-warranted. These changes are too far
reaching for them to come in like<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> this, almost surreptitiously, as a proposed
revised text when most of the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> submissions to the earlier distributed draft on
these points speak about<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> strengthening these points rather than
removing/replacing them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> (please see<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1618|0
)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">> Parminder<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">>
_________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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