<P>Dear Parminder and all</P>
<P>"WSIS cannot be equated with that of other UN summits (that) dealt with an existing problem/issue more or less fully formed"</P>
<P>In my opinion, this is only partially true. The Jo'burg Summit and its follow-up (Rio + 10, + 15, + ...) as well as the Millienium Declaration on poverty reduction process with its inhernet follow-up, are counter-examples for this statement. But very fortunately, they both have strong ties with the WSIS process. This was stressed in particular for MDGs and WSIS since the beginning of the 2nd phase of WSIS. </P>
<P>Our objective, as far as the WSIS follow-up is concerned, is to link more effectively the Rio/Jo'burg process, as to complete an actual "development (agenda) package", thus making WSIS one of the milestones for helping people from DCs to emerge from poverty, at last (and not only focusing on reducing the so-called "digital divide").</P>
<P>This should be our way ahead to put in place "legitimized post-WSIS structures (that) will have better chance of moving towards some outcomes" as you very correctly ask for.</P>
<P>Best regards</P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack</P>
<P>CSDPTT <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 30/08/05 05:58<BR>> De : "Parminder" <PARMINDER@ITFORCHANGE.NET><BR>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : <BR>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Drastic changes to the proposed WSIS implementation mechanisms in the new text<BR>> <BR>>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Bertrand, Francis, Robert and others, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">At this stage we need to pitch in for a new and exclusive implementation/ follow-up mechanism, outside the 57/270 B framework. However difficult to achieve this should still , in my view, be our single-point agenda in the current round, and therefore we should insist on keeping the existing text of points 10, 11 and 29.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (Only later, if at the prepcom we see that there is no way anything beyond 57/270 is going to be agreed, should we try to salvage the best out of that framework, an activity which, as Francis says, is going to be a subtle exercise. This however doesn’t stop us at this point to gather all the ammunition for that later stage to get the best points out of 57/270, but lets not dilute our outward strategy for the moment)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">But to make this advocacy point forcefully we will be up against this one simple question – WHY, WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS SUMMIT FOR IT TO DESERVE IMPLEMENTATION/ FOLLOW UP MECHANISM OUTSIDE THE REGULAR ONES ??<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">And we need to prepare good answers to this, and lobby others with them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Points like, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Quoting form my earlier email - 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 coordinated 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 organizations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
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<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: navy; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Developing countries must recognize, and we need to lobby with them, that such structures are in their interest. In the debates, and lobbying efforts, on implementation, we will continuously run into … ‘within their existing resources’ ‘not to make un-necessary new arrangements with financial commitments’ …kind of arguments. To have an implementation structure with an adequate secretariat and other support doesn’t cost that much especially in the context of the hundreds of international meetings etc that keep happening around us with little real outcomes. Legitimatized post-WSIS structures on the other hand will have better chance of moving towards some outcomes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
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