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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is it possible to have something in French you
gays? So the participation can be effective.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=peyer@bfa-ppp.ch href="mailto:peyer@bfa-ppp.ch">Chantal Peyer</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plenary@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org">plenary@wsis-cs.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC meeting
today</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is a short summary of the GFC meeting of
this morning. And also in the annex a statment made on behalf of the informal
coalition on financing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Things don't look good for follow-up and civil
society will have to be very active at prepcom3 if we want to save a minimum
of political debate after the Tunis Summit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chantal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Group of the friends of the chair – meeting of
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">6th september 2005, 10 am – 12.30
am<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Summary</FONT></SPAN></H2>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>1.
Introduction and explanations by Ambassador
Karklins<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>Ambassador Karklin explained the rationnal which is behind the new
draft of paras 10, 11 and 20 of the operationnal
document.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>a. Definition of follow-up and
implementation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>The term follow-up refers to the complete document and to all the
measures that will be taken after the second phase of WSIS (see new §11). It
is composed of three aspects:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- implementation: concrete measures and actions
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- evaluation: establishement of precise and internationally agreed
statistics, reports and so on<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- policy debate: process to analyze achievements and results,
discussion on how policies should be reviewed<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>Those three components of the follow-up process have to be achieved on
the three levels: national, regional and international. And multi-stakeholder
participation is important on the three levels.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>b. About implementation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>The concept for implementation on the international level has been
modified and this has motivated strong criticism by civil society
organisations. But ambassador Karklin stated that § 14b actually “allows a
much more flexible implementation of the action plan by UN-Agencies” and
believes that this implementation will create a strong dynamism among
UN-Agencies for new activities. He also stated that<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>general coordination of the
UN-Agencies has to rely upon the decision of the UN secretary-general (§ 14e),
because he “knows the UN-house” and will be able to see clearly what measure
need to be taken to coordinate this house. “Duplication has to be avoided”,
Ambassador Karklins continued, to justify why a general coordination body is
not necessary.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>c. About evaluation and policy debate<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>Evaluation and policy debate should be done in the framework of the
usual UN-follow-up processes, according to UNGA resolution 57/270. According
to ambassador Karklins, civil society and other organisations should not fear
that the topic of the information society disappears from the international
agenda after Tunis, because of the link between the MDG’s Summit and the WSIS
Summit</FONT><A title="" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1"
href="mhtml:mid://00000035/#_ftn1" name=_ftnref1><SPAN
class=MsoFootnoteReference><SPAN style="mso-special-character: footnote"><FONT
size=3>[1]</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></A><FONT size=3>. The mention of WSIS in the
MDG’s documents means, for Karklin, that the topic of ICTs for development
will remain on the agenda at least until 2015.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>§34 Mentions the necessity to continue a multi-stakeholder policy
discussion after Tunis. This sentence means that another forum than the UN
general Assembly is needed, so that non-governemental actors can participate
in this policy debate. The global alliance could be this forum, but it is only
one possibility among others, as the global alliance does not find much
support for the moment..<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>2. Next steps of the process<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>For the next steps of the process, there are two
scenarios:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>a. Scenario 1:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>The new draft version of the GFC is accepted at the beginning of the
prepcom3, by all governements. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>Then the process is:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- tuesday 20<SUP>th</SUP> september, in the sub-committee, first
lecture of the draft with all the governements. Inputs and comments. This
sub-committee will be open to all stakeholders (if I did understand
right).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- wednesday – thursday: a small drafting group will integrate the
comments of the 20<SUP>th</SUP> september session. This will replace all
former versions.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- End of first week or beginning of second: sub-committee reading and
work on the new version.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>b. Scenario 2: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>The new draft version of the GFC is refused at the beginning of the
prepcom3 and works starts again on the prepcom2 version.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>3.
Impressions....</FONT></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>a. General impression<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>The meeting was supposed to last 3 hours, but it was finished after
less than 2 and a half hours. Generally speeking not many governement
representatives attended. But what was more striking is that the governements
who do oppose strong follow-up mechanisms did not take the floor and did not
express their opinion. The governements which took the floor were: Brazil,
Russia, Egypt, canada, Cuba, England (on behalf of the EU).
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>b. Issues which came out of the
discussion<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>The question of an international coordination mechanism clearly appears
like the question on which there is no consensus among governements.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- Brazil expressed a very strong statement saying that they do
understand that Ambassador Karklins is trying to find a minimum consensus, but
that their aim at prepcom3 is to go “further” than this minimum consensus.
Brazil thinks that in §14 (on international implementation), one element is
still missing: a general coordination. “If the governements continue to do
what they have always done, then what was the point of WSIS? What are the
results of three years of hard work?”, the delegate asked. The brazilian
delegation has no fixed opinion yet on what should be the mechanism to
coordinate the work of UN-Agencies, but it believes that such a mechanisms is
needed and that clear “guidance” has to be given to the general secretary of
the UN.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- on the opposite side, there is the position of the american
delegation, apparently supported by Japan and some other governements, which
clearly opposes any international coordination mechanism and want §33 and 34
to be removed. Certain go as far as saying that they oppose any mention of
follow-up.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>Ambassador Karklins on his side is very worried that the governements
might refuse the new draft at the beginning of prepcom3 and tried to convince
he audience of the impact/potential of the new proposal
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- he tried to convince Brazil and civil society that the new version
will allow more flexible initiatives by the UN-agencies and that no decision
has to be taken at WSIS for a general coordination mechanism.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- in an undirect way, he gave the message that the new draft was a
minumum, but realistic consensus, given the different position of the
governements<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- he was trying to show that in the general new framework proposed the
following points could be worked on: § 14c: “coordination of multi-stakeholder
initiatives” and §34 “continuous involvement of all stakholders”: could be
formulated in a more precise manner. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>4.
Civil society inputs<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- input from the youth caucus (Philipp
Damm)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>- CSDPTT (Jean-Louis Fullsack)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">- Informal
coalition on financing (Chantal Peyer</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>- Francis
Muguet<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>- Bertrand de la
Chapelle<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3>Most of the statements will be send to the plenary list.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=3> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<HR align=left width="33%" SIZE=1>
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name=_ftn1><SPAN class=MsoFootnoteReference><SPAN
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style="mso-special-character: footnote">[1]</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Section
38 of the outcome document of the MDG Summit (or High-Level Plenary Meeting of
the United Nations General Assembly) states, in the 5<SUP>th</SUP> august
version, that governements will “build a people-centred and inclusive
information society so as to bridge the digital divide and put the potential
of ICTs at the service of development and address new challenges of
information society by implementing the outcomes of the Geneva phase of the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and by ensuring the success of
the second phase of the WSIS to be held in Tunis in November 2005.” , see
http://www.un.org/ga/59/hl60_plenarymeeting.html<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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