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<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>Bertrand,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>The various recommendations are
excellent. However, I would like to add one general point with regard to
the first item below. One of the major criticisms of the benchmarks
and themes, plan of action of the (government) Geneva Declaration was that it
did not go far enough and led to the writing of the CS Declaration. The
statement below appears to support the government Declaration. While as a
minimum this is important, it is also essential to include the benchmarks
and thematic clusters from the CS Declaration, or why did we bother drafting
it? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>One example which applies to the Health and
ICT Working Group was the inclusion of the recognition of both physical and
mental health information. There were a number or other themes as
well. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>It is critical not to overlook the
issues which gave rise to the drafting of the CS WSIS Declaration and work to
include these and inclusively move forward on all previous CS
issues. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN class=687342615-20092005><FONT
size=3> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN class=687342615-20092005><<</SPAN>1)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Any framework must reaffirm the <B>key
principles</B> of the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action, including :
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Sustainable
development</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The respect of human rights and particularly
freedom of expression</SPAN></SPAN> </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">c.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Women's empowerment and gender
equality</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">d.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Non-discrimination<SPAN
class=687342615-20092005>>></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT><SPAN
class=687342615-20092005></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT><SPAN class=687342615-20092005><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>Thank you
for your work on this.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>Elizabeth</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT><SPAN class=687342615-20092005>Dr. Elizabeth
Carll<BR>International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;<BR>UN NGO
Committee on Mental Health;<BR>Communications Coordination Committee
for the UN<BR>Tel: 631-754-2424<BR>Fax: 631-754-5032<BR><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>ecarll@optonline.net</U></FONT> <BR></SPAN></FONT></P><FONT><SPAN
class=687342615-20092005>
<P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN class=687342615-20092005> </SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bertrand de La
Chapelle<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 19, 2005 10:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> followup@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS
CS-Plenary] Draft Statement for Sub-Committee B (for Tuesday
afternoon)<BR><BR></P></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV>Dear all,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Following a first meeting of the Group on Sub-Committee B (aka Working
Group on Implementation and Follow-up) monday evening, please find below the
draft intervention for Tuesday afternoon session. This will be the first
session of the committee and no agreement has so far been reached by
governments on which text the discussion will start upon. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In this context, the choice has been made to focus the ipreliminary
ntervention on a few basic principles and components, building on
previous CS statements from the last two years. This will form the basis for
more concrete formulations in the coming days, once we know the text that will
form the basis for negociation. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Comments are welcome. but the final version will have to be finalized by
lunchtime tuesday and the presentation should not last longer than three to
four minutes (Nnenna will pronounce it). So please rather edit than add.
</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for taking the time to read this. The draft is sent to the Plenary
for today, but successive interventions will be circulated on the newly opened
followup mailing list (please subscribe at : <A
href="http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/followup">http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/followup</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Best</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bertrand</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Draft TEXT </STRONG>(word version attached)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="">Statement on
behalf of Civil society Working group on WSIS Implementation and Follow-up
</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face=""><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Sub-Committee B – WSIS
PrepCom3 – </SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Sept 20,
2005</SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN></B></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=""></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In November, the </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Summit</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> itself will be over. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Geneva</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> produced valuable Principles and a
comprehensive Agenda for Action. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Tunis</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> must now produce a follow-up framework for
getting things done. This framework must be both efficient and flexible.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="">It is not efficient to merely
encourage actors to keep doing what they have always done. The present GFC
draft is much too weak. We all need stronger commitments from governments and
more structured mechanisms. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="">Flexibility is the second
criteria : nobody wants a heavy architecture, cast in concrete for eternity,
but rather an enabling framework. The proposals discussed at PreCom2 could
generate a rigid, hierarchical and top-down <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>mechanism that could stifle
initiatives and establish control under the guise of coordination.
</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="">In this first meting of Sub
Committee B, <I>and before a decision is made on which document or model
discussions will be based upon, </I>we want to outline some key components
that any framework must contain to be efficient and
flexible.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="">The following key benchmarks
will guide our drafting amendments in the coming days :</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Any framework must reaffirm the <B>key
principles</B> of the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action, including :
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">a.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Sustainable
development</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">b.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The respect of human rights and particularly
freedom of expression</SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">c.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Women's empowerment and gender
equality</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">d.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Non-discrimination</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Any framework should be based on <B>a
multi-stakeholder approach</B>, and we strongly oppose the deletion of the
terms "full and effective" to qualify CS participation in the most recent GFC
draft; </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Any framework should address the <B>national,
regional and international levels</B> but also articulate them;
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Regular Review
Meetings</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">
must allow all actors to review progress in an open and multi-stakeholder
format. This means more frequent and lighter meetings than usual +5 and +10
Summits. It also means more than the insertion of a few paragraphs in an
annual report by the Secretary General to Ecosoc or the UN GA <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Frequency and convenors of such
Thematic, Regional and Global review meetings should be
discussed;</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">5)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Any framework should enable the progressive
grouping of issues in larger <B>Thematic Clusters </B>, taking into account
the Geneva Action Lines but without making them
intangible;</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><B><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">6)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Any framework should encourage the formation
of <B>Thematic Multi-stakeholder Initiatives </B>, ideally with a minimum
of<B> </B>common criteria for their formation and <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>functioning;<B></B></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">7)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">All <B>international organizations</B>,
according to their mandate or geographical competence, should be instructed to
integrate in their own activities the outcomes of the WSIS and to actively
support and facilitate the Thematic Multi-stakeholder Initiatives that emerge;
</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">8)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Governments should individually "pledge" to
establish, at the national level, "<B> multi-stakeholder implementation
frameworks</B>" to define e-strategies, facilitate concrete initiatives and
provide open policy fora for debate;</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">9)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">A <B>Global Policy Debate</B> is needed.
Paragraph 35 of the GFC document should not only be maintained but made even
more precise. The possible articulation with the forum function envisaged in
Internet Governance should be clarified. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT
face=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">10)<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Finally<B>,</B> <B>Resolution 57/270 B</B> in
no way prevents the WSIS to establish a specific and more efficient follow-up
mechanism, as the 2003 report to the General Assembly on Resolution 57/270 has
clearly established. <B></B></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="">We will come back in more
detail on each of these points in the coming days. We sincerely thank the
Chair for establishing this flexible and efficient mechanism for interaction
in this Sub-Committee. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
face=""></FONT></SPAN> </P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>