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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thanks for the draft,
Bertrand!<br>
<br>
Some proposed changes (in green) and comments (in courier font) from my
side below. <br>
In will also come to the 12:00 meeting of the Subcommittee-B Working
Group.<br>
<br>
Ralf<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">In November, the </span><st1:city><st1:place><span
style="" lang="EN-GB">Summit</span></st1:place></st1:city><span
style="" lang="EN-GB"> itself will be over. </span><st1:city><st1:place><span
style="" lang="EN-GB">Geneva</span></st1:place></st1:city><span
style="" lang="EN-GB"> produced valuable Principles and a
comprehensive Agenda for Action. </span><st1:state><st1:place><span
style="" lang="EN-GB">Tunis</span></st1:place></st1:state><span
style="" lang="EN-GB"> must now produce a follow-up framework for
getting things done. This framework must be both efficient and
flexible. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><small><font
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p>Comment:
This is not enough. "Efficient and flexible" sounds way too neoliberal
to me. We should at least mention "inclusive" as a major principle.
Don't have draft language for that yet, but you get my point.<br>
</o:p></span></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><br>
It is not efficient <span class="160345102-20092005"><font
color="#ff0000">enough </font></span>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 <span
class="160345102-20092005"><font color="#ff0000">enabling </font></span> mechanisms.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">Flexibility is the second <font color="#ff0000">criteri<span
class="160345102-20092005">on</span></font> : nobody wants a heavy
architecture, cast in concrete for eternity, but rather an enabling
framework. <font color="#009900">Some of t</font>he proposals
discussed at PreCom2 could generate a rigid, hierarchical and top-down<span
style=""> </span>mechanism that could stifle initiatives and
establish control under the guise of coordination. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br>
<small><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">I suggest "some of
the proposals", because some of them are still preferred by CS, if I
read the recent discussion on plenary correctly.<br>
</font></small></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><br>
In this first <font color="#ff0000">me<span class="160345102-20092005">e</span>ting</font>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">The following key benchmarks will guide our drafting
amendments in the coming days. <font color="#006600">They will also be
the basis on which we will judge the Operational Part of the Tunis
Documents</font>.<br>
<small><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">I think it can make
sense to already slightly threaten that we can publicly disagree with
this by next week if it turns out to be a watered-down and top-down
approach in the end.</font></small><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">1)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Any framework must
reaffirm the <b>key principles</b> of the Geneva Declaration and Plan
of Action, including :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">a.<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Sustainable
development <font color="#009900">and global solidarity</font><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">b.<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">The respect of human
rights and particularly freedom of expression <font color="#009900">and
privacy<br>
</font></span></p>
<small><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">This may sound like
my pet project, but Privacy is getting ever more important (and
endangered) in the Info-Society and has been mostly forgotten by the
governments in the first phase.</font></small><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">c.<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Women’s empowerment
and gender equality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">d.<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Non-discrimination</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;">e. <font
color="#009900">Cultural diversity<br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font
color="#009900">f. ...<br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><font
color="#009900"><br>
</font></p>
<small><font color="#000000" face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Hmh.
Just looked at the Geneva declaration again, as well as our CS Geneva
declaration. There is even much more </font></small></span><small><font
color="#000000" face="Courier New, Courier, monospace"><span
class="160345102-20092005">nice "agreed language" </span></font></small><span
class="160345102-20092005"><small><font color="#000000"
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">then we mention here. How to
deal with this? If we leave out important principles, it may sound like
we want to prioritize here. We should discuss this in depth at 12:00.<br>
<br>
</font></small>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">2)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="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; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">3)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Any framework should
address the <b>national, regional and international levels</b> but
also articulate them <font color="#006600">in all three dimensions:
Policy debate, implementation, and evaluation</font>; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">4)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><b><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Regular Review
Meetings</span></b><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> must <span
class="160345102-20092005"><font color="#ff0000">be held to </font></span>allow
all actors to review progress in an open and multi-stakeholder format.
This means more frequent and <span class="160345102-20092005"><font
color="#ff0000">concise </font></span>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<font
color="#ff0000"><span class="160345102-20092005">(</span><span style=""><span
class="160345102-20092005">.) </span></span></font>Frequency and
convenors of such Thematic, Regional and Global review meetings should
be discussed<span class="160345102-20092005"> <font color="#ff0000">with
civil society </font></span></span><font color="#006600"><span
class="160345102-20092005"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><span
class="160345102-20092005">[</span></span></span></font><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span class="160345102-20092005"><font color="#ff0000">ies
representatives</font></span><font color="#006600">]</font>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">5)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Any framework should
enable the progressive grouping of issues in larger <b>Thematic
Clusters</b>, taking into account the Geneva Action Lines<span
class="160345102-20092005"><font color="#ff0000"> tangibly</font></span>;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><b><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">6)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span></b><span style="" lang="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=""> </span>functioning;<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">7)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">All <b>international
organizations</b>, according to their mandate or geographical
competence, <font color="#ff0000">should integrate <span
class="160345102-20092005">with</span></font> their own activities the
outcomes of the WSIS <font color="#ff0000">and actively</font> support
and facilitate the Thematic Multi-stakeholder Initiatives that emerge;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">8)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="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 <font color="#006600">and
inclusive </font>policy fora for debate;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">9)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="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.<br>
<br>
<br>
</span></p>
</span><small><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">We should
discuss this with the Subcommittee A / Internet Governance Caucus. This
is a cross-cutting issue.<br>
</font></small><br>
<span class="160345102-20092005">
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><span style="">10)<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="" lang="EN-GB">Finally<b>,</b> <b>Resolution
57/270 B</b> and the report of the General Assembly Working Group
following it 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style=""
lang="EN-GB">We will come back <span class="160345102-20092005"><font
color="#ff0000">with</font> </span><font color="#ff0000">detail<span
class="160345102-20092005">s</span> o<span class="160345102-20092005">f</span></font>
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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<small><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">
</font></small>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><small><font
face="Courier New, Courier, monospace"><span style="" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></small></p>
</span><small><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Another idea
(for later this week?) is to suggest using ICTs for more inclusive
policy debates and collaboration on implementation and evaluation.
Especially the recent trend towards social software is really promising
here. But this just as a "to do" / "to discuss" point.<br>
<br>
Another "to do": The Annex 2 to the GFC paper (WSIS-II/PC-3/DOC/6) also
has a list of "new proposals" to be added to the operational part. They
in fact deal with substance. This could be a good way to bring back
some substance and also our issues into the action, but on the other
side, we risk a re-opening or duplication (probably in weaker shape
than in 2003) of the Geneva Plan of Action. How do we want to treat
this?<br>
</font></small>
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