<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>WSIS Prepcom III, 20 September 2005</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>Sub-Committee B</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>1500-1800 hours</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B> </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>Report by Rik Panganiban, CONGO</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><I>[</I><I>Note that this report and others will also be archived at <A href="http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/Prepcom3/prepcom3reports.htm">http://www.ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/Prepcom3/prepcom3reports.htm</A> ]</I></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The basis of the negotiations this afternoon in Sub-committee B were the compilation texts on Chapter 1 documents WSIS-II/PC-3/DT6 (rev 2) and WSIS-II/PC-3/DT2 (rev3).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The chair employed a unique methodology for the session, going paragraph by paragraph, and proposed change by proposed change.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The interesting thing was that contributions by governments and NGOs were considered equally and at the same time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some civil society contributions were deleted, others were included as bracketed text and others were included as non-bracketed text.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The governments were quite confused by the methodology, at first, unsure if they were able to propose new text or just deal with already proposed text.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Another important innovation was that civil society was able to divide up its 15 minute speaking slot into one speaker at the beginning and one speaker at the end of the session, allowing us time to respond to how the government negotiations were going.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Chair<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Our goal is to by Friday have consolidated text for Chapters 1 and 4. I will give priority to written inputs, and then listen to inputs from the floor. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let us begin with paragraph 1.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Para 1. </B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The proposed text from Malawi, the “informal coalition on Financing and the Gender Caucus” and Togo was taken up.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Para 2.</B><B><O:P></O:P></B></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">They did not take up the youth caucus language on national “sustainable” development.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The US , Australia and Canada had problems with the IPU wording and put it in brackets.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">UK did not want reference to indigenous peoples. Cuba supported indigenous reference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Text was bracketed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">All references to dates are bracketed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><H1><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Para 3</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></H1><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">They added an unbracketed reference to “development-oriented” information society, despite UK opposition, from the World Blind Union text.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> </SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">They added the new “South-south” language from India and Brazil.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Reference to “universal design concepts” was included, despite UK opposition. Probably bracketed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">“Value” was replaced with “support regional and integration efforts”.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><H1><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Para 4</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></H1><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">They added “reduce poverty” from Togo to the last sentence.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Venezuela proposed addition of “technological dependency” to last sentence which was<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>bracketed.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The language<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“and Tunis” from Ghana was added to the first sentence.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Don’t take “carry out research” from youth caucus<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Malawi proposal to add “resources” to sentence on implementing Geneva decisions was bracketed after opposition from US and UK.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">IAMR’s reference to “open access to public information” was not taken up but they did add “among all stakeholders” to second sentence.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The “gender mainstreaming” language from the “informal coalition and the Gender Caucus” was taken up.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Accepted to move youth caucus language on “ICT4D” somewhere else in document.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">They added “designing, implementation” from Malawi proposal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The meeting adjourned at 1800 hours.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They will begin with paragraph 5 tomorrow.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR><DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">===============================================</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">RIK PANGANIBAN <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Communications Coordinator</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">web: <A href="http://www.ngocongo.org">http://www.ngocongo.org</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">email: <A href="mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org">rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">* Information on the WSIS at <A href="http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis">http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">* Information on Millennium+5 at <A href="http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg">http://www.ngocongo.org/mdg</A></FONT></DIV> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>