<div>Thanks very much. Will integrate the comments this morning. </div>
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<div>Best</div>
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<div>Bertrand<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Fung</b> <<a href="mailto:john.fung@hkcss.org.hk">john.fung@hkcss.org.hk</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><span><font face="Dotum" color="#0000ff">bertrand,</font></span></div>
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<div><span><font face="Dotum" color="#0000ff">thanks for doing it for the group.</font></span></div>
<div><span><font face="Dotum" color="#0000ff">my comments below, marked in red:</font></span></div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">In November, the </span><span lang="EN-GB">Summit</span><span lang="EN-GB"> itself will be over. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Geneva</span><span lang="EN-GB"> produced valuable Principles and a comprehensive Agenda for Action.
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Tunis</span><span lang="EN-GB"> must now produce a follow-up framework for getting things done. This framework must be both efficient and flexible. </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p></span>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">It is not efficient <span><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><font color="#ff0000">enabling </font></span> mechanisms. </span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Dotum" color="#0000ff"><span>(note: i have changed structured to enabling because we ask for flexibility right in the next paragraph. any structure will imply a compromise on flexibility...so i suppose my change here is purely rhetorical)
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Flexibility is the second <font color="#ff0000">criteri<span>on</span></font> : 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> </span>mechanism that could stifle initiatives and establish control under the guise of coordination. </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">In this first <font color="#ff0000">me<span>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.</span></p><span class="q">
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">The following key benchmarks will guide our drafting amendments in the coming days :</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>1)<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Any framework must reaffirm the <b>key principles</b> of the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action, including :
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>a.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Sustainable development</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>b.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">The respect of human rights and particularly freedom of expression</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>c.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Women's empowerment and gender equality</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>d.<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Non-discrimination</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2)<span> </span></span></span><span 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;
</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>3)<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">Any framework should address the <b>national, regional and international levels</b> but also articulate them;
</span></p></span>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>4)<span> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">Regular Review Meetings</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> must <span><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><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>(</span><span><span>.) </span></span></font>Frequency and convenors of such Thematic, Regional and Global review meetings should be discussed<span> <font color="#ff0000">with civil societies representatives
</font></span>;</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>5)<span> </span></span></span><span 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><font color="#ff0000"> tangibly</font></span>;</span></p><span class="q">
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span>6)<span> </span></span></span></b><span 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> </span>functioning;<b></b></span></p></span>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>7)<span> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">All <b>international organizations</b>, according to their mandate or geographical competence,
<font color="#ff0000">should integrate <span>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;
</span></p><span class="q">
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>8)<span> </span></span></span><span 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 policy fora for debate;</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>9)<span> </span></span></span><span 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.
</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><span>10)<span> </span></span></span><span lang="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></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">We will come back <span><font color="#ff0000">with</font> </span><font color="#ff0000">detail<span>s</span> o<span>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.
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<div lang="zh-tw" dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br><b>From:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">
plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org</a> [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bertrand de La Chapelle
<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">plenary@wsis-cs.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:followup@wsis-cs.org" target="_blank">
followup@wsis-cs.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft Statement for Sub-Committee B (for Tuesday afternoon)<br><br></font></div>
<div>Dear all,</div>
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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 onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/followup" target="_blank">
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<div>Best</div>
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<div>Bertrand</div>
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<div><strong>Draft TEXT </strong>(word version attached)</div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="">Statement on behalf of Civil society Working group on WSIS Implementation and Follow-up </font>
</span></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face=""><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Sub-Committee B – WSIS PrepCom3 – </span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Sept 20, 2005
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></span></b></font></p></div>
<div><font face=""></font> </div>
<div>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB">In November, the </span><span lang="EN-GB">Summit</span><span lang="EN-GB"> itself will be over. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Geneva</span><span lang="EN-GB"> produced valuable Principles and a comprehensive Agenda for Action.
</span><span lang="EN-GB">Tunis</span><span lang="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 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face=""></font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="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 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face=""></font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="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> </span>mechanism that could stifle initiatives and establish control under the guise of coordination. </font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face=""></font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="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 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face=""></font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face="">The following key benchmarks will guide our drafting amendments in the coming days :</font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face=""><span></span></font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>1)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="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 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>a.<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Sustainable development</span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>b.<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">The respect of human rights and particularly freedom of expression
</span></span></font> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>c.<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Women's empowerment and gender equality</span></span></font>
</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>d.<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Non-discrimination</span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>2)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span 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; </span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>3)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="EN-GB">Any framework should address the <b>national, regional and international levels
</b> but also articulate them; </span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>4)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Regular Review Meetings</span></b></span><span lang="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> </span>Frequency and convenors of such Thematic, Regional and Global review meetings should be discussed;</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>5)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span 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 but without making them intangible;</span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><b><span lang="EN-GB"><span>6)<span> </span></span></span></b><span dir="ltr"><span 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> </span>functioning;<b></b></span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>7)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="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 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>8)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span 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 policy fora for debate;</span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>9)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span 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.
</span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><font face=""><span lang="EN-GB"><span>10)<span> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"><span lang="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 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-GB"><font face=""></font></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="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>
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