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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Bertrand<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>From the WSIS GC, we are concerned that thematic
clusters around action lines may not actualize into a cluster for gender
issues, which going by the key principle or cornerstone of women’s
empowerment and gender equality deserves distinct attention. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Gender is not an action line and yet a
crosscutting issue and it needs to be mentioned under point 5 below as a
separate thematic cluster. We would like the working group to make this
inclusion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Further, a Thematic Multi-stakeholder
Initiative on Gender will be possible only if gender is recognized as an
overarching issue that requires a concrete mechanism under the framework being
suggested. We feel that in the absence of such a mechanism, attention to gender
under the action lines may be ad-hoc and not systematic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Request you to take our suggestion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Point 5 should read as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Any framework should enable the progressive
grouping of issues in larger <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Thematic
Clusters</span></b>, taking into account the Geneva Action Lines</span></font><font
color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'> tangibly. </span></font><u><font
color=blue><span lang=EN-GB style='color:blue'>Gender equality, as an
overarching principle and a crosscutting issue, should be a distinct thematic
cluster.</span></font></u><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anita on behalf of the Gender Caucus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ralf Bendrath<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 20, 2005
2:09 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> plenary@wsis-cs.org; WSIS
Follow-Up<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re:
Draft Statement for Sub-Committee B (for Tuesday afternoon)</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>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><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>In November, the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:city><st1:place>Summit</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:city>
itself will be over. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city><st1:place>Geneva</st1:place></st1:City></st1:place></st1:city>
produced valuable Principles and a comprehensive Agenda for Action. <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state><st1:place>Tunis</st1:place></st1:State></st1:place></st1:state>
must now produce a follow-up framework for getting things done. This framework
must be both efficient and flexible. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><u1: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>
<br>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
</u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
It is not efficient </span></font><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:red'>enough </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>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=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>enabling </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> mechanisms. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Flexibility is the second </span></font><font
color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>criterion</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> : nobody wants a heavy architecture, cast in concrete for eternity,
but rather an enabling framework. </span><font color="#009900"><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:#009900'>Some of t</span></font><span lang=EN-GB>he
proposals discussed at PreCom2 could generate a rigid, hierarchical and
top-down mechanism that could stifle initiatives and establish control
under the guise of coordination. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><u1:p><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>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>
<br>
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
</u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
In this first </span></font><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>meeting</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> of Sub Committee B, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>and before a
decision is made on which document or model discussions will be based upon,</span></i>
we want to outline some key components that any framework must contain to be
efficient and flexible.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>The following key benchmarks will guide our
drafting amendments in the coming days. </span></font><font color="#006600"><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:#006600'>They will also be the basis on which we will
judge the Operational Part of the Tunis Documents</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>.<br>
</span><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>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.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>1)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Any framework must reaffirm the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>key
principles</span></b> of the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action, including :<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>a.<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Sustainable development </span><font color="#009900"><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:#009900'>and global solidarity<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>b.<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>The respect of human rights and particularly freedom of expression </span><font
color="#009900"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#009900'>and privacy</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>c.<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Women’s empowerment and gender equality<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>d.<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Non-discrimination</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>e.
</span></font><font color="#009900"><span style='color:#009900'>Cultural
diversity</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color="#009900" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#009900'>f. ...</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Hmh.
Just looked at the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City>
declaration again, as well as our CS Geneva declaration. There is even much
more nice "agreed language" 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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>2)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Any framework should be based on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>a
multi-stakeholder approach</span></b>, and we strongly oppose the deletion of
the terms “full and effective” to qualify CS participation in the
most recent GFC draft; <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>3)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Any framework should address the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>national,
regional and international levels</span></b> but also articulate them </span><font
color="#006600"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#006600'>in all three dimensions:
Policy debate, implementation, and evaluation</span></font><span lang=EN-GB>; <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>4)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-weight:bold'>Regular Review Meetings</span></b><span
lang=EN-GB> must </span><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:
red'>be held to </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>allow all actors to review
progress in an open and multi-stakeholder format. This means more frequent
and </span><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>concise </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>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><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>(.)
</span></font><span lang=EN-GB>Frequency and convenors of such Thematic,
Regional and Global review meetings should be discussed </span><font color=red><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>with civil society </span></font><font
color="#006600"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#006600'>[</span></font><font
color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>ies representatives</span></font><font
color="#006600"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#006600'>]</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>;<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>5)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Any framework should enable the progressive grouping of issues in
larger <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Thematic Clusters</span></b>, taking
into account the Geneva Action Lines</span><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:red'> tangibly</span></font><span lang=EN-GB>;<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>6)<span style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font></b><font
size=1><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Any framework should encourage the formation of <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Thematic Multi-stakeholder Initiatives</span></b>,
ideally with a minimum of<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>common
criteria for their formation and functioning;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<u1:p></u1:p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>7)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>All <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>international organizations</span></b>,
according to their mandate or geographical competence, </span><font color=red><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>should integrate with</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> their own activities the outcomes of the WSIS </span><font
color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>and actively</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> support and facilitate the Thematic Multi-stakeholder Initiatives
that emerge;<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>8)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>Governments should individually “pledge” to establish,
at the national level, “<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>multi-stakeholder
implementation frameworks</span></b>” to define e-strategies, facilitate
concrete initiatives and provide open </span><font color="#006600"><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:#006600'>and inclusive </span></font><span lang=EN-GB>policy
fora for debate;<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>9)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB>A <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Global Policy Debate</span></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>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>We
should discuss this with the Subcommittee A / Internet Governance Caucus. This
is a cross-cutting issue.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>10)<span
style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'></span></font><font size=1><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span></font><span lang=EN-GB></span>Finally<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>,</span></b> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Resolution
57/270 B</span></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.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><u1:p> </u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>We will come back </span></font><font
color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>with</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> </span><font color=red><span lang=EN-GB style='color:red'>details
of</span></font><span lang=EN-GB> 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. <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><u1:p></u1:p>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?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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