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The WFUNA Task Force offers the following suggestions to the draft proposal
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Statement on behalf of Civil society Working group
on WSIS Implementation and Follow-up </SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p>
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Sub-Committee B – WSIS PrepCom3 – Sept 20,
2005</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
<FONT face="Times New Roman">In November, the Summit itself will be over.
Geneva produced valuable Principles and a comprehensive Agenda for Action.
Tunis must now produce a follow-up framework for getting things done. This
framework must be both efficient and flexible. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
<FONT face="Times New Roman">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. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman">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. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
<FONT face="Times New Roman">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.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman">The following key benchmarks will guide our
drafting amendments in the coming days :<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN>
</DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>1)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>Any
framework must reaffirm the <B>key principles</B> of the Geneva Declaration
and Plan of Action, including : <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt;
tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>a.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
Sustainable development<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>b.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>The
respect of human rights and particularly freedom of expression <o:p></o:p>
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>c.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
Women's empowerment and gender equality<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 72.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>d.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US>
Non-discrimination - </SPAN><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cc0000"><STRONG>
<U><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Add the word multilingualism to:
Non-discrimination using multilingualism</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p>
</SPAN></U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>2)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>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></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
</DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>3)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>Any
framework should address the <B>national, regional and international
levels</B> but also articulate them; <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>4)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><FONT size=3><B><SPAN lang=EN-US>
Regular Review Meetings</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US> 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;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT>
</DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>5)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>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;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US>
<FONT size=3>6)</FONT></SPAN></B><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN></B><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>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;<o:p>
</o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>7)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>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; <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
</DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>8)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
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;<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>9)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>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. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT
size=3>10)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>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. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></FONT>
</DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT size=3>
<FONT face="Times New Roman">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. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG><U><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR:
#cc0000">In addition:<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></U></STRONG>
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<STRONG><U><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cc0000">Emphasize the inclusion
of the phrase “full and effective” in CS participation<o:p></o:p></FONT></U>
</STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<STRONG><U><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cc0000"> <o:p></o:p></FONT>
</U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<STRONG><U><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cc0000">Presently there are three
to four systems beings proposed for continuance. We wish to propose the
support of one practical, permanent forum, which includes CS and Private
Sector (multistakeholder). Comment especially in relation to items 4 and
6<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></STRONG></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Bertrand de La Chapelle
<bdelachapelle@gmail.com><BR>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>Cc:
followup@wsis-cs.org<BR>Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 04:23:57 +0200<BR>Subject:
[WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft Statement for Sub-Committee B (for Tuesday
afternoon)<BR><BR>
<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"
target=_blank>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></DIV>
<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></DIV></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></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<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></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<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></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<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>
</DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<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></DIV>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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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></DIV>
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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></DIV>
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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> </DIV>
<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></DIV>
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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>
</DIV>
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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></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=""><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></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=""><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></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=""><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></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=""><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></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=""><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></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=""><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></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=""><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></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=""><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></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<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></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face=""> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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