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<div>A brief point on the situation at the beggining of the second week of PrepCom.</div>
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<div>1) The Governments draft is out</div>
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<div>A "clean text" from the Chair (Lindall Shope-Mafole) came out during the week-end on chapters one and four (implementation and follow-up). It is becoming very long (10 pages) and still lacks a clear structure. There are also many repetitions. Important new paragraphs have been added.
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<div>The word "partnership" is being used repetitively, sometimes to insert civil society in places where it was not mentioned before (which can be good), in other cases to replace participation or involvement (which is less pleasant). In our view, there is more a shared responsibility than a partnership.
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<div>We need a thorough combing of the text by all and will designate during today's meeting of the WG B (10 to 11:30) a focal point to aggregate specific comments and wording. Please send comments on the followup list and not on the Plenary.
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<div>2) Consultations with governments</div>
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<div>Informal discussions have taken place Friday and during the week-end with some governements (Salvador, Canada, Greece, Sweden, United Kingdom), on the basis of the document prepared by the Working Group B. The purpose was to receive their comments on our formulations and the general architecture we propose. This triggered a very positive response in a context where governments themselves are struggling to define an appropriate architecture.
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<div>The proposed strategy this week is to continue those consultations during the week and outreach on a systemetic basis to regional governemental groups with a view to formulate a balancede formulation that could get the support of some governements.
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<div>3) Notion of a Coordination body</div>
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<div>One of the key points discussed in Sub-Committe B is the creation of a coordination body. It is a strong point of dissension among governements. The WG has made a statement on this issue but will explore it in more detail during the coming WG B meeting, particularly on the following points :
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<div>- name of such a body</div>
<div>- composition</div>
<div>- mandat</div>
<div>- hosting/secretariat</div>
<div>- modalities for establishment after Tunis</div>
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<div>This should be a key point to focus upon in the coming week in our discussion, particularly to find formulations in the perspective of the last minute negociations that will necessary take place in the few days before the summit.
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<div>I hope this helps people not in Geneva understand what is going on. </div>
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<div>Plese subscribe to the WG B mailing list through <a href="http://www.wsis-cs.org">www.wsis-cs.org</a> to participate in this discussion.</div>
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<div>Best</div>
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<div>Bertrand</div>
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