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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Laina Raveendran Greene
[mailto:laina@getit-multimedia.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005
7:39 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'plenary@wsis-cs.org'<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Avri Doria';
'Bertrand de La Chapelle'; 'Adam Peake'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary]
Should we make this statement today ?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I agree with Betrand's statement about seeing what happens
and somehow not quite forcing them to make a decision, as this could backlash.
Meanwhile,the draft statement only acknowledges the efforts of the Chair. I
think we should also thank countries that have supported us, and also efforts of
the Chair of the committees. I know that they have tried in their own ways to be
open within the circumstances. Do you know that SubCom B chair has been sitting
down and "drafting" with civil society players and she also has made allowances
within her own delegation to help e.g. arrange for the disabled to have their
own transportation in a disabled friendly van, etc. I think they areopen, and it
does not help putting them in the same camp as the hardline
governments.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=741073405-27092005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Laina</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bertrand de La
Chapelle<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:02 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Should we make this
statement today ?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Avri, dear all,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the finalized statement. It was prepared for a situation of CS
being kicked out of the room after a few minutes. But this is not the present
situation and we must make sure the tonality of the statement is in line with
what both chairs are trying to do - and did - yesterday. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Let's remember that what we were ready to accept was just remaining silent
observers in the drafting groups. Vittorio's report from the sub-committee A
clearly shows a situation that goes beyond that and is certainly not one of full
exclusion. </DIV>
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<DIV>Governements know that they are in a double bind if they make a formal
decision :</DIV>
<DIV>- either they kick us out and demonstrate everything we say in
our draft (and they perfectly know what it contains)</DIV>
<DIV>- or they formally include us and they set a clear precedent</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So they have opted for a medium, informal way : setting a rough
precedent without saying so explicitely. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We have to be very careful here and keep an eye on the ball. I agree that
the whole mechanisms is utterly frustrating. But the real goal is to make sure
that whatever is put in place in Tunis for the years to come is in a
format we accept. </DIV>
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<DIV>We must consider thoroughly the benefits and risks of making the statement
in its present form at this very moment. The key question is : what more do
we want to obtain at that stage ? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Can we discuss this in Plenary this morning ?</DIV>
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<DIV>Best</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Bertrand<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 9/27/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Avri
Doria</B> <<A href="mailto:avri@acm.org">avri@acm.org</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,<BR><BR>A
final update of the statement addressing a few last minute comments.<BR>The
statement will be made by Adam Peake.
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