<P>Dear Partnership Coordinator</P>
<P>As a president of a french NGO acting in close partnership with our African NGO counterparts and village organisations for connecting remote villages to the telecommunications network, I feel very uncomfortable in this discussion. Because our organisation didn't agree to participate in the Tunis Summit for obvious Human Rights issues faced by the citizens in this country especially in the field we are to promote : free access for all to information and communication. May I recall you that this is the basic statement in the CS WSIS Declaration of Geneva and even one of the main objectives of the Declaration of Principles all gouvernements signed at the Geneva Summit ? </P>
<P>I'd just mention an event which took place yesterday in the European Parliament : the Sakharov prizegiving by the President of the EP on behalf of all MEPs. One of the three prizewinners were Mrs Ibrahim, a Nigerian Advocate and chair of a West African NGO, for her daily battle for the respect of Human Rights and Gender Equality in her country. I listened carefully to her discourse and didn't find any difference in her analysis and concepts on these issues with ours in the "North". And she stressed any kind of HR misuse and non respect, even quoting the Tunesian one. </P>
<P>You mustn't mistake those if us who try to do their best for narrowing the digital divide especially for the poorest (and always keep in mind the respect of basic HR) with those who are supposed to make "propaganda" and try to "make the Summit fail". This isn't only a great mistake but also is heavily offending all the real friends of Africa around the world.</P>
<P>Best</P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack </P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 14/12/05 07:16<BR>> De : "bapdem pierre" <PARTNERS95@YAHOO.FR><BR>> A : africa@wsis-cs.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : "Causus africa" <AFRICA@WSIS-CS.ORG>, wsis-finance@yahoogroupes.fr<BR>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] SV: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Déclaration de la Société Civile SMSI - Version DRAFT en Français PROPOSITIONS DE CORRECTION<BR>> <BR>>
<DIV>from: Pierre Chekem</DIV>
<DIV>Partnership Coordinator</DIV>
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<DIV>Douala, 13thDecember 2005.</DIV>
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<DIV>As participant to the Tunis Summit and member of the African civil</DIV>
<DIV>society, may I recall that we were very surprised by the propaganda</DIV>
<DIV>organised by many non African media against the summit.</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite the efforts deployed to make the summit fail, we know that</DIV>
<DIV>this summit was one of the UN most successful one organised.</DIV>
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<DIV>I understand that men and women can disagree even on human</DIV>
<DIV>rights issues since the priorities of Africa maynot be the priorities</DIV>
<DIV>of other continents. But as civil society organisations, we must</DIV>
<DIV>reach a fair consensus and generally agree on our differences</DIV>
<DIV>when they arise. Publishing as consensus a unilateral position</DIV>
<DIV>may not be fair.</DIV>
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<DIV>Somebody should care somewhere on the false image of Africa</DIV>
<DIV>portrayed by the majority of western media and fair communication</DIV>
<DIV>and consensus among civil society organisations can help in this.</DIV>
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<DIV>I wish to thank all those who don't only keep a false image of</DIV>
<DIV>what happen in the Tunis summit..</DIV>
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<DIV>Yours sincerely,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Pierre Chekem</DIV>
<DIV>Partnership Coordinator,</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> <BR>> <B><I>djilali benamrane <DBENAMRANE@YAHOO.COM></I></B>a écrit :</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Click http://wsis.funredes.org/acsis/ to access automatic translation of this message!<BR>> _______________________________________<BR>> <BR>> Dear Rikke,<BR>> Sorry, i red your message after sending mine, calling<BR>> colleagues to stop if possible this debate.<BR>> I do not agree with your explanation and as long as we<BR>> dont agree on a commun version you cannot consider it<BR>> as a consensual one.<BR>> You can if you want propose a new text indicating that<BR>> the CS has been divided and report on the two<BR>> versions, but please don't take an unilateral<BR>> position.... <BR>> best regards<BR>> <BR>> Je ne partage pas la proposition de Rikke et je<BR>> préfère personnellement que dans le texte il y ait une<BR>> indication sur les deux positions et interprétations<BR>> de la société civile en la matière. Sinon nous<BR>> tirerons les conséquences d'une disposition prise<BR>> unilatéralement.<BR>> Amitiés<BR>> <BR>> --- Rikke Frank Joergensen <RFJ@HUMANRIGHTS.DK>wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > Dear nana and all<BR>> > <BR>> > The CSIS was not a parallel event to WSIS (the ones<BR>> > which took place at the official space as part of<BR>> > the official agenda), but a side event. Its normal<BR>> > procedure at UN Summits to hold side events, outside<BR>> > the official summit space and open to the general<BR>> > public, incl. non accredited entities. CSIS was such<BR>> > an event and was publicly announced and recognised<BR>> > by the WSIS secretariat and govn. delegations<BR>> > several weeks before the summit. We even had formal<BR>> > correspondence with diplomates who wanted to attend<BR>> > CSIS as speakers or audience. <BR>> > <BR>> > I believe its important to flag in a<BR>> > "fair-to-the-facts way" the obstacles which CS met<BR>> > in holding the side events both in Geneve (We Seize)<BR>> > and in Tunis (CSIS). I actually think it would be<BR>> > unfair to ask us to delete such important<BR>> > information. To my mind, the formulations in the<BR>> > current draft by ralf are as diplomatic as we can<BR>> > reasonably expect to be. I hope we can agree to this<BR>> > language.<BR>> > <BR>> > best<BR>> > Rikke <BR>> > <BR>> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<BR>> > Fra: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org på vegne af NANA<BR>> > Delphine<BR>> > Sendt: lø 10-12-2005 23:18<BR>> > Til: africa@wsis-cs.org<BR>> > Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org;<BR>> > wsis-finance@yahoogroupes.fr; bureau@wsis.cs.org;<BR>> > wsis@iprolink.ch; wsis@ngocongo.org<BR>> > Emne: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Déclaration de la Société<BR>> > Civile SMSI - Version DRAFT en Français PROPOSITIONS<BR>> > DE CORRECTION<BR>> > <BR>> > click http://wsis.funredes.org/acsis/ to access<BR>> > automatic translation of this message<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Chers Tous,<BR>> > <BR>> > En la lisant, le draft de la déclaration de la<BR>> > Société Civile SMSI, beaucoup des membres de la<BR>> > société civile africaine ont remarqué que dans<BR>> > l'avant dernier paragraphe du chapitre sur les<BR>> > droits de l'homme, il est dit que le Sommet Citoyen<BR>> > qui est un évenement parallele a été empeché de se<BR>> > tenir. En consultant par la suite la liste des<BR>> > évenements parrallèles "side events" sur le site du<BR>> > sommet), cela ne semble pas être le cas. <BR>> > <BR>> > En plus, il a été convenu dans la reunion de la<BR>> > plenière de la societe civile du Vendredi 18<BR>> > Novembre 2005 que le contenu de cette declaration<BR>> > doit faire l'objet du consensus général au sein de<BR>> > la societe civile, et la question du Sommet Citoyen<BR>> > ne rentre pas dans le <BR>> > consensus. <BR>> > Par conséquent, la société civile africaine par<BR>> > ma voix, se désolidarise de ce point qui ne<BR>> > correspond pas à sa position et demande son<BR>> > annulation.<BR>> > <BR>> > Delphine NANA MEKOUNTE<BR>> > Présidente ACSIS ( African Civil Society for the<BR>> > Information Society)<BR>> > Coordinatrice Générale CEFEPROD<BR>> > Statut Consultatif Spécial ECOSOC<BR>> > Tél (237) 231 13 17/ 999 86 16<BR>> > YAOUNDE- Cameroun<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > ---------------------------------<BR>> > Appel audio GRATUIT partout dans le monde avec le<BR>> > nouveau Yahoo! 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