[APCPrensa] Notes for press on WSIS resumed session

[Karen Higgs]

Dear subscribers to the APC press list

Some of you will be aware of the 'resumed' session of PrepCom3 for the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). APC's coordinator for
WSIS - Karen Banks karenb at gn.apc.org - has provided some notes useful
for the press, including links to the two documents produced by civil
society present at the resumed session last week.

Best
Karen Higgs
APC

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Civil Society Essential Benchmarks
http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CS-Essential-Benchmarks-for-WSIS-14-11-03-final.rtf
(currently being translated into french and spanish)

Civil Society Press Statement
http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CS-press-statement-14-11-03-final.rtf
(ditto re translation)

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Press links so far:

Le Temps "WSIS : dead end"
http://www.letemps.ch/template/international.asp?page=4&article=123555

La Tribune de Genève "WSIS : the NGOs take distance"
http://www.tdg.ch/accueil/selection_genevoise/article/index.php?Page_ID=5330&article_ID=19973

A Steep Climb to the Information Society Summit
Gustavo Capdevila (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21121

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In Germany the "German Coordiniation Group for WSIS" tried to raise
public 
attention on WSIS by establishing a press team. We published some press 
releases and tried to push interviews with civil society representatives 
from the german delegation - but there was only little response in the
media.
We also have a press review with several articles in german and english. 
You can have a look at it on
http://www.wsis-koordinierungskreis.de/PresseSpiegel.html

We have the impression that the press coverage will raise short before
and 
during the summit itself.
The prep. process is well recognized by journalists but not yet
mentioned 
in most of the papers.

best regards,
Christine
Konstanz, Germany
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we had one article germany about the prepcom 3a in the heise-nesticker:

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-15.11.03-007/

we are working on a german cs press release and the translation of the
essentials now.

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Karen,

for the "Tribune de Geneve" it is www.tdg.ch  (see "Sommet de
linformation:
des ONG prennent leurs distances" and
	for "Le Temps" it is www.letemps.ch (see: "Sommet de l'information:
l'impasse")

Renata
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comments from one in response to press:
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Interesting, the point of view of the press on WSIS, at least in 
Switzerland. In France WSIS is "not on the agenda" in the national
press. 
On the other hand the European Social Forum had a very strong impact in
both
the national and regional papers and magazines. So there is nothing to 
report from here upon WSIS, unless Bruno Oudet has a more wider view
from 
his Paris office.

But what about German and British press ?

I guess, except ourselves, the Swiss community, a handful of assigned 
diplomats and their advisors there isn't a great interest upon this
Summit. 
And the (bad)stage it has achieved last week won't promote it ! This 
differentiates it completely from the Jo'burg Summit ! BTW could the
Media 
caucus who is/was particularly active gatther more information about the 
SMSI seen from the international press side ?

Thanks
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT