[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] Civil Society Draft Priorities Document

[Sally Burch - ALAI]

Karen,

It sounds as though that would be a more consensual phrasing 
(others have also questioned the text).  Unless there are further 
immediate comments I suggest we modify it as suggested (we are 
about to finalize the document).

Sally

On 12 Jul 03, at 15:50, karen banks wrote:

> hi chris
> 
> how would you feel about the following paragraph (slightly reworded more in 
> the context of WSIS)
> 
> 
> [We oppose calls by some governments to support the Council of Europe's 
> Cybercrime Convention or models based on the convention. Civil society 
> organisations have been working for a number of years to educate and inform 
> the convention's development to little avail and are now opposing its 
> ratification because of its overly broad mandate, its insensitivity to 
> local issues and its disregard for civil liberties.]
> 
> ?
> 
> i really do think we should the raise issue of the convention being 
> supported as a model within the context of WSIS.
> 
> karen
> 
> At 05:30 PM 7/11/2003 +0200, czielinski at supanet.com wrote:
> >Sally,
> >
> >I'm a little concerned about the Council of Europe being mentioned - for
> >some reason I haven't seen in these lists any discussion of their recent
> >"Declaration on freedom of communication on the Internet (Strasbourg,
> >28.05.2003)"
> >http://www.coe.int/T/e/Communication_and_Research/Press/News/2003/20030528_d
> >eclaration.asp#TopOfPage which occasioned quite a bit of debate on the ISOC
> >ISDF list, mainly around the topic of a "right of reply", which some found
> >onerous to ISPs and to individual journalists and writers on the Internet.
> >Since the Council of Europe is not an institution of the European Community,
> >can we not just drop the name wherever it appears in our paper? It adds
> >little in any case.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >Chris Zielinski
> >Consultant, EIP/WHO
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> >Geneva, Switzerland
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sally Burch - ALAI" <sburch at alainet.org>
> >To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>; <ct at wsis-cs.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:05 PM
> >Subject: [WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Draft Priorities
> >Document
> >
> >
> > > Friends,
> > >
> > > The draft civil society priorities document that Bill has just sent to
> > > these lists has been compiled with wide input from the different
> > > caucuses that have been working over the past weeks, and will be
> > > presented in Paris at the Intersessional Meeting.
> > >
> > > We need to include endorsements of as many organizations as
> > > possible.  Please send your endorsements to the ct at wsis-cs.org
> > > list, if possible by Monday midday, indicating: the name of the
> > > endorsing organization, its status with WSIS (accredited, pending
> > > accreditation, non-accredited) and name of the person who
> > > confirms the endorsement.
> > >
> > > If there are any major issues on which you propose to modify
> > > content, please send your recommendations (to the ct at wsis-
> > > cs.org address) by FRIDAY at the latest, indicating SPECIFIC
> > > LANGUAGE CHANGES (not vague ideas).  Changes should not
> > > significantly alter the length of the document.  A final version of the
> > > document will circulate at the weekend.
> > >
> > > Regards to all
> > >
> > > Sally Burch
> > >
> > >
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