[WSIS CS-Plenary] Report on 16 July meetings available on prepcom.net

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear Friends,

A civil society report on the official intersessional meetings on 16 
July is available at http://www.prepcom.net/wsis.  Please find a brief 
summary below.

Special thanks to Trine Jensen, Jane Johnson, and Diana Bronsen for 
their assistance taking notes today.

Rik Panganiban
Reports Coordinator
Civil Society News Center for the WSIS
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CIVIL SOCIETY REPORT ON OFFICIAL WSIS INTERSESSIONAL MEETINGS
16 July 2003


Summary: Governments resumed discussion of the draft declaration of 
principles, beginning with para 19, completing this discussion of the 
Draft Declaration of Principles today.  Most of the main contentious 
issues were referred to sub-groups, chaired by specific governments, 
who will be meeting tonight to try and reach consensus.  Meanwhile, the 
chair and the secretariat staff are drafting the new version of the 
Draft Declaration to be presented sometime tomorrow or Friday.  
Tomorrow morning, delegations will begin discussions of the Draft Plan 
of Action.....

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Rik Panganiban
Reports Coordinator

Civil Society News Centre for the WSIS
web: 	http://www.prepcom.net/wsis
email: 	rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org
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