[WSIS CS-Plenary] New Draft of Summit Declaration is Being Debated

[Ralf Bendrath]

New Draft of Summit Declaration is Being Debated
Closer to final document, but conflicts remain

Paris, 17 July 2003. Two hours ago, at 16:30, the new draft of the
summit declaration was released by the secretariat. It incorporates the
rough consensuses reached during the first two days of of the Paris
Intersessional Meeting. With this new basis for further negotiations,
the delegates are much closer towards agreeing on a final draft for the
heads of state and government, who are to sign it at the summit in
December. The delegates are currently discussing the new draft and will
probably not finish before later this evening. The main conflict areas
remain: the right to communicate, intellectual property vs. the public
domain, internet governance, and security. Other important issues have
been dropped out, like Gender equality.
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