[WSIS CS-Plenary] Remarks concerning the 5 points

[estherjoly at fr.inter.net]

I agree with all yours remarks and proposition. It is also a personnal
opinion.

but what is the process to integrate the positions of the faraway members ?

Esther

Je suis d'accord avec tes remarques et ta propositions.
C'est aussi une opinion personnelle... mais qu'advient-il dans le process
de prise de décisions, des membres qui n'ont pas pu faire le voyage.

Esther


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From: "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet at mdpi.org>
To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <muguet at ensta.fr>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Remarks concerning the 5 points


> Hello !
>
> It seems that it is like a "Viva la revolucion" climax !
>
> Concerning Jon's definition of plenary, lets just mention that
> WSIS meetings when all states are convened are called
> "plenary sessions" even if many small states did not actually
> show up.  The word plenary has both a meaning that all the
> constituency is convened and it has plenary power
> ( within the limit of it mandate, of course ).
>
> While making an abridged translation in French, I came onto those
> points  that deserve clarification :
>
> 4.|  The Civil Society Division of the Secretariat serves the Civil
> Society Plenary Meeting and anything the Plenary sets up,|  although it
> can also provide support to any groups who choose not to associate with
> the Plenary.
>
> French language has some difficulties here to translate "serves", in
> Spanish it has been translated
> by the equally vague "sirve".  I believe the English text needs some
> clarification.
> what "serves" really means ?
>  "serves to implement the decisions"  "serves" ie provides meeting
> facilities
>  and the remaining of the paragraph is kind of unclear to me.
>   Does this mean that the Civil Society Division of the Secretariat may
> implement a   "moral, technical, or financial ?" "support" to a Civil
> Society group that does not wish   to be associated with the Plenary.
>     First, I may be very naive, but I would grateful that an example be
> given of a good reason why a civil society group would not like to wish
> to be associated with the Plenary or   any of its specialized bodies (
> Bureau, C&T ) ?
>     Does this means that this group is afraid that its actions may not
> be approved by the Plenary ?.
>     I am somehow worried, because it happened at the Intersession that a
> working group (that I am not not going to name) has managed ( how ?,
> since I just got hearsay, I would not say anything )
> to have a time slot for a plenary speech when the
> C & T did not give permission to this group to have a time slot for this
> day. This created a certain amount of tension.  I would not like this
> kind of incident to be repeated at PrepCom3.
>
> I would  also like to suggest to add a sixth commandment :
>
>  6. All important decisions of the CS must be taken only after
> translation in the
>   working languages of the Summit ( English, French, Spanish )
>
> Concerning decision making before PrepCom3, we should have to agree
> beforehand on a few points concerning the organization, otherwise this
> is going to be anarchy. I see no other place that the virtual Plenary
> where those minimal decisions could be taken.
>
> Otherwise, I would support the spirit of the 5 points proposed by Sean,
> provided point 4 is clarified.
>
> This is my personal opinion, not representing an opinion related
> to the Working Groups that I coordinate. For those groups; I am
> currently writing reports that may take a few more days to complete.
> The Intersession was a fruitful event, whose consequences must be
> carefully analyzed.
>
> Thanks
>
> Francis
>
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