[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS-CT] Post-Geneva-to-Tunis Phase

[Fullsack Jean-Louis]

Hi Rik and the CS Bureau
CS has also to express some elementary conditions on its participation in the WSIS process IN TUNESIA. 
We cannot just follow their "guidelines", simply having the second and final Summit in our line of sight. We have to ask for a favourable evolution of basic human rights respect and remind as often as necessary that too many people are arrested and emprisoned because of there opinion in this country. Yesterday evening ARTE, the french-german TV programm, showed a long sequence which was particularly informative about the unacceptable behaviour of Tunesian authorities. 
By the way, I read that Masmoudi will chair the CS Plenary to-morrow. Just remind him and the Plenary (who ignores it) of his unacceptable intervention during the CS Press conference closing PrepCom-3. Because it severely discredited the whole CS, such a behaviour is to be blamed by its Bureau and mentioned in the plenary session report. I'll follow this with a great attention, and will reply strongly if nothing happened. 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rik Panganiban 
  To: ct at wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:54 PM
  Subject: [WSIS-CT] Post-Geneva-to-Tunis Phase


  Dear Friends,

  I wanted to make sure we are already focusing on the phase of work beyond December.

  The President of the WSIS announced on Monday that the government bureau will be forming an "open-ended" working group to consider the post-Geneva-to-Tunis phase. It is important that we make our views known at least by the end of the week, when it comes up on the formal agenda of prepcom IIIa, because they will already be making decisions now that will effect our ability to participate in the post-Geneva phase.

  The Tunisian delegation today held a consultation on a document detailing their conception of how the preparatory process for the Tunis summit should be conducted. In it, they make a number of detailed proposals, including the following points:

  • The Objective of the Tunis phase will focus on the "adoption of a digital solidarity charter," evaluation of the Geneva phase, and evaluation of implementation of the Geneva Action Plan
  • There would be a preliminary preparatory meeting in March / April 2004 in Tunis
  • A series of regional and thematic conferences between March 2004 and February 2005.
  • Two PrepComs (the timing of these meetings is not agreed upon)
  • The Executive Secretariat would be continue to be based in Geneva in 2004 and perhaps be moved to Tunis in 2005

  Several government delegations expressed strong reservations about the level of detail of this document, noting that a more general discussion of the various options should be the first step. Some wanted more specifics on the budgetary implications of this plan. There were strong reservations to a "charter" expressed by one delegation.

  The Tunisian delegation will be releasing tomorrow a revised document, probably with less specificity, for consideration by delegations.

  In my view, civil society should support a variety of modalities to ensure that as many different views as possible are solicited and that there is concerted and productive dialogue on the most serious issues. National and regional consultation processes will be as important or more important than international processes.


  Rik Panganiban
  WFM
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