[WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press

[Wolfgang Kleinwächter]

Lets concentrate of the CS Summit Declaration now. The benchmark 
document is nothing else than a springboard to the next document.

Best

wolfgang


On tirsdag, nov 18, 2003, at 23:25 Europe/Copenhagen, Steve Buckley 
wrote:

> Jean-Louis and all
>
> As far as I have now been able to ascertain, the words calling for 
> privatisation  were provided in an individual capacity by Rony Koven 
> for the benchmarks document. They don't reflect the position of the 
> media caucus or the community media group. Certainly this is not a 
> civil society non-negotiable.
>
> But lets not throw out the baby with the bathwater. The benchmarks 
> documents reflects some very good work and intensive effort. It would 
> make some people too happy to drop it because of some small (though 
> significant) inconsistencies.
>
> There is a discussion on this in the media caucus. For now I think it 
> is fair to assume the media paragraph in the benchmarks has large 
> square brackets.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Steve
>
>
> At 22:07 18/11/03 +0100, Fullsack Jean-Louis wrote:
>> Hi Karen
>> I cannot support your statement to the journalist from IPSNews below.
>> Tell me : do private TVs demonstrate more "editorial independance" 
>> than
>> public ones ? Is Fox News more independant than the BBC ?
>> But above all, is privatization of public medias a  "non negociable" 
>> for CS
>> C&T group ? Who did endorse such a failure ?
>> There are many members of CS C&T group who won't support such a 
>> statement
>> which is contrary to our commitment to public service and public 
>> goods.
>> Therefore I join Steve Buckley's questions and protest.
>> Moreover, I ask the C&T group to review seriously this questionable 
>> document
>> entitled "Civil Society Essential Benchmarks for WSIS" as to reflect 
>> our
>> real and basic concerns. I'm willing to make proposals and 
>> contributions as
>> I already did before and during PrepCom-3a through different e-mails.
>> However, neither of the final CS documents (CS Statement and Essential
>> Benchmarks) bore the slightest trace of them.
>> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>> CSDPTT
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "karen banks" <karenb at gn.apc.org>
>> To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press
>>
>>
>> > hi
>> >
>> > another press piece..
>> >
>> > karen
>> >
>> > COMMUNICATION:
>> > A Steep Climb to the Information Society Summit
>> > Gustavo Capdevila
>> >
>> > GENEVA, Nov 14 (IPS) - Everyone wants to bridge the information and
>> > telecommunications divide -- governments, the private sector and 
>> civil
>> > society -- but with less than four weeks to go before the World 
>> Summit on
>> > the Information Society (WSIS), agreement on how to tackle the issue
>> > remains elusive....
>> > http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21121
>> >
>> >
>> >
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