[WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Press Release: lastest version

Wed Oct 1 11:43:00 BST 2003

Bonjour Jim,

Effectivement, on devrait préciser de quoi c'est éloigné.
Habituellement, ce sont les réseaux , les backbone, qui ne se rendent pas 
dans les régions peu habitées.
Cela fait des régions peu ou mal desservies.
Adel

At 09:19 2003-09-26 -0400, you wrote:
>Adel,
>« Éloignés » de quoi au juste ?  Ce vocabulaire traduit toujours un
>certain « X-centrisme » dépendant du point de vue du lecteur.
>
>Amitiés,
>
>Jim
>
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>version
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>
>Hello,
>
>Thanks for sharing with us the press release.
>I like this comparaison with the self-determination.
>I sugest like yesterday to do not forget that a lot of countries and
>even regiosn in some developed countries still dont have access to ICT.
>
>We sould mention that and ad a phrase about the financing.
>
>I suggest in french:
>
>Beaucoup de pays et de régions éloignées n'ont pas encore
>accès aux technologies de l'information et de la
>communication. La Société civile fait sa part pour les
>aider, mais les gouvernements devront s'engager clairement
>à financer des initiatives d'aide destinées à ces pays.
>
>Thank you
>
>Adel El Zaim
>Multistakeholders partenerships
>Internet Society-Francophonie
>Internet Society Québec
>
>
>
>On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 02:58:13 -0500
>  "Valeria Betancourt" <valeriab at apc.org> wrote:
> > Text of press release
> > 27 September 2003
> >
> > WSIS process at PrepCom III
> >
> > Civil society has come here to share with the governments
> > our own
> > vision for an Information Society. We want an information
> > society
> > based on human rights. This provides a unique chance for
> > the
> > extension of all the values of Civil Society around the
> > globe.
> >
> > Over the past two weeks, Civil Society has proven that it
> > is a
> > vibrant force in the preparation of the World Summit on
> > the
> > Information Society. Civil Society has engaged in
> > dialogue with
> > government and business, and has expressed visionary
> > ideas and a
> > strong position in the negotiations.
> >
> > According to Beatriz Busaniche, a civil society bureau
> > member:  "A
> > few days ago I met an indigenous person from Ecuador, who
> > is here in
> > Geneva at a  UN. working group on Indigenous Peoples,
> > fighting here
> > for rights for self-determination of his people. He told
> > me that his
> > community is not here asking for their rights, nor to
> > seek
> > affirmation. They are already living them. They are here
> > for the
> > international community to recognise the fact."
> >
> > In a similar way, civil society has already been building
> > the
> > information society, defending our rights to achieve
> > social,
> > educational, political, and economic benefits.
> > Communication rights
> > are part of human rights. Human rights must be the
> > framework for the
> > Knowledge Society. Without this, the WSIS vision of an
> > information
> > society is meaningless. Even if the outcomes of the WSIS
> > does not
> > reflect, at the end of the process, our principles,
> > visions and
> > perspectives, we will continue being key actors in the
> > definition of
> > the nature and direction of the Information Society, one
> > whose focus
> > would be people's rights.
> >
> > For instance, free software has not been highlighted as
> > we would like
> > in this process, though each day more communities are
> > adopting it
> > with all the philosophy it entails.  While the spirit of
> > the
> > documents is market focused, civil society and some
> > governments,
> > especially from the south, will continue supporting the
> > rights of
> > citizenship and promoting the concept of cooperation
> > instead of
> > competition.
> >
> > As delegates from Civil Society we believe that every stakeholder
> > should have an equal voice, and a right to the benefits
> > of the
> > Information Society, whether in education, work, leisure,
> > and
> > communications. Hence we are disappointed by the
> > continuing
> > resistance of some governments to include specific text
> > that ensures
> > support for community based media initiatives - which
> > will facilitate
> > the inclusion of hitherto marginalized communities from
> > the
> > Information Society. To date, there has been an
> > overemphasis on
> > computers and the Internet, to the exclusion of analogue
> > and
> > traditional media.
> >
> > In this process, for first time, Civil Society has been directly
> > involved in the negotiations.  A special effort has been
> > made by
> > Civil Society to communicate its philosophies and methods
> > to
> > governments and the business sector. Even though the
> > process has been
> > fraught and inconsistent, with civil society included and
> > excluded at
> > the whim of governments, our experience has been one of
> > closer
> > engagement than has been the case at other United Nations
> >
> > conferences.  We hope that this is an experience that can
> > be built on
> > to ensure much closer involvement of civil society in the
> > design and
> > development of the Information Society.
> >
> > We now have a stronger position, because as the days have progressed
> > meaningful communication has emerged. But much remains to
> > be done.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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