[WSIS CS-Plenary] CS meeting in Tunis 22-23 June?

[djilali benamrane]

en français ci-aprés,
Dear Rikp,
Colleagues sent me messages regretting my irrelevant
messages pleadind for translation of messages in 2 or
3 langages so french civile society representatives
and opinion leaders should be able to understand the
challenge, react and contribute...
Today i would like to be positive regarding your
message.
I agree with your idea to prepare the CS participation
for the June PRECOM in Tunisia... I would like to
propose that each North SC organisation represented at
this meeting fund the participation of one
representative from Africa without any condition of
langage speaking, color of the skeen, gouvernance of
the respective government... At such a condition we
can confirm our openess to our colleagues from Africa
and we shall help them to organize theselves and their
countries for a better participation....
And plesa don't reply that the North SC is herself
trying to mobilize resources to found her
participation !
All the best
Djilali
Cher Ripk
J'ai fait l'objet de critiques sur mon entêtement à
soulever la nécessité de disposer de traduction des
messages en 2 ou 3 langues pour permettre à nos amis
non englophones de suivre et de réagir et participer
confortablement aux débats....
Je voudrais être constructif dans ce message et
soutenir votre appel à une meilleure préparation de la
SC afin d'en améliorer l'ouverture vers sa composante
Sud !
Je voudrais que chaque association de la SC
participante à la rencontre de Tunis finance une
participation d'une ou d'un représentant du Sud, sans
conditionalité ni de couleur de peau ni de langue ni
de gouvernance du gouvernement d'origine !
Je suis trés sérieux et suis prêt à me l'appliquer
pour ne pas m'entendre dire que la société du Nord a
elle -même des difficultés ç financer sa propre
participation...
Amitiés
Djilali   
--- rikp at earthlink.net wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> Given that the first official preparatory meeting
> for the Tunis Phase of the WSIS will likely be June
> 24-26 June in Tunis, do people feel that it would be
> helpful to convene civil society meetings prior to
> the official meetings?  If so, we should be
> approaching the Tunis secretariat about making
> arrangements for CS meeting spaces, computers and
> other logistical arrangements.
> 
> Since the first preparatory meeting is taking place
> in Africa, it is likely that we may have a number of
> new participants at this meeting than during the
> Geneva phase.  I would propose that we organize at
> least a CS orientation session for a couple of hours
> scheduled in order to explain and discuss the
> various CS structures, intiatives, working groups,
> caucuses, and history up to Geneva 2003.  Breakout
> sessions organized by caucuses and working groups
> could be scheduled.  And Content and Themes and the
> Bureau should have times to meet.  I personally
> think we need at least one full day to do this,
> ideally two.
> 
> Note that for new participants in the Tunis Phase,
> new requests for accreditation have to be received
> via fax or post to the WSIS secretariat at least SIX
> WEEKS prior to the meeting, which in this case would
> be the 1st week of May.  So if you know of groups
> who would like to participate, please inform them
> NOW, so they can make get accredited, coordinate
> calendars, raise funds, get board approval, etc. 
> Groups already accredited during the Geneva Phase
> are still accredited in this phase.
> 
> In general, I would like to avoid what happened in
> previous prepcoms, where we spent too much time
> debating with each other when we could have been
> lobbying governments or engaging with private sector
> groups.  In June, given the limited time of the
> prepcom, we need to use the official meeting times
> as efficiently and wisely as possible.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> CONGO
> 
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
> 
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with
> the United Nations (CONGO) 
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> email: rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org
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