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Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [December 6, 2004]

PRESS RELEASES

PRIMER FORUM MUNDIAL DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y LA
COMUNICACIÓN
El Primer Foro Mundial de la Información y de la
Comunicación (FMIC) que tendrá lugar el 25 de enero,
se desarrolla en el espíritu de Porto Alegre, ya sea
por querer ser un espacio abierto, ya sea porque se va
a construir con los interesados presentes en el Foro
Social Mundial (FSM). Puede servir para que los miles
de periodistas que asisten al FSM puedan pasar un día
discutiendo con los otros interlocutores (sociedad
civil, sindicatos, investigadores), la situación de la
información y de la comunicación en el mundo. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/591/

WSIS

WORLD REGULATORS TO FOCUS ON LICENSING RULES,
BROADBAND
When the ITU's 2004 Global Symposium for Regulators
(GSR) opens next week in Geneva, it will be chaired by
a U.S. regulator for the first time – FCC Comr.
Kathleen Abernathy. Abernathy told us Mon. she's
approaching the session with an open mind. The U.S.
has much to learn from the discussions, for example,
as it struggles with changes to the universal service
fund system, said Abernathy, who has attended 2 other
GSRs. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/595/

CALL FOR SIDE-/COUNTER-EVENTS AROUND TUNIS WSIS 
Activists from Indymedia Beirut, with support from
other Indymedias in Africa / Europe / Middle East,
have issued a call for participation in planning side-
or counter-events around the WSIS in Tunis. They have
been particularly inspired by the recent European
Forum on Communication Rights and may think about
something along those lines. They are currently
contacting other media groups in the region. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/593/

POSITION DOCUMENT DRAFT OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY
DISCUSSION GROUP ON THE ICT FINANCE MECHANISMS 
Regarding the challenges generated by the
extraordinary emergence of the ICT which affect all
activity sectors, the international Community decided
to convene a world summit. The United Nations
Organization entrusted the UIT to lead the process.
Its preparation innovated, in particular in two
fields: on the one hand organizing the summit in two
phases and two places, the first in Geneva by the end
of 2003, the second in Tunis by the end of 2005, on
the other hand, the implication in addition to States
and their intergovernmental organization
representatives, private operators and civil company,
associated all the stages of the process.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/588/

REPORT ON THE TASK FORCE ON FINANCING MECHANISMS
MEETING
This report on the Task Force on Financing Mechanisms
meeting, held on November 29 in the UNDP Headquarters,
New York, is an unofficial report on proceedings
written by 
Rik Panganiban, Conference of NGOs.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/587/	

DEBATE: LA SEGUNDA FASE DE LA CMSI SERÁ “TORMENTOSA” -
DISPUTAS SOBRE LA FINANCIACIÓN SE ACELERARON DURANTE
UNA REUNIÓN DEL UN ICT TASK FORCE
 “Una vez más fue un representante de una ONG tuvo que
animar el debate. Roberto Bissio, Director del
Instituto del Tercer Mundo en Uruguay y hablando en
representación de la Asociación para el Progreso de
las Comunicaciones (APC), dejo claro que debería ser
perfectamente aceptable subsidiar la conectividad en
países en desarrollo. El gobierno de EEUU subsidió a
internet durante 20 años y ganó millones en dinero y
exportaciones más tarde por ello”. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/586/

DEBATE: WSIS PHASE TWO WILL BE "STORMY" - DISPUTE OVER
FINANCING WAS STEPPED UP AT UN ICT TASK FORCE MEETING
“It was an NGO representative again who had to kick
off a more lively debate. Roberto Bissio, Director of
the Third World Institute in Uruguay and speaking on
behalf of the Association for Progressive
Communications (APC), made clear that should be
totally okay to subsidise connectivity in developing
countries. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/583/

GHANA TO HOST AFRICAN REGIONAL PREPARATORY CONFERENCE
OF WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY 
 [Leopold L.L. Armah] Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Chief
Executive of the Commonwealth Telecommunications
Organisation (CTO), last Wednesday met in Accra with
the Secretariat of the African Regional Preparatory
Conference for the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) to examine the preparations so far made
towards the hosting of the summit scheduled for Accra
in February next year. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/581/

CRIS CAMPAIGN AT THE ORBICOM CONFERENCE 
Invited to speak at the opening plenary of the Orbicom
conference on Media in Africa and the Arab World in
Marrakech, Steve Buckley, President, World Association
of Community Radio Broadcasters took the opportunity
to highlight the CRIS campaign and civil society
issues in WSIS. A copy of his intervention follows.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/579/

GENERAL INFORMATION

INFORME DE LA COMISIÓN VALECH SOBRE PRISIÓN POLÍTICA Y
TORTURA EN CHILE
Un informe esclarecedor de temas que parecen historia
de otro mundo, un mundo de tortura que no debería
haber tenido lugar. Hoy este raconto de sucesos nos
sirven para reflexionar y tomar conciencia. El tema de
la tortura en Chile comenzó a abrirse paso hacia la
opinión pública incluso antes de la creación de los
medios opositores de la década de 1970. La tortura
nunca dejó de estar en el centro de las denuncias.
Pero sólo gracias a la información recabada por la
Comisión Valech se ha logrado calibrar el alcance
efectivo de la tortura en la vida de miles de
personas. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/594/

INTERNET AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
A number of countries recently implemented a series of
measures aimed at tightening up Internet security
without realising that these very measures can
seriously restrict our use of certain services. Are we
trading our civil liberties for increased security?
Here's a broad look at the measures adopted in the
main European countries. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/592/

ICT TRADE AGREEMENTS
Free trade agreements have increasingly broadened
their scope of regulation concerning
telecommunications, under the pretext that these are
services just like any other. This has hindered the
access to communication and information as a
fundamental human right as the private sector gains
power through liberalization. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/590/

ACUERDOS COMERCIALES YTICS: ¿EL MERCADO TIENE LA
ÚLTIMA PALABRA?
El derecho a la comunicación y la información como
derecho humano fundamental, se ha visto crecientemente
amenazado por los acuerdos de libre comercio que, bajo
el pretexto de considerarlos servicios
comercializables como cualquier otro, regulan diversos
aspectos de las tecnologías de la información y la
comunicación (TIC).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/589/

ITEM, URUGUAY: PARTICIPACIÓN EN FORO MINISTERIAL DE
AMÉRICA LATINA Y EL CARIBE Y UNIÓN EUROPEA SOBRE LA
SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACIÓN
Se realizó en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, el III Foro
Ministerial América Latina y el Caribe y Unión Europea
sobre la Sociedad de la Información bajo el lema "Una
Alianza para la Cohesión Social a través de la
Inclusión Digital". 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/585/

ITEM, URUGUAY: PARTICIPATION IN THE LATIN AMERICAN AND
CARIBBEAN – EUROPEAN UNION MINISTERIAL FORUM ON THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY
The III Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) – European
Union (EU) Ministerial Forum on the Information
Society: An Alliance for Social Cohesion through
Digital Inclusion, was held in Rio de Janeiro on 22
and 23 November 2004. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/582/

AUSTRALASIAN ICT RIGHTS MONITOR REBUILD
c2o, an APC member in Australia, has completely
redesigned the Australian ICT policy website following
huge interest in the region. The site now supports
multiple authors, has improved its readability and has
integrated XML news feeds. c2o/Toy Satellite will be
promoting the new Australasian ICT Rights Monitor
through APC.au, the organisation that founded c2o and
manages Toy Satellite's projects and reporting. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/584/

¿QUIERE PARTICIPAR? FIRME LA CARTA DE CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se
fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de
acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida
social, económica y cultural de las personas y las
comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que
las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para
cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la
información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación, justicia social y
económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y las
perspectivas culturales y regionales. Lo invitamos a
conocer más sobre la Campaña de CRIS y a participar
firmando la Carta de CRIS: 
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

LA CHARTE DE CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l’information» est
basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré
comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l’homme et
améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des
personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est
essentiel que les organisations de la société civile
se réunissent afin d’aider à la construction d’une
société de l’information basée sur les principes de
transparence, de diversité, de participation et de
justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une
approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture
et des aspects régionaux.
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED? ENDORSE THE CRIS
CHARTER
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in
the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human
rights and to strengthen the social, economic and
cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to
this is that civil society organisations come together
to help build an information society based on
principles of transparency, diversity, participation
and social and economic justice, and inspired by
equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
We invite you to read more about CRIS Campaign and get
involved endorsing the CRIS Chapter:
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/ 

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