[WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation

[Laurent Straskraba]

Dear Djilali,

thank you for your critical statement. I just would like you to see 
"chance" as a real chance, including financial possibilities, visa 
processing, etc. I fully agree that without real opportunities everything 
is just idle talk and looks nice on papers. Consequently, this is true for 
both "developed" and "developing" countries. Please do not assume that in 
OECD countries everything is fine, so that CSO and government concerns 
would be alike. That's just not the case. I'm not an expert in your 
particular country/situation but I'm certainly aware that there needs to be 
public (international) support for development. It's the same here ..

Finally, I would like to see more action going on to fulfill the goals of 
the Plan of Action in line with the Declaration of Principles. I think it's 
very important for the wealthier to hear and see the views and thoughts of 
the not so wealthy ones. ICTs in my opinion are meant to support these 
opportunities. We need to join hands though to reach this aim, may it be 
personally or virtually.

Best,

Laurent

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Mag. Laurent Straskraba
Information Society Researcher / Information Society Representative at UN 
Youth & Student Association of Austria

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At 19:34 08.06.2004, you wrote:
>In French below...
>Dear Laurent,
>It's so easy to be representative of a civile society
>situated in developped and rich country... You are
>Ausrian congratualtions ! i guess in such a country,
>governmental concerns, civile society concerns however
>its speciality are quasi the same .... so i can
>understand your comments and your advice "So if you
>have the chance to get into it, I'd recommend to take
>it"...
>Imagine that you are somebody in Africa, your
>government demends on the aid of particular donnor
>(International NGO, UN Agency or Austrian Government°
>to pay tickets and fees do you think it easy for a
>representative of local NGO to take it as you
>recommanded...
>I ma 1000 times against because of this will give to
>dictatorial gobernments the right to impose CS in
>their delegations !
>Pour ce cher Laurent qui fait des anlyses si
>pertinentes pour la CS d'un pays riche et développé,
>la pauvre, il ignore la situation dans les pays du Sud
>et comment voulez vous afficher la moindre crédibilité
>si vous venez en plus dans des délégation officielle !
>Je suis mille fois contre, ne serait-ce que parce que
>cela va donner l'idée aux Gouvernements dictatoriaux
>d'exiger que leur société civile soient inféodée !
>Amitiés
>Djilali