[WSIS CS-Plenary] upcoming ITU/WSIS thematic meeting on Spam July 7-9, Geneva

[Rik Panganiban]

Jeanette,

The ITU is not changing its own rules.

My understanding was that the ITU meeting on internet governance was an 
internal organizational consultation involving its own sector members, 
and thus was governed by the ITU's own rules of procedure.  They could 
invite whoever they wanted to their own internal meeting.

In contrast, the Spam meeting is an official thematic meeting of the 
WSIS.  As such, the ITU is obliged to include all the actors who have 
been officially accredited for the WSIS process writ large, including 
civil society.  It will be interesting to see how the meetings are 
conducted.

Rik Panganiban

On 16 juin 04, at 12:58, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> Hi,
> it strikes me as remarkable that WSIS accredited NGOs are also invited 
> to the meeting on spam: "The meeting is open to all UN Member States, 
> International Organizations, ITU Sector members, WSIS accredited NGOs 
> and civil society entities, and accredited business entities."
>
> Some of you may remember how extraordinary difficult it was to 
> participate in the ITU meeting on Internet Governance. You had to be 
> acknowledged as an expert to get an invitation. Members of the 
> Internet Governance caucus were not invited.
> Now, is the ITU perhaps changing its rules?
>
> jeanette
>
> Rik Panganiban wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>
> [...]
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