[WSIS CS-Plenary] some news on WSIS from Tunisia and elsewhere

[Ralf Bendrath]

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Civil Society Discusses Human Rights Work for Phase Two
Human Rights Caucus Session Met Great Interest
24 June 2004. The first official meeting of the civil society human
rights caucus during the Tunis phase of the summit sparked a lively
debate on the future work of the caucus and the human rights situation
in Tunisia. More...

Previews on Financial Mechanisms Taskforce
23 June 2004. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director of
UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy, briefed civil society members on
the WSIS task force which will discuss financing mechanisms for bridging
the digital divide between developed and developing nations. More...

New Working Groups of International Civil Society are Forming
Caucuses for Finance, Community Telecenters and Arab Region being set up
22 June 2004. Shortly before the first PrepCom of WSIS phase two, the
international civil society groups and networks are becoming even more
active. Three new important caucuses are about to start their work.
More...

Civil Society Participation in WSIS Phase Two
Governments hesitating, NGOs demanding progress
10 June 2004. At a meeting with their government this week, the German
WSIS coordination group got some new information on the further process
of civil society inclusion in the WSIS process. There will be a round of
“informal” consultations among the governments next week in Geneva, in
order to prepare for the discussions at PrepCom1 of the WSIS II phase in
Tunisia a week later. These consultations will take place behind closed
doors on the 14th and 17th of June. On other levels like the EU, the
summit process still also needs a lot of improvement in terms of
openness and inclusiveness. More...