[WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft Roadmap for Second Summit Phase Available

[Adam Peake]

Ralf,

Is this  document an exact copy (PDF format of a MS word file?) of an 
official document from the Tunis meeting?

Quite important to know please.  Because if it is an exact copy I 
think we should be very concerned to see the work of the working 
group on Internet governance and the task force reviewing financial 
mechanisms as directing their output to "prepcoms".

Regarding Internet governance in particular the intention of the plan 
of action is very clear. A report will be developed by an open and 
inclusive process. WSIS PrepComs have not been open and inclusive 
processes "that ensures a mechanism for the full and active 
participation of governments, the private sector and civil society 
from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant 
intergovernmental and international organizations and forums." To 
emphasize this point, at the ITU Workshop on Internet governance last 
week, Markus Kummer (the Swiss govt. representative who chaired the 
discussion on the Internet governance language in final stages of 
negotiation in Geneva before the Summit) stated with some certainty 
that some governments did not want this new process under WSIS:

<rtsp://ibs.itu.int/Archives/sg/spu/B-20040226-0930-fl.rm?start=0:10:56&end=0:45:42> 
(time12:12)

Here Kummer is describing the final and successful part of the 
negotiation (quote) "One decisive proposal was to give a mandate to 
the UN Secretary General to set up this working group.  It appeared 
that the WSIS format based on its past record would not have 
satisfied those who wanted a truly open process with the full and 
active participation of private sector and other stakeholders. At the 
same time this proposal gave comfort to those who wanted the process 
to be within the UN framework."

Perhaps prepcoms might be processes that feed into the new working 
group/task force --that would really be up to the Secretary General 
and the chair/members of those groups-- but definitely not as shown 
in the diagram.

If the diagram is the same as one distributed in Tunis, I suggest we 
ask the CS Bureau to object in the strongest terms.

(if it's just a diagram based on Robert's notes, I may have wasted a 
lot of words :-)

Many thanks,

Adam



The WSIS Plan of Action says:

We ask the Secretary General of the United Nations to set up a 
working group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive 
process that ensures a mechanism for the full and active 
participation of governments, the private sector and civil society 
from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant 
intergovernmental and international organizations and forums, to 
investigate and make proposals for action, as appropriate, on the 
governance of Internet by 2005. The group should, inter alia:
i.	develop a working definition of Internet governance;
ii.	identify the public policy issues that are relevant to 
Internet governance;
iii.	develop a common understanding of the respective roles and 
responsibilities of governments, existing intergovernmental and 
international organisations and other forums as well as the private 
sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries;
iv.	prepare a report on the results of this activity to be 
presented for consideration and appropriate action for the second 
phase of WSIS in Tunis in 2005.

END


Thanks,

Adam



At 12:41 AM +0100 3/6/04, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
>Draft Roadmap for Second Summit Phase Available
>
>Berlin, 5 March 2004. At the "informal" WSIS meeting convened by the
>Tunisian government and attended by around 100 persons during the last
>two days, a draft roadmap for the Tunis phase of the world summit was
>distributed. It looks like the structure will be even more complex than
>in phase one, as the partipants have to deal with a new declaration, the
>implementation of the 2003 action plan, and the two working groups on
>finance and internate governance.
>
>See the Draft Roadmap:
>http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/Draft-Roadmap-to-Tunis-3-2004.pdf
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