AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Clarifications on the ITU informal consultation on WSIS implimentation

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

Hello

For full disclosure of information and transparency here is the address
of the web site of  this "informal consultation"  that I just received
in my mail.
http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Informal_Consultations/Informal_Consultations.html
It is quite interesting to have a look also at the web site
http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/wsis_WG.html
of the ITU Council Working Group on WSIS.
Then one notices that there is
the *Eighth**  meeting of ** the Council WG-WSIS - CCV, Geneva, 3-4 May 
2005*
( for governement only ).
The link between the 2 meetings seems obvious.
It seems that one must read all the documents of both meetings before
one could get an informed judgement of what's going on.
I did not have time to read the  preparatory documents.
I guess it would have been better to have had CS observers admitted there
instead of calling a semi-secret meeting just before with a few
selected CS persons. 
Concerning the question if this 2 May meeting is open to the uninvited,  
my guess
is that at least one person who is going to attend was not invited, but 
filled
the form posted by Ralf on the plenary and got invited.
Conversely many persons who were invited could not come.
I would therefore encourage people to fill the registration form
and try to attend if they can travel to the crime scene in time.
Djilali is quite right in reminding us of the selection process
of the CS representatives at the TFFM.

Best regards

Francis


>OK  and many thanks for this clarification which put a
>real problem... we need a decision on CS
>representativity during the inter phase and
>meetings... this push to address the financial
>resources to assign somebody or institution to be
>present and active oth in NY, Geneva and Tunis.....
>Poor CS !
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>--- William Drake <wdrake at ictsd.ch> wrote:
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>>Hello Djilali,
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org
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>>[mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
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>>>Behalf Of djilali benamrane
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>>>Wolfgang,
>>>Is this meeting open to all or is it only for
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>>selected
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>>>human resources already invited ?
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>>While I'm not Wolfgang, I did say this previously,
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>>>rather than to governments and corporations.  As
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>>to the Council
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>>>WG itself, participation in that is more
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>>ambiguous.  I was told I
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>>>could attend as an individual 'expert' but not as
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>>a CS person,
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>>>since CSOs have no standing right to participate
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>>unless they are
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>>>Sector Members or Associates.  Unfortunately, I
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>>can't go to any
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>>>of this, as I'm speaking at the OECD's 2005 Forum
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>>in Paris, but
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>>>if someone else wants to ask for an 'expert'
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>>invite it might work.
>>
>>Maybe I wasn't being clear enough, so: I was told by
>>the secretariat that if
>>one asks to be invited on the basis of being an
>>expert rather than a CS
>>person it very well could be possible to attend. 
>>Meeting chairs have
>>latitude on the former, but less on the latter.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Bill
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