[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [August 22d 2005]

[Myriam Horngren]

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NEWSROOM

Después de Telesur Chávez anuncia una red radial sudamericana
(Telám-SNI) El mandatario venezolano Hugo Chávez anunció hoy que evalúa impulsar una red radial sudamericana que seguiría desde ese soporte el ejemplo continental plasmado a partir de la flamante cadena televisiva Telesur.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/928

G05 Conference Report Now On-line!
In light of the shifting trends in global governance, what are civil society's proposals to build a more democratically governed world? What visions and strategies can civil society, diverse in its interests but potentially united in its actions, propose as means of attaining global democracy?
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/927

2005 Reporting on the Information Society Awards
Panos London and the Global Knowledge Partnership are inviting
journalists from developing countries and countries in transition to
apply for the 2005 Reporting on the Information Society awards, which aim to encourage in-depth reporting on the impact of information and communication technologies on society.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/925

NEWSROOM/WSIS

Internet Governance: A Review in the Context of the WSIS Process
Carlos A Alfonso
Instituto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM)
In the recent discussion process on Internet governance, stimulated since the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) meeting in Geneva by the creation of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)2, visions of what governance of the network of networks' logical infrastructure3 ought to be kept floating between two polar views: on the one hand, Icannians4 insist that, if there is something which needs to be fixed, it can be done within the current structure, which they like to characterize as private sector based.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/929

Women Claiming the Information Society (WOCTIS)
European/North American Regional Conference on Gender and the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Berlin, Germany, 11 September 2005 (conference language: English)
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/926

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CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, económica y cultural de las personas y las comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la información basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participación, justicia social y económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l'information» est basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l'homme et améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la société civile se réunissent afin d'aider à la construction d'une société de l'information basée sur les principes de transparence, de diversité, de participation et de justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects régionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

The CRIS Charter
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to this is that civil society organisations come together to help build an information society based on principles of transparency, diversity, participation and social and economic justice, and inspired by equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
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