[WSIS CS-Plenary] Drastic changes to the proposed WSIS implementation mechanisms in the new text

[John Mathiason]

Jean-Louis,

All of the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations (including ITU)  
report to ECOSOC.  This is part of the relationship agreement into  
which they entered when the United Nations was founded.  Now that the  
WSIS has been given status as a UN conference, it also reports to the  
General Assembly.  Whether or not ECOSOC does anything with the  
reports, of course, is up to ECOSOC, but the General Assembly will be  
expected to act on whatever is adopted by WSIS.

Regards,

John

John R. Mathiason
Adjunct Professor of International Relations
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University

On Aug 30, 2005, at 15:20, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:

> dear robert
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> I still believe that ITU doesn't report to ECOSOC, even as the  
> coordinator of the WSIS process : behind Utsumi you'll find Kofi  
> Annan or his close advisors (e.g. Nitin Desai).
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> During the twenty years or so I spent as an ITU senior consultant I  
> never heard anything from ECOSOC.
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
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> > Message du 30/08/05 16:46
> > De : "Robert Guerra"
> > A : plenary at wsis-cs.org
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> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Drastic changes to the proposed  
> WSIS implementation mechanisms in the new text
> >
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
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> > You raise a tricky question....
> >
> > Are you referring to whom does the ITU report to (if at all) for  
> it's
> > ongoing mandate, or who does the ITU report to as the lead agency
> > organizing the WSIS.
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> >
> > I think the ITU , as it predates the UN has a "different  
> arrangement"
> > as to which structure in the UN it "reports to". I'm not to sure as
> > i'm not a ITU expert. Bill Drake and others on the governance list
> > are, and they would be good people to ask.
> >
> > As for what reporting the ITU needs to do, and where for WSIS. As  
> i'm
> > not sure, i've just quickly looked through the ECOSOC page and found
> > some reports from the ITU (see below). So indeed, it does seem that
> > the reports to to ECOSOC, which in turn might end up at the General
> > Assembly.
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> > http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=E/2004/61&Lang=E
> > http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=E/2004/61/CORR. 
> 1&Lang=E
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> > Note by the Secretary-General of the United Nations transmitting the
> > report of the Secretary-General of the International
> > Telecommunication Union on the first phrase and progress in the
> > preparations for the second phase of the World Summit on the  
> Informat
> > Agenda Item: Economic and environmental questions: Science and
> > technology for development (13(b))
> > Issue Date: 5/5/2004
> > ODS Symbol: E/2004/6
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