[WSIS CS-Plenary] UN Official Document System is online

[Rik Panganiban]

I sent off an email to the NGO liaison to the Department of Public 
Information on Friday late, in particular looking for the correct 
technical and organizational point-person for further dialogue and 
feedback on these issues.

The New York offices of lots of UN bodies don't really get going in the 
new year until today, so we shouldn't expect much response until 
perhaps Wednesday.  But if people would like to start drafting a 
statement, I think that would be ok.

Frankly I am more interested in getting an ongoing feedback loop and 
dialogue going between civil society and the technical staff and 
managers at the UN.  Just delivering a statement to them seems a little 
simplistic to me, since user consultation is a continual process not an 
event.  Creating a big political statement and delivering it to 
governments might just as easily backfire on us by alienating the very 
UN office and staffers we are trying to develop closer relationships 
with.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

On Jan 10, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Robert Guerra wrote:

>
> Getting back to the original thread and subject of the message....
>
>
> is there any news on contacting the officials behind the UN document 
> system? if not, who might volunteer to start drafting a 
> statement...time to act is running short..
>
> I mention this it would be a good idea to have a CS statement 
> presented at two upcoming events -
>
> * African Regional meeting - First week in Feb
> * PrepCom - 2/3 week of Feb
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
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