[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [June 1 2005]

[Myriam Horngren]

NEWSROOM

Update: UNESCO convention on Cultural Diversity
31st May
Garry Neil, INCD Executive Director
We are only half way through the third and final meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts which is considering the terms of a Convention on cultural diversity. However, the rhythm of the meeting is well established and it is now possible to contemplate the broad parameters of the final outcome, with only a couple of elements remaining under consideration. The meeting may conclude ahead of schedule.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/859

To Prepare for Disaster: Small is Beautiful in Media!
WACC, Sean Hawkey
Communication systems can be a matter of life and death - reliable information, danger assessment and safety instructions can, and do, save many lives by preventing and mitigating disasters. But communication systems are not disaster-proof themselves. One expert explains what it takes for communication systems to be resilient.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/858

Historic Burmese-language telecast into Burma
25 May 2005
A free and independent Burmese-language TV service--a first in history--starts broadcasting into Burma on 28 May 2005.
The new channel, put up and operated by the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), will bypass all controls and censorship mechanisms put in place by the country's highly repressive military dictatorship.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/857

CRIS STATEMENT UNESCO CONVENTION
25th May 2005
The third session of the intergovernmental meeting of experts on the Preliminary Draft Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions is taking place at UNESCO (Room XII) from May 25 to June 4.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/856

NEWSROOM/WSIS

Fourth Meeting of WGIG, 14-17 June 2005
The WGIG will hold its fourth meeting in Geneva on 15-17 June 2005, preceded by consultations open to all stakeholders. The consultations will be held on 14 June in Room B of the Montbrillant Building of the International Telecommunications Union.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/861

WSIS Civil Society Consultation: Canada
This statement was elaborated and adopted by consensus by a group of individuals and groups drawn from Canadian civil society and representing a diversity of peoples, backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives, meeting in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on the 13-15 May 2005. This meeting was convened by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, with the support of Foreign Affairs, Canada, Industry Canada, Canadian Heritage, Human Resources and Sremoves Development Canada, International Development Research Centre, and the Canada Council for the Arts. the purpose of the meeting was to canvass the views of Canadians on the plan of action that emerged from phase I in Geneva and the prospects for Phase II for phase II in Tunis.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/860

IFEX Launches Arabic Newsletter on Freedom of Expression
9 May 2005
Toronto - The International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), in partnership with the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRInfo), is pleased to announce the launch of the Arabic version of the "IFEX Communiqué" newsletter.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/862

GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

Are "our media" still "your media"?
Do you sometimes also question the current media-landscape ? Do you also have the feeling that audience-numbers, and thus commercial interests prevail ? That even public broadcasters seldom leave the beaten track ? Do you believe that citizens should also be able to exert their communication right to produce their own media ? That there is little space for the unexpected, for the local, for small things, as well as big issues ? Do you also miss auditive adventures ? With music that cannot be listened to elsewhere ? Spaces where talents get the chance to grow or even mess about in a funny way ? Where minorities get a voice and are empowered ?
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/


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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