[WSIS CS-Plenary] May 2nd Consultation - bases covered

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> Il giorno ven, 29-04-2005 alle 10:24 +0200, Jean-Louis FULLSACK ha
> scritto:
> 
>>NB : Excerpt from the ITU invitation document : "The purpose of this
>>informal consultation is to assess the views of a represntative sample
>>of WSIS stakeholders on the implementation mechanisms (...) Pleasenote
>>that the meeting will be conducted in English only". 
> 
> 
> Perhaps someone among those CS people who will be present could be
> tasked with reading a short statement that remarks that civil society
> attendants, having been selected by the organizers, do not constitute a
> representative sample of civil society stakeholders at WSIS, and only
> speak for themselves and their own organizations, and that
> representatives of civil society should be self-selected by civil
> society itself?

Hi, not sure such a statement makes sense to me. According to the ITU's 
logic, they invite "experts", not CS reps. If a statement is to be read 
at the meeting, it should ask the ITU to open its doors not only to 
governments and business but to the people in general.

jeanette