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

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Dear Jeanette and Vitorio
Please read carefully the declaration of CSDPTT (in french) I sent to the list last night.
All the best
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT 





> Message du 02/05/05 10:46
> De : "Jeanette Hofmann" 
> A : plenary at wsis-cs.org, "Vittorio Bertola" 
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> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] May 2nd Consultation - bases covered
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> 
> 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
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