[WSIS CS-Plenary] UN Changes Goal post for Tunis Phase for Media, etc

[editor at it-telecomdigest.com]

The message was actually meant for the entire team; it was not meant for any
specific person, as everyone needs to be aware.

If you are journalist and were accredited to the Geneva phase of WSIS, when
going for your accreditation for this Tunis Phase, you need to check if you
were asked to summit the same documentation. The answer is NO.

Secondly, prove of journalistic activity was enough for accreditation at
Geneva phase, it is not so in the Tunis; so, for African journalists who have
to battle first with funding, and then with airline problems - most African
countries don't have direct flights to Tunis - they simply got frustrated and
decided to stay out of the show.

You get my point?

Mkpe Abang
Nigeria

Rik Panganiban <rikp at earthlink.net> wrote:

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> Could you be more specific about what problems journalists from  
> Africa are experiencing in getting accredited?   Because its not  
> clear from your message. Thanks.
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> CONGO
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> On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:35 AM, editor at it-telecomdigest.com wrote:
> 
> > Is everyone, particularly civil society members, NGOs, etc, aware  
> > that the UN
> > system, in particular the media accreditation unit, has made things
> > practically impossible for many journalists in many African  
> > countries to be
> > accredited to attend the Tunis Phase of the WSIS?
> >
> > That they suddenly changed the system - or moved the goal posts -  
> > regarding
> > requirements for accreditation from what obtained in Geneva, as  
> > against what
> > they want for Tunis? And many African journalists, frustrated by  
> > the change
> > simply labelled the UN system as having preconceived plans to  
> > thwart the WSIS
> > process, originally initiated by Tunisia.
> >
> > So, civil society groups, you have a problem on your hands.
> >
> 
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