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

[Jacqueline Morris]

Hi
I'm a bit lost - they changed the  documentation requirements and made
them more stringent?
What did you need to produce instead of proof of journalistic activity?
BTW - most places don't have direct flights to Tunis - Caribbean
people had a very long flight with many connections to get there as
well...
Jacqueline

On 11/15/05, editor at it-telecomdigest.com <editor at it-telecomdigest.com> wrote:
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> The message was actually meant for the entire team; it was not meant for any
> specific person, as everyone needs to be aware.
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> 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.
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> You get my point?
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> Mkpe Abang
> Nigeria
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> 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.
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> > Rik Panganiban
> > CONGO
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> > On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:35 AM, editor at it-telecomdigest.com wrote:
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> > > 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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