[WSIS CS-Plenary] CS WSIS statement - feedback needed by 22:00 through caucuses

[richard jordan]

Hi, Renate, Just some clarifications NOT of personal input, if useful, use in whatever way, if not, also fine.

The first paragraph may be overly long and could be split into two, but there is one factual point that is left out: At the end of para 1 of page 1, following the sentence beginning "Despite the undeniable impact..." -- it is true that: "The innovative work of the CSD/NGO Steering Committee, gender-balanced and regionally balalnced, introduced the concept of going beyond the nine major groups of Agenda 21 and served as the forerunner of the multi-stakeholder process that was developed through the Johannesburg process."

Additionally, "Following the African Regional Preparatory meeting held shortly before Prep Com I of the first segment of the Summit, a Bureau composed of government, civil society and private sector representatives was established and served as an example of a new type of working relationship among these three sectors." Olivier would be able to verify this, and I would suggest that this language be added BEFORE para 3 of page 1.

If these are not to the point, just ignore them, but I think that these suggestions may be helpful. just my opinion. 

Best regards, Richard Jordan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Renata Bloem" <rbloem at ngocongo.org>
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS WSIS statement - feedback needed by 22:00 through caucuses
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:33:45 +0100

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of Ralf Bendrath
> Sent: jeudi, 17. novembre 2005 15:39
> To: wsis-cs-plenary
> Cc: WSIS CT-Drafting
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS WSIS statement - feedback needed by 22:00
> through caucuses
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> after heavy writing, copying and editing by the drafting group with the
> input of several others[1], we now have a first consolidated version of
> the CS WSIS statement for tomorrow.
> 
> Please send your feedback until 22:00 (Tunis time) tonight to
> <ct-dec at wsis-cS.org>.
> 
> We will produce a new version by tomorrow morning.
> 
> IMPORTANT
> 
> 1. Please, do not send comments and thoughts. We need finished language we
> can easily use.
> 
> 2. Please, do not send us your individual text suggestions. (We already
> had three different versions on media, three different versions on
> Internet Governance, and two different versions on Multi-Stakeholderism.
> We can't seriously consolidate this on our own, and we don't have a
> mandate for this.)
> 
> So please, please, please: Produce your input through the respective
> caucuses. The caucuses should be able to easily come up with agreed
> language, as they have had several years of time for discussing.
> 
> Best, Ralf
> 
> [1] People and groups who have contributed so far:
> Karen Banks, Ralf Bendrath, Sally Burch, Bertrand de La Chapelle, Avri
> Doria, Divina Frau-Meigs, Guru Gurumurthy, Jeanette Hofmann, Parminder
> Jeet Singh, Ramin Kaweh, Wolf Ludwig, Bill McIver, Gender Caucus, Cultural
> Diversity Caucus, Academia&Education Caucus, Privacy&Security Working
> Group, Human Rights Caucus, Media Caucus.
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