[WSIS CS-Plenary] another view on the Tunis summit

Wed Nov 30 15:31:28 GMT 2005

Dear Djilali,

Thank you for this very pleasant sending, and I will do my best. I am sure
all will appreciate your sharing.

For me, I should have reviewed my slender French vocabulary before
WSIS-2/SMSI/Tunis, but did for around ten days (recalling the syntax) have
it as my sole language. Still, I may make some even comical mistakes in
comments, so please be forgiving! I echo your wise sentiment that we all
learn from each other's experience and points of view..

Very best wishes,
Linda M F.
L. D. Misek-falkoff, Ph.D. J.D..
*Respectful Interfaces* Programme, The Communications Coordination Committee
for the United Nations, Dr. Harry Lerner President.

On 11/29/05, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Falkoff,
> As democat acting in world civile society, we do must
> have many points of view.
> I send in French a paper draft for my discussion group
> on Finance Mechanisms.
> Please feel free to criticize and react.
> All the best
> Djilali
>
> --- "l.d.misek-falkoff falkoff"
> <ldmisekfalkoff at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> > Dear Claire and hello all,
> >
> > For one and from the persepective of **Respectful
> > Interfaces*,* it is very
> > pleasant to have your post and the linked-to article
> > by Bill Thompson.  In
> > my own thoughts I have been trying to compose
> > something beginning with a
> > disclaimer on sacharrine (overly sweet and/but
> > artifical) comments.
> >
> > I do believe/ concur with  the following, from
> > Bill's article:
> >
> > <quote> *" In fact the summit achieved a great deal,
> > and the two main
> > documents produced – the **Tunis
> >
> Agenda*<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2267%7C0
> >
> > * and the **Tunis
> >
> Commitment*<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2199%7C0
> >
> > * – were only part of it. Just having everyone in
> > the same place at the same
> > time allowed conversations to take place at all
> > levels, from senior
> > ministers to activist members of radical NGOs.
> > Information was exchanged,
> > future collaborations were discussed, and the
> > hundreds of exhibitors at the
> > **ICT4ALL* <http://www.ict4all-tunis.org/ >*
> > exhibition that accompanied the
> > summit were able to show off their work to a
> > remarkably receptive audience."
> > * <endquote>.
> > And my own summaries will resonate on these points.
> > True, I was not one blocked from entry, and I did
> > not personally witness
> > some reported disputes, so I do not claim to speak
> > for all. Each *disrespectful
> > interface* commands our attention.
> >
> > But when told there were 30,000 in attendance I was
> > grateful for each link I
> > was part of, with government, civil society
> > (organizations, grass roots, and
> > individual) new friends and colleagues, one expects.
> > Momentum should prove a
> > fine ally.
> >
> > Thank you again for opening the door to viewing all
> > sides of the matter.
> >
> > P.S. All interested in *Respectful Interfaces* are
> > cordially invited to
> > convene in a WSUS-2-Tunis list under the "Respites"
> > (abbrev.) banner.
> >
> > With warm regards to all, LDMF.
> > Individual email.
> > Dr. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff
> > Computing / Law / Humanities.
> > Communications Coordination Committee for the United
> > Nations, and other U.N.
> > NGOS.
> > Other Affliations on request.
> >
> >
> > On 11/28/05, Claire Shearman
> > < claire.shearman at mcr1.poptel.org.uk> wrote:
> > >
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