[WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS: Information about the intersessional negotiation work and the Resumed PrepCom-3 in Tunis

[Sandza Laurent]

Dear Philippe,

 I need explanation on this note which you sent
because it seems to me rather technical.

Thank you


--- CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at iprolink.ch> a écrit :

> Dear all, 
> 
>  
> 
> In follow-up to what was previously sent by Bertrand
> and Renate on this same
> issue over the week end, please find below the
> official message for the CS
> Bureau we received yesterday from Charles Geiger
> (WSIS ES) on intersessional
> negotiation groups and Resumed PrepCom-3.
> 
>  
> 
> Note the additional last paragraph of this text,
> about the possible
> introduction of overpasses for observers, depending
> on the venue of the
> meeting. Even though the resumed PrepCom-3 will
> follow the Rules of
> Procedure of the PrepCom, including the
> participation of observers in
> Plenary and Subcommittee meetings, it seems clear
> that because of material
> limitations related to the venue, it will not be a
> full-fledged PrepCom, but
> rather the final negotiation stage.
> 
>  
> 
> The attribution of overpasses, if confirmed, will be
> based on a
> self-organizing mechanism of civil society.
> 
>  
> 
> For the expected work plan of the resumed PrepCom-3
> in Sub-Committees and
> working groups, I refer to the message I sent on
> Sunday afternoon (Geneva
> time).
> 
>  
> 
> Best regards, 
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> To the Civil Society Bureau
> 
>  
> 
> Dear Sir, Madam, 
> 
> On behalf of the President of the Preparatory
> Committee of WSIS, I would
> like to inform you as follows: 
> 
> As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase of WSIS,
> the PrepCom Bureau
> decided in its today's meeting the dates of the
> intersessional negotiation
> work ahead of the Tunis phase as well as on the
> dates, venue and modalities
> of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis
> Summit. 
> 
> Intersessional negotiation work 
> 
> Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom
> of the Tunis phase of
> WSIS, the Negotiation Group will meet in two
> consecutive sessions from 24 to
> 28 October 2005.
> 
> In its first session, on 24 and 25 October 2005, its
> objective will be to
> finalize the negotiation on the Political Chapeau
> and on the paragraphs
> remained in brackets of Chapter two of the
> Operational Part. In its second
> session, from 26 to 28 October 2005, the Negotiation
> Group will aim to
> finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and four
> of the Operational Part
> of the final documents of the Tunis phase. It will
> be an intergovernmental
> negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00
> - 13.00 and from 15.00
> - 18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six
> UN working languages
> will be provided. 
> 
> These sessions are not open to observers. After each
> session, the President
> of PrepCom will inform the observers on the
> advancement of the work (in a
> way which will be defined later, probably by e-mail,
> or by teleconference). 
> 
> Resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the Tunis Summit 
> 
> The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the
> Tunis phase of WSIS will be
> reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in
> Tunis, for a three-day
> session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the
> venue will be provided
> at a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start
> with a short
> organizational Plenary meeting. The modalities of
> work of the resumed
> PrepCom-3 will follow the Rules of Procedure of the
> PrepCom, including the
> participation of observers in Plenary and
> Subcommittee meetings.
> Interpretation in the six UN working languages will
> be provided. As this
> resumed PrepCom will be the final negotiation stage,
>  the chairs of the
> working groups will decide how the observers may
> participate (observing
> without intervention, or present at the beginning in
> the room, or not at all
> present but with information from the chair etc).
> The Executive Secretariat,
> at the actual stage, cannot predict which form of
> participation will be used
> in the working groups.
> 
> Please not that this will not be a full-fledged
> PrepCom like the PrepComs in
> Geneva. We may have a relatively small venue
> (perhaps a room for 400-500
> persons only) and we may have to introduce
> overpasses (e.g. 2-3 for
> governments, and the remaining seats divided through
> the three observer
> categories). Therefore only few participant from
> observers will be able to
> follow the resumed PrepCom, and the space/seats for
> observers from civil
> society may be limited. 
> 
>  
> 
> Sincerly yours, 
> 
> Charles Geiger
> Executive Director WSIS 
> 
>  
> 
> 


 
 Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA 
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