[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: For an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for All - WSIS Parallel Event - Tunis 17 November 2005
Robert Guerra
rguerra at lists.privaterra.org
Thu Oct 13 18:58:28 BST 2005
Sigh -
It only gets worse... Here's copy of a message my organization just
got from ECOSOC in regards to an event they are organizing in Tunis @
WSIS.
Looking at the program, and attached documents - my fears are
confirmed...Well known Tunisian actors are present throughout the
program, as well as General Ammar - who is well known his human
rights record...
Again, I make the point that CS speakers should, must - clearly
identify all the organizations that they are part of. There needs to
be clear disclosure. Otherwise, appearances aren't what they seem.
If you take the publicly known information about certain Tunisian
actors and take it into consideration, one can clearly see how
"embedded" Tunisian parliamentarians are not only in CS but also in
key events at the summit.
This advertised event seems to build on the development at prepcom3
where UN agencies and security apparatus where manipulated...sigh!
Note the session is called "an interactive dialogue"...I am curious
who they will dialogue with..
regards
Robert
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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
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Subject: For an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for All - WSIS
Parallel Event - Tunis 17 November 2005
From: "Najet Karaborni" <karaborni at un.org>
Date: Thu, October 13, 2005 8:39 am
To: "Najet Karaborni" <karaborni at un.org>
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Dear All,
Please find attached the invitation and updated agenda for the
ECOSOC NGO
Roundtable/Workshops of 17 November 2005 from 5 to 7 pm.
Kindly confirm your participation as you are selected to take part to
this
important event taking into account your high commitment to the NGO
sector
contribution to the ECOSOC work in implementing the MDGs and
achieving the
Millennium Declaration. We are sure that your active participation
will
enhance the Summit outcome.
Kindly fill the attached form and send it back to me at
karaborni at un.org
with copy to ATM at: atm at email.ati.tn as soon as possible and no
later
than 21 October 2005.
With my Warmest Regards and Sincere Thanks,
Najet Karaborni
Senior Interregional Advisor/OUSG/UNDESA
UN-NGO-IRENE Project Coordinator
NGO Section/ECOSOC/UNDESA
Room DC2 䴋 1736, Two UN Plaza
New York, NY 10017å å USA
Tel 1 212 963 6207 Fax 1 212 963 2916
e-mail :å karaborni at un.org
WSIS Roundtable
________________________________________________________________________
______________
ECOSOC NGO/Civil Society Roundtable /Interactive Workshops
‰¥þFor an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for All‰¥ÿ
Le Kram, Tunis, Tunisia,
17 November 2005 (5:00 pm to 7:00 pm)
Room La Goulette
The UN-NGO-IRENE / NGO Section/ECOSOC and the Division for
Public
Administration and Development Management of the United Nations
Department
of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Association of
Tunisian
Mothers (ATM), Regional Coordinator of the UN-NGO- Informal
Regional
Network for Africa (UN-NGO-IRENE/Africa), are honored to invite
you to
participate in the ECOSOC NGO Roundtable/Workshops to contribute
to an
effective implementation of the Tunis Declaration and Plan of
Action on
the theme ‰¥þFor an Interactive Dialogue to ensure ICT Access for
All‰¥ÿ.
Objectives of the Panel:
To follow-up on the April 2005 ECOSOC NGO Forum on the theme
‰¥þFor an
Inclusive, People Centered, Development Oriented and
Knowledgeable
Information Society for All‰¥ÿ and to effectively contribute
to the
implementation of the recommendations and the Tunis Declaration and
Plan of
Action which were adopted by the Forum
Expected outcome:
A strategic action plan for the United Nations ECOSOC NGOs to
contribute to
the effective implementation of the Tunis Declaration and action
Plan ‰¥þFor
an Inclusive, People Centered, Development Oriented and
Knowledgeable
Information Society for All‰¥ÿ .This will serve as statement to
the ECOSOC
Substantive Session of Geneva, July 2006
Agenda and Registration forms are attached.
(See attached file: Tunis WSIS Roundtable-Workshops Invitation 17
November
2005 Final.doc)
(See attached file: REGISTRATION FORM English NGO Forum nov 2005
English.doc)(See attached file: FORMULAIRE d'inscription 17 Nov 2005
French.doc)
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