[WSIS CS-Plenary] accreditation of Human Rights in China

[Milton Mueller]

I understand the frustration with the time pressures, but it is really not just about Chinese human rights specifically, but also about the inclusiveness of WSIS and the ability of UN organizations to function fairly. 

People from my country (USA) already have a tough time with "internationalizing" Internet governance functions because they fear that this kind of action (in which authoritarian countries vote as a bloc) will be used to squelch the freedom of the Internet. This is a good indication of why people sometimes prefer to bypass the UN. 

>>> m_mdella at yahoo.fr 09/19/05 11:34 AM >>>
Is it necessary to make Chinese question of the humans right a point of about a day of  Prepcom3? it is really before first! let us hope for what it is not before taste?

Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle at gmail.com> a écrit :I cannot imagine that the Human Rights Caucus isn't already considering preparing such a statement right away ?
 
Bertrand 

 
On 9/19/05, Tracey Naughton <tracey at traceynaughton.com> wrote: [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people] 

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Milton et all,

I was thinking the same thing last night. I prepared the 
accreditation request for the Media Institute of Southern Africa,
when I worked there. While the submission was thoughtfully and
carefully prepared I have no doubt at all that hours more work could
have gone into it to ensure that all details of the organisation and 
its sources of income were included. This was not a matter of non-
disclosure, but an approach of adequate disclosure to present the
nature of work and main income sources of the organisation. The
submission passed through without any further interrogation, let 
alone to the extent that Human Rights in China's submission is being
examined.

Clearly the Human Rights in China application has been singled out
for particular and microscopic attention for political reasons. 

I think it would be appropriate to formulate a statement noting that
the level of interrogation of this 'file' is not in proportion to
that afforded to other 'files'.

Tracey Naughton


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