[WSIS CS-Plenary] Report on Sub-committee B, 1500-1800

[conchita poncini]

Thanks Rik,

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conchita
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  From: Rik Panganiban 
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  Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:58 PM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report on Sub-committee B, 1500-1800


  World Summit on the Information Society 

  Prepcom III

  Sub-committee B

  29 September 2005

  1500-1800 hours



  Notes by Rik Panganiban




  Sub-committee B continues negotiation on new political chapeau, based on WSIS-II/PC-3/DT/12. [Not available online yet.]

  Paras 1A-1B
  Cuba and Norway still leading negotiations

  Para 5A
  Sub-committee B begins w Para 5A

  Ghana
  Proposes to lead negotiations on combining 5A-G

  US
  On 5A-5G: Should have a short political chapeau.  Freedom of expression and media issues already dealt with in Geneva doc, which was hard fought text.  We propose elimination because they re-open contentious issues.

  Ghana
  Delete 5A-G

  Cuba
  We will lead negotiations on 5A-G

  Para 8A
  US submits text

  El Salvador adds “fully respecting human rights”

  Honduras inserts “development”

  Taken in brackets

  Para 9
  US
  We prefer Alt9

  NZ
  We will coordinate work on this para.

  Para 9A “open source”
  US 
  Add “in ways that combine the advantages of all models” to “principally”

  Brazil
  We support including this in brackets.  

  Para 9B
  Australia
  Move to operational part

  UK
  Delete

  Belarus
  This text comes from a conference we had.  Let’s talk about this bilaterally.

  US
  We have suggestions on this.

  Para 10A

  Para 11B “equitable multilateral trading system”
  US
  Has new text

  Para 11C
  Brazil will coordinate new text

  US has alternative language

  New US text: ”We recognize that the use of local languages in ICTs promotes inclusion of all people in the information society, enhances cultural diversity, and contributes to development.”



  Para 11E “financial resources”
  US, Australia, NZ and UK
  This is a resource issue.  Should be in  operational part not here.

  El Salvador, Honduras, Algeria, Cuba, Egypt
  We need some references to mobilizing resources in the chapeau

  Iran
  Propose texts from millennium outcome document

  Canada proposes new text.

  Para 11F “public and private investment”
  Australia
  This para summarizes our debates on private sector and public sector investment.  We should go back to Geneva language.

  Para 11J “child helplines”
  US, UK
  Too detailed for political chapeau.  Move to operational part in part 7.

  Chair
  We really need to have some text on protecting children. Perhaps can the NGO that proposed this please bring this text back to us.  We will move this operational part.

  UK and Canada will be happy to work on this to make it in line with Geneva language.

  Para 11K
  Japan
  “We reaffirm our desire to build ICT networks and develop applications, in partnership with the private sector and civil society, based on open or interoperable standards that are affordable and accessible to all, available anywhere and anytime, to anyone and on any device, leading to a [ubuquitous networked society.]”

  para 11L
  Ghana
  This para is important to us.

  UK
  Reformulates: “We note the potential of ICTs and encourage their use in identifiying conflict situations through early-warning systems, preventing them, and promoting their peaceful resolution, mitigating their consequences, protecting civilians, facilitating peacekeeping missions, and post-conflict reconstruction towards free, open, inclusive and just societies.”

  Some opposition, so in negotiation still.

  Para 12A



  Chair
  At 6:10pm we will come back here and start general discussion on paper related to mechanisms.  We have tried to incorporate different inputs that were made.

  Then we continue on Chapters 1 and 4 tonight, without interpretation.  We will finish our work today.



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