[WSIS CS-Plenary] PrepcomIII "suspended" until Tunis, "negotiation group" continues

[Fawzia Assaad]

Le Vendredi, 30 sep 2005, à 22:07 Europe/Zurich, Ralf Bendrath a écrit :

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> Rik Panganiban wrote:
>>> Chair
>>> We will suspend the prepcom today.  We will re-convene at a later  
>>> stage.  There will be an open-ended negotiation group chaired by  
>>> the president of the prepcom with a mandate to negotiate the  
>>> political chapeau, chapter 1, 2, and 4.  The group would meet in  
>>> two sessions, one session on outstanding issue in political chapeau  
>>> and financial mechanisms.  Other session to address issues in  
>>> chapter 1 and 4 (implementation and follow-up).  The sessions will  
>>> take place in October for 2-3 days.  The aim is to conclude  
>>> negotiations on all issues.
> Karklins later confirmed that this negotiation group will be closed to 
> observers. We should have grabbed our bags and left the room in that 
> second, I thought afterwards. In the first phase of WSIS, they at 
> least re-convened as PrepCom, and we could still give our input.
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>>> Chapter 3 should be sent directly to the resumed session of prepcom 
>>> 3.
> That means they treat Internet Governance different than the normal 
> summit process. We will probably be able to particpate there, and Khan 
> actually thanked civil society and the private sector for their great 
> contributions.
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> So:
> 1. They have not agreed on Internet Governance
> 2. They have nit agreed on follow up
> 3. They are excluding us worse than ever
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> What should be our reaction?
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> Ralf <- just finishing an article on the outcomes for 
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