[WSIS CS-Plenary] Répondre: [CS Bureau] Informal Inter-Agency Meeting on CSTD 13 February

[Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA]

Thank you Alejandra for this well done report of the informal
consultation on strengthening the CSTD.

Thank you Renate for your advocacy for a 2-track mission so that the
initial role of the CSTD will not be neglected.

I think that this meeting was constructive, especially because the
multi-stakeholder approach seems to be accepted by all.

Best.

Tijani

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Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Member of the Tunisian Engineers' Order
Vice Chairman of CIC, World Federation of Engineering Organisations
Phone : + 216 98 330 114            Fax : + 216 71 781 927
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Le Me, 15 Fév 2006 10:12:19 +0000, "CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza" a écrit:

Dear all, 

Before going into the report (below) on the consultation on the reform of
the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (13 February), and
just for some explanation on this discussion, the CSTD is an
intergovernmental body acting under ECOSOC rules whose members are States.
Civil Society in consultative status can participate to CSTD sessions as
observer with the right to oral and written interventions. Therefore, we
have to mainly focus on modalities for participation of accredited Civil
Society to WSIS that do not have ECOSOC consultative status and how to gain
maximum arrangements for better interaction with this body.

For further information about the CSTD please refer to
http://stdev.unctad.org/unsystem/cstd/index.html 
Best regards,