[WSIS CS-Plenary] Next session of CSTD 15-19 May

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

Thanks Robert for this useful complementary information. I naively thaught to eventually get this accreditation for attending the upcoming meetings...
I completely support your opinion on CS participation in meetings that are in diret connection with WSIS follow-up. As far as I know, even the calamitous Tunis Summit didn't exlude its follow-up process to be a multistakeholder process. Which in my understanding means that CS has the same rights as have its other partners.
Therefore I also ask CONGO to be our voice in this issue and hope they'll succeed, at least for the february "IGF" meeting .
All the best
Jean-Louis Fullsack 



> Message du 18/01/06 01:57
> De : "Robert Guerra" 
> A : plenary at wsis-cs.org
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> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next session of CSTD 15-19 May
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> Realistically it takes about a year and a half to go through all the paperwork and approvals required to obtain consultation status with ECOSOC. I say this, as that's how long it took CPSR...
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> It takes a while and requires a rather lengthy process to complete. 
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> The pros - well, it's easier to access UN venues and participate at events that follow ECOSOC accreditation rules (not all UN agencies do..)
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> Personally, I must say it's a bit of a farse that only ECOSOC accredited organizations seem to be allowed to participate in a meeting that is the result of WSIS. If anything BOTH ECOSOC and organizations that were accredited in the WSIS process should be allowed in. I would hope that groups such as CONGO and others will lobby hard for the meeting to be reflective of the WSIS principles of inclusion - and not exclusion. 
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> regards,
> 
> Robert
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