[WSIS CS-Plenary] EC description of WSIS process

[Ginger Paque]

What do you think of the following excerpt from this article from the European Commission? I have quoted below the last paragraph, giving the "background" of the WSIS. This description seems to highlight the problems Civil Society has been having all along: The Summit is described here as a governmental project, without recognizing the importance of multistakeholders from the PrepComs through the Summit Phases. Civil Society and the Private Sector were very important elements in this WHOLE process, or at least we tried to be. 

Does anyone else have objections to this description of the background?

Saludos (Greetings), Ginger

"EC seeks global partnership on Internet governance, freedom of expression and the combat against cyber-repression"
"Source: European Commission
Published Friday, 28 April, 2006 - 10:04"

"Background:

"The World Summit on the Information Society was a formal UN initiative at the level of Heads of State and Government. It took place in two phases: in Geneva in December 2003 and in Tunis in November 2005. The outcome of the World Summit is a consensus on a global approach to the Information Society that is common to all UN Member States and reflected in the documents adopted in Tunis. The Tunis documents recognise in particular acknowledge the need for enhanced cooperation on Internet governance matters of a public policy nature to enable governments, on an equal footing, to carry out their roles and responsibilities. They also lay the foundation for a new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The EU is participating actively in the setting up of both processes. "


http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/5812


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