[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: RE : Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Report of the Meeting of the African Group

[NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS]

Brother Pierre,
Thank you for your objective analysis and do hope 'our
Leaders' in ACSIS are listening.
Pastor Peters OMORAGBON

--- bapdem pierre <partners95 at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Dear Colleague,
>    
>   I wish to thank you for raising these crucial
> issues and I am sure our colleagues
>   will try to address some of them.
>    
>   I wrote in my acknowlegment receipt of the report
> the necessity to mobilize
>   our constituencies at each country level to reach
> consensus on positions to
>   articulate in international forum.
>    
>   Thanks again and best regards,
>    
>   Pierre Chekem
>   Partnership Coordinator,
>    
>  
>
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> Dear Cooleaques,
> May I on behalf of the Nigerian Chapter of the
> ACSIS/WSIS in general and my NGO in particular,
> congratulate those who were able to make it to
> Athens
> for the just concluded IGF 2006.
> 
> It is hoped that your(our)participation would have
> opened a new vista to future African participation.
> 
> As to the report under focus, whose objective was
> "...exchange ideas on African participation on the
> IGF, and post -Athens future perspectives for
> adequate
> responses to African issues." I have the following
> observations(contribution)to make-even though it
> would
> have been very useful if the organizers of this
> meeing
> had posted on the Net the need for those who could
> not
> make it/were not in Athens to make virtual
> contribution as done by Phillipe of Congo Wsis, this
> position would have been (our) contribution.
> That not withstanding, I am disturbed that as
> luadable
> as the "object" for the meeting was, salient issues
> were either deliberately left out or outrightly
> forgotten.
> For instance how many African Members of the civil
> society from the members states attended compared to
> the attendance at the past WSIS related events?
> Supposing without necessarily conceding that, few
> African members attended, did the meeting discuss
> the
> possible reasons or problems that must have been
> responsible for this poor(?) turn out?.
> That Nnena had to interpret to English the minutes
> of
> the meeting(even though she was not at Athens-for
> she
> told us so herself)underscores the need for issues
> relating to adequate participation of African
> members
> to the IGF /WSIS as issue that should have taken the
> front burner at the African Group Meeting in Athens.
> From the heading, it was/is glaring that what took
> place was the AFRICAN GROUP MEETING and not the
> ACSIS,
> which could translate to eihter of these-that not
> enough members of the ACSIS made it to Athens or
> that
> there was no qourum if at all any came-becuase, NANA
> should have presided.
> Even at this, it would have been a very good
> opportunity for those present to have presented the
> likeable problems faced by members of ACSIS to
> Athens
> to the Chair of the African Union ICT Ministerial
> Council and other Ministers from Africa present.
> The irony of it all is that these people will not
> have
> problems attending ANY meeting as they are given
> Diplomatic treatment and at the expense of heir home
> country(remember it is our tax).
> Finally, my position might sound critical, but I
> dont
> owe any apology for this, as it was Allan Patton who
> once wrote that "to give up the task of reforming
> soceity is to give up one's responsibility as a free
> man" ACSIS I challenge you to arise to your
> responsibility to members and not pursue shadows!
> Long Live Africa!
> Pastor Peters OMORAGBON
> Executive President/CEO
> Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative
> Coordinator-Nigerian Chapter ACSIS/WSIS 
> 
> --- NANA Delphine wrote:
> 
> > Dear Colleagues, Below please find the report of
> > the African Group meeting, translated from French
> to
> > English by Nnenna from the Civil Society Group
> > (ACSIS). 
> > 
> > Best regards.
> > 
> > The INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
> > Report of the Africa Group Meeting
> > 
> > On the initiative of the ECA, African delegates
> > participating in the 1st Forum of the Internet
> > Governance met on Tuesday, 31 st of October, 2006,
> > at 17 hours in Aphrodite Hall (Athens) under the
> > chairperson of the Chair of the African Union ICT
> > Ministerial Council, Mr Tarek Kamel, Egyptian
> > Minister of Communications and ICT; with Mr Joseph
> > Ndong, Minister of Posts and ICT of Senegal also
> in
> > attendance. 
> > 
> > The main objective of the meeting was to exchange
> > ideas on African participation on the IGF, and
> > post-Athens future perspectives for adequate
> > responses to African issues. 
> > 
> > Makane Faye, representing ECA, welcomed
> > participants, tabled the objective and introduced
> > Ministers Kamel and Ndong. Mr Kamel emphasized the
> > importance of the Forum in the Internet Governance
> > process and the necessity of continued
> collaboration
> > of all stakeholders on the continent for a better
> > synergy, underlining the fact that Internet
> > Governance requires participation of all actors 
> > 
> > The Egyptian Minister also recalled the
> > fundamental of the IGF itself, which is a new
> > process to install dialogue on Internet
> Governance. 
> > He revisited the major issues in his earlier
> speech
> > during the opening ceremony, and insisted
> > particularly on the key role of the African
> business
> > and industrial sectors in making the Internet a
> > solid vector for a complete overhaul of life and
> > living in the continent. The Forum, he said, owing
> > to its Multi-stakeholder approach, is a good
> > occasion for the creation of dialogue among all
> > stakeholders. This, he believes, will deepen
> > understanding on issues that are of priority to
> > Africa like: 
> > 
> > - Security
> > - Spam
> > - Exchange points
> > - Privacy
> > - Freedom of expression
> > - Diversity
> > - Access
> > - Multilingualism
> > - Reinforcement of capacities
> > - etc
> > 
> > 
> > These Internet Governance issues can only be
> > resolved through a multi-stakeholder cooperation. 
> > It may already be noted that AfriNic, the African
> > regional Internet Registry, has well illustrated
> > this in its development of the region and its
> > emerging markets 
> > 
> > The Minister also used the occasion to remind of
> > the basic outline of the African preparatory
> meeting
> > on the Internet Governance Forum that Egypt hosted
> > last September. He then expressed the need for the
> > development of an African Road Map which will
> > portray the continent's vision on Internet
> > Governance for the nest five years.
> > 
> > The participants' response, as resumed below;
> > - Congratulated the Minister
> > on his nomination as Head of the ICT Ministerial
> > Department in Egypt and as Chair of the of the
> > African Union ICT Ministerial Council
> > - Congratulated the
> > organizers for initiating the meeting which has
> > reinforced collaboration of stakeholders
> > - Emphasized the particular
> > importance that they assign to Internet Governance
> > - Expressed the need of a
> > common vision on issues related to Internet
> 
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   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
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