[WSIS CS-Plenary] CSTD Up date - 3

[CONGO - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

This morning session ended without any strong substantial discussion. Two
draft resolutions were officially circulated to the CTSD participants. The
first one emanating from the CSTD Bureau (on multi-year program of work and
working methods) and a second one by El Salvador on behalf on GRULAC,
entitle "flow of information for the follow-up to WSIS", which includes a
paragraph in reference to enhanced cooperation. 

 

Most of the morning discussion actually focused on the format of the CSTD
outcome (be it through a resolution or through a more informal set of
"agreed conclusions" which might prevent from any in depth negotiation
process). As regards the process from now, the Chairman of this morning's
CSTD has proposed to have a drafting group with the view to try to merge the
two tabled resolutions. Other delegations stressed the need for an open
ended discussion on what the CSTD wants to decide, before going on into any
kind of drafting process. 

 

A CSTD Bureau meeting will be held during lunch break in order to decide the
way ahead, but one possible outcome would be to still have multi-stakeholder
interactive discussions on the content of the decisions to be taken.

 

Quite interestingly, 2 NGOs could speak during this morning's segment, just
by raising their NGO tag, and provided comments on the working methods and
the WSIS follow-up by CSTD. At the request for clarification in this regard
from China, the UN Legal Officer stressed the multi-stakeholder approach
encouraged by ECOSOC for the work of the CTSTD plenary meetings. 

 

The afternoon CSTD meeting will resume at 3.30 pm. We will keep you updated.

Best, 

 

Ph

 
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