Re: [WSIS-CT] Information regarding your contribution to the workingdocuments (declaration and action plan) of WSIS

[Bill McIver <mciver@albany.edu>]

Karen / Meryem,

This is what I have been wondering as well.

What if the CS Plenary or CS Bureau had submitted something?
Would they be recognized?

The caucuses have their legitimacy through the CS Bureau do they not?



WJM

karen banks wrote:

> dear all,
>
> I know many of you have received the following note from the secretariat.
>
> Though i appreciate the constructive advice from the secretariat, I 
> think we (those of us in caucuses) should highlight the legitimate 
> role of caucuses in UN processes, and that it is important that the 
> identity of the caucus be recognised.
>
> If a caucus document has to be submitted in care of an organisation 
> accredited according to the 'rules', i think it would be useful if we 
> could recommend some altetnative language, to that proposed by the 
> secretariat.. eg.. rather than..
>
>> will publish the contribution under
>>
>> "accredited GOs and civil society entities" under the name(s) of the 
>> organization(s)
>> backing the contribution ("organization/entity XY on behalf of ......")
>>
>> and
>> the proposals/comments can be integrated into the reference document.
>
>
>
> WSIS Submission on behalf the XXXXX Caucus with the support of XXXXX 
> accredited organisation
>
> otherwise, i think the names of the caucuses will dissapear!.. and i 
> think we should be trying to strengthen the visbility of the caucuses, 
> if they are to represent concensus positions on various issues.
>
> karen
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: charles.geiger@itu.int [mailto:charles.geiger@itu.int]
>> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:58 AM
>> To: africa.rights@apc.org; izumi@an.org; wsis-n-jp@gate.glocom.ac.jp;
>> g.berger@ru.ac.za; rui@misanet.info; mh@waac.org.uk; mciver@albany.edu;
>> rosario_gl@yahoo.co.uk; sivel@datafull.com; marzouki@ras.eu.org;
>> diallo_iam@yahoo.com:; muguet@mdpi.org;
>> secretariat-wsisgendercaucus@wougnet.org; valerieb@apc.org;
>> seema.pannaikadavil@itu.int
>> Cc: Pierre.Gagne@itu.int; Elaine.Baron@itu.int; Patricia.Janin@itu.int
>> Subject: Information regarding your contribution to the working
>> documents (declaration and action plan) of WSIS
>>
>>
>>
>> Sir, Madam
>>
>>
>> We have received from your "caucus", "coordination committee", 
>> "conference",
>> "group" etc. a contribution to the working documents (declaration and 
>> action
>> plan) of WSIS. We would like to inform you about the following:
>>
>> According to the Rules of Procedure for PrepComs (see:
>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/pc1/official/rules_procedure_pc.doc) , only
>> entities with a standing invitation by the UN General Assembly (like
>> Palestine, or the ICRC), International Organisations including 
>> UN-Agencies
>> and organs, ITU sector members as well as accredited NGOs, civil 
>> society and
>> business sector entities can participate in WSIS as observers, and 
>> you need
>> observer status in order be be able to make oral or written
>> contributions/inputs (see:
>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/pc1/official/arrangements_participation.doc).
>>
>> The Executive Secretariat of WSIS has received a number of 
>> contributions to
>> the working documents (declaration and action plan) from non-accredited
>> entities or from groups of entities, called "caucuses" or "committees",
>> "conferences", groups" etc. which as such do not have observer 
>> status. Given
>> the general interest of these contributions, the Executive Director 
>> decided
>> that such contributions should also be put on the WSIS website, under
>> "miscellaneous contributions". Your contribution figures in this list of
>> "miscellaneous contributions" on the WSIS website.
>>
>> According to the document on the intersessional period and to the 
>> decisions
>> of the Bureau, the Executive Secretariat is to produce a reference 
>> document
>> with the comments of the observers. This reference document will deal 
>> with
>> comments and contributions from International Organizations including UN
>> Agencies, ITU sector members, accredited NGOs, civil society and 
>> business
>> sector entities, but not from organizations and entities without 
>> observer
>> status. Therefore, at the actual stage, we are not in a position to
>> integrate your contribution into the reference document.
>>
>> If you have submitted your contribution as a document of a "caucus" or a
>> "coordination committee", "Conference" or "group" etc., please inform us
>> immediately which WSIS-accredited organization(s) or entity/entities or
>> which organization or entity with in consultative status with ECOSOC and
>> participating in WSIS is/are backing the contribution. We need the 
>> name of
>> at least one WSIS-accredited organization/entity (or an organisations in
>> consultative status with ECOSOC) who backs the contribution. If you 
>> provide
>> us with such name(s), we will publish the contribution under "accredited
>> NGOs and civil society entities" under the name(s) of the 
>> organization(s)
>> backing the contribution ("organization/entity XY on behalf of 
>> ......")and
>> the proposals/comments can be integrated into the reference document.
>>
>> We would need a response at the latest by Tuesday 10 June (sorry for the
>> short deadline) in order to be able to consider the proposals and 
>> comments
>> into the reference document. You can send the information to the 
>> undersigned
>> and/or to wsis.ap@itu.int
>>
>> Yours truly
>>
>> Charles Geiger
>> Senior Policy Adviser
>> Executive Secretariat
>> World Summit on the Information Society
>> c/o ITU, Place des Nations
>> CH-1211 Geneva 20
>> Switzerland
>> phone  ++ 41 22 730 63 75
>> fax       ++41 22 730 63 93
>> e-mail:  charles.geiger@ties.itu.int
>>
>>
>>
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