Re: Information regarding your contribution to the working documents (declaration and action plan) of WSIS

[Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>]

Dear Mr Geiger,

In response to your message, please do consider that the document  
already sent to you as the contribution of the Human Rights in the  
Information Society Caucus (HRIS Caucus) to the intersessional meeting  
of July 15-18 in Paris, France, is indeed:

- the WSIS Contribution of the Human Rights in the Information Society  
Caucus (HRIS Caucus),
- submitted by IRIS-Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire, accredited  
organization to WSIS PrepCom1 and PrepCom2,
- in its capacity of co-coordinator of the HRIS Caucus, and
- on behalf of the HRIS Caucus members.

The caucuses are thematic groups of organizations, most if not all of  
them being accredited to WSIS and/or having a consultative status with  
ECOSOC. They have been formed during PrepCom1 or PrepCom2.

You may find the description and list of members of the HRIS Caucus in  
its document submitted to you as well as at:
www.iris.sgdg.org/actions/smsi/hr-wsis

Best regards,

Meryem Marzouki
HRIS Caucus co-cordinator

Le jeudi, 5 juin 2003, à 16:58 Europe/Paris, charles.geiger@itu.int a  
écrit :

>
> 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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