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

[Bill McIver <mciver@albany.edu>]

Angela,

I think we go ahead and use the approach that Meryem and Karen worked out.

I am fairly sure we in the Communication Rights Caucus will agree to 
take this
approach.

If your effort is futile then all of ours will probably be.
But I don't think they will be.

WJM

RunningToddler wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Now that I have vented, would it help to just have a list of accredited
>organisations from the Asia Pacific region support the other regional/issue
>caucuses input?
>
>Let me know if this effort would be futile.
>
>Angela
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill McIver" <mciver@albany.edu>
>To: "karen banks" <karenb@gn.apc.org>
>Cc: <ct@wsis-cs.org>; <apc-ir-team@lists.apc.org>; <hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>
>Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 9:50 PM
>Subject: Re: [WSIS-CT] Information regarding your contribution to the
>working documents (declaration and action plan) of WSIS
>
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>>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
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>>karen banks wrote:
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>>>dear all,
>>>
>>>I know many of you have received the following note from the
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>secretariat.
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>>>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..
>>>
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>>>>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.
>>>>        
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>>>
>>>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
>>>
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>>>
>>>>-----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) ,
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>only
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>>>>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:
>>>>
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>http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/pc1/official/arrangements_participation.doc).
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>>>>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
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>>>>
>of
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>>>>"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
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>>>>
>UN
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>>>>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
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>a
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>>>>"coordination committee", "Conference" or "group" etc., please inform
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>us
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>>>>immediately which WSIS-accredited organization(s) or entity/entities or
>>>>which organization or entity with in consultative status with ECOSOC
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>>>>
>and
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>>>>participating in WSIS is/are backing the contribution. We need the
>>>>name of
>>>>at least one WSIS-accredited organization/entity (or an organisations
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>in
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>>>>consultative status with ECOSOC) who backs the contribution. If you
>>>>provide
>>>>us with such name(s), we will publish the contribution under
>>>>        
>>>>
>"accredited
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>>>>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
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>the
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>>>>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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>>Bill McIver
>>Assistant Professor
>>School of Information Science and Policy
>>University at Albany, State University of New York
>>Albany, New York 12222
>>USA
>>
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>>URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver
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Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
USA

e-mail: mciver@albany.edu
URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver