<div>Don't they usually hold these events in UN cities? That means Geneva, Nairobi, New York, Vienna, Bangkok, Santiago, Addis Ababa and Beirut. Is there another one in a visa free country that is easy to get to?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2010/9/6 Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tracyhackshaw@gmail.com">tracyhackshaw@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Unfortunately, these Visa challenges extend to the Schengen area for<br>developing countries as well. Switzerland joined the Schengen<br>
Agreement in 2008.<br><br>Costs of travel from Latin America and the Caribbean to Europe remain<br>prohibitive and the cheapest routes are generally through the US<br>anyway.<br><br>It might also be just a good time as any to advocate for a move of<br>
WSIS to a relatively Visa free area or country.<br><br>Panama, therefore, sounds pretty good as a Venue if these things are<br>even still being considered.<br>
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<div class="h5"><br>On 9/6/10, Carlos A. Afonso <<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca">ca@cafonso.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> Adding to Wolf's quite relevant worries, let us recall as well that<br>> getting a visa to the USA continues to be a challenge for citizens in<br>
> all developing countries.<br>><br>> frt rgds<br>><br>> --c.a.<br>><br>><br>> On 09/06/2010 12:33 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:<br>>> Dear friends<br>>><br>>> I disagree with the argument that a move from Geneva to to New York of the<br>
>> WSIS Forum 2011 would improve outreach and bring WSIS implementation<br>>> forward. In contrary I am afraid that a move to NewYork will weaken in<br>>> particular the involvement of civil society and the academic community as<br>
>> important stakeholders in the WSIS process. A large number of civil<br>>> society organisations, including represenations of organisations from<br>>> developing countries, are based in Geneva or not far from Geneva. Moving<br>
>> the event to New York would create additional costs and logistic problems<br>>> for them which would result in lower participation of civil society<br>>> organisations. This would certainly undermine the multistakeholder nature<br>
>> of the WSIS implementaiton process.<br>>><br>>> Another risk moving the WSIS Forum 2011 to New York would be that the<br>>> important WSIS issues would be discussed in the shadow of more important<br>
>> political and security issues which dominate the day to day UN acitvities<br>>> in New York. The WSIS Forum would be just "another conference" and would<br>>> have difficulties to get the needed public attention.<br>
>><br>>> Finally I want to flag that in same week the European Union has its annual<br>>> Future of the Internet Week meetings under the Hungarian Presidency in<br>>> Budapest.<br>>><br>>><br>
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