<div>+1 </div><div><br></div><div>In addition to the commitments that the SG made during the meeting with civil society at WCIT that Joana mentioned, the ITU issued the following statement in response to a 10 December civil society <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/accessnow.org/document/pub?id=1LiM3FfKF8Fgih7Um7v2vK20J2AigneGrgJ93YTbqLSM">letter</a> to WCIT.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">• We
recognize that the current institutional structures do not facilitate
independent civil society participation in the work of the ITU. Given that it
is unlikely that institutional changes can be implemented during the WCIT, we
ask that the two above issues be addressed immediately and that the ITU commit
to reviewing and putting in place mechanisms that will encourage a more
flexible approach to participation by civil society. <i>[From 10 December letter]</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Only the Plenipotentiary Conference of the
ITU – the highest governing body of the organization – can change institutional
rules and procedures or effect changes to the ITU Constitution.<b> I believe
post-WCIT-12 we will have time to take stock and provide our membership with
some important recommendations in line with what you raise. I</b> would also take
the opportunity to remind you that all civil society organizations, who are
international in nature and who are working in the area of ICTs are welcome to
join the ITU and apply for exemption of fees. I believe we will all benefit
from a greater civil society engagement at ITU and in line with this I recently
invited the International Trade Union Movement to join.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The document is available on WCITLeaks, but (ironically) is locked behind a TIES log in: <a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S12-WCIT12-INF-0005!!MSW-E.pdf">http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S12-WCIT12-INF-0005!!MSW-E.pdf</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">I don't think seeking the right to participate at the WTPF would require changes at the plenipotentiary level (please do correct me if this assumption is wrong) so if we decide to go ahead with a letter, we might want to cite the sentence I highlighted above.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in">Best, <br>Deborah </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
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</div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Anriette Esterhuysen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anriette@apc.org" target="_blank">anriette@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font size="+1">Agree, and I think that <font size="+1">Jeremy and
Joana and Wolfgang's suggestions are not mutuall<font size="+1">y
exclusive.<br>
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<font size="+1">We can send a letter, and ask member<font size="+1">-states and sector members to also raise this
issue and make sure that our letter is discussed.<br>
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<font size="+1">Best<br>
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<font size="+1">Anriette<br>
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<div>On 17/01/2013 12:43, "Kleinwächter,
Wolfgang" wrote:<br>
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<pre>Hi Joana and all
there is another PrepMeeting for the WTPF in February in Geneva.
<a href="http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Pages/ieg.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/en/wtpf-13/Pages/ieg.aspx</a>
It is important to raise this question in this meeting. I have no idea whether this meeting (February 6 - 8, 2013 in the ITU HQ) is open. If not we should send a letter to like minded governments and to the ITU SG before February 6 and to push for a clear response to our request for equal participation in the WTPF, independent from national governmental delegations.
Wolfgang
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Von: <a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a> im Auftrag von Joana Varon
Gesendet: Do 17.01.2013 04:55
An: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>; Jeremy Malcolm
Cc: <a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank"><bestbits@lists.igcaucus.org></a>
Betreff: Re: [governance] Multistakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
Dear Jeremy and all,
Regarding your observation and the fact that a couple of civil society representatives were able to have a meeting with Mr Toure during the WCIT and managed to deliver to him our statement that reinforced some points of the best bits statement, including demands for an open participation of CS in ITU processes, isn't it the time to recall him of our "Civil Society statement on the new ITRs and the future of multi-stakeholder engagement" and try to ask for the changes he has promised to try to make during our meeting?
Please, correct me if it seams too naive, but if we go again through these alternative channels to submit our comments and so on( such as CS being part of government delegation - it's own or other "friendly" governements, or just engaging with sector members), we will just repeat the quite frustrating (lack of) participation scenery of WCIT at WTPF.
Maybe Wolfgang, Avri or other fellows that have attended WCIT could have some thoughts to add on this.
best,
joana
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