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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It should also be noted that the CS participation in WSIS was a largely self (or rather funder) selected process and the majority of those at the grassroots using the Internet in support of grassroots development (and those who were supporting these developments) were not represented or rather had little if any voice in the discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The fact that CS in this area has over time become even more exclusive and exclusionary means that now CS has no real constituency to draw on in support of whatever initiatives might be undertaken in response to this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jean-Louis FULLSACK<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 04, 2014 8:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; KleinwächterWolfgang; DanielKalchev<br><b>Subject:</b> re: [governance] WSIS 10+<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Dear all<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Wolfgang wrote :<o:p></o:p></p><p>> One of the big achievements in the WSIS process was that civil society got a voice in the process. A Milestone was the CS WSIS Declaratzion from December 2003 which was handed over to the president of the first summit, WSIS 1.><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>This enthousiastic view on the civil society's voice at WSIS doesn't reflect the reality.<o:p></o:p></p><p><br>First, the "milestone" CS WSIS Declaration was in fact a document resulting from a <strong>schism</strong> in the "WSIS multistakeholder community", precisely <strong>decided by the CS Plenary</strong> during PrepCom 3b because the very voice of CS wasn't sufficiently taken in account during the PrepCom process. Remember Adama Samassekou's desperate but vain efforts to convince the CS Plenary to join the official Geneva Declaration !<br><br>Second, the <strong>CS Declaration</strong>, despite the assertion of the WSIS Secretariate, <strong>isn't considered as an official WSIS outcome document</strong>. The latter are the WSIS Declaration of Principles and the Geneva Action Plan, as well as the Tunis Commitment and the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society (see <a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/outcome/booklet/index-fr.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis/outcome/booklet/index-fr.html</a> ). <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>In a nutshell : If "CS got a voice", it's expression was at best considered to be pseudo-official ! This is pure WSIS/ITU multistakeholderism !<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>Jean-Louis Fullsack<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid red 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal>> Message du 04/08/14 10:47<br>> De : ""Kleinwächter, Wolfgang"" <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>><br>> A : <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>, <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>, "Daniel Kalchev" <<a href="mailto:daniel@digsys.bg">daniel@digsys.bg</a>><br>> Copie à : <br>> Objet : [governance] WSIS 10+<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/UN-Adopts-Resolution-on-Bridging-Digital-Divide/852511">http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/UN-Adopts-Resolution-on-Bridging-Digital-Divide/852511</a><br>> <br>> Outlook India:<br>> The resolution decided that the overall review will be concluded in December 2015 by a two-day General Assembly high-level meeting to be preceded by an inter-governmental preparatory process that also takes into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders of WSIS. The intergovernmental negotiation process would begin in June 2015 and lead to an inter-governmentally agreed outcome document for adoption at the UNGA meeting. The process retains the ownership of the preparatory meetings and the final outcome document with member states alone. Mukerji said the resolution ensures that leaders, "at the highest possible level" will meet at the high-level plenary meeting in December next year to adopt the outcome of the intergovernmental negotiations.<br>> <br>> Wolfgang:<br>> One of the big achievements in the WSIS process was that civil society got a voice in the process. A Milestone was the CS WSIS Declaratzion from December 2003 which was handed over to the president of the first summit, WSIS 1. It became an official document. The Tunis Agenda confirmed and enhanced the role of civil society. As you can see from the text above, ten years later this process is back in the hands of "governments only". The final outcome document will be with member states only by taking into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders (which sounds like a joke with the experiences of a enhanced communicartion and cooperation over the last ten years, including the UNCSTD WGs. Should civil society write a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Kin Moon?<br>> ____________________________________________________________<br>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a><br>> To be removed from the list, visit:<br>> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a><br>> <br>> For all other list information and functions, see:<br>> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a><br>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br>> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a><br>> <br>> Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a><br>> <br>><br>> [ ATT00001.png (32.5 Ko) ]<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>