[governance] Invitation to Briefing on Tunis Summit outcome

[William Drake]

I gather the intention is that the CS statement on Tunis, including the IG
language, would be distributed at this event---another reason to move the
process here.

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From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of CONGO - Philippe Dam
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:12 PM
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Cc: bureau at wsis-cs.org; wsis at ngocongo.org; rbloem at ngocongo.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitation to Briefing on Tunis Summit outcome
- 7 December 2005 - 15:00-18:00


Dear all,

Please find below the invitation to the Briefing we will organise on WSIS
outcomes, to which you are cordially invited to participate.
IMPORTANT – BADGING FOR THE UN: For those who will attend this meeting and
who are not holder of a UN-access badge, please let us know as soon as
possible (no later than next monday) so that we could request a one-day
pass for you.

Best regards,

Ph

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern. For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org

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Briefing for NGOs on the outcome of the
World Summit on the Information Society
Tunis 2005

7 December 2005
15:00-18:00
Palais des Nations, Room XII

Panellists:

• Mr. Yoshio Utsumi Secretary-General of the International
Telecommunication Union, Secretary-General for the WSIS

• Ambassador Janis Karklins, Permanent Representative of Latvia and
President of WSIS Preparatory Committee

• Ambassador Masood Khan, Permanent Representative of Pakistan and
Chairman of Sub-Committee A on Internet Governance

• Ambassador Astrid Dufborg, Special Advisor on ICTs Swedish Mission Geneva

• Ms Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, Global Knowledge Partnership
tbc

• Dr. William Drake, President of Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility; member of the CS Internet Governance Caucus; former member
of the Working Group on Internet Governance

Moderator:

• Ms Renate Bloem, President of CONGO

This session is designed to give all participants information on the key
issues discussed during the Tunis Summit. It is open to everyone:
government delegations, private sector, civil society and international
organizations.   Participants will have an opportunity to interact with
major actors of the WSIS, with a specific focus on the way forward after
Tunis and on the WSIS experience of civil society participation in the
overall process



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William J. Drake  wdrake at ictsd.ch
President, Computer Professionals for
   Social Responsibility www.cpsr.org
   Geneva, Switzerland
http://mitpress.mit.edu/IRGP-series
http://www.cpsr.org/board/drake
Morality is the best of all devices for leading
mankind by the nose.---Nietzsche
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