[governance] Resumed PrepCom-3 in Tunis (13-15 November 2002)

Fri Nov 4 14:53:50 EST 2005

Jeanette, Robert and all,

When it was decided to hold PrepCom-3 for practical secretariat- and
security reason in the KRAM afterall, and in the 'Committee as a Whole' room
(big Plenary room for security reason not available - it would also not be
conducive for last minute negotiations), we ended up with some space
limitations. Some hundred seats for observers, divided among stake holders.

However, I was told by the ES that they did not expect those entities you
feared wanting to participate in these last moments of negotiations, having
not been involved before.

Philippe therefore said that these seats should be given to those CS
representatives who are known for their contributions to the outcome
document. E.G. when Sub-Committee A convenes, priority should be given to
the IG Caucus and to those who can submit relevant proposals.

Apparently Mr Utsumi hesitates to apply at this time one more round of over
passes. (these exist if needs be...)

Sub-Committee B (all chapters other than IG) is much more problematic as we
don't know yet in which form they will continue. More after next Bureau
meeting on Tuesday.

PrepCom-3 starts only on the 13th, Sunday, at 12:00, thereafter each morning
at 10:00 with night sessions foreseen.

Not in the mood for night session now, I send to all happy weekend!

Renata   

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[mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org] On Behalf Of Jeanette Hofmann
Sent: vendredi, 4. novembre 2005 19:11
To: Robert Guerra
Cc: Governance Caucus
Subject: Re: [governance] Resumed PrepCom-3 in Tunis (13-15 November 2002)

> * seats only for 30 CS!! Are they kidding? Is this a realistic #, or do 
> we need more?

I guess we cannot expect that all those seats are to be filled by caucus 
members. We have no idea how many people may attend the prepcom who are 
not subscribed to this list. What about Tunisian GONGOs, for example?
jeanette

> * Is there information (yet) on how the meetings will be conducted. ie. 
> will the IG discussions take place in (open) sub-committees or working 
> groups (closed). The IG caucus , i would needs to know the modalities of 
> the meetings .
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> regards,
> 
> 
> Robert
> 
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> On 4-Nov-05, at 12:29 PM, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>>
>>  
>>
>> It has been confirmed that the resumed meetings of PrepCom-3 will take 
>> in the Kram Exhibition Centre (Room of the Committee of the Whole, 
>> around 400 seats). PrepCom-3 will start meeting on 13 November at 
>> 12:00 with an organisational Plenary.
>>
>>  
>>
>> The WSIS ES decided that no overpass will be instituted for that 
>> meeting, but due to the limited size of the meeting room, we were 
>> informed that only 30 seats will be reserved for CS observers in 
>> meetings we are allowed to attend (Plenary meetings and Sub-Committees).
>>
>>  
>>
>> In this case, we highly encourage you to consider that these 30 seats 
>> should in priority be used by CS participants who were actively 
>> involved in the previous steps of the WSIS process. You must 
>> understand that this will be the last round of negotiations, so that 
>> very high priority will be given only to those who can propose 
>> specific language for negotiation to the parts of the outcome 
>> documents under discussion.
>>
>>  
>>
>> The organisational aspect of this resumed PrepCom- 3 in Tunis is not 
>> yet finalized. Sub-Committee A, on Internet governance, will hold some 
>> sessions, chaired by Ambassador Khan. But as regards Sub-Committee B 
>> on other Issues (political chapeau, financial mechanisms, 
>> implementation and follow-up), it is not quite sure if it would meet 
>> or if discussions would take place directly in negotiation groups. 
>> Indeed it is not yet clear if Lindall Shope-Mafole will be in Tunis 
>> for resumed PrepCom-3 to chair sub-committee B, whereas Janis Karklins 
>> already chaired discussions in negotiation groups in October on these 
>> issues and would go faster and further if he continues. However he 
>> couldn't chair a sub-committee because of his other position of chair 
>> of WSIS II PrepComs.
>>
>>  
>>
>> There will another Intergovernmental Bureau meeting in Geneva next 
>> week, and at this occasion we might have more definitive information 
>> about that.
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>>  
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>  
>>
>> * Philippe Dam
>> ** CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
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