[governance] [CS Bureau] Consultation on ITU reform today

[William Drake]

Hi,

It's sort of depressing.  We've heard that CS want to participate 'without
any obligations;' that letting us in with fee waivers would be soooooo
expensive; that CS is simply misinformed, in reality many workshops etc are
open (like this one was open---decided and announced by the chair at the
start of the session?); etc etc.  The suggestion that CS should be able to
send observers on an ad hoc basis to particular events, like the rest of the
UN system, found no resonance.

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org
> [mailto:governance-bounces at lists.cpsr.org]On Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:02 PM
> To: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
> Subject: Re: [governance] [CS Bureau] Consultation on ITU reform today
>
>
> That an invitation was achieved is a good thing, that no prior notice
> was given allowing for now prior preperation is still -  unacceptable.
> A notice of a few days would have been nice...
>
> That being said, I and no doubt others look forward to your notes of
> the meeting.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
> On 2/1/06, CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at iprolink.ch> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> >
> >
> > Further to some pressure from civil society representatives
> (including CONGO
> > and the IG Caucus), we have been called this morning just before the
> > beginning of the meeting to attend to today's informal
> consultation on ITU
> > reform (Council WG on WSIS, http://www.itu.int/reform/). Just
> for setting
> > the context, the meeting is taking place in a small room at the ITU
> > Montbrillant building, so that there is not so much space for many
> > additional participants. The contributions made on the ITU
> on-line forum are
> > all compiled in one working document available in the room and
> proposed by
> > the Chairman. This document was also orally introduced at the
> beginning of
> > the meeting.
> >
> >
> >
> > This aftn at 2:30, they will start by discussing the question
> of membership
> > / participation of CS. We will provide you today with a short
> summary of the
> > discussions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Draft agenda of the meeting:
> > http://www.itu.int/reform/Council-Res-1244/Agenda.pdf
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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