[governance] WSIS Forum 2011

[Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google]

If we really to go down this road of cities being the most easy to get
to  the two cities which are perhaps the most well connected (most
direct flights) for everyone are:

1. New York (all airports),
2. London (all airports)

with Los Angeles (LAX) as the primary US hub for the Asia Pacific
region and Frankfurt (London alternative, especially for Europe bound
flights via the US and from Asia) not too far behind.

Only New York, among these, looks like a fit (a UN city) with London,
for most of the Commonwealth, being next in line because of the
relatively Visa-free nature of access (although this is rapidly
changing).

So I guess the WSIS Forum organizers knew what they wereb doing?

On 9/6/10, Jacqueline Morris <jam at jacquelinemorris.com> wrote:
> Don't they usually hold these events in UN cities? That means Geneva,
> Nairobi,  New York, Vienna, Bangkok, Santiago, Addis Ababa and Beirut. Is
> there  another one in a visa free country that is easy to get to?
> Jacqueline
>
> 2010/9/6 Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <tracyhackshaw at gmail.com>
>
>> Unfortunately, these Visa challenges extend to the Schengen area for
>> developing countries as well. Switzerland joined the Schengen
>> Agreement in 2008.
>>
>> Costs of travel from Latin America and the Caribbean to Europe remain
>> prohibitive and the cheapest routes are generally through the US
>> anyway.
>>
>> It might also be just a good time as any to advocate for a move of
>> WSIS to a relatively Visa free area or country.
>>
>> Panama, therefore, sounds pretty good as a Venue if these things are
>> even still being considered.
>>
>> On 9/6/10, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
>> > Adding to Wolf's quite relevant worries, let us recall as well that
>> > getting a visa to the USA continues to be a challenge for citizens in
>> > all developing countries.
>> >
>> > frt rgds
>> >
>> > --c.a.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 09/06/2010 12:33 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:
>> >> Dear friends
>> >>
>> >> I disagree with the argument that a move from Geneva to to New York of
>> the
>> >> WSIS Forum 2011 would improve outreach and bring WSIS implementation
>> >> forward. In contrary I am afraid that a move to NewYork will weaken in
>> >> particular the involvement of civil society and the academic community
>> as
>> >> important stakeholders in the WSIS process. A large number of civil
>> >> society organisations, including represenations of organisations from
>> >> developing countries, are based in Geneva or not far from Geneva.
>> >> Moving
>> >> the event to New York would create additional costs and logistic
>> problems
>> >> for them which would result in lower participation of civil society
>> >> organisations. This would certainly undermine the multistakeholder
>> nature
>> >> of the WSIS implementaiton process.
>> >>
>> >> Another risk moving the WSIS Forum 2011 to New York would be that the
>> >> important WSIS issues would be discussed in the shadow of more
>> >> important
>> >> political and security issues which dominate the day to day UN
>> acitvities
>> >> in New York. The WSIS Forum would be just "another conference" and
>> >> would
>> >> have difficulties to get the needed public attention.
>> >>
>> >> Finally I want to flag that in same week the European Union has its
>> annual
>> >> Future of the Internet Week meetings under the Hungarian Presidency in
>> >> Budapest.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >> Wolfgang Kleinwächter
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