[governance] UN General Assembly draft resolution on WSIS+10

[Adam Peake]

UN General Assembly is discussing a resolution about the WSIS+10
review, see attached. (Link to the second committee
<http://www.un.org/en/ga/second/67/proposals.shtml> "Information and
communications technologies for development".)

Proposing a review conference on the outcomes of WSIS.  This review
conference will be arranged through an intergovernmental preparatory
committee which will define the conference agenda, decide how other
stakeholders will participate, and will finalize an outcome document.
(see paras 12-14).

Not good: in terms of participation and agenda setting, we're back to
pre-WSIS 2003.

Paras 23-24 talk about Enhanced Cooperation and uses CSTD to look
again at 68-71 of the Tunis Agenda.  Another working group, but this
one more controlled by UN rather than rules that might be established
by the chair of the CSTD (as I understand the last WG's procedures
were.)

Talking to one government about this process, they said best if we
lobby our respective governments about any changes, and that there's
not much time, the resolution should be finalized by early December.

Adam
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