[governance] ITU sector membership

[Norbert Bollow]

Deborah and Gene and Jeremy

Thanks a lot, the information that you have shared is very helpful. It
appears that it is necessary to remind ITU staff of that interpretation
of “international organization” which includes rather than excludes
civil society organizations that are international in nature.

Greetings,
Norbert


Am Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:17:51 -0400
schrieb Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org>:

> Toure put it in writing in an information note regarding civil society
> submissions issued that was issued at the end of WCIT.
> 
> Of course the information note required a TIES account to access, but
> it is available on WCITLeaks here:
> 
> http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S12-WCIT12-INF-0005!!MSW-E.pdf
> 
> Here's the relevant text:
> "I would also take the opportunity to remind you that all civil
> society organizations, who are international in nature and who are
> working in the area of ICTs are welcome to join the ITU and apply for
> exemption of fees. I believe we will all benefit from a greater civil
> society engagement at ITU and in line with this I recently invited
> the Internation al Trade Union Movement to join."
> 
> AFAIK the International Trade Union Movement declined to join.
> 
> I think Toure's also mentioned this in public speeches that can be
> found here: http://www.itu.int/en/osg/speeches/Pages/default.aspx
> 
> I hope this is helpful.
> 
> Best,
> Deborah
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 3:47 PM, genekimmelman at gmail.com <
> genekimmelman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > He offered that in a meeting with civil society at the Dubai treaty
> > conference,  but I don't know if that was ever written. ..
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>
> > Date:
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> > Subject: [governance] ITU sector membership
> >
> >
> > IIRC sometime last year, Touré somehow offered civil society
> > entities the opportunity to become ITU sector members free of
> > charge, or something like that - but I don't remember the specifics.
> >
> > Can someone point me to relevant information?
> >
> > Greetings,
> > Norbert
> >
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