[governance] WSIS 10+

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Hi Wolfgang,

>From the Pacific, we can shoot the proposal down as we can secure at least
16 votes in the UNGA to support enhanced civil society input.

Sad that it has to come to this.

Sala


On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 8:46 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <
wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:

>
> http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/UN-Adopts-Resolution-on-Bridging-Digital-Divide/852511
>
> Outlook India:
> The resolution decided that the overall review will be concluded in
> December 2015 by a two-day General Assembly high-level meeting to be
> preceded by an inter-governmental preparatory process that also takes into
> account inputs from all relevant stakeholders of WSIS.  The
> intergovernmental negotiation process would begin in June 2015 and lead to
> an inter-governmentally agreed outcome document for adoption at the UNGA
> meeting. The process retains the ownership of the preparatory meetings and
> the final outcome document with member states alone. Mukerji said the
> resolution ensures that leaders, "at the highest possible level" will meet
> at the high-level plenary meeting in December next year to adopt the
> outcome of the intergovernmental negotiations.
>
> Wolfgang:
> One of the big achievements in the WSIS process was that civil society got
> a voice in the process. A Milestone was the CS WSIS Declaratzion from
> December 2003 which was handed over to the president of the first summit,
> WSIS 1. It became an official document. The Tunis Agenda confirmed and
> enhanced the role of civil society. As you can see from the text above, ten
> years later this process is back in the hands of "governments only". The
> final outcome document will be with member states only by taking into
> account inputs from all relevant stakeholders (which sounds like a joke
> with the experiences of a enhanced communicartion and cooperation over the
> last ten years, including the UNCSTD WGs. Should civil society write a
> letter to UN Secretary General Ban Kin Moon?
>
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