[Lac] Fw: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft Roadmap for Second Summit Phase Available

[Angelica Abdallah]

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From: "Adam Peake" <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
To: <ralf.bendrath at sfb597.uni-bremen.de>
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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 3:16 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft Roadmap for Second Summit Phase
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> Ralf,
>
> Is this  document an exact copy (PDF format of a MS word file?) of an
> official document from the Tunis meeting?
>
> Quite important to know please.  Because if it is an exact copy I
> think we should be very concerned to see the work of the working
> group on Internet governance and the task force reviewing financial
> mechanisms as directing their output to "prepcoms".
>
> Regarding Internet governance in particular the intention of the plan
> of action is very clear. A report will be developed by an open and
> inclusive process. WSIS PrepComs have not been open and inclusive
> processes "that ensures a mechanism for the full and active
> participation of governments, the private sector and civil society
> from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant
> intergovernmental and international organizations and forums." To
> emphasize this point, at the ITU Workshop on Internet governance last
> week, Markus Kummer (the Swiss govt. representative who chaired the
> discussion on the Internet governance language in final stages of
> negotiation in Geneva before the Summit) stated with some certainty
> that some governments did not want this new process under WSIS:
>
>
<rtsp://ibs.itu.int/Archives/sg/spu/B-20040226-0930-fl.rm?start=0:10:56&end=
0:45:42>
> (time12:12)
>
> Here Kummer is describing the final and successful part of the
> negotiation (quote) "One decisive proposal was to give a mandate to
> the UN Secretary General to set up this working group.  It appeared
> that the WSIS format based on its past record would not have
> satisfied those who wanted a truly open process with the full and
> active participation of private sector and other stakeholders. At the
> same time this proposal gave comfort to those who wanted the process
> to be within the UN framework."
>
> Perhaps prepcoms might be processes that feed into the new working
> group/task force --that would really be up to the Secretary General
> and the chair/members of those groups-- but definitely not as shown
> in the diagram.
>
> If the diagram is the same as one distributed in Tunis, I suggest we
> ask the CS Bureau to object in the strongest terms.
>
> (if it's just a diagram based on Robert's notes, I may have wasted a
> lot of words :-)
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> The WSIS Plan of Action says:
>
> We ask the Secretary General of the United Nations to set up a
> working group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive
> process that ensures a mechanism for the full and active
> participation of governments, the private sector and civil society
> from both developing and developed countries, involving relevant
> intergovernmental and international organizations and forums, to
> investigate and make proposals for action, as appropriate, on the
> governance of Internet by 2005. The group should, inter alia:
> i. develop a working definition of Internet governance;
> ii. identify the public policy issues that are relevant to
> Internet governance;
> iii. develop a common understanding of the respective roles and
> responsibilities of governments, existing intergovernmental and
> international organisations and other forums as well as the private
> sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries;
> iv. prepare a report on the results of this activity to be
> presented for consideration and appropriate action for the second
> phase of WSIS in Tunis in 2005.
>
> END
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> At 12:41 AM +0100 3/6/04, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
> >Draft Roadmap for Second Summit Phase Available
> >
> >Berlin, 5 March 2004. At the "informal" WSIS meeting convened by the
> >Tunisian government and attended by around 100 persons during the last
> >two days, a draft roadmap for the Tunis phase of the world summit was
> >distributed. It looks like the structure will be even more complex than
> >in phase one, as the partipants have to deal with a new declaration, the
> >implementation of the 2003 action plan, and the two working groups on
> >finance and internate governance.
> >
> >See the Draft Roadmap:
>
>http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/Draft-Roadmap-to-Tunis-3-2004.pdf
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