[WSIS CS-Plenary] Summit Preparations Closer to Agreement

[Ralf Bendrath]

Summit Preparations Closer to Agreement
Only finance still open

Geneva, 6 December 2003. The negotiations at PrepCom3B have made
significant progress toward a final consensus on the summit declaration
and action plan today. The working group meetings and the PrepCom plenary
were closed to all observers until the end, but the Swiss government gave
a briefing for civil society this afternoon. We also were able to gather
infomration from delegates participating in the meetings. As of 24:00
Sunday night, the only open issue is finance and the digital solidarity
fund, where the main conflict is between the EU  mainly Germany  and
Africa.

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