[WSIS-CT] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Final version: Civil Society press release

[Adam Peake]

The sentiment of this letter seems at odds with those expressed in 
the Press Release.  (Also spelling mistakes -- involvEment and 
representATives.)

Having tried to follow the PrepCom via these lists (thanks for the 
masses of informative email!) I thought something a little more 
direct and less nice was required.

I read about you being kicked out of meetings, not even allowed as 
observers, and generally ignored for most of the 2 weeks.  Difficult 
to judge from here, but I think before a letter of this tone is sent 
it would be best to see where civil society opinion has been 
considered and where ignored.

We left the Paris meeting 6 or 7 weeks ago with the feeling that 
fundamental rights were being dripped away by this process.  Are 
human rights now properly acknowledged?  Do we have rights to 
communicate, to privacy, etc.  How are Gender, Media and Disabilities 
treated? (Amazing how people with disabilities can be so ignored, we 
cannot build any infrastructure in our pre-info society world without 
taking due and proper consideration of the needs of people with 
disabilities, their fight for equality seem pretty much blown in the 
next society.)

Hope I am over reacting.

Thanks,

Adam



At 1:26 PM +0200 9/26/03, <wolfgang at imv.au.dk> wrote:
>Attached is the Open Letter to Samassekou
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>Attachment converted: Macintosh:WSIS PrepCom3.doc (WDBN/MSWD) (001282B5)


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