[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: a "Global Alliance" for and with whom ?

[djilali benamrane]

In French bellow
Dear all,
Congratulations, As long as i can understand throught
these exchanges concerning the Global Alliance, we are
organizing the future, and for thre first time the
Civile Society is present and active.... But who is
doing this ? a dozen of English speaking people, most
of them from the North !
Can one day resolve this little problem of translation
of messages to enlarge the debate ! and i am not
refering to millions of persons who have not access to
internet but who are the central point of our debates.
Thanks let's take care of these people in our
discussions and proposals.
All the best
Djilali 
Chers vous tous, Félicitation. Si j'ai bien compris le
sens de ces échanges sur l'alliance globale, nous
sommes en train d'organiser le futur, avec pour la
première fois une implication de la société civile.
Reste à savoir c'est quelle société civile , une
douzaine de personnes maitrisant l'angalis dont une
infime minorité du Sud !
Pouvons nous un jour résoudre cet infime problème de
la traduction des messages pour élargir le débat ?
Sans parler des millions de personnes qui n'ont pas
acces à Internet et pour lesquelsles nous sommes
sensés nous battre et proposer des solutions ?
Pouvons nous enfin être attentif à ce douloureux
problème ?

--- Milton Mueller <Mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> Rik
> These are great comments, I agree with them
> completely, except about
> "jumping the gun." As we stated in the paper itself,
> we are trying to
> "stimulate a debate about successor organizations
> and processes." I.e.,
> someone has to get the ball rolling here. Informal
> discussions are
> already taking place - mostly behind closed doors. 
> 
> Let me address some of your very good questions
> below:
> 
> Dr. Milton Mueller
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> http://www.digital-convergence.org
> http://www.internetgovernance.org
> 
> 
> >>> Rik Panganiban <rikp at earthlink.net> 2/8/2005
> 6:16:05 PM >>>
> >* What would be the purpose of the Global Alliance?
> 
> 
> To provide a multistakeholder forum for the
> formation of
> "pre-consensus." I myself am agnostic on whether
> such an idea would
> work, but it is worth considering. 
> 
> >Would it simply extend the mandate of the existing
> UN ICT Task Force?
> 
> No. It is not a "Task Force" proposed but a "global
> alliance" and the
> paper provides several examples as a general model. 
> 
> >Would it have a mandate to oversee implementation
> of the WSIS targets?
>  
> >(This might make sense, particularly if the ITU is
> rejected as the
> institution to 
> >monitor the post-WSIS implementation process.)
> 
> A good question. The ideas in the paper are not that
> specific. 
> 
> >Who would sit on the Global Alliance?
> 
> Also not specified - but certainly the right
> question to ask~!
> 
> >Would the membership come from a slate chosen by
> the UN Secretary 
> >General? 
> 
> The paper spoke about open membership, subject to
> perhaps membership
> fees. 
> 
> >What would be the balance of government - private
> sector - civil
> society.  
> >(Only 4 members of the 55 member Task Force are
> from civil society.)
> 
> Another good question.
> 
> >I think these are the two questions that civil
> society should come 
> >prepared to respond to at the Global Alliance
> consultation in Geneva
> on 
> >February 21.  
> 
> We are in violent agreement
> 
> >After these questions are resolved we can move on
> to how 
> >the Alliance should operate practically.
> 
> Or, we should consider "if" the Alliance is
> feasible, and if it should
> be established at all.
> --MM
> 
> 
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