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CRIS

CRIS+ INTERVENTION ON ARTICLE 19 OF DRAFT UNESCO
CONVENTION
CRIS intervention delivered to the plenary of the II
intergovernmental session; Monday, February 7th, 2005.

http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/692/  

CRIS/MEDIA TRADE UPDATE ON UNESCO DRAFT CONVENTION ON
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[By Sasha Constanza-Schock] Government delegates are
meeting in Paris this week and next, from January 31
to February 12th, to negotiate the near-final text of
the proposed UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/691/  

CRIS+ STATEMENT REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PROVISIONS IN THE DRAFT CONVENTION
To UNESCO Delegates: The undersigned support the
spirit of the UNESCO draft convention on cultural
diversity and are encouraged by the efforts of the
delegates in their inter-governmental meeting in
Paris, January- February 2005. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/690/  

FSM 2005 : DÉCLARATION DE LA CAMPAGNE CRIS À
L'ASSEMBLÉE DES MOUVEMENTS SOCIAUX 
La communication est un thème au coeur du Forum social
mondial de cette année. C'est un thème essentiel car
la demande pour un meilleur environnement de
communication, plus équitable, émerge en tant que
demande d'un nouveau mouvement social pour les droits
à la communication.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/682/ 

CRIS - BANGLADESH
Communication Rights in the Information Society (CRIS)
Bangladesh is a new local network and part of the
global CRIS movement. Now it is possible to access the
CRIS Charter in Bangla. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/624/ 

WSIS [TUNISIA & CR]

EN ROUTE (OU PAS) VERS TUNIS, EN PASSANT PAR GENÈVE 
À la veille de la deuxième conférence préparatoire
(PrepCom2) de cette seconde phase du Sommet mondial
sur la société de l'information (SMSI), dont l'issue
est prévue à Tunis en novembre 2005, nous consacrons
encore notre dossier aux préparatifs du Sommet. Après
les trois journées chaudes de Hammamet en juin 2004,
qui ont fait l'objet du dossier du numéro 9
d'Alternatives citoyennes, chacun espère que le
thermomètre du SMSI marquera plusieurs degrés de moins
pour la PrepCom2. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/699/

DERECHOS DE LA COMUNICACIÓN: NUEVOS RETOS
[Por Sally Burch] Entre los debates del eje temático
de comunicación, en el V Foro Social Mundial, se
destaca el seminario organizado por la Campaña por los
Derechos de la Comunicación en la Sociedad de la
Información (CRIS). La primera sesión del seminario
inició con un breve recuento de la historia de los
derechos de la comunicación, a cargo del investigador
irlandés, Sean O'Siochru, quien resaltó la nueva
relevancia que éstos han adquirido en la actual
"sociedad de la información". 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/674/

"WSIS WILL ENLIGHTEN MY PEOPLE" --TUNISIAN ACTIVIST
DECLARES 
[Daphne Plou] Sihem Bensedrine, from OLPEC (National
Council for Tunisian Freedom) believes that holding
the second phase of the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS),in her country in November
2005, will help Tunisian people realise the importance
of their right to communicate. It will also encourage
work for changes in the communication field in our
country, she added. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/688/

WHAT DO COMMUNICATION RIGHTS MEAN TO PEOPLE ON THE
GROUND WHEN THEY ARE DENIED THEM? 
In an age of increasing concentration of the media in
fewer hands, governments working hand in hand with
private companies to get their messages onto the front
page, state paranoia and growing surveillance, groups
and individuals are coming together to build a new
communications agenda focused on equality, dignity,
diversity and justice. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/686/ 

¿QUÉ SIGNIFICA EL DERECHO A LA COMUNICACIÓN PARA LAS
PERSONAS A LAS QUE SE LES NIEGA? 
En esta época de concentración cada vez mayor de los
medios de comunicación en pocas manos, de gobiernos
que trabajan con empresas privadas para lograr ser
nota de tapa, de paranoia estatal y vigilancia
creciente, muchos grupos e individuos se están uniendo
para crear una nueva agenda de comunicación que se
base en igualdad, dignidad, diversidad y justicia. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/689/ 

WSIS

PUBLIC VOICE WSIS TELECONFERENCE
The next WSIS Prepcom is coming up quickly... The
Public Voice will hold a teleconference on Friday,
February 11, 2005 at 10am US Eastern time (3pm GMT) to
discuss the new Working Group on Internet Governance
Issue Papers, preparation for the WSIS Prepcom, and
planning for the Summit in Tunisia. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/698/ 

WHO RULES THE INTERNET? 
Internet governance is becoming an influential factor
in the way we access, consume, produce and exchange
information. It is just one of the critical issues to
be debated in November at the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS). As the internet governance
working group prepares to meet later this month, Panos
London launches the first brief of its WSIS media
toolkit. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/695/

ICT FOR CAPACITY-BUILDING: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
The first phase of the WSIS resulted in a "call to
action" by world leaders to use information and
communication technologies (ICT) in the service of
development. This was a response to the "digital
divide", which can be characterized as the "knowledge
divide", between those who have access to the capacity
building tools of the 21st century and those who do
not. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/678/

NEWSROOM

SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF
EXPERTS ON THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION ON THE
PROTECTION OF THE DIVERSITY OF CULTURAL CONTENTS AND
ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura,
opened on Monday, 31 January the second session of the
intergovernmental meeting of experts on the
Preliminary Draft Convention on the Protection of the
Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic
Expressions which is being held at UNESCO from 31
January to 12 February, under the chairmanship of
Professor Kader Asmal (South Africa). 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/681/

CONVENTION INTERNATIONALE CONCERNANT LA PROTECTION DE
LA DIVERSITÉ DES CONTENUS CULTUR ELS ET DES
EXPRESSIONS ARTISTIQUES
Le Directeur général de l'UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, a
ouvert le lundi 31 janvier la deuxième session de la
réunion d'experts intergouvernementaux sur
l'avant-projet de convention internationale concernant
la protection de la diversité des contenus culturels
et des expressions artistiques qui se tient à l'UNESCO
du 31 janvier au 12 février, sous la présidence du
Professeur Kader Asmal (Afrique du Sud). 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/680/ 

COMITÉ DE ENLACE INTERNACIONAL DE COALICIONES PARA LA
DIVERSIDAD CULTURAL 
Declaración de las Coaliciones de todo el mundo,
reunidas en París (25 y 26 de enero 2005), previo a la
reunión de la UNESCO. Estuvieron presentes Alemania,
Argentina, Australia, Bélgica, Benin, Burkina Faso,
Canadá, Chile, Colombia, Corea del Sur, España,
Francia, Irlanda, Marruecos, México, Nueva Zelanda,
Perú, Senegal, Eslovaquia, Togo y Uruguay. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/677/ 

CONTRE L'ABANDON DES POLITIQUES PUBLIQUES DE SOUTIEN À
LA CULTURE !
Pour que la convention sur la diversité culturelle
actuellement en négociation au siège de l'UNESCO à
Paris fasse explicitement prévaloir le droit à la
culture sur le droit du commerce. Un forum/débat
organisé par l'Observatoire français des médias :
Quelle diversité culturelle face à la mondialisation ?

http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/679/

STATEMENT BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY
ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS (IFLA) TO UNESCO
DELEGATES 
[By Sasha Costanza-Chock] To Delegates to the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), Second Session of the
Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts on the
Preliminary Draft Convention on the Protection of the
Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic
Expressions 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/697/

ANNOUNCING THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE
MACBRIDE REPORT
The year 2005 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the original report of UNESCO's International
Commission for the Study of Communication Problems.
Many Voices, One World, more commonly known as "The
MacBride Report," after the name of the Commission's
President, Sean MacBride, is about a subject of
increasing importance to everyone: the right to
communicate.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/694/

OFFSETTING IPRS' ADVERSE EFFECTS ON ACCESS TO
KNOWLEDGE
[By Martin Khor] The public's access to knowledge is
increasingly hindered by imbalanced intellectual
property regimes which are tilted to the advantage of
IP holders vis-à-vis users and consumers, and there is
a need to establish a treaty or at least principles to
redress this imbalance as part of a "development
agenda" in fora dealing with intellectual property
protection. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/693/

INFORME TALLER DE ESTRATEGIAS EN POLÍTICAS DE TIC
[Por David Morales Alba] Establecer alianzas,
fortalecer las existentes y estimular la mutua
colaboración con el propósito de hacer cabildeo
respecto de las políticas regionales y nacionales en
Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (TIC), fue
el objetivo que reunió a 35 representantes de
distintas organizaciones de la sociedad civil de
América Latina, en el Taller de Estrategias en
Políticas de TIC, en Rosario (Argentina), el 6 y 7 de
Diciembre pasados. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/696/ 

CREATING NEW MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 
[Daphne Plou] Presenters at the First World Forum on
Information and Communication discussed the
possibilities of creating new methods of communication
that are inclusive and have the potential of breaking
down well-established communication patterns linked to
the market and media corporations. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/687/

¿QUIERE PARTICIPAR? FIRME LA CARTA DE CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se
fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de
acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida
social, económica y cultural de las personas y las
comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que
las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para
cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la
información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación, justicia social y
económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y las
perspectivas culturales y regionales. Lo invitamos a
conocer más sobre la Campaña de CRIS y a participar
firmando la Carta de CRIS: 
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

LA CHARTE DE CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l’information» est
basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré
comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l’homme et
améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des
personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est
essentiel que les organisations de la société civile
se réunissent afin d’aider à la construction d’une
société de l’information basée sur les principes de
transparence, de diversité, de participation et de
justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une
approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture
et des aspects régionaux.
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED? ENDORSE THE CRIS
CHARTER
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in
the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human
rights and to strengthen the social, economic and
cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to
this is that civil society organisations come together
to help build an information society based on
principles of transparency, diversity, participation
and social and economic justice, and inspired by
equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
We invite you to read more about CRIS Campaign and get
involved endorsing the CRIS Chapter:
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/ 

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