[WSIS CS-Plenary] Update on subcommittee A drafting groups

[conchita poncini]

I had the same impression.  In fact I gave certain wordings on gender
equality to the EU and others during the session.

conchita


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> Interesting. It looks like, depending on the nature of topics,
> the governments are less strict in non-gov actors participation.
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> I mean if they think the area belongs to the sole discretion
> of governments with high political tensions, they would not allow
> others to be participate the negotiation, but if the subjects are
> more of wider social areas, they may feel OK to include others.
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> >just a quick update on what's happening with subcommittee A drafting
> >groups: this morning the Chair announced two "gatherings" with the
> >countries that had spoken up regarding specific parts of his draft,
namely
> >one group for para 43, and another group for paras 45-48, to sort out the
> >text.
> >
> >The first group met at 1:30pm, chaired by Raul Echeberria, formally from
> >the governmental delegation of Uruguay, but also from the technical
> >community (RIRs). There were about 20 people in the room; apart from me
> >and Robert Guerra (who managed to governmental badges through our
national
> >delegations) also some non-gov people with non-gov badges peacefully
> >managed to sit in the room, namely one from ICC, one from Cisco, and Paul
> >Wilson from APNIC, who also took the floor in the discussion and proposed
> >text. The discussion was quite open, no problem for whoever wanted to
> >participate. Actually, in a number of cases governmental people were
> >wondering where the usual civil society people were, or suggesting (when
> >discussing text on CS role) to submit it to CS and then wait for feedback
> >before proceeding.
> >
> >I am now attending the second group, chaired by Saudi Arabia. Again,
there
> >are non-gov people with non-gov badges in the room, however the climate
is
> >much more formal - it looks like a reduced-scale governmental plenary. I
> >am not sure about what would happen if one of the non-gov people asked
for
> >the floor - if anyone will dare, I'll let you know the outcome.
> >
> >This, of course, does not eliminate the need to get formal acceptance for
> >civil society representatives, and adequate speaking opportunities.
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