----- Original Message -----
From: <steve@commedia.org.uk>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: European Civil Society Meeting with
European Commission?
> The following statement was released today as a result of proposals to
reduce
> paragraph 51 on the media to a single sentence.
>
> Additional endorsements can be sent to <steve@commedia.org.uk>
>
> Steve Buckley
> AMARC
>
> ///
>
> Statement on paragraph 51
>
> Many civil society groups notably including media and journalistic
> organisations at this conference deeply regret that paragraph 51 of the
draft
> declaration of WSIS has been reduced to almost nothing.
>
> We especially regret that the thoughtful Swiss amendment on the media has
been
> dropped. We appeal for it to be restored.
>
>
> International Federation of Journalists
> World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
> Media Institute of Southern Africa
> African Women's Development and Communications Network
> International Labor Organisation
> Article 19
> Association for Progressive Communications
> Femnet
> Glocom
> Highway Africa
> Isis International - Manila
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