----- Original Message -----
From: <amkt@gn.apc.org>
To: <communication@wsisasia.org>; Alan G. Alegre <alalegre@fma.ph>
Cc: wsis-asia <communication@wsisasia.org>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: Update on CS Interventions
> Hi Al,
>
> Please send to the list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Angela
>
>
>
>
> Today is the last day of the Intersessional Meeting and CS made a final
attempt
> to impress on governments our key concerns. These were very well expressed
> today by the African Caucus highlighting that basic communication needs
are
> still not being met satisfactorily by telling the stories of the rural
> community. This particular presentation went down well with most of the
> governments, and obviously touched the hearts of the Madam Chairperson and
the
> President, Mr. Samassekou.
>
> We also heard an intervention by the Internet Governance group, as a
response
> to the quite muddled paragraph that was developed by the government
working
> group on Internet Governance and also the worry that the concept of
> multistakeholder would be taken out of the already muddled proposed
paragraph
> by governments. The push by governments, particularly China, is for an
> intergovernmental approach to governing the Internet, of course for
political
> reasons (issue of Taiwan who's on the ICANN board and on equal footing
with
> China right now, but with an intergovernmental mechanism, Taiwan would
> officially not be recognised).
>
> The final intervention was by the Human Rights Caucus who agreed to
highlight
> key issues around rights, and particularly the watering down of rights
within
> the Draft Declaration.
>
> I will try to get access to all these interventions when I get back to
> Malaysia, and post these to the list. I have very limited time and access
to
> online facilities right now due to all the meetings and work that needs to
be
> done.
>
> Unfortunately, due to the limited translation facilities, a couple of our
> Korean friends cannot fully follow the proceedings and negotiations.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Angela
>