Hello everyone,
This is a matter of great concern as such an endeavour, if left unchecked,
would make the CS Bureau gatekeeper of the kind of interventions Civil
Society can make. In my next three e-mails after this, I'm going to share
with you some views that have been expressed by others. Sean from Networks
and Coalitions and the European Caucus, Mavic from our region, and Natasha
from the African Caucus.
I invite others from our region to express their views as well.
Warm regards,
Angela
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R. Gagain Jr." <j.gagain@funglode.org>
To: <bureau@geneva2003.org>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:06 AM
Subject: Speaking Slots - CSB Role
> Veni,
>
> Renata and I were selected as the CSB Chairpersons from now until the end
of
> PrepCom 3 in order to keep the "dynamic" going (said Africa, motion by
> Volunteers).
>
> I like what you have below concerning speaking slots. Could we hear some
feedback
> from others? Considering certain situations at the Paris meeting, the CSB
should
> perhaps take a role to coordinate this more.
>
> We should also see what Content and Themes says. They may feel that we
are
> assuming their responsibility, however, they may agree concerning the
situations
> and disagreements among the caucusing in Paris.
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bureau-request@geneva2003.org
> [mailto:bureau-request@geneva2003.org]On Behalf Of Veni Markovski
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:35 AM
> To: bureau@geneva2003.org
> Subject: Proposals, please, respond!
>
>
> Dear Bureau members,
> I'd like to propose for the Geneva meetings the following rule, based on
> the Paris experience:
>
> When we have slots for speaking at the plenary sessions, I think that we
> should follow the following rules:
>
> 1. Topics should be discussed within the caucus (via mailing list) at
least
> 48 hours in advance.
> 2. The CS Bureau should have the text to be presented at least 24 hours in
> advance.
> 3. The text should be no more than 1800 characters (one standard A4 page)
> 4. Text should be present to the translators 1 hour before the start of
> reading it.
>
> Failure to fulfil these requirements means that the person responsible
will
> not have the chance to speak!
>
> If we don't act organized, we'll be facing the same problems every time
> between now and 2005, and at the end noone will pay attention to what we
> say, no matter how important it is.
>
> We should always require from our own secretariat to have all
contributions
> from the Civil Society being distributed to the governmental delegations.
> I'd actually propose even more - let's have them printed on a differen
> paper (green, red, yellow), so that the governmental delegations will pay
> attention to them. However, it is not only important what we say, but also
> in what form we say it. The shorter - the better. Shortest - best. We will
> not have a chance to make our cause presented, because there are 200
> countries that want to do the same. In this aspect, I think from the slots
> so far Y J Park's presentation Friday morning was the best - less than 1
> page, which she read for about 2 minutes. That's how we can say many
things
> within a short period of time. That's what we have to do!
>
> If you have proposals, please, send them to the list, otherwise I propose
a
> motion to vote on this.
>
> There will be another message shortly about the way we can work better in
> Geneva. I am writing them at the airport, unfortunately no wireless
access,
> so can't send them immediately...
>
> sincerely,
> veni
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