Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:19:10 +0700 From: Sacha Jotisalikorn <sacha@forumasia.org> Subject: [communication 924] Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: press statement (again) - CS critique - what next? To: communication@wsisasia.org Message-Id: <1EA88FD6-F561-11D7-83BA-000393DB8C92@forumasia.org> X-Mail-Count: 00924Begin forwarded message:> From: Ralf Bendrath <ralf.bendrath@sfb597.uni-bremen.de>> Date: Thu Oct 2, 2003 20:10:38 Asia/Bangkok> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: press statement (again) - CS critique - => what next?> Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org>> Arne and all,>> just a brief clarification to one point:>>> 2. In our response to the draft declaration, we have agreed on basic>> principles, which were emphasised as "non-negotiables" by the>> content&themes group,> (...)>> How do we define exactly when the borderline>> regarding these "non-negotiables" is crossed,>> Just for the sake of empirical data - as I wrote in my final =commentary> on the PrepCom on Friday night:>> "The numerous inputs from civil society made over the last two weeks => and> before have not led to many results. A group of volunteers had already> shown for a previous version of the draft declaration that only a =small> number of civil society inputs and suggestions had been reflected in => the> document. Yesterday night, PrepCom president Adama Samassekou had> approached the chairs of civil society´s content and themes group =and> asked for a list of essentials that would make sure civil society can> support the final summit declaration. The short list handed over to =him> later in the evening consisted only of the $B'O(Bon-negotiables“. =These are> the really essential demands from civil society groups and are only an> extremely small part of all the suggestions made over the last year. =Of> these 31 proposals, only 4 - that is 13 per cent - have been included => in> the latest draft declaration. 42 per cent – 13 proposals – have =been> rejected, and more than half of them – 55 per cent or 14 suggestions =-> are still not agreed upon with little chance of getting them through."> (http://www.worldsummit2003.org)>> So much for the facts. I think we can seriously decide this after> PrepCom3A, when the unclear situation of the remaining square brackets> will have to be solved.>> But I agree: We should _think_ about an exit-strategy before...>> Ralf> _______________________________________________> Plenary mailing list> Plenary@wsis-cs.org> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary>> =924_2.enriched (attatchment)(tag is disabled)