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>Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 21:21:17 -0500
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>All,
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>The following is the context.
>It's also a draft letter to be sent to the Plenary.
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>A proposal for the process will follow this message.
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>WJM
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>*** Please translate ***
>
>*** Message 1 of 2 ***
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>All,
>
>The Civil Society Bureau has been requested by Secretary-General Utsumi
>to submit nominations for speakers at the Summit. Details are below.
>
>The Content and Themes group will coordinate the nomination process.
>
>I will post our process in the 2nd message.
>
>The guidelines from the Secretariat are as follows:
>
>1. Opening Ceremony
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>a) The Opening Ceremony will be held at 2pm on 10 December 2003.
>The opening statements shall be limited to 5 minutes. One top level
>representatives from civil society (including NGOs) as well as one
>top level representative from a business sector entity (including
>ITU sector members) will be invited to make remarks.
>
>b) CSB and CCBI are invited to propose a short list of possible
>speakers before 15 November. The speaker will be identified after
>consultation.
>
>
>2. General Debate
>
>a) The General Debate will be held over the five plenary meetings,
>starting on the afternoon of Wednesday 10 December. The last hour of
>the first four plenary meetings is set aside for statement by
>observers. Speaking time shall be limited to 3 minutes.
>
>b) CSB and CCBI are invited to nominate 12 speakers each before 15 November.
>
>c) In principle, the 12 slots will be distributed as follows. CSB
>and CCBI should designate the slots in which the speakers will
>appear.
>Wednesday afternoon; 4 slots
>Thursday morning; 2 slots
>Thursday afternoon; 4 slots
>Friday morning; 2 slots
>
>d) In nominating speakers for General Debate, regional distribution*
>of speakers and balanced representation on the issues of the Summit
>should be given due consideration. All nominees should be at the
>very top level of their organizations or entities.
>* In considering regional distribution, customary grouping in the UN
>General Assembly should be taken into account. The grouping as of
>May 2002 is attached for your information.
>
>
>3. Round tables
>
>a) An outline of the round tables is provided in Annex 2 of the
>proposed Format of the Geneva Phase of the World Summit on the
>Information Society. Four round tables will be organized
>consecutively between Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning. More
>details on the round tables including the timing and topics will be
>communicated to the CSB and CCBI at the beginning of November.
>
>b) CSB and CCBI are invited to nominate 18 participants each before
>15 November. Some of the nominees could also be speakers already
>nominated for the General Debate or the Opening Ceremony.
>
>c) In principle, the 18 seats will be distributed as follows. All
>seats will be placed at the table. Several participants may
>intervene in the course of discussion. CSB and CCBI should designate
>the seats in which the participants will appear. The timing of each
>round table will be decided at the beginning of November.
>Round table 1: 4 seats
>Round table 2: 4 seats
>Round table 3: 4 seats
>Round table 4: 4 seats
>17th seat could be added to one of the four round tables. 18th seat
>could be added to one of the round tables other than the one to
>which 17th is added.
>
>d) In nominating participants, regional distribution* of
>participants and balanced representation on the topics of the Round
>table should be given due consideration. All nominees should be at
>the very top level of their organizations or entities.
>* In considering regional distribution, customary grouping in the UN
>General Assembly should be taken into account. The grouping as of
>May 2002 is attached for your information.
>
>
>
>---
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>The original letter from Secretary-General and the Guidelines can be
>found here:
>http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit/Speakers/
>
>---
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>
>CT Coordinating Group
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>--
>
>Bill McIver
>Assistant Professor
>School of Information Science and Policy
>University at Albany, State University of New York
>Albany, New York 12222
>USA
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>e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
>URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>
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