[Lac] carta a la CMSI

[Olinca Marino]

Queridas amigas y amigos

a continuación, pego la carta que se ha preparado por el grupo de 
contenidos y temas para ser presentada a la CMSI en relación a las 
dificultades que se presentaron para reconocer los aportes de los 
diferentes grupos y caucus de la sociedad civil.

Por favor, si hay comentarios, hacerlos llegar.

Saludos afectuosos

Olinca Marino

__________________________

Charles Geiger
Senior Policy Adviser
Executive Secretariat
World Summit on the Information Society
c/o ITU
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
phone  ++ 41 22 730 63 75
fax       ++41 22 730 63 93
e-mail:  charles.geiger at ties.itu.int


Dear Mr. Geiger

We thank you for helping to resolve the matter of caucus inputs for the 31 
May 2003 deadline.

We send this letter on behalf of the Civil Society Content and Themes 
Working Group and the thematic caucuses within Civil Society thematic to 
clarify their relationships and how they work.

Development of Content by Civil Society:

Two types of entities are involved in the production of content: Thematic 
Caucuses and the Content & Themes Group.

Caucuses have the responsibility of developing positions. A number of 
caucuses exist, each representing particular thematic areas and geographic 
regions (e.g. Internet governance, human rights, and communication rights). 
The mandate of the caucuses derives from a consensus view reached by the 
Civil Society Plenary at PrepCom-1.

The Content & Themes Group receives and coordinates inputs from the 
caucuses, seeks broad levels of consensus on them, manages the production 
collective input into WSIS. It does not itself develop content. The mandate 
of the Content & Themes group also derives from a consensus view reached at 
PrepCom-1.

Neither the Civil Society Bureau nor other types of entities of its 
creation, such as “families,” have responsibility for content.

Given these relationships and functions, we think that it is important for 
the caucuses to be recognized in their own right. The Content & Themes 
Group has coordinated and submitted input to the Secretariat in the past on 
behalf of the Civil Society Plenary and the its Caucuses  -- and will 
likely do so when future opportunities exist -- but it is necessary for 
caucuses to have the flexibility of submitting input directly.

We trust that the Secretariat will recognize this requirement.


Status of the Civil Society Content & Themes Process

The Content & Themes Group has been working closely with the caucuses since 
PrepCom-2. Following a consultation it opted not to send a joint document 
for the May request by the Secretariat. Instead, the caucuses decided to 
submit proposals directly.

The Content & Themes Group is now coordinating work among the caucuses on a 
priorities document based on the inputs they prepared for the May deadline. 
This document will be submitted to the Secretariat and made available to 
the public.




Sincerely,

Sally Burch and William J. McIver, Jr.
WSIS Civil Society Content & Themes Group Coordinators

Cc:

Ms. Lyndall Shope-Mafole
Louise Lassond, Alain Clerc, Liliane Ursache, Civil Society Division
Civil Society Caucus Coordinators







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