[Lac] [Fwd: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] message from Itsumi - internet gov mtg on 26-27 Feb in Geneva]

Tue Jan 20 18:59:12 GMT 2004

Hola:

Estaba ya en conocimiento de este workshop. Tal como dice YJ en el mail de 
abajo, la ITU no tiene un modelo muy abierto. Mientras critica el modelo 
del ICANN, actúa de una forma muy cerrada. Esto debe ser una adevertencia 
para los que piensan que un modelo intergubernamental puede ser una 
solución mejor que los modelos actuales de Internet Governance.

No estoy en el caucus de Internet Governance, porque tal como lo dice YJ es 
un grupo muy restringido y asumo que más o menos ya están todos de acuerdo. 
Pienso, tal como lo habia dicho antes, que lo importante es discutir el 
tema en ámbitos más abiertos, donde participen más organizaciones y 
personas de las OSC, tal como este.

Saludos

Raul

At 22:34 19/01/2004, Beatriz Busaniche wrote:
>hola
>no se cuántos están en la lista de plenaria, para quienes están allí, 
>disculpen la duplicación.
>pero creo que es importante que revisemos este tema con prioridad.
>alguien de america latina está en el caucus de internet governance como 
>para que nos cuente un poco más de lo que se está discutiendo allí?
>Gracias! Saludos
>Bea
>
>
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject:        Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] message from Itsumi - internet gov 
>mtg on 26-27 Feb in Geneva
>Date:   Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:18:19 -0500
>From:   YJ Park <yjpark at myepark.com>
>Reply-To:       plenary at wsis-cs.org
>To:     <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
>CC:     Governance <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>References:     <D33919E7-4AA0-11D8-BE1C-000A95EA981E at bluewin.ch>
>
>
>
>Thank you, Rik, for passing this info to the plenary.
>WSIS Internet Governance Caucus has discussed ITU's Internet Governance 
>workshop since Jan. 8th and I personally feel enormous challenges in 
>building coalitions within WSIS civil society and collecting WSIS civil 
>society's positions about Internet governance down this road until 2005 
>Nov WSIS.
>When Internet Governance caucus was set up back in 2003 February during 
>PrepCom II by Wolfgang and myself, it was one of twenty or so WSIS civil 
>society caucuses or working groups. It started with three or four people 
>back then and has evolved to a bigger group composed of around 50 in the 
>maling list but it is still a small part of WSIS civil society.
>The upcoming ITU Internet Governance workshop's participation is known to 
>be restricted "only" to ITU's member states and sector members. It 
>excludes many WSIS civil society members and WSIS Internet governance 
>caucus was notified only two or three people from the caucus can attend 
>the meeting. At this moment, it is 'not" still clear whether civil society 
>members can attend the workshop without "invitation".
>WSIS civil society together with Internet Governance caucus has to make a 
>request that ITU's Internet Governance Workshop should be open to civil 
>society members. It will be a very bad precedent in the Internet 
>Governance history. We have to remember that the controversial US agency 
>model, ICANN, allows civil society groups to participate in policy-making 
>process with voting rights.
>It is time for WSIS Plenary to discuss what WSIS civil society should do 
>in terms of "Internet Governance" in association with "Internet Governance 
>Caucus" within civil society.
>YJ
>
>    Dear Colleagues,
>
>    The Secretary General of the WSIS and the ITU, Yoshio Utsumi, has
>    posted a general message to the WSIS website. He announces in this
>    message a meeting on internet governance taking place from 26 - 27
>    February in Geneva, which will provide a "forum for exchanging views
>    on definitions, viewpoints, visions and analytical studies on
>    Internet governance."
>
>    Below is the entire message.
>
>    Rik Panganiban
>    WFM
>
>    ..................................
>
>    *
>    Message from Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General of ITU and
>    Secretary General of the World Summit on the Information Society
>
>    *As we look back to the Geneva phase of the World Summit on the
>    Information Society attended by 11,000 participants including 44
>    Heads of state or government and vice-presidents, we can be proud of
>    our collective accomplishments. The Geneva phase clearly placed the
>    issue of ICTs on the agenda of world leaders and produced consensus
>    on the importance of shaping the Information Society in a
>    constructive manner beneficial to all citizens. Leaders also agreed
>    on the importance of ICTs in addressing many of the major social,
>    political and economical problems and the important role that ICTs
>    can play as an essential tool in reaching many of the goals
>    expressed in the Millennium Declaration. The Action Plan sets forth
>    a firm commitment to meet concrete targets to "connect the world'
>    and bring the benefits of ICTs to all nations.
>
>    In addition, many multi-stakeholder partnership initiatives were
>    announced during the Summit. Cisco and ITU signed a Memorandum of
>    Understanding to open 20 more Internet Training Centres in
>    developing countries. Microsoft, working with UNDP, will create a
>    billion dollar program to bring ICT skills to underserved
>    communities. The UN ICT Task Force with Ireland, Sweden, Canada and
>    Switzerland announced the global e-school project to connect schools
>    and communities in the developing world. And at the very close of
>    the Summit, the cities of Geneva and Lyon and the Government of
>    Senegal announced contributions totaling about 1 million euros to
>    fund ICT projects in developing countries, representing the first
>    payments towards the Digital Solidarity Fund.
>
>    I would like to thank the many participants in the process. In
>    particular, I thank the host country of the Geneva phase,
>    Switzerland, for their substantial efforts and contributions. As
>    well, I am grateful to Mr. Adama Samassekou, the PrepCom President
>    of the Geneva phase, for his energy and commitment to this process.
>    A special thanks also goes to those who made financial or
>    organizational contributions to the Summit.
>
>    Together, we are now faced with the challenge of transforming the
>    vision and plans endorsed in the Geneva phase into concrete action.
>    The Geneva Summit called for a preparatory meeting to be held in the
>    first half of 2004 to establish the structure of the Tunis phase. As
>    preparation for that meeting has been entrusted to the Bureau for
>    the Tunis phase, the establishment of the Bureau for the Tunis phase
>    is one of the most urgent matters requiring attention. The two ex
>    officio members of the Bureau, Tunisia and Switzerland, are expected
>    to play a key role in this process. I sincerely hope that the new
>    Bureau members will meet informally at the beginning of February to
>    commence their task.
>
>    The Geneva phase also identified two major issues to be resolved
>    under the auspices of UN Secretary General, namely Internet
>    governance and financing mechanisms. To contribute to the discussion
>    on Internet governance, ITU will organize a workshop on 26 - 27
>    February in Geneva, which provides a forum for exchanging views on
>    definitions, viewpoints, visions and analytical studies on Internet
>    governance .
>
>    I look forward to working with the many stakeholders involved in
>    this exciting and important undertaking. In particular, I am pleased
>    to begin working closely with Tunisia, the host country of the
>    second phase as we prepare for November 2005.
>    Mr. Yoshio Utsumi
>    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>    Rik Panganiban email: rikp at bluewin.ch
>    Special Adviser Mobile: +41 76 473 3274
>    World Federalist Movement www.wfm.org
>    =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>
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