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I was groggier than I thought. Wasted one of my three
allowed postings when my finger sent off my earlier post without permission. Franck also added: > I take also the opportunity to add something else
on another subject: > ICANN, IETF, APNIC and other meetings are really
easy to attend, they > are video casted, audio casted and even text
casted in chat/forum like > ch > did it a couple of times. This is not true with
any of the WSIS related > meeting, where you need to sit in the room, with
the proper > accreditation. I think in some sessions,
non-representatives of > governments were asked to leave the room. We spent some hours debating this. A couple of points: 1.
The WGIG is a UN committee
in that we are appointed by Kofi Annan himself (he used the word “personally”
in his letter). A few of us did ask in fact for webcasting but we do have to
respect the UN work and meeting culture, which is different from that of the internet
community. The big meeting is an avenue for larger consultations. 2.
The WGIG *does not* set any laws or policies. Our
output is intended to go the UN SG and then to the WSIS where the “negotiations”
are to take place. We are therefore like a think-tank for the WSIS. 3.
Following from
#2, we therefore try to be as objective as possible. Taking a personal example,
I am a consumer advocate in 4.
Are there
examples of such a way of working? Well, there is the Chatham House rule. Regards, Peng Hwa |
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