De: Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
Date: Ven 7 oct 2005 19:17:33 Europe/Paris
À: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Objet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers for the Summit / my position on
nominations from Tunisia
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With the help of Rik and others, the speakers nominating group is
working hard to advance the work done in geneva to ready a list for
the ITU. Numerous exchanges have taken place so far, which is great.
In the spirit of transparency and openness, i thought it best to share
my position (as focal point on the CSB for North America & Europe) on
and about nominations from Tunisia with the plenary list.
My position is as follows....
To be honest, the inclusion of Tunisians as proposed speakers at the
summit makes be personally shake in disbelief. The names proposed
(from Tunisia) are not high enough level persons to speak at the
plenary sessions. The caucus they represent are problematic ones,
ones which - many, myself included - believe are clearly infiltrated
by the tunisian government .
There far better, and much less problematic speakers that MUST be
considered in their place. As a point of principle, if we are going to
consider tunisians for rountables then we SHOULD also give an equal
chance to "independent" civil society from the country. If that is not
possible, then , there is no equal opportunity - no consensus, and as
such the safest course of action would be to not recommend any
Tunisians at all to the ITU.
As you might imagine, this is a point of principle for me. I am
passionate about this. There needs to be openness and transparency
about this - very - sensitive issue.
Recommendation: remove all Tunisian names all together. If this group
recommends one Tunisian name vs. another, we will be lead into a
dogfight we can not win. It's a political issue - let the ITU deal
with it.
Alternatives: no doubt there are other names from other countries that
are not only "less problematic" but, are higher level and involved in
information society activities and/or initiatives at a higher level
than the Tunisian nominees.
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Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
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