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Re: [alac] ALAC Statement on WSIS Declaration of Principles andPlan of Actions



Yes,,,, better to come out with an early draft and label it as such.

Esther

At 06:49 AM 1/23/2004, Izumi Aizu wrote:
At 11:10 04/01/23 +0100, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>Izumi Aizu ha scritto:
>> Vittorio and all
>>
>> I assume this will be posted very soon to our website,
>> and could we make it clear that this is a Draft - and welcomes
>> public comments so that we might modify accordingly?
>
>We are receiving lots of good comments, so I think that we should aim to
>release a new statement just before the Rome meeting, incorporating the
>comments we will receive in the next 2-3 weeks and any points we might
>want to add/revise. So we might mark the present statement (for example,
>in accompanying letters or introductory paragraphs) as a "first statement"
>in view of subsequent statements that we will release in the next months.

I fully agree.

>
>In the meantime, however, I think we should start to circulate it (for
>example, to the UN Secretary and UN ICT TF) so that we don't risk coming
>out too late! I don't think that we can wait for more time before coming
>out with something.

I have mixed reaction to this. I admit that the sooner the better, but
the current one may cause some problem in certain issue areas, I am afraid.

izumi




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