Hi Chinmayi,
Many thanks to you and Puneeth for these very useful notes.
Looking at the summary of Day 1, what strikes me is the way in which the US, EU, China, G77 and LAC all express different perspectives on the role of human rights in this process.
Their positions seem to me (very roughly) to be these:
- EU: human rights are a key driving principle here, alongside multi-stakeholder approach and closing the digital divide.
- China: human rights can/should be separated from WSIS outcomes.
- G77: human rights need not be treated separately from WSIS outcomes.
- US: ICTs aren’t the cause of human rights violations.
- LAC: ICT needs to be viewed in the context of compliance with international law (including human rights).
My interpretation is that each of those positions is the consequence of another, unstated goal; I’d be interested to hear whether those unstated goals come out more clearly in the course of the week.
Best wishes, and thanks again,
Robin
Dear All,
Here are links to CCG's coverage of the WSIS+10 review in New York. Puneeth Nagaraj has been attending on our behalf and has shared/ written up the following:
2nd Preparatory Meeting of WSIS+10 Review: Summary of Day 1 (Covers EU, US, G77+China and Latin American & Carribean States)
We hope that this is useful to you and welcome your feedback on how we can improve our reporting.
Best,
Chinmayi
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