Comments on: just a little bit ironic http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html society, technology and me Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:07:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Boris Anthony http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html#comment-628 Boris Anthony Sat, 14 May 2005 22:54:32 +0000 http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html#comment-628 Ummm... WHAT!?! WSIS should immediately cancel or arrange to relocate the summit. Simple as that. Holding their meeting in Tunisia, without at very least unequivocally condemning, in the strongest language diplomatically possible, Tunisia's censorship of Internet access, essentially negates not only the WSIS's credibility, but their raison-d'etre! "We, the representatives of the peoples of the world, assembled in Geneva from 10-12 December 2003 for the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, declare our common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their sustainable development and improving their quality of life, premised on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and respecting fully and upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." They MUST have had an ulterior motive for choosing Tunisia. I just hope it was a diplomatic one and not political/economic. Sigh. :\ Ummm… WHAT!?!
WSIS should immediately cancel or arrange to relocate the summit. Simple as that. Holding their meeting in Tunisia, without at very least unequivocally condemning, in the strongest language diplomatically possible, Tunisia’s censorship of Internet access, essentially negates not only the WSIS’s credibility, but their raison-d’etre!

“We, the representatives of the peoples of the world, assembled in Geneva from 10-12 December 2003 for the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, declare our common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society, where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their sustainable development and improving their quality of life, premised on the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and respecting fully and upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

They MUST have had an ulterior motive for choosing Tunisia. I just hope it was a diplomatic one and not political/economic.

Sigh. :\

]]> By: Boris Anthony http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html#comment-629 Boris Anthony Sat, 14 May 2005 22:55:40 +0000 http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html#comment-629 <a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html</a> WSIS Declaration of Principles. http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html

WSIS Declaration of Principles.

]]> By: bopuc/weblog http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html#comment-631 bopuc/weblog Sat, 14 May 2005 23:30:17 +0000 http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/archives/2005/05/14/just_a_little_bit_ironic.html#comment-631 <strong>WSIS, censorship & RSF</strong> Michael is in Winnipeg participating in a UNESCO sponsored conference in preparation for it's presence at the WSIS summit in Tunisia in the fall. This is serious, big boys stuff. ;) He just reported something VERY disturbing: The Tunisian ambassador... WSIS, censorship & RSF

Michael is in Winnipeg participating in a UNESCO sponsored conference in preparation for it’s presence at the WSIS summit in Tunisia in the fall. This is serious, big boys stuff. ;) He just reported something VERY disturbing: The Tunisian ambassador…

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