Report Interesession SI UN - WSIS

ACTIONS & STATEMENTS during the Intersessional Meeting Paris (France) 15-18 July 2003 Specific ACTIONS of the WG-SI Civil Society Statement / Plenary Session - 16 July 2003 by Francis Muguet French : HTML, PDF English : HTML, PDF Informal discussions with the delegates of more than 15 states concerning the then ongoing drafting of the Declaration of Principles. Advocacy of the scheduled WSIS Open Access Campaign . ACTIONS of the CIVIL SOCIETY to be completed Timetable WG-PCT Civil Society Statement: Plenary Session - 16 July 2003 by Richard Stallman, member of the steering committee. English: HTML,PDF ( also on PrepCom.Net ) Statements - Plenary Session Documents (Courtesy of Christian Scherer ) Statement by Meryem Marzouki on behalf of the whole Civil Society ( 18 July ) With regards to intellectual property, we are very concerned to note that the Declaration of Principles, in keeping with the tendency of the TRIPS agreement, breaks the delicate balance of article 27 of the UDHR between the rights of authors and the rights of all people to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Worse still, the Declaration does not even refer to authors or creators, but only to rights owners. Academia and Education statement. Science & Technology statement ( Ing�nieurs ) For information : Business Community statements Intellectual property, Standards, Security and other issues( 15 July 2003) Intervention of the French Publishers Association on behalf of the International Publishers Association ( 17 July 2003) WSIS-SI.ORG WSIS CIVIL SOCIETY WORKING GROUP