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| Regional Roundup : Viewpoint: ‘WSIS, so far not so good, tomorrow is another day for the Second Superpower’ | ||||
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| Global | 01 December 2003 | |||
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| ‘One of the biggest failures of phase 1 of WSIS [the World Summit on the Information Society] is its inability to accept and assimilate other positions that are presented, and to work through those different points of view,’ writes Eric Osiakwan, ICT (information and communication technology) consultant and journalist from Accra (Ghana). ‘It is important that a process like WSIS be able to accept all positions and develop channels for massive engagement. In doing so, consensus should be used to reach conclusions to which all parties may be amenable. Some points of view are currently being ignored and that is not a healthy thing to do for what could, and should be a global participatory partnership. The announcement by the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan of the establishment of the process leading to the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) was amidst joy and interest. This is because it was supposed to be a mass participatory process where all the stakeholders can sit at the table from the national to the international forums. The WSIS sounded like a new and real way of achieving democracy – a more participatory process. Most people thought this was unusual within the UN system because for once the Private Sector, Civil Society, Academia and Research were going to engage with governments on a UN platform. WSIS was ignited by the growth and agitation of the Second Superpower. In essence the WSIS is an attempt to strengthen and formalize the Second Superpower…’ Resources:
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