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Re:  NGO Participation in ITU.

You may recall some time ago I wrote a report for the Secretary
General of the ITU arguing the case for a role for NGOs in the
activities of the organisation.  It was delivered to him, and the
head of strategy Don MacLean, during October.

  Since then I have contacted Don MacLean again to see what has
  happened.  He tells me that he passed the report to the Review
  Committee set up at the Kyoto ITU Plenipotentiary to look into
  all aspects of membership.  In the report itself, I had argued
  against this, as this Committee was set up mainly to consider
  how big business can have greater influence within the ITU, and
  its mode of operation and orientation would run counter to the
  ideals of NGOs.  It is chaired by someone from BT.

MacLean agreed to give me the names and contact points of all
Committee members.  However, although I sent him a reminder, I
have not received them yet.  This is probably an oversight.  When
I do get them, I intend to contact all members to remind them of
the key issues.

Although the door has by no means been closed, I am not so
hopeful.  If there is a lesson to this, I would like to know what
it is.

I will keep you informed of any further developments.

Sean O Siochru,  NEXUS Research Cooperative, 14 Eaton Brae,
Shankill, Co.  Dublin, Ireland.  e-mail: siochru@toppsi.gn.apc.org
tel +353 1 2821003;  fax:+353 1 2720034

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