1/ One should understand that there has been NO press team on CS side. 
While this is highly regrettable, and not only because of press 
conferences, we have to face reality. Paola, from CS secretariat was 
the person to ask, and that's all. Let me add that there has been no 
coordination on CS side (pity, but that's the way it is). I suspect 
that press conferences slots have been given on a first-come 
first-served basis.

2/ There have been press conferences organized each day, 2 alloted to 
CS (or entities considered as CS), 1 to private sector (generally ICC 
or ICC+), the remaining slots being devoted to WSIS organization (daily 
briefings etc.), to some governments, and to international 
organizations (mainly UN or UN agencies or task forces). See at the end 
of this message the list of all WSIS press conferences.

- Among the 6 press conference held on Dec. 9, the CS (or considered as 
such by WSIS) ones are those of ISOC and gender caucus
- Among the 7 PC held on Dec. 10, the CS (or considered as such by 
WSIS) ones are those of cities/local authorities and youth caucus
- Among the 12 PC helf on Dec. 11, the CS (or considered as such by 
WSIS) ones are those of CPSR/FUNGLODE and WSIS CS as a whole (CS 
declaration launch)
- Among the 12 PC held on Dec. 12, the CS (or considered as such by 
WSIS) ones are those of disability caucus, human rights caucus and 
Linux Professional Institute.

Everyday, CS got 2 press conferences and private sector got 1, except 
for the last day, where CS had 3 and private sector none. I suspect 
there has been no request from private sector for this last day.

All CS press conferences were held by caucuses/groups having been 
deeply involved in the process, except 2:
- ISOC
- The Linux Professional Institute
(the status of CPSR/FUNGLODE event is not clear to me. However, be it 
organized by CPSR or Robert Guerra on his own, they are not new comers 
in WSIS process).

As a matter of fact, there is more to say on the Linux institute press 
conference than on the ISOC one, since WSIS CS plenary unsuccessfully 
asked for a slot the last day after the plenary (to present the CS 
statement condemning repression) and found that it has already been 
taken by the Linux institute.

Regarding the HR caucus, we asked Paola (through Robert Guerra good 
offices, to be precise) on Dec. 11, in order to present the caucus 
assessment of the WSIS declaration and PoA, and to have China and 
Tunisia HR advocates talk to the press -- which we have found of high 
importance. We got the positive answer on Dec. 11 evening.

3/ Finally, ISOC press conference was not an event on "governance". I 
wasted 20mn watching the video on the web, and it was a presentation of 
ISOC -- no interest at all: Lynn St Amour took 12 minutes out of 20 to 
tell the whole world what is ISOC ("we are the Internet" or something 
like that...), Robert Kahn took 3 or 4 minutes to explain that he's one 
of the "Internet's fathers", and Arthur Serra introduced next INET conf 
to be held in Barcelona. That's _really_ all: general ISOC 
advertisement. From this press conference, ISOC can by no mean appear 
as the natural (or even one among many) CS contributor to the UN panel 
on Internet governance. From the probably already ongoing lobbying 
efforts, it certainly will, but that's another story.

So the conclusion is that this caucus shouldn't waste its time 
discussing this issue. Next time (if any), CS should better organize. 
If things were normal, then CS should have decided on its daily 2 
slots, and organize their distribution among caucuses, having e.g. 2 or 
3 of them sharing each press conference.

Meryem
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List of all WSIS press conferences:

- Tuesday, 9 December 2003

Tuesday, 9 December 2003: Press Conference, 12:00h-13:00h GMT+1
Rapporteurs from the Executive Roundtable. Moderated by James Rubin
former US Assistant Secretary of State for Communications
"Press Briefing on Executive Roundtable"

Tuesday, 9 December 2003: Press Conference, 13:30h-14:30h GMT+1
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
"Pre-Summit Press Conference"

Tuesday, 9 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:00h-16:20h GMT+1
Internet Society (ISOC)

Tuesday, 9 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:25h-16:45h GMT+1
Gillian Marcelle, Shafika Isaaks, Gloria Bonder
"GENDER CAUCUS: Creating Richness in the Information Society: 
Inclusion, Diversity & Gender Equality"

Tuesday, 9 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:45h-17:30h GMT+1
M. L. Cattaui, Secretary-General, ICC
"Business at WSIS"

Tuesday, 9 December 2003: Press Conference, 17:45h-18:15h GMT+1
Senegal
"Digital Solidarity"

- Wednesday, 10 December 2003

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 09:15h-09:45h GMT+1
Ambassador David A. Gross, Head US Delegation to WSIS; Dr Peter S. 
Watson, Chairman, President & CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corp.

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 10:00h-10:30h GMT+1
United Nations
"Briefing on the UN Secretary-General's Statement"

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 10:45h-11:15h GMT+1
El Salvador
"Plan Puebla Panamá (PPP)"

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 11:30h-12:00h GMT+1
Christian Ferrazino; Gérard Collomb; Mercedes Bresso
Maire de Genève; Maire de Lyon; Présidente de la CAMVAL (Coordination 
des associations mondiales de villes et autorités locales)
"Villes et pouvoirs locaux dans la Société de l'Information"

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 12:00h-13:00h GMT+1
Summit, Host Country and United Nations Spokespeople
"Daily Briefing for the World Summit on the Information Society"

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 13:15h-13:45h GMT+1
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General, ICC; Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, 
Chairman, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co International
"Clearing Up the Confusion Over ICANN"

Wednesday, 10 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:00h-16:45h GMT+1
Alex Fielding, Youth Liaison, WSIS Executive Secretariat; Nick 
Moraitis, Facilitator, Youth Caucus, TakingITGlobal; Titilayo 
Akinsanmi, Coordinator, Nigeria WSIS Youth Campaign; Robert Sagun, 
President, Young Volunteers for Sustainable Development
"Youth Day"

- Thursday, 11 December 2003

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 08:30h-09:00h GMT+1
R. Guerra, Director Ejecutivo, Privaterra - CPSR;
L. Fernández Reyna, ex-Presidente de la República Dominicana y 
Presidente de la FUNGLODE
"La Importancia de la Sociedad de la Información"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 09:30h-10:00h GMT+1
Lucio Stanca, Minister for Innovation & Technologies, Government of 
Italy;
Erkki Liikanen, EU Commissioner
"Joint Press Conference of the Presidency of the European Union and 
European Commission"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 11:30h-12:00h GMT+1
President of the Republic of Ghana

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 12:00h-13:00h GMT+1
Summit, Host Country and United Nations Spokespeople
"Daily Briefing for the World Summit on the Information Society"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 13:00h-14:00h GMT+1
UNICEF
"Global Launch SOWC 2004"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 14:15h-14:45h GMT+1
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
"Press briefing on the outcomes of the Global Forum of Indigenous 
Peoples & the Information Society"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 15:00h-16:00h GMT+1
"World Summit Event for Schools: an interactive session between world 
leaders and school children"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:00h-16:20h GMT+1
Sally Burch-Alai
"Launch of Civil Society Declaration"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:25h-16:45h GMT+1
"lancement officiel du Concours mondial de Bandes dessinées"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:45h-17:30h GMT+1
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General, ICC; Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, 
Chairman, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh & Co International; Richard D. McCormick
"What Business Needs to Invest"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 17:45h-18:15h GMT+1
UN ICT Task Force
"Global ePolicy Resource Network (ePol-NET) Launch"

Thursday, 11 December 2003: Press Conference, 18:30h-19:00h GMT+1
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)
"World Summit on the Information Society and other general issues"

- Friday, 12 December 2003

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 09:15h-09:45h GMT+1
UNFIP
"The United Nations, the UN Foundation and the Private Sector: 
partnerships"

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 10:00h-10:30h GMT+1
UNDP
"UNDP promoting IT for development and bridging the digital divide"

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 10:45h-11:15h GMT+1
UN ICT Task Force
"Launch of the Global eSchools and Communities Initiative"

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 11:30h-12:00h GMT+1
Habib Ben Yahia, Ministre des Affaires Etrangères

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 12:00h-13:00h GMT+1
Summit, Host Country and United Nations Spokespeople
"Daily Briefing for the World Summit on the Information Society"

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 13:15h-13:45h GMT+1
A. Schneider, Access for All; K. Nordström, President, World Blind 
Union; G. Kerscher, Secretary-General, Digital Accessible Information 
System (DAISY) Consortium
J. Brewer, Director, Web Accessibility Initiative, W3C; M. Buntan, 
Executive Committee Member, World Blind Union; B. Kleeb, President, 
Swiss Association for the Deaf
"Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society"

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 14:00h-14:30h GMT+1
Fonds de Solidarité Numérique:
H.E. Maître Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal; 
Christian Ferrazino, Maire de Genève;

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 15:30h-16:00h GMT+1
Sudan
"Political Developments and Peace Prospects in Sudan"

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:00h-16:20h GMT+1
Human Rights Caucus

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 16:25h-16:45h GMT+1
Linux Professional Institute

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 17:20h-18:00h GMT+1
Président du Senegal

Friday, 12 December 2003: Press Conference, 18:30h-19:30h GMT+1
WSIS Closing Press Conference
Y. Utsumi; P. Couchepin; M. Leuenberger; N. Desai; F.Lambert