WHY do they hold these meetings in Geneva? Why don't they hold them in the REAL world, say....Nigeria or (dare I say it) Appalacia or Indian reservations in the South West of the United States? Or maybe inner-city Chicago...the Digital Divide is not an "African thing".
ac: Amazingly, no one here at the Prepcom seems to be aware of the report. I mentioned it during the morning civil society plenary, and the reaction was a lot of very confused, very angry faces. There's a new UNCTAD report circulating here that says that the digital divide is being bridged "slowly," which is quite different from the wham-bam, just-add-water solution that seems to be suggested by the Reuters article. We've just finished the civil society statements in the plenary, so I'm going to go on a scavenger hunt and see if I can track down this report. As soon as I find it, I'll post a summary. ac andy carvin acarvin at edc -dot- org _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
