AMENDMENT PROPOSALS FROM MALAWI ON CHAPTER ONE OFOPERATIONAL PART (WSIS-II/IPC-2/DOC/3-E)

Section 1

Add the statement "… and where none has been undertaken…" after " … progress has been made …" and the statement " … irrespective of any step undertaken." at the end of the clause.

The word "Further" in the last sentence indicates that this clause is applicable only to those areas in which progress has already been made and it excludes areas where no step has been taken towards implementation hence it should be expunged.

Section 2

Encourages only those governments that have not yet started implementing the WSIS Action Plan to the exclusion of all those that are in the process of doing so.

Section 3

Include " … national… " between " … value … " and " … regional …" in line 1

Put the statement " … strong corporation within and without nations and other stake holders …" instead of " …within and among regions … " in line 3

Delete the word " national " in lines 4 and 5 and the word " regional " in line 6

Put " Such dialogue… " at the beginning instead of "The regional dialogue … " in line 4

Put " … development … of e-strategies and implementation strategies …" instead of " … of national e-strategies and regional … " in line 6

Put the phrase " North – North, North – South and South – South Cooperation shall …." In line 7

Section 4

Put " … and resources … " after " … practices … " in line 1

Put " … national … " before the word " … regional … " in line 2

Section 5

Put " … and thereby to continue improving the socio-economic development of all human beings … " instead of " … social welfare and development … " in line 5

Section 6

In example (c) the phrase " building the human and material ICT capacity of nations and improving … " be put instead of " … ICT capacities … "

Section 7

Put the phrase " We call upon and …. " before the words " … encourage national statistical offices … " in line 8

Section 9

Put the words " … among nations, … " after " … different levels of developments … " in line 3