[A2k] Tally of countries and positions on convening a Broadcasting Treaty in 2007 (approving SCCR recs from 15th session)

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

The Chair of the General Assembly, Ambassador Manalo has suspended
discussions on the item of the protection of broadcasting organizations
after 40 interventions.  Here is a brief tally of the different country
or regional grouping positions.  Amb. Manalo has tasked Jukka Liedes
with holding informal consultations this afternoon to bridge a
consensus.  Amb. Manalo will be holding concurrent informal
consultations on the development agenda.

Here is a brief extract of the Venezuelan intervention:

Veneuzuela:

We would like to submit its concern (because of what happened in the
15th SCCR),  There was a total lack of consensus and plurality,
following not much of a discussion of a text that is full of
inconsistencies.  We are concerned that the NGOs were not given the
right to speak. Under these conditions, we believe that there is a high
probability to fail. It is necessary to achieve a result in a more
democratic manner.


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YES

European Communities plus Romania and Bulgaria
Nicaragua
Mexico
Norway
Japan
Croatia (on behalf of regional group)
Krygz
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
China
Russia
Singapore
Morocco
Algeria
Croatia (on behalf of itself)
Former Yugoslave Republic of Macedonia
Kenya
Honduras, subject to conditions

NO:

United States of America
India
Uruguay
Chile
Canada
Indonesia
South Africa
Venezuela

Unclear:

Nigeria (African Group) [RB: but lots of good dicta!]
Pakistan
Iran