The third PrepCom of the Tunis phase of the Summit was held in Geneva for a duration of 10 working days, starting on 19 September 2005. At its first Plenary meeting, the Preparatory Committee approved the lists of NGOs, civil society and private sector entities recommended by the Executive Secretariat for accreditation. (The list of entities is contained in Document WSIS-II/PC-2/DOC/4 and Add.1. )

The United States asked the Secretariat to clarify the reason why the NGO named “Human
Rights in China” was not part of the recommended list. The Executive Secretariat explained that the
file of the NGO was not complete and that NGOs with incomplete files did not figure on the list. An
explanation by the Secretariat as to the reasons why HRIC’s file was incomplete did not satisfy U.S.
concerns. The United States then proposed that the NGO “Human Rights in China” should be
recommended for accreditation. China then proposed a motion “not to consider NGOs that were not
on the list recommended by the Executive Secretariat” and asked for a roll-call vote. The motion
introduced by China was adopted by the Preparatory Committee by a recorded roll-call vote of 52
to 35, with 35 abstentions.


Source: http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/off10.pdf

See also: HRIC: China Blocks Open Discussion at WSIS with Procedural Maneuvering