FYI<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Emma Llanso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ellanso@cdt.org" target="_blank">ellanso@cdt.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Just a reminder that the joint letter on participation in WTPF is
open for initial sign-on through 2300UTC/1800EST tomorrow, 20
February 2013. Text of the letter is available here: <u style="color:rgb(0,0,238);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:13px"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub</a></u><div class="yj6qo ajU" style="outline:none;padding:10px 0px;width:22px;margin:2px 0px 0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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If your organization would like to join the letter, please email
<a href="mailto:WTPFsignon@gmail.com" target="_blank">WTPFsignon@gmail.com</a>, and feel free to circulate this to other lists
or groups you work with. The list will remain open to additional
signers after tomorrow's deadline<br>
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Also, in case you missed it, CDT has a post about the WTPF and the
Informal Experts Group meeting up on our blog:
<a href="https://www.cdt.org/HxL" target="_blank">https://www.cdt.org/HxL</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Emma<div class="im"><br>
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<div>On 2/15/2013 4:50 PM, Emma Llanso
wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
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Thank you for your comments and input on the letter re: civil
society participation in the WTPF that we circulated a few weeks
ago. We've incorporated the feedback and updated the requests in
the letter following the Informal Experts Group meeting last
week. The final text is available here: <font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://docs.google.com/a/accessnow.org/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/a/accessnow.org/document/d/1_M7hxSUFoeTuFM9yNbRH0Jb94ujVR9P23884R27id_Y/pub
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In short, the letter asks the Secretary General to follow up on
commitments he made during the WCIT to enable greater civil
society participation in the WTPF. It asks that the Secretariat
create a Public Views and Opinions page for the WTPF documents,
and that comments from the public submitted through this page be
entered into the formal record of the meeting. It also asks for
civil society members to be accorded full participation in this
meeting, independent of national delegations (since there is no
treaty negotiation at the center of this conference), or at the
very least for the ITU to clarify the limitations of the
"observer" status that is currently available to members of the
public.<br>
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If your organization would like to sign on to this letter, please
send an <b>email to <a href="mailto:WTPFsignon@gmail.com" target="_blank">WTPFsignon@gmail.com</a></b>.
<b>Deadline </b>for joining the initial list of signers is <b>Wednesday,
20 February</b>, <b>at 2300 UTC/1800 EST</b>; the list will
continue to be updated after that deadline, but we would like to
send the letter with the initial list of signers to the ITU on
Thursday, 21 February.<br>
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Best regards, and happy weekend!<br>
Emma<br>
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<div>-- <br>
Emma J. Llansó<br>
Policy Counsel<br>
Center for Democracy & Technology<br>
1634 I Street NW, Suite 1100<br>
Washington, DC 20006<br>
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<div>-- <br>
Emma J. Llansó<br>
Policy Counsel<br>
Center for Democracy & Technology<br>
1634 I Street NW, Suite 1100<br>
Washington, DC 20006<br>
<a href="tel:202-407-8818" value="+12024078818" target="_blank">202-407-8818</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/CenDemTech" target="_blank">@cendemtech</a></div>
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