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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Sunday 19 May 2013 04:23 PM, Jeremy
      Malcolm wrote:<br>
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        <div>On 19/05/2013, at 4:16 PM, parminder <<a
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        <blockquote type="cite">To clarify, it this about gov
          participation in ICANN and other such technical management/
          governance systems? That it appears was the original intention
          of the Brazilian proposal, along with proposing that somehow
          ITU takes a central role in enabling perhaps even fronting
          such participation.... Is this the main thrust here? If not
          what is this all about? What exactly is meant by 'range of
          multistakeholder Internet governance processes' in which
          governmental participation is to be integrated... Which
          processes are meant here.<br>
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      <div>If we get the transcript then it will be easier to take the
        intention straight from the horse's mouth, but I would summarise
        the first part, which is the most operational part, as calling
        on the ITU to provide capacity building for developing country
        governments to more effectively participate in multistakeholder
        Internet governance institutions including IGF, ICANN, IETF,
        W3C, etc,</div>
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    If this indeed is the operational part of the statement, what is
    there to get so excited about it. What is of special significance
    here, I still fail to understand.<br>
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    On the other hand, I still think the Brazilian statement was
    confusing and unclear in its intent from the start, and has become
    even more confusing in being edited down in an effort to negotiate
    its passage through WTPF...<br>
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      <div> in their own right (ie. not fronted by the ITU; I don't
        think there's any suggestion of that).  The second part is not
        really operational, but is an expression of support for the fact
        that Internet governance takes place in a networked manner
        across a number of multistakeholder institutions, and that
        states are encouraged to participate in those, in addition to
        their discussion of relevant issues at the ITU and in the
        WSIS+10 process.</div>
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