<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks Lea.<br><br>I cant seem to find the Working Group of Plenary 7th Session of 30th on the archives of the captioning. It was the 14:30 session.<br></div>I am specifically interested in in the Smart Africa vote. Need to find the resolution<br><br></div>Thanks<br><br>Nnenna<br><div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Matthew Shears <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mshears@cdt.org" target="_blank">mshears@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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Thanks Lea - this is really helpful for those of us not on location.<br>
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Matthew<div><div class="h5"><br>
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<div>On 11/3/2014 12:38 AM, Lea Kaspar
wrote:<br>
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<div><span>Dear
all,<br>
<br>
This is to give an update of the ongoing discussions at the
ITU PP14.<br>
<br>
Civil society in Busan have participated in many debates
outlined below, through their national delegations or
informal discussions with other delegates. It would be great
if colleagues following particular discussions could expand
or reflect on the summary presented below. On a general
note, with 4 days to go, most people seem to think that
compromises have been reached sooner than expected.<br>
<br>
A number of us participated in the second meeting with the
outgoing ITU Secretary General, which was largely seen as an
ITU PR-stunt. In order to ensure continuity, an informal
meeting of CS reps with the Secretary General elect, Mr.
Zhao, is expected to take place in the next few days. If you
have suggestions for what issues should be raised at that
meeting, share them here.<br>
<br>
Hope this is useful.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Lea
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br>
</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">---</span></p>
<br>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>Process</u></b><br>
At the beginning of Week 3 of the Plenipot, most ad hoc
working groups (AHGs) dealing with specific proposals are
wrapping up. Many AHGs have already agreed text, which has
been sent to Committee 5 (COM5), Committee 6 (COM6), and
the Plenary Working Group (WGPL). Once agreed in an ad
hoc, the text rarely gets re-opened for discussion in the
Committees or WGPL, and even more rarely in the Plenary.</font>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Discussions</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What
follows is an overview of main discussions divided by
relevant AHGs. The list is not exhaustive. For a
visual representation of various AHGs pertaining to
the WGPL, see this useful</span><a href="http://regmedia.co.uk/2014/10/30/wg-plenary-chart-v1.png" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">chart</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
created by</span><a href="https://twitter.com/sgdickinson" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Samantha
Dickinson</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(who has also been diligently live-tweeting the
meeting).</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">COM5 AHG on draft
new resolution on counterfeit devices</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc closed,</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-TD-0058%21%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">text</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
sent to COM5 which will consider it on Monday
afternoon.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Highlights:</font></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All references
to ‘unauthorised devices’ have been dropped so the
resolution is now only about counterfeit devices.</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">References to
a device database in which all
telecommunications/ICT would need to be
registered, are removed from the document;</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Problematic
language on combating counterfeit is now balanced
by reference to taking into consideration
‘importance of maintaining user connectivity’
(which is very similar to the BB recommendation).
This means that in combating counterfeit
equipment, countries should not simply disconnect
all counterfeit devices without considering how
this affects user connectivity, which is great win
for end-users.</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We
did not manage to get references to IMEI and other
unique identifiers completely out of the text, but
it doesn't seem that this will do much harm or
increase mandate of ITU, since this is mostly
regulated via national legislation and regulation
and the provision on the consideration of end-user
connectivity. ITU-T also already has a strong
standard on this (namely X.1255 which can be found
here:</span><a href="http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.1255-201309-I" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.1255-201309-I</span></a></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">AHGs on ITU
openness and transparency (Decisions 11 & 12, New
Decision on Access to ITU documents)</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc on access to documents closed,</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-TD-0061%21%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">text</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
agreed by COM5; Ad hoc on</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-DL-0044%21R2%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Decision
11</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(opening up CWGs) ongoing, next to meet on Monday
afternoon.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Highlights:</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">COM5 AHG on access
to documents (New decision):</font></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Member States
agreed on the broad principle that the ITU needs
to be more transparent and that more of its
documents should be open to the public.</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">They disagreed
on how this should be done in practice (what the
official policy would look like), who should take
the decision, and the appropriate timeframe.</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The agreed
text decides to open all input and output
documents of ITU conference and assemblies
starting in 2015. It then instructs one of the
Council Working Groups to draft a policy to
present to the Council for consideration. The
Council can then, on an interim basis, decide to
implement the policy, as appropriate. The final
decision on policy to be taken at PP 2018.</font></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">WGPL AHG on
Council Working Groups (CWGs) & CWG Internet
(Decision 11):</font></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">[</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Currently, all CWGs
are open to all ITU Member States; some are open
to Sector Members; none are open to observers.
CWG-Internet is only open to Member States. Best
Bits submitted a request to open this CWG in 2013,
which was denied by Council.]</span></font></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">P</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">roposals from
Europe and US ask for all CWGs to be open to all
Member States and Sector members, and for
CWG-Internet to be open to all stakeholders. There
is no agreement on this and discussions are
ongoing.</span></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WGPL
AHG on Resolution 130</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Strengthening
the role of ITU in building confidence and security
in the use of ICTs)</span></font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc closed,</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-TD-0067%21%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">text</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
to be presented for WGPL consideration on Monday
afternoon.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Highlights:</font></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">
</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The
agreed text does not diverge greatly from the
original Resolution 130 – an outcome that is most
aligned with proposals from those who advocated a
‘no-change’ approach to this Resolution (US,
Europe);</span></font></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proposals to
include references to privacy and human rights
have been resisted;</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proposals for
the ITU to come up with a roadmap for dealing with
cybersecurity have equally been resisted,</font></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WGPL
AGH on Internet-related resolutions</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Res
101, Res 102, Res 133, Res 180, and new proposals)</span></font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc closed. Texts to be considered by WGPL on
Monday afternoon. Status of texts as of Nov 2 is
available</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-DL-0011%21R9%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
(updated text from Nov 3 not yet online).</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Highlights:</font></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Compromise
text was reached on all Internet-related
resolutions, with minor revisions, some slight
improvements, and a limited concession on the side
of the US/Europe to acknowledge more explicitly
the role of the ITU in Internet-related issues
(particularly in Res 102);</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It was also
agreed that the ITU should take a more
conservative approach to opening up the CWG
Internet. On that point, it was agreed that CWG
Internet will hold open consultations on various
agenda items prior to CWG meetings, but otherwise
the doors of the CWG will stay closed to
non-Member States;</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The 4 newly
proposed resolutions have been withdrawn,
including the controversial Indian proposal
(IND/98), which will nevertheless get a mention in
the Chairman's report, </font></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">WGPL AHG on Res
174 (ITU's role with regard to international public
policy issues relating to the risk of illicit use of
ICTs)</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc closed,</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-TD-0043%21%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
text</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
agreed by WGPL</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Highlights:</font></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Outcome
document has been boiled down to awareness raising
and sticking to the ITU’s existing mandate in
combatting illicit use of ICTs;</font></span></p>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;vertical-align:baseline">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All references
to ‘global charter’ related to security of ICTs
have been dropped,</font></span></p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">WGPL AHG on WSIS
related resolutions (Res 140, Res 172)</font></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc on WSIS reached agreement on</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-TD-0048%21%21MSW-E.pdf" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Res
140 text</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,
which was subsequently considered and approved by
WGPL. Res 172 has been supressed.</span></font></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Highlights:</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The group
decided to supress Resolution 172 (reasons: text
seen as out-dated and otherwise covered in Res
140), which was subsequently approved by WGPL.</font></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">T</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">he agreed text of
Res 140 resolves that ITU continues its
facilitating role in the WSIS process, subject to
UNGA 2015 WSIS Review, and continues being the
lead facilitator in relevant WSIS Action Lines as
specified in the Tunis Agenda (C2, C5, C6). The
resolution encourages the UNGA overall review to
take into account ITU’s review of the WSIS,
including the outcome doc of WSIS+10 High Level
Event. </span></font></p>
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sans-serif"><span style="line-height:17.25px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>
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<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;line-height:17.25px;white-space:pre-wrap">WGPL
AHG on Res 64 (Non-discriminatory access)</span></font></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Status:</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
Ad hoc closed, proposed text to be considered by </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WGPL
on Monday afternoon</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:14.9499998092651px;text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap">Highlights:</span></div>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline">It
is also worth noting the discussion on</span><a href="http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S14-PP-141020-TD-0073%21%21MSW-E.pdf" style="line-height:normal;white-space:normal;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Resolution
64</span></a><span style="line-height:normal;vertical-align:baseline">,
which has spurred a stand off between Cuba and
others in relation to non-discriminatory access
to ICTs. For context, similar discussions have,
arguably, led to the break-down of WCIT. It now
seems that a compromise text has been found and
should be presented to WGPL on Monday afternoon.</span></font><font style="font-size:15px" face="Calibri"><br>
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