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<p>The following is the initial political statement on the failure
of the WGEC to come up with any recommendation which has been
developed on the behalf of many civil society groups I work with.
A more elaborate collectively developed statement will follow.</p>
<p>STATEMENT BEGINS</p>
<p> </p>
<blockquote>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;
line-height: 100%"> <font color="#333333"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">The UN
CSTD Working Group On Enhanced Cooperation (on
International public policies pertaining to the Internet)
was tasked with developing institutional proposals towards
appropriate global governance of the Internet, and the
larger digital phenomenon. After five meeting over two
years, it wound up yesterday, 31st January, without giving
any recommendation. </font></font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;
line-height: 100%"> <font color="#333333"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">We are
extremely disappointed at this continued abdication by the
governments and the UN system of what is one of the most
important public policy and governance requirements today.
It will astonish ordinary people on the streets to know
that the governments of the world and the UN think that
all is well with the global Internet and the global
digital phenomenon, and with its social, economic,
political, social and cultural effects. And, that people
should just get on with it with no need for any globally
democratic development of norms, principles, polices and
laws in this all important area. As one delegate put it
succinctly at the Working Group meeting, to the effect,
that we are kidding ourselves if we think that
international law does not need to – and would not
eventually – come to the Internet. Well, we do not think
it is kidding though. It is all bare knuckle adult stuff,
of protecting very narrow commercial and political
interests, and letting the global public interest sink in
the bargain. </font></font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;
line-height: 100%"> <font color="#333333"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">But let
us beware, we would sink together if we do not develop
means to float together. As the Internet/ digital becomes
key of all our social structures, what provides us the
means of collective floating (or non-sinking) are the
appropriate and adequate global mechanisms for Internet’s
governance in public interest. We seem to be just waiting
for some catastrophic events to force us to begin doing
what we must; which is never a sane course of action. We
once again appeal to the leaders of the global community
to abandon this dangerous and suicidal path of abdication.
Let us contribute to building the required global
political institutions for the fast emerging global
digital society – which will ensure the rule of law, and
people’s safety, happiness, prosperity, equity and social
justice. </font></font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;
line-height: 100%"> <font color="#333333"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">The
Working Group gathered all views – including through
public comments – on various institutional responses that
may be appropriate to meet the needs of global governance
of the Internet/ digital phenomenon. Some of these views,
especially a common proposal by many members of the
Working Group, present clear ways forward for setting up a
new global institution for Internet’s governance. What is
required now is political will, at the highest level, to
take this proposal forward and implement it. This task is
best suited for the UN General Assembly which should
undertake a dedicated discussion on this subject, taking
into account various institutional proposals that were
submitted to and discussed by the Working Group. </font></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-variant: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;
line-height: 100%"> <font color="#333333"><font face="Arial,
sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">The G 77
group of developing countries already made a written
initial proposal for a new institutional mechanism in 2014
during the preparatory process of the ten year review of
the World Summit on the Information Society. In this
statement it was agreed that the proposal will be further
fleshed out in terms of specific details of such an
institutional mechanism. The inputs to, and the
deliberations of, the Working Group now provide enough
material to undertake this task which should urgently be
taken up by G 77, and other supporting countries, and a
full proposal made in this regard to the UN General
Assembly later this year. </font></font></font> </p>
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for<br>
IT for Change, and other civil society organisations <br>
<br>
ENDS<br>
<br>
Thanks, and best regards, parminder <br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 01 February 2018 08:38 PM,
parminder wrote:<br>
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<p>The UN General Assembly mandated Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation (on international Internet related public policies)
which was tasked to develop institutional means for appropriate
governance of the global Internet folded up yesterday after 4
years of work ( 2 years each of two versions) without making any
recommendation. I wrote the following email to the group that
lays out how I see the group's work, especially its failure to
come up with any recommendation...<br>
<br>
parminder </p>
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<td>thanks, goodbye, and a few reflections on WGEC</td>
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<td>parminder <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:parminder.js@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><parminder.js@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:CSTD-WGEC@unctad.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">CSTD-WGEC@unctad.org</a> <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:CSTD-WGEC@unctad.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"><CSTD-WGEC@unctad.org></a>,
stdev <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:stdev@unctad.org" moz-do-not-send="true"><stdev@unctad.org></a></td>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3">Dear All</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3">As the two years of WGEC end (4 for me,
continuing from the last WGEC), one departs with a lot of
learning, growth and good memoires. Thank you all for
being a part of it. I wish to say farewell to all, till we
meet again!</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3">On the work side: after a night’s sleep over it,
this is what I feel about the WGEC’s work.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3">There were promising exciting moments in the last
hours. If these could have come earlier it might just have
been possible for us to have made some progress. But then,
unfortunately, they did not. In the end, my summative
assessment is as follows. It would have been nice to have
had a report, but it is more truthful that there isnt one.
That is the true reflection of the state of affairs. And
while we have responsibilities to ourselves and to the
group of nice-ness and collegiality, there is a much
higher responsibility of telling the undiluted truth to
the global public. </font></font> </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3">And the truth is that on the matter of how public
governance of the global Internet and the digital
phenomenon should be undertaken in the UN, we today are
even more apart then we were even at the WSIS. A good
proof of it comes from examining what was the central
piece of the excitement of the last hours yesterday (an
excitement, I admit, I shared in the room at that time.).
At Tunis, the global community could agree that (1) the
current mechanisms of global public governance of the
Internet were inadequate ( <span style="font-variant:
normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">T</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">unis Agenda</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">, para 6</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">0), and (2) urgent
further work is needed that </span></span></span></font></span>“<span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">could envisage
creation of a suitable framework or mechanisms…”
( para 61). Seventeen years after WSIS, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">when the</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> Internet/ digital
has transformed the world beyond what anyone
could </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">have</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> imagine</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">d</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> in Tunis, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">and there are </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">unthinkably </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">monumental
governance needs and challenges, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">a weak formulation </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">that we can continue
to consider “the possibility of new
[institutional approaches]” was offered as the
“big” (and the only) carrot. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">That too only in the
last few hours.</span></span></span></font></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">And then is was
quickly withdrawn, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">seemingly</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> in exchange of
putting, in a portion of the report </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">that </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">mention</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">ed</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> “the </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">key</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> issues discussed”
(and of course non agreed ), a para or two each
of </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">the </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">two key divergent
positions on the need </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">for</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> new institutional
development. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">This would just have
been a factual statement of what actually got
presented and discussed, but not agreed.</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> While I myself
shared in the excited possibility of us getting
some agreement somehow, it is evident that this
was much less that what </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">the Tunis Agenda a</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">lready mentions. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Although it </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">is admittedly</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> better that what
has eve</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">r</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> got into the texts
since then, which was why </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">some of us were</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> ready to take it,
until the offer got withdrawn. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">This is where the
negotiations collapsed, as time was in any case
not on our side. </span></span></span></font></span></font></font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">A “no report”
therefore conveys the fact of the matter more
truthfully to our constituents that a report
that, apologies the for dismissive tone, but,
honestly, largely said things to the effect that
“people in the world should be more honest </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">and friendly</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">”. Would </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">such a report</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> have </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">represented</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> progress? Not in my
view. It </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">w</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">ould more likely
have been a smoke screen of </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">seeming</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> progress on </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">the </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">subject, for some
unnecessary months or years, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">which would have
only</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> retard</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">ed</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> urgent
consideration of this most important global
public policy imperative, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">which</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> is required right
now</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">We are already late
in fact.</span></span></span></font></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">So rather than rue
that we could not agree to some weak and largely
meaningless report </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">regarding</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> how global public
governance of the Internet (and </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">the </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">digital phenomenon)
should be done, let us be satisfied that we </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">put in</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> our best efforts </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">to converge</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">, and then honestly
</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">we </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">let the world know
that there does </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">not</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> yet exist </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">the </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">political will to
develop appropriate global mechanism</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">s</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> of public </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">governance of the
Internet. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">E</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">ven in tragedy, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">h</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">onestly serves
better that superfluous make-believes </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">that</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> could elevate </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">one’s</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> spirits
temporarily. </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">The</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> public interest is
served best by stating the actual fact, </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">and we did that by
the act of “no report”</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">. </span></span></span></font></span></font></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">I </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">much </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">thank Amb Benedicto
for his exceptionally patient, inclusive and
capable handling of a very difficult discussion.
Special kudos for the secretariat for providing
high quality professional </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">help</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> that never slipped,
</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">which let</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> our work go </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">on so</span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> smoothly.</span></span></span></font></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal"> </span></span></span></font></span><span
style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#333333"><span
style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">And a warm thanks
and goodbye to all members.</span></span></span></font></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">Best regards</span></span></span></font></span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt"
size="3"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
color="#333333"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
style="font-style: normal"><span
style="font-weight: normal">parminder </span></span></span></font></span></font></font>
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