<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-baf31b35-7fff-22de-eb61-d2098f82f6a1"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>In case you would like to follow the HLP-DC updates, with an opportunity to comment or ask questions:</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation Secretariat will host a “First Monday Meeting” on 5 November 2018 to provide an update from the past month, and an overview of upcoming activities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In addition, you are invited to join an interactive discussion around the topic in focus for this month: digital cooperation in inclusive development and capacity building.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This month’s meeting will be addressed by Dr. Jovan Kurbalija, Co-Executive Director, and Anoush Tatevossian, Head of Communications, of the Secretariat.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(255,182,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Register to join the First Monday meeting on 5 November 2018, at 9am EST / 3pm CET / 10pm CST: <a href="https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/onstage/g.php?MTID=e99a92bbf28283eb3f30bf2674fbc1f1f">https://intgovforum.webex.com/intgovforum/onstage/g.php?MTID=e99a92bbf28283eb3f30bf2674fbc1f1f</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information about the High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, visit: <a href="http://www.digitalcooperation.org">www.digitalcooperation.org</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#000000" face="Times"><span style="font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">HLP-DC Update Monday November 5th</span></font><br></span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;color:rgb(100,169,181)">______________________________</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(100,169,181)"></span></p><p style="font-size:small;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman""></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(100,169,181)">Ginger (Virginia) Paque</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(100,169,181)"></span></p><p style="font-size:small;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-family:"Times New Roman""><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(62,61,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