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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Find attached and below
the latest information circulated by Mongi Hamdi from the CSTD Secretariat on
the up coming session.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Let me take this occasion
to remind you that registration to the CSTD is a different process that
registration to all the other meetings of the WSIS related cluster of meetings.
The CSTD is a formal ECOSOC event, and participants would need a separate CSTD
badge. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>To obtain this badge, you
should mail or fax to the CSTD-Secretariat the registration form which is
available for download on the page <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=4066&lang=1">http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=4066&lang=1</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is of course only
valid for NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC or NGOs and civil society entities
that were accredited to WSIS. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>We have in addition been
informed by the CSTD Secretariat that the public gallery on room XIX will be
open during the CSTD meeting. Therefore anyone with a "cluster of
WSIS-related events 2007" badge may also observe the CSTD on the public
gallery (without therefore the possibility to request the floor or interact
with delegates being in the room). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Note finally that <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>UNOG Security has agreed to open the badging center at
Pregny Gate also on Sunday 20 May</span></b> from 14.00 to 18.00.
Pre-registered participants who arrive at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place>
already on Sunday may take advantage of getting their badge on Sunday already,
as we expect queues at Pregny Gate on Monday morning before the ministerial
level opening ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>All the best, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Philippe <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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line-height:120%'><b><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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font-weight:bold'>Philippe Dam<br>
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-</u3:place></u5:PLACE></u5:COUNTRY-REGION> Information Society &<br>
E-mail: </span></font></b><a href="mailto:wphilippe.dam@ngocongo.org"
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>De :</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Mongi Hamdi <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> mercredi, 16. mai
2007 11:31<br>
Bartolomeo.Daddario@unctad.org; Ma.Lourdes.Pasinos@unctad.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> Information about the
10th session of the CSTD</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:sans-serif'>Dear colleagues, </span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>We
would like to bring to your attention the forthcoming 10th session of the
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD ), scheduled to take
place in Room XIX at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 21 to 25 May 2007.
The CSTD has been mandated by ECOSOC to serve as the focal point for the
follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society. In line with
efforts to meets the WSIS targets, the session will review progress in WSIS
implementation and discuss digital opportunities, including the very latest
analysis of the digital divide. The tenth session will also identify
achievements, gaps and challenges, as well as future actions needed to improve
implementation. </span></font><br>
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<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'> According
to the rules of procedures for the functional commissions of ECOSOC, the
meeting is public, i.e. non-member States of the Commission can participate, as
well as representatives from intergovernmental organizations and from NGOs in
consultative status with ECOSOC. On 26 April 2007, ECOSOC adopted two
decisions allowing civil society and business entities that were accredited to
WSIS to participate in the next two sessions of the CSTD. </span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>The
first day of the session (21 May) will consist of an Opening Ceremony and a
Ministerial Segment, and the second day will feature a joint event organized by
the CSTD and the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID). </span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>More
information about the session can be found at
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=4066&lang=1 </span></font>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Please
find attached an information note for participants and an Aide mémoire for
Missions that are represented at ministerial level. All diplomats from
Missions in Geneva can participate with a valid UNOG badge. For government
representatives from capital and for NGOs, civil society and business entities,
a CSTD photo-badge will be required to attend the CSTD session. Special
non-photo-badges are available <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>on request</span></b>
for delegations at ministerial level and their entourage (see the Aide mémoire
). We would also like to inform all Missions that the badging unit at Pregny
Gate, besides the normal opening hours (Monday to Friday 8.00 to 17.00 ) will
exceptionally be open on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sunday 20 May from
14.00 to 18.00 to badge CSTD participants</span></b>. </span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>For
more information please refer to the undersigned. </span></font>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Sincerely
yours</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Mongi
Hamdi<br>
Chief, Science and Technology, DITE<br>
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>Secretary
to the Commission on Science and Technology </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face=sans-serif><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif'>for
Development<br>
Tel. 004122 917 5069<br>
Fax. 004122 9170122<br>
http://www.unctad.org/stdev</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
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