<div>Dear Philippe and Other attending CTSD Participants, and also International Disability Caucus Taskforce on Information and Communication Technologies (and mind-set...):</div>
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<div>Thank you for sending these observations, which bring us all into the forum best as can be short of being there and demonstrating ICT connectivity hereby as well. </div>
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<div>Wondering if at the Rio Meetings there will be summings up of multi-stakeholder (or other phrase) past, present, and future roles . Can some of us out here help? </div>
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<div>Very best wishes,</div>
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<div>LDMF.</div>
<div>Dr. Linda D. Misek-Falkoff. </div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">CONGO - Philippe Dam</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org" target="_blank">wsis@ngocongo.org
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Dear all,<br><br><br><br>This morning session ended without any strong substantial discussion. Two<br>draft resolutions were officially circulated to the CTSD participants. The
<br>first one emanating from the CSTD Bureau (on multi-year program of work and<br>working methods) and a second one by El Salvador on behalf on GRULAC,<br>entitle "flow of information for the follow-up to WSIS", which includes a
<br>paragraph in reference to enhanced cooperation.<br><br><br><br>Most of the morning discussion actually focused on the format of the CSTD<br>outcome (be it through a resolution or through a more informal set of<br>"agreed conclusions" which might prevent from any in depth negotiation
<br>process). As regards the process from now, the Chairman of this morning's<br>CSTD has proposed to have a drafting group with the view to try to merge the<br>two tabled resolutions. Other delegations stressed the need for an open
<br>ended discussion on what the CSTD wants to decide, before going on into any<br>kind of drafting process.<br><br><br><br>A CSTD Bureau meeting will be held during lunch break in order to decide the<br>way ahead, but one possible outcome would be to still have multi-stakeholder
<br>interactive discussions on the content of the decisions to be taken.<br><br><br><br>Quite interestingly, 2 NGOs could speak during this morning's segment, just<br>by raising their NGO tag, and provided comments on the working methods and
<br>the WSIS follow-up by CSTD. At the request for clarification in this regard<br>from China, the UN Legal Officer stressed the multi-stakeholder approach<br>encouraged by ECOSOC for the work of the CTSTD plenary meetings.
<br><br><br><br>The afternoon CSTD meeting will resume at 3.30 pm. We will keep you updated.<br><br>Best,<br><br><br><br>Ph<br><br><br>____________________________________________________________<br></blockquote></div>