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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS-IGC) regards the process towards enhanced cooperation as a vital step towards addressing the "many cross-cutting international public policy issues that require attention and are not adequately addressed by the current mechanisms" (Tunis Agenda para 68).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Agreed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>Despite an intergovernmental mandate from WSIS to address this governance deficit, much remains to be done. …<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Not only Intergovernmental mandate, but also other mandates are not addressed adequately as per para 72. So, it is proposed to rephrase this line as follows:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>… Despite an intergovernmental mandate from WSIS to address this governance deficit, much <STRONG>other mandates</STRONG> remains to be done.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>. . . . . It is imperative that this deficit continue to be addressed, where appropriate through new institutional developments that comply with the WSIS process criteria of being multilateral, transparent, democratic and inclusive.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Agreed.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>We make three further points. First, enhanced cooperation should encompass all Internet-related public policy issues; second, many of our members believe the existing arrangements of relevant organisations (including the Internet Governance Forum) do not fully implement enhanced cooperation, and thirdly whatever new arrangements may be put in place, civil society must play an integral part in them, as one of the prerequisites for their legitimacy.<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>These points will be explained in turn:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">1. Although much of the discussion of enhanced cooperation at WSIS turned around the narrow issue of internationalising the oversight of Internet naming and numbering functions, the Tunis Agenda expresses this principle far more broadly to include </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #333333; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">other substantive Internet related public policy issues that require attention and resolution at the global level</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt;
mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. It also reminds us that the ultimate objective of our cooperation is to advance a people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory Information Society.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Although the term of “Public Policy” which is also referred in Para 72(a), comprises a wide range of meaning for implementation but in this practical world, I strongly recommend that we should point out to segregate the scope of Public Policies into at least two half. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>a).<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Global and Regional Policies.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>b).<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>National & Local Policies.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>UN-IGF and CS-IGC and many other international organizations had been discussing Global and Regional Policies (on each forum), related to key elements of Internet governance in order to foster the sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the Internet. But there is deficit attention toward the discussion, consultation and dialogues for local and national policies development, which may benefit to the ultimate end-user of the Internet. In other words, the scope of the discussion of Internet Governance is much wider and has to be narrow down to focus the local issues especially related to the developing countries (as repeatedly mentioned in Para 72). <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Now, if the question arises that how to address the Local & National Issues related to Internet Governance adequately, we may follow the pattern which is being adopted to discuss the global issues.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2. The IGF in its present form is a very important part of the enhanced cooperation process, in that its multi-stakeholder process can provide input to shape decisions taken on Internet related public policy issues in other fora. However the full realisation of enhanced cooperation will require a multi-stakeholder process to extend to all other Internet governance organisations, whether new or established.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>If institutional changes are to be made, there are various options for enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation within and amongst all relevant organisations (which may be complementary). These include:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>I agree with this statement, because the scope of the IGF Multi-stakeholder framework is limited to the numbers of MAG, which should be expanded to incorporate the representation of all the Institutions & Civil Societies, governmental & non-governmental and must include the Local & Regional Internet Regulating Bodies and Internet core bandwidth Providers. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Important Note:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Discussion, Common Dialogue and Consultations are important process steps to help to resolve the issues but do not resolve them itself by publishing the proceedings. (Who will follow the decisions made at Global Forum, without any legal, ethical or at-least moral bondage or commitment?). I propose that there should be one or more actors or group of actors responsible to resolve the issues with a solution defined at the end of the common dialogue. I propose that the Internet Regulating Bodies as well as Service Providers (Local or Regional), should have a specifically mentioned role in the membership status of the UN-IGF. The final decisions as a result of common dialogues of the IG Forum may be
submitted to them for proceed further or to implement, (if related to them). <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* establishing a lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory process perhaps hosted under the auspices of the IGF (pursuant to its mandate in paragraph 72(i));<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>I agree with the implementation of lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory, however in my opinion, we should provide a brief scope observatory group. Normally such groups directly submit their reports to the Chair.<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* utilising a virtual and voluntary global social community or ecosystem, linking together all Internet governance organisations, in which all stakeholders would participate; or<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>I agree.<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>* establishing a new umbrella governance institution for Internet policy development, with space for the full participation of each stakeholder group in its respective role. This might also be situated within the IGF, but pursuant to a new and supplementary mandate.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>I do not agree with the proposal for the establishment of any new institution due to any or many shortfall(s) in the development process or progress of an institute. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>However, it is a suitable option at this to develop other segments/groups within the existing IGF. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>I also agree with the statement of a new/supplementary mandate to existing one. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>However, should we have to define the contents or elements for new mandate now or soon?<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">>3. Paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda makes very clear that civil society is an integral participant in the development of any process towards enhanced cooperation. Therefore the IGC, in our capacity as members of civil society, looks forward to contributing constructively in transparent, accountable and democratic multi-stakeholder consultations towards this end.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>IAS:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>I agree.<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<DIV>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS-IGC) regards the process towards enhanced cooperation as a vital step towards addressing the "many cross-cutting international public policy issues that require attention and are not adequately addressed by the current mechanisms" (Tunis Agenda para 68).</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite an intergovernmental mandate from WSIS to address this governance deficit, much remains to be done. It is imperative that this deficit continue to be addressed, where appropriate through new institutional developments that comply with the WSIS process criteria of being multilateral, transparent, democratic and inclusive.</DIV>
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<DIV>We make three further points. First, enhanced cooperation should encompass all Internet-related public policy issues; second, many of our members believe the existing arrangements of relevant organisations (including the Internet Governance Forum) do not fully implement enhanced cooperation, and thirdly whatever new arrangements may be put in place, civil society must play an integral part in them, as one of the prerequisites for their legitimacy.<BR><BR>These points will be explained in turn:<BR><BR>1. Although much of the discussion of enhanced cooperation at WSIS turned around the narrow issue of internationalising the oversight of Internet naming and numbering functions, the Tunis Agenda expresses this principle far more broadly to include <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class=Apple-style-span>other substantive Internet related public policy issues that require attention and
resolution at the global level</SPAN>. It also reminds us that the ultimate objective of our cooperation is to advance a people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory Information Society.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>2. The IGF in its present form is a very important part of the enhanced cooperation process, in that its multi-stakeholder process can provide input to shape decisions taken on Internet related public policy issues in other fora. However the full realisation of enhanced cooperation will require a multi-stakeholder process to extend to all other Internet governance organisations, whether new or established.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>If institutional changes are to be made, there are various options for enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation within and amongst all relevant organisations (which may be complementary). These include:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>* establishing a lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory process perhaps hosted under the auspices of the IGF (pursuant to its mandate in paragraph 72(i));<BR><BR>* utilising a virtual and voluntary global social community or ecosystem, linking together all Internet governance organisations, in which all stakeholders would participate; or<BR><BR>* establishing a new umbrella governance institution for Internet policy development, with space for the full participation of each stakeholder group in its respective role. This might also be situated within the IGF, but pursuant to a new and supplementary mandate.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>3. Paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda makes very clear that civil society is an integral participant in the development of any process towards enhanced cooperation. Therefore the IGC, in our capacity as members of civil society, looks forward to contributing constructively in transparent, accountable and democratic multi-stakeholder consultations towards this end.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS-IGC) regards the process towards enhanced cooperation as a vital step towards addressing the "many cross-cutting international public policy issues that require attention and are not adequately addressed by the current mechanisms" (Tunis Agenda para 68).</DIV>
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<DIV>Despite an intergovernmental mandate from WSIS to address this governance deficit, much remains to be done. It is imperative that this deficit continue to be addressed, where appropriate through new institutional developments that comply with the WSIS process criteria of being multilateral, transparent, democratic and inclusive.</DIV>
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<DIV>We make three further points. First, enhanced cooperation should encompass all Internet-related public policy issues; second, <U>many of our members believe</U> the existing arrangements of relevant organisations (including the Internet Governance Forum) do not fully implement enhanced cooperation, and thirdly whatever new arrangements may be put in place, civil society must play an integral part in them<U>, as one of the prerequisites for their legitimacy</U>.<BR><BR>These points will be explained in turn:<BR><BR>1. Although much of the discussion of enhanced cooperation at WSIS turned around the narrow issue of internationalising the oversight of Internet naming and numbering functions, the Tunis Agenda expresses this principle far more broadly <U>to include </U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)" class=Apple-style-span><U>other substantive Internet related public policy issues that
require attention and resolution at the global level</U></SPAN>. It also reminds us that the ultimate objective of our cooperation is to advance a people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory Information Society.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>2. The IGF in its present form is a very important part of the enhanced cooperation process, in that <S>ideally</S> its multi-stakeholder process can <S>help </S><U>provide input to</U> shape decisions taken on Internet related public policy issues in other fora. However the full realisation of enhanced cooperation will require a multi-stakeholder process to extend to all other Internet governance organisations<U>, whether new or established </U><S>that do not already follow this model</S>.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><U>If institutional changes are to be made,</U> there are various options for enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation within and amongst all relevant organisations<U> (which may be complementary)</U>. These include:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>* establishing a lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory process perhaps hosted under the auspices of the IGF (pursuant to its mandate in paragraph 72(i));<BR><BR>* utilising a virtual and voluntary global social community or <S>"social grid" </S><U>ecosystem</U>, linking together all Internet governance organisations, in which all stakeholders would participate; or<BR><BR>* establishing a new umbrella governance institution for Internet policy development, with space for the full participation of each stakeholder group in its respective role. <U>This might also be situated within the IGF, but pursuant to a new and supplementary mandate.</U></DIV>
<DIV><BR>3. Paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda makes very clear that civil society is an integral participant in the development of any process towards enhanced cooperation. Therefore the IGC, in our capacity as members of civil society, looks forward to contributing constructively in transparent, accountable and democratic multi-stakeholder consultations towards this end.</DIV></DIV>
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