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Merging IGF to the WSIS Forum was one of the Russian proposals at the ITU Plenipot in Guadalajara (Oct. 2010) but they were told that ITU is not the place for such a decision...<div>Apparently they are still pushing it.</div><div><br></div><div>Yrjö</div><div><br><br>> Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:47:04 +0100<br>> From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de<br>> To: governance@lists.cpsr.org; David_Allen_AB63@post.harvard.edu; governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>> Subject: AW: [governance] at the WSIS Forum OC<br>> <br>> David do you have a statement from the Russians?<br>> <br>> Thanks<br>> <br>> wolfgang<br>> <br>> ________________________________<br>> <br>> Von: governance-request@lists.cpsr.org im Auftrag von David Allen<br>> Gesendet: Do 24.02.2011 17:19<br>> An: governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>> Betreff: [governance] at the WSIS Forum OC<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> At the WSIS Forum open consultation this afternoon (in parallel time-<br>> wise of course with the MAG discussion):<br>> <br>> The Russian Federation has proposed to begin discussion on merging the <br>> WSIS Forum and IGF, to save resources.<br>> <br>> David<br>> ____________________________________________________________<br>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>> To be removed from the list, visit:<br>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing<br>> <br>> For all other list information and functions, see:<br>> http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance<br>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br>> http://www.igcaucus.org/<br>> <br>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ____________________________________________________________<br>> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>> To be removed from the list, visit:<br>> http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing<br>> <br>> For all other list information and functions, see:<br>> http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance<br>> To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:<br>> http://www.igcaucus.org/<br>> <br>> Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t<br>> <br></div> </body>
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