Thanks Izumi. I noticed that representation from Oceania was only 2% in Vilnius.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:31 AM, Izumi AIZU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org">iza@anr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">After lunch, a round of comments went around the issue of participation<br>from developing countries. Almost consensus on need for more funding,<br>
Speakers Fund, proposed by Anriette seemed to have good support.<br>Canada was mentioned by Mariyn Cad as putting indirect, non-binding fund<br>of $100,000 each year, and I followed that.<br>US stayed cautious not make direct UN funding, but be voluntary funding<br>
from stakeholders.<br><br>Three papers distributed:<br>Marilia introduced the “Summary of the compilation of contributions”<br>prepared by Marilia and Nermine El-Saadany.<br>It7s a 24 page document, well-done!<br>I put the PDF file here. Sorry for the volume, but worth to share.<br>
<br>They didn’t change words on “outcome” section as each word may have<br>its own political weight.<br>Marilia did first for her own "homework", and now it is a good base<br>for the report.<br><br>India introduced “chapeau” para as the preamble.<br>
<br>Chair also introduced one-page bullet points of morning discussion<br><br>20 min Coffee brake till 16:40.<br><br>izumi<br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>
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