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The IBSA proposal, in some form, will be issued at the upcoming
Summit on 18-19 October. This leaves us about a week if we want to
issue a statement ahead of that Summit with our input on the
proposal.<br>
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Should we do this?<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: black;">Dr
Jeremy Malcolm<br>
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