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<br><div><div>On Oct 19, 2011, at 4:55 AM, Pranesh Prakash wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">The leaders took note of the recommendations of the IBSA Workshop on Global Internet Governance convened in Rio de Janeiro on 1-2 September 2011 and resolved to jointly undertake necessary follow-up action.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br></span></blockquote><div><br></div>The leaders took no note of the global community's reactions to those recommendations during the Internet Governance Forum convened in Nairobi on 27-30 September 2011 and resolved to pretend it didn't happen.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite">55. The Leaders emphasized Internet Governance as a key strategic area that requires close collaboration and concrete action. In this context, it recommended the establishment of an IBSA Internet Governance and Development Observatory that should be tasked to monitor developments on global Internet Governance and provide regular updates and analyses from the perspective of developing countries.</blockquote></div><br><div>The leaders agreed that their initiative is really about IBSA rather than about the Internet, so global multistakeholder participation in the Observatory is not needed.</div></body></html>