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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Perhaps a useful indicator of the awareness/interest in the WSIS process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sah, Gitanjali [mailto:gitanjali.sah@itu.int] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sah, Gitanjali<br><b>Subject:</b> WSIS Forum 2013: Thematic/ Country Workshops<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for submitting your official submissions to the WSIS Forum 2013 Open Consultation Process. We are happy to inform you that we have received more than 150 Submissions. Please find below some interesting statistics of the open consultation process: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img width=310 height=186 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CE0FFF.37226080"> <img width=305 height=183 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image002.png@01CE0FFF.37226080"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the next few weeks we will contacting all of you for the requests submitted by you/ your organization/ your country. As last year, in order to avoid repetition of workshops during the Forum we will try to group together all the requests with similar areas of interest and put the focal points in touch with each other.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We look forward to working with you and welcoming you at the Forum. Please make sure that you have registered to the forum <a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2013/forum/register.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2013/forum/register.html</a> , booked your accommodation and completed your profile once registered at the imeetyouatWSIS social networking platform. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gitanjali<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Gitanjali SAH</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br><b><i><span style='color:navy'>Policy Analyst, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)<br></span></i></b><span style='color:navy'>International Telecommunication Union<br>Place des Nations<br>1211 Geneva 20<br>Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Mob: +41 79 808 6076<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Tel.: + 41 22 730 6240<br>Fax.: + 41 22 730 6453<br>E-mail: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:Gitanjali.Sah@itu.int">Gitanjali.Sah@itu.int</a><span style='color:navy'><br>Web:</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.itu.int/">http://www.itu.int</a> <br> <a href="http://www.wsis.org">http://www.wsis.org</a> <br> <a href="http://www.wsis.org/forum">http://www.wsis.org/</a></span><u><span style='color:blue'>forum</span></u><span style='color:#1F497D'> <br> <a href="http://www.wsis.org/">http://www.wsis.org</a></span><u><span style='color:blue'>/stocktaking</span></u><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.itu.int/net/about/vision.aspx"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=200 height=88 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01CE0FFF.37226080" alt="Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.gif@01CB567C.95D44100"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.wsis.org/forum"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=149 height=84 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CE0FFF.37226080" alt="Description: Description: Description: imeet"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>