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                            Norbert Bollow <nb@bollow.ch>;                            <br>

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                             <governance@lists.igcaucus.org>;                                                                                                     <br>

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                                <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span>

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                            Re: [governance] IGF Cancelled                            <br>

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                                <span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span>

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<td valign="top">Ang Peng Hwa <<a ymailto="mailto:TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg" href="javascript:return">TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg</a>> wrote: > According to third party sources I asked, ie not the Indonesians, one > major item that added to the cost is that the UN had apparently asked > for US$900k to fly personnel and security equipment for the event. It will be rather disastrous not only for the IGF as an institution, but also for Indonesia as a host country for international conferences, and also for the UN from a PR perspective, if this is the end of the story: Canceling the IGF for reasons of a budget shortfall which is just a little larger than the ridiculously high amount that the UN is asking for to fly in personnel and security equipment for the event. I'm sure that a lot of people are right now thinking very hard about what can be done to avert that disaster.

 Let's not give up hope for now.<BR><BR>Greetings,<BR>Norbert<BR><BR>-- <BR>Recommendations for effective and constructive participation in IGC:<BR>1. Respond to the content of assertions and arguments, not to the person<BR>2. Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept<BR><BR></td>

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