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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Thursday 02 April 2015 10:39 PM,
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<div>For those of you who follow the work of the UN Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD) especially the work of the CSTD
related to WSIS - it has a <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=967&Sitemap_x0020_Taxonomy=UNCTAD%20Home;#14;%23OSG">new
Deputy Secretary-General, Joakim Reiter of Sweden</a>. (For
those who don't know UNCTAD is to developing countries as OECD
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If so, then would you agree that like the OECD, UNCTAD should have
a committee on digital economy policy as well, and with a rather
expanded mandate, beyond strictly economic issues, as the the OECD's
Committee on Digital Economy Policy has? Especially since unlike
OECD, which represents only the richest nations, UNCTAD has
represenation from all countries, including those developing and
least developed, and civil society should be most focussing on
interests and representation of the marginalised groups and people.
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Thanks.<br>
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parminder<br>
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<div>For those of us active in trade policy policy Joakim is a
well-known and very well-liked and respected person; he's the
former Swedish WTO Ambassador and Sweden's Geneva-based WSIS and
Internet Governance policy person reported to him and now
reports to his successor.</div>
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<div>I think we'll find that UNCTAD becomes a more vibrant and
engaged organisation - I can tell you from personal experience
that Joakim personally is committed to policies that help real
people, and one of his favourite phrases is "In Geneva there are
people who make a point, and there are people who make a
difference." - he's definitely in the latter camp. As WTO
Ambassador he was a strong proponent of the Internet's power to
create opportunity and reduce barriers irrespective of
geography, and also passionate about the importance of freedom
of expression and speech who was very forthright himself and
empowered those who worked for him to do the same. </div>
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<div>You can follow him on Twitter @UNCTADReiter - he actually
tweeted on his first day on the job, which may well be the first
time a DSG-level person has ever done that ;)</div>
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