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<DIV>Thanks to everyone (about 40 people) who responded to this with
comments and suggestions.</DIV>
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<DIV>I am attaching the letter which was sent a few hours ago to the Dutch
organisers, with consolidated CS inputs. Our understanding of the process is
that a new draft of the Chairs statement, taking into account the various
inputs, will be issued just before the conference next week. However at that
stage there will be no more new inputs to text, but rather discussion limited to
red line text.</DIV>
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<DIV>This ended up being a very rushed process, as we were advised with 48 hours
of a new deadline for us to submit our suggestions. Compiling about 40 sets of
comments at short notice into one document was difficult, and left very little
time for a small group to produce a consolidated text and submit it. Apologies
for not being able to consult wider on this, but we trust that the document
submitted covers the range of suggestions and viewpoints submitted. It will be
interesting to see which of our suggestions make it through to the final
statement!</DIV>
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<DIV>Ian Peter</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 04, 2015 8:02 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=governance@lists.igcaucus.org
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</A> ;
<A title=bestbits@lists.bestbits.net
href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</A> ; <A
title=forum@justnetcoalition.org
href="mailto:forum@justnetcoalition.org">forum@justnetcoalition.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> CS input to Chairs Statement for GCCS - apologies for short
time frame</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Dear
friends,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><EM>[Apologies for
cross-posting]</EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial>Below is a statement requesting your input into formulating the civil
society response to the Chair’s statement for GCCS 2015. Apologies for very
short comments period, but the draft was only released for our wider input in
last 24 hours, and we need to submit a consolidated CS response after getting
your input. There will be another (again short) opportunity to comment on the
consolidated response as per message below.</FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial>Governments and business interests will also be responding to the
text separately in the same time frame, so we can expect changes. There are some
(surprisingly) good sections of the text currently (IMHO) that we need to
argue to retain, plus plenty where we can suggest improvements. But please input
within the time frame either by the form or the email address
below.</FONT></EM></SPAN></P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><EM><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></EM></SPAN> </P><EM><FONT face=Arial></FONT></EM><BR>
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align=justify><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">We would like to bring to your
attention the call for civil society input on the outcome document for the
</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: "
href="https://www.gccs2015.com/gccs/all-about-gccs2015"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
color=#1155cc face=Arial>Global Conference on Cyberspace
2015</FONT></SPAN></A></FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: ">
(GCCS 2015)</SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: ">,
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">hosted by the government of the Kingdom of the
Netherlands, and taking place in The Hague on 16 and 17 April 2015.
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><BR>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.38" dir=ltr
align=justify><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Following on from the London (2011),
Budapest (2012), and Seoul (2013) Conferences - a series also known as the
London Process, the 2015 event in The Hague will provide an opportunity for
further high-level discussion of key cyberspace issues, structured around the
three main themes of</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt"><A
style="TEXT-DECORATION: " href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/freedom"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
color=#1155cc face=Arial> Freedom</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial>,</FONT></SPAN><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: "
href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/security-0"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
color=#1155cc face=Arial> Security</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial> and</FONT></SPAN><A style="TEXT-DECORATION: "
href="https://www.gccs2015.com/themes/growth"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
color=#1155cc face=Arial> Growth</FONT></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">. The Conference will be a
stock-taking event, assessing the current global situation and mapping out the
challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. By engaging governments, business,
academia and civil society participants at the Conference, the organisers hope
to find practical solutions to real and urgent challenges, and to progress the
agenda of a free, open and secure internet. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
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align=justify><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: ; FONT-FAMILY: ; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: pre-wrap; COLOR: "><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9.8pt">Based on the assumption that all those
who have a stake in cyberspace should be able to express their views and
participate in a meaningful way, this year, the organisers are putting
particular emphasis on facilitating multistakeholder engagement in the
Conference. As part of an effort to achieve this, the Conference organisers are
interested in getting Civil Society input on the draft outcome document of the
Conference (The Chair’s Statement).</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ian Peter</FONT></DIV>
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