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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For those interested in the UNGA WSIS+10 Review process, please see below very short timelines. Please note that UNESCO is not in charge of this
process (and many of our recommendations were not considered) - this email is for simple information sharing purposes.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">At least all participants of the former WSIS+10 Reviews by UNESCO (2013) and ITU (2014), plus those who joined UNESCO’s CONNECTing the Dots conference
should be admitted to below meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">For more information, please visit
<a href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/">this website</a> ; should you have more questions, I propose you contact Susan Alzner, who sent below mail, at
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:alzner@un.org">alzner@un.org</a>.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sorry for any cross-postings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">FYI,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best regards,<br>
Cédric Wachholz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Susan Alzner [mailto:alzner@un.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> 18 June 2015 23:24<br>
<b>To:</b> info@un-ngls.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> WSIS+10: Apply to speak in UN PGA's 2 July informal interactive stakeholder consultations at UNHQ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Default Sans Serif"">Apply to speak in the 2 July informal interactive consultations with stakeholders
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on the review of implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+10)<br>
</span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Default Sans Serif"">DEADLINES</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Default Sans Serif"">:<b>
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</b>23 June: Apply for stakeholder Selection Committee<br>
24 June: Apply for Speaking Roles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Default Sans Serif"">On 2 July 2015, the President of the UN General Assembly will convene informal interactive consultations with stakeholders on the review
of implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) at UN Headquarters in New York. These consultations are part of the preparatory process for the 15-16 December 2015 (Date TBC) UN General Assembly high-level meeting on
WSIS+10, and will follow a 1 July UN Member State preparatory meeting.<br>
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At the request of the Office of the President of the General Assembly, UN-NGLS will facilitate a short nomination / application process to identify stakeholder panellists and respondents in the 2 July WSIS+10 consultations, working in collaboration with a stakeholder
Selection Committee. UN-NGLS will collaborate with ITU, UNCTAD, UNESCO, and UN DESA on outreach for this process.
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<b>To apply to speak in the consultations, please complete the form here:</b><br>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2July-PGA-WSIS10-speaker-apply" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/2July-PGA-WSIS10-speaker-apply">http://bit.ly/2July-PGA-WSIS10-speaker-apply</a><br>
DEADLINE: Wednesday, 24 June<br>
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Applications received will publish online immediately and can be viewed here:<br>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2July-WSIS10-Consultations-Speaker-Apps-Received" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/2July-WSIS10-Consultations-Speaker-Apps-Received">http://bit.ly/2July-WSIS10-Consultations-Speaker-Apps-Received</a><br>
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<b>To apply to participate in the stakeholder Selection Committee for this process and read its Terms of Reference, please visit:
</b><br>
<a href="http://bit.ly/2July-PGA-WSIS10-SC-apply" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/2July-PGA-WSIS10-SC-apply">http://bit.ly/2July-PGA-WSIS10-SC-apply</a><br>
DEADLINE: Tuesday, 23 June<br>
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Travel funding is not available from the Office of the President of the General Assembly for speakers, Selection Committee members, or observers in this event.<br>
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<b><u>BACKGROUND</u></b><br>
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In December of 2003, the world came together in Geneva at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) to declare a “common desire and commitment to build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society,” and thereby ushered in an
era of harnessing the power of information and communication technology (ICT) to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The resulting Geneva Plan of Action established targets and the eleven action lines, which guide development
in specific areas. <br>
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The second phase of WSIS, conducted in Tunis in 2005, built upon the achievements of the Geneva Plan, with the resulting Tunis Agenda addressing additional issues, such as financing and internet governance. Paragraph 111 of the Tunis Agenda requested the General
Assembly to undertake the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society in 2015. This review "will be concluded by a two-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly in December 2015, to be preceded
by an intergovernmental process that also takes into account inputs from all relevant stakeholders of the World Summit on the Information Society," as specified in UN General Assembly Resolution 68/320.
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The web site for the WSIS+10 review is: <a href="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/" target="_blank" title="http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/">
http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/</a><br>
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The preliminary roadmap for the WSIS+10 review is available here:<br>
<a href="http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/WSIS%20review%20preliminary%20timeline_v5.pptx.pdf" target="_blank" title="http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/WSIS review preliminary timeline_v5.pptx.pdf">http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/WSIS
review preliminary timeline_v5.pptx.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Susan Alzner<br>
Officer in Charge, New York Office<br>
United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS)<br>
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