<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Thanks Peter - for those who aren't aware and are interested, Brazil is the coordinator within the G77 for the WSIS review meeting preparations and outcome document. <div><br></div><div><div><div>On 3 Jul 2015, at 03:27, Ian Peter <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">A joint statement has just been released by the
Presidents of USA and Brazil at <a title="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/30/joint-communique-president-barack-obama-and-president-dilma-rousseff" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/30/joint-communique-president-barack-obama-and-president-dilma-rousseff">https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/30/joint-communique-president-barack-obama-and-president-dilma-rousseff</a>
. </font></p><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">It includes the following text</font></p><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">“The United States and Brazil share the
understanding that global Internet governance must be transparent and inclusive,
ensuring full participation of governments, civil society, private sector and
international organizations, so that the potential of the Internet as a powerful
tool for economic and social development can be fulfilled. </font></p><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">Both countries acknowledge the agenda approved by
Netmundial conference (São Paulo, April 2014) as a guide for discussions
regarding the future of the global internet governance system.</font></p><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">Both countries reaffirm their adherence to the
multistakeholder model of Internet governance and, in this context, reaffirm
their commitment to cooperate for the success of the Tenth Internet Governance
Forum (João Pessoa, November 10 to 13, 2015), and extension of the IGF mandate.
</font></p><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">Likewise, they reaffirm their interest in
participating actively in the preparatory process of the High-Level Meeting of
the UN General Assembly for the Ten-Year Review of the WSIS outcomes, to be held
in New York in December 2015. </font></p><p style="BOX-SIZING: border-box; BORDER-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: ; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; WHITE-SPACE: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: ; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 16px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDOWS: 1; LETTER-SPACING: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 23px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica">Bilateral cooperation on cyber issues will be
resumed by the convening of the Second Meeting of the Working Group on Internet
and Information and Communications Technology in Brasilia in the second
semester. The meeting will offer the opportunity of exchanging experiences
and exploring possibilities for cooperation in a number of key areas, including
e-government, the digital economy, cybersecurity, cybercrime prevention,
capacity building activities, international security in cyberspace, and
research, development, and innovation.”</font></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-transform: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; widows: 1; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 23px; text-indent: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica"></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></div>
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