<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Ian<br></div>Thanks for those response and I wish to align myself to them because its better to battle some monsters from within.<br><br></div>Keep up the good work.<br></div>Remmy Nweke<br></div>@ITRealms<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">____<div>REMMY NWEKE, Lead Strategist/Group Executive Editor, <br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,0,0)">DigitalSENSE Africa Media Ltd</span> <span>[<i>Multiple-award winning medium</i>]<br></span>(<a href="http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews" target="_blank">DigitalSENSE Business News</a>; <a href="http://www.itrealms.com.ng" target="_blank">ITREALMS</a>, <a href="http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng" target="_blank">NaijaAgroNet</a>)<br>Block F1, Shop 133 Moyosore Aboderin Plaza, Bolade Junction, Oshodi-Lagos<br>M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, 8051000475, T: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms" target="_blank">@ITRealms<br></a><div>Author: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria" target="_blank">A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153112418861429&set=a.119216361428.104226.716351428&type=1" target="_blank">NDSF 2016</a><br>_________________________________________________________________<br><font size="1">*Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments are confidential and may also be privileged information. It is intended only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete this document and do not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor make any copies. Violators may face court persecution.</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 5:12 AM, Ian Peter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi Lea,</div>
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<div>I was involved in the process last year, which was a little
different. Quite a number of civil society people were among those who put
their names forward for the selection committee and were among the 18 or so who
participated in a slightly messy voting process with confusing spreadsheets and
70 or so candidates. Among the CS people who participated here were myself,
Analia, Anriette, Richard Hill, Parminder, Avri. Of the above, to my knowledge,
only Analia myself and Anriette took the opportunity to participate in the
conference call which spent most if its time eliminating WEOG males who
dominated the original voting process. We were able to get some good civil
society names up, and also speak successfully against some less satisfactory
reps from other constituencies. But that was a less organised process than this
appears to be, where decision making was really left to those who bothered to
participate in the call. I think everyone realised it was far from satisfactory
for a number of reasons.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>As regards other avenues for CS participation – I confess I had not heard
of the TFMA, and noone else on CSCG raised it. I guess this is one of the
reasons why I feel someone else should take over my role, as I am becoming less
involved and aware of the various fora evolving in this space which civil
society should be actively involved in.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Ian</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="lea@gp-digital.org" href="mailto:lea@gp-digital.org" target="_blank">Lea Kaspar</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 31, 2015 9:42 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="ian.peter@ianpeter.com" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">Ian Peter</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder</a> ; <a title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>
; <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] [governance] NOTE - Call for Nomination:
Stakeholder Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div></div></div>
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<div>Hi Ian, Parminder,</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thanks for putting this on our agenda. Not against taking a stand on this.
We have precedent with the IGF MAG, so could point to that. Although not ideal,
UN DESA did take on 9/10 CSCG recommendations in the last MAG intake. And seeing
as the MAG selection process is still something that needs improvement, we could
leverage this effort (if successful) in the next round of MAG nominations.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><span>Going beyond the principle, I'd also be interested to hear from CS
who were sitting on the selection committee for the July WSIS event (I think the
UN used the same selection mechanism). Did that work at all? Would the final
selection of CS reps at the July event been different had CS had control over
the process? </span></div>
<div> </div>
<div>While we're on the topic, Ian, does the CSCG actively monitor UN calls for
CS representation in relevant spaces? For instance, did the CSCG ever discuss
the call for nominations for the Adis Ababa Technology Facilitation Mechanism
Advisory Group? The call has now passed (last weekend I think), and IMO it's a
real shame that we didn't have a broader CS discussion about this. The TFM is
passing under people's radar, but could end up being influential in the broader
IG ecosystem. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Best wishes,</div>
<div>Lea<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div>
<div><br>On 31 Oct 2015, at 08:08, Ian Peter <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>>
wrote:<br><br></div>
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<div>Is there general agreement we should write something pointing this out
and asking for a process where CS chooses its own reps?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Perhaps we could ask for UNDESA to forward CS names submitted to us and
we will advise our choices?</div>
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<div>Interested in other opinions on this.... we would have to move
quickly...</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 31, 2015 6:58 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="ian.peter@ianpeter.com" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com" target="_blank">Ian Peter</a> ; <a title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a> ; <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
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<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] [bestbits] NOTE - Call for Nomination:
Stakeholder Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div></div></div>
<div> </div></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline"><font face="Verdana">This is what para 3 of part I of the section on roadmap of the
NetMundial outcome document says:<br><br></font>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0cm"><font face="sans-serif"><font style="FONT-SIZE:13pt" size="4">"Stakeholder representatives appointed to
multistakeholder Internet governance processes should be selected through open
, democratic, and transparent processes. Different <i><b>stakeholder groups
should self - manage their processes based on inclusive, publicly known, well
defined and accountable mechanism</b></i>s." (Emphasis
added)<br></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM:0cm"> </p>
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<div>On Saturday 31 October 2015 01:19 PM, parminder
wrote:<br></div>
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<div>On Saturday 31 October 2015 12:47 PM, Ian Peter
wrote:<br></div>
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<div>Hi Parminder,</div>
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<div>While I agree with your
analysis,</div></div></div></blockquote><br>Ian, I am not sure you are
seeing it the way I am. This is not about 4-5 of us getting a few minutes
from the podium. This is about civil society representation will be chosen
in the IG space. And if you really feel it the way i do, why would you not
agree to write as such to those in charge of the process. <br><br>
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<div>I don’t think there is any chance at all that this process will be
changed in the short timeframe involved, however strong a protest we make.
</div></div></div></blockquote><br>As I said, it does not matter if it
changes. There is a larger structural point here. On the other hand, I am
about 90 percent sure that if all groups involved in CSCG writes that this
is not right, and please let us do our own selection they would agree. Civil
society seems to have forgotten to leverage its legitimacy, and we seem to
cave in to just about everything, a being beyond us to influence. This is
not how it should be at all, <br><br>
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<div>So my own thoughts are that it is probably best to get involved, and
from that position make a strong statement that the process is flawed and
problematic from our point of view.</div></div></div></blockquote><br>Are
you saying that the chosen speakers will speak from the podium that this
process is flawed, and in this way? Please be clear. But if we are ready to
have our speakers speak about it at the high level meeting, why would we not
want to write about it to the co-facilitators and the concerned UN
bureaucracy? Isnt that much simpler, and at least have the potential of
meaningful impact.<br><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline"><font face="Calibri" size="3">I also feel that we should be involved because in
doing so we are able to correct some excesses from our point of view, but
certainly not all.</font></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Again, did not understand. What excesses, and how
are they corrected?</font></font><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">However
that’s just a personal point of view. We have just opened a
discussion on this in CSCG and decisions may be quite
different.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">One
problem is that CSCG as such cannot nominate. Those who can according to
this process are: </div></div></div></div></blockquote><br>These criteria
are for those individuals who want to apply to be on the multistakeholder
selection committee. My proposal is to disassociate CS selection from this
multistakeholder selection process, and ask for CSCG to do it (I find it
highly likely that they'd agree). So, the issue of the creteria you mention
simply does not apply to the proposal I am making and seeking your and other
people's views on. <br><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline"><font>Non-governmental organizations in
consultative status with the Economic and Social Council • Organizations
accredited to the World Summit on the Information Society held in Geneva
(2003) and Tunis (2005) • Organizations accredited to the WSIS Forum held
from 2011 to 2015 • Organizations with observer status with the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development • Attendees of the UNESCO
WSIS+10 - ICT4D Conference or the UNESCO WSIS - Connecting the Dots
Conference • Organizations accredited to the Financing for Development
(FFD) process • Organizations accredited to the United Nations Sustainable
Development Summit 2015 • Organizations already accredited to the WSIS+10
process (July and October meetings)</font></div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">So
if CSCG as such is involved, it will have to be with our nominations as
representatives of civil society organisations who do fit one at least of
the above criteria.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br>I am not asking
for the CSCG to get involved with this multistakeholder selection process.
On the contrary, I am asking for us to disassociate from it. <br><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">Another
problem is that the time frame for selecting speakers is roughly that of
IGF – and with a 15 hour estimated commitment it may not be easy to find
people able to represent us. I believe that if we are involved we should
try to fill both civil society slots on the selection panel. But that will
have to be as two separate nominations (backed by CSCG) from different CS
groups.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br>Again, you are speaking of
CSCG getting involved with the current process, which is fundamentally
different from my proposal to ask for CS nominations to be taken off the
multistakeholder process, and be taken over by CSCG itself. Same about the
rest of your email below.<br><br><br>Ian, lets look at it in two parts. Do
the involved CS groups agree that other stakeholders - big business,
gov, ICANN/ ISOC - should not be involved in selection of its reps? Yes or
no. If yes, then let us that put down in a letter. I am happy to fight the
case, but if we have such a position and want to fight the case. We cannot
keep citing expediency for just everything. But if we are ok with such a
process, that is a different matter, and let different groups and
individuals give their views... Their has to be some limit to - we agree it
is wrong, but....<br><br>parminder <br><br>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">And
if we do nominate representatives on the selection panel, we have to do so
this week. </div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">And
if I may add a further factor – I will be stepping down as the Independent
Chair of CSCG shortly, as my term expires soon. I will not be standing
again, as various factors are making it difficult for me to maintain an
active involvement in these forums; and I think it is time for one of our
very talented (and younger) members to take over. CSCG is currently
drafting an EOI to seek a new independent Chair, with the aim of opening
that process before IGF so that people get a chance to discuss it while
many are present in Brazil. So the replacement process hopefully will
complete by the end of this year.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">So
in these circumstances – it would be good to hear from anyone who has an
interest in working with CSCG as part of this particular process; I don’t
necessarily want to be involved if we have good reps able to consult with
CSCG members. If anyone is interested in this and wants to contact me
privately to assist in this way, I would be happy to discuss further
and approach CSCG as regards their involvement.</div></div>
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<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline">Thanks
for opening up a discussion on this. </div></div>
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Peter</div></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> <a title="parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 31, 2015 3:32 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a> ; <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [bestbits] NOTE - Call for Nomination:
Stakeholder Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10</div></div></div>
<div> </div></div>
<div style="FONT-SIZE:small;TEXT-DECORATION:none;FONT-FAMILY:"Calibri";FONT-WEIGHT:normal;COLOR:#000000;FONT-STYLE:normal;DISPLAY:inline"><font face="Verdana">Please see the below announcement.<br><br>It seems that there
is a strong effort to institutionalise a system of civil society reps for
speaker roles, but perhaps later also for more substantive roles,
</font>being selected by multistakeholder committees, meaning that big
business and technical community gets a veto over civil society rep
selection. (Do remember here that 'technical community' here is not that
odd free and open software group volunteering their time in supporting
government schools or the such. This term is accepted in the IG world now
to denote those who work for and represent organisations engaged with
technical governance of the Internet, and thus represent a governance
status quo group. The semantic confusion about the term, as being people
with technical capacities, is deliberate in order to utilise a certain
legitimacy for what is a power based governance system.)<br><br>The
structural problem with such a process should be obvious.<br><br>This is
not acceptable for me, my organisation and the networks that I work with.
Civil society has traditionally been fiercely protective of its
independence, which includes the right to choose its own nominees (for
instance, any efforts at national govs 'clearing' civil society reps from
their countries has been strongly resisted at the UN and other global
governance levels). I think we need to write back to those
responsible for this process that , thanks but no thanks, you tell us how
many CS sepakers you want and we have a process of selection for CS reps
and we will deliver the names by the date you want.<br><br>May I appeal to
Ian and the CSCG to frame and send such a letter to WSIS process
co-facilitators, and the concerned UN bureaucracy, at the earliest. Before
these mentioned deadlines pass.<br><br>Meanwhile, let me give some
background on this....<br><br>Just Net Coalition did write a letter
addressed to the co-facilitators against such a process of big business
sitting over decisions on CS reps. It seems to have had no
effect.<br><br>A few years back, there was an attempt by a certain group
in the IGF MAG, led by the then Exec Director of the IGF, Markus Kummer,
to institute a method of selections of non gov MAG members by a committee
of older non gov MAG members. I was able to attend MAG meetings in those
days as a Special Advisor to the chair. I opposed such a process of CS
nominee selection by a committee that included big business and technical
community (read the ICANN/ ISOC system). I was able to get the
support of a few CS MAG members in the room, and I distinctly remember
Graciala, Katitza, and Foaud in this regard, and perhaps a person or two
more whose names may have dropped from my memory (my apologies).... And
because of the CS opposition this problematic move had to be
abandoned. Now it seems to be coming back from another door, and we
need to stand up against it once again.<br><br>Again, we have very little
turnaround time here. <br><br>parminder <br><br>
<div>On Friday 30 October 2015 08:04 PM, Carolina
Rossini wrote:<br></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote"><br>---------- Forwarded message
----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">NGO News</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngonews@un.org" target="_blank">ngonews@un.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct
30, 2015 at 10:14 AM<br>Subject: [NGO News:] Call for Nomination:
Stakeholder Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on
WSIS+10<br>To: <a href="mailto:crossini@publicknowledge.org" target="_blank">crossini@publicknowledge.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p><strong>Deadlines:
</strong></p>
<p><span style="COLOR:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>8 November 2015: Apply for
Selection Committee</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="COLOR:rgb(255,0,0)"><strong>12 November 2015: Apply for
Speaking Roles</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>The General Assembly High-level Meeting on the overall review
of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the
Information Society will take place on 15-16 December 2015 at the UN
Headquarters in New York.</strong></p>
<p>This high-level meeting will provide an opportunity for in-depth
discussions on important issues in the implementation of the WSIS
outcomes, including the progress, gaps and challenges, as well as areas
for future actions.</p>
<p><strong>To apply to speak at the High-level Meeting, please complete
the form available <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform" target="_blank">here</a></strong>. Applications
will be accepted from <strong>30 October to</strong> <strong>12
November 2015</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>A Selection Committee will be established</strong> in order
to ensure broad and inclusive participation of stakeholders in the
high-level meeting. Applications to the Selection Committee will be
accepted from <strong>30 October to 8 November 2015</strong>. To learn
more about the Selection Committee, please see the Terms of Reference
<span>by <a href="http://csonet.org/content/documents/WSIS+10_ToR_Steering_Committee.pdf" target="_blank">clicking on this link</a></span>.
<strong>To apply to participate in the stakeholder Selection Committee,
please complete the form available </strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pzCRKLri16XUMNYNA9QECFnhCrO9Ub7ex0Ho2vdYp2k/viewform" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Background</strong></p>
<p>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 ushered in an era of harnessing the power of
information and communication technology 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.</p>
<p>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, endorsed by the General Assembly in
resolution 60/252, requested the General Assembly to undertake the
overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of WSIS in
2015. In response, the General Assembly in resolution 68/302,
decided that the overall review will be concluded by a two-day
high-level meeting of the General Assembly, to be preceded by an
intergovernmental process that also takes into account inputs from all
relevant stakeholders of WSIS.</p></div></div><br><br clear="all">
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