<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Here is a quick one to say the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n6Bem0x-yvnYb4tDJv4w0-BjwtksNlgv__0xvDSCYxE/edit?usp=sharing">Position Pape</a>r will be submitted at the top of the hour.  Just a heads up. If there are any other organisations willing to  sign on to it.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><div>Nnenna<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 3:18 PM Sheetal Kumar via Governance <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
Dear all,<div><br></div><div>As mentioned during the IGC's IGF pre-event last week, a few of us have worked on sending a clear
 message to the UN Secretary-General towards the appointment of a UN 
Tech Envoy.</div><div><br></div><div>The Position Paper is on this <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n6Bem0x-yvnYb4tDJv4w0-BjwtksNlgv__0xvDSCYxE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">LINK </a>. <br>The longer link is <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n6Bem0x-yvnYb4tDJv4w0-BjwtksNlgv__0xvDSCYxE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n6Bem0x-yvnYb4tDJv4w0-BjwtksNlgv__0xvDSCYxE/edit?usp=sharing</a></div><div><br></div><div><ol><li>Please feel free to add your organisation as a signatory  by <b><u>Monday November 16, 2020, noon UTC</u></b></li><li>At any time this week, you can email "<a href="mailto:nnenna.nwakanma@webfoundation.org" target="_blank">nnenna.nwakanma@webfoundation.org</a>" with any questions, comments or concerns. </li><li>If  you are taking part in this year's virtual Internet Governance Forum, an <a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/networking-break-open-consultation-on-non-state-digital-cooperation-stakeholders" target="_blank">Open Consultation</a>  has been scheduled on November 13, from 13h00 to 13h50. You are welcome to the consultation.</li><li>Kindly forward to any other organisations working in the digital ecosystem.</li></ol></div><div><br></div><div>With many thanks and on behalf of:</div><div><br><span id="gmail-m_-8607408586361626572gmail-m_4343130293688740339gmail-docs-internal-guid-0c69cbfa-7fff-f5e5-41bc-e72543746a50"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Access Now</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.apc.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Association for Progressive Communications</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - APC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://cipesa.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> -  CIPESA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://data2x.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Data2x</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://futureoflife.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Future of Life Institute </span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.gp-digital.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Global Partners Digital</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://igcaucus.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Internet Governance Caucus </span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Internet Society</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - ISOC</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://paradigmhq.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Paradigm Initiative </span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://webfoundation.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">World Wide Web Foundation</span></a></p></span></div>

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