<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp8710c714yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 10px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br></div><div class="ydp8710c714signature" style=""><div style=""><div style=""><div style=""><div style=""><div style=""><div style=""><div style=""> <div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> <font size="5">Dear UN ITU WSIS / UN IGF Cross Cutting Community </font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5">We are at a watershed and at a beginning vis-a-vis what the new structures for IGF will hold for our diverse multi-stakeholder community . We are global citizen centric and that means we approach policy matters in a humanitarian manner. </font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5">I started in the community in 2000 through the WSIS prep-coms etc,, and we are 21 years on, mature, very much larger, perhaps in some areas more transparent and impactful in many ways, But very young and immature with respect to the emerging technologies that are going to be with us within a few years with Quantum Technology. AI I found to be the resounding issue of the past 5 years and we have still not mastered it, if we ever will. </font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5">So we are now embarking on a future of multiple cross-cutting tracks, at multiple speeds and quality for the internet. One thing is certain, the world is ever more dependent on the internet and it is now a life-line rather than a high-way!</font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5">I have worked actively at UN IGF and UN ITU WSIS Forum 2021 to highlight the need to talk about the ethics of Quantum Technologies and especially of the issues of "Entanglement" which Einstein called "spooky". We are now on Mars, flying commercially in to out of space and quantum entanglement is already with us. The Quantum Internet is already being tested. </font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5"><br></font></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5">Please, our IGF community's new structure will have to face new realities and Quantum is one of them, for which there is no prior training or insight! Please </font><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't keep it too long to search for the "Essence of Integrity" for QT/QI. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">This will be the "Holy Grail" or "Dharma" of Connectivity for the future.....</span></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kind regards and season's best,</span></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Amali De Silva-Mitchell</span></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Founder & Coordinator</span></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-size: x-large;">UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies</span></div><div style="" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>