[CS Bureau] REPONSE RELATIVE A NOTRE OPEN LETTER

[Robert Guerra]

An open letter that is personal, or sent on behalf of a larger set of
organizations. If it is the latter - it would be good to have them
co-sign the open letter so we know if you in fact have support or not
for the comments.

regards

Robert


NANA Delphine wrote:
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> Chers Tous,
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> Suite à notre *Lettre Ouverte* adressée  à *Monsieur Markus* *KUMMER*,
> Coordonnateur Exécutif du Secrétariat du Forum sur la Gouvernance de
> l'Internet,  relative  à la participation des organisations de la
> Société Civile africaine, au processus du IGF,
> Je vous prie de trouver ci-dessous, la reponse qu'il a bien voulu nous
> donner.
>  
> *Delphine NANA MEKOUNTE*
> *Présidente de ACSIS
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> *Dear Ms Nana Mekounte,
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> *I would like to thank you for your letter of support and for drawing my
> attention to the difficulties encountered by Civil Society Organizations
> (CSO’s)from developing countries, and in particular the Least
> Developed Countries(LDCs), to participate actively in the preparatory
> process for the IGF and the inaugural meeting of the IGF itself. By and
> large. I share your concerns and it is one of the stated aims of the IGF
> Secretariat to facilitate attendance of stakeholders from developing
> countries.
> 
> As you may be aware of, the IGF is not part of the regular United Nations
> activities. It therefore depends on voluntary funding.  As time was
> short for preparing the first IGF meeting we have not been able to
> generate sufficient resources to fund developing country participation.
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> It is our hope that a successful first meeting of the IGF will also generate
> interest among potential donors. As you rightly point out, the overall
> theme of the Athens meeting is 'Internet Governance for Development'.
> Funding to assist participants from developing countries is part of this
> theme.
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> I agree with you in so far that virtual participation can never replace the
> physical presence at a meeting. Nevertheless, we will try to maximize
> our resources and make best possible use of virtual participation
> technologies to be as inclusive as possible. While virtual participation
> is not a solution, it is aviable 'next best'.
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> With your agreement, we would like to post your letter on our Web site.
> The concerns you express in your letter are important and deserve being
> brought to the attention of the visitors of our Web site.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> *Markus Kummer
> Executive Coordinator
> Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
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