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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Please find the note we
just received from Charles Geiger. This clarifies the situation of overpasses
and the reservation of some overpasses for representatives of the Host country
civil society.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I will come back to you
tonight with an up-dated note on the overpass distribution policy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Philippe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>De&nbsp;:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> charles geiger <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé&nbsp;:</span></b> mardi, 1. novembre
2005 16:34<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À&nbsp;:</span></b> wsis@iprolink.ch;
rbloem@ngocongo.org; ramin.kaweh@unctad.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet&nbsp;:</span></b> RE: <st1:PersonName
ProductID="WSIS Plenary" w:st="on">WSIS Plenary</st1:PersonName> Overpasses for
Civil Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;</span></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>&nbsp;</span></font></b><b><u><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Civil Society Overpasses for <st1:PersonName
ProductID="WSIS Plenary" w:st="on">WSIS Plenary</st1:PersonName> Meetings</span></font></u></b><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Dear&nbsp;&nbsp;Ms. Bloem&nbsp;and Mr. Kaweh&nbsp;</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am pleased to inform you that the</span></font><span
lang=EN-GB> </span><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>final</span></font><span lang=EN-GB> </span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>number
of standard overpasses allocated to civil society participants for <st1:PersonName
ProductID="WSIS Plenary" w:st="on">WSIS Plenary</st1:PersonName> meetings will
be: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>16<sup>th</sup> November: 650 overpasses<br>
17<sup>th</sup> November: 600 overpasses<br>
18<sup>th</sup> November: 600 overpasses<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>We would like to reserve&nbsp;75 overpasses&nbsp;for
the representatives of civil society organisations from the Host Country&nbsp;,
and we will organize the distribution of these overpasses&nbsp;with the
representatives of the Tunisian&nbsp;civil society separately.&nbsp;The main reason&nbsp;for
this special treatment is&nbsp;that&nbsp;many&nbsp;civil society entities from <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Tunisia</st1:country-region> were accredited during the <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tunis</st1:place></st1:State> phase, they are
newcomers and are&nbsp;not integrated in families and caucuses. They would
therefore have difficulties to obtain overpasses. The other
overpasses&nbsp;&nbsp;(575 for the first day, 525 for the second and third
day)&nbsp;will be distributed through a self-organizing mechanism managed by
the Civil Society Bureau. The Civil Society Bureau secretariat is asked to
distribute these overpasses at its information desk in the Kram Palexpo. The
WSIS ES would like to deliver the overpasses in exchange with a distribution
policy document for the plenary overpass.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sincer<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>e</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>ly yours,</span></font></span></font>&nbsp;<font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Charles
Geiger<br>
Executive Director W`SIS</span></font>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

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