<div><BR><BR>Click <A href="http://wsis.funderes.org/acsis/">http://wsis.funderes.org/acsis/</A> to access automatic translation of this message</div> <div> </div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3>Chers Tous,</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3>Suite à notre <STRONG>Lettre Ouverte</STRONG> adressée à <STRONG>Monsieur Markus</STRONG> <STRONG>KUMMER</STRONG>, 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, </FONT></div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3>Je vous prie de trouver ci-dessous, la reponse qu'il a bien voulu nous donner.</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3></FONT> </div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3><STRONG>Delphine NANA
MEKOUNTE</STRONG></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=verdana color=#0000bf size=3><STRONG>Présidente de ACSIS<BR></STRONG></FONT></div> <div><BR> </div> <div><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><STRONG>Dear Ms Nana Mekounte,<BR><BR></STRONG>I would like to thank you for your letter of support and for drawing my<BR>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.<BR><BR>As you may be aware of, the IGF is not part of the regular United Nations<BR>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.<BR><BR>It is our hope that a successful first meeting of the IGF will also generate<BR>interest among potential donors. As you rightly point out, the overall theme of the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Athens</st1:place></st1:City> meeting is 'Internet Governance for Development'. Funding to assist participants from developing countries is part of this theme.<BR><BR>I agree with you in so far that virtual participation can never replace the<BR>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'.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Best regards<BR><BR><STRONG>Markus Kummer<BR>Executive Coordinator<BR>Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)<BR><BR></STRONG><BR> <BR> <BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN><B><I><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial;
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