<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B><DIV>Dear All</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>While there are numerous references in the Tunis Commitment, to the broader dimensions of media and information flow, here are the specific references to media and freedom of expression.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Full document available:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;">Tunis Commitment [Summit document: WSIS-05/TUNIS/DOC/7-E]</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><A href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2266|0">http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2266|0</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="">4.</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <B>We</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <B>reaffirm</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> paragraphs 4, 5 and 55 of the Geneva Declaration of Principles. <B>We</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <B>recognise</B></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> that the freedom of expression and the free flow of information, ideas, and knowledge, are essential for the information society and beneficial to development. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV>9. </B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="LV" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><B>We reaffirm our resolution</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="LV" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> in the quest </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">to ensure that everyone can benefit from the opportunities that ICTs can offer</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="LV" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">, by recalling that governments, as well as </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">private sector, civil society and the United Nations and other international organisations,</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="LV" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> should work together </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">to: improve access to information and communication infrastructure and technologies as well as to information and knowledge; build capacity; increase confidence and security in the use of ICTs; create an enabling environment at all levels; develop and widen ICT applications; foster and respect cultural diversity; recognise the role of the media; address the ethical dimensions of the Information Society; and encourage international and regional cooperation. <B>We confirm</B></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> that these are the key principles for building an inclusive Information Society, the elaboration of which is found in the Geneva Declaration of Principles. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">regards and viva!</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Tracey</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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