<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><B>Hi</B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><B></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><B>H</B><B>ere are some highlights that mention media in the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society. I have only done a first read. it seems clear that we still need to lobby to have media represented on the Internet Governance Forum.</B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><B>UNESCO is suggested in the Annexe as the follow up agency for MEDIA.</B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><B>Tracey Naughton</B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><B><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><B>20.</B><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><B> </B></SPAN><B>We recognise </B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">that, as a result of<B> </B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">the growing impact of sustainable private sector investment in infrastructure, multilateral and bilateral public donors are redirecting public resources to other development objectives, including Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers and related Programmes, policy reforms and mainstreaming of ICTs and capacity development. </SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><B>We encourage </B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">all governments to give appropriate priority to ICTs, including traditional ICTs such as broadcast radio and television, in their national development strategies. <B>We also encourage</B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> <SPAN style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">multilateral institutions as well as bilateral public donors </SPAN>to consider also providing more financial support for regional and large-scale national ICT infrastructure projects and related capacity development<SPAN style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN">. </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB">They should consider aligning their aid and partnership strategies with the priorities set by developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their national development strategies including their poverty reduction strategies.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:21.3pt 59.55pt 79.4pt 99.25pt"><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><B>42.</B><SPAN style="mso-tab-count:1"><B> </B></SPAN><B>We reaffirm our commitment</B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"> to the freedom to seek, receive, impart and use information, in particular, for the creation, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge. <B>We affirm</B></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><I> that measures undertaken to ensure Internet stability and security, to fight cybercrime and to counter spam, must protect and respect the provisions for privacy and freedom of expression as contained in the relevant parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Declaration of Principles.</I><O:P></O:P></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;"><SPAN lang="EN-GB">a)<SPAN style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> <B> 89 (n)</B> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><I>promoting the use of traditional and new media</I></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"> in order to foster universal access to information, culture and knowledge for all people, especially vulnerable populations and populations in developing countries and using, <I>inter alia</I></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-GB"><B><I>, radio and television as educational and learning tools; </I></B><O:P></O:P></SPAN><I></I></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0px;"><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;"><I><B>89 (0) </B>Reaffirming the independence, pluralism and diversity of media, and freedom of information</I></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;"> including through, as appropriate, the development of domestic legislation. We reiterate our call for the responsible use and treatment of information by the media in accordance with the highest ethical and professional standards. We reaffirm the necessity of reducing international imbalances affecting the media, particularly as regards infrastructure, technical resources and the development of human skills. These reaffirmations are made with reference to Geneva Declaration of Principles paragraphs 55 to 59.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN> <B><I></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;"><B><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></B></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -24px;"><B><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></B></P></BODY></HTML>