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<DIV><SPAN class=783084218-02042004>Hi,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=783084218-02042004>It was reported in Technology Daily, March
24, 2004, in an article by William New called, "International Roundup: <SPAN
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Net Governance, Airline Security On
U.N. Stage," available by subscription at <A
href="http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/techdaily/">http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/techdaily/</A>.
As I said, the report stated that Gross' comments about the possibility
of Senegal accepting the U.S. view were made at a subsequent State Dept.
advisory committee meeting, which is why Fatimata would not have heard them on
her trip.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Diana Mercorios
[mailto:dmercorios@yahoo.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 02, 2004 8:41
PM<BR><B>To:</B> wdrake@ictsd.ch; CSPlenary<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: Re: Fwd:
[WSIS CS-Plenary] Digital Solidarity Fund<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana>Dear William,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana>As you can see from the message below it would seem
that there have been a few 'misunderstandings'. Would it be possible for you
to forward the source of the information to us. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana>Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=verdana>Diana Mercorios</FONT></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=verdana color=#a94a76><STRONG>Diana Mercorios
</STRONG></FONT><FONT face=verdana color=#bc6f95 size=1>RPM
(Europe)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana color=#bc6f95 size=1>ABANTU for
Development</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:dmercorios@yahoo.com/"><FONT face=verdana color=#bc6f95
size=1>dmercorios@yahoo.com/</FONT></A><A
href="mailto:yahoo.com/diana@abantu.org"><FONT face=verdana color=#bc6f95
size=1>diana@abantu.org</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=verdana><EM><FONT color=#a94a76 size=1><STRONG>I want to sing
like birds sing Not worrying who hears or what they think
</STRONG></FONT></EM></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Fatimata
Seye Sylla <fsylla@sentoo.sn></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Date:
Fri, 02 Apr 2004 15:18:38 +0000<BR>From: Fatimata Seye Sylla
<FSYLLA@SENTOO.SN><BR>To: Diana Mercorios <DMERCORIOS@YAHOO.COM><BR>Subject:
Re: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Digital Solidarity Fund<BR><BR>Hello,<BR><BR>I
was one of the leaders of the US delegation visit in Senegal and I don't
remember hearing these statements. Can William give me the exact
source of this information ? <BR>Thanks and best
regards,<BR>Fatimata<BR><BR>Diana Mercorios a icrit:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=courier color=#0000ff><STRONG>Dear
All,</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Courier color=#0000ff><STRONG>Here is an intresting bit of
information. It would be nice ot hear from our Senegalese colleagues, or
the African Group if this is indeed
correct.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=courier color=#0000ff><STRONG>Regards,</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=courier color=#0000ff><STRONG>Diana</STRONG></FONT></P>
<DIV><BR><B><I>William Drake <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E
href="mailto:wdrake@ictsd.ch"><wdrake@ictsd.ch></A></I></B>
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From:
"William Drake" <WDRAKE @ictsd.ch=""><BR>To: "Plenary" <PLENARY
@wsis-cs.org=""><BR>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Digital Solidarity
Fund<BR>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:06:30 +0200<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=010325912-02042004>Hi,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=010325912-02042004>I just read a news report saying
that t</SPAN><SPAN class=010325912-02042004>he US State Department's
David Gross and Phillip Bond, the Commerce undersecretary for
technology, traveled two weeks ago to Senegal to promote the U.S. view
that no new financing mechanisms are needed. Senegal of
course led the effort at WSIS to establish a new fund, but was also
the first state selected for a Bush administration initiative to get the
private sector to invest in developing countries' tech industries.
The report said that Gross and Bond met with the Senegalese president
and others, and later told a State Department advisory group that
he is "cautiously optimistic" that Senegal will accept the U.S. view
that no new multilateral fund is needed. So I guess we'll see if
their money was well spent....</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=010325912-02042004>Cheers,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010325912-02042004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=010325912-02042004>Bill</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left>******************************************<BR>William J.
Drake<BR>Geneva, Switzerland<BR><A
href="mailto:wdrake@ictsd.ch">wdrake@ictsd.ch</A> <BR><A
href="http://www.citi.columbia.edu/affiliates/wdrake.htm">http://www.citi.columbia.edu/affiliates/wdrake.htm</A>
<BR>Director, Project on the Information Revolution <BR> and
Global Governance<BR>Senior Associate, International Centre for
Trade<BR>and Sustainable Development <A
href="http://www.ictsd.org/">www.ictsd.org</A>
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<DIV>-- <BR>Fatimata Seye Sylla<BR>Program Director of DFI -
Senegal<BR>Tel : 221 8206079 Fax : 221 8206078<BR>Email : <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:fsylla@dfi.sn">fsylla@dfi.sn</A> or <A
class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:fsylla@sentoo.sn">fsylla@sentoo.sn</A><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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