<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 écrit:<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> wrote:</DIV>
<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>
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<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> <BR>******************************************</DIV>
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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><p><hr size=1><font face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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