<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear All,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The WSIS Executive Secretariat has asked
us to send this invitation to the plenary:</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Please see below an invitation letter from the President
of the Preparatory Committee of WSIS, Tunis phase, for the first meeting
of the Group of the Friends of the Chair on 22 October 2004 in the Palais
des Nations, Room XVII (Door 40, first floor). <br>
<br>
The 22 October meeting is a special meeting, open to observers from International
Organizations, ITU sector members, and from accredited NGOs, civil society
and business entities. The observers may also take the floor. </tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>For security reasons, all persons entering the Palais
des Nations need a badge. Participants who do not have a UNOG badge should
check out our website at http://www.itu.int/wsis/gfc for information
how to get a special badge.</tt></font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Please see the documents below for further
information:</font>
<br>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.un-ngls.org/WSIS-Invitation%20GFC%20observers%20final.doc"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Invitation
letter</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-ngls.org/WSIS-GFC-outline%20final%20(Annex1).doc"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Note
on GFC</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-ngls.org/WSIS-Chair%27s%20note%20final%20rev%20(Annex2).doc"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Chair's
note</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> </font>
<li><a href="http://www.un-ngls.org/WSIS-Chair%27s%20nonpaper%20final%20Annex%203.doc"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">Chair's
non-paper</font></a></ul>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">For more information, you can visit:
</font><a href="http://www.un-ngls.org/wsis.htm"><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif">http://www.un-ngls.org/wsis.htm</font></a>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best regards,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ramin</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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Ramin Kaweh<br>
Programme Officer<br>
UN-NGLS (Non-Governmental Liaison Service)<br>
Palais des Nations<br>
1211 Geneva 10<br>
Switzerland<br>
tel: 0041.22. 917 2078<br>
fax: 0041.22. 917 0432<br>
ramin.kaweh@unctad.org<br>
www.un-ngls.org<br>
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