<P>Dear Philippe</P>
<P>Many thanks for this valuable and complete repost. I only regret that there is nothing but an English version, and that I wasn't able to read your report before entering room XII this morning. Because it gives a broad view of the actual issues on stake, and indicates the different actors and their repspective opinions. Such as the USA ... :; however, its (regretable) opinion houldn't be a surprise for the most of us. </P>
<P>I'm rather sceptical about the "WSIS after Tunis", i.e. the whole process we were strongly engaged in and committed with, and which has "consumed" a lot of our energies ... and resources during the past three years ! </P>
<P>All the best </P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack</P>
<P>CSDPTT<BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 05/09/05 20:22<BR>> De : "CONGO - Philippe Dam" <WSIS@IPROLINK.CH><BR>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org<BR>> Copie à : "'Alejandra Mendoza'" <WSIS@NGOCONGO.ORG>, "'Renata Bloem'" <RBLOEM@NGOCONGO.ORG><BR>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] 7th GFC Meeting - 5 Sept. 2005 - Summary<BR>> <BR>>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">As you all know, the 7<SUP>th</SUP> meeting of the Group of the Friends of the Chair was hold today. As we did in July, we sat in the room as silent observers, and nobody objected our presence.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Find below a short summary of this meeting, for your information before tomorrow’s open consultation with all stakeholders. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Introduction of the purpose of today’s meeting by Amb. Karklins<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></I></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chairman Karklins</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> would like to see the GFC endorse the proposed elements contained in the draft input to PrepCom-3 for paras 10, 11 and 29 of the operational document, revised with government comments. In addition, he submitted to the GFC a compilation of other stakeholder comments, and asked GFC Members to consider their potential inclusion in the text before tomorrow’s informal consultation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Provided that the GFC would arrive to a common agreement on that text, this proposal could be sent to PrepCom-3 as a GFC contribution for a possible basis for negotiations. If accepted by PrepCom-3, it would go through a first reading of the document, together with the outcome of the first reading during PrepCom-2. The WSIS ES would compile a consolidate document with the on-site additional comments during PrepCom-3.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Round of general comments on the revised draft input</SPAN></FONT></U></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some delegations (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">USA</SPAN></B></st1:country-region><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN></B>) strongly welcomed the new version of the document as an improved basis for negotiation at PC-3. However the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">USA</SPAN></B></st1:country-region> mentioned that it did not see WSIS as a sustained process over time, regretting the risk that the draft paras 33-34 would create a new mechanism for policy debate, which would be rejected by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">UK</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">, on behalf of the EU</SPAN></B>, supported the document and added that more precisions should be brought to regional implementation, to multi-stakeholder coordination, and to evaluation devices.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Switzerland</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">emphasized the reference to the MDGs and ICT 4 Development in the WSIS implementation and follow-up, and stressed the necessary multi-stakeholder aspect to be underlined at all levels. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Canada</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>approved of the informal mechanism put forward by this draft, in line with UN GA Res. 57/270.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">On the contrary, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Brazil</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place>, in a strong statement, regretted that there is nor coordination mechanism neither any moderator in that new proposal. Each agency “could” facilitate activities, but the WSIS outcome must decide something to link the respective works of each international institution. More language is needed in that document if Member States do not want to give the impression that the GFC did not envisage any kind of coordination and moderation among international agencies. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Tunisia</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place> requested an effective implementation mechanism involving stakeholders, as well as a better balance between the national, regional and international levels for implementation. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cuba</SPAN></B></st1:country-region> strongly called for the establishment of implementation teams for each action line agreed in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place>, an improved mechanism for international cooperation at the international level, as well as a stronger language on implementation mechanism at the regional level. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Senegal</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place> also underlined the need to have precise implementation mechanisms if we still have the ambition to build a sustainable information society, and in order to avoid the extinction of the multi-stakeholder process we launched with WSIS. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pakistan</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place> in a quite moderated statement highlighted the risk of sound difficulties for governing bodies to efficiently coordinate among themselves in the current proposed mechanism. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Amb. Karklins reminded that follow-up in that new draft is understood as containing: 1- implementation; 2- evaluation; 3- policy debate – which should be applied to the national, regional and international levels.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">He also answered to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Cuba</st1:country-region></st1:place> that this draft provides much more flexibility than before for all international organisations involved in WSIS implementation. He referred to the ITU Council decision which gave ITU the mandate and the funding for WSIS implementation activities. He highlighted that these draft paras provided specific provisions on generic coordination mechanisms (UN interagency coordination mechanism at § 14-e and coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation activities at § 14-c), to be further discussed and defined during PrepCom-3 negotiations. <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Multi-stakeholder teams for each action line are not anymore in this document because this proposal did not enjoy enough support from many delegations</SPAN></I>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Procedural discussion about the purpose of this 7<SUP>th</SUP> GFC meeting</SPAN></FONT></U></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In a very long discussion, many delegations wondered whether the stakeholders’ comment should be discussed today, since CS and the private sector would intervene the day after, and whether we are here dealing with a negotiation process. They also raised the status of the new draft (GFC recommendation or Chairman’s draft?), as well as the status of previous comments compiled in DT‑6/Rev.2 during PrepCom-2. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Greece</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place> specifically mentioned that other stakeholders should take entirely part in this discussion on implementation and follow-up since this issue was of direct concern to them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chairman Karklins</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> reminded the mandate of the GFC as decided in PrepCom-2 is to negotiate proposals to PrepCom-3, reflecting comments and concerns of all participants and giving the possibility to other stakeholders to defend their positions. The decision was then taken to leave the document as it is until the open informal consultation with all stakeholders, in order to avoid any duplication in the consideration of CS and private sector concerns. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><I><U><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Particular substantial comments</SPAN></FONT></U></I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">After that above-mentioned discussion, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">the <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></SPAN></B> voiced some specific concerns, reminding that the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> government is against the creation of any new organ, and “does not see WSIS to be sustained over time”. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> delegation would like to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• delete reference to “Continuous involvement” (§ 34), <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• see a reference to Resolution 57/270 in § 14-b,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• avoid any mention to specific initiative to the exclusion of others, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> delegation lastly stressed the risk of a new policy debate mechanism contained in paras 33 and 34.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Switzerland</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:country-region><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> strongly responded that the multi-stakeholder process must be continued after <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State></st1:place> in implementation and follow-up so that § 33 and 34 must be maintained. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">El Salvador</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place> also stressed the need to achieve the goals already decided and support the current language. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">UK</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place> lastly raised concerns on the need to clarify and improve the framework for the regional implementation mechanism and for a better multi-stakeholder coordination system.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the end of the meeting, <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">President Karklins</SPAN></B> stated that tomorrow’s meeting should clarify the acceptance of the shift from the implementation teams to the current draft framework by other stakeholders. Considering the lack of agreement on whether this draft would be endorsed or not by the GFC, he announced that the 8<SUP>th</SUP> GFC meeting will take place on Wednesday morning. He called GFC members to find a conceptual understanding on the need for implementation, before further clarifying the details during PrepCom-3.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Philippe Dam<BR>> </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = U1 /><U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = ns0 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><ns0:country-region w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><?xml:namespace prefix = u3 /><u3:country-region u1:insAuthor="Inter" u1:insDate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z" u1:endInsAuthor="Inter" u1:endInsDate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z"><u3:place u1:insAuthor="Inter" u1:insDate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z" u1:endInsAuthor="Inter" u1:endInsDate="2005-06-07T16:35:00Z"><ns0:place w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">CONGO -</u3:place></u3:country-region> WSIS CS Secretariat <BR>> </SPAN></FONT></ns0:place></ns0:country-region></SPAN></FONT></B></U1:COUNTRY-REGION></U1:PLACE><ns0:country-region w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"><ns0:place w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"></ns0:place></ns0:country-region><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></U1:COUNTRY-REGION></U1:PLACE>11, Avenue de <U1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on" ProductID="la Paix"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><ns0:PersonName w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter" ns1:ProductID="la Paix"><FONT color=navy><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: navy">la Paix</SPAN></FONT></ns0:PersonName></U1:PERSONNAME></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>> CH-1202 <U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:CITY u2:st="on"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><ns0:City w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><ns0:place w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><FONT color=navy><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: navy">Geneva</SPAN></FONT></ns0:place></ns0:City></U1:CITY></U1:PLACE></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>> Tel: +41 22 301 1000<BR>> Fax: +41 22 301 2000<BR>> E-mail: </SPAN></FONT></B><A title=mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch href="mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org"><B><FONT title=mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN title=mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">wsis@ngocongo.org</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></B></A><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>> Website: </SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=http://www.ngocongo.org href="blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org"><FONT title=http://www.ngocongo.org color=navy><SPAN title=http://www.ngocongo.org><SPAN lang=FR style="COLOR: navy">www.ngocongo.org</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></B><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><B><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Conference of NGOs (<U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><ns0:country-region w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><ns0:place w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">CONGO</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region></U1:COUNTRY-REGION></U1:PLACE><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, <U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:COUNTRY-REGION u2:st="on"></SPAN></FONT><ns0:country-region w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><ns0:place w:endInsDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Inter" w:insDate="2005-09-05T20:04:00Z" w:insAuthor="Inter"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">CONGO</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region></ns0:place></ns0:country-region></U1:COUNTRY-REGION></U1:PLACE><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">'s major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern. For more information see our website at <A title=http://www.ngocongo.org/ href="blocked::http://www.ngocongo.org/" target=_blank>www.ngocongo.org</A></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=red><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: red"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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