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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear all, </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>In follow-up to what was
previously sent by Bertrand and Renate on this same issue</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>over the week end, please find below the official message for the
CS Bureau we received yesterday from Charles Geiger (WSIS ES) on intersessional
negotiation groups and </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Resumed
PrepCom-3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Note the additional last
paragraph of this text, about the possible introduction of overpasses for
observers, depending on the venue of the meeting. Even though the resumed
PrepCom-3 will follow </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>the Rules of
Procedure of the PrepCom, including the participation of observers in Plenary
and Subcommittee meetings, it seems clear that because of material limitations
related to the venue, it will not be a full-fledged PrepCom, but rather the
final negotiation stage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The attribution of
overpasses, if confirmed, will be based on a self-organizing mechanism of civil
society.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>For the expected work
plan of the resumed PrepCom-<st1:metricconverter ProductID="3 in" w:st="on">3
in</st1:metricconverter> Sub-Committees and working groups, I refer to the
message I sent on Sunday afternoon (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City>
time).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Philippe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p align=center style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:center'><b><u><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>To the Civil Society Bureau</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear Sir, Madam,</span></font><span
lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>On behalf of the President of the Preparatory
Committee of WSIS, I would like to inform you as follows:</span></font><span
lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As mandated by PrepCom-3 of the <st1:State
w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State> phase of WSIS, the PrepCom Bureau decided in its
today's meeting the dates of the intersessional negotiation work ahead of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State></st1:place> phase as well as
on the dates, venue and modalities of the resumed PrepCom-3 back to back to the
Tunis Summit. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Intersessional
negotiation work</span></font></b> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Under the Chairmanship of the President of PrepCom of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State></st1:place> phase of WSIS, the
Negotiation Group will meet in two consecutive sessions from 24 to 28 October
2005.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In its first session, on 24 and 25
October 2005, its objective will be to finalize the negotiation on the
Political Chapeau and on the paragraphs remained in brackets of Chapter two of
the Operational Part. In its second session, from 26 to 28 October 2005, the
Negotiation Group will aim to finalize the negotiations on Chapters one and
four of the Operational Part of the final documents of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State></st1:place> phase. It will be an intergovernmental
negotiation process, to be held every day from 10.00 - 13.00 and from 15.00 -
18.00 hours in the UNOG. Interpretation in the six UN working languages will be
provided. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>These sessions are not open to
observers. After each session, the President of PrepCom will inform the
observers on the advancement of the work (in a way which will be defined later,
probably by e-mail, or by teleconference). </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Resumed PrepCom-3
back to back to the Tunis Summit</span></font></b><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>The Prepcom Bureau decided that PrepCom-3 of the <st1:State w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State>
phase of WSIS will be reconvened on 13 November 2005, at 10.00 hours, in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Tunis</st1:State></st1:place>, for a three-day
session (13-15 November 2005). Information about the venue will be provided at
a later stage. The resumed PrepCom-3 will start with a short organizational
Plenary meeting. The modalities of work of the resumed PrepCom-3 will follow
the Rules of Procedure of the PrepCom, including the participation of observers
in Plenary and Subcommittee meetings. Interpretation in the six UN working
languages will be provided.</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As this
resumed PrepCom will be the final negotiation stage, the chairs of the
working groups will decide how the observers may participate (observing without
intervention, or present at the beginning in the room, or not at all present
but with information from the chair etc). The Executive Secretariat, at the
actual stage, cannot predict which form of participation will be used in the
working groups.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Please not that this will not be a full-fledged PrepCom like the
PrepComs in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place>.
We may have a relatively small venue (perhaps a room for 400-500 persons only)
and we may have to introduce overpasses (e.g. 2-3 for governments, and the
remaining seats divided through the three observer categories). Therefore only
few participant from observers will be able to follow the resumed PrepCom, and
the space/seats for observers from civil society may be limited. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sincerly yours,</span></font><span
lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Charles Geiger<br>
Executive Director WSIS</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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