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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just a slight grammar issue: surely “</span></font><strong><b><font
color=black face=Helvetica><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Helvetica;
color:black'>exploitation from third parties</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>” should read “ exploitation BY third parties.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Regards,</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Rui</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>________________________________________________<br>
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Rui Correia<br>
Coordinator, Southern Africa WSIS Partnership<br>
(Media Institute of Southern Africa, SACOD, Highway Africa)<br>
38 Finch St,<br>
Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort,<br>
Johannesburg, South Africa<br>
Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336<br>
Cell (+27) (0) 83-368-1214<br>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of
</span></b>Incomindios<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 29 November 2005 18:12<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cs-dec@wsis-cs.org;
plenary@wsis-cs.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Ann-Kristin Hċkansson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary]
Amendment by Indigenous Caucus</span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=a style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Dear
Drafting Group,</span></font></p>
<p class=a style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=a style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>I'm
sending the proposal of Indigenous Caucus on behalf of Ann-Hristin Hakansson
for the CS Statement </span></font><strong><b><font size=2
color=black face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'>Paragraph III, </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'>Access to Knowledge and the Public Domain.</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:black'> </span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please be so kind not to delete or forget
it again.</span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=a style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Indigenous
cultures provide for rules and regulations on communicating, sharing, using and
applying traditional knowledge. WSIS has failed to protect the Traditional
Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples from exploitation from third parties, leaving
Indigenous Peoples helpless as this knowledge, lore and culture in the
information society is copyrighted and patented by others with no benefits to
the rightful owners of that knowledge.</span></font></b></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Kind Regards,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sari Miettinen</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cultural Diversity Caucus</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>INCOMINDIOS SCHWEIZ<br>
Beraterstatus als NGO beim Wirtschafts- und Sozialrat (ECOSOC) der Vereinten
Nationen</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Witikonerstrasse 39<br>
8032 Zürich<br>
Tel./Fax: 044 383 03 35<br>
<a href="mailto:mail@incomindios.ch">mail@incomindios.ch</a><br>
<a href="http://www.incomindios.ch">www.incomindios.ch</a></span></font></p>
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