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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi Rik, </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’d love to come to this meeting
but unfortunately I’ve already made a commitment to attend another one. I
look forward to hearing about the outcomes.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Many thanks,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mavic </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Mavic Cabrera-Balleza <br>
Senior Programme Associate <br>
International Women's Tribune Centre <br>
Tel : 1 212 687 8633 ext. 200 <br>
Fax: 1 212 661 2704 <br>
Email: </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
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href="mailto:mavic@iwtc.org"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>mavic@iwtc.org</span></font></a></span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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></span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Rik Panganiban</span></font><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, February 01, 2006
3:57 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> wsis-cs-plenary<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [WSIS CS-Plenary]
briefing on WSIS tomorrow (thursday) at UN</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sorry folks, I only saw this just now. Which
funny because I'm speaking on the panel! Hopefully some other active WSIS
people can be there.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rik Panganiban</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>CONGO</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>-------------------------------------------------------</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:.5in'><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
11.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>DPI/NGO Briefing</span></font></b></span><b><font
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<span class=apple-style-span>The World Summit on Information Society</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>Second Phase, Tunis, Tunisia 16 – 18
November 2005</span><br>
<br>
<span class=apple-style-span>2 February 2006</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>10:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.</span><br>
<span class=apple-style-span>at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium</span></span></font></b></p>
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class=apple-style-span><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>Background Information:</span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The second
phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) evaluated the
progress made since the Geneva phase in December 2003 and produced two outcome
documents – The Tunis Commitment and The Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society. The breakthrough agreement on Internet governance acknowledged the
need for enhanced cooperation to enable governments and created the Internet
Governance Forum to foster and enable multi-stakeholder dialogue on public
policy and development issues. The outcome documents also reaffirmed that
financing of ICT deployment was vital to meeting the MDGs and welcomed the
creation of the Digital Solidarity Fund. The Tunis Agenda established a list of
moderators/facilitators for each of the eleven Action Lines in the original
Geneva Action Plan. Their first meeting to coordinate the implementation of the
Geneva and Tunis agreements will take place on 24 February in Geneva.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><b><font
size=3 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>Speakers:</span></font></b></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>During the
panel discussion from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Mohamed Samir Koubaa</span></b>, Deputy Permanent Representative of
Tunisia to the United Nations; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Henk-Jan
Brinkman,</span></b> Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Executive Office of the
Secretary General; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sergei Kambalov,</span></b>
Chief, ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch, Office of ECOSOC
Support and Coordination, DESA; Deputy Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat
of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force;
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Rik Panganiban,</span></b> Communications
Coordinator, Conference on NGOs, will talk about the follow-up to WSIS, the
proposed Global Alliance as a follow up to the ICT Task Force and the $100
laptop initiative.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>For more
information on WSIS, please visit </span></font><a
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/faqs.asp"><font color="#0029ed"
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#0029ED'>http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/faqs.asp</span></font></a></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>For more
information on $100 laptop, please visit<br>
</span></font><a
href="http://www.undp.org/dpa/pressrelease/releases/2006/20060128-laptop.shtml"><font
color="#0029ed" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#0029ED'>http://www.undp.org/dpa/pressrelease/releases/2006/20060128-laptop.shtml</span></font></a><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'> and/or<br>
</span></font><a href="http://laptop.media.mit.edu/"><font color="#0029ed"
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#0029ED'>http://laptop.media.mit.edu/</span></font></a></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>A video on the
importance of bridging the digital divide will be shown at 10:00 a.m.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The new DPI/NGO
Section website will be presented from 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>A live webcast
of the event may be available at </span></font><a
href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/www.un.org/dpi/ngosection"><font
color="#0029ed" face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#0029ED'>www.un.org/dpi/ngosection</span></font></a><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'> and/or </span></font><a
href="http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/www.un.org/webcast"><font color="#0029ed"
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana;color:#0029ED'>www.un.org/webcast</span></font></a></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>RIK
PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator</span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>Conference
of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) </span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>web:
<a href="http://www.ngocongo.org">http://www.ngocongo.org</a></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>email:
<a href="mailto:rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org">rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org</a></span></font></p>
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face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black'>*
Information on the WSIS at <a href="http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis">http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis</a></span></font></p>
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