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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=675334404-18042006>Further to Renate's
note of yesterday please see the below... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=675334404-18042006>I'm wondering if it
might be possible, on behalf of the Plenary to reply to this
"<EM>invitation</EM>" that a stakeholder "<EM>consultation</EM>" "<EM>to discuss
ways to enhance collaboration among diverse stakeholders in ensuring effective
multi-stakeholder implementation, at the international level, of the outcomes of
WSIS as regards international and regional cooperation</EM>" held for 3 hours in
a meeting room in Geneva is not a "<EM>consultation</EM>" but simply another
means to perpetuate existing closed door exclusionary processes since only
those already available in Geneva or with the requisite budgets to attend in
Geneva for such a meeting will have an opportunity to
participate.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=675334404-18042006><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Those
without such resources who will, I assume, include most of those (including
their representative organizations and "caucuses") with the most direct and
immediate interest in "<EM>information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing
of best practices, and assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and
policy/private (sic?) partnerships</EM>" as the <STRONG>sources</STRONG> and
<STRONG>originators</STRONG> and ultimately <STRONG>end users</STRONG>
of such knowledge will be excluded from
participation.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=675334404-18042006>MG</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=675334404-18042006> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
startup-bounces@unicttaskforce.org [mailto:startup-bounces@unicttaskforce.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>sergei kambalov<BR><B>Sent:</B> April 18, 2006 12:23
AM<BR><B>To:</B> shoji.nishimoto@undp.org; Amir Dossal; Aida Opoku-Mensah; Joao
Carlos FERRAZ; Mansour Farah; aw.khan@unesco.org; arthur.levin@itu.int; Georg
Kell; richard.manning@oecd.org; walter.fust@deza.admin.ch;
astrid.dufborg@sida.se; guy.sebban@iccwbo.org; amiller@itaa.org;
rbloem@ngocongo.org; bruck@research.at; rrogers@giic.org;
mfleeton@dgfoundation.org; grossda@state.gov; doris.bertrand@bmaa.gv.at;
mission.tunisia@ties.itu.ch; mission.pakistan@ties.itu.ch; mb@hq.unu.edu; Marcel
BOISARD; wendy.mann@fao.org; bridge@unicttaskforce.org;
advisors@unicttaskforce.org; startup@unicttaskforce.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> Guido
Bertucci; max-henri.cadet@itu.int; Makane Faye; Omar Bizri; Nikhil Chandavarkar;
charles.geiger@itu.int; Haiyan Qian; Harry.De-Backer@cec.eu.int; Guennady
Fedorov; michael.roeskau@cecd.org; Hans Hansell; masood.hatiif@gmail.com;
Gerolf.Weigel@deza.admin.ch; john.dryden@oecd.org; raul.zambrano@undp.org;
Patrizio Civili; david.benfield@fao.org; Denis Gilhooly; rinalia@gkps.org.my;
radhika.lal@undp.org; Gherardo Casini; ayesha.hassan@iccwbo.org;
smelhem@worldbank.org; Martin HILBERT; konstantinova@icnm.net<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[startup] Consultations on Action Line 11 of WSIS<BR><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Dear colleagues,</FONT><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2><BR>We are pleased to invite you to attend a first
consultation that DESA, in its capacity of "provisional focal point" for
facilitation of Action Line 11 of the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit
on the Information Society, will convene on 15 May 2005 in Salle XXV of
the Palais de Nations, Geneva. The meeting will be open to all relevant
stakeholders. The exact time of the meeting (most probably in the afternoon)
will be communicated later.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR>This meeting, convened in line with paragraph 108 of the Tunis Agenda
for the Information Society, will provide an opportunity to discuss ways to
enhance collaboration among diverse stakeholders in ensuring effective
multi-stakeholder implementation, at the international level, of the outcomes of
WSIS as regards international and regional cooperation. The other facilitators
for this Action Line are the Regional Commissions, UNDP, ITU and
UNESCO.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>As stated in
paragraph 110 of the Tunis Agenda, "the cordination of multi-stakeholder
implementation activities would help to avoid duplication of activities. This
should ionclude. <I>inter alia</I>, information exchange, creation of knowledge,
sharing of best practices, and assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and
policy/private partnerships". We hope that at the forthcoming meeting,
interested stakeholders will present their proposals on optimal modalities for
this work, bearing in mind the specific tasks under Action Line 11 (see
paragraph 26 of the Geneva Plan of Action here:
http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/md/03/wsis/doc/S03-WSIS-DOC-0005!!MSW-E.doc).</FONT><FONT
size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>We look forward to a productive
discussion.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>Best
regards,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>S. Khan, Director, Office
for Ecosoc Support and Coordination</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Department of Economic and Social Affairs</FONT><FONT size=3>, United
Nations </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>