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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">charles.geiger@itu.int</st1:PersonName> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Envoyé :</span></b> mercredi, 3. mai
2006 09:19<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>À :</span></b> wsis@ngocongo.org;
rbloem@ngocongo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Objet :</span></b> FW: WSIS
Implementation: Invitation by UNDP for two Action Line Facilitation meetings on
11 May</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To all
Missions in Geneva</span></font></b><span lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(and the Missions in NY
without Mission in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><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><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>On behalf of UNDP</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>
I would like to forward the the following invitation to your <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mission</st1:place></st1:City>:</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>"UNDP would like to invite all WSIS
stakeholders (Governments and International Organizations, as well as civil
society and business entities that were active in the WSIS-process) to
participate in the first consultations that it will be facilitating, in its
capacity of "provisional focal point"* for facilitation of Action
Line 4 and 6 of the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit on the
Information Society, on May 11th May 2006.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>The meetings will be held in Room K2 in
ITU’s in Montbrillant Building in Geneva as follows:</span></font><span
lang=FR-CH> </span><br>
<b><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Action line C4:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'> Capacity building. ITU, Montbrillant building,
Room K2, 10h00 - 13h00<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>.</span></b></span></font><span
lang=FR-CH> </span><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>This meeting is open to
all WSIS stakeholders.<br>
<u>Registration Form <<a
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c4-c6/may-11/registration-form.doc">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c4-c6/may-11/registration-form.doc</a>></u></span></font>
<br>
<b><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Action line C6:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'> Enabling environment. ITU, Montbrillant
building, Room K2, 15h00 - 18h00<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>.</span></b></span></font><span
lang=FR-CH> </span><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>This meeting is open to
all WSIS stakeholders.<br>
<u>Registration Form <<a
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c4-c6/may-11/registration-form.doc">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c4-c6/may-11/registration-form.doc</a>></u></span></font><span
lang=FR-CH> </span><br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>The meetings will seek to provide an
opportunity to discuss ways to not only enhance collaboration and information
sharing among diverse stakeholders to contribute to effective multi-stakeholder
implementation but also seek to identify some priority areas for enhanced
focus.</span></font><span lang=FR-CH> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>We realize that this is short notice and that
many stakeholders will not be able to be in Geneva for two weeks in a row or at
all. We apologize for the short notice and look forward to receiving virtual
inputs as well as using the forthcoming meeting to explore ideas for how the
action line teams might organize their work, facilitation and add value to
cooperation and implementation efforts on the ground.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>We look forward to your contributions and to
productive discussions. The provisional agenda for the meetings will be shared
shortly."</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>Please see</span></font><u><span lang=FR-CH> </span></u><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'><<a
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/index.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/index.html</a>></span></font></u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'> for provisional focal points</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>* co-facilitators for Action Line C4: </span></font><b><span
lang=FR-CH style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>UNDP</span></font></b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:blue'>, UNESCO/ITU/UNCTAD/[<u>UN DESA/FAO/UNIDO</u>] </span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=blue face=Verdana><span lang=FR-CH style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:blue'>* co-facilitators for Action Line C6:
ITU/<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>UNDP</span></b>/UN REGIONAL
COMMISSIONS/UNCTAD/[<u>UN DESA/UNIDO/<i><span style='font-style:italic'>APC</span></i></u>]</span></font><span
lang=FR-CH> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>The provisonal Agenda for the meeting will be shortly on the WSIS
website at <a
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c4-c6/index.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c4-c6/index.html</a>
.</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'>I take the opportunity to flag the</span></font><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>cluster
of WSIS-related events taking place between 9 and 19 May</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>.
The above mentioned UNDP meeting is the first meeting in a series of Action
Line Facilitation meetings that will take place around the World Information
Society Day. More information on this cluster of events is at</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'><a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/wisd/index.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/wisd/index.html</a>.
The cluster includes also a Global Symposium on Promoting the multilingual
Internet, organized by ITU and UNESCO from 9-11 May, a second round of
consultations on the convening of the Internet Governance Forum on 19 May,
and, in the middle of the week, on 17 May morning, the</span></font><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>World
Information Society Day Ceremony</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. Missions have received
a special invitation by the Secretary-General of ITU, Mr. Yoshio Utsumi, for
this ceremony.</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'>The different Action Line Facilitation meetings, the consultations on
the convening of the Internet Governance Forum as well as the World Information
Society Day Ceremony are open to delegates with a UNOG badge. Delegates from
capitals without UNOG badge would need to register for the first meeting they
would like to attend. There is a common badge for all Action Line Facilitation
meetings, which is also valid for the World Information Society Day Ceremony
and for the consultations on the Internet Governance Forum. The badge provided
for the first meeting is afterwards valid for all other meetings. More
information on badging procedures is at the same page mentioned above: <a
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/wisd/index.html">http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/wisd/index.html</a>
. </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 feel free to contact me (022 730 6375) or my assistant Isabelle
Asencio (022 730 6316) if you have any question.</span></font><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'>Sincerely yours</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><st1:PersonName ProductID="Charles Geiger" w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Charles
Geiger</span></font></st1:PersonName><br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Executive Director WSIS</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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