<BODY><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=FR-CH style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH">Dear all, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=FR-CH style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking place in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Paris</st1:City></st1:place>. Since the question of civil society self-organising mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still committed and active in the process should continue to deal with immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the existing needs and emerging expectations express!
ed by CS entities, Governments and intergovernmental partners.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">future composition</B>, and even most importantly on the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">role</B> of this structure, should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May <st1:metricconverter w:st="on" ProductID="2007, in">2007, in</st1:metricconverter> an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Best regards,</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Philippe Dam <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></BODY>