<BODY><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Dear colleagues, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Find attached the draft resolution circulated yesterday by <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Latvia</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:place></st1:country-region> for consideration at the 11<SUP>th</SUP> session of the CSTD. Ambassador’s Karklins’ informal note on the CSTD listserv attached below is self-explanatory.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The Draft resolution will be tabled and further discussed during next week’s session of the CSTD. It basically includes two main parts: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">-<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">An assessment and recommendations on the evolving challenges of the information society (broadband gap, growth of mobile telephony, network security);<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I encourage those who will participate in the CSTD session to discuss some elements of this text on the CS Plenary list.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">De :</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> UNCTAD - United Nations Commission on Science & Technology <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De la part de</SPAN></B> Janis Karklins<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé :</SPAN></B> mercredi 21 mai 2008 19:26<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> 5 delegation submission to the CSTD for consideration</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Dear commission members, colleagues<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">On behalf of co-authors, I have an honor to submit for your consideration the proposal of the draft resolution which CSTD may consider during its up-coming session. The draft was elaborated by <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Finland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Latvia</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region></st1:place> and is meant to stimulate Commission’s consideration of the issues at stake. It has been a truly collaborative effort and we hope that proposal will find general support and will serve as a basis for further work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Equally, five delegations were driven by desire to develop further working methods of the Commission and use inter-sessional period for substantive exchange. This time we did not meet our own target date for early submission of the proposal, but we still have few days before the opening of the session.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">We would appreciate if Secretariat could circulate the proposed draft as a CRP on Monday, 26 May.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">I hope you will give some considerations to the proposal and all five delegations are looking forward to the discussion of the draft proposal.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Sincerely<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Janis Karklins<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Ambassador of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Latvia</st1:country-region> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place> and UNESCO, Vice-chair of the CSTD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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