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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Dear Renate, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:-20.05pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:
inter-ideograph'><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>As you have seen few minutes
ago, in my previous mail we have distributed widely an invitation letter to the
</span></font><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=2 color=blue><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.ungis.org/" title="blocked::http://www.ungis.org/">Open
Consultation on the Financial Mechanisms for Meeting the Challenges of ICT for
Development</a></span></font></u></b></span><font size=2 color=navy><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> to be held </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=blue><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>from 8-9 October 2009</span></font></b><font size=2
color=navy><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'> at </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=blue><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>Palexpo, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Switzerland</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font></b><font
size=2 color=navy><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>. This
meeting is organized jointly by chair and co-chairs of the <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><a href="http://www.ungis.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.ungis.org/">United Nations Group on the Information
Society (UNGIS)</a></span></b>, i.e. ITU, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNDP and UNECA. This
event will be hosted by ITU. </span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>We are very much interested in
contributions to this meeting from the civil society. We would like to request
you to forward this document to the civil society stakeholders using all
possible information channels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Contributions to the meeting may
be submitted to the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="mailto:contact@ungis.org?subject=Contribution%20to%20the%20Open%20Consultations%20on%20Financial%20Mechanisms"
title="blocked::mailto:contact@ungis.org?subject=Contribution to the Open Consultations on Financial Mechanisms">UNGIS
Secretariat</a></span></b> not later than</span></font><b><font size=2
color=blue><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:
bold'> 20 September 2009</span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>Online registration will be
opened shortly at <a href="http://www.ungis.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.ungis.org/">www.ungis.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;color:navy'>With kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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