<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Alejandro<div><br></div><div>Thank you for keeping us abreast with the developments in Mexico.</div><div><br></div><div>I found this Google translate link very useful <a href="http://bit.ly/mexico-acta">http://bit.ly/mexico-acta</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Desiree</div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 5 Oct 2010, at 21:53, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi,<br><br>a few minutes ago, the Senate of Mexico approved unanimously an agreement to:<br><br>1. form a plural group of Senators to study ACTA;<br><br>2. have this group call for public discussions and consultations on ACTA;<br><br>3. request that the Executive suspend negotiations of ACTA until the consultations are made.<br><br>We have had a small participation in this through our constant interaction with a leading Senator and the Senate's Science and Technology Commission, which he chairs.<br><br>During the session today I made a call for a moratorium instead of an all-out all-or-nothing motion by a group of Senators that just called for the Government to retire from the Agreement, which was very unlikely to pass.<br><br>Others will be better informed as to our degree of influence. The good thing is the real-time news that the vote passed... and ACTA didn't.<br><br>Formally the Senate has no immediate say on treaties. Like elsewhere, it is supposed to wait till it they are signed, then ratify. However, a recent law does obligate the Executive to inform the Senate as treaties are being negotiated. That was grounds enough to give today's vote some teeth.<br><br>The story is only beginning...<br><br>Yours,<br><br>Alx<br><br><br>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br> Dr. Alejandro Pisanty<br>UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico<br><br>Tels. +52-(1)-55-5105-6044, +52-(1)-55-5418-3732<br><br>* Mi blog/My blog: <a href="http://pisanty.blogspot.com">http://pisanty.blogspot.com</a><br>* LinkedIn profile: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty">http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty</a><br>* Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/apisanty">http://twitter.com/apisanty</a><br>* Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614">http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614</a><br><br>* Ven a ISOC Mexico, <a href="http://www.isoc.org.mx">http://www.isoc.org.mx</a>, ISOC <a href="http://www.isoc.org">http://www.isoc.org</a><br>*Participa en ICANN, <a href="http://www.icann.org">http://www.icann.org</a><br>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Chapter-delegates mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a><br>https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>