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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dear members,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is to inform you that following the last meeting of the
UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Working Group (WG)
on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), our community has
worked together on drafting a common statement. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The statement’s primary
objective is to ask CSTD member states to decide, at their next meeting (23-27
May 2011, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place>),
to extend the mandate of the CSTD WG on IGF. We believe this would allow the
discussions on the future of the IGF to remain based in Geneva, led by a
multi-stakeholder group feeding the CSTD instead of UN DESA (Department of
Economic and Social Affaires; based in New York).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The statement below will be tweeted
shortly and is already available here: <a
href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/docs/tech-acadmc-statement_20110414.pdf">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/docs/tech-acadmc-statement_20110414.pdf</a>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>.</span></font> We invite you to read
the statement and circulate to your contacts (communities, governmental
contacts, etc.) as appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ISOC is planning on participating to
the next CSTD meeting in May and will report back to its members as soon as we
are aware of new and important developments in the process regarding the future
of the IGF. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you and best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Constance Bommelaer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Useful links</span></font></u><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Past contributions to the CSTD WG on
IGF: <a href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/IGF.shtml">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/IGF.shtml</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>UNACTD website: <a
href="http://www.unctad.info/en/CstdWG/">http://www.unctad.info/en/CstdWG/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>===========<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<h1><b><font size=5 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Statement by
the Internet technical and academic community on the Commission on Science and
Technology for Development Working Group (CSTD WG) on improvements to the
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>12 April 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Representatives of the Internet technical
and academic community today call for an extension to the mandate of the United
Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development Working Group
(CSTD WG) on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Working Group has met twice but,
despite the best efforts of all parties, it has not been able to complete its
work in the allocated time. We strongly believe the IGF effectively brings all
stakeholders together to increase their understanding of the interplay of
public policy, business and technical forces in Internet governance. With the
extension of the IGF mandate, it is now vital to take the time needed to
carefully consider options for the further development of the Forum.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The technical and academic representatives
to the CSTD Working Group on improvements to the IGF would like to express
their gratitude to the Chair of the WG, Mr Frédéric Riehl, and the CSTD
Secretariat for the effort they put into facilitating the WG meetings and
discussions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>We are pleased that the CSTD WG embraced
multistakeholder participation during its deliberations, and was able to
compile and review inputs from all stakeholders on improvements to the IGF. We
believe there were many useful contributions submitted in response to the
questionnaire drafted at the first meeting of the WG in Montreux.
Unfortunately, due to time limitations, the WG was not able to discuss those
contributions in detail, or to produce a report of recommended improvements by
the end of its second meeting, held in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City></st1:place>.
The technical and academic representatives, like many of the other WG
participants, had travelled large distances to attend both two-day meetings of
the WG, held in February and March 2011. We had also taken the time to respond
in significant detail to both calls for submissions to the WG. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The technical and academic representatives
strongly support the IGF model and are committed to seeing it improve, both in
response to ongoing changes from within the IGF process itself, as well as from
the improvements requested in the UN General Assembly Resolution on
“Information and communications technologies for development”,
approved on 24 November 2010. Only through such improvements will the IGF be
better able to meet the needs of all stakeholders in Internet governance.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This statement was written by the Internet technical and academic
community representatives to the CSTD WG on improvements to the IGF:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Ms
Constance Bommelaer<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Senior Manager, Strategic Global Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bommelaer@isoc.org</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Ms
Samantha Dickinson<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Internet Governance Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>APNIC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: sam@apnic.net<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mr Baher
Esmat<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Manager, Regional Relations – <st1:place w:st="on">Middle
East</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'>ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: baher.esmat@icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Ms
Nurani Nimpuno<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Outreach & Communications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Netnod<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: nurani@netnod.se<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Mr Oscar
Robles-Garay<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>General Director for NIC México<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>LACNIC Board of Directors <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: orobles@nic.mx<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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