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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi, Louise. <br>
Just for the record, ICANN has had a UN engagement vice-president
(me;) since 2014. I am based in New York and have participated in
the WSIS+10 deliberations, as well as a number of other UN
meetings, and I have been reporting regularly about them to the
ICANN cross-constituency working group on Internet governance,
where Olivier is one of the key people. We do regular educational
outreach and have had guest speakers from ISOC (e.g. Jane Coffin
on IXPx) and IAB (Andrew Sullivan was a guest speaker at two of
the workshops for diplomats, in his previous capacity), among
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It's good to see Microsoft engaging further with the UN as of this
year. Thanks for the link to your paper, the abstract gives some
idea as to what it is about. <br>
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Best,<br>
Veni <br>
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<div>Yes, MSFT has been quite active at the UN (on different
levels) for the past few years and, since 2014, with a greater
emphasis and interest on the UNGGE and OEWG processes. </div>
<div>They are one of the very few, and perhaps most prominent,
participants from the tech sector in these discussions. It
does not come as a huge surprise, but certainly a big step for
the company in terms of carrying out their diplomatic /IO
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<div>From what I understand (and have been able to follow in
some of the international peace and security discussions),
ISOC has been working with civil society groups at the UNGGE
and OEWG level.</div>
<div>There is very limited space, at least at the First
Committee, for engagement, but we did have a multistakeholder
intersessional meeting in December. I can see there is a
renewed interest from many states in better understanding the
technical challenges that might arise from the
operationalization of some cyber norms - but that interest,
from what I know, has been mostly directed towards the
incident response community. </div>
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<div>PS: here's a <a
href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23738871.2018.1467942"
moz-do-not-send="true">paper</a> I published on the MSFT
case - food for thought. </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">I've
learnt that Microsoft's engaging more extensively
with the UN (see below). I wonder if ISOC should not
see this as a trigger for further engagment. It
looks like there will be renewed emphasis on things
happening in NYC.</span></p>
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regars,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Olivier<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt">New Microsoft representation office
to the UN in New York</span></i></b><span
style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Microsoft’s
new representation office to the United Nations
headquarters in New York will provide support for
several Microsoft teams who work with the broader UN
community on policy and business
issues. Microsoft strongly supports the Sustainable
Development Goals and has initiated numerous
projects focusing on <a
href="https://aka.ms/2019CSRReport"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">four SDGs</a> where the
company can contribute most to advance towards these
shared goals of quality education, decent work and
economic growth, climate action as well as peace,
justice and strong institutions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">As vice
president of UN affairs, John Frank will establish a
new representation office and
lead a team that will focus on
advancing Microsoft’s partnerships with the United
Nations and its agencies, building relationships
with UN representatives, identifying new
opportunities for partnerships, building stronger
connections between Microsoft and UN
teams, advocating for the UN’s priorities within
Microsoft, and working across the company
to support Microsoft teams in their engagements and
advocacy with the UN community. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">“Microsoft’s
commitment to addressing some of the biggest
challenges facing the future of society inspires
me. I look forward to helping the company engage
more deeply and effectively with the United Nations
community. Multi-stakeholder support and initiatives
will be essential to achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals and advancing global solutions in
many other areas. I am incredibly thankful for the
past four years in Europe and the opportunity to
represent Microsoft in the Brussels community and EU
capitals on European public
policy issues and initiatives important for our
customers as well as Europe’s economic agenda
and social values,” said John Frank.</span></p>
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