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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Dear Chapter Leaders,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A quick update to inform you that ISOC’s response to the pre-draft report of the UN OEWG is available on the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) site under the NGO submissions:
<a href="https://www.un.org/disarmament/open-ended-working-group/">https://www.un.org/disarmament/open-ended-working-group/</a> . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Our sincere thanks to those of you who provided comments and feedback on the draft version. A small team discussed all the comments and incorporated some of them. For those comments that
were not reflected, we will keep them in mind as this process continues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">An update will be forthcoming on the OEWG process/next steps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Thanks again and wishing you good health.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Elizabeth
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> on behalf of "chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>Audio Conferencing Conferencing Info <oluoch@isoc.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 2:50 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society draft submission on the pre-draft report of the UN OEWG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Chapter Leaders,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ISOC has prepared a draft response to the initial pre-draft report of the UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG). Please take a look at the draft response and provide any comments/suggestions/feedback by
<b><u>Monday, April 13</u></b>. Kindly send them to <oluoch@isoc.org>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ISOC’s draft response to the pre-draft report of the OEWG is here:
<a href="https://isoc.box.com/s/3jlq4vchhoz92ssr4zfdpcdl2qjz6dlq">https://isoc.box.com/s/3jlq4vchhoz92ssr4zfdpcdl2qjz6dlq</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The initial pre-draft report is here: <a href="https://unoda-web.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200311-Pre-Draft-OEWG-ICT.pdf">
https://unoda-web.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/200311-Pre-Draft-OEWG-ICT.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elizabeth Oluoch – Do Canto<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">International Institutional Relations, External Engagement<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Society<o:p></o:p></p>
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