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<div style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Global Partners Digital and other stakeholders have drafted a new statement recommending<b> ten actions to advance meaningful stakeholder engagement</b> in the intergovernmental
phase of the WSIS process. </div>
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Ten actions to advance meaningful stakeholder engagement</a></div>
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</span><span style="background-color: rgb(128, 255, 128);"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0U0aTqamQI91iI3GqItOhOu1nv6tXxthd3916x4mNFcRYng/viewform" data-outlook-id="43ae6041-29b6-4031-9519-bee32361cf38" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Add
your endorsement here</a></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier this year, many of you endorsed the group’s previous statement,
<a href="https://www.gp-digital.org/wsis20-five-point-plan-follow-up-eight-practical-recommendations/" data-outlook-id="3a3eb452-0549-42e8-bcd5-fe15a0092ebd">
Eight Practical Recommendations</a>. Statements like these help us maintain pressure on the UN and member states to ensure greater transparency and openness throughout the WSIS+20 negotiations.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Note:
</b></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">While the organizers are initially accepting endorsements until
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(128, 255, 128);"><b>TODAY
</b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(128, 255, 128);"><b>(Monday, 13 October)</b></span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(128, 255, 128);"><b> at
12 pm UTC</b></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">, Global Partners Digital has confirmed that later signatures will also be accepted. You may sign either in your<b> individual capacity or on behalf of your organization</b>, provided you have the appropriate
consent to do so.</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’ve copied my colleagues Mona and Isra for any follow-up questions.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thank you,</div>
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Stine</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Hind Regular"; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(12, 28, 44);"><b>Stine Gaba Gomez,</b></span><span style="font-family: "Hind Regular"; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(12, 28, 44); background-color: white;"> Advocacy
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