[IGFmaglist] Visa issue should be addressed as part of Host Country Agreement!

Thu Oct 17 16:38:29 EDT 2013

Dear Raul,
I look forward to experiencing the IGF too and hope to meet you there. We will have to work on creating this understanding in the UN.

Have a safe trip and see you there!
Angelic

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> On Oct 17, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Raul Echeberria <raul at lacnic.net> wrote:
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> 
> Angelic
> 
> I'm sorry to hear you are experiencing this kind of problems. You are very right about the particularities of traveling between places like Suriname and Indonesia. This should be well understood by UN. 
> 
> I hope to see you in Bali even a couple of days. 
> 
> Raúl 
> 
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> 
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>> El 17/10/2013, a las 17:36, Angelic del Castilho escribió:
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>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I wish to add that the visa situation is not the only issue that needs to be addressed. My issue is that despite having all necessary visa, I will not be able to attend the conference earlier than Thursday due to the procedures and processes of UNDESA which apparently does not have much experience with travelling from small developing countries and were not able to understand/facilitate the need that bookings have to be done early and travel has to start not later than three/four days before the start of the conference in order to be on time.
>> 
>> Even though I look forward to meeting my fellow MAGmembers and get a taste of the IGF conference, I do feel hugely dissapointed that I will not be able to make the contribution I had envisioned to this conference.
>> 
>> Looking forward to meet you all!
>> Angelic Alihusain-del Castilho
>> Suriname
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>> 
>> 
>> Angelic Caroline Alihusain-del Castilho
>> POB 3036
>> Wanica
>> Suriname
>> 
>> 
>>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Patrick Ryan <patrickryan at google.com> wrote:
>>> (resending this note to the MAG list without other recipients, as it was rejected by he server).
>>> Veronica,
>>> 
>>> Sadly you are not alone. This situation is a major disappointment and I know that we will be addressing it as well. So sorry you won't be there in person, but you will be in spirit.
>>> 
>>> Do we know how many people are affected by the visa situation?
>>> 
>>> Patrick
>>>> On Oct 17, 2013 11:30 AM, "Veronica Cretu" <veronicacretu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Dear colleagues in MAG, greetings and hope this finds you all well!
>>>> 
>>>> I know many of you are on the way to Bali and I wish you all a very successful Forum! 
>>>> 
>>>> Unfortunately, given that there were no any follow-ups/solutions on the visa for Indonesia (including VOA), I am not able to participate in the forum in person.
>>>> 
>>>> I do hope that the visa issue is taken seriously for the next IGFs and this should be one of the issue to be included in the Host Country Agreement if we want to provide access to as many stakeholders from all around the world, including to MAG members!  
>>>> 
>>>> We are all advocates of technology, innovation, Internet, however, when it comes to such matters we do not use them in an effective manner to address the challenges we face. 
>>>> 
>>>> I wish all of you great success and I am convinced IGF 2013 will be an exceptional event, with several great outcomes!
>>>> 
>>>> Will follow you remotely as much as I can, given the great time difference challenge!!! 
>>>> 
>>>> With very best,
>>>> Veronica   
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 6:37 AM, <moedjiono at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Dear Vlada,
>>>>> Thank you for your information. MCIT has sent the request for VOA for them to Immigration department MoFA. Mr. Anthon from MCIT will inform you concerning this matter. Apologize me for this problem. We have tried hard to solve this problem with Immigration department MoFA. Hopefully it will be solved soon. See you all in Bali. Thank you very much again.
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Moedjiono
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