[IGFmaglist] RES: CSTD resolution Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society

[Lea Kaspar]

Congrats and a big thank you to all who contributed to this outcome. Kudos!

Best wishes,
Lea

> On 19 May 2016, at 17:19, THOMAS-RAYNAUD Elizabeth <elizabeth.thomas-raynaud at iccwbo.org> wrote:
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> Colleagues and friends,
> As the ICC and ICC BASIS representative on the ground along with my colleague Timea Suto, who will serve on the Enhanced Cooperation Working Group, I would like to also express my gratitude to Ambassador Fonseca and Jandyr Santos for supporting the inclusion of this language and making sure the IGF texts as you see them were included and supportive of our collective goals and effort.
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> It was great working with other colleagues from ICANN,APC, ISOC, UNESCO and the governments, who rolled up their sleeves and persisted to the finish.
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> For those of you who don’t participate but are interested in updates or news from the room, I suggest you follow Samantha Dickinson on Twitter. She is often on the scene of the important Internet governance and post-WSIS events as a reporter and observer. Her tweets share updates and even impressive time stamps when things go into the wee hours.
> Cheers,
> Elizabeth
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> Elizabeth THOMAS-RAYNAUD
> International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
> Project Director, ICC Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS)
> Senior Policy Executive, Digital Economy
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> From: Igfmaglist [mailto:igfmaglist-bounces at intgovforum.org] On Behalf Of Benedicto Fonseca Filho
> Sent: 19 May 2016 18:08
> To: Chengetai Masango; MAG-public
> Subject: [IGFmaglist] RES: CSTD resolution Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
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> Dear all,
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> I would like to acknowledge the initiative by the following MAG members present at the CSTD meeting: Nigel Hickson, Marilyn Cade and Elizabeth Thomas-Raynaud - who, together with the representative of ISOC, were instrumental for the introduction of paragraph 36bis, which I had the great pleasure to sponsor in the respective negotiating group.
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> Best regards,
> 
> Benedicto
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> Benedicto Fonseca Filho
> Director, Department of Scientific and Technological Themes
> Ministry of External Relations
> Phone: (+5561) 2030-9164/9165
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> De: Igfmaglist [igfmaglist-bounces at intgovforum.org] em nome de Chengetai Masango [cmasango at unog.ch]
> Enviado: quarta-feira, 18 de maio de 2016 18:22
> Para: MAG-public
> Assunto: [IGFmaglist] CSTD resolution Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
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> Dear All,
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> CSTD paragraphs of the draft resolution on the 'Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society’ relevant to IGF:
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> (full draft resolution attached (Advance unedited version)).
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> Best regards,
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> Chengetai 
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> Internet Governance Forum
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>         32.    Recognizes the importance of the Internet Governance Forum and its mandate as a forum for multi-stakeholder dialogue on various matters, as reflected in paragraph 72 of the Tunis Agenda, including discussion on public policy issues related to key elements of Internet governance;
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>         32bis. Recalls the General Assembly’s decision, in resolution 70/125, to extend the IGF’s mandate for a further 10 years, during which the Forum should continue to show progress on working modalities and the participation of relevant stakeholders from developing countries;
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>         33.    Also recognizes that national and regional Internet Governance Forum initiatives have emerged, taking place in all regions and addressing Internet governance issues of relevance and priority to the organizing country or region;
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>         34.    Recalls General Assembly resolution 70/125 in which the Assembly calls upon the Commission within its regular reporting to give due consideration to fulfilment of the recommendations contained in the report of the CSTD Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum.
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>         35.    Notes the holding of the tenth meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, hosted by the Government of Brazil in João Pessoa from 10 to 13 November 2015, under the theme entitled “Evolution of Internet governance: Empowering sustainable development”;
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>         36.    Welcomes the holding of the eleventh meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, to be hosted by the Government of Mexico from 6 to 9 December 2016 in Guadalajara, under the theme “Enabling inclusive and sustainable growth”, and notes that, in the preparatory process for the meeting, recommendations from the report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum are being taken into consideration; 
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>         36bis. Welcomes, in that context, continuous progress made in regard to the IGF’s inter-sessional work in the different modalities of Connecting the Next Billion Online, Dynamic Coalitions and Best Practice Forums; as well as the contribution being made by both national and regional IGFs.
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