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Subject: Open consultations on the WG of the Chair of the CSTD on IGF<br>
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<!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">I have the pleasure to transmit to you a letter addressed from Mr. Frederic Riehl, Vice Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), with a questionnaire<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium"> for open and inclusive on-line consultations<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium"> in relation to the Working Group <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">of the Chair of the CSTD <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">on <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium"> In addition to this questionnaire, Mr. Riehl plans to organize on 24 November 2010, back-to-back with the IGF consultations, scheduled to take place in Geneva from 22-23 November 2010, a second phase of face-to-face open consultations on the Working Group on IGF. As you may be aware, Mr. Riehl has been entrusted by the Chair of the CSTD, the Hon. Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology of Ghana, to establish <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">the<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium"> Working Group <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">of the Chair of the CSTD on IGF improvements<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium"> as requested by ECOSOC resolution 2010/2 on "Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium"> " <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Calibri" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium">adopted on 19 July 2010<!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><!--/*SC*/defang_font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style/*EC*/--><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium"> . <!--/*SC*//defang_font/*EC*/--></span><br>
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