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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>English below<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>---------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cher tous,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Notre réunion conjointe AFRALO-AfrICANN in Singapore aura lieu Mercredi 22 Juin 2011 de 14:00 à 15:30 à la salle « VIP Lounge ».<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Comme à Dakar, à la 42<sup>ème</sup> réunion internationale d’ICANN, un sommet sur les pays en développement à ICANN sera organisé à l’initiative de notre ami Katim Toure, membre du conseil d’administration d’ICANN, nous avons pensé que notre réunion conjointe de Singapore devrait traiter des sujets que nous, Africain d’ICANN, souhaiterons mettre à l’ordre du jour de ce sommet sous les 3 grands axes thématiques qui sont : <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Les pays en développent <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Qu’est-ce que c’est que les « pays en développement » ou « pays les moins développés », le développement socio-économique et le développement des TIC et de l’Internet dans ces pays, Quelle relation entre le développement international et ces pays.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ICANN et les pays en développement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>La relation d’ICANN avec les pays en développement, et en particulier avec les ccTLD, les organisations internationales des pays en développement, les gouvernements, les ONG, et le secteur des affaires de ces pays<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=LTR></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>La participation des pays en développement dans ICANN : Les défis, les opportunités, et le future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Examen de la situation actuelle de la participation des pays en développement dans ICANN, et comment peut-elle être augmentée et améliorée <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Je joins en fichier attaché une présentation du sommet préparée par Katim.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>J’espère que nous aurons une réunion très productive avec des recommandations claires et précises pour que la voix de l’Afrique soit bien entendue dans un sommet des pays en développement à l’échelle globale.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Our joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting in Singapore will be held on Wednesday 22 Juin 2011 from 14:00 to 15:30 in the “VIP Lounge” room.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Since there will be in Dakar, during the 42<sup>nd</sup> ICANN international meeting, a summit on “ICANN developing countries” held under the initiative of our friend Katim Toure, ICANN Board member, we propose that our next joint meeting in Singapore addresses the subjects that we, the Africans of ICANN, would like to put on the agenda of this summit under the 3 main thematic axis:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Developing Countries: A Primer<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A backgrounder on developing countries (what is a "developing country" or "least developed country," socio-economic development in these countries, Internet and ICT development in these countries; developing countries and international development)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN and Developing Countries<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ICANN's relationship with developing countries, and in particular, ccTLDs, international organizations of developing countries, governments, NGOs, and businesses in developing countries, etc)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#1F497D;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Participation of Developing Countries in ICANN: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Way Forward.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A review of the present landscape of the participation of developing countries in ICANN, and how it can be increased and improved<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’m attaching the concept paper of the so called summit that has been prepared by Katim. </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I hope we will have a very productive meeting with clear and precise recommendations so that the voice of AFRICA will be well heard in a summit on developing countries at the global level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tijani BEN JEMAA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Phone : + 216 70 825 231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mobile : + 216 98 330 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