<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Thank you very much Alexander for sharing. I agree with you that this is the right way as most of our countries are represented.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Kind regards,</span></div><div> </div><div style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(64, 64, 255);"><span style="font-style:italic;"></span>ATTOUMANI MOHAMED Karim,<br><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="530005710-07102010">Comoros representative on the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN</span></font><br><span style="font-style:italic;">Ingénieur Télécoms en Transmission, Réseaux et Commutation</span><br>Chef du Département Études et Projets,<br>Autorité Nationale de Régulation des TIC (ANRTIC) - Union des Comores, <br></div><div style="color:rgb(64, 64, 255);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">(+269) 334 37 06 (Mobile
Moroni)</span> - <span style="font-weight:bold;">ID Skype: attoukarim - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://eduportfolio.org/5667">siteperso</a></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> "Ntoko, Alexander" <alexander.ntoko@itu.int><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "gac-bounces@gac.icann.org" <gac-bounces@gac.icann.org>; "gac@gac.icann.org" <gac@gac.icann.org>; "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc :</span></b> "Johnson, Malcolm" <malcolm.johnson@itu.int>; "Conneally, Paul" <paul.conneally@itu.int> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b>
Mercredi 20 juin 2012 14h40<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [GAC] Articles, Speeches, Blogs and Publications about ITU and the ITRs<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1735734778">
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<div class="yiv1735734778MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">Dear All,<br>
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I could send to you a much longer list of similar articles, blogs and publications about alleged ITU plans to take control of the Internet. I could also send to you many which state the contrary. But none of this will be of any use.<br>
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The last meeting of the Council Working Group (CWG) for WCIT started this morning 20 June and ends on 22 June. Find attached the speech of ITU Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, delivered today at the opening of this last CWG WCIT meeting.<br>
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ITU has 193 Member States. The decision on the content of the revised ITRs will be made by ITU Membership at the end of this year (3-14 December) during the WCIT in Dubai.</div>
<div class="yiv1735734778MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;">For those of you who represent your countries in ITU, I would encourage you to increase the involvement of the citizens of your countries in your national consultations during this process. I would also hope
that your positions and views regarding ITU and the process to review the ITRs are based on actual proposals and discussions taking place in the appropriate ITU forums dealing with this subject and not necessarily on blogs, publications, speeches and media
reports many of which do not accurately reflect the facts.<br>
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Also, please find attached a WCIT background brief which I hope will be helpful to have a basic understanding of what the ITRs are and the roles of sovereign states in the process leading to the review of this Treaty (the ITRs). Please feel free to share this
brief and the speech of ITU Secretary-General as you consider appropriate.<br>
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For reliable and up-to-date information about ITU, the ITRs and WCIT, please visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.itu.int/wcit"><span style="color:windowtext;">www.itu.int/wcit</span></a><br>
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Regards,<br>
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Alexander NTOKO<br>
ITU Representative (Observer) to the GAC<br>
Chief, Operations and Planning Department<br>
Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)<br>
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<span style="font-size:11.0pt;"></span></div>
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