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<pre wrap="">Dear colleagues,
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold the Fifth World Telecommunication/ICT Policy Forum (WTPF) in Geneva this May. This event is being convened specifically to look at Internet-related public policy matters.
The primary input document to this meeting is a report by the ITU Secretary General, including six Opinions agreed to by an Informal Experts Group (IEG) that met three times over the past year. These Opinions touch on issues including management of Internet number resources, encouraging IPv6 adoption, support for Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), multi-stakeholder governance and Enhanced Cooperation.
The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) - AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and RIPE NCC have drafted responses to the five Opinions that relate directly to the RIRs' areas of expertise and coordination. A document containing these responses has been published at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/RIR_WTPF13_2.pdf">http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/RIR_WTPF13_2.pdf</a>
The full Secretary General's report (including the six Opinions) is available at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0003/en">http://www.itu.int/md/S13-WTPF13-C-0003/en</a>
I invite you to post any questions or comments regarding this document to the AFRINIC Government Working Group mailing list (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net">afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net</a>).
Best regards,</pre>
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