Well on the internet governance Forum, i am not sure whether there are vested interests but purely from a knowledge and best practice point of view i i would suggest that it proceeds to the 5th Session. I know many have termed it as a talk show, however, this talk shows have fostered the spirit of cooperation and diplomacy, maybe the forum should be given more teeth under an appropriate UN agency, that notwithstanding i am curious to know the position of insiders Mr Vice President Dr. Siganga what is your position?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:20 AM, mwende njiraini <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:mwende.njiraini@gmail.com">mwende.njiraini@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Welcome to the final day of the IG online discussion, 2009!<span>  </span></font></span></p>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>The Internet Governance Forum is scheduled to be held for first time in Africa at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt </span><span lang="EN-US">(<a href="http://igf09.eg/" target="_blank">http://igf09.eg/</a>)</span><span>.<span>  </span></span></font><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>This presents an excellent opportunity to raise issues that are of importance to the continent, our region and country. </span></font></div>


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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Some of the themes proposed to be discussed in the upcoming 4<sup>th</sup> IGF </span><span lang="EN-US">and contained in <i>IGF-Programme, Format and Schedule for the 2009 meeting</i> (<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2009/progpaper/ProgrammePaper.01.05.2009.rtf" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/2009/progpaper/ProgrammePaper.01.05.2009.rtf</a>) include:</span></font></div>


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<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Internationalization of critical Internet resources management/Managing critical Internet resources</font></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Balancing privacy, openness and security</font></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access</font></span></li>
<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Round table discussions: on the empowerment and protection of children online, the accessibility for people with disabilities, multilingualism and access to local content.</font></span></li>


<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Workshops: Access, Critical internet resources, Diversity, Openness, Security, Capacity building and Development. (Workshop proposals: <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009ListView" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronoformname=WSProposals2009ListView</a>)</font></span></li>

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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The forum will also provide an opportunity to discuss <b>Paragraph 76 of the Tunis Agenda</b> “<i>examine the desirability of the continuation of the Forum</i>” </font></span></p>


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<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What method should be used to assess the impact of the internet governance debate through the two phases of World Summit on Information Society in Geneva, 2003 and Tunis 2005 and the 1st to the 3rd IGF?</font></span></li>


<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">What do you think needs to be addressed in the remaining two IGFs?<span>  </span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></span></span></li>


<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">How can we as Kenyans, effectively participate at the 4<sup>th</sup> IGF and translate the lessons learnt?</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></font></span></li>


<li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Do you think that the IGF should continue after the 5th IGF?  </font></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><span>You are encouraged to make your comment on day’s and any other of the previous days’ discussions</span></b><span>.</span></font></p>


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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Kind regards</font></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mwende</font></span></p>
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