UPDATE: Today's session has just started. The webcast link is at http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/general-assembly-informal-consultations-with-all-relevant-stakeholders-of-the-world-summit-on-the-information-society-in-advance-of-the-high-level-meeting-of-the-general-assembly-in-december-2015/1665870036001 and the hashtag to ask questions is #askwsis10 <https://twitter.com/hashtag/askWSIS10?src=hash> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:56 AM, Joly MacFie <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ISOC-NY will be represented in person at these meetings by Avri Doria. > It is the WSIS process, started in Tunis in 2005, that gave birth to the > Internet Governance Forum (IGF), so one of the items under discussion will > be its continuing support. An initiative was launched last year > <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6954> to take the IGF independent so it's no > longer beholden to UN pursestrings/regulations - see http://igfsa.org - > deserving of support! > > joly posted: "In August 2014 the United Nations General Assembly, in its > resolution 68/302 on the modalities for the overall review by the Assembly > of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the > Information Society - aka WSIS+10 - decided that that th" > > > [image: WSIS+10] <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/>In* August 2014* the *United > Nations General Assembly*, in its *resolution 68/302 > <http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/302>* on the > modalities for the overall review by the Assembly of the implementation of > the outcomes of the *World Summit on the Information Society* - aka *WSIS+10 > <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/>* - decided that that the overall review > will be concluded by a two-day high-level meeting of the Assembly, to be > preceded by an intergovernmental preparatory process that also takes into > account inputs from all relevant stakeholders. Under the *roadmap > <http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/WSIS%20review%20preliminary%20timeline_v5.pptx.pdf>* > that preparatory process takes place this week in NYC and, while > registration to attend in person is closed, remote participation is > available via webcast & twitter. > > *1st Preparatory Meeting > <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/1julypreparatorymeeting> - Wed 1 July 2015, > 10am-6pm EDT | 14:00:22:00 UTC* > * Informal Interactive Stakeholder Consultation > <http://unpan3.un.org/wsis10/2julystakeholderconsultation> - Thu 2 July > 2015, 10am-6pm EDT | 14:00:22:00 UTC* > * Webcast: http://webtv.un.org/ <http://webtv.un.org/>* > * Twitter questions: #AskUNGAWSIS > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/askungawsis?vertical=default&f=tweets> (Thursday)* > * Twitter comments: #UNGAWSISReview > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ungawsisreview?src=hash&vertical=default&f=tweets>* > > > Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858#respond> See all comments > <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858#comments> > > > > > > > *Permalink* > > http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7858 > > > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -