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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Digital-Compact <digitalcompact@un.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 16, 2023 6:36 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> minda moreira <mindamoreira@hotmail.com>; IRPC Main List <irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Envoy on Technology Office <techenvoy@un.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Update on our input to the Global Digital Compact submitted last April</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Roboto">You can find the contribution uploaded
<a href="https://www.un.org/techenvoy/sites/www.un.org.techenvoy/files/GDC-submission_Internet_Rights_and_Principles_Coalition.pdf">
here</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> minda moreira <mindamoreira@hotmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, 16 June, 2023 12:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> IRPC Main List <irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Digital-Compact <digitalcompact@un.org>; Envoy on Technology Office <techenvoy@un.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Update on our input to the Global Digital Compact submitted last April<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Another important update this time regarding our input to the Global Digital Compact.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Firstly, I would like to thank you all for the input on the draft document. The input was submitted last April 29th, via the online form, and an email with supplementary information (i.e., a
digital copy of the IRPC Charter) was sent the following day. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Unfortunately, our input was never published. After a few emails to the Global Digital Compact team and the Envoy on Technology office to enquire on the status of our submission, we were finally
informed that the submission had not been received, which I believe was a technical glitch.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">I re-submitted our input as advised on May 19th, but since then we have not received any further updates:</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">1. The reception of our (re)submission has not been confirmed;</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">2. There is no answer yet on whether our input will be taken into account or published online;</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">3. There are still no details on what could have been the cause of the technical glitch following the submission via the GDC website on April 29th.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">I have cc'd the Global Digital Compact team and the Envoy on Technology office and I seriously hope that someone will get back to us on this as soon as possible.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">We plan to continue the discussion on how the IRPC can better contribute to the future of the IGF and to the development and implementation of the Global Digital Compact, particularly on the
application of human rights online at our annual meeting at the IGF 2023.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Please see attached a PDF copy of our submission.</span></p>
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