<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style> </head> <body> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <div><font color="#1F497D">Dear all,</font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D"> </font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D">Sorry for the extra email – the last one I hope for today – but I need to make an important clarification.</font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D"> </font></div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">_____________________________________________<br> <b>From:</b> GLORIOSO Andrea (CNECT) <br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 06, 2013 11:15 AM<br> <b>To:</b> 'Jim Reid'<br> <b>Cc:</b> paf@frobbit.se; cooperation-wg@ripe.net<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: [cooperation-wg] WTPF in Geneva</span></font></div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> </div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> </div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;">Before the US started to discuss this Bill, and even before the ITU Plenipotentiary in Guadalajara took place, the European Commission adopted a Communication (a sort of "policy statement") in which it clearly stated its position on the preferred approach to Internet governance. It's COM(2009)277, "<i>Internet governance: the next steps</i>" (<a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0277:FIN:EN:PDF"><font color="blue"><u>http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2009:0277:FIN:EN:PDF</u></font></a>). If you read that document, it will be clear that the European Commission certainly does not support a purely inter-governmental model to handle the many issues which you can put under the umbrella of "Internet governance". <b>Perhaps unnecessary to state, but since I have had experiences of my words being twisted, I prefer to be redundant</b>.</div> <div style="padding-left:36pt;"> </div> <div><font color="#1F497D">I did <b><u>not</u></b> mean to imply that anyone on this list has ever twisted my words. This is an experience I unfortunately had in other contexts, which has made me rather prudent and prone to quoting the official positions of the European Commission even when it results in longer emails…</font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D"> </font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D">Ciao,</font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D"> </font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D">Andrea</font></div> <div> </div> </span></font> </body> </html>