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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:rikp@bluewin.ch" title=rikp@bluewin.ch>Rik =
Panganiban</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org"
title=plenary@wsis-cs.org>wsis-cs-plenary</A> ; <A
href="mailto:hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org"
title=hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org>hr-wsis@iris.sgdg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] high commissioner for human =
rights
statement on HRs & IS</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Friends,<BR><BR>The Office of the High Commissioner =
for
Human Rights has issued a "note" on the information society and human =
rights,
which is now available on their website (PDF format, English only at =
this
point). The document, in my view, encapsulates well some of the key =
challenges
and opportunities of the Information Society in the protection and =
promotion of
human rights. Check it
out:<BR><BR>http://www.unhchr.ch/pdf/noteinfsociety.pdf<BR><BR>Hopefully =
this
document will be circulated during the November Prepcom IIIa. Please =
share this
with other human rights groups and networks in your region.<BR><BR>- Rik =
Panganiban<BR><TT><?fontfamily><?param Courier =
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Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch<BR>Special Adviser tel: +41 22 734
9774<BR>World Federalist Movement Fax: +41 22 734 9775<BR>www.wfm.org =
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