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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The official IGF website posted this news:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red;background:white'>[NEW] </span></strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;background:white'>The UN is in touch with the organizers to discuss relevent aspects of the meeting. Contarary to rumours currently circulating, neither the IGF Secretariat nor UNDESA have recieved any official notification of a cancellation of the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#303030;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Waltraut<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hong Kong<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> rigf_program-bounces@aprigf.asia [mailto:rigf_program-bounces@aprigf.asia] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ang Peng Hwa (Prof)<br><b>Sent:</b> 26 July 2013 11:21<br><b>To:</b> program@aprigf.asia<br><b>Subject:</b> [Rigf_program] IGF in Indonesia cancelled<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>This is sad but official: the Indonesian organizers have cancelled the IGF. The announcement was made by the chair of the organizing committee (a businessman) after a meeting with the minister and the civil society group.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>There is a news report in Bahasa Indonesia at <a href="http://inet.detik.com/read/2013/07/25/135130/2314218/328/kurang-dana-forum-internet-dunia-batal-digelar-di-bali">http://inet.detik.com/read/2013/07/25/135130/2314218/328/kurang-dana-forum-internet-dunia-batal-digelar-di-bali</a>. Use Google translate and you will be able to read.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>I had met the civil society organizers just this week. They were asking for possible tips on fund raising. After exploring the options, we concluded that they had approached most of the likely sponsors. Yes, there were some possibilities they had overlooked but these were not many.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>According to the news report, out of the US$2.2M (Rp22 billion) budget, they had raised US$900k. The Ministry had given US$250k. So they had a shortfall of US$1.05M.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Third party sources I checked (i.e. Not the Indonesians themselves) said that one major cost was that the UN had asked for US$900k to fly personnel and security apparatus to the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Knowing a little of the inside story, I would say the situation is more complex than one might have guessed. Next year is the election year for Indonesia. So companies are asking: if I support you now but you do not win, what happens? Then two weeks before the IGF, there is the APEC meeting in the same venue. So the feeling that is Indonesia will be on the world's stage at that time already. Meanwhile, the Minister of Communication, whose ministry oversees the IGF, is under allegations of corruption. It's one of those series of unfortunate events.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Peng Hwa<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>CONFIDENTIALITY:This email is intended solely for the person(s) named and may be confidential and/or privileged.If you are not the intended recipient,please delete it,notify us and do not copy,use,or disclose its content.<br><br>Towards A Sustainable Earth:Print Only When Necessary.Thank you.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>