Indeed Veni. I just thought today's General Assembly WSIS+20 session would be of interest to the list . It's UN TV - no registration necessary. Anne Anne Aikman-Scalese GNSO Councilor NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026 anneicanngnso@gmail.com On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM Veni Markovski <veni.markovski@icann.org> wrote:

Hi, Anne. This is a different meeting, see below from the UNDESA webpage:

*1st Preparatory Meeting & Stocktaking Session - 30 May 2025 <https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/1stPreparatoryMeetingStocktakingSession>*

The first preparatory meeting <https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/1stPreparatoryMeetingStockta...> for the WSIS+20 General Assembly overall review will take place on 30 May 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This meeting will provide an opportunity to hear views from Member States and observers on expectations for the WSIS+20 outcome and process. The session will also serve as a basis for the preparation of an elements paper to inform subsequent steps in the intergovernmental process. Please see details here <https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/1stPreparatoryMeetingStockta...> .

Source: https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20

Best,

v/

*From: *WSIS20 Outreach Network <wsis20@icann.org> *Reply-To: *Anne ICANN <anneicanngnso@gmail.com> *Date: *Friday, May 30, 2025 at 08:23 *To: *Deniz Susar <susar@un.org> *Cc: *WSIS20 Outreach Network <wsis20@icann.org> *Subject: *[wsis20] Re: WSIS+20 virtual stakeholder consultation sessions (9-10 June 2025)

Many thanks, Deniz. We are seeing the following on UN TV for a General Assembly meeting being broadcast today:

*Summary*

The first WSIS+20 preparatory meeting with Member States and observers will be held on 30 May 2025 at 3:00 p.m. in Conference Room 1 to discuss expectations and inform the intergovernmental process.

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uazgz716 [webtv.un.org] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1u/k1uazgz716__;!!...>

Kind regards,

Anne

Anne Aikman-Scalese

GNSO Councilor

NomCom Non-Voting 2022-2026

anneicanngnso@gmail.com

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM Deniz Susar via wsis20 <wsis20@icann.org> wrote:

Dear ICANN WSIS+20 Outreach Network,

Please note that registration is now open for the WSIS+20 virtual stakeholder consultation sessions (9-10 June 2025), pls see here: WSIS+20 Virtual Stakeholder Consultation | Public Institutions [publicadministration.desa.un.org] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20/v...>

The Co-Facilitators agreed to hold two sessions for different timezones on those days. Statements will be limited to 3 minutes and guided by the questions provided on the page above. The session on 10 June (Second Session) will open with statements from UN agencies (5 min each).

Secretariat will publish a speaking list based on registration. We hope to accommodate as many speakers as possible. The Co-facs can also hold more sessions as needed in the near future. In addition, they will be in various sessions in the upcoming fora below:

- UNESCO [unesco.org] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-confere...>, 4-5 June 2025 - IGF [intgovforum.org] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2025-s...>, 23-27 June 2025 - WSIS Forum [itu.int] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2025/__;!!PtG...>, 7-11 July 2025

We are already in touch with many of you but if you have any questions or guidance to the WSIS+20 Secretariat, please feel free to reach out.

Regards,

-Deniz

*Deniz Susar *| Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer

Digital Government Branch | Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

+1 718 207 2067 | susar@un.org | www.un.org/desa [un.org] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.un.org/desa__;!!PtGJab4!5zz1T7eyftczZQ...> | @DenizSusar [twitter.com] <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.twitter.com/denizsusar__;!!PtGJab4!5z...>

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