Received a Similar Invitation and Has Offered to Provide a Video Message to the Event

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THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

27 February 2014

Excellency,

Thank you for our recent meeting and for your letter of 11 February 2014 inviting me to be a keynote speaker at the 4th Annual Freedom Online Coalition conference "Free and Secure Internet for All", which will take place from 28 to 29 Apri12014 in Tallinn, Estonia.

I am honoured by your invitation and would have liked to attend. Regretfully, due to prior commitments during this time, I will not be able to participate. I note, however that the Secretary-General has received a similar invitation and has offered to provide a video message to the event.

I appreciate your understanding and send my best wishes for a successful event.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. � as son l/

His Excellency Mr. Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia RECEIVED Tallin

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Valisminister I l /- (]I a 1-5 EXECUTIVE (}f"L""fCE OF THESECRETARY-GbNERl· � Minister ofForeign Affairs Republic of Estonia

Dear Mr. Jan Eliasson, Tallinn 11.02.2014

th It is an honour to invite you to participate as a keynote speaker at the 4 Annual Freedom Online / Coalition conference "Free and Secure Internetfor All" to be held on 28-29 April 2014 here in Tallinn, Estonia.

The development of information technology has contributed greatly to social, economic, as well as political changes worldwide. As global use of the Internet and e-governance increases, a free and secure internet has become a priority for people everywhere, as foreseen by the Information Society Goals for the post-2015 sustainable development era and the Istanbul Program of Action for LDCs, that everyone should have access to the Internet by 2020.

The Freedom Online Coalition was established in December 2011 by the Netherlands. Twenty one governments from Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East that are dedicated to co-operating for the advancement of internet freedom and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms online belong to the Coalition today. Estonia, a founding member, is the current chairman.

At the Tallinn conference, we aim to offer you an engaging and thought-provoking agenda with interactive panels and constructive discussions on all emerging internet freedom issues including the multi-stakeholder process, the digital divide and how to foster internet freedom globally. All interested stakeholders including UN agencies are invited to participate in formulating principles for internet freedom ahead of the conference.

For further information on the conference please contact Ms. Piret Urb (email: [email protected]). Information about the conference is available at www.freedomonline.ee.

I look forward to welcoming you in Tallinn.

Sincerely,

Urmas Paet

H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson UN Deputy Secretary-General NEW YORK