The Internet Society submitted the attached contribution to the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 (WTDC 2017). The document is available in French and Spanish by the use of the “FR” and “ES” language tabs. Versions in Chinese and Arabic are attached here as PDFs.
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