At the ICT roundtable in Mexico a list of common demands was drawn up at the end of the meeting. Everybody that attended the meeting agreed on these demands. During the last session of the GoodElectronics roundtable in Bangkok the participants discussed these demands and made some amendments and additions, with the following common demands list as an outcome.
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