<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Hi Pranesh, please add as signatory Instituto Nupef, Rio de Janeiro (Carlos A. Afonso).</div><div><br></div><div>frt rgds</div><div><br></div><div>--c.a.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; ">Carlos A. Afonso</span></div> <br>Pranesh Prakash <pranesh@cis-india.org> escreveu:<br>Dear all,<br>The participants in Baku decided to incorporate small revisions without <br>re-opening the entire text. Here's the final version:<br><br>http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement<br><br>Currently, we have 10 organizations that are signatories to it:<br><br>Access (Brett Solomon)<br>Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (AHM. Bazlur Rahman)<br>Centre for Internet and Society (Pranesh Prakash)<br>Center for Democracy & Technology<br>Consumers International<br>Electronic Frontier Finland (Tapani Tarvainen)<br>Global Partners & Associates (Andrew Puddephatt)<br>InternetNZ<br>ONG Derechos Digitales (Claudio Ruiz)<br>OpenMedia (Steve Anderson)<br><br>As far as I can see, we have until the 7th before we close signatories <br>and endorsements. (These two words are being used to distinguish <br>between those who participated in framing it and those who agree with it.)<br><br>Given that anyone can edit the document, if you are adding your <br>organization's name, I would request you to write your name in <br>parentheses. We can decide later that we wish to remove names from all <br>organizations.<br><br>Regards,<br>Pranesh<br><br>Pranesh Prakash wrote [2012-11-04 12:20]:<br>> Dear all,<br>> Here is the statement of civil society members and groups participating<br>> in a pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012 as drafted after the morning<br>> session on Sunday, November 4, 2012.<br>><br>> Please indicate your and your group's support of this statement on this<br>> mailing list or directly at the end of this Etherpad document:<br>> <http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement>.<br>><br>> Given our deliberation on these both yesterday and today — and the fact<br>> that we would not wish to open this particular statement up to extensive<br>> revision again — I would request people to raise comments on this<br>> mailing list only if you believe the drafters have committed an<br>> egregious mistake in capturing the agreement present in the room. Please<br>> do not leave comments on the Etherpad document.<br>><br>> Regards,<br>> Pranesh<br>><br>> ====<br>><br>> Statement of civil society members and groups participating in a pre-IGF<br>> meeting at Baku in 2012.<br>><br>> The process of the revision of the International Telecommunications<br>> Regulations (ITRs) have not been sufficiently inclusive and transparent,<br>> despite some recent efforts to facilitate some public participation.<br>> Fundamental to the framing of public policy must be the pursuit of the<br>> public interest and fundamental human rights, and we urge member states<br>> to uphold and protect these values.<br>><br>> We as civil society organizations wish to engage with the World<br>> Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) process in this<br>> spirit. Member-states, in most cases, have not held open, broad-based,<br>> public consultations in the lead up to the WCIT, nor have they indicated<br>> such process for the WCIT itself.<br>><br>> In order to address this deficiency, and as a minimum, we would urge:<br>> * All member states and regional groups to make their proposals<br>> available to the public in sufficient time to allow for meaningful<br>> public participation;<br>> * All delegates to support proposals to open sessions of the WCIT<br>> meeting to the public;<br>> * The ITU Secretariat to increase transparency of the WCIT including<br>> live webcast with the video, audio, and text transcripts, as far as<br>> possible, to enable participation by all, including persons with<br>> disabilities;<br>> * The ITU Secretariat, member-states, and regional groups to make as<br>> much documentation publicly available as possible on the ITU's website,<br>> so that civil society can provide substantive input on proposals as they<br>> are made available;<br>> * Member-states to encourage and facilitate civil society participation<br>> their national delegations;<br>> * The ITU to create spaces during the WCIT for civil society to express<br>> their views, as was done during the WSIS process.<br>><br>> Given the uncertainty about the nature of final proposals that will be<br>> presented, we urge delegates that the following criteria be applied to<br>> any proposed revisions of the ITRs.<br>><br>> * That any proposed revisions are confined to the traditional core<br>> mandate of the ITU and scope of the ITRs, where international regulation<br>> is required around technical issue limited to basic telecommunications<br>> networks and interoperability standards.<br>> * There should be no revisions to the ITRs that involve regulation of<br>> the Internet Protocol and above.<br>> * There should be no revisions that could have a negative impact on<br>> affordable access to the Internet or the public's rights to privacy and<br>> freedom of expression.<br>><br>> More positively we call upon the ITU to promote principles of net<br>> neutrality, open standards, affordable access and universal service, and<br>> effective competition.<br>><br>> Signed by:<br>><br>> ====<br>><br><br><br>-- <br>Pranesh Prakash<br>Policy Director<br>Centre for Internet and Society<br>T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org<br>PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash<br><br></body>