<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/07/13 09:44, parminder wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote cite="mid:51EF316B.4030306@itforchange.net" type="cite">
<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
http-equiv="Content-Type">
However, this problem can easily be addressed if the statement
includes an appeal for global legal frameworks for the same
purpose..... Are the framers of the statement willing to consider
this?<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
As you know, I am firmly in favour of this as an objective, and it's
part of what we're working through on the EC list (to be
communicated back to this main list once we have reached a stable
point in the discussion). But it may be premature for us to call on
the US to submit to such a global legal framework before we
ourselves have a firm proposal in this regard. So I would advocate
keeping our ammunition dry, ie. leaving it out of the letter for
now, and coming out strongly on this once we can make a good and
broadly-agreed case for it.<br>
<br>
<blockquote cite="mid:51EF316B.4030306@itforchange.net" type="cite"><font
face="Verdana"><span
style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"
id="docs-internal-guid-1d0c1d2c-0e48-91ef-1d16-1b6b5abc5d70"><font
face="Verdana"> Another unconnected point, I often see
statements that are signed by various actors using the
BestBits as a facilitating platform, without them being
developed and signed on the behalf of the BestBits group/
coalition, then after </font></span></font><font
face="Verdana"><span
style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"
id="docs-internal-guid-1d0c1d2c-0e48-91ef-1d16-1b6b5abc5d70"><font
face="Verdana">being </font></span></font><font
face="Verdana"><span
style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;"
id="docs-internal-guid-1d0c1d2c-0e48-91ef-1d16-1b6b5abc5d70"><font
face="Verdana">signed propositioned as BestBits statements.
Recently I saw such a reference in the press, about a
statement that was never signed by the group as a whole
being called as a BestBits statement. This proposed letter
also refers to an earlier statement being of BestBits
coalition whereas it was never signed by the group as a
whole...<br>
</font></span></font></blockquote>
<br>
In Bali we did achieve unanimous endorsement of the group's outputs,
which honestly to me came as a (pleasant) surprise, as I had
expected that there would be some outlying views that could not be
accommodated. Since then we have not aspired to achieve 100%
sign-on before releasing statements. I feel that this will probably
be the norm, and that there is nothing wrong with that.<br>
<br>
But I agree there should be particular form of words used to
distinguish between statements/letters that all Best Bits
participants have accepted unanimously, and those that have been
endorsed only by a self-selected group of participants. How about
calling the former a statement "of the Best Bits coalition" and the
latter a "statement of civil society stakeholders disseminated
through the Best Bits platform" - or is that too wordy/inexact?<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">-- <br>
<p style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><b>Dr Jeremy Malcolm<br>
Senior Policy Officer<br>
Consumers International | the global campaigning voice for
consumers</b><br>
Office for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East<br>
Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia<br>
Tel: +60 3 7726 1599</p>
<!--<p style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><b>Your rights, our mission – download CI's Strategy 2015:</b> <a href="http://consint.info/RightsMission">http://consint.info/RightsMission</a></p>-->
<p style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">Explore our new Resource
Zone - the global consumer movement knowledge hub | <a
href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone">http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone</a></p>
<p style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">@Consumers_Int | <a
href="http://www.consumersinternational.org">www.consumersinternational.org</a>
| <a href="http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational">www.facebook.com/consumersinternational</a></p>
<p style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#999999">Read our <a
href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/email-confidentiality"
target="_blank">email confidentiality notice</a>. Don't print
this email unless necessary.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>