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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 20 September 2013 09:38 PM,
William Drake wrote:<br>
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Similar sentiment may be expressed when the US issues statements
about open, transparent and multistakeholder Internet governance,
when it conducts much of its real Internet governance in
non-transparent, non-inclusive manner - be it internally in the US,
in terms of Washington- Silicon valley relationships, or even
internationally, in TPP or ACTA kind of agreements. Why do those
hypocritical statements by the US get so enthusiastically lapped up
by much of civil society.... Sure, criticise the line up of
countries issuing this, otherwise excellent, statement, but please
do make the same distinction when, as they say, the shoe is on the
other foot....<br>
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parminder <br>
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<div>On Sep 20, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Valeria Betancourt <<a
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<blockquote type="cite">If I am not wrong, it is the first time
this issue is raised at the HRC by a group of countries.<br>
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Valeria<br>
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On 20/09/2013, at 10:39, Valeria Betancourt wrote:<br>
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Sharing this information with you all.<br>
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Pakistan, speaking on behalf of Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe,
Uganda, Ecuador, Russia, Indonesia, Bolivia, Iran, and
China, highlighted at HRC24 the need to protect the right to
privacy as an essential element of free expression, citing
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
(ICCPR) and La Rue’s report. The statement explicitly
criticized the role of major international internet and
telecommunication technology companies in violating privacy.
It also explicitly made the links between the allegations of
mass state surveillance and the need for reforming global
internet governance. To quote the statement directly:<br>
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"The existing mechanisms like the Internet Governance Forum
established under paragraph 72 of the World Summit on
Information Society- Tunis Agenda have not been able to
deliver the desired results. A strategic rethinking of the
global internet governance mechanism is inevitable. Further
development of an international mechanism in the context of
‘Enhanced cooperation’ within the WSIS Tunis Agenda can be a
concrete way forward. However we will need to be sincere in
our efforts to ensure a transparent, free, fair and
respectful international intergovernmental mechanism of
internet governance and one that also ensures the right to
privacy."<br>
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The full intervention by Pakistan is available at <a
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href="http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/HRC24_Pakistan_20130919.pdf">http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/HRC24_Pakistan_20130919.pdf</a><br>
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Best,<br>
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Valeria<br>
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