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Very good question Pranesh.<br>
<br>
At the time when the original principles were finalised (2011) there
were actually several developing countries present as observers,
including Brazil and South Africa, to mention a few. I doubt very
much they would have disagreed substantially with any of these in
their final form, but there were some concerns expressed by civil
society at that time that some of developing countries present
shared. These were in the following headings:<br>
<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> 6. Foster voluntarily developed
codes of conduct;</span> (self-regulation to enforce IP
protection)<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> 11. Promote creativity and
innovation;</span> (also around IP issues)<br>
<br>
But by and large they thought the principles were fine. South Africa
liked them, but would not endorse them because they were not part of
the drafting.<br>
<br>
Anriette<br>
<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">><br>
> Focussing on the policymaking principles outlined in the OECD
communiqu:<br>
> apart from process related issues of lack of representation
of<br>
> developing world governments, in terms of substance how would
a<br>
> statement of principles that had developing world
participation look<br>
> different?<br>
><br>
> Which of the following policymaking principles would not find
place if<br>
> the same exercise had been undertaken by a more globally
representative<br>
> grouping, and what policymaking principles would potentially
have been<br>
> added?<br>
><br>
> 1. Promote and protect the global free flow of information;<br>
> 2. Promote the open, distributed and interconnected nature of
the Internet;<br>
> 3. Promote investment and competition in high speed networks
and services;<br>
> 4. Promote and enable the cross-border delivery of services;<br>
> 5. Encourage multi-stakeholder co-operation in policy
development processes;<br>
> 6. Foster voluntarily developed codes of conduct;<br>
> 7. Develop capacities to bring publicly available, reliable
data into<br>
> the policy-making process;<br>
> 8. Ensure transparency, fair process, and accountability;<br>
> 9. Strengthen consistency and effectiveness in privacy
protection at a<br>
> global level;<br>
> 10. Maximise individual empowerment;<br>
> 11. Promote creativity and innovation;<br>
> 12. Limit Internet intermediary liability;<br>
> 13. Encourage co-operation to promote Internet security;<br>
> 14. Give appropriate priority to enforcement efforts.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Pranesh<br>
></span><br>
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executive director, association for progressive communications<br>
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