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Hi Niels - I agree with this and happy for it to be published for
sign on<br>
Joy<br>
On 4/09/2014 8:41 p.m., Niels ten Oever wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
<br>
I think it is crucial that we agree on the IGF BestBIts statement
so<br>
that we can publish it today for sign on and present it tomorrow
at<br>
the last day of the IGF.<br>
<br>
Pad is here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/NnbQgXIv8Y">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/NnbQgXIv8Y</a> Statement is
from<br>
line 330 - 345.<br>
<br>
Text is underneath.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<br>
-Niels<br>
<br>
We, the undersigned below and all members of the Best Bits
Network,<br>
reaffirm that human rights and sustainable development are
underlying<br>
concerns for all internet governance processes and mechanisms. At<br>
this 2014 IGF in Istanbul we wish to in particular to:<br>
<br>
1. Call for the establishment of the IGF as a multistakeholder
forum<br>
within the framework of the United Nations with an open-ended
mandate,<br>
that should be reformed and strengthened.<br>
<br>
2. Call for more thorough and timely review of the IGF
post-Istanbul<br>
(rather than waiting until early 2015) in order to look at
potential<br>
changes that could lead to its further strengthening.<br>
<br>
3 . Support the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of
the<br>
Internet - known as the NETMundial and its recommendations for the
IGF.<br>
<br>
4. Commend the IGF for responding to the NETmundial roadmap set in
its<br>
outcome document by, for example, focusing on net neutrality, and
ask<br>
the MAG, UNDESA and Brazil - the host of the 2015 IGF - to build
on<br>
this roadmap, and to build upon the regional and national IGFs as
core<br>
opportunities that feed into this process.<br>
<br>
5. We call for the opening up of the WSIS+10 review modalities to<br>
ensure that stakeholders interests and views are heard and taken
into<br>
account, by way of a more structured consultation process and
allowing<br>
civil society to appoint its own representatives and speakers.<br>
<br>
6. We express serious concern about the shrinking space for
freedom of<br>
expression and access to information in Turkey, especially in
relation<br>
to internet filtering and blocking of content. Therefore Best Bits<br>
welcomes the initiative of the Internet Ungovernance Forum and
Turkish<br>
civil society organizations to address this threat to human
rights.<br>
<br>
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