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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Friday 10 October 2014 12:21 AM,
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Carolina,<br>
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So what the Public Knowledge is basically saying is that the ITU
should practically do nothing, more or less. I mean I saw nothing in
this statement about what it should actually do given that the
plenipotentiary is the occasion on which the ITU revisits its
complete work program. Well yes there is something about WTDC
working groups but no clarity about what exactly they can and should
do. For instance, the very formation of BestBits was informed by the
need for a "positive agenda". Where is a positive agenda ever? After
all, in a time of ICTs driven global social revolution/
transformation there must be something to do in the communication,
ICTs and Internet space. What should ITU do about this new situation
to make sure that things serve global public interest, and if the
ITU is to be doing little or nothing, who should be doing it.<br>
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Not only in your submission but also elsewhere (it seems to be
happening all together), I see a creeping assertion that
multistakeholder "decision making" should extend beyond technical
areas to substantive Internet-related public policy making areas of
many different kinds. Please do let me know if I am wrong in this
interpretation, which in fact comes quite clearly in your
submission. <br>
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You say ITU should not be exploring a treaty on cyber-security,
which I would suppose people would agree is urgently needed in this
period of extreme cyber insecurity... So, if ITU should not do the
work towards such a treaty, who do you think should do it? The UN's
first committee working on security issues, which has done some work
on cyber-security? Or are you proposing a multistakeholder body
should do such a treaty, in which case too please do put forward
your proposal..<br>
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These are serious issues of Internet governance today, and should be
discussed thoroughly.... Just telling the ITU to open up all its
documents but then really to do nothing really substantive does not
appear to me to an adequate response to where the world stands vis a
vis the Internet and its democratic governance.<br>
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parminder<br>
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PS: I cc ed two other elists bec this is an important matter
deserving a good discussion . <br>
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