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Really well done, congratulations Nnenna!<br>
Stephanie Perrin<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-03-04 11:59, Matthew Shears
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Wonderful!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">Connecting the Dots: Options
for Future Action</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">UNESCO headquarters, Paris,
France.<br>
Closing Remarks by Nnenna Nwakanma</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">Africa Regional Coordinator</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">The World Wide Web
Foundation.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">March 4, 2015</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">Deputy Director General<br>
Friends and colleagues<br>
Onsite and online</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">My name is Nnenna.<span> </span>I<span>
</span>come from the Internet. And I have been asked
to say a few words to us, as a member of the civil
society, before we leave. I coordinate the activities
of the World Wide Web Foundation in my continent,
Africa. The Web Foundation is<span> </span>that
organization that believes that the Internet is for
everyone.<span> </span>Therefore we work on
affordable access to all, we work on opening up data
for participation and <span> </span>we support<span>
</span>the global Web We Want Coalition.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">I have three things to say.<span>
</span>The first is on the UNESCO study itself.<span>
</span>The second is on one of the issues raised.<span>
</span>The third is<span> </span>on where we go from
here.<br>
<br>
From the Civil Society end, we recognize that UNESCO’s
consultation towards the study was open, online,
multistakeholder and tried to be as inclusive as could
be. This for me, lends trust. Trust in the
organization, trust in its capacity to bring key
actors to the table. The </span><span
style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll
0% 0% white">R-O-A-M principles of the study (Rights
based, Open, Accessible, Multistakeholder
participation</span>) are not just important for the
study, but they also are key in implementing its
recommendations.<span> </span>So<span> </span>it is
only natural that we engage as civil society, during,
now and going forward.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br>
</font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll
0% 0% white">Do we endorse the outcome<span> </span>document?
I do.<span> </span>But the Civil Society is too
large a constituency for just one person to say yes on
behalf of all others.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll
0% 0% white"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll
0% 0% white">On the issues, I will settle for one.
Just one. Access.<span> </span>Just today, the
Alliance for Affordable Internet launched the
Affordability report. </span><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">Affordability
Report shows that Over 2 billion people living in
poverty cannot access the Internet affordably and that
a fixed broadband connection costs on average 40% of
monthly income across 51 developing countries. <br>
</span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">And we are
working <span> </span>towards access for everyone.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">To UNESCO,<span>
</span>I must say, that the Global Internet is of
global importance and we must<span> </span>seek at
all times, to manage it for global interest, global
benefit and global utility. <span> </span>So,<span>
</span>many thanks for putting Internet Governance <span> </span>and
the IGF in the heart of the process.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="" style=""><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
- </span></span></span><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span></span>In
working for<span> </span>access to knowledge and
information, </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="" style=""><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
- </span></span></span><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">in working<span>
</span>for freedom of expression</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="" style=""><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
- </span></span></span><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">in working for
privacy</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="" style=""><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">
- </span></span></span><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">in working for
ethics</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">We are not<span>
</span>just connecting dots. We are connecting people.
We are connecting cultures, we are extending science
by connecting knowledge to knowledge, <span> </span>men
and women, we are connecting continents.<span> </span>We
are righting the wrongs of the past, <span> </span>consolidating
the present and <span> </span>building a viable
future.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><br>
</span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">We have a
heritage.<span> </span>A global heritage. <span> </span>The
Internet.</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">The Internet represents a
masterpiece of human creative genius</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">It is<span> </span>the most
important <span> </span>tool of interchange of human
values</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">And an exceptional testimony
to our common civilization</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">These are the basis on which
UNESCO<span> </span>selects sites as heritage. And
here, we have more than a heritage. The Internet is
our global heritage</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%">Ladies and gentlemen, friends
here and online.<span> </span>Tomorrow is my
birthday. And my sister told me to make a wish.<span>
</span><span> </span>I asked if I should keep my eyes
open or closed and she said “any way”.<span> </span>So
I will close an eye and keep one open, for security
purposes.<span> </span>And here is my wish..</span></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
style="line-height:107%"><br>
</span></font></span></p>
<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font> </font></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><i><u><span
style="line-height:107%">That the open Internet,
the open web, will be established as global public
good and a basic right of all men and women, all
humans and that everyone can access it can use it
<span> </span>freely.</span></u></i></font></span></p>
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