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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dear Myra<br>
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It is the IG Caucus's one of the primary purposes to try and be a
conduit for diverse civil society groups, representing diverse
interests, into global IG processes. To quote from the list of IGC's
objectives as given in its charter ( <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.igcaucus.org/charter">http://www.igcaucus.org/charter</a> )<br>
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<li>Provide outreach to other CS groups who have an interest or a
stake in some aspect of Internet governance polices.</li>
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<li>Act as the representative of itself, and other CS constituencies
with
similar interests, generally or on specific issues, at various forums
involved with Internet governance policies.</li>
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We do solicit active participation from you and the groups that you
mention in IGC processes. Regards.<br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:MMKovary@aol.com">MMKovary@aol.com</a> wrote:
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<div>Dear All,</div>
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<div>I would hope that the IGF and MAG would be interested in
disability access issues as well and would consider further networking
with persons with disabilities with regard to the new Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). We have recently launched
a new International Network of Women With Disabilities (INWWD) in
Quebec in August 2008. We are still in the process of getting
ourselves organized, but I would hope that we might also contribute to
the UN mission. I am one of the moderators of the new listserv and it
is clear to me that internet governance issues are interfering with our
process. We set up our listserv with Yahoo Groups by default. We also
have a working group that is connected with the International
Disability Caucus for Indigenous Persons with Disabilities. The IGF
and MAG should be networking more closely with the International
Disability Alliance (IDA) and the International Disability Caucus
(IDC). IDA has an IDA CRPD Forum with Yahoo Groups listserv and also a
Steering Committee that communicates via Yahoo Groups. The IDC also
has a listserv on Yahoo Groups. There are also several other large
umbrella organizations that lobby for the rights of persons with
disabilities, including Rehabilitation International (RI), the
Survivors Corp (formerly the Landmine Survivors Network) and
Handicapped International (HI). To my knowledge, all these umbrella
organizations are connected with the International Disability Alliance.</div>
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<div>I find the disability rights issues to be very much front and
center in the world right now. Disability cuts across all the usual
dividing lines and affects almost every single individual directly and
probably every single human alive at least indirectly -- via family
members, friends, costs of accessibility vs the human cost of
inaccessibility, etc. We are making significant progress on the
disability access issues regarding the internet with respect to the UN
website and with respect to the design and layout of buildings all
around the world. I hope the internet governance issues will also be
pushed forward by including our agenda of non-discrimination,
reasonable accommodation, autonomy, etc. For more information on the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, please check out
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.un.org/disabilities">www.un.org/disabilities</a></div>
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<div>There are also websites available for most of the organizations
that I mentioned above.</div>
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<div>Being new to this list, it is not clear to me yet what has been
discussed and what has not. I sincerely hope this information is of
value to the group.</div>
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<div>I'm happy to be a new member,</div>
<div>Myra Kovary, M.L.A</div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mmk29@cornell.edu">mmk29@cornell.edu</a> </div>
<div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.myrakovary.com">www.myrakovary.com</a>
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<div>- a UN Representative of MindFreedom International (MFI) <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.mindfreedom.org">www.mindfreedom.org</a>
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<div>- a member of the World Network of Users and Survivors of
Psychiatry (WNUSP) <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.wnusp.net">www.wnusp.net</a> </div>
<div>- a founding member and moderator of the new listserv for the
International Network of Women With Disabilities (INWWD)</div>
<div>- a founding member of the Ithaca Mental Patients Advocacy
Coalition (IMPAC)</div>
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<div>In a message dated 1/22/2009 9:22:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a> writes:</div>
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size="2">On 20/01/2009, at 6:58 PM, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
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> Do we agree with this summary?<br>
<br>
(Parminder's, snipped) - yes, entirely.<br>
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> The IGF should be assured stable and sufficient public funding to
be <br>
> able to<br>
> carry its functions effectively, and impartially in global public
<br>
> interest.<br>
<br>
Clearly yes. To be frank, nobody takes the IGF seriously - even <br>
friendly civil society people in the ICT space, unless they are on <br>
this list (and sometimes even then), react with surprise when it is <br>
suggested that the IGF was once intended to be something like a <br>
"public policy ICANN" rather than just an annual symposium. Properly <br>
funding it would not solve that problem, but it would help.<br>
<br>
> Our recommendations should emphasize that the IGF needs its
mandate <br>
> extended<br>
> so that it can evolve. The small secretariat with its direct <br>
> connection to<br>
> New York has been a successful arrangement that provides <br>
> flexibility. I<br>
> think it is important that no other UN organization gets involved
in <br>
> the<br>
> IGF's management.<br>
><br>
> Any thoughts on this?<br>
<br>
I entirely agree with Milton that the interposition of the black box <br>
of the UN Secretariat prevents the MAG from being adequately <br>
democratic, but on the other hand I think Jeanette's main point was <br>
that we have only a fairly thin link to the UN bureaucracy at present <br>
and that it certainly should not be thickened.<br>
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