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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ginger,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes for this statement</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Tijani
BEN JEMAA<BR>Member of the Tunisian Engineers' Order<BR>Vice Chairman of
CIC<BR>World Federation of Engineering Organizations<BR>Phone : + 216 98 330
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gpaque@gmail.com href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com">Ginger Paque</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ian.peter@ianpeter.com
href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">Ian Peter</A> ; <A
title=governance@lists.cpsr.org href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">I G
List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 16, 2009 12:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [governance] Call for Consensus
on IGC statement to the OC: The Way Forward</DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
following statement includes minor changes as requested during discussion. We
should now have consensus on the following statement on The Way Forward.
Please indicate YES or NO in response as soon as possible. Thanks!
Ginger<BR></SPAN></P>
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">STATEMENT</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US><BR><BR>The Internet Governance Caucus supports
"Internet Rights and Principles" as a major
theme for IGF-4 in Egypt. This should lead to discourse at the IGF meetings
moving
towards the definition and clarification of rights in relation to
the Internet, and how they relate to pre-existing definitions of human
rights. It also includes a space for discussions about the responsibilities
of all parties.<BR><BR>The concept of "rights" continues to stress
the importance of openness and universal access. This framework will continue
to emphasize the significant themes of access to knowledge and development,
while adding the important issues of basic user rights and control to access,
content and applications of their choice, in keeping with current
international debates regarding an "open Internet" and relevant aspects of the
often confusing network neutrality
discussions.<BR><BR>The inclusion of "principles"
allows for wide discussion of the
responsibilities that the different stakeholders have to each other.
It allows for open examination
of the principles that should govern the Internet, particularly in its
commercial facets.<BR><BR>Within the mandate of the IGF and in support of strengthening this<BR>multistakeholder process, we ask that the IGF Secretariat continue and<BR>expand the use of Remote Participation as a tool for attendance at the IGF<BR>2009 in Egypt as a proven method to include new voices. To that end, we<BR>recommend that the Secretariat recognize the Remote Participation Working<BR>Group as a collaborating organization for the RP at the IGF 2009, especially<BR>in the area of Hub participation, and facilitate the use of the RP resources<BR>from the first planning stages for this 4th meeting.</SPAN></P>
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