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<pre wrap="">>Yes, but the point is that those themes ARE in the Tunis Agenda.
>Did no one on the MAG point this out? </pre>
Milton<br>
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When the discussion on the IGF-4's overall theme begun, after one
member proposed 'Internet - An Opportunity for All' I immediately
proposed 'Internet rights and principles' and it got negative responses
from expected quarters. The bigger problem was that it did not get much
support from many 'expected quarters' (my way of getting around the
chatham house rules :) ) especially from those who have typically
preferred 'non-controversial' titles and themes. Some civil society
voiced spoke in favour but it never looked like picking up good
momentum. We can only be happy that it is in the text as one proposed
overall title, which itself crosses one threshold of discourse
influencing/ shaping, and gives us space to push it more the next time.
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As for rights being in the WSIS documents, I did mention the point
that WSIS declaration of principles opens with affirmation of a series
of rights. (While your email below quotes WSIS text only on 'negaitve
rigths' I, again expectedly :) , mentioned text on both negative and
positive rights). I argued that WSIS docs say that we vision an
information society based on rights and, in another document that the
Internet is a central infrastructure of the information society.
Read together it obviously makes it important to at least explore what
rights are relevant and important vis a vis the Internet. <br>
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I did not make the point you make on 'development of
globally-applicable principle' because real opposition was to the term
'Internet rights'. <br>
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parminder <br>
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<pre wrap="">Just as a matter of fact, regarding this:
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majority of the members was positive about addressing Internet rights
and principles more systematically, there was also at least one member
who thought that this is not a good idea. The formal reason being given
was that Internet rights and principles are not mentioned in the Tunis
agenda and should therefore not be discussed at IGF meetings.
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Paragraph 70, the Tunis Agenda says that globally applicable public policy principles should be developed: "Using relevant international organizations, such cooperation should include the development of globally-applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the coordination and management of critical Internet resources. In this regard, we call upon the organizations responsible for essential tasks associated with the Internet to contribute to creating an environment that facilitates this development of public policy principles."
Tunis Agenda, Paragraph 42: "We reaffirm our commitment to the freedom to seek, receive, impart and use information, in particular, for the creation, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge. We affirm that measures undertaken to ensure Internet stability and security, to fight cybercrime and to counter spam, must protect and respect the provisions for privacy and freedom of expression as contained in the relevant parts of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Declaration of Principles."
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<pre wrap="">Again, this is a minority opinion. It was pointed out already in the MAG
meeting that no new topics could ever be addressed, if only those
explictely mentioned in the Tunis Agenda can make it onto the IGF
agenda.
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Yes, but the point is that those themes ARE in the Tunis Agenda.
Did no one on the MAG point this out?
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