Hello. I am relatively new to this list but I have been intently reading the discussions over the last few weeks.<div><br></div><div>I would like to add my name to Anja's suggestion as well.<div><br></div><div>Rgds,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Tracy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Please add my name as well. Thanks for
catching this, Anja</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext"> Ginger Paque [mailto:<a href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com" target="_blank">gpaque@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 15, 2009
7:47 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:anja@cis-india.org" target="_blank">anja@cis-india.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a></span></font></p><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><div class="im"><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] Aug. 15
deadline for inputs on IGF 2009 agenda</div></font><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext"></span></font><p></p>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Hi Anja,</span></font></p><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Thanks for taking this up.<br>
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Please add my name as an individual signer (no organization).<br>
Best,<br>
Ginger<br>
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Anja Kovacs wrote: <p></p><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you to all those who responded to my question.<br>
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As time is indeed short, I would like to take up Ginger's suggestion, and have
drafted a brief statement, which you can find below. If you and/or your
organisation would like to sign this, please let me know by the end of today,
15 August (whatever your time zone), and I will make sure it reaches the IGF
Secretariat.<br>
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Below the proposed statement, I have also pasted the statement that the IGC
submitted in April. A few other submissions, made around that time by
various groups and individuals can be found here: <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/discussionspace?func=view&catid=5&id=14" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/discussionspace?func=view&catid=5&id=14</a><br>
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Thanks,<br>
Anja<br>
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<u>Suggested statement:</u> <br>
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The undersigned would like to express their surprise and disappointment that
Internet Rights and Principles was not retained as an item on the agenda of the
2009 IGF in any way. Although this topic was suggested as a theme for this
year's IGF or for a main session by a range of actors during and in the run-up
to May's Open Consultations, this widespread support is not reflected in the
Draft Programme Paper, which does not include Internet Rights and Principles
even as a sub-topic of any of the main sessions. The WSIS Declaration of
Principles, 2003, and the Tunis Agenda, 2005, explicitly reaffirmed the
centrality of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to an inclusive
information society. To make these commitments meaningful, it is of great
importance that a beginning is made to explicitly building understanding and
consensus around the meaning of Internet Rights and Principles at the earliest.
We recommend that the Agenda of the 2009 IGF provide the space to do so.<br>
<br>
<u>IGC Submission - April 2009:</u><br>
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The following statement is submitted on behalf of the Civil Society Internet
Governance Caucus.<br>
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The Internet Governance Caucus continues to support "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>
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The concept of "rights" continues to stress the importance of
openness and universal access. This framework will continue to emphasize the
importance of access to knowledge and development in Internet governance, while
adding to it the basic right of individuals to access the content and
applications of their choice. This is in keeping with current debates regarding
an “open Internet”, and relevant aspects of the often confusing network
neutrality discussions.<br>
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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>
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On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 19:15 -0430, Ginger Paque wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi Anja,<br>
I agree with your concern. However, I do not think there is time for the list
to reach consensus on a substantive statement.<br>
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If you write a statement, could you post it to the list, so that those who want
to sign with you can email you directly, so you can add names before you send
it in?<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Ginger<br>
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Anja Kovacs wrote: </span></font></p>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dear all,</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></font></pre><pre>
<font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">As Ginger noted, tomorrow is the last day for comments on the Draft</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Programme Paper. What continues to strike me as I read this paper is the</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">complete absence of attention for Internet rights and principles - in</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">fact the word 'rights' is not mentioned even once - despite Internet</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">rights and principles being raised as a theme or a topic for a main</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">session repeatedly by a range of players (including the IGC, the IRP DC</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">and the Gender DC) during and in the run-up to May's Open Consultations.</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Although I realise that there is little chance of it being included as a</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">main session at this point, I think it is important for us to at least</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">comment on this glaring absence. Would it be possible for the IGC to</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">express, by tomorrow, its disappointment in this regard? (we could use</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">some of the wording of the April submission) </span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">For those of you with whom I have had the pleasure to interact before, I</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">also would like to share that I have now joined the Centre for Internet</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">and Society, Bangalore. </span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I look forward to continuing to engage with you all on Internet</span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Governance issues.</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></font></pre>
<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Anja</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></font></pre>
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<pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Centre for Internet and Society</span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">T: +91 80 4092 6283</span></font></pre>
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