I agree with the proposal.<div><br></div><div>Rgds,</div><div><br></div><div>Tracy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Ginger Paque <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gpaque@gmail.com">gpaque@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Arial">I support the statement and thank everyone involved
in writing it and opining.<br>
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Please, we need as many people as possible to respond with their
agreement or disagreement on the proposal. I know it was a short
discussion, but we had good input, and Lisa did a great job, given the
time constraints. <br>
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We need to know if we have consensus on this as an IGC statement.<br>
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Best, Ginger<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">Hi
all</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">We’re
now past the deadline for comments, so I’ve
pasted a final version below for the consensus call. Please could you
send a message to the list to say if you support the statement or not.
I’ll
now hand over to Ginger and Ian to finalise and coordinate it getting
read out
at the IGF planning meeting. I’ll also get in touch with the DCs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">Shaila
– this version includes your edits, apart from
in the final para as I think Parminder’s comments made sense. Hope
that’s acceptable to you.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">Thanks
everyone for your inputs. I think it’s a
strong statement now.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">All
the best,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">Lisa</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:windowtext">------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
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<p>FINAL STATEMENT (V6) – for consensus call</p>
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The Caucus [and undersigned DCs] repeat their request that the
programme for
IGF-4 in Egypt gives greater priority to human rights. The WSIS
Declaration and Tunis Agenda strongly reaffirmed the centrality of
human rights
in the information society. Despite this, human rights and associated
principles
have received too little attention at the IGF so<br>
far. This is problematic because :<br>
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* Fundamental human rights such as the rights to freedom of
expression, privacy, civic participation, education and development are
strongly threatened by the actions and restrictive policies of a
growing number
of actors vis a vis the internet, including state and private actors at
both
national as well as global levels.</p>
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* The internet presents new opportunities for upholding and
advancing human rights, for example through enhancing access to
knowledge and
common resources. It is vital that we build on and enhance these
opportunities.
Ignoring these avenues to uphold human rights implies a serious
opportunity
cost for the well being of peoples, globally.</p>
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* International human rights, as contained in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights and confirmed by the core human rights
treaties and
other universal human rights instruments, are legally binding. The
growing role of information and communication technologies has not
changed the
legal obligation of states that have ratified these instruments to
respect,
protect and implement the human rights of their citizens.</p>
<p><br>
* The human rights framework is an internationally agreed set
of standards that has practical as well as ethical value. It balances
different rights against each other to preserve individual and public
interest. In addition to its legally binding implications, human
rights
are therefore a useful tool for addressing internet governance issues,
such as
how to deal with security concerns on the internet in compliance with
the
rights to freedom of expression and privacy. Besides stating the
obligations of states and governments, the human rights framework also
allows
us to derive the rights and responsibilities of other stakeholders. <br>
<br>
The Internet Governance Caucus [and undersigned DCs] call for the human
rights
dimension of all internet governance issues to be included in the
planning and
implementation of all future IGF sessions, so that human rights are
given the
attention they deserve as cross-cutting issues. This should include
explicit consideration of how global, regional and national policies
affect
human rights, and the development of positive policy principles to
build an open
and accessible internet for all. The Caucus [and undersigned DCs]
would
like to offer assistance to the organisers of the main plenary sessions
to do
this, and would like to support all stakeholders through providing
access to
relevant guidelines and experts. We see this upcoming IGF in Egypt and
future
IGFs as renewed opportunity to make Rights and Principles a core theme.</p>
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