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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I support and endorse the document.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Belén<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>De:</span></b><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Ginger Paque
[mailto:gpaque@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Enviado el:</b> Jueves, 10 de Septiembre de 2009 8:13<br>
<b>Para:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; Lisa Horner<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> Re: [governance] Call for consensus - Statement by IGC
supporting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I support the
statement and thank everyone involved in writing it and opining.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
We need to know if we have consensus on this as an IGC statement.<br>
<br>
Best, Ginger<br>
</span><br>
Lisa Horner wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Hi all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Thanks everyone for your inputs. I think it’s a strong
statement now.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>All the best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Lisa</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>FINAL STATEMENT (V6) – for consensus call<o:p></o:p></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>
<br>
* 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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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* 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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