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I support the statement. Thanks to all for their hard work and
patience.<br><br>
Best regards,<br>
Hakik<br><br>
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At 08:45 PM 9/10/2009, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
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from me – well done<br><br>
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On 11/09/09 5:36 AM, "Willie Currie" <wcurrie@apc.org>
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<dd>I support the statement. Many thanks to the drafters.<br><br>
<dd>Willie<br><br>
<dd>Lisa Horner wrote: <br>
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<dd> <br><br>
<dd>Hi all<br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
<dd>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.<br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
<dd>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.<br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
<dd>Thanks everyone for your inputs. I think it’s a strong
statement now.<br>
<dd> <br>
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<dd> <br>
<dd>All the best,<br>
<dd> <br>
<dd>Lisa<br>
<dd> <br>
<dd> <br>
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<dd> <br>
<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>FINAL STATEMENT (V6) – for
consensus call<br>
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<dd>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>
<dd>far. This is problematic because :<br>
<dd> <br>
<dd>* 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.<br>
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<dd>* 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.<br>
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<dd>* 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.<br>
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<dd>* 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>
<dd> <br>
<dd>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.<br>
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