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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">I endorse signing
the statement also and am very glad that this caucus is taking this
issue up with the IGF. Many thanks to the drafters and editors of the
statement too.</font></blockquote>
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I suport this statemant.</div>
<div>Stefano Trumpy<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Helvetica">Thank
you,</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font
face="Helvetica">Robin</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Sep 10, 2009, at 12:36 PM, Willie
Currie wrote:</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I support the statement. Many thanks to
the drafters.<br>
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Willie<br>
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Lisa Horner wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hi all<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>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>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks everyone for your inputs. I think
it's a strong statement now.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>All the best,<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Lisa<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>FINAL STATEMENT (V6) - for consensus
call<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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>
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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.</blockquote>
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