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If this is for all in the list, my consent is YES to all.<br><br>
Best regards,<br>
Hakikur Rahman<br><br>
At 12:14 07-02-2010, Parminder wrote:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Yes to all... </font><br><br>
Ginger Paque wrote: <br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello all, <br>
I apologize for being out of contact, as I have had a combination of
electrical and Internet cuts, travel and all day meetings. I am now in
Geneva, and attending your concerns about our statement for the OC on
Tuesday. <br><br>
With Jeremy's pre-authorized consent, as he is out of contact, I am now
making a call for consensus until 10 p.m. GMT Monday, Feb. 8th. This
should allow us to make a final decision at the in situ meeting here in
Geneva Monday evening. I will have my computer with me and connected
(unless we have some unavoidable problem), so you can email or skype
during the meeting, and we will try to reach a consensus with as many
voices as possible. My skype login is gingerpaque. <br><br>
I propose that we find consensus on three short statements that can be
read together or separately, as appropriate--not necessarily in the order
shown. The final suggested closing is an iteration of Parminder's recent
suggestion. <br><br>
An all agreement vote would read: <br>
1: Yes <br>
2: Yes <br>
3: Yes <br><br>
Conversely, one could opine with all "No" or a combination of
opinions. <br><br>
1. <br>
Network neutrality has been an important architectural principle for
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the Internet. This principle is under considerable challenge as the <br>
Internet becomes the mainstream communication platform for almost all
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business and social activities. The IGC proposes a main session with the
focus of Network Neutrality - Ensuring Openness in All Layers of the
Internet. This main session should examine the implications of this
principle, and its possible evolutionary interpretations for Internet
policy in different areas. Issues about the openness of the Internet
architecture are increasingly manifest in all layers of the Internet
today. <br><br>
2. <br>
A Development Agenda for Internet Governance Development is a key focus
of the Tunis Agenda and its mandate for the IGF. But while development
has been posed as a cross-cutting theme of IGF meetings, they have not
featured a broadly inclusive and probing dialogue on what Internet
Governance for Development (IG4D) might mean in conceptual and
operational terms. To address this gap, the IGC previously has
advocated a main session on A Development Agenda for Internet Governance,
and some its members have organized workshops or produced position papers
elaborating different visions of what such an agenda could
entail. In light of the related discussions during the Sharm
el Sheikh cycle, we renew our call for a main session on this theme. The
dialogue at Vilnius could, inter alia, identify the linkages between
Internet governance mechanisms and development, and consider options for
mainstreaming development considerations into IGF discussions and
Internet governance processes, as appropriate. We also continue to
support the Swiss government's proposal to consider establishing a
multi-stakeholder Working Group that could develop recommendations to the
IGF on a development agenda. <br><br>
3. <br>
Internet governance has up to this time largely been founded in technical
principles and, increasingly, on the Internet’s functionality as a giant
global marketplace. With the Internet becoming increasingly central to
many social and political institutions, we are of the view that a
consideration of 'internet rights and principles' can provide the basis
for a more comprehensive conceptual framework for IG. <br><br>
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In Sharm El Sheikh, specific 3-hour workshops on the two themes of a
development agenda and Net Neutrality were organized, which represents a
certain degree of maturity of these themes within the IGF context. These
successful and productive sessions should be build upon in 2010.
<br><br>
The Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles has done dynamic
and productive work on the issue of IRP, highlighting the concept of
Dynamic Coalitions and laying the groundwork to address this issue as
part of the Vilnius agenda. <br>
Thank you very much. <br>
Best, <br>
Ginger <br><br>
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