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<font face="Verdana">The IGC statement was read in the Open
Consultation yesterday. I am still in all-day meetings, but will post a
short report as soon as I can, and I will post the statement on the IGC
site soon as well.<br>
<br>
Best! gp<br>
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Pascal Bekono wrote:
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cite="mid:80f151491002100341p2af8775et65be5235dfa7b246@mail.gmail.com"
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<div>Yes</div>
<div>Yes</div>
<div>Yes</div>
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<div> </div>
<div>Pascal<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2010/2/8 Qusai AlShatti <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:qshatti@gmail.com">qshatti@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Yes
to all.<br>
<br>
Qusai Al-Shatti<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Hakikur Rahman <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:email@hakik.org">email@hakik.org</a>>
wrote:<br>
> 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>
><br>
> Yes to all...<br>
><br>
> Ginger Paque wrote:<br>
><br>
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<div>
<div class="h5">> Hello all,<br>
> I apologize for being out of contact, as I have had a combination
of<br>
> electrical and Internet cuts, travel and all day meetings. I am
now in<br>
> Geneva, and attending your concerns about our statement for the OC
on<br>
> Tuesday.<br>
><br>
> With Jeremy's pre-authorized consent, as he is out of contact, I
am now<br>
> making a call for consensus until 10 p.m. GMT Monday, Feb. 8th.
This should<br>
> allow us to make a final decision at the in situ meeting here in
Geneva<br>
> Monday evening. I will have my computer with me and connected
(unless we<br>
> have some unavoidable problem), so you can email or skype during
the<br>
> meeting, and we will try to reach a consensus with as many voices
as<br>
> possible. My skype login is gingerpaque.<br>
><br>
> I propose that we find consensus on three short statements that
can be read<br>
> together or separately, as appropriate--not necessarily in the
order shown.<br>
> The final suggested closing is an iteration of Parminder's recent<br>
> 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<br>
> the Internet. This principle is under considerable challenge as the<br>
> Internet becomes the mainstream communication platform for almost
all<br>
> business and social activities. The IGC proposes a main session
with the<br>
> focus of Network Neutrality - Ensuring Openness in All Layers of
the<br>
> Internet. This main session should examine the implications of this<br>
> principle, and its possible evolutionary interpretations for
Internet policy<br>
> in different areas. Issues about the openness of the Internet
architecture<br>
> 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<br>
> the Tunis Agenda and its mandate for the IGF. But while
development has been<br>
> posed as a cross-cutting theme of IGF meetings, they have not
featured a<br>
> broadly inclusive and probing dialogue on what Internet Governance
for<br>
> Development (IG4D) might mean in conceptual and operational
terms. To<br>
> address this gap, the IGC previously has advocated a main session
on A<br>
> Development Agenda for Internet Governance, and some its members
have<br>
> organized workshops or produced position papers elaborating
different<br>
> visions of what such an agenda could entail. In light of the
related<br>
> discussions during the Sharm el Sheikh cycle, we renew our call
for a main<br>
> session on this theme. The dialogue at Vilnius could, inter alia,
identify<br>
> the linkages between Internet governance mechanisms and
development, and<br>
> consider options for mainstreaming development considerations into
IGF<br>
> discussions and Internet governance processes, as appropriate. We
also<br>
> continue to support the Swiss government's proposal to consider
establishing<br>
> a multi-stakeholder Working Group that could develop
recommendations to the<br>
> IGF on a development agenda.<br>
><br>
> 3.<br>
> Internet governance has up to this time largely been founded in
technical<br>
> principles and, increasingly, on the Internet’s functionality as a
giant<br>
> global marketplace. With the Internet becoming increasingly
central to many<br>
> social and political institutions, we are of the view that a
consideration<br>
> of 'internet rights and principles' can provide the basis for a
more<br>
> comprehensive conceptual framework for IG.<br>
><br>
><br>
> In Sharm El Sheikh, specific 3-hour workshops on the two themes of
a<br>
> development agenda and Net Neutrality were organized, which
represents a<br>
> certain degree of maturity of these themes within the IGF context.
These<br>
> successful and productive sessions should be build upon in 2010.<br>
><br>
> The Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles has done
dynamic and<br>
> productive work on the issue of IRP, highlighting the concept of
Dynamic<br>
> Coalitions and laying the groundwork to address this issue as part
of the<br>
> Vilnius agenda.<br>
> Thank you very much.<br>
> Best,<br>
> Ginger<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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