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Adam Peake wrote:
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type="cite"> When the Geneva WSIS documents were being negotiated Cuba
tried, unsuccessfully, to get this paragraph in:
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"56. Access to information and communication technologies shall be
secured in accordance with international law, bearing in mind that some
countries are affected by unilateral measures which are not compatible
with it and which create obstacles for international trade."
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Adam
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The Geneva Declaration of Principle does say, in para 46<br>
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<blockquote>In building the Information Society, States are strongly
urged to take
steps with a view to the avoidance of, and refrain from, any unilateral
measure not in accordance with international law and the Charter of the
United Nations that impedes the full achievement of economic and social
development by the population of the affected countries, and that
hinders the well-being of their population.<br>
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Parminder <br>
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William J. Drake
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Centre for International Governance
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Graduate Institute of International and
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Development Studies
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Geneva, Switzerland
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