<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Dear Jean-Louis, and All IGC Members,</SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Thanks for pointing out the main concern and sharing the information about the EUROLINK proposed the finan</SPAN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">cial support from ICANN.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Being a "<STRONG style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">not-for</SPAN></STRONG>-<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">profit</SPAN></STRONG> public-benefit corporation", it has excessive funds in reserve and have provisioning of gTLDs Applications Evaluation and yearly fee. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">However, there is nothing significant at ICANN to support LDCs, they could allow 100% waiver of Evaluation Fee for gTLD Applicants from Developing or Least Developed Countries as they accepted for IDN ccTLD Fast Track program but they will charge full fee (the 76% still have to be paid by the Special Fund of $2M).</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">ICANN has Travel Support mechanism (including Fellowship Program) but the provisioning for the sponsoring to IGF meetings is a new thing for the support program.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A: Couple of months ago I suggested on this IGC list to proposed for IGF to bring some similar Travel Support mechanism, but no supported arguments reflected. If again it become possible, the IGF Travel Support Program (IGF-TSP) could be a better solution. This IGF-TSP could be sponsored UN/IGF ask funding support organizations, thus the ICANN may be one of the sponsoring organization as well.</SPAN></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">B: If the IGF itself can not manage funds for its own MAG, why not all the meetings goes Online with some Remote Partcipation through Comprehensive Remote Meeting Application Tool.</SPAN></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Members may share their comments, and if agreed, the "IGC <VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR>Open consultation statement" may include this proposal.</SPAN></SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@orange.fr><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe@gmail.com> <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, 17 February 2012, 15:52<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [governance] Open consultation<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv275901751>Dear Baudoin and all<BR><BR>Multistakeholderism is just an empty shell if large parts of CS cannot be able to attend official "open" events where decisions or even recommendations are made. Most, if not all, of these parts of CS orgs are those from DCs, and the main, if not unique, point there is lack of funding.<BR><BR>During the open (WSIS Forum 2012) preparatory meeting held in Geneva on last November, EUROLINC, through the voice of its president Louis Pouzin, made en official statement on this very point that suggested a financial contribution from ICANN for this specific -Internet related- activity.<BR><BR>Here is the link to this statement : http://www.eurolinc.eu/spip.php?article77<BR><BR>I wonder why nobody on the list mentions this important suggestion (i.a. APC was present at this meeting).<BR><BR>Imho, the proposal of EUROLONK is serious and documented. Therefore I'd encourage CS involved in the
IG process -the Caucus on IG in particular- to strongly supports it.<BR><BR>Best<BR><BR>Jean-Louis Fullsack<BR>CSDPTT France<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px">> Message du 16/02/12 02:09<BR>> De : "Baudouin SCHOMBE" <BR>> A : governance@lists.igcaucus.org, "Deirdre Williams" <BR>> Copie à : <BR>> Objet : Re: [governance] Open consultation<BR>> <BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>Hello</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>Williams</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN><BR>> <BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>I</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>acquired</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>your point of view</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>because </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in fact</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>a</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>good communication</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in a country like</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>within a</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>community</SPAN> <SPAN
class=yiv275901751hps>is one of the</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>prime factors</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>all human relationships</SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps></SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>The concerns raised</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>last</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>time</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>this</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>is not just</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>politicians, scientists</SPAN><SPAN>, technicians</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>but</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>different social groups</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>represented</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>by the various</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>entities</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>of civil society</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>must also
be involved</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in discussions</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>With this in</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>mind,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>respecting</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>building on</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the principle</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>of</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>multistakeholderism</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>we thought</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>our exchanges</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>organized</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>locally</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>by relying on</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>academic institutions</SPAN><SPAN>, private sector</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>ICT</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>technicians</SPAN><SPAN>, international agencies</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>subregional and regional</SPAN> <SPAN
class=yiv275901751hps>active instiutions in the country</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>with</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>civil</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>society entities</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>that represent the</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>users</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>ie</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>consumers</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>of ICT</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>Institutions designated</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>by combining</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>academic</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>we have 80</SPAN><SPAN>% chance to</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>set up</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>hub</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>to allow people</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>of the DRC</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>to participate remotely</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN
class=yiv275901751hps>each</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>as</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>possible,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in discussions</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>at local,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>sub</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>regional</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>regional and international levels</SPAN><SPAN>.<BR>> <BR>> </SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>This process</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>requires very good</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>planning and</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>that's what</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>we have already begun</SPAN><SPAN>.<BR>> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps></SPAN></SPAN><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>The language aspect</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>is also in the</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>privileged
position</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>because in</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>this world</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>of knowledge</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>said</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the language of communication</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>has</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>its very high</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>up</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>The national IGF</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>is</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>a</SPAN>n indispensable<SPAN class=yiv275901751hps></SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>support</SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps> and essential</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>for</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>IGF</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>subregional, regional</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>and international levels.</SPAN><BR>> <BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>Nothing durable</SPAN> <SPAN
class=yiv275901751hps>can</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>be designed</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>if the</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>nationals IGF</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps> are not</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>considered</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>base</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>all these approaches</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps></SPAN></SPAN><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>It is for</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>this reason that even</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the level of funding</SPAN><SPAN>,</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the participation of</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>active and useful</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>really</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>is becoming</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>more</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>problematic</SPAN>
<SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>developing</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>countries</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>We must</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>think about it.</SPAN><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>We do not</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>need the</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>extras</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>Official delegations</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>present but</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>physically absent</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>in the debates</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>or</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>without any</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>relevant contributions</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>must</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>also be</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>raised</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>even if</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>it</SPAN> <SPAN
class=yiv275901751hps>is already</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>always</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>use</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the emblematic</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>issue of</SPAN> <SPAN class="yiv275901751hps yiv275901751atn">"</SPAN><SPAN>sovereignty</SPAN><SPAN>"</SPAN><SPAN>.<BR>> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>It should</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>also</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>assess</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>the active participation of</SPAN> <SPAN class=yiv275901751hps>official delegations</SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN><BR>> <SPAN class=yiv275901751long_text><SPAN style="COLOR: #333333" class=yiv275901751hps><BR>> <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33">In short</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333" class=yiv275901751hps>we
need</SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333" class=yiv275901751hps>to</SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333" class=yiv275901751hps>talk</SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333" class=yiv275901751hps>and not</SPAN><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN><SPAN class=yiv275901751hps><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #33ff33; COLOR: #333333">exclude us.<BR>> <BR>> </SPAN><BR></SPAN></SPAN>SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN<BR>> <BR>> Téléphone mobile:+243998983491<BR>> email : <A href="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:b.schombe@gmail.com">b.schombe@gmail.com</A><BR>> skype
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<div style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=yiv275901751gmail_quote>2012/2/14 Deirdre Williams <SPAN><<A href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</A>></SPAN><BR>>
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<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>I should have sent this to the list yesterday.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Sorry it's so long.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Deirdre</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN><BR>> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Comments from me and on submissions made by others:</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>There appears to be a need to change perspective. There has been a shift so that now development is not only an issue between countries – north and south – but can also be a stratification issue within countries – a rich developed top layer and a poor underdeveloped lower layer both in the north and in the south. This needs to be recognised.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Remote participation (RP) needs an improved status. This is both a technology issue and a recognition issue. The technology must make it possible, and the recognition should as far as possible give it equal status. There also need to be excellent remote participation moderators to act as interface at meetings. And the issue of linguistic inclusion also needs to be addressed with the possibility of several moderators covering several different languages. I know this is a lot to ask for but equality is not just an Anglophone quality. Perhaps initially willing face to face participants could be ‘conscripted’ to provide inclusion in their various languages.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>ISOC</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Remote participation</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>The growth in the number of remote hubs and the increase of remote participants that </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>went with remote hubs is a basis to build on to overcome the challenge and cost </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>of travel to attend meetings. – agree 100%</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>National Regional IGFs</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>There is a need to enhance the exchange of reports between these two interfaces to </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>continue and grow going forward. – definitely – perhaps a mechanism to do this could be set up – or encouraged and improved?</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Funding</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>This model acts as a feedback mechanism, demonstrating that the IGF is of value to its participants. – I have grave concerns where value is always equated with money.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>we view the Internet as an enabler for a wide range of human rights, such as the right to freedom of expression and opinion and access to information and knowledge as well as the right to association - agree</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>filtering be part of the main agenda of the 2012 IGF. DNS filtering is increasingly used by governments to combat allegedly illegal online activities, and this technical measure raises strong concerns, not only with regard to the underlying Internet architecture, but also with regard to due legal process and human rights, while not solving the problems at their source. – this is certainly an issue, but I also find John Carr’s arguments re blocking in the context of child pornography very convincing. How to reconcile the unreconcilable?</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>APC</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>In Nairobi, a concrete proposal to create a global internet governance body was put on the</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>table by governments from developing countries (the IBSA proposal) , which resulted in</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>exactly the kind of intense and diverse debate that the IGF was created for. APC applauds this kind of active agenda-setting of developing countries as a positive step to counteract exclusion and the predominance of developed country agendas as the typical starting points for discussion. </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>However as we see it the question about the best way to discuss development in relation to internet governance remains unanswered – this is what triggered my first comment (see above) </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: red">(Change the perspective – not so much countries, more social strata)</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>The need for clearly-defined rules within which to operate, and an appropriate level of</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>transparency was also highlighted - yes</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>if data discrimination for mobile internet is a technical necessity, then policy-makers must define and clearly outline the principles for governing such practices. – yes, and there should be general harmonisation of policy as much as possible. </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>However, high prices remain a problem. Electricity is still widely unavailable and mobile phones are often prohibitively expensive for the poorest in society, and prices for mobile subscriptions are artificially high due to licensing fees and competition issues. There is an urgent need for these critical barriers to universal mobile internet to be addressed through communications policy and strategy – yes. At least in Saint Lucia there is a government tax of 15% on mobile services – a very healthy revenue generator.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>the issue of conflict minerals needs to be on the agenda for the next IGF. Policy-makers must establish clear guidelines and legislation that address issues of traceability, accountability and responsibility in the mineral procurement chain. – this also needs greater public awareness. Can this be taken together with the issue of ICT waste and recycling?</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>internet intermediary liability, the impact of restrictions on freedom of expression and association, and responding to violence against women online. - yes</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>freedom of association online needs to be assigned the same level of importance as freedom of expression has in IGF debates. Indeed the two are inextricably linked and interdependent. - YES</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Balance between intellectual property rights and access to knowledge -YES</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Disparities in access between rich and poor, urban and rural areas serve to exacerbate existing social inequalities. – see my first point above</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>human rights be the main theme of IGF in 2012 – good idea</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>internet access as a human right, freedom of expression and freedom of association. </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Human rights topics which became visible for the first time at the IGF included:</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>• a human rights approach to mobile</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>• remedies for internet rights violations</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>• human rights and corporate responsibility</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>• the rights of disabled people and young people.</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: red">(who speaks for whom? Profile of mag; consider the person or consider the ideas; do outward and visible signs automatically contain the inferred inward and spiritual grace? In other words how to balance the individual profile of the representative with the broader profile of the constituency represented)</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Human rights is the framework with which we judge the merits of ICT policy. To us internet governance has to assume a rights-based framework. Business and technical decisions do not exist in a vacuum; they must be informed and measured by respect for the rights and wellbeing of the people who will be using technology</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>We need more cross-pollination between business, law enforcement, civil society and the</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>technical communities. Rather than talking about each other, we should be speaking to each other – YES AND YES AND YES</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>NRO</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Remote Participation was improved in 2011 compared to 2010, but there is still much to be </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>done to improve this important tool for strengthening accessibility. – see above</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>• Continue to encourage Regional Hubs and support greater direct participation between them </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>and the IGF sessions in order to allow a bidirectional flow of discussions – see above</SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Build a link between Regional IG discussions and the MAG for feedback and information </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN>Sharing – see above</SPAN></div><SPAN class=yiv275901751HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
<div class=yiv275901751MsoNormal><SPAN> </SPAN></div>
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