<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 19/05/2012, at 10:12 PM, michael gurstein wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>If available, I think it would be useful if Anriette and Parminder could<br>circulate the full text of their remarks as below to the list. We've seen<br>Izumi's comments as well as Avri's already. It would be good to see the full<br>range of interventions from CS.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Then here is Consumers International's (English and French):</div><div><br></div><div>My name is Romain Houéhou, from the African ICT Consumer Network, and also representing Consumers International today. Consumers International is the worldwide federation of consumer groups with 220 members in 115 countries.<br><br>Consumers have little access to Internet policy-making processes, but are the first to feel the impact of those policies. For example, much of the content that is available on the Internet in America and Europe and that consumers there take for granted, cannot be accessed in Africa or other developing regions, because of licensing decisions that executives of multinational corporations have made.<br><br>Online services that American companies control are not designed to suit the devices that we use or the networks we access. We cannot participate in online commerce like the rest of the world, because the leading online payment processors will not accept our money. Decisions about our online privacy and security are made in Brussels, San Francisco and Washington DC.<br><br>In these and many other areas where our voices should be heard, the rich and powerful remain firmly in control. Even the IGF is not heard by these policy-makers. This is why a new process of enhanced cooperation in Internet public policy making is urgently needed. The Internet is not the property of developed country governments and US-based multinationals. It is the common property of all, rich and poor, able and disabled, black and white, woman and man.<br><br>We therefore support the formation of a working group to design concrete mechanisms by which civil society can participate in the development of global public policies for the Internet. The working group would be multi-stakeholder, democratic and transparent, and its recommendations would complement those already developed for the improvement of the Internet Governance Forum. We look forward to participating in such a working group, as representatives of the global consumer movement.</div><div><br></div><div>Mon nom est Romain Houéhou, du réseau africain de consommation TIC et également représentant de Consumers International aujourd'hui. Consumers International est la Fédération mondiale des associations de consommateurs avec 220 membres dans 115 pays.<br><br>Les consommateurs ont peu accès aux processus d'élaboration des politiques Internet, mais sont les premiers à ressentir l'impact de ces politiques. Par exemple, beaucoup de contenu qui est disponible sur l'Internet en Amérique et en Europe et que les consommateurs de la bas les prennent gratuit , ne sont pas accessibles en Afrique ou d'autres régions en développement, pour raison de licences des décisions qui sont faites par les dirigeants de sociétés multinationales.<br><br>Services en ligne qui sont contrôles par les entreprises américaines ne sont pas conçus pour adapter les dispositifs que nous utilisons ou les réseaux que nous accédons. Nous ne pouvons pas participer au commerce en ligne comme le reste du monde, parce que les processeurs de paiement en ligne n’accepteront pas notre argent. Les décisions sur notre vie privée en ligne et la sécurité sont prises à Bruxelles, San Francisco et Washington DC.<br><br>Dans ceci et bien d'autres domaines où nos voix doivent être entendues, les riches et les puissants restent fermement dans le contrôle. Même l'IGF n'est pas entendu par ces décideurs. C'est pourquoi il est urgent d qu’un nouveau processus de renforcement de la coopération dans l'élaboration de politiques publiques Internet soient mises en place. L'Internet n'est pas la propriété de gouvernements des pays développés et des multinationales basées aux États-Unis. C'est le bien commun de tous, riches et pauvres, mesure et personnes handicapées, noir et blancs, homme et femme.<br><br>Nous soutenons donc la formation d'un groupe de travail pour la conception de mécanismes concrets par lequel la société civile peut participer à l'élaboration de politiques publiques mondiales pour l'Internet. Le groupe de travail serait multipartite, démocratique et transparent, et ses recommandations viendront compléter ceux déjà mis au point pour l'amélioration de la gouvernance d'Internet. Nous somme prêt à participer dans tel groupe de travail, en tant que représentants du mouvement mondial des consommateurs.</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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