<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><blockquote><blockquote>Whether it is developed/ developing or North/South, it is a
difference of accent. </blockquote></blockquote>
Sala: I hear you but we can agree to disagree. Developing has different connotations, to use a very simple analogy using a human, imagine a toddler, an adolescent and an adult. The term "developing" has these connotations which is why there are terms such as LDCs and graduations to imply levels of growth. When one uses "South" it's like a blanket categorisation.<br>
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I merely asked you, if you indeed think this is a problem, and you
further quoted the specific issue of taxes on the Internet, what is
your proposed solution to it. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Countries are free to assess how they want to deal with them and if through their assessments and counsel from their internal stakeholders decide how they wish to deal with, then this is their right as sovereign countries.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Why would not a all-country platform
to discuss such issues qualify.... You havent answered other than to
say, the solution is to build capacity of developing countries to
participate.... participate in what?! </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> Development of Policies, Laws etc whether in-country or international forums. If two people were playing golf where one was a professional golfer and the other with a handicap of 300 or say a professional tennis player and one who is just given a racquet to play the game of their life. Similarly, building capacity means to empower people to be aware of the issues and meaningfully participate in policy processes whether this is giving feedback to the Security Stability and Advisory Committee within ICANN or participating within the WTO/WIPO etc. The WGIG 2005 Report mentions "meaningful participation" and one common ground that I see with all the stakeholders within the Internet Universe is that they all have some element of "development aspects".</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">While there are indeed
limitation of capacity, it is very unfair to developing country to
deny them legitimate avenues where participation will be meaningful
to produce the necessary policy outcomes (which ones do you
suggest?), </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>[Please refer to my analogy -the developing world is invited to participate and their systems in place to enable that. On the other hand the ability and capacity to participate and understand the core issues can be a challenge. The issue is not denial of legitimate avenue, the issue is providing a mechanism in order to facilitate contributions.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">and blame it on their capacity.... People and countries
do not need to have capacity to claim equality of place on the
policy table. <br>
<br>Again the issue is not equality of place, the issue is "meaningful participation"<br>
</div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div class="im"><br></div><div><div class="h5">On the CIRP - I promise to find the time to read it and revert with my specific comments (can't promise when but I will).<br>
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