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Forwarding this from the Center for Democracy and Technology, in
case either we as the Internet Governance Caucus, or any of our
individual groups, may wish to sign on. Since the IGC seems not to
be drafting too many of its own statements or submissions nowadays,
this seems like a worthwhile opportunity. The content is quite
good. (It is not to be confused with a separate statement which
will come out of the "Best Bits" meeting at Baku, and about which I
will write soon.)<br>
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Anyway, I leave this to the coordinators to take up if there is any
interest from the members.<br>
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<div>An international group of civil society organizations has
drafted the attached letter to member states/WCIT delegates
expressing their concerns about the ITU process and about
specific proposals that would threaten Internet openness and the
exercise of human rights online. The letter is open for sign-on
from any civil society group from any part of the world--if
you/your organization wishes to sign, please send an email with
your/your organization's name as you would like it to appear on
the letter to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:signon@cdt.org">signon@cdt.org</a>. The letter
will be published on the website of the <a
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href="https://www.cdt.org/content/cdt-analyses-key-itu-proposals">Center
for Democracy and Technology</a>. </div>
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<div>If you're able, please consider circulating the letter among
your civil society colleagues or helping to deliver the letter
to relevant government officials.</div>
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<div><b>- Send the letter to government officials </b>who are
participating in the ITU process. The following link [<a
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href="http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1">http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1</a>]
leads to a full list of ITU member states. By clicking on a
member state, you will be taken to a screen that shows various
government ministries associated with the ITU. Click on any of
these ministries, and you will find a page of contact
information for individuals in those ministries. This should be
a good starting point for those who are not sure who to contact
in their governments. Of course, in many countries there will be
multiple civil society groups wanting to get the letter to
government officials, so folks should consider how to coordinate
this effort in-country.</div>
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<div><b>- Circulate the letter among your networks</b>--the
greater the quantity and diversity of signatories, the better!</div>
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<div><b>- Post the letter to your own website</b>--add a PDF of
the letter, or a link to the live page at CDT's website (where
sign-ons will be added as they are received.)</div>
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<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;
"><b>- Translate the letter to the language </b></span><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; ">of
your country/region--the letter will be most effective if it
is written in the primary language of the government to
which it is addressed.</span></b></div>
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