<div>The Working Group on Armenian IGF expresses its deep gratitude to the Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum and IGF Remote Participation Team for taking immediate and effective measures and urgently responding to our Statement made on November 7, 2012. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div>Statement by the Working Group on Armenian IGF at the 7th Annual IGF Meeting<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:28.3pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;text-transform:uppercase">Statement </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:28.3pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">by the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Working
Group on Armenian IGF</span></b></p>
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the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Seventh Annual IGF Meeting of the</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
Internet Governance Forum 2012</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:28.3pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">"<strong>Internet
Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development</strong>"</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:28.3pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"> The Working
Group on Armenian IGF was willing and ready to take active part in the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Seventh Annual IGF Meeting of the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
Internet Governance Forum convened in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 6 to 9,
2012. It was also looking forward to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">make its
valuable contribution to the Internet Governance process, especially, taking
into consideration the vitality</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">and actuality of the Forum's subject matter. However, the recent
developments in Azerbaijan made our physical presence at the Forum dangerous
and, therefore, impossible. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:28.3pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:28.3pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"> The extradition
by Hungary to Azerbaijan and the unprecedented pardon by Azerbaijan's President
Aliyev of the notorious Ramil Safarov who axe-murdered in cold blood in
February of 2004 in Budapest, Hungary, the sleeping Armenian military officer
Gurgen Margaryan, as well as the subsequent cynical glorification and
honoring of the brutal killer in Azerbaijan, combined with the increasing
anti-Armenian racist propaganda on the highest level, inflicted considerable
damage to the weak contacts existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan within the
framework of the international organizations and fora. With outright contempt
and neglect, Azerbaijan continues to turn blind eye and deaf ear to the unanimous
and unequivocal condemnation voiced by many countries, international and
European organizations over this gross violation of the principles and norms of
the international law and human morality<a name="13ada22e6b5254a7__ftnref1" title=""><span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(34,34,34)">[1]</span></span></span></a>. </span><span lang="HY" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 28.3pt 0.0001pt 0cm;background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang="HY" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">Internet Governance for Sustainable Human, Economic and Social Development
– these are not just words. On November 6, 2012, the Armenian side was harshly rejected
the simple opportunity of remote participation in the IGF work: neither web
broadcasting nor transcripts of the sessions and workshops have been available
to Armenian citizens, let alone the unwillingness of some moderators to answer
our questions or voice our rightful concerns or complaints.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 28.3pt 0.0001pt 0cm;background-repeat:initial initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"> We therefore
strongly insist on ensuring of our full-fledged participation in the IGF activities
at all levels in order to guarantee the inclusiveness and transparency of the entire
IGF process. </span></p>
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</div></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div>Narine Khachatryan,</div><div>On behalf of the Working Group on Armenian IGF</div></div>