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Thank you, Tijani, for a very useful summary. I have just one
clarification on my statement. While I agree that governments should
<i>support</i> the multistakeholder model, my main point is that we
must ensure more <i>government participation </i>in the IGF. <br>
<br>
In Internet governance, governments are the 'new kids on the block',
while in other international regimes, it was civil society and
business that had to carve out a space in existing
inter-governmental arrangements (e.g. climate change, human rights,
food security). Therefore, business, civil society, and the
technical community face the challenge and responsibility of
ensuring substantive government participation in the IGF. <br>
<br>
My statement is supported by <a
href="http://www.diplomacy.edu/igflanguage/geography">Diplo's
pilot research project on the IGF Language Corpus</a>, which shows
that only 28% of governments (54 out of 193 UN member states) have
spoken during the IGF process (preparatory and main meetings) in the
six meetings from 2006 to 2011; and even this has declined over the
last few years. <br>
<br>
Substantive government participation will be the make-or-break point
for the IGF and other Internet governance multistakeholder bodies.
How to achieve it? While it won't be easy, it's not an impossible
task. <br>
<br>
Regards, Jovan<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/12/12 1:12 PM, Tijani BEN JEMAA
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and Marie Georges,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
lang="EN-US">The meeting was organized as a round table
where everyone take the floor for a short time to express
him/herself. All was about the internet governance but we
didn’t take a specific item, and discussed it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"
lang="EN-US">As for the “Intermediate international
standards”, they were presented as a third layer between the
international general principles and the national laws. They
described it to be more simplified and more acceptable for
all the countries so that they may be applied by all at the
national level. My reaction to this concept was that I find
it is a good idea to elaborate more simple and more precise
standards, but I don’t think it will be a third layer; the
so-called “intermediate standards” can only be the same
layer as the international general principles since they
will be international agreements, and their use at the
national level will still depend on the willing of the
governments. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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lang="EN-US"> parminder [<a
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<b>Envoyé :</b> dimanche 11 novembre 2012 22:00<br>
<b>À :</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn">tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn</a><br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [governance] Meeting with EC/EP:
short report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Saturday 10 November 2012 03:32 AM, <a
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<br>
Sorry for the late report: No Internet access in the meeting
rooms.<br>
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snip<br>
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The European parliamentarians expressed their support to all
those issues, and introduced a concept of intermediate
international standards accepted by all and easily
applicable, to be between the international general
principals such as the human rights declaration and the
national laws. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Very interested to know what kind of international standards
they were referring to that fall in between " general
principals such as the human rights declaration and the
national laws". Can someone throw some light on the nuances
involved here.<br>
<br>
parminder <br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dioplo Foundation emphasized the importance of the
Governments’ commitment to support the IGF and its
multi-stakeholder model<br>
<br>
The meeting was held in a warm and friendly ambience.<br>
<br>
Y.J. PARK and Tijani BEN JEMAA<br>
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Tijani BEN JEMAA<br>
Executive Director<br>
Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations<br>
Phone: +216 70 825 231<br>
Mobile: +216 98 330 114<br>
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