<html><head><base href="x-msg://1105/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Grace,<div><br></div><div>I thought that your presentation at the UNESCO event in Paris was well crafted, balanced, and oriented toward a better understanding of the changes that have taken place since the initial WSIS events. I was please to listen to it when you delivered it from the podium, and I am pleased that you have made it available in text form to this list.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much, both for your passion and for your ability to perceive the reality of our current situation and to report it in a clear and positive manner. I look forward to seeing your further contributions to the field of Internet governance as we progress.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>George Sadowsky</div><div><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><div><div>On Feb 28, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Grace Githaiga wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div dir="ltr">Good people<div>Please find my opening statement made on Monday 25/02/13 during the opening ceremony. It was crowd sourced from the IGC, IRP coalition and bestbits. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Deidre, Ginger, Allon, Anriette, Deborah, Andrew, Trevor, Marianne, Nobert and all of you for your support and for your showing faith in me. </div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Opening Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Acknowledge dignitaries and Participants<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><br></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">As CS, we applaud the efforts being made to provide accessible remote participation for this meeting, improving possibilities for inclusion and active engagement in this significant global policy process. It is exciting that WSIS is setting an example, which strongly supports timely interventions from remote participants, and registration as participants in the WSIS +10.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The civil society wishes to note the following developments that stand out:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Enormous growth in number of Internet users, in absolute figures, in percentage per country, in global reach.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">At the same time most people in the world still can't access the Internet at all (for reasons of infrastructure, economics, disabilities, politics, etc.), or are experiencing censorship, limited bandwidth, physical accessibility, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Others like the Small Islands Developing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">States that are susceptible to natural disasters have such challenges as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">ageing infrastructure, a lack of universal accessibility with Digital Inclusion and scarce resources.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">E<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">xplosion of mobile phone use in particular in Africa, which are also facilitating adoption and use of internet.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">S<span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">ocial media: People increasingly reaching beyond passive consumption of information to actively creating and sharing information.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">much wider involvement of citizens in debates on information society issues.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Growing awareness of the impact of policies on how we enjoy the Internet and on our lives in general.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Continued incredible intuitiveness and creativeness with which people use, adapt and invent technology—a demonstration that the human mind is free.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 37.5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; "><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); ">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">A lot has been achieved in terms of consciousness-raising and shifting agendas. A very concrete achievement is the Charter of Human Rights and Principles for the Internet that has already been making its mark in the wider IG community.<span class="apple-converted-space"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "><br></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">However:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">The internet presents a new challenge in thinking about the protection and promotion of human rights,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>protection of the right to privacy, and data protection online.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; ">Therefore an understanding of the human rights environment online calls for an understanding of the technical design of the internet and how it is shaped by commercial forces as well as looking at the kinds of content it carries, and the controls that apply to such content.<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; "> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">As we reflect on WSIS + 10, and as someone who comes from Kenya, I can attest to the fact that the multistakeholder model endorsed at WSIS IS doable and has worked for us. It has deepened efforts to expand access and therefore needs to be preserved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">There is need for all sectors, all countries to work together to bridge divides, tackle issues, and not allow geopolitical interests to prevail.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Conclusion<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.25pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 12.75pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); ">The right to information, both to impart and to receive, is a fundamental right that impacts every country in the world. While the right to information is often regarded as being a "first world problem" that is secondary to the right to life, education, and health, neither of these rights can truly exist if we don't facilitate every means to achieve the right to information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.85pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.85pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">As we take stock let us remind ourselves that this event is not just a reiteration of well-worn themes, or a self-congratulation 'festival' but that it really challenges and provides concrete examples of how and where to implement the WSIS plan of action in a holistic sense.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.85pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.85pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">We need to ensure that internet access is universal and affordable, and must therefore, be seen as a global public infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.85pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 5pt; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; 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">c</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; ">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">m</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; ">o</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">n</span>s<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">go</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; ">v</span>erned<span style="letter-spacing: 1.2pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>in<span style="letter-spacing: 1.15pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">d</span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">p</span>ers<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; ">e</span>d<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; "></span>partic<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">ip</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; ">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; ">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.15pt; ">r</span>y<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1pt; ">m</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -0.05pt; ">nn</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>by<span style="letter-spacing: 0.05pt; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>i<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; ">t</span>s users. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: justify; "><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; 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