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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is hard to imagine what will be presented at the IGF in Bali (interesting exercise to think about how much of what we all listened to in Baku beyond the blah blah were lies, half-truths, misdirections--sometimes deliberate and conscious and in other cases (one presumes/hopes) simply a naïve acceptance of the expressed benign intentions of one's countrymen, governments, spokesfolks for the brand name heroes of the corporate sector…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So, what could be the possible ways of forking away from the Surveillance State, if not some sort of international treaty/framework agreement?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It is clear that many countries would oppose (particularly the grand alliance of those where the various elements of a Surveillance State are already fairly firmly in place) but one would think that at least some others would support, along with Civil Society (?), the technical community (?) and even the more far-sighted elements of the private sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Malcolm<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 06, 2013 10:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Australian Pirate Party pushes for an Internet treaty<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In the Australian election week, I noticed in the Pirate's Party manifesto at <a href="http://getawarrant.org.au/:">http://getawarrant.org.au/:</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"The Pirate Party will push for negotiations to begin on an international treaty for a free and open Internet.<br><br>In 2012, the United Nations passed a landmark resolution that declared the Internet to be a fundamental human right. The same rights that people take for granted offline must be also enshrined online. An international treaty can guarantee this now and for future generations."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Naïve, or ahead of the curve?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr Jeremy Malcolm<br>Senior Policy Officer<br>Consumers International | the global campaigning voice for consumers</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br>Office for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East<br>Lot 5-1 Wisma WIM, 7 Jalan Abang Haji Openg, TTDI, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<br>Tel: +60 3 7726 1599<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Explore our new Resource Zone - the global consumer movement knowledge hub |</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone"><span style='background:white'>http://www.consumersinternational.org/news-and-media/resource-zone</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>@Consumers_Int | <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/">www.consumersinternational.org</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/consumersinternational">www.facebook.com/consumersinternational</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#999999'>Read our <a href="http://www.consumersinternational.org/email-confidentiality" target="_blank">email confidentiality notice</a>. 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