<div dir="ltr">Here it is, as posted. I hope it got through as stated on the screen after posting.<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Statement of Principles Submitted to NETMundial by the
Internet Governance Caucus </b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Key words:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> transparent, accountable, inclusive,
equitable, human rights. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Abstract:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Internet governance processes and decisions
should be open and inclusive, bottom-up and consensus-based in their approach.
All stakeholders from all regions of the world should be given equal
opportunity to participate. Technical design decisions should be weighed
against societal implications of the technology so as to minimize erosion of
individual freedom and liberties. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IGC Statement:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Internet
Governance Caucus (IGC) wishes to thank the organizers of the NETMundial
meeting, for the invitation to contribute to its proceedings through a written
submission ahead of the meeting. At this point in time, the IGC is hereby
submitting the following statement of a few fundamental principles to guide Internet
governance processes and decisions. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1- Internet governance
institutions and processes should be open and inclusive. They should be
bottom-up and consensus-based in their approach to policy development.
Internet governance institutions and processes should be transparent,
accountable, and enable the meaningful participation of all stakeholders.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2- All Internet
governance decision making processes must ensure the inclusion of not just all
stakeholders but also all regions of the world in an equitable manner. As a
result, a special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less Developed
Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in activities
related to worldwide internet governance. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">3- Any decision to
evolve the internet governance institutional field and mechanisms as well as
any new structure evolving from the current configuration of the implementation
of the IANA functions and the role of US Government and of the other incumbents
in that regard, must reflect the effective inclusion of all regions of the
world with a view to ensuring a truly global cultural diversity in approaches
to technical and policy problems.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">4- The technical
community working on core protocols and technical standards of the Internet
should seek a broad understanding of the societal implications of their design decisions
and carefully weigh the advantages of the technological capabilities they are
enabling against their potential adverse effects on individual users’ freedom
and liberties. This should be done with a view to minimizing outcomes that
continuously erode said freedom and liberties, leaving the Internet user
vulnerable to all sorts of abuse.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">5 – Namely, whether it
is by virtue of technical design or by policy provisions, on-line users must
enjoy the same human rights as they are entitled to off-line.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br>
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6- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria such
as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic resources.<br>
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7- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral among
service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or privileged
position.<br>
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8- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit all
segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic development.</span></p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Mawaki Chango <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com" target="_blank">kichango@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I am going to have to assume that nobody considers differentials in market pricing a discriminatory practice. Therefore, saying no discrimination based on economic resources cannot be equated to saying no to market pricing, certainly not at the level of individual users in the same market setting (although political economy level measures are always possible in order to reduce imbalances in certain conditions.)<div>
<br></div><div>Furthermore, this may also be read as a call on governments and incumbent telcos to make every possible effort to prevent or limit the extent to which "economic resources" could be used as basis for discriminatory decisions on access and availability of contents.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is 11:25 PM and I am on my way to posting the IGC statement to the NETMundial site.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span><div class="gmail_extra">
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Mawaki</div></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></div></span></div></div></font></span><div><div class="h5">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div>Quite often this is not an internet governance question but a telecom competition policy question. </div><div><br></div><div>If a country's government has an enlightened attitude in freeing up telecom from being a government monopoly, providing for fair competition such as unbundling, sharing the last mile (whether cell towers or copper / fiber), providing access to government owned rights of way (such as laying fiber along railway track beds, and in city utility tunnels / lamp posts) then you will automatically get to see cheaper Internet access.<br>
<br>There is little or nothing that we are going to achieve by putting this on the table at netmundial, I am afraid. A laudable goal and all that, but we have to stay focused.</div><div><br></div><div>--srs (iPad)</div>
<div><div><div><br>On 08-Mar-2014, at 1:30, Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com" target="_blank">kichango@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">
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I suspect the proponent means to refer to the level of economic development of a region or a group pf people, or something along those lines. Is there a formulation that would make it more acceptable to you as a "pragmatic aspiration"?</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">Thanks,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">
Mawaki</div></span></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com" target="_blank">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">In message <<a href="mailto:CACTo%2Bv9HopxnZKnuR00n-X21oMq-wgxgRy5CDWL5q_%2B8Fs7H_g@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">CACTo+v9HopxnZKnuR00n-X21oMq-<u></u>wgxgRy5CDWL5q_+8Fs7H_g@mail.<u></u>gmail.com</a>>, at 14:55:15 on Fri, 7 Mar 2014, Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com" target="_blank">kichango@gmail.com</a>> writes<div>
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6- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic resources<br>
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If this means that everyone's international 3G roaming charges should be the same as buying the cheapest local-SIM available anywhere in the world, then I'm sure you will get a great deal of support.<br>
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The only question remaining being "who will break this news to the mobile networks".<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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Roland Perry<br>
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