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<div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Thanks, folks.</div></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Adam, I was under the impression that those principles were implied across some of the more pointed formulation that Louis proposed, but that may be too quick a reading of my part and I am happy to clearly name those principles you mention.</div>
<div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">So, following is the interim status of the IGC draft statement (while including the friendly amendments so far, I have added para. 4 and reshuffled the rest of the text so as to make it run a little smoother.) </div>
<div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">STATEMENT</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">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 any Internet
governance processes and decisions in the future. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">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 in the advantages of the technological capabilities they
are enabling in light of their potential of 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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">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.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
8- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit all
segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic
development.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">---- end of STATEMENT ------</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> Thanks,</span></p></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">
Mawaki</div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div>
<div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </div></span></span></span></div></span></div></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 4:43 AM, Adam Peake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp" target="_blank">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</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">
Thanks Mawaki,<br>
<br>
I'm kind of surprised there's nothing on transparency, accountability, inclusiveness and meaningful participation.<br>
<br>
Another friendly amendment:<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Adam<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
<br>
<br>
On Mar 7, 2014, at 4:37 AM, Mawaki Chango wrote:<br>
<br>
> [Thought I should change the subject line]<br>
><br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> Here is the statement I am proposing on behalf of IGC, based on members' contributions so far. I have added a sixth principle (which could be #3 --amplifying aspects of #2 -- or # 6 as per below). Please feel free to propose edits, not to change the substance unless it is your intent in which case we would appreciate some explaining, but to make the formulation as crispy as possible if you can.<br>
><br>
> Let's do this by tomorrow Friday at 21:00 UTC/GMT the latest (in a little more than 24 hrs).<br>
><br>
> IGC STATEMENT<br>
><br>
> The Internet Governance Caucus 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 any Internet governance processes and decisions in the future.<br>
><br>
> 1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.<br>
><br>
> 2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic resources.<br>
><br>
> 3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral among service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or privileged position.<br>
><br>
> 4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic development.<br>
><br>
> 5- 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.<br>
><br>
> 6- All decision making processes must ensure the inclusion of not just all stakeholders but also all regions of the world in an equitable manner. Particularly, 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 USG and the other incumbents in that regard, must reflect the inclusion of all regions of the world with a view to ensuring a truly global cultural diversity in approaches to technical and policy problems.<br>
><br>
> ---- end of STATEMENT---<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
><br>
> Mawaki<br>
><br>
><br>
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