<div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Please find appended below a statement from Knowledge Commons on the High Level Committee iteration of the NetMundial Outcome Document. The statement can also be accessed on the Knowledge Commons website at <a href="http://www.kcbrasil.org">www.kcbrasil.org</a></div>
<div><br></div><div style>Regards</div><div style>Rishab Bailey</div><div style>(for the Society for Knowledge Commons)</div><div style><br></div><div style>****</div><div style>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Knowledge Commons Statement
on the latest iteration of the NetMundial Outcome Document</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">On 14 April 2014, the High Level
Committee (HLC) of NetMundial published the latest version of the draft outcome
document at <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://document.netmundial.br/">http://document.netmundial.br/</a></span></u> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">This document has numerous changes to the
draft document prepared by the Executive Stakeholder Committee, which Knowledge
Commons has <span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.knowledgecommons.in/brasil/en/internet-governance-meeting-in-brasil-23-24/statement-on-draft-netmundial-document-leaked-by-wikileaks-on-8-april-2014/">previously commented on</a></span>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Having read and <span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.knowledgecommons.in/brasil/en/internet-governance-meeting-in-brasil-23-24/submissions-to-netmundial/">analysed</a></span> all 187 submissions made to the
meeting, it is our considered view that the latest draft of the outcome
document significantly waters down many of the progressive positions mentioned
in the first iteration prepared by the Executive Stakeholder Committee. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">First,</span></i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"> The document does not adequately respond to and prohibit
mass surveillance – which was one of the issues that prompted the call for this
meeting in the first place. The document
has dropped reference to “necessary and proportionate” principles and does not
prohibit the practices of targeting innocent civilians around the world of
which Snowden has made us all aware </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Second, </span></i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">the deletion of references to an international
agreement to protect against cyber warfare is a serious concern. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">As
more and more critical infrastructure resources around the world are maintained
and operated through digital mechanisms, ensuring the security of these
installations from targeted attacks is critical. Such an agreement is the
core business of governments. </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Third, </span></i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">the document departs from accepted notions of multistakeholderism
as notably enshrined in the Tunis Agenda by recommending that all stakeholders
be placed on an equal footing, irrespective of their roles and responsibilities.
This turns the concept of representative democracy on its head by permitting
those with financial interests to frustrate the will of legitimate and
representative organisations.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Fourth, </span></i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">the document attempts to ensure
accountability and transparency of multistakeholder organizations including by
putting in place periodic reporting requirements. We continue to believe that </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">there
would be greater utility in clearly defining the roles and responsibilities
of various stakeholders and specifying the elements of a minimum standard set
of guidelines, operating procedures, or the identification of an entity to
elaborate these modalities for multistakeholder fora.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Fifth, </span></i><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">the document fails to recognize the need for a separation
between policy processes and operational aspects of ICANN. We believe there is
a need to ensure structures are put in place that can ensure public policy is
framed in a legitimate, representative fashion. It is essential that the role of governments
within ICANN be spelt out and re-affirmed. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">By watering down
the language on transition on IANA functions and the restructured role of
ICANN, we believe that the High Level Committee has missed an opportunity to
ensure global pressure on the USA to relinquish control over a resource that is
a global commons.<i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">****</span></p>
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