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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>For those with an interest… </span>The Santa Cruz Declaration of the G77 summit is here: <a href="http://www.g77bolivia.com/en/declaration-santa-cruz">http://www.g77bolivia.com/en/declaration-santa-cruz</a><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>The G77 is what used to be known as the “non-aligned” group of countries in the UN (and elsewhere). It now includes 133 countries including all of the BRICS (i.e. Russia, India, China, South Africa, and Brazil) and thus a vast majority of the world’s population and arguably a majority of the world’s current economy and rising fast.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>While the Declaration only tangentially alludes to ICTs</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span><span style='color:windowtext'> it’s central element— the Latin American concept of "buen vivir" which very loosely translates in English as 'living well' is discussed in the article below</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>.</span><span style='color:windowtext'><br><br><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/buen-vivir-philosophy-south-america-eduardo-gudynas"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/buen-vivir-philosophy-south-america-eduardo-gudynas</span></a><br><br>The Santa Cruz G 77 </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>D</span><span style='color:windowtext'>eclaration is named as "For a new world order for living well' (in the buen viver sense).</span><b><i><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></i></b><b><i><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>Also interesting to recognize the links between the Santa Cruz Declaration and the quite independently formulated <a href="http://justnetcoalition.org/delhi-declaration"><span style='color:windowtext'>Just Net Coalition Delhi Declaration</span></a> and the <a href="http://cirn.wikispaces.com/An+Internet+for+the+Common+Good+-+Engagement%2C+Empowerment%2C+and+Justice+for+All"><span style='color:windowtext'>Community Informatics: An Internet for the Common Good</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:windowtext'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Sent:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Tuesday, June 17, 2014 7:09 PM<br><b>Subject</b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> G77 Santa Cruz Declaration</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi all<span style='color:#1F497D'>,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The organizers consider it a "relaunching" of the G77. Its main focus is on climate change, the environment and a critique of the development model, which was Bolivia's main contribution, including introducing the concept of "living well" as an alternative to "sustainable development" in the traditional sense. It also calls for a reformed global financial architecture.<br><br>Here are some extracts relating to the issues that mo<span style='color:#1F497D'>st</span> directly concern this <span style='color:#1F497D'>(ICT) </span>space:<o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Technology transfer, science and innovation for development</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p> 156. We believe that science, knowledge and technology integration and innovation should be instruments for promoting peace and people’s sustainable development, well-being and happiness and that they should thus be oriented towards the promotion of the empowerment of the poor, the eradication of poverty and hunger, and the promotion of solidarity and complementarity among and within peoples so that they may live well in harmony with Mother Earth.<o:p></o:p></p><p>157. We express our concern that science, technology and innovation can be abused as instruments to limit and undermine countries’ sovereignty, sustainable development and poverty eradication.<o:p></o:p></p><p>158. We call for an end to the use of information and communication technologies, including social networks, in contravention of international law and in detriment to any State, in particular members of the Group of 77 or their citizens.<o:p></o:p></p><p>(...)<o:p></o:p></p><p><strong>Internet governance, including the right to privacy</strong><o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p><p>194. We view with dismay that some countries have recently been undertaking extensive, arbitrary and unlawful surveillance and/or interception of communications, including extraterritorial surveillance and/or interception of communications as well as the collection of personal data, including on a mass scale, on people and institutions in other countries, including on political leaders, senior officials and various government departments and agencies, as well as citizens. We call for the ending of such activities, which violate the human right to privacy of individuals and have a negative impact on the relations between countries. In this regard, we all call for intergovernmental entities to discuss and review the use of information and communications technologies to ensure that they fully comply with international law, including human rights law, in accordance with the purpose and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.<o:p></o:p></p><p>195. We welcome the NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance held in São Paulo, Brazil, on 23 and 24 April 2014, and take note of its outcome document.<o:p></o:p></p><p>196. We emphasize the important opportunities provided by information and communications technologies, including social media and related infrastructure, as a vehicle to promote better understanding among nations and the achievement of internationally agreed upon development objectives.<o:p></o:p></p><p>197. We recognize at the same time that the illegal use of information and communications technologies has a negative impact on nations and their citizens. In this regard, we express our strong rejection of the use of information and communications technologies in violation of international law, including the right to privacy, and of any action of this nature directed against any Member State, in particular a State member of the Group of 77.<o:p></o:p></p><p>198. We further underscore the importance of ensuring that the use of such technologies should be fully compatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, in particular the principles of sovereignty, the non-interference in internal matters and the internationally recognized rules of civil coexistence among States.<o:p></o:p></p><p>199. In this regard, we take note with concern of the information published in international media about the objectives of the so-called “ZunZuneo” network, which would constitute an illicit use of new information and communications technologies.<o:p></o:p></p><p>200. We therefore reiterate our commitment to intensifying international efforts directed at safeguarding cyberspace and promoting its exclusive use for the achievement of peaceful purposes and as a vehicle to contribute to both economic and social development, and highlight that international cooperation, in full respect of human rights, is the only viable option for fostering the positive effects of information and communications technologies, preventing their potential negative effects, promoting their peaceful and legitimate use and guaranteeing that both scientific and technological progress is directed at preserving peace and promoting the welfare and development of our societies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>