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    <font size="+1"><font face="Calibri">Excelent Nnenna</font></font> <big>...,
      congratulations ...!<br>
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    <big>Hartmut Glaser</big>/CGI.br<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/03/15 13:56, Nnenna Nwakanma
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">Connecting
                the Dots: Options for Future Action</span></font></span></p>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">UNESCO
                headquarters, Paris, France.<br>
                Closing Remarks by Nnenna Nwakanma</span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">Africa
                Regional Coordinator</span></font></span></p>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">The World
                Wide Web Foundation.</span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">March 4,
                2015</span></font></span></p>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">Deputy
                Director General<br>
                Friends and colleagues<br>
                Onsite and online</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">My name is
                Nnenna.<span>  </span>I<span>  </span>come from the
                Internet. And I have been asked
                to say a few words to us, as a member of the civil
                society, before we leave. I
                coordinate the activities of the World Wide Web
                Foundation in my continent,
                Africa. The Web Foundation is<span>  </span>that
                organization
                that believes that the Internet is for everyone.<span> 
                </span>Therefore we work on affordable access to
                all, we work on opening up data for participation and <span> </span>we
                support<span> 
                </span>the global Web We Want Coalition.</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">I have three
                things to say.<span>  </span>The first is on the
                UNESCO study itself.<span>  </span>The second is on
                one of the issues raised.<span>  </span>The third
                is<span>  </span>on where we go from here.<br>
                <br>
                From the Civil Society end, we recognize that UNESCO’s
                consultation towards the
                study was open, online, multistakeholder and tried to be
                as inclusive as could
                be. This for me, lends trust. Trust in the organization,
                trust in its capacity
                to bring key actors to the table. The </span><span
                style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll 0%
                0% white">R-O-A-M principles of the study (Rights based,
                Open,
                Accessible, Multistakeholder participation</span>) are
              not just important for
              the study, but they also are key in implementing its
              recommendations.<span>  </span>So<span>  </span>it
              is only natural that we engage as civil society, during,
              now and going forward.</font></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br>
            </font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll 0%
                0% white">Do we endorse the
                outcome<span>  </span>document? I do.<span>  </span>But
                the Civil Society is too large a
                constituency for just one person to say yes on behalf of
                all others.</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll 0%
                0% white"> </span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll 0%
                0% white">On the issues, I will
                settle for one. Just one. Access.<span>  </span>Just
                today, the Alliance for Affordable Internet launched the
                Affordability report. </span><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">Affordability
                Report shows that Over 2 billion people living in
                poverty cannot access the
                Internet affordably and that a fixed broadband
                connection costs on average 40%
                of monthly income across 51 developing countries. <br>
              </span></font></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><br>
              </span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">And we are working
                <span> </span>towards access for everyone.</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">To UNESCO,<span> 
                </span>I
                must say, that the Global Internet is of global
                importance and we must<span>  </span>seek at all times,
                to manage it for global
                interest, global benefit and global utility. <span> </span>So,<span> 
                </span>many thanks for putting Internet Governance <span> </span>and
                the IGF in the heart of the process.</span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="" style=""><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">       
                    -
                  </span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%"
                lang="EN-GB"><span></span>In working for<span> 
                </span>access to knowledge and information, </span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="" style=""><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">       
                    -
                  </span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%"
                lang="EN-GB">in working<span>  </span>for freedom of
                expression</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="" style=""><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">       
                    -
                  </span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%"
                lang="EN-GB">in working for privacy</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="" style=""><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><span>-<span
style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">       
                    -
                  </span></span></span><span style="line-height:107%"
                lang="EN-GB">in working for ethics</span></font></span></p>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">We are not<span>  
                </span>just connecting dots. We are connecting people.
                We are connecting
                cultures, we are extending science by connecting
                knowledge to knowledge, <span> </span>men and women, we
                are connecting
                continents.<span>  </span>We are righting the wrongs
                of the past, <span> </span>consolidating the present
                and <span> </span>building a viable future.</span></font></span></p>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB"><br>
              </span></font></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%" lang="EN-GB">We have a
                heritage.<span> 
                </span>A global heritage. <span> </span>The Internet.</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">The Internet
                represents a masterpiece of human creative genius</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">It is<span>  </span>the most
                important <span> </span>tool of interchange of human
                values</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">And an
                exceptional testimony to our common civilization</span></font></span></p>
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          </font></span>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">These are
                the basis on which UNESCO<span>  </span>selects sites
                as heritage. And here, we have more than a heritage. The
                Internet is our global
                heritage</span></font></span></p>
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            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%"> </span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span
                style="line-height:107%">Ladies and
                gentlemen, friends here and online.<span> 
                </span>Tomorrow is my birthday. And my sister told me to
                make a wish.<span>  </span><span> </span>I
                asked if I should keep my eyes open or closed and she
                said “any way”.<span>  </span>So I will close an eye
                and keep one open, for
                security purposes.<span>  </span>And here is my wish..</span></font></span></p>
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                style="line-height:107%"><br>
              </span></font></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><i><u><span
                    style="line-height:107%">That the open Internet, the
                    open web,
                    will be established as global public good and a
                    basic right of all men and
                    women, all humans and that everyone can access it
                    can use it <span> </span>freely.</span></u></i></font></span></p>
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