WCIT Statement
Katitza Rodriguez
katitza at eff.org
Sun Nov 4 15:57:59 EST 2012
Jeremy, all
Thanks - we'd actually love to sign but there's some language on network
neutrality in the text that just does not work for our organization. We
understand there was a group process in place to achieve this language,
and so you might need to go ahead and just move forward as is without
us. However, if you'd like EFF to sign on, we would prefer to delete
the network neutrality reference.
Again, we appreciate and respect if it's too late in the process to make
those changes, but we wanted to let you know exactly what you needed to
do to get us on board.
Best, Katitza
On 11/4/12 9:04 PM, Veridiana Alimonti wrote:
> Dear Pranesh,
>
> please add Idec - Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Veridiana
>
>
>
>
>
> 2012/11/4 Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com <mailto:gpaque at gmail.com>>
>
> Great comments and voices at the Best Bits meeting. Anriette: not
> just great ideas, great voices 'around the room'. What about
> people listening online? One of the Best Bits, strategies, useful
> paths to working together (listening to the current speaker) is
> that the next meeting should include those who cannot be in the
> room! Email, Twitter, Skype--even the occasional acknowledgement
> from a speaker or moderator. Wonderful discussions! I do hope a
> wider range of civil society will be included as possible. Thanks.
> Ginger
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque
>
> VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu <mailto:VirginiaP at diplomacy.edu>
> Diplo Foundation
> Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme
> www.diplomacy.edu/ig <http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig>
>
> *//*
>
>
>
> On 4 November 2012 06:41, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca
> <mailto:ca at cafonso.ca>> wrote:
>
> Hi Pranesh, please add as signatory Instituto Nupef, Rio de
> Janeiro (Carlos A. Afonso).
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
> Carlos A. Afonso
>
> Pranesh Prakash <pranesh at cis-india.org
> <mailto:pranesh at cis-india.org>> escreveu:
> Dear all,
> The participants in Baku decided to incorporate small
> revisions without
> re-opening the entire text. Here's the final version:
>
> http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement
>
> Currently, we have 10 organizations that are signatories to it:
>
> Access (Brett Solomon)
> Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (AHM.
> Bazlur Rahman)
> Centre for Internet and Society (Pranesh Prakash)
> Center for Democracy & Technology
> Consumers International
> Electronic Frontier Finland (Tapani Tarvainen)
> Global Partners & Associates (Andrew Puddephatt)
> InternetNZ
> ONG Derechos Digitales (Claudio Ruiz)
> OpenMedia (Steve Anderson)
>
> As far as I can see, we have until the 7th before we close
> signatories
> and endorsements. (These two words are being used to distinguish
> between those who participated in framing it and those who
> agree with it.)
>
> Given that anyone can edit the document, if you are adding your
> organization's name, I would request you to write your name in
> parentheses. We can decide later that we wish to remove names
> from all
> organizations.
>
> Regards,
> Pranesh
>
> Pranesh Prakash wrote [2012-11-04 12:20]:
> > Dear all,
> > Here is the statement of civil society members and groups
> participating
> > in a pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012 as drafted after the
> morning
> > session on Sunday, November 4, 2012.
> >
> > Please indicate your and your group's support of this
> statement on this
> > mailing list or directly at the end of this Etherpad document:
> > <http://igcaucus.org:9001/p/wcit_statement>.
> >
> > Given our deliberation on these both yesterday and today —
> and the fact
> > that we would not wish to open this particular statement up
> to extensive
> > revision again — I would request people to raise comments on
> this
> > mailing list only if you believe the drafters have committed an
> > egregious mistake in capturing the agreement present in the
> room. Please
> > do not leave comments on the Etherpad document.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Pranesh
> >
> > ====
> >
> > Statement of civil society members and groups participating
> in a pre-IGF
> > meeting at Baku in 2012.
> >
> > The process of the revision of the International
> Telecommunications
> > Regulations (ITRs) have not been sufficiently inclusive and
> transparent,
> > despite some recent efforts to facilitate some public
> participation.
> > Fundamental to the framing of public policy must be the
> pursuit of the
> > public interest and fundamental human rights, and we urge
> member states
> > to uphold and protect these values.
> >
> > We as civil society organizations wish to engage with the World
> > Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT)
> process in this
> > spirit. Member-states, in most cases, have not held open,
> broad-based,
> > public consultations in the lead up to the WCIT, nor have
> they indicated
> > such process for the WCIT itself.
> >
> > In order to address this deficiency, and as a minimum, we
> would urge:
> > * All member states and regional groups to make their proposals
> > available to the public in sufficient time to allow for
> meaningful
> > public participation;
> > * All delegates to support proposals to open sessions of the
> WCIT
> > meeting to the public;
> > * The ITU Secretariat to increase transparency of the WCIT
> including
> > live webcast with the video, audio, and text transcripts, as
> far as
> > possible, to enable participation by all, including persons with
> > disabilities;
> > * The ITU Secretariat, member-states, and regional groups to
> make as
> > much documentation publicly available as possible on the
> ITU's website,
> > so that civil society can provide substantive input on
> proposals as they
> > are made available;
> > * Member-states to encourage and facilitate civil society
> participation
> > their national delegations;
> > * The ITU to create spaces during the WCIT for civil society
> to express
> > their views, as was done during the WSIS process.
> >
> > Given the uncertainty about the nature of final proposals
> that will be
> > presented, we urge delegates that the following criteria be
> applied to
> > any proposed revisions of the ITRs.
> >
> > * That any proposed revisions are confined to the
> traditional core
> > mandate of the ITU and scope of the ITRs, where
> international regulation
> > is required around technical issue limited to basic
> telecommunications
> > networks and interoperability standards.
> > * There should be no revisions to the ITRs that involve
> regulation of
> > the Internet Protocol and above.
> > * There should be no revisions that could have a negative
> impact on
> > affordable access to the Internet or the public's rights to
> privacy and
> > freedom of expression.
> >
> > More positively we call upon the ITU to promote principles
> of net
> > neutrality, open standards, affordable access and universal
> service, and
> > effective competition.
> >
> > Signed by:
> >
> > ====
> >
>
>
> --
> Pranesh Prakash
> Policy Director
> Centre for Internet and Society
> T: +91 80 40926283 <tel:%2B91%2080%2040926283> | W:
> http://cis-india.org
> PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash
>
>
>
--
Katitza Rodriguez
International Rights Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation
katitza at eff.org
katitza at datos-personales.org (personal email)
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