[bestbits] Four principles for presentation at meeting of Montevideo signatories this afternoon

[Mawaki Chango]

Jeremey,
Could you please provide some background to this to help the understanding
of those of us not in Bali? Thanks

mawaki




On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 5:14 AM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:

> Here are the principles that those present in Bali agreed to present at
> the meeting of Montevideo signatories this afternoon:
>
>    - The full participation of civil society stakeholders in planning and
>    in the meeting should be guaranteed and resourced.
>
>
>    - A strengthened Internet Governance Forum could play a role in the
>    future Internet governance arrangements to be discussed at the event, and
>    they should be linked with CSTD WGEC process as appropriate.
>
>
>    - The event should discuss what Internet governance architecture is
>    required to support an inclusive, people-centric, development-oriented
>    information society. We believe that this requires at the very minimum that
>    such a structure is democratic, in that it should be inclusive of all
>    countries and all stakeholders, and that it protects and promotes human
>    rights.
>
>
>    - The event should extend beyond speeches and presentations, and modalities
>    should be developed to allow all stakeholders, including remote
>    participants, to participate on an equal footing.
>
> These could also, I hope, form the core of our statement on the issue, to
> be finalised after the Bali IGF (as there were suggestions it be a
> statement rather than a letter).
>
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