[bestbits] substantive proposals for Brazil summit - IG governance

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I think it would be  a big mistake to avoid substance.  Expand or adjust the list as you like, but let's give Brazil a chance to a starting point for progress on our most important policy concerns. Who cares if others disagree?  We need to adequately represent civil society.  And then the discussions and negotiations can begin. ...

The three broad areas Andrew suggests were what many signed on at the Baku best bits meeting

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From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> 
Date: 02/04/2014  2:31 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: bestbits at lists.bestbits.net 
Subject: Re: [bestbits] substantive proposals for Brazil summit - IG governance 
 
On 03/02/14 23:09, Andrew Puddephatt wrote:
Three examples might be:
1.       Net neutrality
2.       Protection for personal privacy
3.       Affordable access
We could say that whatever arrangements on governance are considered that we call on governments and other stakeholders to guarantee these three objectives both at the  international level and in national policies.
 
I would have thought we have a fighting chance of getting endorsement for this in a two day conference

I have my doubts.  If we start cherry-picking issues, where will we stop?  The technical community will say "Well if we're including net neutrality, why not IPv6 transition?"  Civil society colleages will say (and quite rightly) "If privacy, why not freedom of expression?" etc.  Also, within your examples, affordable access falls into a different category than the other two, having less to do with global public policy principles.

I can see the wisdom of the original pronouncement that we wouldn't be dealing with particular substantive issues, but rather on cross-cutting principles and mechanisms.

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