[bestbits] BestBits statement

[Dixie Hawtin]

So do I!


On 4 September 2014 11:52, joy <joy at apc.org> wrote:

>  Hi Niels - I agree with this and happy for it to be published for sign on
> Joy
>
> On 4/09/2014 8:41 p.m., Niels ten Oever wrote:
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I think it is crucial that we agree on the IGF BestBIts statement so
> that we can publish it today for sign on and present it tomorrow at
> the last day of the IGF.
>
> Pad is here: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/NnbQgXIv8Y Statement is from
> line 330 - 345.
>
> Text is underneath.
>
> Best,
>
> -Niels
>
> We, the undersigned below and all members of the Best Bits Network,
> reaffirm that human rights and sustainable development are underlying
> concerns for all internet governance processes and mechanisms. At
> this 2014 IGF in Istanbul we wish to in particular to:
>
> 1. Call for the establishment of the IGF as a multistakeholder forum
> within the framework of the United Nations with an open-ended mandate,
> that should be reformed and strengthened.
>
> 2. Call for more thorough and timely review of the IGF post-Istanbul
> (rather than waiting until early 2015) in order to look at potential
> changes that could lead to its further strengthening.
>
> 3 . Support the Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of the
> Internet - known as the NETMundial and its recommendations for the IGF.
>
> 4. Commend the IGF for responding to the NETmundial roadmap set in its
> outcome document by, for example, focusing on net neutrality, and ask
> the MAG, UNDESA and Brazil - the host of the 2015 IGF - to build on
> this roadmap, and to build upon the regional and national IGFs as core
> opportunities that feed into this process.
>
> 5. We call for the opening up of the WSIS+10 review modalities to
> ensure that stakeholders interests and views are heard and taken into
> account, by way of a more structured consultation process and allowing
> civil society to appoint its own representatives and speakers.
>
> 6. We express serious concern about the shrinking space for freedom of
> expression and access to information in Turkey, especially in relation
> to internet filtering and blocking of content. Therefore Best Bits
> welcomes the initiative of the Internet Ungovernance Forum and Turkish
> civil society organizations to address this threat to human rights.
>
>  >
> >
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