[bestbits] BestBits statement

[Shahzad Ahmad]

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from Bytes for All, Pakistan

Best wishes and regards

Shahzad


On 9/4/14 2:12 PM, Dixie Hawtin wrote:
> 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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