[bestbits] [governance] Remarks at UNESCO Closing Ceremony of "Connecting the Dots Conference"

[parminder]

On Wednesday 04 March 2015 09:12 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org 
> <mailto:jmalcolm at eff.org>> wrote:
>>
>> You’re right, but you can nevertheless thank UNESCO for the 
>> opportunity to participate on a multi-stakeholder basis and 
>> acknowledge that the outcome document is a lot richer than it would 
>> otherwise have been because of this.
>
> Also, please clarify that the Just Net Coalition does NOT represent 
> all of civil society.

Sure do so, Nnenna. It will be appropriate. But in the same vein, by the 
same standard, also do spend enough time describing the point of view 
why a big global coalition finds it so surprising and disappointing that 
their should be such active resistance to use the simple term (and 
ideal) of democracy, which was turned down saying that it carries 
baggage !!?? So democracy today carries baggage. People who said this 
would be accountable for it. Also, since when it is asserted that for 
UNESCO's Internet related mandate civil and political rights are 
meaningful but not economic, social and cultural rights. Does not right 
to access Internet, and access knowledge and information directly 
connect to and arise from so many recognised social, economic and 
cultural rights? Is it not our right to defend democracy and social/ 
economic/ cultural rights. What was wrong that Just NEt asked for.

Please do also put this point of view, apart from others. Thanks and 
best wishes... parminder

>  This given that Richard Hill on behalf of the coalition has just 
> disrupted the meeting with a formal objection to the document due to 
> its omission to qualify references to multi-stakeholderism with 
> “democratic” (which he incorrectly stated was not objected to during 
> the last drafting session), and its omission to include a reference to 
> the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 
>  Other than his objection, the document was adopted by the meeting by 
> consensus.
>
> -- 
> Jeremy Malcolm
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> Electronic Frontier Foundation
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