[bestbits] Thank you for sign on

[Niels ten Oever]

Dear friends and colleagues,

On behalf of ARTICLE 19, I'd like to thank you for signing the joint
letter to UN states regarding the resolution on human rights on the
internet (A/HRC/32/L.20).

Earlier, a copy of the letter was sent to all permanent missions to the
UN in Geneva with 65 signatures. The attached version has 83 signatures!
We encourage all signatories to send a copy of the letter to Ministries
of Foreign Affairs in-capitals as soon as possible, ideally before
lunchtime tomorrow Geneva time, in particular targeting those listed
below this email.

The resolution is likely to be considered for adoption during tomorrow
afternoon (30 June), you can watch the proceedings here by clicking the
channel for the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (and
tweeting with #HRC32): http://webtv.un.org/. You will recognise the
resolution by its reference number "L.20".

In addition to thanking you all for signing this, I wanted to give a
shout out to Deborah from APC, Peter from Access Now, and Tomaso from
Privacy International, and all my colleagues at ARTICLE 19 (Gabrielle,
Niels, Corinne, Charlotte + more), who have been engaging + advocating
on this resolution in Geneva and beyond in the last few weeks!
We'll update on the outcome tomorrow!


Kind regards,

Andrew and Niels

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*TARGET STATES:*

*All UN member states are targets for the letter*, even those states
that have already cosponsored the resolution should hear what we have to
say, and know that we are following the discussions. This is
particularly for those states that have connections with the
below-listed states, and may be able to encourage them to cosponsor the
resolution.

Our _primary targets_ are HRC members who haven't yet co-sponsored
(according to our latest list):

*Bangladesh*
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Burundi
China
Congo
*Cuba*
Ecuador
Ethiopia
*India*
Kyrgyzstan
*Namibia**
**Panama**
**Paraguay**
**Philippines *
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
*South Africa *
*Togo*
*United Arab Emirates *
Venezuela
Viet Nam

_We should also reach out to non-Human Rights Council states who have
not co-sponsored:_

Afghanistan
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo*
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia (Islamic Republic of the)
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kuwait
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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