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study was open, online, multistakeholder and tried to be as inclusive as co=
uld
be. This for me, lends trust. Trust in the organization, trust in its capac=
ity
to bring key actors to the table. The R-O-A-M principles of the stud=
y (Rights based, Open,
Accessible, Multistakeholder participation) are not just important f=
or
the study, but they also are key in implementing its recommendations.=
=C2=A0 So=C2=A0 it
is only natural that we engage as civil society, during, now and going forw=
ard.

Do we endorse the
outcome=C2=A0 document? I do.=C2=A0 But the Civil=
 Society is too large a
constituency for just one person to say yes on behalf of all others.=

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s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%;background:none repeat scrol=
l 0% 0% white">=C2=A0</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:ve=
rdana,sans-serif"><font>

On the issues, I will
settle for one. Just one. Access.=C2=A0 Just
today, the Alliance for Affordable Internet launched the Affordability repo=
rt. Affordability
Report shows that Over 2 billion people living in poverty cannot access the
Internet affordably and that a fixed broadband connection costs on average =
40%
of monthly income across 51 developing countries. =
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an>

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">And we are w=
orking <span>=C2=A0</span>towards access for everyone.</span></font></span>=
</p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">=C2=A0</span=
></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">To UNESCO,<s=
pan>=C2=A0 </span>I
must say, that the Global Internet is of global importance and we must<span=
>=C2=A0 </span>seek at all times, to manage it for global
interest, global benefit and global utility. <span>=C2=A0</span>So,<span>=
=C2=A0
</span>many thanks for putting Internet Governance <span>=C2=A0</span>and t=
he IGF in the heart of the process.</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"=
font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"" style><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span st=
yle=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-ad=
just:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -
</span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>=
</span>In working for<span>=C2=A0
</span>access to knowledge and information, </span></font></span></p><span =
style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"" style><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span st=
yle=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-ad=
just:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -
</span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">in wor=
king<span>=C2=A0 </span>for freedom of expression</span></font></span></p><=
span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"" style><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span st=
yle=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-ad=
just:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -
</span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">in wor=
king for privacy</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana=
,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"" style><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span st=
yle=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-ad=
just:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -
</span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">in wor=
king for ethics</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,=
sans-serif"><font>

We are not<s=
pan>=C2=A0=C2=A0
just connecting dots. We are connecting people. We are connecting
cultures, we are extending science by connecting knowledge to knowledge, <s=
pan>=C2=A0men and women, we are connecting
continents.=C2=A0 We are righting the wrongs
of the past, =C2=A0consolidating the present
and =C2=A0building a viable future.<s=
pan style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

<=
/font>We have a=
 heritage.=C2=A0
A global heritage. =C2=A0The Internet.</s=
pan>

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">The Internet
represents a masterpiece of human creative genius</span></font></span></p><=
span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">It is<span>=C2=A0 </span>th=
e most important <span>=C2=A0</span>tool of interchange of human values</sp=
an></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">And an
exceptional testimony to our common civilization</span></font></span></p><s=
pan style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

These are
the basis on which UNESCO=C2=A0 selects sites
as heritage. And here, we have more than a heritage. The Internet is our gl=
obal
heritage

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">=C2=A0</span></font></span>=
</p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>

Ladies and
gentlemen, friends here and online.=C2=A0
Tomorrow is my birthday. And my sister told me to make a wish.=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0I
asked if I should keep my eyes open or closed and she said =E2=80=9Cany way=
=E2=80=9D.=C2=A0 So I will close an eye and keep one open, for
security purposes.=C2=A0 And here is my wish..</=
span> <sp=
an style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

</font></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,san=
s-serif"><font><i><u><span style=3D"line-height:107%">That the open Interne=
t, the open web,
will be established as global public good and a basic right of all men and
women, all humans and that everyone can access it can use it <span>=C2=A0</=
span>freely.</span></u></i></font></span></p>

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