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Thu Jan 13 08:49:26 EST 2022

ds the
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.=
  So  it
is only natural that we engage as civil society, during, now and going forw=
ard.

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

</span><div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span styl=
e=3D"line-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"> </sp=
an></font></span><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style=
=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

On the issues, I will
settle for one. Just one. Access.  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. =
<=
font> </sp=
an>

</span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif=
"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">And we are working =
<span> </span>towards access for everyone.</span></font></span></p><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

</span><div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span styl=
e=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"> </span></font></span><br class=
=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans=
-serif">

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

</span><p class=3D"" style=3D""><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-ser=
if"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span styl=
e=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adju=
st:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">    &n=
bsp;   -
</span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>=
</span>In working for<span> 
</span>access to knowledge and information, </span></font></span></p><span =
style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

</span><p class=3D"" style=3D""><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-ser=
if"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span styl=
e=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adju=
st:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">    &n=
bsp;   -
</span></span></span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">in wor=
king<span>  </span>for freedom of expression</span></font></span></p><=
span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

</span><p class=3D"" style=3D""><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-ser=
if"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span styl=
e=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adju=
st:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">    &n=
bsp;   -
</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">

</span><p class=3D"" style=3D""><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-ser=
if"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span styl=
e=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adju=
st:none;font-stretch:normal;font-variant:normal">    &n=
bsp;   -
</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">

We are not&nb=
sp; 
just connecting dots. We are connecting people. We are connecting
cultures, we are extending science by connecting knowledge to knowledge, <s=
pan> men and women, we are connecting
continents.  We are righting the wrongs
of the past,  consolidating the present
and  building a viable future.<s=
pan style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

<=
/span>We have a herita=
ge. 
A global heritage.  The Internet.</s=
pan>

</span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-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">

</span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif=
"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">It is<span>  </span>the most =
important <span> </span>tool of interchange of human values</span></fo=
nt></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

</span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-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">

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

</span><div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span styl=
e=3D"line-height:107%"> </span></font></span><br class=3D"webkit-block=
-placeholder"></div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

Ladies and
gentlemen, friends here and online. 
Tomorrow is my birthday. And my sister told me to make a wish.=
   I
asked if I should keep my eyes open or closed and she said =93any way=94.<s=
pan>  So I will close an eye and keep one open, for
security purposes.  And here is my wish..</=
span> <sp=
an style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif">

</span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif=
"><font><i><u><span style=3D"line-height:107%">That the open Internet, 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> </=
span>freely.</span></u></i></font></span></p>

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