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clusive as could be. This for me, lends trust. Trust in the organization, t=
rust in its capacity to bring key actors
 to the table. The </span><span style=3D"line-height:107%;background:none r=
epeat scroll 0% 0% white">R-O-A-M principles of the study (Rights based, Op=
en, Accessible, Multistakeholder participation</span>) are not just importa=
nt for the study, but they also are
 key in implementing its recommendations.<span>=C2=A0 </span>So<span>=C2=A0=
 </span>it is only natural that we engage as civil society, during, now and=
 going forward.</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family=
:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans=
-serif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sa=
ns-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%;background:none repeat scro=
ll 0% 0% white">Do we endorse the outcome<span>=C2=A0
</span>document? I do.<span>=C2=A0 </span>But the Civil Society is too larg=
e a constituency for just one person to say yes on behalf of all others.</s=
pan></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span=
><div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"l=
ine-height:107%;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white">=C2=A0</span></f=
ont></span><br></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%;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"=
>On the issues, I will settle for one. Just one. Access.<span>=C2=A0
</span>Just today, the Alliance for Affordable Internet launched the Afford=
ability report.
</span><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">Affordability Report=
 shows that Over 2 billion people living in poverty cannot access the Inter=
net affordably and that a fixed broadband connection costs on average 40% o=
f monthly income across 51 developing
 countries. <br></span></font></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=
=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" =
lang=3D"EN-GB"><br></span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verd=
ana,sans-serif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:ve=
rdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">And=
 we are working
<span>=C2=A0</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 style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"=
EN-GB">=C2=A0</span></font></span><br></div><span style=3D"font-family:verd=
ana,sans-serif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:ve=
rdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">To =
UNESCO,<span>=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 the IGF in the heart of the process.</span></font></span><=
/p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p><span style=3D"=
font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=
=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span style=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-=
height:normal;font-size-adjust: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"><sp=
an></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"></span><p><span style=3D"font-fami=
ly:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB=
"><span>-<span style=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:no=
rmal;font-size-adjust: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 =
working<span>=C2=A0
</span>for freedom of expression</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"fon=
t-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,s=
ans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<sp=
an style=3D"font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-si=
ze-adjust: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 =
working for privacy</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verd=
ana,sans-serif"></span><p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><f=
ont><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><span>-<span style=3D"f=
ont-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:non=
e;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 =
working for ethics</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verda=
na,sans-serif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:ver=
dana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">We a=
re not<span>=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span>just connecting dots. We are connecting people. We are connecting cu=
ltures, we are extending science by connecting knowledge to knowledge,
<span>=C2=A0</span>men and women, we are connecting continents.<span>=C2=A0=
 </span>We are righting the wrongs of the past,
<span>=C2=A0</span>consolidating the present and <span>=C2=A0</span>buildin=
g a viable future.</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verda=
na,sans-serif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:ver=
dana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB"><br>=
</span></font></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:=
verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%" lang=3D"EN-GB">W=
e have a heritage.<span>=C2=A0
</span>A global heritage. <span>=C2=A0</span>The Internet.</span></font></s=
pan></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class=3D"M=
soNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=
=3D"line-height:107%">The Internet represents a masterpiece of human creati=
ve genius</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans=
-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">It is<span>=C2=A0
</span>the most important <span>=C2=A0</span>tool of interchange of human v=
alues</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif=
"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-ser=
if"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">And an exceptional testimony to =
our common civilization</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:=
verdana,sans-serif"></span><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">These are the =
basis on which UNESCO<span>=C2=A0
</span>selects sites as heritage. And here, we have more than a heritage. T=
he Internet is our global heritage</span></font></span></p><span style=3D"f=
ont-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><div><span style=3D"font-family:verda=
na,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:107%">=C2=A0</span></font><=
/span><br></div><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></span><p cl=
ass=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><spa=
n style=3D"line-height:107%">Ladies and gentlemen, friends here and online.=
<span>=C2=A0
</span>Tomorrow is my birthday. And my sister told me to make a wish.<span>=
=C2=A0 </span><span>=C2=A0</span>I asked if I should keep my eyes open or c=
losed and she said =E2=80=9Cany way=E2=80=9D.<span>=C2=A0
</span>So I will close an eye and keep one open, for security purposes.<spa=
n>=C2=A0 </span>
And here is my wish..</span></font></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span =
style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><span style=3D"line-height:1=
07%"><br></span></font></span></p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-s=
erif"></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>=C2=A0</span>freely.</span></u></i></font><=
/span></p></div>
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