[governance] right to development, the structure of IGC and IG issues for march deadline

[Taran Rampersad]

Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> So even if you agree that a right to development exists, how do you
> decide what that means in practice, and what's the best thing to do to
> support development, and whether that involves more "intervention of the
> state" or rather less of it?
>   
You don't. I don't. We don't. We get the input of people who have this 
Right (and, I suppose, ignore those who don't... haha...) and each state 
does what it thinks is best because the very nature of the question you 
ask is covered by the Right of Development.

BUT... problems that do arise (and they already exist or we wouldn't be 
here) there has to be a group which helps resolve the conflicts. For 
example, does Brazil have the right to make U.S. based corporation's 
patented pharmaceuticals at a lower cost within the country to allow 
Brazilians to live? While that example is beyond the context of ICT and 
perhaps WSIS, it is heavily linked to patent issues which are present in 
the WSIS process but largely ignored because... well, who ran that 
process anyway?

When UN member nations have problems, they are supposed to work within 
the UN structure to deal with the problem - that's what the UN is 
supposed to be for. Defending a Right to Development could be considered 
much the same thing. Consider the Right to Development when it comes to 
nuclear energy - the present case with Iran. Iran does have a Right to 
develop nuclear energy, but since that development is considered to be a 
potential infringement on the Rights of other nations (especially with 
sentiments recently expressed). Iran's Right to Develop nuclear energy 
exists, but to use it they have to assure the rest of the world that 
they aren't going to do anything naughty with it.

I don't see why the same couldn't be done in this context. In fact, in a 
different context, it's already being done - thought there is certainly 
room for improvement.

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