[governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

As I understand it, it is a rolling document.  As such comments can be  
submitted and then those comments will be considered by the MAG and  
Secretariat in revising anything before the program is finalized.  I  
think the deadline will be mid August.

a.



On 11 Jun 2008, at 10:22, Milton L Mueller wrote:

>
> I share some concerns with Vittorio here about the absence of the  
> words
> "freedom" or "rights" from the agenda, although I am less concerned
> about the abandonment of the "U"-word.
>
> What I would like to know is whether there is a chance to change
> anything in this agenda or are we just letting off steam?
>
> --MM
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vittorio Bertola [mailto:vb at bertola.eu]
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 5:45 AM
>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Adam Peake
>> Subject: Re: [governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme
>>
>> Adam Peake ha scritto:
>>> I don't see any CS theme being lost, just a re-working of the five
>>> simple catch-all themes. They were getting tired, many comments
> asked
>>> for something new. The main sessions in Rio were generally pretty
> dull.
>>> So we have the new format of main workshops/main debates.
>>
>> The idea of "main workshops" is a good one, but I am afraid that  
>> given
>> the summarization of themes there will be no rights-related workshop
>> among the main ones... I assume that main workshops will be related  
>> to
>> main themes, and if you consider the exploded list of issues:
>>
>>>>> - Reaching the next billion
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Access
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Multilingualism.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Promoting cyber-security and trust
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Are we losing the battle against cyber-crime?
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Fostering security, privacy and openness
>>>>>
>>>>> - Managing critical Internet resources
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
>>>>>
>>>>> ** Arrangements for Internet governance - global and
>> national/regional.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Taking Stock and the Way Forward
>>>>>
>>>>> - Emerging issues.
>>
>> there is zero instances of the word "rights", zero instances of the
> word
>> "freedom", and there is just one mention of "privacy" and "openness"
>> (still a pretty much undefined concept), as one half of a sub-item
> whose
>> other half is "security", a traditionally opposite theme which is
>> repeated again with different words as the first sub-item of the same
>> group ("are we losing the battle...") and is repeated again twice
>> ("security" and "trust") in the main title of the group. I think that
>> the message from the MAG is clear!
>>
>> Maybe it's just a matter of wording and won't change much in  
>> practice,
>> but this really looks like a devastating defeat for those of us who
> have
>> been spending the last three years trying to push a "rights agenda"
> for
>> the IGF and the Internet, and now get an agenda that doesn't even  
>> have
>> the words "rights" or "freedoms" in it, not even at the most minor
> level.
>>
>> Specifically, the Bill of Rights coalition, in the output of the last
>> workshop, openly asked for "Internet rights" to become one of the  
>> main
>> themes in India. This was recognized (also explicitly supported by
> some)
>> in the concluding main session in Rio. We had a written declaration  
>> by
>> two governments, one of which was the last host country, supporting
> this
>> proposal. We had an international conference in Rome last September,
>> with official delegations from 50+ countries and attendees from 70+
>> countries, supporting this request. At both IGFs our workshop was
> among
>> the most attended ones, and while there were different views on the
>> instruments, everyone agreed that this is a fundamental issue for the
>> future of the Internet.
>>
>> So could the MAG please tell us how our request was considered, why  
>> it
>> was rejected, and why our themes were so much marginalized in the
>> overall agenda?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> vb.                   Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu    
>> <--------
>> -------->  finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/   
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