[governance] Aug. 15 deadline for inputs on IGF 2009 agenda

[Willie Currie]

Thanks, Anja. Please add my name and APC.

Willie

Milton L Mueller wrote:
>
> Please add my name as well. Thanks for catching this, Anja
>
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> *From:* Ginger Paque [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 15, 2009 7:47 AM
> *To:* anja at cis-india.org
> *Cc:* governance at lists.cpsr.org
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Aug. 15 deadline for inputs on IGF 2009 agenda
>
>  
>
> Hi Anja,
> Thanks for taking this up.
>
> Please add my name as an individual signer (no organization).
> Best,
> Ginger
>
> Anja Kovacs wrote:
>
> Thank you to all those who responded to my question.
>
> As time is indeed short, I would like to take up Ginger's suggestion, 
> and have drafted a brief statement, which you can find below.  If you 
> and/or your organisation would like to sign this, please let me know 
> by the end of today, 15 August (whatever your time zone), and I will 
> make sure it reaches the IGF Secretariat.
>
> Below the proposed statement, I have also pasted the statement that 
> the IGC submitted in April.  A few other submissions, made around that 
> time by various groups and individuals can be found here: 
> http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/discussionspace?func=view&catid=5&id=14 
> <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/discussionspace?func=view&catid=5&id=14>
>
> Thanks,
> Anja
>
> _Suggested statement:_
>
> The undersigned would like to express their surprise and 
> disappointment that Internet Rights and Principles was not retained as 
> an item on the agenda of the 2009 IGF in any way. Although this topic 
> was suggested as a theme for this year's IGF or for a main session by 
> a range of actors during and in the run-up to May's Open 
> Consultations, this widespread support is not reflected in the Draft 
> Programme Paper, which does not include Internet Rights and Principles 
> even as a sub-topic of any of the main sessions. The WSIS Declaration 
> of Principles, 2003, and the Tunis Agenda, 2005, explicitly reaffirmed 
> the centrality of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to an 
> inclusive information society. To make these commitments meaningful, 
> it is of great importance that a beginning is made to explicitly 
> building understanding and consensus around the meaning of Internet 
> Rights and Principles at the earliest. We recommend that the Agenda of 
> the 2009 IGF provide the space to do so.
>
> _IGC Submission - April 2009:_
>
> The following statement is submitted on behalf of the Civil Society 
> Internet Governance Caucus.
>
> The Internet Governance Caucus continues to support "Internet Rights 
> and Principles" as a major theme for IGF-4 in Egypt. This should lead 
> to discourse at the IGF meetings moving towards the definition and 
> clarification of rights in relation to the Internet, and how they 
> relate to pre-existing definitions of human rights. It also includes a 
> space for discussions about the responsibilities of all parties.
>
> The concept of "rights" continues to stress the importance of openness 
> and universal access. This framework will continue to emphasize the 
> importance of access to knowledge and development in Internet 
> governance, while adding to it the basic right of individuals to 
> access the content and applications of their choice. This is in 
> keeping with current debates regarding an "open Internet", and 
> relevant aspects of the often confusing network neutrality discussions.
>
> The inclusion of "principles" allows for wide discussion of the 
> responsibilities that the different stakeholders have to each other. 
> It allows for open examination of the principles that should govern 
> the Internet, particularly in its commercial facets.
>
>
> On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 19:15 -0430, Ginger Paque wrote:
>
> Hi Anja,
> I agree with your concern. However, I do not think there is time for 
> the list to reach consensus on a substantive statement.
>
> If you write a statement, could you post it to the list, so that those 
> who want to sign with you can email you directly, so you can add names 
> before you send it in?
>
> Best,
> Ginger
>
> Anja Kovacs wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>  
> As Ginger noted, tomorrow is the last day for comments on the Draft
> Programme Paper. What continues to strike me as I read this paper is the
> complete absence of attention for Internet rights and principles - in
> fact the word 'rights' is not mentioned even once - despite Internet
> rights and principles being raised as a theme or a topic for a main
> session repeatedly by a range of players (including the IGC, the IRP DC
> and the Gender DC) during and in the run-up to May's Open Consultations.
> Although I realise that there is little chance of it being included as a
> main session at this point, I think it is important for us to at least
> comment on this glaring absence.  Would it be possible for the IGC to
> express, by tomorrow, its disappointment in this regard? (we could use
> some of the wording of the April submission)  
>  
> For those of you with whom I have had the pleasure to interact before, I
> also would like to share that I have now joined the Centre for Internet
> and Society, Bangalore.  
>  
> I look forward to continuing to engage with you all on Internet
> Governance issues.
>  
> Anja
>  
>  
> Dr. Anja Kovacs
> Fellow
> Centre for Internet and Society
> T: +91 80 4092 6283
> www.cis-india.org <http://www.cis-india.org> 
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