[governance] Call for Consensus on IGC statement to the

[Hakikur Rahman]

YES for this statement.

Hakikur Rahman

At 11:29 AM 2/16/2009, Ginger Paque wrote:

>The following statement includes minor changes as requested during 
>discussion. We should now have consensus on the following statement 
>on The Way Forward.  Please indicate YES or NO in response as soon 
>as possible. Thanks! Ginger
>
>
>
>STATEMENT
>
>The Internet Governance Caucus supports "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 significant themes of access to knowledge and 
>development, while adding the important issues of basic user rights 
>and control to access, content and applications of their choice, in 
>keeping with current international 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.
>
>Within the mandate of the IGF and in support of strengthening this
>multistakeholder  process, we ask that the IGF Secretariat continue and
>expand the use of Remote Participation as a tool for attendance at the IGF
>2009 in Egypt as a proven method to include new voices. To that end, we
>recommend that the Secretariat recognize the Remote Participation Working
>Group as a collaborating organization for the RP at the IGF 2009, especially
>in the area of Hub participation, and facilitate the use of the RP resources
>from the first planning stages for this 4th meeting.
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