[governance] Call for Consensus on IGC statement to the OC: The

[Marilia Maciel]

I say yes to this statement

Best regards

Marília

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

>  Yes
>
> Lee
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ginger Paque [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com <gpaque at gmail.com>]
> Sent: Mon 2/16/2009 6:29 AM
> To: Ian Peter; I G List
> Subject: [governance] Call for Consensus on IGC statement to the OC: The
> Way Forward
>
>  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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