[governance] Statement by IGC supporting rights and principles

[William Drake]

On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

>
> Le 8 sept. 09 à 11:38, William Drake a écrit :
>
>> Hi Meryem,
>>
>> On Sep 8, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
>>
>>> Such a short statement, which purpose is to put the HR issue on  
>>> the table at IGF -- and nothing more -- should remain general  
>>> enough.
>>> If there is real and shared insistance that the sentence be  
>>> watered down, then we could says "... threatened by SOME current  
>>> IG processes and practice". Although this seems obvious..
>>> Finally, a statement should be read in its globality. The final  
>>> paragraph mentions "global, regional and national policiies",  
>>> showing that the statement makes a difference between these  
>>> policies at different levels.
>>
>> My suggestion pertained to the examples Ginger gave, which were of  
>> national level government censorship.  If you'd like to suggest  
>> more encompassing yet differentiated language and try to get  
>> consensus on it feel free, but as McTim notes, "are threatened by  
>> current internet governance processes and practice" seems too  
>> sweepingly totalizing.
>
> If it seems totalizing, then let's make sure there is no  
> misunderstanding, and have the statement simply says "... threatened  
> by SOME OF THE current IG processes and practice". Is that agreeable  
> to you and Mc Tim?

Sure it's agreeable, but I doubt it ensures there'll be no  
misunderstanding.

Cheers,

Bill____________________________________________________________
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