[governance] Revised version of statement on themes for Nairobi

[Deirdre Williams]

I support Norbert's suggested inclusion - the second proposal:

"Empowerment to fully benefit from today's information and communication
> technologies is particularly important for people who struggle with
> poverty or are otherwise marginalised in society."

rather than the first, only because "must be empowered" offers a
handle to hang opposing arguments from.

Deirdre

On 4 February 2011 10:59, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
>> Let me try to suggest some specific words, and a place where they
>> could be added:
>>
>> The first sentence under "4. Access to knowledge" reads as follows:
>> "Access to knowledge is part of the great promise of the Internet in
>> aiding development, education and culture both within and between
>> countries."
>>
>> This could be followed by the following additional text:
>>
>> "It is particularly important that all people who struggle with
>> poverty or are otherwise marginalised in society must be empowered
>> to fully benefit from today's information and communication
>> technologies."
>
> Or, alternatively, the following wording could be used:
>
>

>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
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“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir
William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979
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