[governance] Revised version of statement on themes for Nairobi

Yuliya Morenets y.morenets at againstcybercrime.eu
Sat Feb 5 04:38:58 EST 2011


Dear Norbert,

Thank you for the suggestions, I agree with Deirdre and the second
proposal.

My best regards,
Yuliya

Le 4/2/2011, "Deirdre Williams" <williams.deirdre at gmail.com> a écrit:

>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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