[governance] quick draft for IGC comment today on new democracy movement

[Deirdre Williams]

though their creative use of the Internet
> and mobile communications
I would prefer this to be qualified as "facilitated by" rather than
"through". I do not think we should buy into the popular impression of
the "Facebook and Twitter revolutions". The movement is about people
NOT about tools, although the tools proved themselves to be useful :-)

We take note that Tunisia hosted the WSIS
> in 2005 and Egypt hosted the IGF in 2009, both indicate the great
> potential of the innovative use of the Internet for democracy.

I'm not happy about this sentence for similar reasons. It also could
be seen as a threat to Kenya. Leave out the countries and keep the
second half of the sentence - about "the great potential ..."
Deirdre

On 23 February 2011 05:33, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> While we have not really discussed about how to express our positions in
> the event of democracy in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries, I thought it
> is as shame if we do not make any comments at all as Civil Society
> at this IGF meeting. So Here I prepared a quick, crude sentences.
>
> I plan to read this in the beginning of the open discussion, maybe in
> 30 minutes or so. But please make any comments if at all possible.
>
> izumi
>
>
> Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus would like to congratulate
> the recent citizens movement started in Tunisia and Egypt, achieving
> the new form of democracy though their creative use of the Internet
> and mobile communications. We take note that Tunisia hosted the WSIS
> in 2005 and Egypt hosted the IGF in 2009, both indicate the great
> potential of the innovative use of the Internet for democracy.
>
> While we are very much encouraged that these movements are now
> expanding into other parts of the world, Middle East and Africa in
> particular, we are also very concerned that some governments are not
> listening to the real voices of the people and instead trying to
> suppress them by the use of brutal forces. We express our sincere
> condolences for those who lost their precious lives and their
> families.
>
> We hope that people here supporting the IGF will take special
> consideration to these new developments and consider the role of
> Internet and its governance.
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