[governance] Draft statement on Nairobi meeting programme

[Fouad Bajwa]

Hi Jeremy,

Can we include Emerging Issues and suggest Wikileaks and the state of
the Internet Governance after Wikileaks or something around this
issue? Around would mean the Tunisia case.

On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org> wrote:
> Here (and at http://www.igcaucus.org/digress.it) is a statement based on the
> suggestions for the Nairobi meeting programme.  I have tried to incorporate
> everything, so if I missed your suggestion please let me know.
> Because we generally only put forward three topics, I have not included A2K
> as a separate theme, but instead have expressly included it in each of the
> other three themes.
> --- begins ---
> For the Nairobi 2011 meeting of the IGF, the Internet Governance Caucus
> suggests the following main session themes:
> 1. Open Wired and Mobile Internet
> Open Internet describes an ideal in which the openness of the Internet to
> the broadest possible range of commercial and non-commercial content,
> applications and services is maintained.  An open Internet is one that
> supports development, promotes Access to Knowledge, and resists perpetuating
> the power of old media and telecommunications empires on the new network.
> With the explosion of Internet usage in the developing world mainly
> occurring on mobile networks, it is particularly important to consider how
> the ideal of open Internet will apply in the mobile space.  Should different
> rules apply for mobile and wired Internet networks?  If so, how can
> communications rights and Access to Knowledge be preserved for those users,
> in order to avoid an ongoing information divide?
> In proposing this topic for the Nairobi IGF, we want to particularly ensure
> that it does not shy away from areas of disagreement.  Only by including
> panelists with divergent views on this topic can the very real and practical
> Internet governance disputes in this area be adequately and productively
> aired.
>
> 2. Cross border Issues
> One of the oldest and thorniest issues for Internet governance concerns the
> cross-border effects of national laws, policies, enforcement practices, and
> the actions of intermediaries, on those who have had no representation in
> the making of those laws, policies, etc.  Current examples include actions
> taken by governments and intermediaries against Wikileaks, and the "seizure"
> of domain names alleged to be connected with content piracy.
> The process towards enhanced cooperation on Internet policy issues could
> lead to new proposals that would address some of these cross-border
> anomalies and deficits.  But at this stage of that process, there is little
> shared understanding of the approach that should be taken.  This session
> will look at the philosophical underpinnings and foundations that need to
> emerge in a world where something like the Internet transcends boundaries
> and national jurisdictions.  Insights produced through this session may feed
> into the enhanced coperation process.
> Once again, it will be important for discussion of this topic to involve
> stakeholders with diverging views, discussing concrete issues that demand
> eventual resolution.
> 3. Development agenda for Internet governance
> Internet governance is not a neutral activity. All Internet governance
> decisions have implications for development, though in some cases these
> implications may be less obvious than in others, and they are easily
> overlooked.
> An example is the way in which decisions about such diverse issues as new
> global top level domains (gTLDs), Unicode, IP enforcement, filtering and
> censorship, may have an adverse and sometimes unforeseen impact on Access to
> Knowledge in the developing world.
> We propose a main session theme on developing a development agenda for
> Internet governance, building on the similar session in Vilnius.  This
> session will help to draw out areas of Internet governance which have
> significant impacts on development, and to suggest how development concerns
> can be mainstreamed in Internet governance institutions that have
> responsibility in these areas.
> --- ends ---
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