[governance] India's proposal for a 50 member UN committee for Internet Related Policies

[Bertrand de La Chapelle]

Guru,

I like the discretion with which you do not mention that the op-ed in the
Hindu is actually from Parminder and not an op-ed by the newspaper itself
as your wording seemed to imply if one did not follow the link ;-) probably
just a question of modesty.

But anyway, the discussion is getting interesting .... let's hope
oversimplifications - on all sides - will not prevent doing useful work for
the benefit of all.

Looking forward to the discussions tomorrow and afterwards.

Best

Bertrand



On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Guru गुरु <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

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> Yes, its good that the Indian press is now also paying attention to the
> larger challenge of Internet governance - of the implications of the
> current undemocratic regimes and processes....
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> The Hindu is one of India's most respected and sober dailies and its Op-Ed
> today has an article on the issue. The Op-Ed page also carries the civil
> society statement, which now has more than 50 institutions from across the
> world endorsing it. (statement also available in chinese, spanish, french
> and portuguese on
> http://www.itforchange.net/civil_society_statement_on_democratic_internet)
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> Link to the Joint civil society statement - in The Hindu Op-Ed :
> http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3426290.ece
> Link to the article - The Hindu Op-Ed :
> http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article3426292.ece
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> As the article and the statement explain, many of us have been crying
> 'Govt takeover' too often and too long... and it is high time we **also**
> discuss the emperor's robes (sorry for mixed metaphors:-) )
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> regards
> Guru
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> On 16/05/12 22:11, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
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