[governance] CS Speakers for Baku

Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Thu Nov 1 18:11:36 EDT 2012


I agree with you Milton.

On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> Carlos ALBERTO Afonso received overwhelming support from this list, as I
> recall. He is more than a de facto, he is a legitimate choice. As I recall
> also, Nnenna politely informed us that she was private sector but expressed
> a willingness to speak for CS if we wanted her to and gave her a prepared
> statement. To my mind, that means we should choose someone else. But, I
> also thought that the UN had made the second choice for us.
>
> --MM
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Though I said we may run a poll, I guess Carlos is already our de facto
> > speaker, and Nnnena seems to have received good support and fulfills the
> > gender balance and also from developing region.
> >
> > And as Ginger rightly suggested both speakers will take up the talking
> > points into their text, with some degree of, of course, their own words
> > to be added.
> >
> > May I ask you if this is our rough consensus?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > izumi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2012/10/11 William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch>:
> > > it's what they're sending registrants
> > >
> > > On Oct 11, 2012, at 8:42 AM, Katy P wrote:
> > >
> > > What? When did this happen?
> > >
> > > On Oct 11, 2012 8:24 AM, "William Drake" <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> In light of the host country's jaw dropping decision to publicly
> > >> disseminate all participants' passport numbers, I hope whoever we
> > >> have speaking in the opening an closing will emphasize the centrality
> > >> of personal privacy protection in Internet governance.
> > >>
> > >> Best
> > >>
> > >> Bill
> > >>
> > >> On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Nnenna wrote:
> > >>
> > >> +1 On each of the points below.  I am currently in the Côte d'Ivoire
> > >> Internet Governance Forum and my drafting capacity is limited.
> > >> However, I would like to see a line that extends
> > >> "Multistakeholderism" down to active national participation of all
> > >> stakeholders. AFAIK, in as much as in some countries, the government
> > >> is weighing in, in ways that may appear overbearing, in others, the
> > >> decision-makers are actually note interested or think it is an NGO
> > thing.
> > >>
> > >> Can we have a "Development Agenda" paragraph? I am also thinking that
> > >> "Participation" may also need to be a paragraph of its own
> > >>
> > >> Best
> > >>
> > >> Nnenna
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Nnenna  Nwakanma |  Founder and CEO, NNENNA.ORG  |  Consultants
> > >> Information | Communications | Technology and Events | for
> > >> Development Cote d'Ivoire (+225)| Tel: 225 27144 | Fax  224 26471
> > >> |Mob. 07416820
> > >> Ghana: +233 249561345| Nigeria: +234 8101887065|
> > >> http://www.nnenna.org nnenna at nnenna.org| @nnenna | Skype - nnenna75 |
> > >> nnennaorg.blogspot.com
> > >>
> > >> ________________________________
> > >> From: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> > >> To: 'Ginger Paque' <ginger at paque.net>;
> > "governance at lists.igcaucus.org"
> > >> <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2012 9:07 PM
> > >> Subject: RE: [governance] CS Speakers for Baku
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> From: gpaque at gmail.com [mailto:gpaque at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Ginger
> > >> Paque
> > >>
> > >> I think that both points are important... I would say 'in addition
> > >> to' not 'rather than'. Whom we choose sends a signal as sometimes as
> > >> significant as their words, and we tend to know their general
> > >> positions as well as speaking abilities when we nominate them.
> > >>
> > >> Ginger and colleagues:
> > >> Yes, of course it is "in addition to" not "rather than" - but has
> > >> there been any substantive discussion yet? Frankly I think what they
> > >> say is more important than who we choose, but agree that in some
> > >> cases "the medium is the message."  At any rate we are long on "who"
> > and rather short on "what"
> > >> at the moment, so.
> > >>
> > >> let me throw out three short statements on issues that I passionately
> > >> believe should be addressed. In doing so, I will make an attempt to
> > >> address them in a way that takes into account the differences among
> > >> us and hope others do so in the same spirit. Other candidate topics
> > >> would include IPR, development.I defer to others there.
> > >>
> > >> Human rights
> > >> CS believes that the absence of gatekeepers and the open, global
> > >> communication enabled by the Internet realizes the promise of Article
> > >> 19 of the UN UDHR. To erect (national) legal barriers to the free
> > >> flow of information is a bad idea and contrary to the individual
> > >> human right to freedom of expression. We therefore oppose efforts to
> > >> create "national Internets," or to block and filter internet access
> > >> in ways that deny individuals access to applications, content and
> > services of their choice.
> > >> All attempts to deem certain forms of communication and information
> > >> illegal and remove them must follow established, transparent
> > >> processes of law and should not involve prior restraint.
> > >>
> > >> Security and Securitization
> > >> CS opposes efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions that
> > >> would foster a destructive and wasteful cyber arms race among
> > >> governments and/or private actors. We consider the surreptitious use
> > >> of exploits and malware for surveillance or attacks to be criminal
> > >> regardless of whether they are deployed by governments, private
> > >> corporations or organized criminals. We are skeptical of efforts to
> > >> subordinate the design and use of information and communication
> > >> technology to "national security" agendas. We believe that Internet
> > >> security will be achieved primarily at the operational level and that
> > >> national security and military agendas often work against rather than
> > for users' security needs.
> > >>
> > >> Multistakeholderism
> > >> Global governance institutions should not be restricted to states, so
> > >> CS welcomes the additional participation in global policy making that
> > >> multi-stakeholder processes provide. But CS cautions that
> > >> multi-stakeholder participation is not an end in itself.  Opening up
> > >> global governance institutions to additional voices from civil
> > >> society and business does not by itself ensure that individual rights
> > >> are adequately protected or that the best substantive policies are
> > >> developed and enforced. In the informal spaces created by MS
> > >> institutions, it is possible that powerful governmental and corporate
> > actors can make deals contrary to the interests of Internet users.
> > >> MS processes must incorporate and institutionalize concepts of due
> > >> process, separation of powers and user's inalienable civil and
> > political rights.
> > >>
> > >> Milton L. Mueller
> > >> Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies Internet
> > >> Governance Project http://blog.internetgovernance.org
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> >                         >> Izumi Aizu <<
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> >            Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
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