[governance] Great speech, Carlos!

[Jac sm Kee]

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Really great speech. Made me want to stand up and applaud!

Thank you.
j

On 07/11/2012 16:15, Martial Bavou[Private Business Account] wrote:
> Great speech, congratulation Carlos.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From:
> governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
> [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Hartmut
> Richard Glaser Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 7:53 AM To:
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Izumi AIZU Cc: Carlos A. Afonso 
> Subject: Re: [governance] Great speech, Carlos!
> 
> 
> Your Excellencies, Mr Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary General, Undesa,
> Chairman minister Ali Abatov, Secretary Chengetai Masango, in the
> name of whom I wish to salute all present authorities; ladies and
> gentlemen:
> 
> I have been assigned the honorable task of speaking in the opening
> ceremony of this IGF in the name of civil society organizations,
> social movements and individuals active in Internet governance
> processes, many of them involved in these processes since the
> inception of WSIS nearly 10 years ago. Several of them collaborated
> with me in drafting the following statement.
> 
> We believe that the absence of gatekeepers and the open, global
> communication enabled by the Internet is crucial to realize the
> promise of Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human
> Rights. To impose restrictions (legal or otherwise) to the free
> flow of information is and has always been 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 restrict or block them must follow established,
> transparent, due processes of law and should not involve prior
> restraint.
> 
> We oppose efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions that
> would foster a destructive and wasteful cyber arms race among
> governments or private actors. We consider the covert 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.
> 
> In the processes of policy formulation, we emphasize the need to
> prioritize dialogue with policy makers over their subordinated law
> enforcement agencies.
> 
> Global governance institutions should not be restricted to states,
> so we welcome the additional participation in global policy making
> that multi-stakeholder processes provide. But we caution 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 pluralist institutions, it is
> possible that powerful governmental and corporate actors can make
> deals contrary to the interests of Internet users.
> 
> Multistakeholder processes, while involving all interest groups,
> must incorporate and institutionalize concepts of due process,
> separation of powers and user's inalienable civil and political
> rights, and governmental decision-making ought to take into account
> the inputs of all participants of such pluralist processes.
> 
> Let us remind ourselves that participation goes beyond
> representation, and participation in decision-making goes beyond
> just debates and dialogues.
> 
> Regarding the ITR review process to be concluded in Dubai (and here
> I use the standard terminology the technical community defines to
> refer to the different components of the network):
> 
> We agree that the internet layer and the layers above it (transport
> layer and applications layer) should not be included in any way in
> the regulations, while the free flow of Internet packets should be
> guaranteed in the link layer, in line with network neutrality in
> which Internet packets are never touched by the operators providing
> the physical connectivity infrastructure.
> 
> Let the Internet flourish freely to the benefit of those who live
> at its edges, which are all of us. Thank you.
> 
> ===
> 
> 
> 
> On 07/11/12 04:44, Izumi AIZU wrote:
>> Dear Carlos,
>> 
>> I hear many people really liked your speech yesterday, at the
>> opening session. In fact, one of the government reps told me this
>> morning it was THE BEST among all speeches of all guest
>> speakers.
>> 
>> I also was asked to get File version of your speech, Carlos, to
>> be shared.
>> 
>> To confess, I was not able to listen you since I was have some 
>> preparatory meeting for Emerging Issues main session, so I also
>> need your speech in print/file. I am sure there are many others
>> like me.
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> 
>> izumi
>> 
>> 
>> --
>>>> Izumi Aizu << Institute for InfoSocionomics,
>> Tama University, Tokyo Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
>> Japan www.anr.org
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Jac sm Kee
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Association for Progressive Communications
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