[governance] Great speech, Carlos!

Wed Nov 7 06:18:54 EST 2012

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Valeria

2012/11/7 Jac sm Kee <jac at apcwomen.org>

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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
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> - --
> Jac sm Kee
> Women's Rights Policy Coordinator
> Association for Progressive Communications
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Valeria Betancourt
Directora / Manager
Programa de Políticas de Information y Comunicación / Communication and
Information
Policy Programme
Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones / Association for
Progressive Communications, APC
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