[governance] Great speech, Carlos!

Wed Nov 7 06:56:02 EST 2012

+1 congratulations!!!


2012/11/7 Valeria Betancourt <valeriab at apc.org>

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> Valeria
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> 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!
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>> Thank you.
>> j
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>> 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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