[governance] Great speech, Carlos!

Ginger Paque gpaque at gmail.com
Thu Nov 8 10:08:37 EST 2012 

I agree, wonderful job, obrigada!!!
Ginger

Ginger (Virginia) Paque

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On 8 November 2012 08:51, Jean Paul NKURUNZIZA <nkurunziza1999 at yahoo.fr>wrote:

> Hi Carlos and all
> Yes, this was a great speech endeed.
>
> Well done
>
>
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> *De :* Hartmut Richard Glaser <glaser at cgi.br>
> *À :* governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org>
> *Cc :* Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca>
> *Envoyé le :* Mercredi 7 novembre 2012 8h53
> *Objet :* 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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