[governance] Fwd: Joint civil society letter to ITU member states

[Jeremy Malcolm]

Forwarding this from the Center for Democracy and Technology, in case
either we as the Internet Governance Caucus, or any of our individual
groups, may wish to sign on.  Since the IGC seems not to be drafting too
many of its own statements or submissions nowadays, this seems like a
worthwhile opportunity.  The content is quite good.  (It is not to be
confused with a separate statement which will come out of the "Best
Bits" meeting at Baku, and about which I will write soon.)

Anyway, I leave this to the coordinators to take up if there is any
interest from the members.

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An international group of civil society organizations has drafted the
attached letter to member states/WCIT delegates expressing their
concerns about the ITU process and about specific proposals that would
threaten Internet openness and the exercise of human rights online. The
letter is open for sign-on from any civil society group from any part of
the world--if you/your organization wishes to sign, please send an email
with your/your organization's name as you would like it to appear on the
letter to signon at cdt.org <mailto:signon at cdt.org>. The letter will be
published on the website of the Center for Democracy and Technology
<https://www.cdt.org/content/cdt-analyses-key-itu-proposals>. 

If you're able, please consider circulating the letter among your civil
society colleagues or helping to deliver the letter to relevant
government officials.

*- Send the letter to government officials *who are participating in the
ITU process. The following link
[http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/mm/scripts/mm.list?_search=ITUstates&_languageid=1]
leads to a full list of ITU member states. By clicking on a member
state, you will be taken to a screen that shows various government
ministries associated with the ITU. Click on any of these ministries,
and you will find a page of contact information for individuals in those
ministries. This should be a good starting point for those who are not
sure who to contact in their governments. Of course, in many countries
there will be multiple civil society groups wanting to get the letter to
government officials, so folks should consider how to coordinate this
effort in-country.

*- Circulate the letter among your networks*--the greater the quantity
and diversity of signatories, the better!

*- Post the letter to your own website*--add a PDF of the letter, or a
link to the live page at CDT's website (where sign-ons will be added as
they are received.)
*
*
**- Translate the letter to the language *of your country/region--the
letter will be most effective if it is written in the primary language
of the government to which it is addressed.*




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