[governance] Statement on WTPF

[parminder]

On Friday 10 May 2013 02:08 PM, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> [with IGC coordinator hat on]
>
> Are there any objections to IGC endorsing this statement?

Are we moving on this... or contributing anything else to WTPF......

I support IGC endorsing this..

parminder
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
> Am Fri, 10 May 2013 10:40:27 +0800
> schrieb Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org>:
>
>> On 09/05/13 17:51, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>>> On 09/05/13 17:16, william.drake at uzh.ch wrote:
>>>> BTW will the BB be signable by individuals and networks this time,
>>>> or just organizations with paid staff?
>>> Individuals too, but there was no such limitation last time either
>>> (at least there wasn't meant to be, sorry if the wrong impression
>>> came across).  Expect a link and call for endorsements tomorrow.
>> Here is the link - please endorse if you agree, and share!
>>
>> http://bestbits.net/wtpf-2013/
>>
>> Full text is below:
>>
>> We reaffirm the goals and principles of the statement submitted to the
>> ITU Secretariat in November 2012 in which we urged member states to
>> implement inclusive and transparent ITU processes and uphold and
>> protect the public interest and fundamental human rights.
>>
>> These fundamental human rights must be at the forefront of internet
>> governance and ITU convenings, including the WTPF. Internet policy
>> topics, including but not limited to affordable access, development,
>> openness and access to knowledge, net neutrality, privacy, and
>> security must be considered through the framework of human rights, in
>> particular freedom of expression.
>>
>> We welcome progress made by the Secretary-General and the Informal
>> Experts Group in achieving consensus on the six draft opinions. These
>> begin to address important goals, including the expansion of key
>> internet infrastructure in order to reduce costs for those in need;
>> the reaffirmation of multistakeholder processes; and the promotion of
>> transparent and inclusive enhanced cooperation. Rather than seeking to
>> address additional issues, we urge the Secretary-General to move
>> forward in engaging all stakeholders to implement these opinions.
>>
>> Unfortunately, we must object to the Secretary-General’s report’s
>> framing of the debate on multistakeholderism. The WTPF has not yet
>> achieved open and participatory internet policy making. In endeavoring
>> to foster multistakeholder consensus, it is critical that the WTPF
>> facilitate civil society’s participation as an independent and
>> authoritative voice. The ITU should, for this and future fora, bring
>> all stakeholders together to work on implementing WTPF opinions at the
>> national, regional, and global levels. This means creating spaces for
>> civil society to express their views, for example through an online
>> platform for comment that is part of the official WTPF record, through
>> speaking rights as was done during the WSIS process, as well as
>> providing for both remote participation and live webcasting of the
>> WTPF meeting. Video, audio, and text transcripts will further enables
>> participation by all, including persons with disabilities.
>>
>> Open and transparent participation will augment the critical efforts
>> toward broadband connectivity, IXP promotion, enhanced cooperation,
>> and IPv6 deployment that the WTPF is undertaking with these opinions.
>> We look forward to working together with the ITU as it pursues these
>> policies and institutes a multistakeholder structure that can achieve
>> the goals articulated herein in a manner consistent with the public
>> interest and fundamental human rights.


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