[governance] Statement on WTPF

[Carlos A. Afonso]

Nupef (BR) is endorsing this.

--c.a.

On 05/12/2013 02:44 PM, parminder wrote:
>
> 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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