[governance] Re: 2nd FORMAL CONSENSUS CALL Re: Letter to Pres. Rousseff

Norbert Bollow nb at bollow.ch
Thu Sep 26 21:41:33 EDT 2013


[with IGC coordinator hat on]

The consensus call has passed.

IGC's endorsement is already reflected on http://bestbits.net/brazil-66-unga/

Greetings,
Norbert

> == letter text follows
> ================================================
> 
> Letter from International Civil Society Organizations to President
> Dilma Rousseff in support of her statement at the 68th Session of the
> UNGA September 26, 2013 Statements
> 
> Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organizations and individuals
> from around the world, committed to the development of the Internet
> and its use for advancing social and economic justice, would like to
> express our strong support for the statement delivered this week by
> your Excellency at the 68th Session of the United Nations General
> Assembly. We commend you for taking a leading role on these issues
> and would like to:
> 
> 1. Fully endorse the five principles enunciated on the occasion, in
>    clear accordance with the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee’s
>    Principles for the Governance and Use of the Internet.
> 2. Stress the importance of the timely adoption of the Brazilian
>    Draft Bill of Internet Rights (Marco Civil da Internet) in a way
>    that upholds these principles and endorses the innovative and
>    democratic process in which it was conceived.
> 3. Commend the courage of Brazil in expressing disapproval and
>    demanding explanations from the USA about the procedures of illegal
>    interception of information and data, framing it as a grave
>    violation of human rights and of civil liberties
> 4. Reinforce our support for an extension into broader spheres of
>    Internet Governance of the  experiences from the Brazilian
>    multistakeholder model of Internet governance, led by CGI.br.
> 
> We express our deep appreciation for your serious commitment to social
> justice and development, of which an open, stable, and reliable
> Internet is a fundamental pillar.
> 
> == letter text ends
> ===================================================


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