[governance] Finding IGC voice... again, on NETMundial and beyond.

[Mawaki Chango]

All,

Here is the statement I am proposing on behalf of IGC, based on members'
contributions so far. I have added a sixth principle (which could be #3
--amplifying aspects of #2 -- or # 6 as per below). Please feel free to
propose edits, not to change the substance unless it is your intent in
which case we would appreciate some explaining, but to make the formulation
as crispy as possible if you can.

Let's do this by tomorrow Friday at 21:00 UTC/GMT the latest (in a little
more than 24 hrs).

IGC STATEMENT

The Internet Governance Caucus wishes to thank the organizers of the
NETMundial meeting, for the invitation to contribute to its proceedings
through a written submission ahead of the meeting. At this point in time,
the IGC is hereby submitting the following statement of a few fundamental
principles to guide any Internet governance processes and decisions in the
future.

1 - On-line users must enjoy the same human rights as they do off-line.

2- There must not be discrimination in access and contents due to criteria
such as opinion, religion, race, gender, geography, language, or economic
resources.

3- Services offered in the internet must remain equitable and neutral among
service providers, without taking unfair advantage of a dominant or
privileged position.

4- Internet availability, deployment, and service conditions must benefit
all segments of the human society, not just those enjoying richer economic
development.

5- A special effort must be engaged in order to provide the Less Developed
Countries with an equitable share of resources to participate in activities
related to worldwide internet governance.

6- All decision making processes must ensure the inclusion of not just all
stakeholders but also all regions of the world in an equitable manner.
Particularly, any decision to evolve the internet governance institutional
field and mechanisms as well as any new structure evolving from the current
configuration of the implementation of the IANA functions and the role of
USG and the other incumbents in that regard, must reflect the inclusion of
all regions of the world with a view to ensuring a truly global cultural
diversity in approaches to technical and policy problems.

---- end of STATEMENT---

Thank you,

Mawaki
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