[governance] URGENT: Last call for feedback on CS participation in NETmundial Initiative

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Excellent
+1 on behalf on EUROLINC

Chantal Lebrument
​Courriel: c <lebrument at open-root.eu>hlebrum at gmail.com
Mob: +33 6 8369 5460

2014-11-19 8:22 GMT+01:00 Guru <Guru at itforchange.net>:

>  Dear Mawaki
>
> I would like to cite from two sources:
>
> A. WSIS Declaration of Principles -
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/official/dop.html  (the very first
> two clauses)
>
> 1. We, the representatives of the peoples of the world*, *assembled in
> Geneva from 10-12 December 2003 for the first phase of the World Summit on
> the Information Society,* declare our common desire and commitment to build
> a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society,
> where everyone can create, access, utilize and share information and
> knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and peoples to achieve their
> full potential in promoting their sustainable development and improving
> their quality of life, premised on the purposes and principles of the
> Charter of the United Nations and respecting fully and upholding the
> Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
> 2. Our challenge* is to harness the potential of information and
> communication technology to promote the development goals of the Millennium
> Declaration, namely the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger;
> achievement of universal primary education; promotion of gender equality
> and empowerment of women; reduction of child mortality; improvement of
> maternal health; to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensuring
> environmental sustainability; and development of global partnerships for
> development for the attainment of a more peaceful, just and prosperous
> world. We also reiterate our commitment to the achievement of sustainable
> development and agreed development goals, as contained in the Johannesburg
> Declaration and Plan of Implementation and the Monterrey Consensus, and
> other outcomes of relevant United Nations Summits.
>
> I now will cite  from the WEF site - http://www.weforum.org/our-members
>
> Begin
> Our Members
> The World Economic Forum is a membership organization. Our Members
> comprise 1,000 of the world’s top corporations, global enterprises usually
> with more than US$ 5 billion in turnover.  These enterprises rank among the
> top companies within their industry and play a leading role in shaping the
> future of their industry and region. Some of our Member companies join the
> Forum’s Strategic and Industry Partnership communities, which are designed
> to deepen their engagement with the Forum’s events, project and
> initiatives.  The Forum’s Members are at the heart of all our activities.
> End
>
> It is clear that WEF is a primarily group of big businesses. We have seen
> the increasing danger to the ideals of the WSIS Declaration of Principles
> from the activities of transnational corporations. Apart from
> using/monetising our data for their commercial gains in
> authorised/unauthorised/illegitimate/illegal ways, their unregulated work
> also is structuring our participation in the information society in many
> unhealthy ways. Through Snowden we also understand how many of them are in
> cahoots with the 5 eyes (USG+) on extraordinary programme of global
> surveillance, which helps them in their goals of political-economic
> domination / colonisation
>
> Participating in forums anchored in such a space will only legitimise
> their power.  I am clear that IGC should not participate in the NMI.
>
> thanks and regards
> Guru
>
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> Director, IT for Change
> In Special Consultative Status with the United Nations ECOSOC
> www.ITforChange.Net| Cell:91 9845437730 | Tel:91 80 26654134, 26536890
> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Subject_Teacher_Forum
>
>
> On Tuesday 18 November 2014 05:02 PM, Mawaki Chango wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > You must have heard a good deal about this by now, so I won't repeat
> > the background details. In the middle of the night last night, before
> > hitting the bed after a long and drawn out day playing catch-up with
> > deadlines, I saw that Ian (chair of CSCG) forwarded the NMI
> > Transitional Committee's reply the CSCG enquiry. Basically, they are
> > willing to let the CSCG vet CS candidates to be part of the NMI
> > Coordination Council.
> >
> > Now the question before us is to get a feel of the membership of CSCG
> > member entities as to whether to get involved in the NMI process or
> > not. I believe this is the last step in the consultations we've been
> > having (with NMI initiators, among ourselves at the CSCG and with the
> > membership of our respective organizations.) After this we should be
> > able to give a definite answer, formulate a definite position about
> > our participation in the NMI process.
> >
> > So what do you think? Please get right to the point and be brief.
> > State your preference for IGC Involvement or No involvement and, if
> > you care to provide us with such, I would be grateful to you if you
> > could keep your supporting argument in one short paragraph (as we
> > just want to take the "temperature of the room" if you see what I
> > mean.)
> >
> > Thank you for your understanding. Best regards.
> >
> > Mawaki
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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