[governance] [bestbits] Remarks at UNESCO Closing Ceremony of "Connecting the Dots Conference"

[Michael Gurstein]

And to be very clear, in the case of "democracy"  it wasn't simply a matter of the concept "not making it into the final document" but rather that those involved made the clear political choice to promote "multistakeholderism" and suppress "democracy".

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Subject: Re: [governance] [bestbits] Remarks at UNESCO Closing Ceremony of "Connecting the Dots Conference"


On 03/07/2015 02:30 PM, Benedek, Wolfgang (wolfgang.benedek at uni-graz.at)
wrote:
> As a participant and speaker in the UNESCO conference Connecting the
> dots: Options for future action  in Paris I think it is important to 
> put the record straight: the main purpose of the conference was to 
> give feedback to the UNESCO draft Internet study and advise on the 
> future priorities in this field. This was done in several plenary and
> 16 breakout sessions in a MSH-approach quite successfully. 
> The fact that two concepts important to some did not make it into the 
> outcome document should not be overestimated as this is all work in 
> progress. Also other concepts dear to others were not or only partly 
> included. I also do not remember that these concepts were elaborated 
> on during the sessions or panels in any significant way in order to 
> deepen their understanding.
>
> Wolfgang Benedek
>

Dear Mr. Benedek,

thanks for this, for this type of, clarification - using only formalities like "Also other concepts dear to others were not or only partly included."

I cannot easily imagine what kind of "other concept" of a similar importance and weight could be lined up with "democracy." I would appreciate it if you, as a participant in this UNESCO conference, could share some of these "other concepts" which were also not, or only partially, included.

Thanks in advance,

Norbert Klein
Cambodia




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