[governance] [Internet Policy] Report of WSIS+10 review proceedings in New York

[Seth Johnson]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 6:15 AM, Robin Wilton <wilton at isoc.org> wrote:
> Hi Chinmayi,
>
> Many thanks to you and Puneeth for these very useful notes.
>
> Looking at the summary of Day 1, what strikes me is the way in which the US,
> EU, China, G77 and LAC all express different perspectives on the role of
> human rights in this process.
> Their positions seem to me (very roughly) to be these:
>
> - EU: human rights are a key driving principle here, alongside
> multi-stakeholder approach and closing the digital divide.


EU is the one that actually has an effective mechanism for fundamental
rights protections in the international arena.


> - China: human rights can/should be separated from WSIS outcomes.
> - G77: human rights need not be treated separately from WSIS outcomes.
> - US: ICTs aren’t the cause of human rights violations.


The US wants the international arena to continue to give them an end
run on fundamental rights.


Seth

> - LAC: ICT needs to be viewed in the context of compliance with
> international law (including human rights).
>
> My interpretation is that each of those positions is the consequence of
> another, unstated goal; I’d be interested to hear whether those unstated
> goals come out more clearly in the course of the week.
>
>
> Best wishes, and thanks again,
>
> Robin
>
> Robin Wilton
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>
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> On 21 Oct 2015, at 19:30, Chinmayi Arun <chinmayiarun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Here are links to CCG's coverage of the WSIS+10 review in New York. Puneeth
> Nagaraj has been attending on our behalf and has shared/ written up the
> following:
>
> 2nd Preparatory Meeting of WSIS+10 Review: Summary of Day 1 (Covers EU, US,
> G77+China and Latin American & Carribean States)
> 2nd Preparatory Meeting of WSIS+10 Review: Summary of ICT4D Discussions on
> Day 2 (covers South Africa, the EU and the US)
>
> Indian government's statements
> WSIS+10 Zero Draft: Highlights from India’s Statement at the 2nd Preparatory
> Meeting (part 1 of 2)
> India’s Statements on Day 2 of the 2nd Preparatory Meeting of the WSIS
> Review (part 2 of 2)
>
> We hope that this is useful to you and welcome your feedback on how we can
> improve our reporting.
> Best,
> Chinmayi
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