[lac-discuss-en] Fw: Dircurso Open Society in IGF Civiel

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 Subject: Fw: Dircurso Open Society in IGF Civiel 
 From: jumaropi at yahoo.com

 Carlos Afonso speech share. Thank lacigf list. 


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 From: &quot;Julian G. Casasbuenas&quot; <julian at colnodo.apc.org>
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 Date: Wed, November 7, 2012 16:30:44 
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 Good afternoon, 


 I share with you the speech of Carlos A Afonso during the act of 
 FGI opening. 


 Sincerely, 


 Julin 




 Your Excellencies, Mr Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary General, UNDESA, 
 Abatov minister Ali Chairman, Secretary Chengetai Masango, in the name 
 of Whom I wish to salute all present authorities; ladies and gentlemen:


 I have been Assigned the task of speaking honorably in the opening 
 IGF ceremony of this in the name of Civil Society Organizations, social 
 Movements and Individuals active in Internet Governance Processes, many 
 of them Involved In These Processes since the inception of WSIS nearly 
 10 years ago. Several of them collaborated with me in drafting the 
 Following statement. 


 We Believe That The Absence of gatekeepers and the open, global 
 communication enabled by the Internet is crucial to realize the promise 
 of Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To impose 
 restrictions (legal or otherwise) to the free flow of information is and 
 've always been single Contrary to the human right to freedom of 
 Expression. 


 THEREFORE We Oppose Efforts to create &quot;national Internets,&quot; or to block 
 and filter Internet access in Ways That Individuals deny access to 
 applications, content and services of Their Choice. 


 All Attempts to Deem Certain forms of communication and information 
 illegal and restrict or block them must follow ESTABLISHED, transparent, 
 Processes of law and due Should not Involve prior restraint.


 We Oppose Efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions That would 
 destructive and wasteful foster a cyber arms race among governments or 
 private actors. We Consider the covert use of exploits and malware for 
 surveillance or attacks to be criminal Regardless of Whether They are 
 deployed by governments, private corporations or Organized criminals. 


 We are skeptical of Efforts to subordinate the design and use of 
 Information and Communication Technology to &quot;national security&quot; agendas. 
 We believe That Will Be Achieved Internet security Primarily at the 
 That operational level and national security and military agendas Often 
 Rather than work against for users' security needs. 


 In the Processes of policy formulation, we need to Emphasize the 
 Dialogue with policy makers prioritize over subordinated Their law 
 enforcement agencies. 


 Global Governance Institutions Should not be restricted to states, so we 
 welcome the additional participation in global policy making That 
 multi-stakeholder Processes provide. But we caution That 
 multi-stakeholder participation is not an end in itself.


 Opening up to Global Governance Institutions additional voices from 
 civil society and business does not by itself Ensure That single 
 Adequately protected rights are the best substantive or That Policies 
 Developed and are enforced. 


 In the spaces created by pluralist Informal Institutions, it is possible 
 That powerful Governmental and corporate actors can make deals Contrary 
 to the Interests of Internet users. 


 Multistakeholder Processes, while Involving all interest groups, must 
 Incorporate and institutionalize concepts of due process, separation of 
 Powers and user's inalienable civil and political rights, and 
 Governmental decision-making ought to take into account the inputs of 
 all participants of pluralist Such processes. 


 Let us remind ourselves That participation goes beyond representation, 
 and participation in decision-making goes beyond just discussions and 
 dialogues. 


 Regarding the ITR review process to be Concluded in Dubai (and here I 
 use the standard terminology defines the technical community to refer to 
 the different components of the network):


 We agree That the internet layer and the layers above it (transport 
 layer and applications layer) should not be included in any way in the 
 Regulations, while the free flow of Internet packets Should be 
 guaranteed in the link layer, in line with network neutrality in Which 
 Internet packets are never touched by the operators Providing the 
 physical connectivity infrastructure. 


 Let the Internet flourish freely to the benefit of Those who live at its 
 edges, Which are all of us. Thank you. 




 - 


 Julian G. Casasbuenas 
 Director Colnodo 
 Diagonal 40A (Old Av 39) No. 14-75, Bogota, Colombia 
 Tel: 57-1-2324246, Cel 57-315-3339099 Fax: 57-1-3380264 
 Twitter @ jcasasbuenas 
 www.colnodo.apc.org - Using Internet Estratgico Development 
 Member of the Association for Progressive Communications, APC- 
 www.apc.org 


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