<div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; ">Gracias Julián por tenernos al tanto<br></div>
<div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Sandro Jiménez-Ocampo, PhD</div><div>Coordinador Académico - <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Red Interamericana en eGobierno</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Portal Colam: </span><a href="http://www.oui-iohe.org/webcolam/" style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://www.oui-iohe.org/webcolam/</a></div><div>Bitácora Personal: <a href="http://sandro-jimenez-ocampo.me/curriculo/" style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://sandro-jimenez-ocampo.me/curriculo/</a></div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">El miércoles, 7 de noviembre de 2012 a las 16:30, Julian Casasbuenas G. escribió:</p>
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<span><div><div><div><br></div><div>Buenas tardes,</div><div><br></div><div>Comparto con Uds el discurso de Carlos A Afonso durante el acto de</div><div>apertura del FGI.</div><div><br></div><div>Cordialmente,</div><div><br></div><div>Julián</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Your Excellencies, Mr Wu Hongbo, Under Secretary General, Undesa,</div><div>Chairman minister Ali Abatov, Secretary Chengetai Masango, in the name</div><div>of whom I wish to salute all present authorities; ladies and gentlemen:</div><div><br></div><div>I have been assigned the honorable task of speaking in the opening</div><div>ceremony of this IGF in the name of civil society organizations, social</div><div>movements and individuals active in Internet governance processes, many</div><div>of them involved in these processes since the inception of WSIS nearly</div><div>10 years ago. Several of them collaborated with me in drafting the</div><div>following statement.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe that the absence of gatekeepers and the open, global</div><div>communication enabled by the Internet is crucial to realize the promise</div><div>of Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To impose</div><div>restrictions (legal or otherwise) to the free flow of information is and</div><div>has always been contrary to the individual human right to freedom of</div><div>expression.</div><div><br></div><div>We therefore oppose efforts to create "national Internets," or to block</div><div>and filter Internet access in ways that deny individuals access to</div><div>applications, content and services of their choice.</div><div><br></div><div>All attempts to deem certain forms of communication and information</div><div>illegal and restrict or block them must follow established, transparent,</div><div>due processes of law and should not involve prior restraint.</div><div><br></div><div>We oppose efforts to militarize the Internet, or any actions that would</div><div>foster a destructive and wasteful cyber arms race among governments or</div><div>private actors. We consider the covert use of exploits and malware for</div><div>surveillance or attacks to be criminal regardless of whether they are</div><div>deployed by governments, private corporations or organized criminals.</div><div><br></div><div>We are skeptical of efforts to subordinate the design and use of</div><div>information and communication technology to "national security" agendas.</div><div>We believe that Internet security will be achieved primarily at the</div><div>operational level and that national security and military agendas often</div><div>work against rather than for users' security needs.</div><div><br></div><div>In the processes of policy formulation, we emphasize the need to</div><div>prioritize dialogue with policy makers over their subordinated law</div><div>enforcement agencies.</div><div><br></div><div>Global governance institutions should not be restricted to states, so we</div><div>welcome the additional participation in global policy making that</div><div>multi-stakeholder processes provide. But we caution that</div><div>multi-stakeholder participation is not an end in itself.</div><div><br></div><div>Opening up global governance institutions to additional voices from</div><div>civil society and business does not by itself ensure that individual</div><div>rights are adequately protected or that the best substantive policies</div><div>are developed and enforced.</div><div><br></div><div>In the informal spaces created by pluralist institutions, it is possible</div><div>that powerful governmental and corporate actors can make deals contrary</div><div>to the interests of Internet users.</div><div><br></div><div>Multistakeholder processes, while involving all interest groups, must</div><div>incorporate and institutionalize concepts of due process, separation of</div><div>powers and user's inalienable civil and political rights, and</div><div>governmental decision-making ought to take into account the inputs of</div><div>all participants of such pluralist processes.</div><div><br></div><div>Let us remind ourselves that participation goes beyond representation,</div><div>and participation in decision-making goes beyond just debates and</div><div>dialogues.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the ITR review process to be concluded in Dubai (and here I</div><div>use the standard terminology the technical community defines to refer to</div><div>the different components of the network):</div><div><br></div><div>We agree that the internet layer and the layers above it (transport</div><div>layer and applications layer) should not be included in any way in the</div><div>regulations, while the free flow of Internet packets should be</div><div>guaranteed in the link layer, in line with network neutrality in which</div><div>Internet packets are never touched by the operators providing the</div><div>physical connectivity infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>Let the Internet flourish freely to the benefit of those who live at its</div><div>edges, which are all of us. Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div><br></div><div>Julian Casasbuenas G.</div><div>Director Colnodo</div><div>Diagonal 40A (Antigua Av. 39) No. 14-75, Bogota, Colombia</div><div>Tel: 57-1-2324246, Cel. 57-315-3339099 Fax: 57-1-3380264</div><div>Twitter @jcasasbuenas</div><div><a href="http://www.colnodo.apc.org">www.colnodo.apc.org</a> - Uso Estratégico de Internet para el Desarrollo</div><div>Miembro de la Asociacion para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones -APC-</div><div><a href="http://www.apc.org">www.apc.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Lacigf mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Lacigf@lacnic.net">Lacigf@lacnic.net</a></div><div><a href="https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/lacigf">https://mail.lacnic.net/mailman/listinfo/lacigf</a></div></div></div></span>
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