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At 03:10 p.m. 29/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Yo puedo, confirmame que nadie ha
tomado la tarea para no duplicar esfuerzos,<br>
katitza</blockquote><br><br>
No, nadie la ha tomado. <br><br>
Gracias Katitza<br><br>
Un abrazo<br><br>
Olinca<br><br>
<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Mensaje citado por Olinca Marino
<info@laneta.apc.org>:<br><br>
> Estimad@s amig@s,<br>
><br>
> la campaña CRIS esta necesitando una traduccion, del material que
a<br>
> continuacion pego, para la semana que viene.<br>
> Algun@ de ustedes podria apoyar con esta tarea???<br>
><br>
> Abrazos<br>
> Olinca<br>
><br>
> Statement on Communication Rights<br>
><br>
> Vision and Context<br>
> Communication plays a central role in politics, economics, and
culture in<br>
> societies across the globe. Information and communication
technologies,<br>
> together with the political will to implement communication rights,
can<br>
> provide vital new opportunities for political interaction, social
and<br>
> economic development, and cultural sustainability. The means to
achieve<br>
> these ends include universal access of all to the means of
communication<br>
> and information and to a diversity of media throughout the
world.<br>
><br>
> Communication is a fundamental social process and the foundation of
all<br>
> social organization. It is more than the mere transmission of
messages.<br>
> Communication is human interaction among individuals and groups
through<br>
> which identities and meanings are shaped. Communication rights are
based on<br>
> a vision of the free flow of information and ideas which is
interactive,<br>
> egalitarian and non-discriminatory and driven by human needs, rather
than<br>
> commercial or political interests. These rights represent people’s
claim to<br>
> freedom, inclusiveness, diversity and participation in the
communication<br>
> process.<br>
> Our vision of a communication society is based upon the recognition
of the<br>
> inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all
people.<br>
><br>
> While recognizing the great potential of communication in
contemporary<br>
> societies, we also draw attention to some of the problems facing
full<br>
> recognition of communication rights. The problem of political
control and<br>
> interference with freedom of expression remains a central concern.
Along<br>
> with media saturation comes a dependency upon the media for
knowledge about<br>
> the world, a dependency that is greater in times of armed conflict.
At the<br>
> same time, the influence of propaganda and censorship has never been
so<br>
> widespread.<br>
><br>
> Communication has become big global business. Many of its products
and<br>
> services are shaped by commercial goals instead of considerations
based on<br>
> the common good. The global media market is largely controlled by a
small<br>
> number of giant conglomerates, endangering the diversity and
independence<br>
> of information flows. This threat to diversity is heightened by
current<br>
> trends in international trade negotiations, which risk subjecting
‘culture’<br>
> to the same rules as commodities and undermining indigenous
culture,<br>
> knowledge and heritage. On the other hand, strict intellectual
property<br>
> regimes create information enclosures and pose critical obstacles
to<br>
> emerging ‘knowledge’ societies.<br>
><br>
> The exclusion of large numbers of people from the democratic
political<br>
> process due to the lack of effective means of participation is
another<br>
> challenge for communication rights. This problem is exacerbated by
the<br>
> expansion of ‘around the clock’ powers to monitor and
intercept<br>
> communications, justified in the name of security but almost
universally<br>
> abused.<br>
> New technologies and a more profound understanding of communication
rights<br>
> have the power to make information and knowledge more readily
available to<br>
> people everywhere and to transform social and political processes.
However,<br>
> much remains to be done for this to become a reality. Global
communication<br>
> remains far from universal, with most of the world’s people still
excluded<br>
> from meaningful access to communication, information and the
media.<br>
> Communication Rights<br>
> With the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the<br>
> international community recognised the inherent dignity of all
members of<br>
> the human family by providing everyone with equal and inalienable
rights.<br>
> Communication rights are intrinsically bound up with the human
condition<br>
> and are based on a new, more powerful understanding of the
implications of<br>
> human rights and the role of communications. Without communication
rights,<br>
> human beings cannot live in freedom, justice, peace and dignity.
The<br>
> recognition of this universal human need has inspired us to set out
a<br>
> statement on communication rights based upon the key principles of
Freedom,<br>
> Inclusiveness, Diversity and Participation. *<br>
><br>
> Freedom<br>
> The core of communication rights is Article 19 of the Universal
Declaration<br>
> of Human Rights, which proclaims: “Everyone has the right to freedom
of<br>
> expression and opinion; this right includes the freedom to hold
opinions<br>
> without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and
ideas<br>
> through any media and regardless of frontiers.” This basic freedom
is also<br>
> recognized in the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights<br>
> (Article 19), in other UN treaties, such as the Convention on the
Rights of<br>
> the Child (Article 13), and in all three main regional human
rights<br>
> instruments (Africa, the Americas and Europe).<br>
><br>
> Despite these guarantees, censorship remains a reality as humankind
embarks<br>
> on the 21st century. Political and commercial pressures on
independent news<br>
> reporting are ever-present and freedom of speech on the Internet is
under<br>
> serious threat in many parts of the world. The right to freedom
of<br>
> expression is also increasingly under threat from significantly
enhanced<br>
> State powers to monitor and intercept communications around the
world. It<br>
> is crucial that the international community adopts robust rules
and<br>
> mechanisms to secure effectively the confidentiality of
private<br>
> communications. It is therefore urgent that we renew global
commitment to<br>
> freedom of information and expression as “the touchstone of
all freedoms<br>
> to which the United Nations is consecrated”, as stated in The
United<br>
> Nations General Assembly in Resolution 59(I), adopted at its very
first<br>
> session in 1946.<br>
><br>
> Inclusiveness<br>
> International human rights treaties include many provisions designed
to<br>
> guarantee inclusiveness, such as universal access to information
and<br>
> knowledge, universal access to education, protection of the cultural
life<br>
> of communities and equal sharing of advancements in science and
technology_______________________________________________<br>
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Lac@wsis-cs.org<br>
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