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Civil society comments on crucial issues of the draft declaration of principles 
in reference to  Document WSIS/PC-3/DT/1(Rev.2a)-E .
Submitted by the Content and Themes Drafting group

September 25^th, 2003

Paragraph 1
We strongly request a reference to 'non-discrimination' in Sections A or B. We suggest it be included in paragraphs 1 or 3.

Paragraph 1
We support retention of the bracketed text.

Paragraph 2
We support all the bracketed text except 'any other international instrument or national laws'.
We support the reference to the Right to Development, either Option A or B

Paragraph 3
We strongly support the inclusion of the two bracketed texts beginning  'The International community must....' and ending 'fundamental freedoms.' and beginning 'Our challenge is' and ending 'and prosperous world.'

Paragraph 3bis
We strongly support the removal of the entire paragraph.

Paragraph 4
We support the retention of paragraph 4, including the text in brackets [as enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights], with the exception of text in brackets [and ~~29~~], which should be removed.

If there is insistence on keeping the reference to article 29, delete the text in brackets [as enshrined in Article 19 and 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.] 

Paragraph 6bis
We support retaining the bracketed text: [within and]

Paragraph 9bis
This should be separate paragraph to paragraph 9.
In paragraph 9bis, 'the elderly' should be 'elder people' and 'the disabled' should be 'people with disabilities'.

Paragraph 1
We prefer the expression 'global public good' to describe the Internet. However, the expression 'global facility available to the public' is an acceptable alternative. It would make more sense to say 'Internet is a global facility available to the public and its governance should constitute a core issue of the Information Society agenda..'

Paragraph 15 
Change 'Connectivity is a central enabling agent' to 'Connectivity and electric power are central enabling agents'.

Paragraph 17

Insert 'community centres, libraries' after 'schools'. 
Explanation: specific attention and support should be given to community-based initiatives.

Paragraph 19
We support the inclusion of the reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but not the specific reference to Article 29.
We strongly support the retention of the word in italics: 'the ability for all to access and contribute their information, ideas and knowledge is essential.'

Paragraph 23
Replace 'and other community-based access points' with 'and other community-based information centres'.
Explanation: the issue is not only about access.

Paragraph 27
Delete the term 'information security' 
Comments: we can absolutely not accept the term 'information security'. We could only agree to the term 'network security'. 

Paragraph 28
We recommend the deletion of paragraph 28, However, if the paragraph is kept, we demand that the phrase 'consistent with the need to preserve the free flow of information' stays in the sentence. The competing proposal 'in accordance with the legal system of each country' is completely unacceptable. We also request deletion of the bracketed language '[in both civil and military fields]'.

Paragraph 30
We recommend the deletion of the expression 'that takes into account national realities'

Paragraph 33
We strongly recommend the deletion of this paragraph because it is confusing. It would be necessary to distinguish between the various forms of intellectual property, such as copyright, patents, trademarks, etc. 

Paragraph 35
We ask for the inclusion of the words 'freely implementable, publicly documented' after the word 'non-discriminatory'.

Paragraph 36
Delete 'principle of legality, with full observance of national laws and regulation as well as'.

Paragraph 39
We support the alternative 'resource' over 'infrastructure'.

Paragraph 41
We recommend the deletion of this paragraph.

Paragraph 42
We consider it unacceptable that none of the options mentions Civil Society. Of the five available options, we would prefer a).

Paragraph 43
We support the new version of this paragraph.

Paragraph 44
We support this paragraph.

Paragraph 45
The following bracketed texts should be deleted:
[in accordance with the legal system of each country and] 
[particularly on Articles 19 and 29] 
[Individuals and media should have access to available information]

We wish to include the following text after the words 'Traditional media': including public service broadcasting and community media instead of 'in all its forms' 

Paragraph 48
We strongly object to pargraphs B and D. We recommend the second paragraph B and paragraph C. If paragraph A is used, we recommend deleting the last sentence.

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