<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:et@skynet.be">et@skynet.be</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sun 5 Jun 2011 21:40:38 GMT+02:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a>, <a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>, <a href="mailto:ecc-council@isoc-ecc.org">ecc-council@isoc-ecc.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [Ecc-council] United Nations report: Internet access is a human right</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>That was the subject of our workshop "Internet Rights" at the recent EuroDIG in Belgrade, Serbia :o)<br> <br> <a href="http://www.eurodig.org/eurodig-2011/programme/workshops/ws8-multilingualism">http://www.eurodig.org/eurodig-2011/programme/workshops/ws8-multilingualism</a><br><br><br><br> <hr> <br> <h1 class="entry-header">United Nations report: Internet access is a human right</h1> <div class="social-media-container"> <div class="share-container">June 3, 2011<br> <div style="CLEAR: right"><br><br> <div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"><p><a style="FLOAT: right" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef015432c0ada6970c-popup"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; WIDTH: 250px" id="a63016a3-eb64-473e-bdcd-ad6d3eb89fa6" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef015432c0ada6970c" title="UNlogo" alt="UNlogo" src="cid:9468F139-6B86-4EE3-BA21-203CBCC6AB56@telenet.be" width="232" height="198" apple-height="yes" apple-width="yes"></a>Internet access is a human right, according to a <a href="http://documents.latimes.com/un-report-internet-rights/" target="_blank">United Nations report</a> released on Friday.</p><p>"Given that the Internet has become an indispensable tool for realizing a range of human rights, combating inequality, and accelerating development and human progress, ensuring universal access to the Internet should be a priority for all states," said the report from Frank La Rue, a special rapporteur to the United Nations, who wrote the document "on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression."</p><p>La Rue said in his report that access to the Internet is particularly important during times of political unrest, as demonstrated by the recent "Arab Spring" uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, among other countries.</p> More details at : <a href="http://is.gd/YNSMWh">http://is.gd/YNSMWh</a><br> <br><br> <br><br><br><br> <span style="WIDOWS: 2; 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TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Lucida Grande'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space">Rudi Vansnick<br><br> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="'Helvetica Neue'"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px" class="Apple-style-span">President - CEO</span></font><br> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" face="Courier"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px" class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo"><b>——————————————— Internet Society Belgium —————————————————</b></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo">President - CEO Tel +32/(0)9/329.39.16<br><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a> </font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px" class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo">Mobile +32/(0)475/28.16.32</font></span></font><br> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; 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