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Saludos
Alicia Ocaso
URUGUAY
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IFLA Position on Internet Governance

1. As the peak international professional association concerned
with information and library services, IFLA represents institutions
worldwide that endeavour to provide access to all publicly available
information, whether factual or fictional, and regardless of media or
format.

Networked digital resources have become a critically important
basis for the information services delivered by libraries, and in many
countries public and educational libraries are the major or only
agencies that provide the general population with free or affordable
access to these resources. In doing so, they make a huge contribution
to cultural, social and economic development.

IFLA therefore has a direct interest in the future governance of
the Internet.

2. IFLA opposes any measures which would lead to control of
information access and free expression by commercial, governmental or
sectoral interests. Measures which may be necessary to ensure the
reliable operation of the Internet, control spam, support intellectual
property protection and enable individuals to protect their privacy
must not be used to limit the rights expressed in the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, especially those in Article 19.

3. IFLA supports the development of the Internet as a reliable
multilingual system which will be available to all and will facilitate
unrestricted access to information by all peoples in their languages
of choice.

4. In regard to the proposed approaches to the governance of the
Internet, IFLA supports a multistakeholder approach which involves
governments, civil society and business and which offers a path for
increasing participation by those interests in all countries as the
capacity to participate develops. IFLA consequently endorses both the
forum and the principles for global public policy and oversight
proposed in the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) report but
emphasises the need for effective representation of the stakeholder
interests.

5. As a voice for the 2.5 billion registered library users across
the world and an United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
accredited international professional organisation, IFLA is available
to assist with the development of effective models for Internet
governance.

Alex Byrne
IFLA President

21 September 2005

IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and
Institutions) is the leading international body representing the
interests of library and information services and their users. It is
the global voice of the library and information profession. IFLA is
accredited by a number of United Nations agencies, including UNESCO
with whom it enjoys Formal Associate Relations.

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