[WSIS CS-Plenary] Asian Caucus input to action plan

[PatchA]

Dear all,

attached and below is the contribution to action plan from Asian Caucus.

Thanks,
PatchA

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Contribution to Action Plan from the Asian Caucus

Under para. 17, g) should be replaced with the next phrase
To ensure universal access and access for all people, open source/free software or platform should be optionally and preferably taken into account in governmental procurement. 

Under para. 17, addition
Website of all public institution should be designed in a way that all types of browsers could be accessible. Furthermore, plug-in tools which are to be publicly used, e.g. on-line banking add-ons or magnifying add-ons, must be freely provided and compatible to all type of platform. 

Para. 28, d) should be replaced with
Contents regulation, even if it is to be exceptionally allowed for public interest, should not go beyond the principles of human rights and freedom of expression, and those exceptional measures should ensure transparency and accountability, the principle of clarity, minimum, legislation basis. Globally recognized contents regulation, if any, should be rigidly based on consensus of global users¡¯ community and public authorities.

Para. 35, e) second sentence should be replaced
Personal information provider¡¯s consent must be prerequisite to the collection, retention, use and disclosure of their clinical records for the sake of safeguarding from the abuse and possible profiling particularly in a digitized format. 

Under Para. 36, addition
Workers' Rights of Having Access to information
Workers¡¯ rights should be extended to include the unhindered access to communication media and publicly accessible information sources even in workplace, and freedom of censorship, negotiation based monitoring system, freedom of communication among workers and etc.

Under para. 37, addition
For the sake of environmental preservation, new products should necessarily ensure the backward compatibility. Hardware or software vendors should continue the after-sale service for the out-dated products. 
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