I've been screwing up a lot lately. Sorry to Francois for the double send On April 6, 2016 8:30:21 PM AST, Francois Soulard <[email protected]> wrote: > >Hi, > >> If we truely believe Free Software is a Human Right, I do, then why >> have >> we not tryied to get the United Nations to append the Human Rights >> Charter? > >In this way, I just mention this initiative of the United Nations to >create a group supporting the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (a >process related to the framework of the new Sustainable Development >Goals at global level). >http://sd.iisd.org/news/un-announces-composition-terms-of-10-member-group-to-support-tfm/ >https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/topics/technology/facilitationmechanism/10membergroup > >As we know, United Nations are occupied by very different interests, >including obviously mega-corporations and industries ones. But this >process I mentioned before has the support of the ETC group for >example, a very activist group struggling against private colonization >and impact of technologies in different fields and regions. UN >initiated this group under the proposals of various networks, aiming to >strengthen the pressure on governments and lobbyings. Let's see if free >software/hardware/infrastructure could be part of the discussion and >connected to rights and development frameworks as you suggested. > >Smiles, >François Soulard >Communication group for post-Rio+20 struggles >Buenos Aires - Argentina
I'm often "out of the loop" when it comes to global news, so thanks, I was not aware of this.
