좀전에 보낸 시민사회 선언문과 별도로, 어제 발표된 정부간 선언문(안)의 
보안(security) 분야에 대한 진보네트워크센터의 입장을 발표했습니다.

2003년 7월 18일
WSIS intersessional Paris 참가단


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Korea Progressive Network 'Jinbonet' 

Statement on paragraphs 34-37 of the new Draft Declaration of Principles
Document WSIS03/PICP/DT/4(Rev.2)-E


Civil Society Information Security and Privacy Working Group submitted a 
Statement on the new Draft of Principles on 17. July. We appreciate the 
endeavor of the Working Group and we basically agree with the comments. 
Moreover we want to comment more to the new draft Declaration of 
Principles. We hope our comment to be taken into consideration at the 
future process of WSIS.

In the information society, surveillance by the government, business 
entity, employer is increasing rapidly. So now surveillance become one of 
the most dangerous threats to human rights and democracy. Information is 
the source of power in the information society. While one has more power 
to monitor the others are discriminated and excluded. And owing to the 
rapid development of technologies including ICT, the government, business 
entity, employer have the ability to collect and process all kinds of 
information as they want. So, if we fail to control the surveillance 
power, the information society shall be an Owellian dystopia. So 
protecting the human rights and democracy from the surveillance is a very 
urgent and important task that we have faced. Because of the importance of 
this issue, until now we have many treaties, conventions and guidelines 
about this issue. 

But in the Declaration, to our disappointment, there is little 
considerations on this issue. Only in the paragraph 34-37, the privacy 
issue is raised. But the paragraph 34-37 is originally dedicated to the 
security issue, that has a tention with the privacy and free speech. We 
think that Protect Human rights and Democracy from the Surveillance in the 
Information Society is one of the most important issues to be discussed 
and to be settled in WSIS. So we insist that this issue shall be stated as 
a new chapter. At that chapter we must declare that the surveillance in 
the information society must be limited for the human rights and 
democracy. And to protect human rights and democracy from surveillance, 
the right to participate in designing the information systems, and 
determine the information systems, the right to know and control the 
information and information systems shall be given to the information 
subject. And technologies shall be under control of the information 
subject and the surveillance of government, business entity and employer 
shall be supervised by independent authority.

18th, July, 2003
Korean participants from Jinbonet :
Eun-woo Lee, Un-hee Lee, Yeo-Kyung Chang

* Jinbonet(Korea Progressive Network) is a Korea based non-profit 
organization and a member of APC(Association for Progressive 
Communications).