APrIGF Document Platform

“Nothing about us without us” must move from slogan to statute. Disabled People Organizations (DPOs) to co-chair the working-group, not sitting in the back row. True inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) means dismantling tokenism, DPOs must co-draft every policy.

APrIGF 2025 reaffirms its commitment to shaping an Internet that upholds human rights, promotes sustainable development, strengthens trust and safety online, and ensures equitable access for all communities, including youth, women, indigenous peoples, and marginalized groups.

Roughly more than 7,000 living languages exist worldwide, yet only about 400 are accessible online. A linguistic gap that quietly locks most of Asia-Pacific’s youth and marginalised communities out of Internet governance debates.

The sixteenth edition of the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) held virtually, proving that resilience is not a location but a commitment. APrIGF 2025 aims to strengthen regional contributions to global Internet governance processes, including the IGF, WSIS follow-ups, and discussions on emerging digital norms.

[The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Foundation’s]
Please rephrase as “The APNIC Foundation”

This section ‘Track 3: Sustainability’ is missing a key reference to the two-way channel between Internet infrastructure and its impact on the environment, and environmental challenges impacting Internet infrastructure. There is a need to be cognisant of both. Where the former is concerned, there is a need to invest in green technology, e-waste recycling, accountability of tech manufaturers regarding reuse, repair, replacement of parts, etc., sustainable energy sources for intensive digital capabilities. Where the latter is concerned, there needs to be more investment in the cable repair industry, strengthening local infrastructure to reduce exeternal dependencies, building resilient tools that can aid emergency communications even while being offline, etc. The APNIC Foundation has supported initiatives to design a few emergency preparedness and response mechanisms that can work in offline situations as well.

[The way forward requires strengthening digital foundations through infrastructure, education, and legal reforms , with a call for state-led efforts in funding and reform since access to justice is a fundamental right]
Preceding this, a reassertion must be included: “All emerging technology, including AI, depend on robust and resilient Internet infrastructure. The focus on AI and building AI capabilities must not take us away from continued investments in Internet and digital infrastructure and capabilities.”

This seems like a repetition from the aforementioned points mentioned in the gender inclusion section

[government, civil society, and the private sector]
Should read “government, multistakeholder spaces, civil society, and the private sector”

[because they are cut off from the global world]
Should read “cut off from the global market”