<div dir="ltr">I suggest we find someone who has been closely following the internal UN discussions to address Pranesh's question. I certainly have heard that numerous countries have raised questions about extending the IGF, but I don't have first hand information on that.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Pranesh Prakash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pranesh@cis-india.org" target="_blank">pranesh@cis-india.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Jeanette and all,<br>
Do we know of anyone who is opposed to:<br>
<br>
* Renewal of the IGF's mandate for another 5/10 years? or<br>
* Having an open-ended mandate for the IGF?<br>
<br>
It would be useful to know who exactly are opposed to these and why.<br>
<br>
Stephanie, you mentioned that I was "voicing concerns that we have heard from both govt and business". Could you please specify which government delegations and which businesses / business associations you have heard this from? Thanks!<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Pranesh<br>
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Jeanette Hofmann <<a href="mailto:jeanette@wzb.eu" target="_blank">jeanette@wzb.eu</a>> [2014-09-002 23:45:35 +0200<br>
]:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Stephanie did circulate our second version today. You should have got it.<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, there is a chance that some governments will also endorse it.<br>
We are working on this right now.<br>
<br>
The statement, sort of born at the BB meeting, could become an informal<br>
or formal outcome of the IGF.<br>
<br>
jeanette<br>
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Am 02.09.14 16:55, schrieb Andrew Puddephatt:<br>
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can both statements - short and long be posted for approval?<br>
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On 2 September 2014 13:35, Jeremy Malcolm <<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jmalcolm@eff.org" target="_blank">jmalcolm@eff.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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On Sep 2, 2014, at 2:01 PM, joy <<a href="mailto:joy@apc.org" target="_blank">joy@apc.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:joy@apc.org" target="_blank">joy@apc.org</a>>><br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> Dear all - just following up on the agreement at the Best Bits<br>
meeting<br>
> earlier this week for a statement on the IGF.<br>
> Many thanks to those who made comments on the draft statement<br>
which is<br>
> in the meeting document <a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/NnbQgXIv8Y" target="_blank">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/<u></u>NnbQgXIv8Y</a><br>
> The draft statement has been tidied and now has a clean version<br>
starting<br>
> at line 325.<br>
> Please do try to review by the end of Wednesday so that any edits<br>
can be<br>
> made and sent in time for a deadline of agreement of end of<br>
Thursday<br>
> Turkey time for presentation at the IGF on Friday.<br>
<br>
So to clarify, there are now *three* overlapping statements:<br>
<br>
1. One from Jeanette, Stephanie and others at<br>
<a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/LQO468JD1K" target="_blank">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/<u></u>LQO468JD1K</a> which is proposed to be a<br>
*multi-stakeholder* statement on extension of the IGF.[0]<br>
<br>
2. One at <a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/NnbQgXIv8Y" target="_blank">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/<u></u>NnbQgXIv8Y</a> from line 325<br>
which is a draft opt-in Best Bits sign-on statement on IGF extension<br>
and other issues.[1]<br>
<br>
3. A subset of 2, being simply the paragraph "We call for the<br>
establishment of the IGF as a permanent multistakeholder forum<br>
within the framework of the UN, that should be reformed and<br>
strengthened," which has the distinction of being a *consensus*<br>
outcome of our Best BIts meeting.<br>
<br>
MY QUESTION:<br>
<br>
It is clear what happens to 2 - we add it to Best Bits website for<br>
individual endorsement as per our usual practice. But what happens<br>
with 1 and 3? I suggest recording 3 on the "Outputs" tab of our<br>
meeting page at <a href="http://bestbits.net/events/best-bits-2014" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/events/<u></u>best-bits-2014</a>. But what<br>
would be an appropriate way for Best Bits network members to show<br>
support for 1 (I don't suppose we can assume it inherits the<br>
consensus that we reached on 3)?<br>
<br>
<br>
[0] Current full text below:<br>
<br>
In 2005, the UN Member states asked the UN Secretary-General in the<br>
Tunis Agenda, to convene a meeting of the new forum for<br>
multi-stakeholder policy dialogue—called the Internet Governance<br>
Forum (IGF). (Footnote: paragraph 72, Tunis Agenda)<br>
<br>
The mandate of the Forum was to discuss public policy issues<br>
relating to key elements of Internet governance, such as those<br>
enumerated in the Tunis Agenda, in order to foster the<br>
sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of<br>
the Internet in developed and developing countries. The Forum was<br>
not to replace existing arrangements, mechanisms, institutions or<br>
organizations. It was intended to constitute a neutral,<br>
non-duplicative and non-binding process, and have no involvement in<br>
day-to-day or technical operations of the Internet.<br>
<br>
The Tunis Agenda also asked the UN Secretary-General to examine the<br>
desirability of the continuation of the Forum, in formal<br>
consultation with Forum participants, within five years of its<br>
creation, and to make recommendations to the UN Membership in this<br>
regard. At its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly decided to<br>
extend the mandate of the IGF, underlining the need to improve the<br>
IGF “with a view to linking it to the broader dialogue on global<br>
Internet governance”.<br>
<br>
In his note on the continuation of the Internet Governance Forum,<br>
the UN Secretary General confirmed that the IGF was unique and<br>
valuable. It is a place where Governments, civil society, the<br>
private sector and international organizations discuss important<br>
questions of economic and social development. They share their<br>
insights and achievements and build a common understanding of the<br>
Internet’s great potential.<br>
<br>
The Secretary-General recommended that<br>
(a) That the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum be extended<br>
for a further five years;<br>
(b) That the desirability of continuation be considered again by<br>
Member<br>
States within the context of a 10-year review of implementation of<br>
the outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society in 2015;<br>
<br>
Footnote: (General Assembly, Sixty-fifth session, Item 17 of the<br>
preliminary list*, Information and communications technologies for<br>
development, Economic and Social Council, Substantive session of<br>
2010 New York, 28 June-23 July 2010, Agenda item 13 (b)**)<br>
<br>
The NetMundial Meeting, convened by the Government of Brazil, stated<br>
in the NetMundial Multistakeholder Statement on April 24th, 2014,<br>
that there is a need for a strengthened Internet Governance Forum<br>
(IGF). Important recommendations to that end had already been made<br>
by the UN CSTD working group on IGF improvements. The NetMundial<br>
Statement also stated that “a strengthened IGF could better serve as<br>
a platform for discussing both long standing and emerging issues<br>
with a view to contributing to the identification of possible ways<br>
to address them.”<br>
<br>
In 2016 it will have been ten years since the establishment of<br>
IGF. We , the undersigned multistakeholders, believe it has proven<br>
its worth. (content here on why) We think it is time to build on<br>
the success and to strengthen the forum that the UN initiated with<br>
the Tunis Agenda, and to give it a solid mandate and reliable<br>
financial support. These two goals are interrelated. To address the<br>
need for sustainable funding, the Internet Governance Forum Support<br>
Association (<a href="http://www.igfsa.org/" target="_blank">http://www.igfsa.org/</a>) was formed at IGF 2014. The<br>
goal of this non-profit is to support and promote sustainable<br>
funding for the IGF. This funding effort as well a other existing<br>
funding mechanisms, together with long range planning for the IGF<br>
are essential in creating the strengthened IGF the Internet<br>
community needs in order to continues its work for the global<br>
Internet development goals.<br>
<br>
Given the significance of the Internet Governance Forum for the<br>
continuing development of Internet governance and based on success<br>
of the two 5 year periods of IGF operation, we request the UN<br>
Secretary General to establish the IGF as an ongoing (permanent)<br>
forum. We believe that the IGF should move beyond its initiation<br>
phase where repeated renewal by the UN General assembly is required<br>
and that it be allowed to do long range planning for its continuing<br>
and evolving work. We also request that the UN Secretary General<br>
work with the IGF and its stakeholders to strengthen its structure<br>
and processes in the spirit of its open and multistakeholder<br>
foundation.<br>
<br>
<br>
[1] Current full text below:<br>
<br>
We, the undersigned below and all members of the Best Bits Network,<br>
re-emphasise that human rights and development are underlying<br>
concerns for all internet governance processes and mechanisms. At<br>
this 2014 IGF in Istanbul we wish to in particular call for: (and<br>
then the specific demands below)<br>
<br>
1. We express serious concern about the shrinking space for freedom<br>
of expression and access to information in Turkey, especially in<br>
relation to internet filtering and blocking of content. Therefore<br>
Best Bits welcomes the initiative of the Internet Ungovernance Forum<br>
and Turkish civil society organizations to address this threat to<br>
human rights.<br>
<br>
2. We call for the establishment of the IGF as a permanent<br>
multistakeholder forum within the framework of the UN, that should<br>
be reformed and strengthened.<br>
<br>
3. We call for a more thorough and timely review of the IGF<br>
post-Istanbul (rather than waiting until early 2015) in order to<br>
look at potential changes that could lead to its further<br>
strengthening.<br>
<br>
4 . We support NetMundial and its recommendations for the IGF, but<br>
express concerns about the number of new processes which civil<br>
society is being asked to be involved outside of the IGF and call<br>
for it to continue as the key forum for internet governance issues.<br>
<br>
5. We commend the IGF for responding to the NETmundial roadmap by,<br>
for example, focusing on Net neutrality and ask the MAG and UNDESA<br>
and Brazil who is the host of the 2015 IGF to build on this, and to<br>
use regional and national IGFs as part of this process.<br>
<br>
6. We call for the opening up of the WSIS+10 review modalities to<br>
ensure that stakeholders interests and views are heard and taken<br>
into account.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Jeremy Malcolm<br>
Senior Global Policy Analyst<br>
Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>
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