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<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Further to my last
post on NGNs etc: According to the Tunis Agenda, the IGF is supposed to "promote
and assess, on an ongoing basis, the embodiment of WSIS principles in Internet
governance process." These of course hold that "the international
management of the Internet should be multilateral, transparent and democratic,
with the full involvement of governments, the private sector, civil society and
international organizations." Hence, all public and private sector
international organizations/networks involved in developing shared international
regimes and programs pertaining to the development and use of the Internet are
supposed to be evaluated in terms of their conformity with these principles, and
where necessary, reforms are to be encouraged to bring them into
conformity. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">This is an
essential mandate, and potentially one of the most important outcomes of the
entire WSIS process. There are a wide variety of mechanisms involved in
developing shared frameworks for different pieces of the Internet environment,
and in many cases they do not conform, or conform fully, with basic principles
of good governance. When the WGIG did a little exercise beginning this
sort of horizontal evaluation (we unfortunately didn't work it through to
completion), a couple of things became clear. While the private sector
bodies were not multilateral, in the sense of intergovernmental (hence the
oversight battle), some---e.g. IETF, RIRs, even ICANN in the views of
many---looked pretty good according to the other criteria; other industry-only
bodies involved in setting rules for e-commerce, privacy and
security, etc., less so. Conversely, the intergovernmental bodies had
other weaknesses, most notably with respect to the 'full involvement of,'
especially civil society.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">An obvious example
of the latter, which was much discussed both on the caucus list and in the WGIG,
is the ITU. While ITU's ambitions vis the 'oversight' issue have been
side-lined by the WSIS/WGIG processes, it is increasingly involved in other bits
of the IG environment, and is emerging as a if not the premier place for the
work on NGN and security/trust issues. But there is effectively no real CS
participation in any of this, and there is only full transparency for paid
members. In the WSIS era, some of ITU's leadership, most notably Houlin
Zhao of ITU-T, professed their willingness to promote an opening to CS,
which would involve convincing member governments and firms and in some cases,
changing the governing treaties. At the CONGO debriefing on WSIS December,
SG Utsumi went on quite a bit about how ITU supposedly loves CS and was
responsible for getting us into WSIS. We talked previously on the caucus
list about taking ITU up on such statements, but never
acted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Now ITU is having
one of its periodic reform discussions (these have been going on since
1865). Philippe Dam of CONGO sent a message to the plenary list noting
that ITU is inviting external input on reform priorities; the message is
below. It would be really useful if the caucus could make a brief
collective input on the website encouraging ITU to open its doors to CS.
It needn't be elaborate, just a paragraph, but we'd have to do it quickly;
Philippe's message says 25 January, but since the consultation isn't until Feb.
1, I would assume we could still submit something. I'd also encourage ISOC
to do the same. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">At a minimum, I'd
think we could say that special seminars and workshops, such as the upcoming
event on policy frameworks for NGNs <SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"><A
href="http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/">http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/</A> (which
could be important) or the meetings they did previously on spam and security
should be open. I don't think this would require constitutional changes,
as would CS participation in the sectors, Council, or diplomatic Plenipotentiary
Conference. Pushing the latter would require a more concerted
effort.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=029090010-24012006></SPAN></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><SPAN
class=029090010-24012006>Inclusive process demands have always been the one area
on which the caucus could agree quickly. If we can't get it together to
say let us in, probably discussions about becoming a non-profit org etc are
wildly premature. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Any
interest?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">Bill</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=029090010-24012006><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>CONGO - Philippe Dam<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 23, 2006 5:31
PM<BR><B>To:</B> plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Cc:</B>
rbloem@ngocongo.org; wsis@ngocongo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary]
On-line Consultation on ITU Reform<BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear all,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just for your information, I’d like
to draw your attention to the <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">on-line
consultation</SPAN></B> organised on the ITU website, on the issue of the
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ITU reform</SPAN></B> in the perspective of
WSIS follow-up. NGOs, including non-ITU members, and academicians can
participate. ITU<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>mentioned
that<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> deadline for on-line input is 25
January</SPAN></B>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This on-line consultation is
intended to provide ground for the ITU Reform Meeting (convened by the ITU
Council WG on WSIS) to be held on the 1st February
2006.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">More information at: <A
title=http://www.itu.int/reform/index.html
href="http://www.itu.int/reform/index.html">http://www.itu.int/reform/index.html</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ITU Council Resolution 1244: <A
href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/background/resolutions/itu2005/1244.doc">http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/background/resolutions/itu2005/1244.doc</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best regards,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; LINE-HEIGHT: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Philippe
Dam<BR></SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations
agencies on issues of global concern. For more information see our website
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