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No comments, but support the text. Specially, the last paragraph is a
wholesome one.<br><br>
Best regards,<br>
Hakik<br><br>
At 11:44 PM 2/1/2009, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>Below is a
suggested draft for a verbal statement on IGF mandate role ad structure
for the February consultations. Comments please!<br>
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The Internet Governance Caucus is of the view that the IGF should
continue beyond its first mandated period of five years.<br>
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There are two clear, and relatively distinct, mandates of the IGF -
first, regarding public policy functions, as a forum for multistakeholder
policy dialogue, and second, regarding capacity building. Both aspects of
the IGF's role need to be strengthened.<br>
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Especially, one role (for instance, capacity building) should not be
promoted to the exclusion of the other (policy related role). If the IGF
is assessed not to be sufficiently contributing to its one or the other
principal roles, adequate measures should be considered to improve its
effectivenesses vis-a-vis that role. <br>
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It is important that IGF remains open to addressing all issues that are
in the IG space, no matter how controversial. Very likely, the more
controversial an issue, the more appropriate it may be to bring it to the
IGF where inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders can be sought.<br>
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Deliberations at the IGF can be used as inputs for global Internet policy
making, which will help make policy-making processes more participative
and democratic.<br>
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We congratulate the IGF secretariat on doing exemplary work in the last
few years, However for this success to be built on, the IGF should be
assured stable and sufficient public funding to be able to carry its
functions effectively, and impartially in global public interest. To this
end we believe it is important that no other UN organization gets
involved in the IGF's management.<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Ian Peter<br>
PO Box</font> 429<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Bangalow NSW 2479<br>
Australia<br>
Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773<br>
<a href="http://www.ianpeter.com/" eudora="autourl">www.ianpeter.com</a>
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