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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Yes, with the bracketed part.<br>
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I understand that if that if the bracketed part is carried, it will
come in its original place in the text, immediately preceding '</font><font
face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="5"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">
Irrespective of whether the JPA continues or not...."<br>
<br>
Thanks for a great work on this Ian.<br>
<br>
Parminder <br>
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Ian Peter wrote:
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<title>JPA near final with bracketed text</title>
<font size="4"><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;">The following draft (or next version of it)
will need to be presented for consensus within 24 hours. It includes
toward the end an area of bracketed text. To assist with resolving the
main remaining issue, please indicate your preference of versions with
either of the following<br>
<br>
YES without bracketed text<br>
<br>
Or<br>
<br>
YES with bracketed text<br>
<br>
<br>
If the inclusion of bracketed text would actually lead you to oppose
consensus on the final statement, please indicate that as well.<br>
<br>
Your response will help to determine which draft we will proceed with.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Ian Peter<br>
<br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">The Internet Governance Caucus is a global
coalition of civil society and non governmental organisations and
individuals actively involved the UN’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
process. Formed during the lead up to the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS), our mission is to provide a forum for
discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of civil society
contributions in Internet governance processes. We have several
hundred members, with a wide spread of geographic representation; more
about our coalition can be found at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.igcaucus.org">www.igcaucus.org</a>.<br>
<br>
We are thankful for the opportunity to comment on the JPA with ICANN,
and respectfully submit as follows.<br>
In responding to your call for comments, we are mindful of the WSIS
principles, which " recognize that Internet governance, carried out
according to the Geneva principles, is an essential element for a
people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory
Information Society”. We also recognise the need for high levels of
global co-operation from all stakeholder groups to ensure Internet
stability and security. <br>
<br>
Irrespective of whether the JPA continues or not, we believe that
certain principles outlined below need to be embedded in ICANN’s
operation. We believe these should be covered by an undertaking by
ICANN to perpetuate in its constitution, by laws, or some similar
accountability mechanism, various principles which follow. The
principles need to be embedded in such a way as to ensure they cannot
easily be changed to exclude any stakeholder group. The principles
which need to be permanently embedded are:<br>
<br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">bottom up co-ordination<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">balanced multi stakeholder
representation, including civil society interests and Internet users<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">ensuring the stability of the
Internet<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">transparency<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">appropriate accountability
mechanisms<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">continuing evolution of an
effective and appropriate governance model which is multilateral,
multistakeholder, democratic, and transparent<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Symbol">·
</font><font face="Times New Roman">decision making driven by the
public interest<br>
</font></span></font><font size="4"><font
face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span
style="font-size: 11pt;"><br>
</span></font></font><font size="5"><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style="font-size: 12pt;">We also propose to replace "private sector
management" with multistakeholder management, which has evolved from
the World Summit on the Information Society and the Internet Governance
Forum process which the US Government has supported, and which is an
important facet, we believe, of effective internet governance
arrangements.<br>
<br>
We think the establishment of firm principles to guide the evolution of
a model is the appropriate way to proceed. This should explicitly
recognize that ICANN is a global governance institution with regulatory
authority over an industry (domain name registration) and over critical
resources (IP addresses, root servers and addresses). The standards of
due process, rights, and accountability that apply to ICANN must be
developed with these facts in mind. <br>
<br>
<br>
BRACKETED TEXT FOLLOWS – PLEASE INDICATE “YES” OR “NO” TO ITS INCLUSION
IN YOUR RESPONSE<br>
<br>
<br>
[On your question as regards the future of the JPA - The IGC firmly
believes that global co-operation will be enhanced by a transition
beyond the JPA to a situation where all stakeholders feel that they
have equitable arrangements for participation, that ICANN is subject to
due process procedures and is accountable to all stakeholders.
Therefore, the IGC believes that merely extending the current JPA
arrangement is not a lasting viable solution.<br>
Some of us believe the JPA should be ended now, as it is an
ineffective mechanism to deal with the problems that must be resolved
to place ICANN on a viable long-term path forward. On the other hand,
some of us believe that a time-limited extension of the JPA might be
the most effective means to ensure that ICANN does take on board
necessary changes.<br>
Irrespective of when the JPA actually ends however, the IGC believes
that it should be replaced by a new global accountability framework,
the development of which should commence as soon as possible in an
open, multistakeholder, transparent and inclusive process.]<br>
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