No.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Norbert Klein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net">nhklein@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Agreed,<br>
<br>
Norbert Klein<br>
Phnom Penh/Cambodia<br>
<br>
<br>
On Saturday, 6 June 2009 04:54:35 Ian Peter wrote:<br>
[snip]<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">> The Internet Governance Caucus is a global coalition of civil society and<br>
> non governmental organisations and individuals actively involved the UN¹s<br>
> Internet Governance Forum (IGF) process. Formed during the lead up to the<br>
> World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), our mission is to provide a<br>
> forum for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of civil<br>
> society contributions in Internet governance processes. We have several<br>
> hundred members, with a wide spread of geographic representation; more<br>
> about our coalition can be found at <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">www.igcaucus.org</a>.<br>
><br>
> We are thankful for the opportunity to comment on the Joint Project<br>
> Agreement (JPA) with ICANN, and respectfully submit as follows.<br>
><br>
> In responding to your call for comments, we are mindful of the WSIS<br>
> principles, which " recognize that Internet governance, carried out<br>
> according to the Geneva principles, is an essential element for a<br>
> people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory<br>
> Information Society². We also recognise the need for high levels of global<br>
> co-operation from all stakeholder groups to ensure Internet stability and<br>
> security.<br>
><br>
> On your question as regards the future of the JPA - The IGC firmly believes<br>
> that global co-operation will be enhanced by a transition beyond the JPA to<br>
> a situation where all stakeholders feel that they have equitable<br>
> arrangements for participation, that ICANN is subject to due process<br>
> procedures and is accountable to all stakeholders. Therefore, the IGC<br>
> believes that merely extending the current JPA arrangement is not a lasting<br>
> viable solution.<br>
><br>
> Some of us believe the JPA should be ended now, as it is an ineffective<br>
> mechanism to deal with the problems that must be resolved to place ICANN on<br>
> a viable long-term path forward. On the other hand, some of us believe that<br>
> a time-limited extension of the JPA might be the most effective means to<br>
> ensure that ICANN does take on board necessary changes.<br>
><br>
> Irrespective of when the JPA actually ends however, the IGC believes that<br>
> it should be replaced by a new global accountability framework, the<br>
> development of which should commence as soon as possible in an open,<br>
> multistakeholder, transparent and inclusive process.<br>
><br>
> Also irrespective of whether the JPA continues or not, we believe that<br>
> certain principles outlined below need to be embedded in ICANN¹s operation.<br>
> We believe these should be covered by an undertaking by ICANN to perpetuate<br>
> in its constitution, by laws, or some similar accountability mechanism, the<br>
> principles which follow. The principles need to be embedded in such a way<br>
> as to ensure they cannot easily be changed to exclude any stakeholder<br>
> group. The principles which need to be permanently embedded are:<br>
><br>
> · bottom up co-ordination<br>
><br>
> · balanced multi stakeholder representation, including civil society<br>
> interests and Internet users<br>
><br>
> · ensuring the stability of the Internet<br>
><br>
> · transparency<br>
><br>
> · appropriate accountability mechanisms<br>
><br>
> · continuing evolution of an effective and appropriate governance<br>
> model which is multilateral, multistakeholder, democratic, and transparent<br>
><br>
> · decision making driven by the public interest<br>
><br>
> We also propose to replace "private sector management" with<br>
> multistakeholder management, which has evolved from the World Summit on the<br>
> Information Society and the Internet Governance Forum process which the US<br>
> Government has supported, and which is an important facet, we believe, of<br>
> effective internet governance arrangements.<br>
><br>
> We think the establishment of firm principles to guide the evolution of a<br>
> model is the appropriate way to proceed. This should explicitly recognize<br>
> that ICANN is a global governance institution with regulatory authority<br>
> over an industry (domain name registration) and over critical resources (IP<br>
> addresses, root servers and addresses). The standards of due process,<br>
> rights, and accountability that apply to ICANN must be developed with these<br>
> facts in mind.<br>
><br>
> Ian Peter and Ginger Paque, Co-coordinators, for the Internet Governance<br>
> Caucus<br>
<br>
<br>
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