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YES for me and looking forward to their realizations.<br><br>
Best regards,<br>
Hakikur Rahman<br><br>
At 10:54 PM 6/5/2009, Ian Peter wrote:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>Below is the final statement
we propose to send to DOC (and need to submit by June 8). Please indicate
YES or NO as regards your support for this statement – if you have
already indicated in the previous draft a YES, there is no need to vote
again (in the interests of email flow). At this stage I am assuming we
have a consensus for this unless strong objections are raised in the next
48 hours.<br><br>
At this stage no amendments can be accepted which changes the meaning or
emphasis of the text. However we can certainly consider simple changes
that clarify the expression if you feel strongly about them.<br><br>
Thank you everyone for your participation!<br><br>
DRAFT FOLLOWS<br><br>
<br>
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 href="http://www.igcaucus.org/" eudora="autourl">www.igcaucus.org</a>
.<br>
<br>
We are thankful for the opportunity to comment on the Joint Project
Agreement (JPA) with ICANN, and respectfully submit as
follows.<br><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>
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><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><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><br>
Also 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, the 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>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>bottom up
co-ordination<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>balanced multi
stakeholder representation, including civil society interests and
Internet users<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>ensuring the stability
of the Internet<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>transparency<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>appropriate
accountability mechanisms<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>continuing evolution of
an effective and appropriate governance model which is multilateral,
multistakeholder, democratic, and transparent<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><br>
</font><font face="Symbol" size=5>·
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>decision making driven
by the public interest<br>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>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>
</font><font face="Calibri" size=4><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>Ian Peter and Ginger
Paque, Co-coordinators, for the Internet Governance Caucus<br>
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