Hello Fouad Bajwa,<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Fouad Bajwa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com">fouadbajwa@gmail.com</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;">
Being an active participant of the UNCSTD this year in Geneva, I would<br>
like to share that the CSTD members were not out of touch of the IG<br>
issues </blockquote><div><br>Thank you for your response. I do understand that CSTD is fairly well informed on IGF matters. I didn't say that the CSTD members would be out of touch with IG issues. It is just that the IGF happens to be one of the several issues that the CSTD is concerned about, so the members of the CSTD might not have followed IGF deliberations in different forums as closely as ICT ministries who are more directly concerned about IGF would have.<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">and the draft resolutions that were prepared and then approved<br>
from the committee's members. </blockquote><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This committee was also chaired by a<br>
member who is an active member of the IGF Multistakeholder Advisory<br>
Group MAG respectively and the deliberations made the members of the<br>
IGC were reflected in Markus's report that he read out and presented<br>
to the CSTD from the IGC Secretariat respectively.<br>
<br>
How governments nominate their members to represent their countries<br>
(Foreign Ministers or ICT Ministers) is solely upon member state<br>
countries of the UN and I believe that IGF or the ECOSOC has no<br>
influence over that and I think they shouldn't either.</blockquote><div><br>No, neither the IGF nor ECOSOC would find it appropriate to influence how the Member States nominate their representatives, nor would be in a position to suggest that they may be nominated from ICT ministries. These are internal affairs of the Member States and UN or any of its organs wouldn't interfere. Nor did I say that we should ask the member states to change this. That would be too much. What I suggested is that ICT ministries could work to share their observations and positive views with the Ministry that has nominated a representative to CSTD - in case it happens to be a different Ministry. <br>
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>
Yes you can communicate with your country's government and check into<br>
the issue </blockquote><div><br>Our government has a very positive view about the IGF and is indeed very thorough in its approach. <br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br></blockquote><div><br>Thank you.<br>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Sivasubramanian<br>
Muthusamy<<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello All,<br>
><br>
> I was at the European Summer School of Internet Governance at Meissen<br>
> recently and happened to have an informal conversation with one of the<br>
> faculty members who happens to be an individual who values the IGF as much<br>
> as we all do.<br>
><br>
> Most of us in this list have contributed to a positive review of the IGF and<br>
> almost all of us believe that the IGF should continue. We have given our<br>
> inputs, but the process of decision making requires inputs from the CSTD of<br>
> ECOSOC.<br>
><br>
> CSTD ( <a href="http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=4239&lang=1" target="_blank">http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=4239&lang=1</a> ) has<br>
> to make a recommendation to the UN to renew the mandate for the IGF. So, in<br>
> a sense this is an important and crucial step in the review process.<br>
><br>
> The CSTD is a body with representatives named by the foreign ministries of<br>
> the governments. Tradionally IGF participation is from the ICT ministries of<br>
> most governments. So, what is closely followed by the ICT ministries might<br>
> only have been very broadly followed by the Foreign / External affairs<br>
> ministries.<br>
><br>
> What needs to be done is to impress upon the foreign minsties / CSTD<br>
> nominees of our Governments that the mandate for IGF needs to be renewed.<br>
> Some of the participants of this list are well connected. Would it be<br>
> possible to think of reaching out to the CSTD delegations through the<br>
> Foreign Ministries with help from the ICT Ministries?<br>
><br>
> This is a bit of a diplomatic exercise that is necessary.<br>
><br>
> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy.<br>
> India.<br>
> Blog: <a href="http://isocmadras.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://isocmadras.blogspot.com</a><br>
> facebook: <a href="http://is.gd/x8Sh" target="_blank">http://is.gd/x8Sh</a><br>
> LinkedIn: <a href="http://is.gd/x8U6" target="_blank">http://is.gd/x8U6</a><br>
> Twitter: <a href="http://is.gd/x8Vz" target="_blank">http://is.gd/x8Vz</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</div></div><div class="im">> ____________________________________________________________<br>
> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br>
> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>
> To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br>
> <a href="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org">governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>
><br>
> For all list information and functions, see:<br>
> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance" target="_blank">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>--<br>
Regards.<br>
--------------------------<br>
<font color="#888888">Fouad Bajwa<br>
@skBajwa<br>
Answering all your technology questions<br>
<a href="http://www.askbajwa.com" target="_blank">http://www.askbajwa.com</a><br>
<a href="http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa</a><br>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATVDW1tDZzA</a><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>