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<DIV>There are many avenues to reach the same destination. I believe that this statement is a very good idea. It seems quite clear that ideas will be enhanced and discussion increased and participation raised in quality if the suggestions therein are followed. My personal letter that follows a much less celebrated path is a little more simple:</DIV>
<DIV>Dear Sir,</DIV>
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<DIV>By reading my letter you have already decided upon and in fact acted upon my request. Thank you for taking time in both formal and informal process to listen and read what contributions concerned citizen/netizens have regarding our Internet. I have found that when men of your caliber take the time to allow for greater input and then consider such input our Nations can in fact be more United. </DIV>
<DIV>As pointed out earlier, I highly recommend and encourage you to continue to stay informed of and profit by the work and input at <A href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A> I trust the participants will provide good insight and contribution to your decision making process.</DIV>
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<DIV>As always, proud to be of service,</DIV>
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<DIV>Eric Dierker<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 2/23/10, Jeremy Malcolm <I><jeremy@ciroap.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy@ciroap.org><BR>Subject: [governance] REVISION 5 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing CSTD<BR>To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 9:37 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>I am planning to open a 48 hours consensus call on this (or something very like it) later in the week. At this point, most of the changes being suggested seem to be just changing the order or emphasis of points on which we are already agreed. I am omitting the address and such from the top of the letter, but they will be included when it is sent. Also to avoid doubt, the subject line of this thread will not be part of our message to the UNSG.</DIV>
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<DIV>AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE INTERNET GOVERNANCE CAUCUS TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, BAN KI-MOON<BR><BR>Your Excellency,</DIV>
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<DIV>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) congratulates you on the completion and imminent delivery of your report and recommendations on the desirability of the continuation of the <SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Internet Governance Forum (IGF)<SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: medium">, based on formal consultations at IGF Sharm<SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>We request that in the interest of an open and transparent process, and in accordance with established practice, these recommendations be made available to the annual session of the Committee on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) in May 2010.</DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Our request is in line with the views expressed by several government delegates at the open consultations on the IGF held in February 2010, to the effect that your report and recommendations should be presented to the CSTD before being considered by the ECOSOC and then by the UN Assembly.</DIV>
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<DIV>The CSTD is formally mandated to engage with all issues of WSIS follow up, and its specialized knowledge and history of engagement with WSIS issues, including the IGF, will provide the best basis for an informed consideration of the issue by the ECOSOC and the UN Assembly.</DIV>
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<DIV>The CSTD also provides relatively greater multistakeholder involvement than its parent body, ECOSOC, following its "strengthening ... taking into account the multistakeholder approach" (Tunis Agenda, para 105) pursuant to ECOSOC decisions 2007/215, 2007/216, 2008/217 and 2008/218.</DIV>
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<DIV>We also respectfully remind you that your report on "enhanced cooperation" which was presented to the ECOSOC has been referred by the ECOSOC to the CSTD for its prior consideration. This suggests that ECOSOC would normally prefer CSTD's views on issues of WSIS follow up before it considers them.</DIV>
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<DIV>Absent any reason for a departure from established practice, we therefore believe that your report and recommendations should be presented to the CSTD to enable widest possible discussion</DIV>
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<DIV>and engagement of all actors with this very important issue.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you for your consideration of this suggestion, for your leadership, and for your ongoing support of civil society's participation at the Internet Governance Forum.</DIV></DIV>
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