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<font face="Verdana">As Jeremy mentioned, as co-coordinators, we think
we should facilitate IGC statements, not dictate them. Jeremy has
drafted a statement based on discussions, and I strongly urge you all
to opine. The IGC should use its strength wisely, but it should use it.
We cannot be heard if we do not say anything.</font><br>
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The OC meeting next week will focus on operational preparations for the
IGF Vilnius, but if we have consensus on a statement for consideration
by the MAG, we should make our voice heard.<br>
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Please let us know what you think. Please also continue discussions.
These help all of us define our positions, and allow MAG members to
read your ideas.<br>
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Thanks. Best, Ginger<br>
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On 5/3/2010 7:36 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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<div>Ginger and I have been silent on the drafting of a statement on
the future of the MAG for its meeting on the 12th, in the hope that
such a statement would emerge from the bottom up, but in order not to
let the opportunity slip, allow me now to propose some text for
discussion. There are six paragraphs. If you have an issue, please
state which paragraph is of concern, and please make your suggestions
as focussed as possible.</div>
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<div>The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) supports the maintenance of
the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) of the Internet Governance
Forum (IGF), as the body that links the UN Secretariat to the
stakeholder groups that are the joint sovereigns of Internet
governance. We would like to see the democratic legitimacy and
effectiveness of the MAG strengthened as it continues into a renewed
term for the IGF.</div>
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<div>To this end, in our statement for the February open consultation
and MAG meetings, the IGC suggested that the composition of the MAG
itself should be more evenly divided between the stakeholder groups.
We also reported that many believe that the stakeholders should have a
more direct role in the selection of MAG members, and that MAG
discussions should continue to be made more transparent.</div>
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<div>We also consider that care must be taken in balancing the
respective roles of the Secretariat and the MAG. Whilst the United
Nations Secretary-General is the titular leader of the IGF process,
this is a formal appointment only. Rightful control of the IGF as a
process or institution of Internet governance belongs ultimately to the
stakeholders themselves. Therefore, the Secretariat's role ought to
remain a purely facilitative and technical one.</div>
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<div>In underlining this, the appropriate role of the MAG, as the
only representative body of the stakeholders within the IGF process,
becomes clear. Namely, it should be responsible for every decision
that effects the substantive work of the IGF. This includes agenda
setting, overseeing the preparation of briefing and synthesis
documents, and reshaping the IGF's structure and working methods (such
as the establishment of thematic working groups).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>In the future, its role may go further still. Until now, the
IGF has been largely just a forum for discussion. Looking to the
future, the Secretary-General's report on the continuation of the IGF
envisages that it may come to produce some form of recommendations. If
so, the MAG will have a role in supporting that process too, likely in
shaping the content of any statements that are to be issued in
conformity with the consensus of the plenary forum.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Whatever the future may hold for the IGF, the MAG will be
integral to it. This is why it is so important that the composition of
the MAG is balanced, that the process of selection of its members
satisfies the stakeholder groups from which they are drawn, that its
operations are conducted with a high degree of transparency in order to
ensure its accountability to the stakeholders at large, and that its
legitimate role is not usurped.</div>
<div><br>
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Perhaps time is too short for us to agree on this statement (extending
the delay, I'm writing while away without Internet access), but let's
try and see how far we get.<br>
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