<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi<div><br></div><div>I agree with Ginger, a boycott would raise few eyebrows and have little to no impact. Disengagement doesn't count for much when they're barely thinking about us in the first place. If anything, it could be taken as evidence we don't care, or are too weak to even raise a voice. In a similar vein, in Vilnius I had some IO secretariat people tell me that the lack of response to ITU's online "consultation" a couple years ago concerning possible CS participation therein showed we were disinterested and pretty much irrelevant, hence no opening of ITU was needed. </div><div><br></div><div>While coordination could be hard for various reasons, IGC might consider trying to work with the ICC and ISOC on this. We've made common cause in the past (mostly in WSIS) on process issues concerning the treatment of non-state actors etc, and any joint effort would probably resonate much more loudly than CS complaining solo.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 13, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Ginger Paque wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Verdana">In Venezuela it was very obvious that
boycotting an election, or a process, leaves your 'opponent</font>'
with a 'legal' dictatorship. We cannot willingly give up our voice.<br>
<br>
In our recent poll, the most important issue for the IGC members was
precisely 'enhanced cooperation', as I reinforced in my opening
statement at the Vilnius IGF. We must raise our voice with a strong
statement.<br>
<br>
We must also look for agreement/support/enhanced cooperation with
other non-governmental groups--academia, CS, business, etc. so that
those who agree make separate and united statements.<br>
<br>
This is a pivotal point imho. We must act decisively and in true
'enhanced cooperation'. We must work in a way that fosters
cooperation, with a strong, reinforced--not inundated, valid
position.<br>
<br>
We need concrete steps to move forward. How are other groups: APC,
and others working with this issue?<br>
<br>
Best, gp<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 10/13/2010 6:33 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Courier New"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Agree
that this is a farce. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Courier New"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Do we
refuse to comment at all and take it to the public sphere,
or inundate them with written comments criticizing the
approach? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
"Courier New"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 13, 2010 1:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [governance] consultations on enhanced
cooperation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";">Hi
All<br>
<br>
Find as enclosed an open letter to all stakeholders to
participate in what is
supposed to be an open consultation on 'enhanced
cooperation' in NY on 14th December.<br>
<br>
However, the process is hardly open. It does not seem to
be even as open as
many traditional UN activities are. Both the Tunis Agenda,
and the CSTD/ ECOSOC
resolution (quoted in the letter) speaks of 'enhanced
cooperation' itself as
involving ' a balanced participation of all stakeholders
'.<br>
<br>
It should be obvious that a consultation on 'enhanced
cooperation', EC, (which
is different from the process of enhanced cooperation )
should be even more
open and participative that even EC itself. In fact it
should be more or less,
within limits of logistics constraints, completely open,
though probably also
structured enough that all governments, for instance, do
get to speak all they
want to (that is what they normally like to
ensure/protect, UN style)<br>
<br>
However, the letter says that non -governmental
stakeholders will only be
allowed to give written contribution, plus a very
tokenistic gesture of
allowing just one representative (?? whose rep) to speak
during the
consultations to summarize the contributions of all non
governmental
stakeholders (whew!) (in maybe about 5 minutes?). So
basically they are calling
for an inter-governmental consultation. This is not at all
an open
consultation, and i think we should not give it legitimacy
as such.<br>
<br>
In fact, the letter clearly speaks of a "consultation with
UN member
states, Permanent Observers and other inter-governmental
organizations to be
held on....."<br>
<br>
So, it is simply not the "open and inclusive consultations
involving all
member states and other stakeholders....." that the recent
ECOSOC
resolution called for, which resolution has been quoted in
the letter itself. <br>
<br>
I think all non-governmental stakeholders should refuse to
accept it as an open
consultation, and write to the SG/ USG immediately about
it. If no changes in
the format are forthcoming they may all together even
agree not to participate
in the consultations at all - not even submitting written
contributions, and
forgoing the 'one rep speaks for all nongov stakeholders'
offer.<br>
<br>
On the other hand, if there are any genuine concerns of
governments that the
format should allow enough speak and discussion time for
gov reps, which they
may feel does not happen in fully open spaces, we can
discuss and take them on
board to devise a mutually acceptable format. <br>
<br>
Parminder </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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