<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">In this context we are concerned that the consultation<s>s</s> scheduled <u>for 14 December</u> in New York is not in fact as open and inclusive as the ECOSOC resolution requires. Specifically, we were surprised that non-governmental stakeholders were invited only to give written contributions, and to nominate a single representative <u>of each stakeholder group (Internet technical community, civil society and business) </u>to speak during the consultations to summarize the contributions of <s>all </s><u>that non-governmental stakeholder</u><s>s</s><u> group</u>.</span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">In "that non-governmental stakeholder group" is it necessary to include "non-governmental"? In a multi-stakeholder gathering one should not qualify a group of those stakeholders as not being the same as another individual stakeholder. This seems to acknowledge a superiority to the individual group that the several groups are "not like". "that stakeholder group" seems to me to express more clearly a perceived discrepancy in the allocation of representatives.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Deirdre<br></span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 October 2010 20:43, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Here is a version of the text to which the ICC and ISOC are also agreed. The changes are minor. Before making a consensus call, we are still clarifying one of the changes, which is the statement that there will be three representatives rather than one allowed to summarise the submissions of the non-governmental stakeholders. Perhaps this has been agreed privately and we have not yet been informed.<div>
<br></div><div>Once we clarify this, due to the unanimity of support for this letter already already expressed on the list, it is probably not necessary to subject you all to an another online poll to make a consensus call. Instead, I propose that Izumi and I will make that call based on list statements only. If anyone disagrees, please let us know.<br>
<div><br><div>His Excellency Sha Zukang</div><div><div><dl><dt>Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs</dt><dt>
United Nations<br>3 United Nations Plaza<br>New York, NY 10017</dt><dt>
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</dt><dt><u>Dear Undersecretary General Sha Zukang</u><s>Your Excellency</s><u>,</u></dt><dt>
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</dt><dt>Thank you for your open letter of 7 October 2010, addressed to
civil society and private sector stakeholders, in which you invite
them to participate in consultations in New York on 14th
December.</dt><dt>
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</dt><dt>Quoting resolution 2010/2 of the Economic and Social Council,
the letter explains that these are meant as "open and inclusive
consultations involving all Member States and other stakeholders
with a view to assisting the process of enhanced cooperation ... in
respect of international public policy issues pertaining to the
Internet ... through a balanced participation of all
stakeholders in their respective roles and responsibilities."</dt><dt>
<br>
</dt><dt>In this context we are concerned that the consultation<s>s</s> scheduled
<u>for 14 December</u> in New York is not in fact as open and inclusive as
the ECOSOC resolution requires. Specifically, we were
surprised that non-governmental stakeholders were invited only to
give written contributions, and to nominate a single
representative <u>of each stakeholder group (Internet technical
community, civil society and business) </u>to speak during the
consultations to summarize the contributions of <s>all </s><u>that
non-governmental stakeholder</u><s>s</s><u> group</u>.</dt><dt>
<br>
</dt><dt><u>In our respectful view </u><s>We respectfully submit that</s> this does not amount to the open and
inclusive consultation called for by ECOSOC, but rather is
effectively an intergovernmental consultation <u>with constrained
participation by the other stakeholders who are critical to the
continued development of the Information Society</u>. This runs counter
to the principle established at the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) including that "The international management of
the Internet should be multilateral, transparent and
democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the
private sector, civil society and international organizations.”
<u>In addition, paragraph 71 recognizes enhanced cooperation involves
all stakeholders in their respective roles and responsibilities.</u></dt><dt>
<br>
</dt><dt>We <u>understand that limits</u> <s>acknowledge that the restraints </s>that have been placed upon the
participation of <u>business,</u> <s>private sector and</s> civil society<u>, and the Internet technical
community </u>stakeholders in this consultation are said to be as a
result of space constraints at the United Nations complex in New
York.</dt><dt>
<br>
</dt><dt>Might we suggest, then, that due to the importance of securing
wide and inclusive participation of all stakeholders in this
consultation, the date and venue be changed to the Palais des
Nations in Geneva, perhaps following the open consultations of the
Internet Governance Forum <u>(IGF)</u> that are already scheduled for 22
November 2010 <u>or that a larger venue be found at the UN in New York</u>.</dt><dt>
<br>
</dt><dt>Thank you for your ongoing support of the multi-stakeholder
process of Internet governance, and for considering the important
concerns <u>we have</u> raised above. We look forward to receiving your
response in due course.</dt><dt>
<font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica"><font size="2">-- </font></font></font></dt><dt>
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</dt><dt><u>Signed by
</u></dt><dt><u>The Internet Governance Caucus, the Internet Society (ISOC) and
the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)</u></dt></dl></div><div><div>
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