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<div>Here is the same text as just posted, but with
the changes merged and with "civil society" now
placed first in the list of stakeholders; an
amendment which Izumi proposed and which ISOC has
agreed to (I doubt ICC will object either).</div>
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<div>On the point about the number of
representatives of non-governmental stakeholders,
it seems that we needlessly assumed the worst.
Re-reading the invitation letter (at <a
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the interpretation that there will be three
representatives does seem the most sensible one
("the views of civil society and private sector
organisations, as well as the Internet technical
community, will be summarized for presentation by
a designated representative, who will base the
group's presentation on submissions received").</div>
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<div>Since many of you have already expressed your
support for the letter, I suggest that during the
next 72 hours:</div>
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<div>* Those who previously agreed with the letter,
but who do not agree with the minor changes from
ISOC and the ICC, reply to state your objection.</div>
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<div>* Those who do not agree with either form of
the letter, please reply to state your objection.</div>
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<div>* Those who agree and have not already said so,
may reply to say so.</div>
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<div>Then 72 hours from now (the Charter requires 48
hours) Izumi and I will determine whether we have
reached a rough consensus. Here, then, is the
final text:</div>
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<div>His Excellency Sha Zukang</div>
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<dt>Under Secretary General for Economic and
Social Affairs</dt>
<dt>United Nations<br>
3 United Nations Plaza<br>
New York, NY 10017</dt>
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<dt>Dear Undersecretary General Sha Zukang,</dt>
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<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><br>
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<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
consultations scheduled for 14 December 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 of each
stakeholder group (civil society, Internet
technical community and business) to speak
during the consultations to summarize the
contributions of that non-governmental
stakeholder group.</dt>
<dt><br>
</dt>
<dt>In our respectful view this does not
amount to the open and inclusive
consultation called for by ECOSOC, but
rather is effectively an intergovernmental
consultation with constrained participation
by the other stakeholders who are critical
to the continued development of the
Information Society. 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.” In addition,
paragraph 71 recognizes enhanced cooperation
involves all stakeholders in their
respective roles and responsibilities.</dt>
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<dt>We understand that limits that have been
placed upon the participation of civil
society, </dt>
business and the Internet technical
community stakeholders in this consultation
are said to be as a result of space
constraints at the United Nations complex in
New York.<dt>
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</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 (IGF) that are
already scheduled for 22 November 2010 or
that a larger venue be found at the UN in
New York.</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 we have raised above. We
look forward to receiving your response in
due course.</dt>
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<dt>Signed by</dt>
<dt>The Internet Governance Caucus, the
Internet Society (ISOC) and the
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)</dt>
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