<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div></div><div>Great</div><div><br></div><div>I support this letter.<br> </div>NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul<br>Burundi Youth Training Centre<br><span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.bytc.bi">www.bytc.bi</a></span><br>Tel : +257 79 981459<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">De :</span></b> Izumi AIZU <iza@anr.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Dim 17 octobre 2010, 2h 00min 02s<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [governance] Draft letter to
Under-Secretary-General Sha for comments<br></font><br>Dear List,<br><br>Here is draft text for a letter that the Internet Governance Caucus<br>proposes to send objecting to the exclusivity of the upcoming enhanced<br>cooperation consultations.<br><br>While we have asked ICC and ISOC if they are willing to join us to make it<br>sort of joint statement, we like to first ask our IGC members to discuss about<br>this and, given short time, call for [rough] consensus within a few days if that<br>is feasible.<br><br>Please be specific to the wording as much as possible. And of course we welcome<br>your constructive suggestions for the handling of this with other<br>stakeholders as well.<br><br>Thank you,<br><br>Jeremy and Izumi<br><br>His Excellency Sha Zukang<br>Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs<br>United Nations<br>3 United Nations Plaza<br>New York, NY 10017<br><br>Your Excellency,<br>Thank you for your open letter of 7 October 2010,
addressed to civil<br>society and private sector stakeholders, in which you invite them to<br>participate in consultations in New York on 14th December.<br><br>Quoting resolution 2010/2 of the Economic and Social Council, the<br>letter explains that these are meant as "open and inclusive<br>consultations involving all Member States and other stakeholders with<br>a view to assisting the process of enhanced cooperation ... in respect<br>of international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet ...<br>through a balanced participation of all stakeholders in their<br>respective roles and responsibilities."<br><br>In this context we are concerned that the consultations scheduled for<br>New York are not in fact as open and inclusive as the ECOSOC<br>resolution requires. Specifically, we were surprised that<br>non-governmental stakeholders were invited only to give written<br>contributions, and to nominate a single
representative to speak during<br>the consultations to summarize the contributions of all<br>non-governmental stakeholders.<br><br>In our respectful view, this does not amount to the open and inclusive<br>consultation called for by ECOSOC, but rather is effectively an<br>intergovernmental consultation. This runs counter to the principle<br>established at the World Summit on the Information Society that "The<br>international management of the Internet should be multilateral,<br>transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of governments,<br>the private sector, civil society and international organizations."<br><br>We acknowledge that the restraints that have been placed upon the<br>participation of private sector and civil society stakeholders in this<br>consultation are said to be as a result of space constraints at the<br>United Nations complex in New York.<br>Might we suggest, then, that due to the importance of securing wide<br>and
inclusive participation of all stakeholders in this consultation,<br>the date and venue be changed to the Palais des Nations in Geneva,<br>perhaps following the open consultations of the Internet Governance<br>Forum that are already scheduled for 22 November 2010.<br>Thank you for your ongoing support of the multi-stakeholder process of<br>Internet governance, and for considering the important concerns raised<br>above. We look forward to receiving your response in due course.<br><br>END<br>--<br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br> <a ymailto="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org"
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