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<font face="sans-serif">Jeremy<br>
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We said in our statements at Vilnius that the IGF and enhanced
cooperation are two distinct though complementary processes. This is
also stated in the recent CSTD/ ECOSOC resolution, which part
incidentally comes from IT for Change's statement to the CSTD. I dont
see how we can now go back on this, and say some kind of enhanced
cooperation is taking place in the IGF. Enhanced cooperation as per TA
was a specific process, even if its method unclear, to be initiated by
the Secretary General to fill in the global public policy vacuum. I
would not like to have the IGF at all mixed with or into the EC
process, except to state its complementarity as we did at Vilnius. <br>
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I am unable to give a more detailed response at present. More tomorrow.
Parminder<br>
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On Sunday 07 November 2010 06:12 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:226CD676-A9D1-4E62-8E62-4C9D5E18E8F4@ciroap.org"
type="cite">It will be impossible to simultaneously satisfy people
like Parminder and people like McTim, so here is my attempt at
dissatisfying them equally. The biggest changes are the substitution
of a new preamble for the old one, and deletion of the "do nothing"
bullet point under numbered-paragraph 2. Let's continue to have your
comments as we try and reach some common ground.
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<div>The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus (CS-IGC) regards
the process towards enhanced cooperation as a vital step towards
addressing the "many cross-cutting international public policy issues
that require attention and are not adequately addressed by the current
mechanisms" (Tunis Agenda para 68).</div>
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<div>Despite an intergovernmental mandate from WSIS to address this
governance deficit, much remains to be done. It is imperative that
this deficit continue to be addressed, where appropriate through new
institutional developments that comply with the WSIS process
criteria of being multilateral, transparent, democratic and inclusive.</div>
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<div>We make three further points. First, enhanced cooperation
should encompass all Internet-related public policy issues; second, the
existing arrangements of relevant organisations (including the
Internet Governance Forum) do not fully implement enhanced cooperation,
and thirdly whatever new arrangements may be put in place, civil
society will play an integral part in them.<br>
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These points will be explained in turn:<br>
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1. Although much of the discussion of enhanced cooperation at WSIS
turned around the narrow issue of internationalising the oversight of
Internet naming and numbering functions, the Tunis Agenda expresses
this principle far more broadly. It also reminds us that the ultimate
objective of our cooperation is to advance a people-centred, inclusive,
development-oriented and non-discriminatory Information Society.<br>
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2. The IGF in its present form is a very important part of the enhanced
cooperation process, in that ideally its multi-stakeholder process can
help to shape decisions taken on Internet related public policy issues
in other fora. However the full realisation of enhanced cooperation
will require a multi-stakeholder process to extend to other
Internet governance organisations that do not already follow this model.<br>
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There are various options for enhancing multi-stakeholder cooperation
within and amongst all relevant organisations. These include:<br>
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* establishing a lightweight multi-stakeholder observatory process
perhaps hosted under the auspices of the IGF (pursuant to its mandate
in paragraph 72(i));<br>
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* utilising a virtual and voluntary global social community or "social
grid", linking together all Internet governance organisations, in which
all stakeholders would participate; or<br>
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* establishing a new umbrella governance institution for Internet
policy development, with space for the participation of each
stakeholder group in its respective role.<br>
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3. Paragraph 71 of the Tunis Agenda makes very clear that civil society
is an integral participant in the development of any process towards
enhanced cooperation. Therefore the IGC, in our capacity as members of
civil society, looks forward to contributing constructively in
transparent, accountable and democratic multi-stakeholder
consultations towards this end.</div>
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<div>PS. It's entirely possible I have missed some emails. I'm in
Laos with a terrible Internet connection. I'll catch up and
incorporate anything I missed into the fourth draft.<br>
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