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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I support this text.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Carlton Samuels<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> izumiaizu@gmail.com [mailto:izumiaizu@gmail.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Izumi AIZU<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Governance List<br><b>Subject:</b> [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear list,<br><br>The "rumor" that the decision to compose CSTD WG only by governments<br>is now proven to be true, decided by very few members of CSTD.<br><br>I have contacted ICC and ISOC, similar to the joint letter work we had on<br>Dec 14 consultation on enhanced cooperation. They shared the same<br>concern and worked out with many others mostly at ICANN Cartagena<br>meeting including ICANN, government folks etc: UK, Sweden, US,<br>ICANN, ccNSO etc.<br><br>Here is the draft text as of now. They plan to send it shortly, and asking IGC<br>to join. There may be last-minute minor edit, but it is almost final.<br><br>I propose that IGC to sign. IF you have any comments or suggestions,<br>please reply to this quickly. In general, we need 48 hours to decide,<br>but in this<br>special case, we may not have that luxury of time.<br><br>I have prepared our own draft (sorry for the complication), and now<br>it is being edited by our nominees for CSTD WG. My suggestion is<br>to carry on this draft as well, and send it in addition to the joint one.<br><br>I will post that draft in a separate email and welcome your comments.<br>We will send that and perhaps make statement at Dec 17 WG meeting<br>if they do not change their decision. We will also include that and<br>read that at Dec 14 EC consultation meeting in New York.<br><br>Sorry for the confusing manner, but this could happen, and I think<br>acting quickly to keep the Multi-stakeholder framework is urgently<br>needed and important for us.<br><br>I hope you understand and support this.<br><br>best,<br><br>izumi<br><br>------------------<br>DRAFT<br><br>To Frederic Riehl<br>Cc Ghana Chair of the CSTD<br><br>We are surprised and deeply concerned by the CSTD Bureau’s decision<br>that the Working Group on IGF Improvements mandated by resolution<br>(2010/2) of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)<br>will be composed exclusively of member states.<br>This ECOSOC resolution, which was initially negotiated during the CSTD<br>in May 2010 by or in the presence of many of the signatories below,<br>asked the Chair of the CSTD to establish a Working Group to: "seek,<br>compile and review inputs from all Member States and all other<br>stakeholders on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF),<br>in line with the mandate set out in the Tunis Agenda".<br>These words are a clear reference to the paragraph of the WSIS Plan of<br>Action (Geneva 2003) that led to the establishment of the very<br>successful Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) and ultimately<br>the creation of the IGF itself:<br><br>We ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations to set up a working<br>group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process that<br>ensures a mechanism for the full and active participation of<br>governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing<br>and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and<br>international organizations and forums, to investigate and make<br>proposals for action…<br><br>We therefore expected that the composition of the Working Group would<br>be strongly inspired by the methodology adopted for setting up the<br>multi-stakeholder WGIG, as stated as the CSTD Vice-Chair’s<br>recommendation in his report on the meeting he convened on 16<br>September 2010.<br><br>The format decided by the Bureau of the CSTD is contrary to both the<br>letter and the spirit of the ECOSOC resolution and is therefore not<br>acceptable.<br><br>In any event, it is not up to the Bureau of the CSTD to make a<br>decision on this matter. This is not a Working Group of the CSTD, but<br>rather a Working Group to be convened by the Chair of the CSTD as<br>instructed by the ECOSOC resolution.<br>The CSTD Chair entrusted you with the mission of implementing the<br>request made to her. In light of that and the above information we<br>urge you to retract the decision of 7 December, and to establish an<br>appropriately constituted Working Group consistent with the WSIS<br>formulation ensuring “the full and active participation of<br>governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing<br>and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and<br>international organizations and forums”.<br><br>------------------<br>____________________________________________________________<br>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br> governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org<br><br>For all list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><br><br>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=avgcert>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3305 - Release Date: 12/09/10<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>