Same here. Thanks for the initiative.<br><br>Best,<br>Carlos Affonso<br><br><br>Vice-Coordenador<br>Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS)<br>Escola de Direito da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)<br><a href="mailto:caf@fgv.br">caf@fgv.br</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/12/9 Drake William <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch">william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi<br>
<br>
Me too.<br>
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Bill<br>
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On Dec 9, 2010, at 7:06 AM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:<br>
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> Hi Izumi, thank you for coordinating this. The letter is very good and I support that the IGC signs it.<br>
><br>
> jeanette<br>
><br>
> Am 09.12.2010 01:53, schrieb Izumi AIZU:<br>
>> 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>
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