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<DIV>I am supporting that IGC signs this letter,</DIV>
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<DIV>regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Jean Yves G<BR><BR>--- En date de : <B>Jeu 9.12.10, Valeria Betancourt <I><valeriab@apc.org></I></B> a écrit :<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>De: Valeria Betancourt <valeriab@apc.org><BR>Objet: Re: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments<BR>À: governance@lists.cpsr.org<BR>Date: Jeudi 9 décembre 2010, 13h22<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv115340295>Dear Izumi, <BR><BR>APC supports that IGC signs the letter. <BR><BR>Best, <BR><BR>Valeria <BR><BR>
<DIV class=yiv115340295gmail_quote>2010/12/9 Jeanette Hofmann <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="http://fr.mc278.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jeanette@wzb.eu" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jeanette@wzb.eu">jeanette@wzb.eu</A>></SPAN><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv115340295gmail_quote>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:
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=yiv115340295gmail_quote>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> <A href="http://fr.mc278.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=governance@lists.cpsr.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</A><BR>To be removed from the list, send
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