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I also agree.<br>
Thanks, Izumi.<br>
<br>
Graciela Selaimen<br>
Instituto Nupef<br>
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border-left: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 0);">> Message du 09/12/10
01:54<br>
> De : "Izumi AIZU" <br>
> A : "Governance List" <br>
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> Objet : [governance] Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG
composition only by governments<br>
> <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>
> ------------------<br>
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