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<font face="sans-serif">Although there has been no further
discussion on the list on this subject, I submit below some text
for a possible IGC statement to the G 8. Please comment and
contribute.... parminder <br>
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(proposed draft starts)<br>
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<blockquote><font face="sans-serif">Basic courtesy stuff.....</font><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">We understand that the French
Presidency of the G8 proposes to hold a G8 Internet meeting,
immediately prior to the G8 Summit in ........<span
style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255, 255, 0);"></span>,with
a view to prepare or influence the agenda for the G8 Summit
regarding key global Internet issues. We also understand that
many
heads of states of G 8 countries are expected to attend this
meeting.
The meeting is especially important since in the past G 8 has
set
up the global agenda on many key issues, especially in the
information society arena. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">We are very concerned about the
manner
in which the G 8 Internet meeting is being organised which flies
in
the face of all canons of public policy making and public
deliberations. It also jettisons the principle of
multistakeholderism
that has evolved globally, especially in the area of Internet
governance. The proposed G 8 Internet meeting is being organised
by
large industry players and the invitations, other than to
involved
government actors, have also largely gone to big businesses. We
hear
that invitations to the meeting are also linked to contribution
of
funds for it.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Big business already have a
disproportionately large influence on policy processes for them
to
require a dedicated meeting with top G 8 leaders and officials
to
determine what should be the global agenda for Internet related
policies. On the contrary, what is required is an audience with
public interest actors, or civil society actors, who will bring
to
the table the real concerns of the people and different sections
of
the society in this area. We are afraid that the proposed
meeting
gives industry lobbying a brand new legitimate political image,
which
is a dangerous trend for global Internet governance, and in
fact, for
global governance, in general. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">It is also pertinent to state here
that
since the Internet is essentially a global phenomenon, policies
framed together by the most powerful nations, quite likely, will
become the default global norm. This is most true for
architectural
and economic issues, while the global impact on other areas will
also
be substantial. It is therefore appropriate that G 8 countries
engage
with the same, and other issues, of Internet policies at the
more
democratic global forums where all countries are present at an
equal
footing. In this connection, there is the World Summit on the
Information Society mandated set of processes for dealing with
pressing global Internet related issues. Multistakeholderism is
an
important part of these global IG related processes. We see the
proposed G 8 Interent meeting a significant step backwards both
for
global democracy and for multistakeholderism. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">We therefore request you, and other
G 8
leaders, to make the proposed G 8 Internet meeting genuinely
multistakeholder, following the model of the UN IGF. We are
impressed
with the solid support provided by the G 8 countries for
upholding a
multistakeholder model for the IGF. This makes it even more
stark and
unacceptable that the proposed G 8 meeting be held in the
planned
manner.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">closing and salutations.....<br>
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On Thursday 05 May 2011 01:58 PM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
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<p>On Thu, 05 May 2011 14:43:18 +0700, Norbert Klein
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nhklein@gmx.net"><nhklein@gmx.net></a> wrote:</p>
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Thanks to Wolfgang for this substantial report of history.<br>
<br>
And thanks to Parminder for drawing the correct conclusion:
Nobody else will do it, speak up and remind those who forget the
history in this case, if Civil Society does not speak up,
reminding the (present representatives of governments) that
their predecessors achieved great things which they seem to
forget.<br>
<br>
How is this going to be organized? The major elements are in
Wolfgang's write-up; it has to be mad short, focused on what
what at the UN General Assembly setting the WSIS process on the
way as multi-stakeholder, and the Tunis commitments also BY THE
GOVERNMENTS PRESENT to the multi-stakeholder approach. And add
some achievements since (which?).</blockquote>
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<p>There seems to be agreement that the IGC should respond (and I
concur with this). I would like to invite Wolfgang or Parminder
to volunteer to write a first draft. If they do not have time,
I should be able to put something together as a draft based on
their contributions to the list.</p>
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