Dear Jeremy:<br><br>You made a good point regarding the involvement of all actors in the process of EC.<br><br>But I would like to highlight that the paragraph 69 of the TA is only addressing the intended result of EC for governments: "<font size="1"><font><font face="Verdana"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-weight: 400;">...to enable governments, on an
equal footing, to carry out their roles and responsibilities, in international
public policy issues pertaining to the Internet...</span></font></font></font></font>" . Unless I am leaving something out, it keeps quiet regarding what should EC do for other actors.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Miguel<br>
<br><b>Disclaimer</b><br>My ideas are those of my own and does not represent any position of my employer or any other institution<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 22/09/11 01:11, Miguel Alcaine wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">I would like to make a distinction between EC and EC
in the context of the WSIS outcomes. If one read the famous
paragraphs on EC, it is found that EC in the Tunis Agenda refers
only to Governments. <br>
<br>
While I would had liked to have EC spelled to all actors in the
WSIS outcome documents; it is not. </blockquote>
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This is so only if you restrict your view to paragraph 69, but you
can't look just at that paragraph outside of its context. There are
about ten paragraphs on EC (though they are intermixed with the
paragraphs about the IGF, lending weight to the argument that the
IGF is an integral part of EC rather than a separate channel of
reform). Most of these do leave room for a multi-stakeholder
interpretation, eg. paragraph 71:<br>
<br>
"The process towards enhanced cooperation, to be started by the UN
Secretary-General, involving all relevant organizations by the end
of the first quarter of 2006, will involve all stakeholders in their
respective roles, will proceed as quickly as possible consistent
with legal process, and will be responsive to innovation."<br>
<br>
One can easily argue that paragraph 69 is directed to governments in
relation to CIRs, and that the involvement of other stakeholders in
CIR management is already a given and not controversial. Thus there
was no need to mention the other stakeholders in that particular
paragraph.<br>
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