Looks good :-)<div>Deirdre<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 May 2012 09:44, Izumi AIZU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org" target="_blank">iza@anr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
In 20 min or so, CSTD Meeting on Enhanced Cooperation will resume,<br>
and listening to the presentations by Anriette, Parminder and Marilia<br>
this morning<br>
and also withthe hallway conversation, I plan to make the follow statement.<br>
<br>
If you have compelling comments, please do not hesitate to send here.<br>
Please be "constructive" - if you don't like some words, offer alternative,<br>
for example.<br>
Until last moment, I will do my best to accommodate.<br>
<br>
Sorry for this last minute effort.<br>
<br>
izumi<br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
I am one of the two co-coordinators of the Civil Society Internet<br>
Governance Caucus which was established during the first phase of WSIS<br>
in 2003 as part of all CS families, and as remaining few mostly<br>
engaged in IGF activities.<br>
<br>
We are encouraged to see the constructive dialogue around EC here today.<br>
However, we are also quite disappointed today to see that during the<br>
General Discussion, priority was given to CSTD member states<br>
government and all other stakeholders, civil society one of them, were<br>
put on hold, or in the second class until late afternoon.<br>
<br>
We made the following consensus statement to the UN consultation on<br>
Enhanced Cooperation 15 November 2010:<br>
“The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus regards the process<br>
towards enhanced cooperation as a vital step towards addressing the<br>
"many cross-cutting international public policy issues that require<br>
attention and are not adequately addressed by the current mechanisms"<br>
(Tunis Agenda para 68).”<br>
<br>
We are proud that the Civil Society of the planet today is as diverse<br>
as the mankind. We have quite a few active members from the South, -<br>
three civil society speakers this morning, Anriette, Parminder and<br>
Marilia are all active member of our caucus, and they are all from the<br>
south. We have also many members from the north, North as well as from<br>
the East and the West as well as gender and other diversities.<br>
<br>
When it comes to specifics, our diversity is often reflected in our<br>
different views, as was shown from our three excellent speakers this<br>
morning.<br>
<br>
Well now, 18 months later, our “bottom-line” is,<br>
- keep the principles endorsed by the Tunis Agenda, especially, to<br>
hold to the principles of:<br>
<br>
Many CS members support the principle of democratic global governance<br>
and the need for IG forums where all stakeholders are equally, and<br>
effectively represented.<br>
<br>
We hope to see the further productive dialogue, one way or other in a<br>
truly open forum allowing all stakeholders to reach consensus on equal<br>
footing of this difficult challenge of Enhanced Cooperation.<br>
<br>
Thank you.<br>
<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>“The fundamental cure for poverty is not money but knowledge" Sir William Arthur Lewis, Nobel Prize Economics, 1979<br>
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