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<font size="+1">Dear <font size="+1">IGC members<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">Thanks for alerting me to this Jeremy. I was not
aware of being assigned this role. I was t<font size="+1">ravel<font
size="+1">ling so am not <font size="+1">up to date with
checking my mail.<br>
<br>
</font></font></font>After <font size="+1">seeing this
thread, I checked, and there was a general note sent to CSTD
members and regula<font size="+1">r partic<font size="+1">ipants
(e.g <font size="+1">Marilia,<font size="+1"> Parminder
and myself as well as some others f<font size="+1">rom
civil society). I<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font>Att<font
size="+1">ached is the note from the CSTD chairperson that
explains the process<font size="+1">.<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">The note actually <font size="+1">emphasises
that being identified as a focal point does not assume
selection<font size="+1"> as a WG member. Here is
what it says:<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
<font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font
size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font
size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font
size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1"><font
size="+1">"Designation as focal points
does not imply selection of the focal
points as members of the<br>
CSTD Working Group on Enhanced
Cooperation.<br>
The role of the focal points is to
assist the CSTD Chair in reaching out
to the interested parties<br>
in their respective regional or
stakeholder groups and to facilitate
consultations regarding<br>
which CSTD Member States and
stakeholder group representatives
would like to be submitted<br>
for consideration by the Chair of the
CSTD, in accordance with the proposed
composition of<br>
the Working Group (four per regional
group plus the two WSIS hosts, and
five per other<br>
stakeholder groups).<br>
The focal points will convey to the
Chair of the CSTD the results of the
consultations.<br>
The Chair of the CSTD will make
decisions and announce the final
composition of the Working<br>
Group, as requested by the General
Assembly in resolution 67/195,
paragraph 21."<br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font
size="+1"><font size="+1"><font size="+1">Good
that the time frame co<font size="+1">incides
with the IGC process.<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">Jeremy, I imagine that CSTD
did not ask IGC to coordinate this process
<font size="+1">so that it creates
opportunity for CSOs or CSO networks
outside of the IGC to also nominate
people to serve on the WG. <font
size="+1">I don't think you should
interpret this as a slight at all. I
am sure that CSTD is well aware of the
fact that IGC is an important <font
size="+1">grouping <font size="+1">and
that it will put forward a list of
nominee<font size="+1">s. <br>
<br>
</font></font></font></font><font
size="+1">Best<br>
<br>
<font size="+1">Anriette<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/02/2013 10:30, Jeremy Malcolm
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:5121E6B2.6000401@ciroap.org" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Apologies if this has already been posted here and I missed it, but
Miguel Palomino de la Gala, Chair of the CSTD, has recently released a
Note on Composition and Guidelines for the CSTD working group on
enhanced cooperation, which is available here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://unctad.org/Sections/un_cstd/docs/cstd2013d02_Composition.pdf">http://unctad.org/Sections/un_cstd/docs/cstd2013d02_Composition.pdf</a>
Anriette of APC has been nominated as the focal point for civil
society. So I suppose that our nomcom will have to communicate its
recommendations through her. Anriette is of course a suitable choice,
but the fact that the IGC was not chosen as the focal point could also
be considered to be a bit of a slight on us. Oh well.
The deadline for nominations is 8 March 2013 - which fits in nicely with
our own nomcom's timetable - with the final composition to be announced
between 11-15 March. The first meeting of the Working Group is to be
held in April-May, and a second on 30-31 May.
Meanwhile, I have published an article with my thoughts in Digital News
Asia at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/insights/internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states">http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/insights/internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states</a>,
which summarises a longer version, serialised in three parts at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jere.my/l/58">http://jere.my/l/58</a>, and which in turn will be the basis for my remarks
at a Best Bits session next week in Paris for the WSIS+10 Review Event.
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