<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://1774/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On May 19, 2013, at 4:03 AM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 11pt; ">In fact, I can only view it as a step backwards because of its reversion to the language that makes representatives of national governments preeminent policy makers and the rest of us nothing more than consultants to them at their pleasure. I am referring, of course, to the language about “each in their respective roles and responsibilities.” </span></div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Milton - </div><div> </div><div> This brings up an excellent point... Has there been attempt to elaborate</div><div> the "respective roles and responsibilities", and in particular, as to what </div><div> that phrase actually means with respect to governments?</div><div><br></div><div> I believe that multistakeholder policy development should be open to all</div><div> in equal roles, but it is also clear that there are some additional aspects </div><div> which are unique to governments (such as enforcement.) An elaboration </div><div> of what is meant by "respective roles" may not lead to agreement, but will </div><div> certainly improve communication of the various perspectives. </div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>Disclaimer: My views alone. My respective role and responsibility on this</div><div>list is to ask (when uncertain), answer (when asked), and to listen otherwise.</div></body></html>