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Dear c.a.<br>
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The report of the working group on IGF improvements actually went a
long way towards recognising where the IGF is not meeting its
mandate, and it does make recommendations for the IGF to do this.<br>
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It could have said more - we spent a lot of time evaluating the
extent to which the IGF had met its mandate or not, but some of the
participants in the group did not want to go into to much detail, in
part because they did not want a more empowered IGF.<br>
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Nevertheless, speaking as a MAG member for the past year and a half,
I think that most people on the MAG at present do want the IGF to do
more. <br>
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That era where some of the influential people in the IGF did not
want it to achieve anything or take any risks is actually over.
Other people on the MAG can share their views.<br>
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The bottleneck is capacity and leadership.<br>
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Without political leadership, a special adviser, resources, and
senior staff at secretariat level the IGF will not break through the
barriers necessary for it to effectively do what paragraph 72 says
it should.<br>
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Can the MAG change this? I don't think so. I think what we need is
for UN member states to make a resolution that goes to the UNGA on
strenghtening IGF capacity, and for ALL stakeholder groups to write
to the UN SG urging him to appoint the special advisor as soon as
possible.<br>
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We should ask that the appointment be made in a way that consults
all stakeholders. I suspect that is not an option, but we could
still ask.<br>
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Anriette<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/11/2013 22:42, Carlos A. Afonso
wrote:<br>
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<div>I meant UNSG, of course. Sorry...</div>
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From: "Carlos A. Afonso" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca"><ca@cafonso.ca></a> <br>
Date: 17-11-2013 18:34 (GMT-03:00) <br>
To: Ian Peter
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com"><ian.peter@ianpeter.com></a>,<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a> <br>
Subject: Re: [governance] Update on Candidates for MAG Nominees <br>
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<div>I do hope the Nomcom selects people who have a clear
perception that the IGF is not fulfilling its mandate as per the
12 items of para.72 of the Tunis Agenda and commit to a
significant change in its actions and approach (please take a
look at my WGEC report).</div>
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<div>*But* I am not sure how to insert this in the criteria. And
an explicit comitment to this might mean rejection by the
UNSA...</div>
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<div>fraternal regards</div>
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<div>--c.a.</div>
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<div>ps: I am not a candidate.</div>
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From: Ian Peter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com"><ian.peter@ianpeter.com></a> <br>
Date: 17-11-2013 17:28 (GMT-03:00) <br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a> <br>
Subject: Re: [governance] Update on Candidates for MAG Nominees <br>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Just
a quick note and update -</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><font face="Calibri" size="3">within
24 hours we will be posting on IGC list the selection
criteria to be used by the Nomcom for this years MAG
nominations. Nominees or their nominators will be given
an opportunity to provide statements to the MAG in
support of their nomination providing background
relevant to the nomination.</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><font face="Calibri" size="3">We
will at the same time provide a list of nominations
received to date, plus the opportunity for late
nominations over the next couple of days. This will be
short because of our very tight deadlines.</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><font face="Calibri" size="3">More
to come within a day.</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Ian
Peter</font></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt tahoma"><font face="Calibri" size="3">(non
voting Nomcom chair)</font></div>
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anriette esterhuysen <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:anriette@apc.org">anriette@apc.org</a>
executive director, association for progressive communications
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po box 29755, melville 2109
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