[bestbits] Call for sign on CWG-Internet statement2 (Was Call for comments/signatures: Draft Statement on Rejection of Proposal to Open CWG- Internet)

Fri Aug 30 11:48:09 EDT 2013

Thanks Deborah and everyone else who contributed to drafting. Web
Foundation has signed (I hope so anyway - the website hung as I was
submitting the form).
Best
Anne

On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at accessnow.org>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Please find the revised statement on the ITU Council's rejection of
> proposals to open participation in the Council Working Group on
> International Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet):
> http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet-2/
>
> The text takes into account edits in the pad (
> https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet) as of Monday, 19 August. Thanks to
> all who contributed to the editing process.
>
> Please indicate whether you would like to endorse this statement by end of
> day *2 September*.
>
> In terms of outreach on the statement, Nnenna suggested targeting specific
> Council members.  I think is a good idea and I'm interested in hearing
> others' thoughts on this. I've pasted the list of members of the ITU
> Council below.
>
> Source: http://www.itu.int/en/council/Pages/members.aspx
> Council Membership (2010-2014)
>
>    - *Region A (Americas)*: 9 seats
>    Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, United
>    States, Venezuela
>
>    - *Region B (Western Europe)*: 8 seats
>    France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
>
>    - *Region C (Eastern Europe and Northern Asia)*: 5 seats
>    Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation
>
>    - *Region D (Africa)*: 13 seats
>    Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco,
>    Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia
>
>    - *Region E (Asia and Australasia)*: 13 seats
>    Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (Republic
>    of),  Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, United Arab
>    Emirates
>
>
> Best,
> Deborah
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Nnenna Nwakanma <nnenna75 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I have done a few edits.
>> However, I do recall that during WCIT in Dubai,
>> There was a face-to-face meeting with Hamadoun Touré on the openness
>> issue. So that "effort" has been on.
>> I also recall that HT did say that countries were playing double
>> standards: speaking "openness" in public spaces and kicking against
>> openness in council.
>>
>> Should we also specifically target some council members? Like send the
>> letter to HT and also send copies to key council members?
>>
>> Just a thought
>>
>> N
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
>> tapani.tarvainen at effi.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Ditto for Effi.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tapani Tarvainen
>>>
>>> On Aug 12 18:20, Anriette Esterhuysen (anriette at apc.org) wrote:
>>>
>>> > Dear Joana and all
>>> >
>>> > I like this and am pretty sure APC will support, but I will run it by
>>> > members and staff.
>>> >
>>> > I am not entirely sure this last paragraph is necessary. I think to
>>> some
>>> > extent it detracts from the main message in the letter which is about
>>> > opening the CWG.
>>> >
>>> > "We also take this opportunity to renew our call for the ITU to
>>> continue
>>> > to coordinate itseffortswith that of relevant
>>> /multistakeholder/Internet
>>> > governance bodies, taking advantage of those bodies’ expertise and not
>>> > attempting to duplicate their functions. These bodies include those
>>> > devoted to technical issues (such as ICANN, the IETF and the RIRs) and
>>> > those dealing primarily with non-technical issues (such as the Internet
>>> > Governance Forum)."
>>> >
>>> > Anriette
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 12/08/2013 17:12, Joana Varon wrote:
>>> > > Dear people,
>>> > >
>>> > > As you may know, the ITU Council has rejected proposals to open
>>> > > participation in the Council Working Group on International
>>> > > Internet-Related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet).
>>> > >
>>> > > That happened in disregard of our previous
>>> > > request<http://bestbits.net/cwg-internet/>,
>>> > > of contributions from some Member States
>>> > > <http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0084!!MSW-E.pdf><
>>> http://files.wcitleaks.org/public/S13-CL-C-0069!!MSW-E.pdf>
>>> > > and
>>> > > of a statement from the Secretary General at the closing session of
>>> WTPF,
>>> > > where we called for adopting an IEG model of participation within
>>> other
>>> > > meetings of the organization.
>>> > >
>>> > > The CWG-Internet is a particularly relevant WG, as the Brazilian
>>> proposal
>>> > > on the role of States shall be discussed. Also a very important
>>> topic in a
>>> > > context where "Snowden conjecture" seams to be causing reactions for
>>> a
>>> > > State centric internet governance (at least that's my perception).
>>> > >
>>> > > Therefore, Deborah, Matthew, Gene, Carolina and I have drafted a
>>> response
>>> > > to submit to ITU. Please, find it bellow, just like the link for the
>>> > > editable pad:
>>> > >
>>> > > https://pad.riseup.net/p/CWG-Internet
>>> > >
>>> > > Your comments are more then welcome. *The plan is to leave it open
>>> until
>>> > > next Monday, 19th.* Hope you find it useful.
>>> > >
>>> > > All the best
>>> > >
>>> > > Joana
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > ------------------------------------------------------
>>> > anriette esterhuysen anriette at apc.org
>>> > executive director, association for progressive communications
>>> > www.apc.org
>>> > po box 29755, melville 2109
>>> > south africa
>>> > tel/fax +27 11 726 1692
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Deborah Brown
> Senior Policy Analyst
> Access | AccessNow.org
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