[bestbits] [governance] Remarks at UNESCO Closing Ceremony of "Connecting the Dots Conference"

[Norbert Bollow]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:42:12 +0100
Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:

> On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:
>
> Richard Hill on behalf of the
> coalition has just disrupted the meeting with a formal objection to
> the document due to its omission to qualify references to
> multi-stakeholderism with “democratic”

Since when does a formal objection in the context of a supposedly
consensus based process constitute having "disrupted the meeting"???

> (which he incorrectly stated
> was not objected to during the last drafting session),

Who objected during the last drafting session, and on what basis?

Greetings,
Norbert
co-convenor, Just Net Coalition

> and its
> omission to include a reference to the International Covenant on
> Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  Other than his objection, the
> document was adopted by the meeting by consensus.