[governance] IG caucus statement from Nov 13

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Vittorio Bertola wrote:
> Jeanette Hofmann ha scritto:
> 
>> We have prepared another statement for the subcommmittee A meeting 
>> taking place this morning. The new statement reinterates our statement 
>> on the forum and will be read by Willie Currie. The sense after the 
>> late night meeting on Internet Governance chaired by Canada was that 
>> it is about time to stress the purpose of the forum.
> 
>  >
>  > Canada, the US and some other governments like the forum to only focus
>  > on capacity building and development issues. This is why we thought it
>  > makes sense to remind the subcommittee A of the WGIG report's much
>  > broader list of public policy issues.
> 
> Thanks. Yesterday, while assisting to the drafting of the numbered list 
> (posted yesterday by Michael) and chatting with Adam and Willie, that 
> seemed to be the only major issue we had with a document we more or less 
> agree on.

Hmm. I didn't see any issue yesterday. On the contrary, I found us 
rather peaceful :-)
Talk to Willie about the emphasis of this point. I believe he hasn't 
read the new version yet and will certainly be open to suggestions.
> 
> If possible, I would like to get that explicit reminder that the Forum 
> should discuss at least the priority issues identified by the WGIG 
> report - that is a non-threatening and low profile way to open up the 
> doors to discussions on freedom of expression, privacy etc.
> 
> Also, the EU is meeting later today to discuss a more detailed position 
> about the forum. I will try to get a way to brief them about CS ideas 
> for the forum, 

I ciculated our statement a bit and would continue to do so if I had at 
least one copy left...

but I'm wondering whether we should not start a lobbying
> campaign. In particular, we could contact Canada & friends and ask them 
> to reconsider their "development-oriented" vision of the forum.

yes, good idea.
je
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