[governance] Caucus Statement: another proposal

[Milton Mueller]

>>> klohento at panos-ao.org 10/26/2006 11:27:33 AM >>>
>Another reality is that the IGC caucus (even though the most 
>relevant from a thematic point of view) is not the only CS grouping 
>that can send nominations...

Yes, but it is not best practice to allow a Secretariat, which is in
itself not accountable to the represented groups in any way, to pick and
choose which CS grouping it will take and which it will exclude. 

This is not a criticism of the Secretariat, of course, but a statement
about the under-institutionalization of the whole process. If the UN is
serious about broadening participation and representation it will have
to set up new structures for representation. It cannot, or should not,
continue to rely on the informal, behind-the-scenes old boy and girl
networks, which allows a secretariat complete discretion to pick and
choose the representatives for various sectors. 
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