[governance] The seeds of change in the IGF

[Monika Ermert]

> At 12:43 PM +0100 2/22/07, Monika Ermert wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>during the press conference at the IGF stocktaking session


> there was a press conference? 

yes, between 2 and 2:30 (plenary break) 
I got notice of it through journalists accredited with the UN in Geneva. There were 10 journalists from different media including AP attending.
Speakers were Nitin Desai and Markus Kummer.



>>I raised the question with Nitin Desai if the
>>results of his report to the Secretary General
>>on the enhanced cooperation consultations he had
>>will be published or if there is the possibilty
>>that it will never be published. He said - again
>>taking one more step backwards - that it was not
>>a "report" but a "reporting back" and this might
>>well be considered as "internal".
>>
>>I confronted several country delegates with this
>>possibility, too and asked about their potential
>>reaction. One country official from a country
>>that had been consulted said that after being
>>consulted they did expect some feedback from the
>>consultation as a whole.
>>Btw, Nitin Desai said he also has consulted with
>>non-governmental/private stakeholders.


> He did.  I can't remember when, but during one of
> the meetings in Geneva last year he said he would
> be staying on in Geneva, had a room in the palais
> de nations and his door was open for meetings
> about enhanced cooperation. If people wanted to
> see him they should get in touch (my memory of
> this is not good, but that's the gist of it.) I
> don't know if he actively went to people he saw
> as experts on the issues, he may have.

> Adam



>>Best regards,
>>
>>Monika
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>>  jeanette at wz-berlin.de 2/20/2007 11:22 AM >>>
>>>  Parminder wrote:
>>>>>  We have received neither an acknowledgement,
>>>>>nor any response. Parminder
>>>>
>>>>  From what I read in the transcript of the consultation on last
>>>>  Tuesday, Nitin Desai did mention that "many others" had asked
>>>>him about the state of things re enhanced cooperation. Since
>>>>he has no mandate at the moment and as yet hasn't got any
>>>>instructions from the new SG, he couldn't get say anything
>>>>more specific.
>>
>>>  Well, in fact yes he _could_ say something more specific. He could say,
>>>  "Thank you for your letter. I understand my responsibilities to all
>>>  stakeholder groups and acknowledge your letter. I would like to respond
>>>  but have no mandate (whatever the heck THAT means) blah blah....
>>
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