AW: [governance] outcomes of CSTD Bureau meeting

[klohento at panos-ao.org]

> The announcement from New York was expected and had it come overnight
> (Wednesday night, Geneva) then the advisory group meeting would have
> been closed, held under normal procedures for such meetings (chatham
> house, etc.)

Maybe a one million dollar question : why is the announcement from New
York taking so much time to come? (whatever its content). I wonder if it's
only because of administrative delays.

KL



> At 3:45 AM +0200 5/25/07, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
>>Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>>>The longer New York waits with any announcement regarding the future of
>>>the advisory group, the more contested its informal status will become.
>>The MAG does not exist anymore, and it seems to tranform into an informal
>>consultation process with no webcast nor scribes - at least that is
>>the status quo at the moment.
>>
>>From what you write, Jeanette, would you also subscribe to this?
>>"The longer New York waits with any announcement regarding the future of
>>the IGF organizing structure, the more contested Nitin's (and the
>>SG's) status will become."
>>
>>Explanatory note: I talked to some government people this afternoon
>>while sneaking out of the IGF informal consultations and having a
>>coffee. They were a bit surprised - to say the least - that this
>>informal meeting was not announced as open. This will hit Nitin, not
>>the MAG. He said yesterday at the request of Russia:
>>CHAIRMAN DESAI: I think the only reference so far to meetings was that a
>>further consultation like this in September. I know there's nothing
>>else on my agenda between now and then.  So I'm not aware of
>>anything else between that and the September meeting.
>
>
> The announcement from New York was expected and had it come overnight
> (Wednesday night, Geneva) then the advisory group meeting would have
> been closed, held under normal procedures for such meetings (chatham
> house, etc.)  But no news came, so the meeting was called open in the
> morning and was described as an open meeting in the schedule at the
> Palais.  As soon as it was open it was open.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
>>Best, Ralf
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