[governance] IGF meeting, Geneva, 23-24 February 2009

[David Goldstein]

Maybe not in Geneva, I'm not sure, but most definitely in Germany and Austria, at least... but it's a different celebration to what you are thinking of Jacqueline, and bloody good fun!

David





----- Original Message ----
From: Jacqueline A. Morris <jam at jacquelinemorris.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>
Sent: Tuesday, 16 December, 2008 11:39:21 PM
Subject: Re: [governance] IGF meeting, Geneva, 23-24 February 2009

That's Carnival Monday and Tuesday! (Mardi Gras for the NOLA crowd) I guess Carnival isn't important in Geneva?
Jacqueline
Adam Peake wrote:
> From the IGF website <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/content/article/42-igf-meetings/313-taking-stock-of-the-hyderabad-meeting-preparing-the-igf-review-process >
> 
> 
> Consultations open to all stakeholders will be held in Geneva on 23-24 February.
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> Two main items will be on the agenda:
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> * Taking stock of the Hyderabad Meeting and suggest improvements for the 2009 Meeting to be held in Sharm El Sheikh
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> * Preparing the IGF Review process.
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> Written contributions are welcome and will be posted on this Web site. To facilitate the discussions, a questionnaire will be made available in due course.
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>  - - - -
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> On the first, it's time to suggest new themes, how to deal with old, possible new formats, what worked well and less well in Hyderabad (this may seem trivial, but please remember to say how much the lunch was appreciated!)
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> On themes, I hope some time will be given over to discussion from national and regional IGF meetings.
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> Nitin Desai's comments during the taking stock are well worth reading.
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> On the second issue, the IGF review, Markus Kummer gave an outline of the expected time line and some background of the review process during the taking stock session in Hyderabad, he said:
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> "The mandate is, shall we say, relatively clear.  It has to be -- it has to take place within five years of its creation.  And this generally assumed that the creation dates back to Tunis 2005.  So the Secretary-General will have to make a recommendation to member states, as it is stated in the Tunis agenda, and make recommendations so that a decision can be taken within these five years.
> 
> This brings us to the General Assembly of 2009 -- 2010.  Sorry.  That is two years from now.
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> And in order to get there, we will have to get started soon.  In order for the General Assembly to take a decision, the report from the Secretary-General needs to be ready in early 2010.  It will then go to the CSTD in May 2010, from there to ECOSOC in July 2010, and from ECOSOC to the General Assembly, which then has the last word on whether or not to continue the forum in December 2010.
> 
> In other words, we will have to get started early next year, and we will prepare that with a day set aside at the meetings in February. We have the dates already for the open consultations.  That is 23rd and 24th of February.  And one day of these two days will be set aside for the discussion on how to prepare this review process.
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> And, of course, we invite all stakeholders to post their ideas and comments.  And we'll post it on our Web site.  And we will, as usual, prepare a paper as an input into the discussions.
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> The process will then be conducted on the basis of these discussions in February and brought to fruition at the meeting in Egypt sometime in late fall.  And I am given to understand that our Egyptian hosts may be able to announce us the dates later today. [15-18 November]
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> But it is also, I think, understood and also not the desire of our Egyptian hosts to turn the meeting in Egypt into an inward-looking meeting where we discuss the future of the IGF.  This will be one item on the agenda of the meeting, like we have today, the taking stock and the way forward.  We would then discuss the review.
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> But the actual review will have to take place at the meeting itself. The mandate says the Secretary-General will have to consult -- informal consultations with forum participants.  And that can only be the annual meeting of the IGF.
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> So we will have to come to consensus in this area.  We do say the IGF is not a decision-making body.  But we will have to find some way of reaching a consensus on what will then go into the report of the Secretary-General.  But the final decision will be with the member states in the various instances, CSTD, ECOSOC, and, finally, General Assembly."
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> <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/hyderabad_prog/TSAWF.html>
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> Worth seeing the complete quote, then there shouldn't be any (many) questions.
> 
> Adam
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