AW: [governance] UN General Assembly 2009 FYI

[Carlton Samuels]

Thanks to Brendan for the link.

The continued positioning of the ITU as the lead UN Agency for Internet
Governance matters should not surprise us at all.  The Secty-General has
intimated as much for several years, memorably at the ICANN meeting in
Egypt.

Carlton Samuels
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On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:58 PM, Brenden Kuerbis <bnkuerbi at syr.edu> wrote:

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> http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un-dpadm/unpan035383.pdf
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> Brenden Kuerbis
> Internet Governance Project
> http://internetgovernance.org
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> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Bill, if you have access to this particular document, is it possible
>> for you to take a copy and email it to me please.
>>
>> thanks in advance.
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 2:23 PM, William Drake
>> <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Thanks for the useful pointer, Wolfgang.  Some great stuff here, even a
>> resolution on the NIEO!   Then it was off to the Palm for a nice lunch,
>> presumably...
>> >
>> > Anyway, I notice that A/C.2/64/L.62 of 5 November, from the G77 and
>> China, was withdrawn.  Inter alia, it
>> >
>> > 14. Requests the Secretary-General to consider providing from the
>> regular budget the necessary support to ensure the sustainability of the
>> core activities and operations of the secretariat of the Internet Governance
>> Forum, in order to carry out its programme of activities in accordance with
>> its mandate;
>> >
>> > However, A/C.2/64/L.62 of 4 December, from the Vice-Chairperson of the
>> Committee, was adopted on 9 December.  Inter alia it
>> >
>> > 17. Encourages Member States, the private sector and all other relevant
>> stakeholders to consider strengthening the secretariat of the Internet
>> Governance Forum in order to support its activities and operations, in
>> accordance with its mandate, including by providing additional funds, where
>> possible, to the Trust Fund in support of the secretariat;
>> >
>> > So I guess the concept remains voluntary contributions rather than
>> regular budget.  In addition, the doc
>> >
>> > 15. Invites the Economic and Social Council to consider the report of
>> the Secretary-General on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues
>> pertaining to the Internet;
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what to make of this one.  When the EC report was
>> originally submitted during last year's CSTD there were objections and hence
>> no formal consideration due in particular to the ITU uber alles language.
>>  So are we to conclude that such objections have been withdrawn?  Anyone
>> know what the deal is here?  Bertrand?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Bill
>> >
>> > PS: For those who've not read the SG report, here's some of the ITU's
>> recommendations (which pale in comparison to what's been proposed within
>> ITU):
>> >
>> > The current Internet governance framework could be enhanced to ensure
>> greater and
>> > more active participation of Governments in the formulation of
>> international public
>> > policy for information and communications technologies. Measures taken
>> could
>> > ensure better cooperation between Governments and other stakeholders in
>> the policy
>> > formulation process...It should be noted that there already exist
>> intergovernmental bodies under the
>> > United Nations umbrella that have strong participation of Governments,
>> the
>> > experience and also the necessary mandate. An improved governance
>> framework
>> > could leverage such existing structures to enhance Government
>> participation, rather
>> > than attempting to create new ones. Also, caution must be exercised when
>> > suggesting that the Internet Governance Forum could play a
>> decision-making role or
>> > provide oversight functions in Internet-related public policy issues.
>> >
>> > An improved governance framework could be formed within which all
>> countries
>> > would have an equal say in Internet-related public policy issues and in
>> the
>> > management of critical Internet resources....An intergovernmental
>> organization such as the International Telecommunication
>> > Union (ITU) has the necessary mandate and hence could play a leading
>> role in the
>> > creation of such a governance structure. Resolution 102 of the 2006 ITU
>> > Plenipotentiary Conference instructs the ITU.
>> >
>> > The root signing authority is of critical importance to the security,
>> stability and
>> > reliability of the Internet. The role and functions related to policies
>> governing the
>> > harmonized and global coordination of such services for country-code
>> top-level
>> > domains (ccTLDs) must be assumed by a relevant intergovernmental body
>> with
>> > the mandate from Governments and the experience in providing such
>> services so that
>> > concerns and interests of sovereign States can be taken into account.
>> > This delegation decision could be a result of coordination among all
>> relevant
>> > stakeholders, through discussions and debates at appropriate forums such
>> as
>> > intergovernmental council meetings.
>> >
>> > A country would retain sole control over the management of its assigned
>> ccTLD in
>> > accordance with paragraph 63 of the Tunis Agenda for the Information
>> Society
>> > which states that countries should not be involved in decisions
>> regarding another
>> > country’s ccTLD; and that their legitimate interests, as expressed and
>> defined by
>> > each country in diverse ways, regarding decisions affecting their
>> ccTLDs, need to be
>> > respected, upheld and addressed through a flexible and improved
>> framework and
>> > mechanism.The delegating body could retain an advisory role, if
>> required, at the request of the
>> > country concerned. Any difference that may arise between the two
>> entities could be
>> > resolved through an international/intergovernmental organization with
>> the necessary
>> > mandate.
>> >
>> > On Dec 18, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.un.org/ga/second/64/proposals.shtml
>> >>
>> >> Sorry here is the link which works (you have to scroll down and to go
>> to the various draft to fiond the two resolution which refer to the IGF and
>> related IG issues.
>> >>
>> >> wolfgang
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