AW: [governance] UN General Assembly 2009 FYI

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at uwimona.edu.jm
Sun Dec 20 11:13:43 EST 2009


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 China, was withdrawn.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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