[governance] Draft statement for comments - IGF review -

[Hakikur Rahman]

No comments, but support the text. Specially, the last paragraph is a 
wholesome one.

Best regards,
Hakik

At 11:44 PM 2/1/2009, Ian Peter wrote:
>Below is a suggested draft for a verbal statement on IGF mandate 
>role ad structure for the February consultations. Comments please!
>
>The Internet Governance Caucus is of the view that the IGF should 
>continue beyond its first mandated period of five years.
>
>There are two clear, and relatively distinct, mandates of the IGF 
>-  first, regarding public policy functions, as a forum for 
>multistakeholder policy dialogue, and second, regarding capacity 
>building. Both aspects of the IGF's role need to be strengthened.
>
>Especially, one role (for instance, capacity building) should not be 
>promoted to the exclusion of the other (policy related role). If the 
>IGF is assessed not to be sufficiently contributing to its one or 
>the other principal roles, adequate measures should be considered to 
>improve its effectivenesses vis-a-vis that role.
>
>It is important that IGF remains open to addressing all issues that 
>are in the IG space, no matter how controversial. Very likely, the 
>more controversial an issue, the more appropriate it may be to bring 
>it to the IGF where inputs from a diverse range of stakeholders can be sought.
>
>Deliberations at the IGF can be used as inputs for global Internet 
>policy making, which will help make policy-making processes more 
>participative and democratic.
>
>We congratulate the IGF secretariat on doing exemplary work in the 
>last few years, However for this success to be built on, the IGF 
>should be assured stable and sufficient public funding to be able to 
>carry its functions effectively, and impartially in global public 
>interest. To this end we believe it is important that no other UN 
>organization gets involved in the IGF's management.
>
>Ian Peter
>PO Box 429
>Bangalow NSW 2479
>Australia
>Tel (+614) 1966 7772 or (+612) 6687 0773
>www.ianpeter.com
>
>
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