[governance] CONSENSUS CALL - JPA statement

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

No.


On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net> wrote:

> Agreed,
>
> Norbert Klein
> Phnom Penh/Cambodia
>
>
> On Saturday, 6 June 2009 04:54:35 Ian Peter wrote:
> [snip]
> > The Internet Governance Caucus is a global coalition of civil society and
> > non governmental organisations and individuals actively involved the UN¹s
> > Internet Governance Forum (IGF) process. Formed during the lead up to the
> > World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), our mission is to provide
> a
> > forum for discussion, advocacy, action, and for representation of civil
> > society contributions in  Internet governance processes. We have several
> > hundred members, with a wide spread of geographic representation; more
> > about our coalition can be found at www.igcaucus.org.
> >
> > We are thankful for the opportunity to comment on the Joint Project
> > Agreement (JPA) with ICANN, and  respectfully submit as  follows.
> >
> > In responding to your call for comments, we are mindful of the WSIS
> > principles, which " recognize that Internet governance, carried out
> > according to the Geneva principles, is an essential element for a
> > people-centred, inclusive, development-oriented and non-discriminatory
> > Information Society². We also recognise the need for high levels of
> global
> > co-operation from all stakeholder groups to ensure Internet stability and
> > security.
> >
> > On your question as regards the future of the JPA - The IGC firmly
> believes
> > that global co-operation will be enhanced by a transition beyond the JPA
> to
> > a situation where all stakeholders feel that they have equitable
> > arrangements for participation, that ICANN is subject to due process
> > procedures and is accountable to all stakeholders. Therefore, the IGC
> > believes that merely extending the current JPA arrangement is not a
> lasting
> > viable solution.
> >
> >  Some of us believe the JPA should be ended now, as it is an ineffective
> > mechanism to deal with the problems that must be resolved to place ICANN
> on
> > a viable long-term path forward. On the other hand, some of us believe
> that
> > a time-limited extension of the JPA might be the most effective means to
> > ensure that ICANN does take on board necessary changes.
> >
> > Irrespective of when the JPA actually ends however, the IGC believes that
> > it should be replaced by a new global accountability framework, the
> > development of which should commence as soon as possible in an open,
> > multistakeholder, transparent and inclusive process.
> >
> > Also irrespective of whether the JPA continues or not, we believe that
> > certain principles outlined below need to be embedded in ICANN¹s
> operation.
> > We believe these should be covered by an undertaking by ICANN to
> perpetuate
> > in its constitution, by laws, or some similar accountability mechanism,
> the
> > principles which follow. The principles need to be embedded in such a way
> > as to ensure they cannot easily be changed to exclude any stakeholder
> > group. The principles which need to be permanently embedded are:
> >
> > ·      bottom up co-ordination
> >
> > ·      balanced multi stakeholder representation, including civil society
> > interests and Internet users
> >
> > ·      ensuring the stability of the Internet
> >
> > ·      transparency
> >
> > ·      appropriate accountability mechanisms
> >
> > ·      continuing evolution of an effective and appropriate governance
> > model which is multilateral, multistakeholder, democratic, and
> transparent
> >
> > ·      decision making driven by the public interest
> >
> > We also propose to replace "private sector management" with
> > multistakeholder management, which has evolved from the World Summit on
> the
> > Information Society and the Internet Governance Forum process which the
> US
> > Government has supported, and which is an important facet, we believe, of
> > effective internet governance  arrangements.
> >
> > We think the establishment of firm principles to guide the evolution of a
> > model is the appropriate way to proceed. This should explicitly recognize
> > that ICANN is a global governance institution with regulatory authority
> > over an industry (domain name registration) and over critical resources
> (IP
> > addresses, root servers and addresses). The standards of due process,
> > rights, and accountability that apply to ICANN must be developed with
> these
> > facts in mind.
> >
> > Ian Peter and Ginger Paque, Co-coordinators, for the Internet Governance
> > Caucus
>
>
>
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