[governance] CONSENSUS CALL - JPA statement

[William Drake]

Hi Ian,

I liked it better before, but yes.

Thanks,

Bill


On Jun 5, 2009, at 11:54 PM, Ian Peter wrote:

> Below is the final statement we propose to send to DOC (and need to  
> submit by June 8). Please indicate YES or NO as regards your support  
> for this statement – if you have already indicated in the previous  
> draft a YES, there is no need to vote again (in the interests of  
> email flow). At this stage I am assuming we have a consensus for  
> this unless strong objections are raised in the next 48 hours.
>
> At this stage no amendments can be accepted which changes the  
> meaning or emphasis of the text. However we can certainly consider  
> simple changes that clarify the expression if you feel strongly  
> about them.
>
> Thank you everyone for your participation!
>
> DRAFT FOLLOWS
>
>
> The Internet Governance Caucus is a global coalition of civil  
> society and non governmental organisations and individuals actively  
> involved the UN’s 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 Society”. 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  
> ICANN’s 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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William J. Drake
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Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
   Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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