[governance] CONSENSUS CALL - JPA statement

[Izumi AIZU]

I hope things are never TOO late.

Yes, I know it is past the deadline, and I have not particiapted in any of
the online discussion about the JPA public comment, with all excuses
possible ;-).

I think the final statement below is a balanced one, if not that strong, and
reflecting the current state of play, thus my YES.

izumi

2009/6/8 Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com>:
> Thanks everyone
>
> While respecting that two members voted against this statement, sufficient
> support has been given for it to be adopted. I will be posting the statement
> as below today.
>
>
>
>>>>
>>>>  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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                        >> Izumi Aizu <<

          Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo

           Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
                                  Japan
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