[governance] China: "we don't agree that the IGF should continue"

[Fouad Bajwa]

Even though IGF has moved one step ahead, IMHO is that the
multilateral nature of the IGF may be revoked if the UN GA says no
need. The regional processes should continue since thez are less
affected by multilateral intervention from the UNGA.

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
>
> On 14 May 2009, at 17:26, Ian Peter wrote:
>
>> So I don't think the outcome is a foregone conclusion and we can write off
>> the Chinese position as a rogue one. This is likely to have some more
>> interesting twists and turns.
>
>
> I can't think of anything that is ever a foregone conclusion.
>
> And while I believe that when all is said and done, the UN GA will endorse
> continuation, it may not.
>
> So, in that unlikely  event, is there a plan B?
>
> I don't have a pan B, but I do have some questions about one.
>
> The IGF has moved from being solely an international event, to being a
> national and regional process.  Do these national and regional processes
> rely on the UN in any way?  Would they wither away?
>
> Or might this national and regional process have to ability to reconstitute
> the IGF should the UN governments decide against continuing it?  And would
> these national and regional initiatives be enough to legitimize the
> activity?
>
>
> a.
>
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