[governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG composition only by governments

Wed Dec 8 20:38:47 EST 2010

I agree too
Deirdre

On 8 December 2010 21:36, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree that we sign it as well.
>
> That does not hamper us from sending a statement on behalf of IGC with any
> additional point we believe it would be important to make.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:30 PM, Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I agree, and I support signing it too because the time constraint and the
>> need to act quickly
>> Rafik
>>
>>
>>
>> 2010/12/9 Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu>
>>
>> Ixumi,
>>>
>>> Well done, I support IGC signing on immediately.
>>>
>>> Since this is not a letter from IGC alone but from a coalition and since
>>> the letter reads well for cs (at least to me), one expedient manouver is for
>>> our co-coordinators to sign on like - right now - while you wait say 12hrs
>>> for any objections to surface on the list.
>>>
>>> If none do, then just remove your names, leave 'IGC' and we're done.
>>>
>>> My 2 centavos on how to play this.
>>>
>>> Lee
>>>
>>> PS: There's a chance I can join David, Milton and maybe Avri in NYC on
>>> 14th as I have another event to attend that evening there. If I do I can
>>> help make some - semi-polite - noise over this if still necessary, then.
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: izumiaizu at gmail.com [izumiaizu at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Izumi AIZU
>>> [iza at anr.org]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:53 PM
>>> To: Governance List
>>> Subject: [governance] <Urgent> Draft Joint Letter protesting CSTD WG
>>> composition only by governments
>>>
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> The "rumor" that the decision to compose CSTD WG only by governments
>>> is now proven to be true, decided by very few members of CSTD.
>>>
>>> I have contacted ICC and ISOC, similar to the joint letter work we had on
>>> Dec 14 consultation on enhanced cooperation. They shared the same
>>> concern and worked out with many others mostly at ICANN Cartagena
>>> meeting including ICANN, government folks etc:  UK, Sweden, US,
>>> ICANN, ccNSO etc.
>>>
>>> Here is the draft text as of now. They plan to send it shortly, and
>>> asking IGC
>>> to join. There may be last-minute minor edit, but it is almost final.
>>>
>>> I propose that IGC to sign. IF you have any comments or suggestions,
>>> please reply to this quickly.  In general, we need 48 hours to decide,
>>> but in this
>>> special case, we may not have that luxury of time.
>>>
>>> I have prepared our own draft (sorry for the complication), and now
>>> it is being edited by our nominees for CSTD WG. My suggestion is
>>> to carry on this draft as well, and send it in addition to the joint one.
>>>
>>> I will post that draft in a separate email and welcome your comments.
>>> We will send that and perhaps make statement at Dec 17 WG meeting
>>> if they do not change their decision. We will also include that and
>>> read that at Dec 14 EC consultation meeting in New York.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the confusing manner, but this could happen, and I think
>>> acting quickly to keep the Multi-stakeholder framework is urgently
>>> needed and important for us.
>>>
>>> I hope you understand and support this.
>>>
>>> best,
>>>
>>> izumi
>>>
>>> ------------------
>>> DRAFT
>>>
>>> To Frederic Riehl
>>> Cc Ghana Chair of the CSTD
>>>
>>> We are surprised and deeply concerned by the CSTD Bureau’s decision
>>> that  the Working Group on IGF Improvements mandated by resolution
>>> (2010/2) of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
>>> will be composed exclusively of member states.
>>> This ECOSOC resolution, which was initially negotiated during the CSTD
>>> in May 2010 by or in the presence of many of the signatories below,
>>> asked the Chair of the CSTD to establish a Working Group to: "seek,
>>> compile and review inputs from all Member States and all other
>>> stakeholders on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF),
>>> in line with the mandate set out in the Tunis Agenda".
>>> These words are a clear reference to the paragraph of the WSIS Plan of
>>> Action (Geneva 2003) that led to the establishment of the very
>>> successful Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) and ultimately
>>> the creation of the IGF itself:
>>>
>>> We ask the Secretary-General of the United Nations to set up a working
>>> group on Internet governance, in an open and inclusive process that
>>> ensures a mechanism for the full and active participation of
>>> governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing
>>> and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and
>>> international organizations and forums, to investigate and make
>>> proposals for action…
>>>
>>> We therefore expected that the composition of the Working Group would
>>> be strongly inspired by the methodology adopted for setting up the
>>> multi-stakeholder WGIG, as stated as the CSTD Vice-Chair’s
>>> recommendation in his report on the meeting he convened on 16
>>> September 2010.
>>>
>>> The format decided by the Bureau of the CSTD is contrary to both the
>>> letter and the spirit of the ECOSOC resolution and is therefore not
>>> acceptable.
>>>
>>> In any event, it is not up to the Bureau of the CSTD to make a
>>> decision on this matter. This is not a Working Group of the CSTD, but
>>> rather a Working Group to be convened by the Chair of the CSTD as
>>> instructed by the ECOSOC resolution.
>>> The CSTD Chair entrusted you with the mission of implementing the
>>> request made to her. In light of that and the above information we
>>> urge you to retract the decision of 7 December, and to establish an
>>> appropriately constituted Working Group consistent with the WSIS
>>> formulation ensuring “the full and active participation of
>>> governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing
>>> and developed countries, involving relevant intergovernmental and
>>> international organizations and forums”.
>>>
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