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

[Hakikur Rahman]

I support the letter and also support that IGC signs it.

Thanking you,
Hakikur

At 12:06 PM 12/9/2010, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:
>Hi Izumi, thank you for coordinating this. The 
>letter is very good and I support that the IGC signs it.
>
>jeanette
>
>Am 09.12.2010 01:53, schrieb Izumi AIZU:
>>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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