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

Thu Dec 9 10:19:12 EST 2010

Same here. Thanks for the initiative.

Best,
Carlos Affonso

Vice-Coordenador
Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS)
Escola de Direito da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
caf at fgv.br

2010/12/9 Drake William <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>

> Hi
>
> Me too.
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Dec 9, 2010, at 7:06 AM, 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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