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

[Pascal Bekono]

Thanks for the prompt reaction Izumi. I agree

~Pascal

2010/12/9, Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>:
> I support immediate signing and forwarding....!
>
> Fouad Bajwa
> sent using my iPad
>
> On 9 Dec 2010, at 05:53, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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