[governance] Draft IGC letter pf protest on CSTD WG composition

Hakikur Rahman email at hakik.org
Fri Dec 10 06:08:50 EST 2010 

In agreement with the texts and support the letter.

Hakikur

At 08:33 AM 12/10/2010, Baudouin SCHOMBE wrote:
>This text is very well made and I accept
>
>Baudouin
>
>
>
>2010/12/9 Izumi AIZU <<mailto:iza at anr.org>iza at anr.org>
>Dear list,
>Here is the draft letter of protest on CSTD WG composition by IGC,
>NOT the joint one which I sent earlier.
>
>As I wrote earlier, it's been edited by the nominees for CSTD WG
>for both substance and the tone/style.
>
>I like to call for the consensus, will wait till the end
>of Friday, Dec 10 working hours in Europe unless there is
>a) good amount of support expressed earlier than that, and
>b) urgent need (either positive or negative) arises earlier
>
>Comments are all welcome, which will be taken into final
>wording as much as possible.
>
>best,
>
>izumi
>
>---------------------
>
>Honourable Mme. Sherry Ayittey
>Chairperson
>UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
>
>His Exellency Mr. Frederic Riehl,
>Vice Chairperson,
>UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development
>
>
>Dear Ms. Ayittey and Mr. Riehl,
>
>Thank you for undertaking the IGF review process.
>
>We have learned that the membership of the CSTD Working Group on IGF 
>will comprise Government representatives only and that no Civil 
>Society, Private Sector, or Technical Community members will be 
>included. Since there is no official announcement on this issue, we 
>first of all seek a confirmation if the above mentioned is indeed true.
>
>In the unfortunate case that it has been so decided, we, the 
>undersigned, would like to express our strong concern about that 
>decision which is apparently in violation of the mandate given by 
>the concerned ECOSOC resolution,  for setting up the Working Group 
>in an 'open and inclusive manner'. We understand that the same 
>mandate is imminent to also be communicated through a UN General 
>Assembly resolution. We are unable to identify "openness and 
>inclusion" as underlying principles of the present process of 
>setting up the Working Group. The overall approach to this important 
>issue related to Internet Governance is also in violation of the 
>Tunis Agenda, paras 37, 72, 73, 76, 78, 80, 83, 97,105, and 108, 
>both in letter and spirit.
>
>The process also clearly goes against the Chair's Summary of Vilnius 
>IGF consultation and the Chair's tentative road map indicates that 
>the Working Group will employ multi-stakeholder composition, 
>modality and work method.
>
>As the Chair's Summary says:
>It was stressed by many participants that the multi-stakeholder 
>character and inclusive spirit and principles of the IGF have been 
>successful and should continue to guide the composition, modalities 
>and working methods of the CSTD Working Group on the IGF.
>
>Thus, it was emphasised by a large number of interventions that it 
>was essential that the working Group be composed of a balanced 
>number of representatives from all stakeholders - governments, civil 
>society and the private sector.
>
>A majority of stakeholders welcomed the Chair's suggestion to use 
>the model of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), 
>which was set up in the aftermath of the 2003 Geneva phase of WSIS 
>"in an open and inclusive manner"
>
>In this context, we are very much concerned that the WG composition 
>is not in fact open and inclusive and that non-governmental 
>stakeholders (civil society, business and Internet technical 
>community) will be excluded from the WG membership altogether. 
>Non-governmental stakeholders are critical to the continued 
>development and success of building the people-centered Information 
>Society. Their exclusion runs counter to WSIS principles including 
>that "The international management of the Internet should be 
>multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement 
>of governments, the private sector, civil society and international 
>organizations."
>
>We do not understand why this regressive decision was suddenly made, 
>but we do request that this decision be reversed, even if that will 
>require some additional time.
>
>We respectfully call for all government members with whom to date we 
>have acted as partners in pursuit of IGF improvement, to examine the 
>possible consequences of this perhaps hastily-considered proposal to 
>the whole ecology and future of Internet Governance which has been 
>evolving in a unique multistakeholder manner, and pursue an approach 
>satisfactory to all stakeholders.
>
>We hope that we may have misunderstood the effect of this decision 
>and that our reaction is therefore misplaced. However if we are not 
>mistaken, we fear that the CSTD's decision will lead not to the 
>improvement, but rather, to the regression and even destruction of 
>the IGF and the trust that has been built among  the stakeholders 
>since WSIS.  A lack of meaningful multistakeholder involvement will 
>make IGF both ineffective and irrelevant, and thwart attempts to 
>further develop effective internet governance at this crucial time.
>
>We look forward to receiving your response at the earliest.
>
>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus
>
>
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