[governance] Re: Draft IGC statement on Wikileaks

[Katitza Rodriguez]

Hi there,

In my personal capacity, I have the same concerns that Mc Tim mentioned 
here. IGC is moving an agenda where there
is no certainty about our involvement in equal footing. As I mentioned, 
since this is quite a short time, and we do not have yet
a position on this issue, I can't endorse that statement.  It would be 
good that you listed the names of those who support it. Thanks.


On 12/11/10 10:33 PM, McTim wrote:
> Prmndr, Lee, Ian, et. al,
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 8:45 AM, parminder<parminder at itforchange.net>  wrote:
>> Hi Jeremy
>>
>> "The recent WikiLeaks affairs have starkly brought out how global Internet
>> cannot, and should not, be governed through illegitimate use of political
>> and commercial power. There are two clear problems with this approach of
>> using backroom governance tactics. One, they is always likely to be abused,
>> as in our view, they got hugely abused in the Wikileaks case. Second, in
>> possible cases where it may legitimately be required to employ some urgent
>> global governance responses to real problems or threats (or perhaps even
>> opportunities), which cannot completely be assumed away, backroom levels of
>> power based on raw political and commerical might, as employed by some
>> governments and their corporate cronies in the present case, are not
>> available to less powerful political players or countries. This situation
>> bespeaks a democratic deficit and a need for globally democratic principles
>> and institutional frameworks in the area of Internet governance, which is
>> the urgent challenge that the proposed process of enhanced cooperation
>> should address itself to. "
>
> I have a hypothetical question (that may not be so hypothetical, if
> the actions by some re: CSTD are anything to go by).
>
> If the governemtns of the world decided they would build a "framework"
> of some kind re: IG, but shut out all non-governmental actors in its
> development, would you all still be in favor of said framework
> building?
>
>


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Katitza Rodriguez
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