[governance] Call for consensus on IGC OC statement until

[Hakikur Rahman]

If this is for all in the list, my consent is YES to all.

Best regards,
Hakikur Rahman

At 12:14 07-02-2010, Parminder wrote:
>Yes to all...
>
>Ginger Paque wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>I apologize for being out of contact, as I have had a combination 
>>of electrical and Internet cuts, travel and all day meetings. I am 
>>now in Geneva, and attending your concerns about our statement for 
>>the OC on Tuesday.
>>
>>With Jeremy's pre-authorized consent, as he is out of contact, I am 
>>now making a call for consensus until 10 p.m. GMT Monday, Feb. 8th. 
>>This should allow us to make a final decision at the in situ 
>>meeting here in Geneva Monday evening. I will have my computer with 
>>me and connected (unless we have some unavoidable problem), so you 
>>can email or skype during the meeting, and we will try to reach a 
>>consensus with as many voices as possible. My skype login is gingerpaque.
>>
>>I propose that we find consensus on three short statements that can 
>>be read together or separately, as appropriate--not necessarily in 
>>the order shown. The final suggested closing is an iteration of 
>>Parminder's recent suggestion.
>>
>>An all agreement vote would read:
>>1: Yes
>>2: Yes
>>3: Yes
>>
>>Conversely, one could opine with all "No" or a combination of opinions.
>>
>>1.
>>Network neutrality has been an important architectural principle for
>>the Internet. This principle is under considerable challenge as the
>>Internet becomes the mainstream communication platform for almost all
>>business and social activities. The IGC proposes a main session 
>>with the focus of Network Neutrality - Ensuring Openness in All 
>>Layers of the Internet. This main session should examine the 
>>implications of this principle, and its possible evolutionary 
>>interpretations for Internet policy in different areas. Issues 
>>about the openness of the Internet architecture are increasingly 
>>manifest in all layers of the Internet today.
>>
>>2.
>>A Development Agenda for Internet Governance Development is a key 
>>focus of the Tunis Agenda and its mandate for the IGF. But while 
>>development has been posed as a cross-cutting theme of IGF 
>>meetings, they have not featured a broadly inclusive and probing 
>>dialogue on what Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) might 
>>mean in conceptual and operational terms.  To address this gap, the 
>>IGC previously has advocated a main session on A Development Agenda 
>>for Internet Governance, and some its members have organized 
>>workshops or produced position papers elaborating different visions 
>>of what such an agenda could entail.   In light of the related 
>>discussions during the Sharm el Sheikh cycle, we renew our call for 
>>a main session on this theme. The dialogue at Vilnius could, inter 
>>alia, identify the linkages between Internet governance mechanisms 
>>and development, and consider options for mainstreaming development 
>>considerations into IGF discussions and Internet governance 
>>processes, as appropriate. We also continue to support the Swiss 
>>government's proposal to consider establishing a multi-stakeholder 
>>Working Group that could develop recommendations to the IGF on a 
>>development agenda.
>>
>>3.
>>Internet governance has up to this time largely been founded in 
>>technical principles and, increasingly, on the Internet's 
>>functionality as a giant global marketplace. With the Internet 
>>becoming increasingly central to many social and political 
>>institutions, we are of the view that a consideration of 'internet 
>>rights and principles' can provide the basis for a more 
>>comprehensive conceptual framework for IG.
>>
>>
>>In Sharm El Sheikh, specific 3-hour workshops on the two themes of 
>>a development agenda and Net Neutrality were organized, which 
>>represents a certain degree of maturity of these themes within the 
>>IGF context. These successful and productive sessions should be 
>>build upon in 2010.
>>
>>The Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and Principles has done 
>>dynamic and productive work on the issue of IRP, highlighting the 
>>concept of Dynamic Coalitions and laying the groundwork to address 
>>this issue as part of the Vilnius agenda.
>>Thank you very much.
>>Best,
>>Ginger
>>
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