[governance] Call for consensus on IGC OC statement until 10

[Guru गुरु]

Yes to all

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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.
>
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> 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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