[governance] Call for consensus on IGC OC statement until

Pascal Bekono pbekono at gmail.com
Wed Feb 10 06:41:45 EST 2010


Yes
Yes
Yes


Pascal

2010/2/8 Qusai AlShatti <qshatti at gmail.com>

> Yes to all.
>
> Qusai Al-Shatti
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Hakikur Rahman <email at hakik.org> wrote:
> > 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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