[governance] REVISION 2 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing

[Deirdre Williams]

Leaned on by Lee to put my money where my mouth is :-) I offer this revision
for consideration. I have taken Jeremy's original that Parminder commented
on at the beginning of this thread, and added my suggestions, paragraph by
paragraph, in blue. Most of the words are really Jeremy's.
I have done nothing to the 2 ECOSOC paragraphs which still seem to be under
discussion.
I have tried to make phrases enclosed in inverted commas refer verbatim to
the Tunis Agenda with the paragraph reference.
I am concerned about the inclusion of the word "equal" - see the part in
red. I cannot find the word in the Tunis Agenda (in the context where we use
it), and it is very loaded language. We certainly should NOT make it appear
to be a quotation if it does not appear in the original.
Deirdre

On 17 February 2010 17:45, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu> wrote:

> I further agree with Deirdre and Yrjo.
>
> And I am happy Deirdre volunteered to do a quick revision of the doc for
> readability, clarity & conciseness : )
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Deirdre Williams [williams.deirdre at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:03 AM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Yrjö Länsipuro
> Subject: Re: [governance] REVISION 2 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing
>
> I agree with Yrjö's point.
> I also wonder about the writing style of the statement. I know long
> sentences are the norm for bureaucratic documents :-), but short simple
> sentences communicate much more efficiently, particularly when one is
> communicating across languages?
> Deirdre
>
> On 17 February 2010 10:06, Yrjö Länsipuro <yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com
> <mailto:yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> Yes, I think Parminder has a valid point here. Our strongest argument is
> the procedural one. Review and assessment of WSIS outcomes have *always*
> gone through CSTD, why not now? Standing on the precedent is an age-old
> bureaucratic device, and we might use it here yto our advantage.  We could
> also point out that special provisions have been made at CSTD to accomodate
> other stakeholders as per  WSIS principles, but we should not get in the
> argument about the ECOSOC.
>
> Yrjö
>
> ________________________________
> From: william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch<mailto:
> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch>
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:23:44 +0100
> CC: jeremy at ciroap.org<mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org<mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>;
> parminder at itforchange.net<mailto:parminder at itforchange.net>
> Subject: Re: [governance] REVISION 2 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing
>
>
> Hi
>
> On Feb 17, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Parminder wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> We can add that the CSTD forum gives a relatively  greater
>  multistakeholder (MS) involvement.
>
> However I wont harp too much on this point, in this representation. I am
> really not sure how much more MS is CSTD than other UN forums in Geneva/ New
> York. Does someone has full information on this? I do know that a temporary
> window was created to involve all WSIS accredited organizations (when does
> this end) but perhaps not much more. Even at CSTD CS is present only as an
> observer and speaks only in allocated slots, in the end. We are also not
> formally involved in drafting processes, though informal practices may
> operate (sometimes). So while we may make this point, I dont think we should
> push it too much.
>
> I agree, we can't call CSTD a MS institution, it's an intergovernmental
> that has made special provisions to allow some CS involved in one area of
> activity some scope for involvement that exceeds what is possible in ECOSOC.
>
> BD
>
> Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
>
> In contrast to the CSTD, ECOSOC itself is not a multi-stakeholder
> institution.  Whilst ECOSOC has accredited NGOs, their influence is limited
> and much of their expertise is not taken into consideration by ECOSOC.  More
> importantly, there are many NGOs that were accredited at WSIS but which are
> not in consultative status with ECOSOC, and the private sector has no
> representation within ECOSOC at all.  This makes it impossible to regard
> ECOSOC as a truly multi-stakeholder institution.
>
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