[governance] REVISION 3 Draft statement to UNSG on bypassing CSTD

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 18/02/2010, at 5:31 PM, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> 3. para: The following sentence is somewhat odd and I do not really understand it: "For
> > this purpose it was to be strengthened "taking into account the
> > multistakeholder approach"  (Tunis Agenda, para 105)."

The odd wording is not ours, though, it's the TA's.  It does literally call for "strengthening of the Commission, taking into account the multi-stakeholder approach".  So I think we should retain this, odd as it is.

> 5. para: can be dropped I think

Does anyone else think it should be dropped (personally I feel this paragraph is rather important)?  It says this:

The CSTD is not a multistakeholder institution, and hence we would welcome further enhancement of the participation of non-governmental stakeholders in the IGF review.  However even as it stands, the CSTD does provide relatively greater multistakeholder involvement than its parent body, ECOSOC.  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.

I don't have any problem with your other suggestions.

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