[governance] Re: SECOND DRAFT statement on enhanced cooperation

[parminder]

To make it clearer, I prefer we give our response to EC consultation 
under four different parts

1) Core enhanced cooperation process, mandated to be initiated by the UN 
Sec General, as per Tunis Agenda

2) Broader process of creating conditions for enhanced cooperation

3) Enhanced cooperation process/ new institutional developments vis a 
vis CIR or technical management

4) Enhanced cooperation process/ new institutional developments vis a 
vis other substantive Internet related public policy issues that require 
attention and resolution at the global level

Lets see if we can close our differences enough by considering issues in 
these categories, and accordingly submitting IGC position.

Parminder


On Monday 08 November 2010 06:29 PM, parminder wrote:
>
> Dear Jeremy and All
>
> To make progress on a EC statement, it is my impression that we 
> separate important areas and implications of EC and discuss and 
> comment on them separately.
>
>  About one separation I have already commented. The EC process proper 
> and the broader processes of preparing conditions for it. These two 
> consist of different processes and different roles for different 
> actors. Our comments can deal with this issue accordingly in two parts.
>
> The second seperation, I see becoming key to taking an EC discussion 
> forward is between IG arena relating to CIR management and that 
> relating to other more substantive and socio-political areas like IP, 
> cyber security, content realted issues, socio-political issues about 
> Internet architecture, social networking, other key global digital 
> applications etc. Let me just for sake of distinction call these as 
> 'substantive areas' ( Am happy to use another name if anyone has a 
> problem with this one)
>
> I see that I keep advancing opinions and options about global Internet 
> public policies vis a vis 'substantive area' , evne making it clear 
> that i am not referring to CIR management area, and I keep getting 
> 'nay' responses about CIR management area, with alternative options 
> being suggested that clearly seem to only refer to CIR area (this is 
> why I asked how substantive policies can be ever developed through 
> these models and i dont think I got the response.)
>
> Since, as per Tunis Agenda, we have reaffirmed that EC goes beyond CIR 
> area, it will be a great service to overall discussion around EC if we 
> give our EC related comments separately about the two IG areas - CIRs 
> or technical management, and substantive issues related.  I dont see 
> why anyone should have any objection against these simple process 
> simplifying suggestion.
>
> Regarding CIR or technical management area:
>
> In fact, TA seems to suggest that it does not want to substantively 
> disturb the actual technical management processes. and I agree. I am 
> ready to evne endorse a sentence or two affirming our position in this 
> regard - that the existing decentralized and multistakeholder 
> processes of CIR management  should be continued etc. In my view this 
> should satisfy all those who have repeatedly rooted for this model in 
> the discussions of the last few days.
>
> The only controversial issue here is of US versus a more global body 
> as supervisory node over the ICANN plus system. I think it has been 
> the civil society position for a long time that US's supervisory role 
> in this regard is not acceptable to the international community. I 
> think we have also expressed the position that ICANN oversight be 
> internationalised. I am fine that we say that all the present 
> authority of the US gov (and no more) be immidiately shifted to a 
> global body with multistakeholder representation. I dont see how we as 
> a global CS body have an objection to this. But happy to hear comments.
>
> Regarding substantive issues
>
> We should condemn making of Internet global public policy among 
> conclave of a few powerful nations, when it is evident that the 
> outcomes of these policies will have global ramifications. Also the 
> fact that most global digital corporations that today provide services 
> that are increasingly essential to our social lives are subject to 
> regulatory powers of a few powerful countries.  To address both these 
> anomalies, and in the context of the vacuum in global policy making 
> (in these substantive, non CIR areas), and the fact that as Internet 
> becomes more and more central to our social systems the need for 
> global public policies will keep increasing, a global IG council or 
> organization with representation from across the globe and from all 
> stakeholders  ..... Hereafter we can add the nature, role and 
> composition regarding details for this Body as per my earlier 
> proposal, and comments of others....
>
> While it makes sense that this Body also does CIR related functions/ 
> role that is at present done by the US gov (and no more in relation to 
> CIR management), since otherwise the separate CIR supervisory body 
> will have little to do day-today, just to keep the two debates 
> separate (since now I am convinced that mixing them is the main reaosn 
> we are not able to make progress) I am fine if the global CIR 
> supervisory body is a seperate one from the above referred IG Council 
> or organization.
>
> I request, if possible, for members to give their comments separately 
> for CIR area and other substantive areas to this proposal for IGC 
> comments for EC consultations.
>
> Parminder
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