[governance] FINAL? DRAFT statement on enhanced cooperation

[Jean-Louis FULLSACK]

I share both Parminder's questioning and deep disappointment about the positions expressed by the majority of the list mailers.

I remember very well our long debates and wording sessions during the PrepComs for our Geneva Declaration. With a handful of other friends in the C&T Group, I was working on CS implication and recommendations in international cooperation. I submitted proposals in this theme which is closely related to development theme and issues. In this working group multilateralisme was one of our commonly agreed principles as it was finally expressed in our Declaration after C&T and Plenary consent. 

Now multilateralism in any of its expessions is banned from CS language, not only by the "CommIntern" members, but also by other ones even coming from DCs ! When will we be forced to revise our Declaration for the sake of consistency and credibility ?  This leads us straight to a very disturbing situation where CS is losing its values just because of a dozen neolibs and some oversized egos.

I do hope that there will be a group of members -hopefully with Parminder- that will resist to this worrying evolution and build on values rather than on interests.

Best 

Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT



> Message du 11/11/10 12:26
> De : "parminder" 
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> Objet : Re: [governance] FINAL? DRAFT statement on enhanced cooperation
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> Hi All
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> I am still not able to understand how so many of those who are against any new institutional framework for evolving global IG related public policies, which is democratic in inclusion of all countries and stakeholders,  have enthusiastically supported a similar framework among OECD countries? I mean the OECD's Committee For Information, Computer and Communication Policy, which has a very active portfolio for helping develop Internet policies, esp those with trans-border ramification. Many CS members in the IGC have actively organized themselves to associate with the work of this OECD's institutional framework.
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> Why should such a framework not exist at a global level? And I do think that OECD's framework is not multistakeholder enough. My proposal is for a global framework of similar kind (to OECD's) that will help develop globally applicable Internet related public policies, which is what the 'enhanced cooperation' process is about, that is much more multistakeholder than the existing OECD one
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> I request a specific response for those who have supported the OECD framework rather enthusiastically, and this includes most here on the IGC list who now oppose similar new institutional developments at the global level , how do they justify this opposition now, for a similar global institutional framework.
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> Unfortunately, many developing country IGC members here have gone along with this opposition to a global UN anchored body, which can be  no different from the OECD arrangement. I am able to unserstand thier stanc eeven more. 
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> Should we depend on OECD to make global Internet policies. That is what is being said in this support for a OECD framework but opposition to a similar global framework one, for addressing the urgent need for global Interent related public policies. .
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> For this reason I cannot support the present draft statement. But if someone can give me some justification clarifying the above paradox, I am very much willing to listen.
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> Parminder 
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