[governance] Re: GA 2nd Committee expected to adopt text on
Meryem Marzouki
meryem at marzouki.info
Wed Nov 24 20:18:14 EST 2010
Well, the future will tell us if this was blah-blah or not.. As far
as I'm concerned, I consider that the wordings of this resolution
shape pretty clearly the next post-WSIS 5 years and I relate this to
the institutionalization of the "WSIS Forum". On another issue, I
find it rather interesting that CS (well, the IGC..) seems only
concerned with its paras 17-20.
Best,
Meryem
Le 24 nov. 10 à 23:49, Milton L Mueller a écrit :
> I had the same reaction to this resolution as Meryem. Indeed, I
> could barely make it through to the part about IGF the resolution
> was so full of bloated rhetoric, for which I have very little
> patience. While I found the language in the resolution
> objectionable for the same reasons as Meryem, I must confess I did
> not take it all that seriously, viewing it as typical UN blah-blah.
>
> --MM
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meryem Marzouki [mailto:meryem at marzouki.info]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 9:28 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [governance] Re: GA 2nd Committee expected to adopt
>> text on
>> November 30
>>
>> Thanks Stephanie for the text and a big thank to Izumi for keeping us
>> informed in details! Regarding the resolution to be adopted, I think
>> we should have a closer look at its entirety, not only at the
>> provisions of IGF extension. And, inter alia, what I read from the
>> 3rd paragraph of the resolution is really worrying:
>>
>> "Noting that cultural diversity is the common heritage of humankind
>> and that the information society should be founded on and stimulate
>> respect for cultural identity, cultural and linguistic diversity,
>> traditions and religions, and foster dialogue among cultures and
>> civilizations, and noting also that the promotion, affirmation and
>> preservation of diverse cultural identities and languages as
>> reflected in relevant agreed United Nations documents, including the
>> Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity of the United Nations
>> Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, will further
>> enrich the information society"
>>
>> The mention of "traditions and religions" is particularly concerning
>> here. As is the lack of *any* mention of rights or freedoms.
>>
>> I'm wondering what others think of the implications of this
>> provision, and the general vision conveyed by this resolution?
>>
>> Best,
>> Meryem
>>
>> --
>> Meryem Marzouki - Paris, France
>> Email: meryem at marzouki.info
>> Lab. LIP6/CNRS/UPMC - www-polytic.lip6.fr
>> IRIS (Imaginons un réseau Internet solidaire) - www.iris.sgdg.org
>> EDRI (European Digital Rights) - www.edri.org
>>
>>
>> Le 24 nov. 10 à 10:46, Izumi AIZU a écrit :
>>
>>> Texts on the IGF extension from the PDF:
>>>
>>> 17. Decides to extend the mandate of the Internet Governance
>>> Forum for
>>> a further five years, and in this regard, invites the
>>> Secretary-General to continue with the convening of the Internet
>>> Governance Forum for a multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on Internet
>>> governance issues according to its mandate as set out in
>>> paragraph 72
>>> of the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society,12 while recognizing
>>> at the same time the need to improve it with a view to linking
>>> it to
>>> the broader dialogue on global internet governance;
>>>
>>> 18. Welcomes the decision by ECOSOC in paragraph 30 of E/2010/2 to
>>> invite the Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for
>>> Development to establish, in an open and inclusive manner, a working
>>> group which would seek, compile and review inputs from all Member
>>> States and all other stakeholders on improvements to the Internet
>>> Governance Forum, in line with the mandate set out in the Tunis
>>> Agenda13, and which would submit a report to the Commission at its
>>> fourteenth session, in 2011, with recommendations, as appropriate,
>>> that would constitute an input by the Commission to the General
>>> Assembly, through the Economic and Social Council;
>>>
>>> 19. Stresses that the consideration of IGF improvements should be
>>> based on the inputs to be provided to the working group by all
>>> Member
>>> States and all other stakeholders, including those comments received
>>> during the online consultation and the consultation undertaken by
>>> the
>>> Under Secretary General in the fourth meeting of the IGF held in
>>> Sharm
>>> El-Sheikh, Egypt in November 2009 with particular consideration of,
>>> inter
>>> alia, enhancing participation from developing countries, exploring
>>> further voluntary options for IGF financing and improving the
>>> preparation process modalities, and the work and the functioning of
>>> the Secretariat;
>>>
>>> 20. Also decides that the desirability of continuation of the
>>> Internet
>>> Governance Forum be considered again by Member States at the General
>>> Assembly within the context of a ten-year review of
>>> implementation of
>>> the outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society in 2015;
>>>
>>> 21. Stresses the need for the enhanced participation of developing
>>> countries, in particular from least developed countries, in all the
>>> Internet Governance Forum meetings, and in this regard invites
>>> member
>>> states as well as other stakeholders to support the
>>> participation of
>>> Governments and other stakeholders from developing countries to the
>>> Forum itself as well as the preparatory meetings;
>>>
>>> 22. Welcomes the decision by ECOSOC in paragraph 24 of E/2010/2 to
>>> invite the Secretary-General to convene open and inclusive
>>> consultations involving all Member States and all other stakeholders
>>> with a view to assisting the process towards enhanced cooperation in
>>> order to enable Governments on an equal footing to carry out their
>>> roles and responsibilities in respect of international public policy
>>> issues pertaining to the Internet, but not of the day-to-day
>>> technical
>>> and operational matters that do not impact upon those issues,
>>> through
>>> balanced participation of all stakeholders, especially developing
>>> countries, in their respective roles and responsibilities, as stated
>>> in paragraph 35 of the Tunis Agenda14, and requests the
>>> Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly for
>>> consideration
>>> at its sixty- sixth session, through the Economic and Social
>>> Council,
>>> a report on the outcome of these consultations and takes note of the
>>> invitations circulated by the USG to
>>> participate in the open consultations on enhanced cooperation on
>>> international public policy issues pertaining to the internet;
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