[governance] Re: GA 2nd Committee expected to adopt text on
Katitza Rodriguez
katitza at eff.org
Fri Nov 26 11:05:10 EST 2010
Hola Meryem,
That paragraph belongs to the Geneva-WSIS Declaration of Principles.
"Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new
Millennium" Unfortunately, no one realize the importance of highlight
human rights within this framework, indeed. It has been said that some
controversial paragraphs that can chill freedom of expression were
included on previous versions of the G77 draft, but were at the not
accepted by other democratic govs. inside the G77.
There might be people who did not associate that article with the
importance on human rights. Civil society we weren't able to inform
policy makers to get better policy outcomes within the negotiations of
this UN GA resolution.
And yes, the WSIS follow up is crucial in this overall broad picture
discussion. WSIS follow has indeed a mandate that has also been
extended, and may be a struggle of power among UN institutions on these
issues..
Best, K
On 11/24/10 5:18 PM, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
> 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
>>> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
>>> 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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