[governance] Draft letter to Under-Secretary-General Sha for

[Adam Peake]

I support the statement.

But I think he can be addressed as Mr. Sha Zukang rather than H.E.

Adam



>Dear List,
>
>Here is draft text for a letter that the Internet Governance Caucus
>proposes to send objecting to the exclusivity of the upcoming enhanced
>cooperation consultations.
>
>While we have asked ICC and ISOC if they are willing to join us to make it
>sort of joint statement, we like to first ask our IGC members to discuss about
>this and, given short time, call for [rough] 
>consensus within a few days if that
>is feasible.
>
>Please be specific to the wording as much as 
>possible. And of course we welcome
>your constructive suggestions for the handling of this with other
>stakeholders as well.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jeremy and Izumi
>
>His Excellency Sha Zukang
>Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs
>United Nations
>3 United Nations Plaza
>New York, NY 10017
>
>Your Excellency,
>Thank you for your open letter of 7 October 2010, addressed to civil
>society and private sector stakeholders, in which you invite them to
>participate in consultations in New York on 14th December.
>
>Quoting resolution 2010/2 of the Economic and Social Council, the
>letter explains that these are meant as "open and inclusive
>consultations involving all Member States and other stakeholders with
>a view to assisting the process of enhanced cooperation ... in respect
>of international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet ...
>through a balanced participation of all stakeholders in their
>respective roles and responsibilities."
>
>In this context we are concerned that the consultations scheduled for
>New York are not in fact as open and inclusive as the ECOSOC
>resolution requires.  Specifically, we were surprised that
>non-governmental stakeholders were invited only to give written
>contributions, and to nominate a single representative to speak during
>the consultations to summarize the contributions of all
>non-governmental stakeholders.
>
>In our respectful view, this does not amount to the open and inclusive
>consultation called for by ECOSOC, but rather is effectively an
>intergovernmental consultation. This runs counter to the principle
>established at the World Summit on the Information Society that "The
>international management of the Internet should be multilateral,
>transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of governments,
>the private sector, civil society and international organizations."
>
>We acknowledge that the restraints that have been placed upon the
>participation of private sector and civil society stakeholders in this
>consultation are said to be as a result of space constraints at the
>United Nations complex in New York.
>Might we suggest, then, that due to the importance of securing wide
>and inclusive participation of all stakeholders in this consultation,
>the date and venue be changed to the Palais des Nations in Geneva,
>perhaps following the open consultations of the Internet Governance
>Forum that are already scheduled for 22 November 2010.
>Thank you for your ongoing support of the multi-stakeholder process of
>Internet governance, and for considering the important concerns raised
>above. We look forward to receiving your response in due course.
>
>END
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