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

[Adam Peake]

>I recommend that we should be also copying this letter to the
>following heads by clearing mentioning the also copied to:
>
>Co-ordinator IGF Secretariat
>Chairman UNCSTD
>The head of UN ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)?
>
>Would you like this to also be shared with the MAG so that message is
>distributed across all...?


I think it would be best to work out a strategy 
(if there's to be one) with private sector and 
Internet tech community before thinking about 
involving the MAG. Not really a matter for the 
IGF directly.

Adam



>Best
>
>Fouad
>
>On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
>>  Excellent text! Has my support.
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>>>  From: Izumi Aizu <iza at anr.org>
>>>  Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Izumi Aizu <iza at anr.org>
>>>  Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:00:02 +0900
>>>  To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>>>  Subject: [governance] Draft letter to 
>>>Under-Secretary-General Sha for comments
>>>
>>>  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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