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

[shaila mistry]

Great job
Letter has my support 
shaila 

 challenge the rules ...push the barriers....
............live beyond your existential means !!



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From: Ginger Paque <gpaque at gmail.com>
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org>
Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 8:23:54 AM
Subject: Re: [governance] Draft letter to Under-Secretary-General Sha for

Great job. Thank you. This letter has my       support.
Best,
Ginger
 
 

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On 10/16/2010 6:30 PM, Izumi AIZU wrote: 
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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