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

[Hakikur Rahman]

Great job indeed! I support the letter.

Best regards,
Hakik


Hakikur Rahman
Chairman
SchoolNet Foundation Bangladesh


At 11:58 PM 10/17/2010, shaila mistry wrote:
>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
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>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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