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

[Jeanette Hofmann]

I support the letter as well. Thank you for drafting it.

jeanette

On 18.10.2010 12:38, Hakikur Rahman wrote:
> 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 !!
>>
>>
>> *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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