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

[Deirdre Williams]

Thank you for the drafting. I support the letter too.
Deirdre

On 18 October 2010 07:04, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:

> Great, Izumi & Jeremy! Should be sent ASAP.
>
> frt rgds
>
> --c.a.
>
>
> On 10/16/2010 08:00 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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