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

[Tijani BEN JEMAA]

Well done !  I support it

 

Thank you Izumi and Jeremy

 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

Vice Chairman of CIC

World Federation of Engineering Organizations

Phone : + 216 70 825 231

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De : izumiaizu at gmail.com [mailto:izumiaizu at gmail.com] De la part de Izumi
AIZU
Envoyé : dimanche 17 octobre 2010 00:00
À : governance at lists.cpsr.org
Objet : [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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