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

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Dear Izumi Aizu:

I support the draft letter.

Thankyou and Regards,

Christopher Wilkinson
Chair, Internet Society European Chapters
<ISOC-ECC.org>


On 17 Oct 2010, at 01:00, 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.
>
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