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

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Clear statement Izumi. 

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De: izumiaizu at gmail.com [mailto:izumiaizu at gmail.com] Em nome de Izumi AIZU
Enviada em: sábado, 16 de outubro de 2010 20:00
Para: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Assunto: [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.

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