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

[Baudouin SCHOMBE]

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2010/10/17 Fouad Bajwa <fouadbajwa at gmail.com>

> I recommend that we should be also copying this letter to the
> following heads by clearing mentioning the also copied to:
>
> Co-ordinator IGF Secretariat
> Chairman UNCSTD
> The head of UN ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)?
>
> Would you like this to also be shared with the MAG so that message is
> distributed across all...?
>
> Best
>
> Fouad
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:
> > Excellent text! Has my support.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: Izumi Aizu <iza at anr.org>
> >> Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Izumi Aizu <iza at anr.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 08:00:02 +0900
> >> To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
> >> Subject: [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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