[governance] Final text of letter from IGC, ICC and ISOC

[Pascal Bekono]

Hi Jeremy & All,

I agree, I think that it's not necessary to make another online poll.
Good job as well !

Best,

~Pascal

2010/10/19, Lee W McKnight <lmcknigh at syr.edu>:
> Well done.
>
> Lee
> _______________________________________
> From: Jeremy Malcolm [jeremy at ciroap.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 8:43 PM
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
> Subject: [governance] Final text of letter from IGC, ICC and ISOC
>
> Here is a version of the text to which the ICC and ISOC are also agreed.
> The changes are minor.  Before making a consensus call, we are still
> clarifying one of the changes, which is the statement that there will be
> three representatives rather than one allowed to summarise the submissions
> of the non-governmental stakeholders.  Perhaps this has been agreed
> privately and we have not yet been informed.
>
> Once we clarify this, due to the unanimity of support for this letter
> already already expressed on the list, it is probably not necessary to
> subject you all to an another online poll to make a consensus call.
> Instead, I propose that Izumi and I will make that call based on list
> statements only.  If anyone disagrees, please let us know.
>
> His Excellency Sha Zukang
>
> Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs
> United Nations
> 3 United Nations Plaza
> New York, NY 10017
>
> Dear Undersecretary General Sha ZukangYour 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 14
> December in New York is 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 of each stakeholder group (Internet
> technical community, civil society and business) to speak during the
> consultations to summarize the contributions of all that non-governmental
> stakeholders group.
>
> In our respectful view We respectfully submit that this does not amount to
> the open and inclusive consultation called for by ECOSOC, but rather is
> effectively an intergovernmental consultation with constrained participation
> by the other stakeholders who are critical to the continued development of
> the Information Society. This runs counter to the principle established at
> the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) including 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.” In addition,
> paragraph 71 recognizes enhanced cooperation involves all stakeholders in
> their respective roles and responsibilities.
>
> We understand that limits acknowledge that the restraints that have been
> placed upon the participation of business, private sector and civil society,
> and the Internet technical community 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 (IGF) that are
> already scheduled for 22 November 2010 or that a larger venue be found at
> the UN in New York.
>
> Thank you for your ongoing support of the multi-stakeholder process of
> Internet governance, and for considering the important concerns we have
> raised above. We look forward to receiving your response in due course.
> --
>
> Signed by
> The Internet Governance Caucus, the Internet Society (ISOC) and the
> International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
>
> --
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