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

Mon Oct 18 21:50:17 EDT 2010

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--c.a.

On 10/18/2010 11:35 PM, Pascal Bekono wrote:
> 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)
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy Malcolm
>> Project Coordinator
>> Consumers International
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