[governance] Consensus call on letter from IGC, ICC and ISOC

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Tue Oct 19 02:32:36 EDT 2010 

Agree with the text. Thanks all.

On Tuesday 19 October 2010 11:38 AM, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> This (the s) was a typo on my part, sorry.
>
> On 19-Oct-2010, at 9:32 AM, Jacqueline Morris 
> <jam at jacquelinemorris.com <mailto:jam at jacquelinemorris.com>> wrote:
>
>> I agree, but with one note - in para 3, line 1:
>> "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."
>>
>> Should be either "consultation...is" or "consultations .... are".
>>
>> Jacqueline
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:41 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org 
>> <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Here is the same text as just posted, but with the changes merged
>>     and with "civil society" now placed first in the list of
>>     stakeholders; an amendment which Izumi proposed and which ISOC
>>     has agreed to (I doubt ICC will object either).
>>
>>     On the point about the number of representatives of
>>     non-governmental stakeholders, it seems that we needlessly
>>     assumed the worst.  Re-reading the invitation letter (at
>>     http://mini.me.my/h) the interpretation that there will be three
>>     representatives does seem the most sensible one ("the views of
>>     civil society and private sector organisations, as well as the
>>     Internet technical community, will be summarized for presentation
>>     by a designated representative, who will base the group's
>>     presentation on submissions received").
>>
>>     Since many of you have already expressed your support for the
>>     letter, I suggest that during the next 72 hours:
>>
>>     * Those who previously agreed with the letter, but who do not
>>     agree with the minor changes from ISOC and the ICC, reply to
>>     state your objection.
>>
>>     * Those who do not agree with either form of the letter, please
>>     reply to state your objection.
>>
>>     * Those who agree and have not already said so, may reply to say so.
>>
>>     Then 72 hours from now (the Charter requires 48 hours) Izumi and
>>     I will determine whether we have reached a rough consensus.
>>      Here, then, is the final text:
>>
>>
>>     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 Zukang,
>>
>>     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
>>     (civil society, Internet technical community and business) to
>>     speak during the consultations to summarize the contributions
>>     of that non-governmental stakeholder group.
>>
>>     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 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 that have been placed upon the
>>     participation of civil society,
>>     business 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*
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