[governance] Consensus call on letter from IGC, ICC and ISOC
Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google
tracyhackshaw at gmail.com
Thu Oct 21 01:31:23 EDT 2010
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Excellent text ... Great work.
Best,
Tracy
On 10/20/10, Thomas Lowenhaupt <toml at communisphere.com> wrote:
> I look forward to this being sent.
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>
> Tom Lowenhaupt
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>>
>> 2010/10/19 Jeremy Malcolm <jeremy at ciroap.org
>> <mailto:jeremy at ciroap.org>>
>>
>> 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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