[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


+1

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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>>
>>     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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