[governance] critique of the IBSA proposal

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 22/09/11 01:11, Miguel Alcaine wrote:
> I would like to make a distinction between EC and EC in the context of
> the WSIS outcomes. If one read the famous paragraphs on EC, it is
> found that EC in the Tunis Agenda refers only to Governments.
>
> While I would had liked to have EC spelled to all actors in the WSIS
> outcome documents; it is not. 

This is so only if you restrict your view to paragraph 69, but you can't
look just at that paragraph outside of its context.  There are about ten
paragraphs on EC (though they are intermixed with the paragraphs about
the IGF, lending weight to the argument that the IGF is an integral part
of EC rather than a separate channel of reform).  Most of these do leave
room for a multi-stakeholder interpretation, eg. paragraph 71:

"The process towards enhanced cooperation, to be started by the UN
Secretary-General, involving all relevant organizations by the end of
the first quarter of 2006, will involve all stakeholders in their
respective roles, will proceed as quickly as possible consistent with
legal process, and will be responsive to innovation."

One can easily argue that paragraph 69 is directed to governments in
relation to CIRs, and that the involvement of other stakeholders in CIR
management is already a given and not controversial.  Thus there was no
need to mention the other stakeholders in that particular paragraph.

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