[governance] ITU: Travel All The Way To Dubai... And Then We'll Decide If You Can Attend Our Meeting On Internet Governance

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

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> Back to the issue at hand, civil society and multistakeholder
> organizations would do well to press for guarantees of admittance and a
> real chance to speak in WCIT, if that is ever going to happen, before
> buying airplane tickets to Dubai.
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>  One way to do it would be for the CSIGC to write officially to the IGF
> Secretariat and request for an Invitation for two designated
> representatives to the WCIT. I know that there are some who are on this
> list who will attend in various other capacities. Just as every
> organisation or board differs on the issues of meeting and speaking rights,
> and especially in instances like this it is expected that only countries
> represented through government representatives will have speaking rights. I
> have never seen a United Nations General Assembly meeting being opened to
> enable just about anyone to participate as there are structures in place.
> The CSTD on the other hand make allowances for the involvement and
> inclusion of civil society. On something like the review of Treaties, it is
> not unusual to have only governments come to the table and if this is
> opened, then it becomes a privilege and not a right. My personal view is
> that even as an observer where we do not speak, one can at least taste the
> air. The better strategy would be to communicate directly with
> representatives within countries [to each man or woman his own country] as
> they consolidate their national positions to take to the table. We can see
> using the US for example, that the USG have invited US citizens to join
> their mailing list and make contributions as they prepare to take their
> positions to Dubai. I am sure civil society around the world are already
> engaging with their representatives.  Many roads lead to Rome.
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