[governance] IGF and Enhanced Cooperation

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

Well I think it is very difficult to categorize the intention of everyone allowed to negotiate this.  I assume that if you press various individuals who where there and had a voice, you would find a mixed awareness of what they were actually doing.

Remember they all came out of the room thinking they got what they wanted.

Ok, not all.

avri

On 28 May 2012, at 09:35, Adam Peake wrote:

>> Agree completely with this logical sequential interpretation by Avri.
> 
> 
> I agree with the logic, but as mentioned, don't 
> think the document was drafted with that in mind, 
> those last hours were a mess and this was the 
> text that was being worked on.  But I wasn't the 
> only one on the room and my memory is terrible!
> 
> I read 71 and 72 as separate.  If they'd intended 
> to be linked there would be text saying so, there 
> would be some connecting language 
> (furthermore...), and the mandate of the IGF 
> would include a reference to enhanced 
> cooperation.  The mandate's very clear, a to l. 
> Wish I could remember if this was discussed in 
> Tunis.
> 
> And also Nitin decided it for us.  Both 
> paragraphs ask the secretary general to do 
> something, Nitin as the special advisor for 
> Internet governance said separate and I guess 
> that's him speaking for the SG.  So if they are 
> to be linked now it would be the SG or his proxy 
> that does it.
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
>> Anriette
>> 
>> 
>> On 28/05/2012 15:10, Avri Doria wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 28 May 2012, at 02:23, Andrea Glorioso wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Leaving aside for a moment the subsequent 
>>>> UNGA resolution on the matter (but noting that 
>>>> even though, strictly speaking, we are not 
>>>> talking about binding international law, the 
>>>> principle of "lex posterior" could apply) I 
>>>> would be curious to know your views on which 
>>>> passages of the WSIS texts could lead to such 
>>>> conclusion.
>>> 
>>> I think I may have already sent this to this 
>>> list at some point, but it bears repeating 
>>> often.
>>> 
>>> In terms of my personal opinion, I think the 
>>> Tunis Agenda actually places responsiblity for 
>>> the Enhanced Cooperation with the Forum. 
>>> As I read the Tunis Agenda text,
>>> 
>>> - 67 calls for a forum in a general sense,
>>> - 68 calls for the equal participation of governments,
>>> - 69 call for enhanced cooperation
>>> - 70 calls for the participation of existing 
>>> IG organizations and creation of principles,
>>> - 71 calls for UNSG initiation of a 
>>> multistakeholder process on enhanced 
>>> cooperation with yearly status reports and
>>> - 72 defines the forum called for in 67.
>>> 
>>> In other words the entire discussion is 
>>> bracketed by the notion of a forum.  It is 
>>> called for, it is described, one task is 
>>> brought out more than any other, and then they 
>>> get into the nitty gritty of the forum called 
>>> for in 67.  In any case it is certain that the 
>>> TA called for the process of EC, whether we 
>>> argue it is in or out of the context of the 
>>> IGF, that it must also be a multistakeholder 
>>> process: from 71: "... should commence a 
>>> process towards enhanced cooperation involving 
>>> all stakeholders,"
>>> 
>>> avri
>> 
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