[governance] WG on enhanced cooperation

[Norbert Bollow]

Ouch... I just noticed that the document
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/67/434 which is
linked from http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2012/ga11332.doc.htm
which in turn is linked from
https://www.un.org/en/ga/67/resolutions.shtml contains two versions
of the draft resolution, and I mistakenly quoted from the first of
these, while the second is the operative one.

Sorry!

I'll post excerpts from the correct version shortly.

Greetings,
Norbert




Am Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:32:35 +0100
schrieb Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>:

> David Allen <David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 
> > The InterSessional of the CSTD, held in Lima last week, made clear  
> > that there will be new WG on enhanced cooperation.
> 
> Actually that was decided by the UN General Assembly last year,
> as part of the resolution titled “Information and communications
> technologies for development” (A/RES/67/195).
> 
> The key paragraphs of that resolution read:
> 
>     Reiterating the significance and urgency of the process towards
>     enhanced cooperation in full consistency with the mandate provided
>     in the Tunis Agenda and the need for enhanced cooperation to
> enable Governments, on an equal footing, to carry out their roles and
>     responsibilities in respect of international public policy issues
>     pertaining to the Internet, but not in respect of the day-to-day
>     technical and operational matters that have no impact on those
>     issues,
> 
>     Reaffirming that the outcomes of the World Summit on the
>     Information Society related to Internet governance, namely, the
>     process towards enhanced cooperation and the convening of the
>     Internet Governance Forum, are to be pursued by the
>     Secretary-General through two distinct processes, and recognizing
>     that the two processes may be complementary,
> 
>     23. Decides to create a working group on enhanced cooperation,
>     within the framework of the Commission on Science and Technology
>     for Development, to examine the mandate of the World Summit on the
>     Information Society regarding enhanced cooperation, as contained
> in paragraphs 68 to 71 of the Tunis Agenda, and recommends necessary
>     steps to operationalize it; the Working Group should submit its
>     report to the Commission, at its seventeenth session, in 2014, as
>     part of the preparations for the high-level review conference;
> 
>     24. Also decides, in that regard, that the membership of the
>     working group shall comprise four members each from the five
>     regional groups of the membership of the Commission on Science and
>     Technology for Development and four participants each, to be
>     decided by the Commission, from the private sector, civil society,
>     the technical and academic community and intergovernmental
>     organizations;
> 
> How quickly will they move forward with creating that commission,
> which implies inter alia selecting the four civil society invitees?
> 
> We need to have a valid nomcom in place for making recommendations for
> those four civil society spots.
> 
> Given that the target date by which that WG is intended to be able to
> deliver its results seems to be something like May 2014, I would
> expect them to want to move forward quickly.
> 
> Anyone who has attended the Lima CSTD Intersessional might be able to
> tell us more about the specific plans. Since I don't know about anyone
> from Civil Society having been there, I'll ask the Swiss government.
> 
> In any case I think that it would be best to initiate the nomcom
> selection process immediately, with a specific-task-nomcom so that
> this doesn't have to wait until after the charter amendment ballot has
> been held and has ended.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 


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