AW: [governance] Fwd: Final composition of the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation

Wed Mar 27 06:27:10 EDT 2013

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Hi all - congrats to other appointees and nominees and for the
supportive comments, it is humbling to be selected for this working
group and I look forward to our task.
I note the discussion about "New Zealand" and welcome it (so rarely
does New Zealand get such coverage :-) - and thanks Sala for your
comments. I'd offer that both within and outside various forums "New
Zealand" is frequently deemed part of different regional groups:
Pacific in some contexts (Pacific IGF), AsiaPacific in others (APTLD
and APNIC), Western Europe and Others in others (particularly as a
former British colony, member of the commonwealth, OECD and so on) -
sometimes this is the categorisation placed upon the country,
sometimes one chosen . but in any event, so far as I am aware, my
nomination is not for regional representation but rather to provide
civil society views, which I am sure all of us will be doing our very
best to do.
regards
Joy

On 27/03/2013 8:04 p.m., parminder wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday 26 March 2013 10:03 PM, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" wrote:
>> Hi congratulations to the selected CS members, however I am very 
>> surprised to see two CS reps from Asia (Joy & Parminder) but
>> nobody from Europe (the proposal from the focul point was Bill).
>> Any explanation for this unbalanced selection?
> 
> Wolfgang
> 
> Apart from the fact that your experience and engagements in this
> area will qualify you to be a part of any such group in any case, I
> make the following point purely about geographic distribution of CS
> (civil society) membership of the group and your claim of
> 'unbalanced selection'.
> 
> You may have noted from the CSTD Chair's initial note on forming
> this WG (working group) that it considered five regional areas as
> follows: Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, 'Latin America and
> Caribbean' and 'Western Europe and other states'. For the
> membership of the 'Western Europe and other states' category see
> http://www.un.org/esa/govwest.htm .
> 
> Now if we go by this categorisation - there is one from Africa, one
> from Asia, none from Eastern Europe, one from 'Latin America and
> Caribbean' and two from 'Western Europe and other states' (Avri
> from the US and Joy from New Zealand).
> 
> So, no, New Zealand is not in Asia, and there is no
> over-representation from Asia. (BTW Asia has close to 60 percent of
> world's population). In fact over representation is from 'Western
> Asia and other states' group.
> 
> However, the Chair seemed to have followed the above five region
> formula only for governmental representation and for civil society
> he asked simply for 3 from developing countries and 3 from
> developed, to choose the final 5. Now that you raise the issue, I
> am not entirely sure if I agree with the civil society focal point
> having forwarded a slate of 8 - with 3 from developing countries
> and 5 from developed. That is what can more clearly be called as
> 'unbalanced selection' i think especially since among the 20 people
> who applied there were a lot of good names from developing
> countries. BTW, I dont  know whether the imbalance came from the 6
> names that emerged out of the 'selection committee process' or from
> the 2 additions to these names done by the focal point.
> 
> parminder
> 
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> 
>> Thanks wolfgang
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> 
>> Von:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org  im Auftrag von
>> Anriette Esterhuysen Gesendet: Di 26.03.2013 17:25 
>> An:governance at lists.igcaucus.org Betreff: [governance] Fwd: Final
>> composition of the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Composition of the Working Group. All the best to those who have
>> been selected. Note that meetings are likely to be open for
>> observers
>> 
>> Anriette
>> 
>> 
>> Dear members of the CSTD and other colleagues,
>> 
>> As a follow up to my e-mail and Note on Composition and
>> Guidelines for the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation,
>> which I distributed on 13 February 2013, I am pleased to inform
>> you of the final composition of the Working Group in the attached
>> Note. I also am happy to report that Mr. Peter Major, Vice-Chair
>> of the CSTD from Hungary, has agreed to serve as Chair of the
>> Working Group.
>> 
>> I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the designated
>> focal points for each regional and stakeholder group, for their
>> efforts in facilitating consultations on their respective
>> representatives, which was very useful for me in establishing the
>> Working Group, keeping in mind paragraph 21 of the General
>> Assembly resolution 67/195.
>> 
>> There were many expressions of interest from people with
>> substantial relevant expertise, which made selecting the
>> representatives a challenging exercise. It was not possible to
>> include all requests for membership in the Working Group.
>> 
>> The Rules of Procedure of the ECOSOC and its Functional
>> Commissions shall govern the work of the Working Group on
>> Enhanced Cooperation. Discussions should be open and transparent
>> and respect all proposals and opinions. The report of the Working
>> Group will be adopted by consensus.
>> 
>> I intend to have the meetings of the Working Group be open for
>> observers, including Member States regardless of whether or not
>> they are members of the CSTD, and representatives of business,
>> civil society, technical and academic communities as well as
>> other international and intergovernmental organizations. Observer
>> privileges will be in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of
>> the ECOSOC and its Functional Commissions.
>> 
>> Now that the Working Group membership and chairmanship have been 
>> determined, Mr. Peter Major will follow up shortly regarding
>> preparations for the first meeting of the Working Group.
>> 
>> Sincerely yours,
>> 
>> 
>> Miguel Palomino de la Gala Chairman, the UN Commission on Science
>> and Technology for Development
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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