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

William Drake william.drake at uzh.ch
Thu Mar 28 04:48:10 EDT 2013


Congrats Joy et al, nice to see NCUC well represented :-)

Cheers,

Bill

On Mar 27, 2013, at 11:27 AM, joy <joy at apc.org> wrote:

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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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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