[governance] CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation

[Milton L Mueller]

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> A very interesting concept! But, no, subsidiarity was never meant to be
> quoted to bypass basic higher principles of democratic, rights-based
> etc, governance in any polity. If it could be so quoted, then UN human
> rights council has no business to be interrogating human rights
> situation in Syria or Sri Lanka. A tribal chief can declare that female
> foeticide is officially sanctioned in his territory and so on....
> Openness and transparency are higher principles, and in this case of MS
> (multistakeholder) rep selection also stamped unanimously by the WG on
> Improvements and then the UN GA.  Such higher principles are not subject
> to the subsidiarity rule. They in fact frame subsidiarity in democratic

I wish to make it clear that I agree with Parminder on this.

> Does this group then undertake not to ever question how governments are
> formed, whether they are democratic or not.  A strange view, IMHO. This
> is throwing away democracy. Making it irrelevant how governments are
> chosen as long as some people presents itself as government nominees.
> Or, maybe I am extrapolating your statement wrongly, and you do not
> consider governments as stakeholder groups in the same manner as nongov
> stakeholder groups...

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