[governance] IGC press release in response to the NTIA announcement of March 14

[Ian Peter]

Hi Mawaki,


good start.

I think some sections are repetitive and it may be too long. So in my thinking I have square bracketed some sections below and also have a few in line comments and suggested alternatives

From: Mawaki Chango 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 8:10 AM
To: Internet Governance 
Cc: Deirdre Williams ; mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net 
Subject: [governance] IGC press release in response to the NTIA announcement of March 14


Dear All,

Please find a draft of the above subject for your consideration and possible revisions. This is just a first crack attempted considering the speed of the events. I'm cc'ing BB as a peer organization with same concerns.

We would appreciate your inputs by Monday noon, UTC.
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IGC Draft Press Release

On March 14, U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced its intent to relinquish the oversight role it has played so far with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) regarding key Internet domain name functions.  [As the announcement points out, this marks the final phase of the transition intended from the inception of ICANN toward the privatization of the domain name system (DNS) and its stewardship]. 



The Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) welcomes this decision and appreciates the opportunity to further evolve toward an equitable multistakeholder policymaking model for [ 1. the governance of the Internet] [IP –2.  these functions]. In that regard, IGC pays [a] particular attention to the reiteration by NTIA of the necessity to involve all stakeholders in the process as well as in the desired outcome for fully completing the above transition. [If deemed relevant by members and subject to what the following actually entails: “Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and partners of the IANA services”] We also support the four principles put forward by NTIA to guide ICANN and the global Internet community in the formulation of a proposal to finalize this transition]. 



IP I would leave last bracketed section out



While acknowledging the [primary] role of Internet organizations and technical standard-setting bodies, IGC wishes to call attention to the utmost importance of giving due consideration to the concerns and views of non-technical and non-commercial stakeholders in Internet policies. Indeed IGC supports the multistakeholder policymaking model to the extent that it does not contradict the ideals of democracy, including due consideration to the rights of minorities (in the context of Internet policy). It will be a constant challenge to make sure the term ‘multistakeholder’ is not reduced to mean ‘anti-all-governments-of-the-world’ [ IP or“private sector led”] but is rather open to embrace a ‘pro-all-peoples-of-the-world’ meaning. 



Furthermore, a great deal of care should be given to designing the appropriate accountability mechanisms that fit  a truly global governance institution – with a constituency and a customer base that actually is global.[ Related to that and more broadly adequate responses must be found to the concern that while achieving effective accountability such institution (to emerge from this transition) should not be subject to any one national jurisdiction at the exclusion of others. It must be equally available and accessible to all Internet stakeholders]. 



[Since ICANN is one of the co-conveners of the upcoming NETMundial, the Global Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance (www.netmundial.br) to be held in Brazil this April, we advise that it includes in its consultation process for the transition proposal the propositions made in submissions, proceedings and outcomes of that meeting as regards the phasing out of the current role played by NTIA in the coordination of the Internet’s domain name system]. 



The Internet Governance Caucus

March xx, 2014.



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