[governance] Roles and Responsibilities - CSTD working group on enhanced cooperation

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

+1

I hope the other civil society representatives on the WG immediately
reiterated their opposition to paragraph 35?

thanks
suresh

> -----Original Message-----
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> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Adam Peake
> Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 6:29 PM
> To: parminder
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> Subject: [governance] Roles and Responsibilities - CSTD working group on
> enhanced cooperation
> 
> Dear Parminder,
> 
> To the best of my knowledge, no civil society entity has supported
paragraph
> 35 of the Tunis Agenda (paragraph 49 Geneva Declaration of Principles.)
It
> was the position of the Civil Society Plenary in Tunis that this language
was
> unacceptable.  To the best of my knowledge this position has not changed.
As
> recently as last week in Sao Paulo it was a matter that unified civil
> society: clearly we oppose paragraph 35.
> 
> So it was very surprising to read that you, as a representative of civil
> society on the CSTD working group on enhanced cooperation should support
this
> language, and in doing so associate yourself with business, Iran, Saudi
> Arabia, among others.
> 
> Please retract your comment supporting the Tunis Agenda text on roles and
> responsibilities as copied below from the transcript.  You have time to do
so
> before the WG finishes its meeting later today.  Paragraph 35 of the Tunis
> Agenda also below.
> 
> Please act immediately.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> >>PARMINDER JEET SINGH: THANK YOU, CHAIR. MY COMMENTS GO IN THE SAME
> DIRECTION AS THE SPEAKER PREVIOUS TO ME, MARILYN, THAT IT SHOULD BE
RETAINED,
> THIS PARTICULAR PHRASE OF OUR RESPECTIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO
> JUSTIFY IT, I MAY ADD THAT THE TUNIS AGENDA TALKS ABOUT THESE ROLES
> SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC POLICY MAKING AND NOT GENERALLY IN
> VARIOUS OTHER SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND ACTIVITIES ALL OF US GET INVOLVED IN.
> AND THIS PARAGRAPH ALSO ENDS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF ENHANCED COOPERATION
WHICH
> IN MY AND MANY PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING IS SPECIFICALLY ONLY ABOUT PUBLIC
> POLICY MAKING.
> IT IS IN THIS REGARD, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, I HAVE CLARITY ABOUT WHAT IS
THE
> ROLE OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS BEING QUITE DIFFERENT TO ONE ANOTHER AND I
> DON'T APPRECIATE THAT NON-GOVERNMENTAL ACTORS WOULD HAVE THE SAME ROLE IN
> DECISION-MAKING MAKING THAN GOVERNMENTAL ACTORS. THAT SHOULD NOT BE
> ACCEPTABLE AT A GLOBAL LEVEL.
> THERE IS A REASON FOR US TO INSIST ON IT BECAUSE I REMEMBER IN THE SECOND
> MEETING, I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT PEOPLE ASKING FOR EQUAL
> ROLES AND ASKED WHETHER THEY REALLY ARE SEEKING AN EQUAL ROLE IN PUBLIC
> POLICY MAKING. I ASKED IT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVE WHO THEN
> RESPONDED TO SAID I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THEY SAY,
YES,
> WE WANT TO AN EQUAL FOOTING OF DECISION-MAKING. THIS IS PART OF THE
MEETING.
> IT IS THIS PART OF DEMOCRACY WHICH HAS ACUTELY BOTHERED US. I HAVE SAID
THIS
> EARLIER. BUT I INSIST TO SAY THAT AGAIN BECAUSE THERE ARES INENCE ON --
THEIR
> INSISTENCE ON ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COMES BACK AND AGAIN. FOR ME THAT
IS
> IMPORTANT AND WE WOULD LIKE THAT PHRASE TO BE RETAINED. THANK YOU.
> >>CHAIR MAJOR: THANK YOU, PARMINDER.
> 
> Tunis Agenda
> 
> 35. We reaffirm that the management of the Internet encompasses both
> technical and public policy issues and should involve all stakeholders and
> relevant intergovernmental and international organizations. In this
respect
> it is recognized that:
> a) Policy authority for Internet-related public policy issues is the
> sovereign right of States. They have rights and responsibilities for
> international Internet-related public policy issues.
> b) The private sector has had, and should continue to have, an important
role
> in the development of the Internet, both in the technical and economic
> fields.
> c) Civil society has also played an important role on Internet matters,
> especially at community level, and should continue to play such a role.
> d) Intergovernmental organizations have had, and should continue to have,
a
> facilitating role in the coordination of Internet-related public policy
> issues.
> e) International organizations have also had and should continue to have
an
> important role in the development of Internet-related technical standards
and
> relevant policies.
> 
> 



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