[governance] Call for making the IGF permanent

[William Drake]

Definitely support

Bill

On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:32 AM, Kleinwächter, Wolfgang <wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de> wrote:

> I fully support this idea. One Problem - which probably has to be touched by the Statement - would be the future relationship to UNDESA and the status of the MAG.
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> Wolfgang
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org im Auftrag von Jeanette Hofmann
> Gesendet: Mo 01.09.2014 10:33
> An: Best Bits; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Betreff: [governance] Call for making the IGF permanent
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> at the BB meeting yesterday we discussed the idea of a BB statement that 
> would ask the UN to make the IGF a permanent body instead of  renewing 
> its mandate for another limited term of 5 or 10 years.
> This idea found broad support among the attendees of the BB meeting.
> 
> Later on I discussed the content of such a statement with other 
> stakeholders at the IGF and I got the impression that we might be able 
> to draft a cross-stakeholder statement together with the technical 
> community and the private sector. (Individual governments support such a 
> statement too but I am not sure it would be possible within the few days 
> available to coordiante enough signatures by governments to make this an 
> all inclusive statement.)
> 
> Right now, a multi-stakeholder statement coming out of this IGF is only 
> an idea that needs further exploration within the respective groups. So, 
> with this email to the bb list and the IGC list I am asking for your 
> opinions to find out if such a cross-stakeholder statement would find 
> support in civil society.
> 
> jeanette
> 
> P.S. Lately, I have been unable to post to the IGC list. If this email 
> does not appear on the IGC list, would someone be so kind to forward it?
> 
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