[governance] Fwd: [Internet Policy] WSIS - Outcome of the UN CSTD negtiations (4-8 May, Geneva)

[Marilia Maciel]

Dear all, sharing this very useful and brief report on the CSTD meeting.
Have a nice weekend!
Marília

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From: Constance Bommelaer <bommelaer at isoc.org>
Date: Fri, May 8, 2015 at 4:00 PM
Subject: [Internet Policy] WSIS - Outcome of the UN CSTD negtiations (4-8
May, Geneva)
To: Internet Policy External <InternetPolicy at elists.isoc.org>


 Dear Colleagues,



This is to share with you a brief report on the UN CSTD annual session
<http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=990&Sitemap_x0020_Taxonomy=UNCTAD%20Home;#1450;>
(4-8 May 2015, Geneva).



Note that this was the last negotiation phase
<http://www.internetsociety.org/igtimeline> of the *10-year Review of the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)* before the UN General
Assembly process begins in June. A report from the CSTD Secretariat,
"*Implementing WSIS
outcomes: A ten-year review*", was endorsed. A resolution on WSIS was
negotiated, which will provide important guidance for the events to happen
in New York, in December. And Peter Major (Hungary) was elected Chair of
the next CSTD session.



On Monday, ISOC’s Vice-President for Global Engagement*, *Raúl Echeberría,
delivered a strong statement
<http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2015/05/shared-un-cstd-today-perspective-wsis10-and-opportunities-and-challenges>
that I encourage you to read. The ISOC delegation (Konstantinos Komaitis,
Nicolas Seidler and myself) interacted with delegations all week, working
throughout difficult negotiations. My colleagues will be sharing a blog
post on Monday with an in-depth analysis of the outcome. In the meantime
and for your convenience, below are a few highlights from the meeting:



*Main takeaways of the CSTD*:

- Overall, the WSIS resolution (soon available on-line) is very
conservative.

- The value of multistakeholder cooperation in implementing the WSIS
targets was recognized. This is positive.

- Issues such as the WSIS+10 modalities and “enhanced cooperation” were
discussed, but with no specific outcome.

- While not calling explicitly for the renewal of the IGF's mandate, the
resolution welcomes the offer from Mexico to host IGF 2016, subject to the
decision by UNGA on the renewal. The improvements currently underway are
also acknowledged. In clear, this means the IGF will be at the center of
the upcoming WSIS+10 negotiations.



*Next steps:*

The WSIS resolution will feed into ECOSOC (July) and UN GA (Sept – Dec).
The membership of these fora being different than CSTD, language can still
evolve. For instance, the renewal of the mandate of the IGF could still be
included at the UN GA level. Between now and the UN GA, a negotiation
process will start in June, towards the High-Level Event on the overall
WSIS+10 review, in December.


 Acknowledging that the WSIS negotiations can be a little difficult to
navigate, ISOC will soon publish background information on the process but
also on the issues being discussed.



More to follow on Monday in Nicolas and Konstantinos' blog post!



Best regards,



Constance Bommelaer

Senior Director, Global Internet Policy

The Internet Society

www.isoc.org



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*Marília Maciel*
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Researcher and Coordinator - Center for Technology & Society - FGV Law
School
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