[WSIS CS-Plenary] Document - Creating a Political and Legal Framework for Cyberspace

[John R. Gagain Jr.]

Dear Sally, Bill, and other members of the CT and civil society:

I would also like to commend you on the document.  After reading it, I believe it
is a great foundation of which all of civil society could agree upon, both before
and during the Paris meeting.  I also agree with the others that a copy of this
document should be sent to the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) listserve as soon as
possible in order to avoid confusion when the CSB discusses who should speak on
behalf of Civil Society, which will take place during the CSB's first meeting on
Tuesday morning.

On content…

It was particularly encouraging to see mention of “Cyberspace” and “Cybercrime”
throughout the document, especially in the section of “Global Governance”.  Who
worked on this section?  I am wondering if it could be expanded upon a bit in the
hopes of “creating a political and legal framework for cyberspace”.

I believe that we as CIVIL SOCIETY should provide something more concrete because
we know that GOVERNMENTS will not take this initiative.  I look forward to your
comments and expanding upon this “collaboratively” before Monday.

The idea of Global Internet Governance (GIG) is excellent in theory, although, I
believe that the sooner that civil society could expand upon this idea, offering
something more concrete, specifying how the U.N. system or perhaps another
international organization could assume the political and legal functions of
cyberspace.

The document refers to the work of the Council of Europe and its work on
Cybercrime, and as you know, if this incredibly important issue “cyberspace” is to
be discussed in some detail, it would be at the WSIS.

Sincerely,

John R. Gagain Jr.
Think Tank Focal Point
WSIS Civil Society Bureau
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
http://www.funglode.org/wsis/

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