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

[RunningToddler]

Hello everyone,

Since it's a concensus PRIORITIES document from civil society, I would
assume that the one leading the content and themes group should be the one
to speak on behalf of civil society as this person will temporarily take
over the key role played by Sally and Bill. I believe the content and themes
working group should be the one to decide who speaks on behalf of civil
society and ensuring that optimisation as far as possible of these spaces so
that interventions made overlap as little as possible. The people who have
looked at these submissions are the most familiar with these, and can much
better than CSB focal points identify redundancy.

The CSB should not be gatekeeper of these content spaces.

Warm regards,

Angela

----- Original Message -----
From: "John R. Gagain Jr." <j.gagain at funglode.org>
To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>; <ct at wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: [WSIS-CT] Document - Creating a Political and Legal Framework for
Cyberspace


> 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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>
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