[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Governance] Request for support -- del etion of words from the CS document

[Sasha Costanza-Chock]

If the problem is that our statement here could be interpreted as support
for a shift in internet governance power from ICANN to ITU, IMHO that stems
from a 'soft' wording of what should basically be a demand for inclusion in
ICT governance mechanisms, however they develop, current or in the future.
As the Civil Society Plenary, although not representative, we should be
taking stands on behalf of the non-state, non-corporate, public interest,
not on behalf of "all 'stakeholders'".

What if we remove the potentially dangerous 're-examined with the full
participation of all stakeholders;' make clear that we are calling for
inclusion regardless the forum - couldn't we all agree on a position along
the lines of:

"To these ends, we demand full inclusion of civil society in the management
of Internet names and numbers and any other related mechanisms, in light of
serving the public interest and in compatibility with human rights
standards."

This would be impossible to interpret as support for ITU unless there was
serious reform of ITU's nature, and if it's a given that power for the
forseeable future will remain with ICANN, it becomes a clear call for
greater participation there.

sasha costanza-chock



-----Original Message-----
From: Erick Iriarte Ahon
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org; AdamPeake; governance at lists.cpsr.org;
plenary at wsis-cs.org
Sent: 7/14/2003 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Governance] Request for support --
deletion of words from the CS document

I support this position.

Erick Iriarte Ahon
Alfa-Redi
http://www.alfa-redi.org


At 12:04 p.m. 14/07/2003 +0200, Wolfgang Kleinwächter wrote:
>I support Adams position
>
>wolfgang
>
>Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> schrieb am 14.07.03 11:44:04:
> >
> > To all members of the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) mailing list.
> >
> > I would like to ask members of this list to support my request that
> > the following paragraph be deleted from the Civil Society Priorities
> > Document:
> >
> > "To these ends, the current management of Internet names and numbers
> > and other related mechanisms should be re-examined with the full
> > participation of all stakeholders in light of serving public
> > interests and compatibility with human rights standards."
> >
> > Any call for re-examination will be seen as civil society
undermining
> > ICANN.  And if we do that we can only strengthen the position of the
> > ITU and some governments in trying to gain control over Internet
> > naming and addressing.
> >
> > The WSIS is not a debating society. We have no right to negotiate,
we
> > have no right of reply.  And we know how the government discussion
> > will be, we have seen words twisted before, they will not read
beyond
> > " re-examined".
> >
> > Please support deletion of this paragraph.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Adam
> > --
> > _______________________________________________
> > Governance mailing list
> > Governance at lists.cpsr.org
> > https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance
>
>
>_______________________________________________________________________
_____
>Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail anmelden = 1qm Regenwald schuetzen! Helfen
>Sie mit! Nutzen Sie den Serien-Testsieger. http://user.web.de/Regenwald
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary at wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary at wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary