Agreed Alice, i hope we can discuss this issue during the forthcoming Kenya IGF.<br><br>Best Regards<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:02 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org" target="_blank">alice@apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Ali and all,<br>
<br>
Countries like the Netherlands, reported that they have held national<br>
consultations (workshops) to discuss these issues and develop a national<br>
position, while others like the US mentioned they have made the WCIT<br>
documents available to their constituencies.<br>
<br>
This is the bottom up approach that the ITU SG spoke about regarding the<br>
revision of the ITRs including the issue "openness and transparency<br>
beginning with public access to various documents.<br>
<br>
We have had a great tradition/practice since our Ministry was created,<br>
where we have discussed critical policies and regulations as a result of<br>
the open policy window provided by our government.<br>
<br>
For this instance, we should ideally follow the same multi stakeholder<br>
bottom consultations approach for both process and substantive issues.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
<br>
Alice<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
> Alice<br>
><br>
> Very useful and vindication of the process we have started. Thanks!<br>
><br>
> Ali Hussein<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> Dear All,<br>
><br>
> I could send to you a much longer list of similar articles, blogs and<br>
> publications about alleged ITU plans to take control of the<br>
Internet. I<br>
> could also send to you many which state the contrary. But none of this<br>
> will be of any use.<br>
><br>
> The last meeting of the Council Working Group (CWG) for WCIT started<br>
this<br>
> morning 20 June and ends on 22 June. Find attached the speech of ITU<br>
> Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, delivered today at the<br>
opening<br>
> of this last CWG WCIT meeting.<br>
><br>
> ITU has 193 Member States. The decision on the content of the<br>
revised ITRs<br>
> will be made by ITU Membership at the end of this year (3-14 December)<br>
> during the WCIT in Dubai.<br>
> For those of you who represent your countries in ITU, I would<br>
encourage<br>
> you to increase the involvement of the citizens of your countries in<br>
your<br>
> national consultations during this process. I would also hope that<br>
your<br>
> positions and views regarding ITU and the process to review the<br>
ITRs are<br>
> based on actual proposals and discussions taking place in the<br>
appropriate<br>
> ITU forums dealing with this subject and not necessarily on blogs,<br>
> publications, speeches and media reports many of which do not<br>
accurately<br>
> reflect the facts.<br>
><br>
> Also, please find attached a WCIT background brief which I hope will be<br>
> helpful to have a basic understanding of what the ITRs are and the<br>
roles<br>
> of sovereign states in the process leading to the review of this Treaty<br>
> (the ITRs). Please feel free to share this brief and the speech of ITU<br>
> Secretary-General as you consider appropriate.<br>
><br>
> For reliable and up-to-date information about ITU, the ITRs and WCIT,<br>
> please visit <a href="http://www.itu.int/wcit" target="_blank">www.itu.int/wcit</a><<a href="http://www.itu.int/wcit" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/wcit</a>><br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
><br>
> Alexander NTOKO<br>
> ITU Representative (Observer) to the GAC<br>
> Chief, Operations and Planning Department<br>
> Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB)<br>
> International Telecommunication Union (ITU)<br>
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