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

[Meryem Marzouki <marzouki@ras.eu.org>]

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> De: "John R. Gagain Jr." <j.gagain@funglode.org>
> Date: Ven 11 juil 2003  15:35:59 Europe/Paris
> À: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>, <ct@wsis-cs.org>
> Objet: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Document - Creating a Political and Legal 
> Framework for Cyberspace
> Répondre à: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
> 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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