All,

We are pleased to inform you that all the Chartering Organizations have approved the WS 2 recommendations by the end of ICANN 63.

The text of the various approvals can be found in the attached document. Please note that the GAC approved all the recommendations with the exception of the Jurisdiction recommendations which it did not approve or reject.

One is glad that the world was was saved the ignominy of its governments formally accepting that it is fine that one country should keep ruling over a key global infrastructure. Also, good that the report itself notes that the group could not fully agree on what issues of jurisdiction were really to be covered by it, and that some of them need to be discussed and sorted out in the future. 

This is a very important conceptual and in-principle win for global democracy, and democratic rule of law -- if just a rearguard defensive action. The credit for it almost exclusively goes to the valiant and intelligent Brazilian diplomats  involved in the process, whom I congratulate and thank heartily.

Meanwhile, one does greatly regret that a once-in-decades chance to make ICANN truly globally democratic (as was in fact called for by NetMundial Conference) has been missed. As the global Internet is beginning to split in cold war like zones and shells (as also claimed by no less that Eric Schmidt ), lack of globally democratic IG structures will need to share their considerable responsibility for this dangerous slide. We could have done something here to try and make things better, but dominant interests prevailed once again. History will, unfortunately, look back on this process as a missed opportunity.

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As such the Co-Chairs will be transmitting the WS2 recommendations to the ICANN Board for approval and implementation.

We will post updates to this list as the process for approval by the Board and implementation by ICANN progress.

Thank you again to everyone who contributed to this work over the past two years or so. It is a great accomplishment to be able to forward the proposals on to the ICANN board with the broad support of the chartering organizations.

 

The CCWG-Accountability Co-Chairs

Thomas, Jordan, Tijani

sent by 

Bernard Turcotte

ICANN Staff Support to the CCWG-Accountabilit WS2

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