Re: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR

[William Drake <william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

what about Rafik's amendment, submitted on behalf of NCSG:


> I would like to submit this following edit regarding this part :
> 
> "Obviously, any such communications would need to respect reasonable
> restrictions like the review teams’ adherence to the Chatham House rule, and 
> the SO/ACs should be expected to exercise prudence and to only make use of 
> the opportunity when it is necessary to support the teams and/or convey major 
> concerns." 
> 
> with that one
> 
> "It is expected that any communications or other input sought and received 
> will be provided in good faith, and that SOs/ACs will exercise prudence and 
> make use of the opportunity when it is necessary to support the teams and/or 
> convey major concerns. In exceptional circumstances, a SO or AC, the review 
> teams or members thereof may consider it necessary to subject such 
> communications or other input to reasonable restrictions such as the Chatham 
> House rule, and where this is the case, the relevant parties to the affected 
> communication or input shall, as far as possible, be informed in advance."

On Jan 28, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Stéphane Van Gelder wrote:

> Yes
> 
> Le 27 janv. 2010 à 21:58, Gomes, Chuck a écrit :
> 
>> 
>> I would accept this as a friendly amendment.  Stephan, as the seconder of 
>> the motion, would you also accept it as friendly?
>> 
>> Glen - please add this amendment to the motion.
>> 
>> Chuck 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx] 
>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:36 PM
>>> To: Gomes, Chuck; william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
>>> council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: ispcp@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: AW: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR
>>> 
>>> On behalf of the ISPCP constituency I'd like to suggest the 
>>> following edit regarding "Support Teams" (ST).
>>> The draft amendment attached is targeted to provide more 
>>> flexibility to the Review Teams in order to let themselves 
>>> organize their support teams rather than to constitute 
>>> support teams in advance. 
>>> 
>>> Looking forward to a fruitful discussion Wolf-Ulrich
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>> Von: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2010 23:35
>>> An: Knoben, Wolf-Ulrich; william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; 
>>> council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: ispcp@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Betreff: RE: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR
>>> 
>>> Thanks Wolf.  If you could propose a suggested edit, it would 
>>> be very helpful.
>>> 
>>> Chuck 
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
>>> KnobenW@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:36 PM
>>>> To: william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Cc: ispcp@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: AW: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Following a consultation within the ISPCP constituency I'd like to 
>>>> address the creation of "Support Teams" (ST). There must be a clear 
>>>> distinction between the RTs and potential STs in order to avoid STs 
>>>> emerging to "shadow" RTs. So the composition of the ST pools has 
>>>> carefully to be taken into consideration or should even be 
>>> regulated.  
>>>> If applicable this should be expressed in the council response.
>>>> 
>>>> Apart from that the ISPCP constituency endorses the draft response.
>>>> 
>>>> Wolf-Ulrich
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>> Von: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von William Drake
>>>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Januar 2010 16:40
>>>> An: GNSO Council List
>>>> Betreff: [council] Draft Council letter on the ARR
>>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> Attached please find the drafting team's proposed response to the 
>>>> draft proposal on the Affirmation Reviews Requirements and 
>>>> Implementation Processes, for discussion with our 
>>> respective SGs and 
>>>> in the Council.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> 
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
> 

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William J. Drake
Senior Associate
Centre for International Governance
Graduate Institute of International and
 Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland
william.drake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
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