<div>Hi Michael,</div>
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<div>Irrespective of the issue (any TLD or any other subject) and for the sake of clarity, "having a final say" can take many forms, including :</div>
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<div>- <strong>compulsory formal agreement</strong> : nothing is possible without the expressed support of the actor that has the final say (this means that mere silence is a veto)</div>
<div>- <strong>final decision in case there is a conflict</strong>, for instance between two actors (this is final say in the sense of arbitration)</div>
<div>- <strong>right of formal veto</strong> (this means silence is approval)</div></blockquote>
<div dir="ltr">This entails very different consequences in the day-to-day application of the principle. </div>
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<div>Best</div>
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<div>Bertrand<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Leibrandt</b> <<a href="mailto:michael_leibrandt@web.de">michael_leibrandt@web.de</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Wolfgang,<br><br>Sorry, but again you are circling around the final question. Just to say<br><br>"If the LIC is divided, more discussion is needed."
<br><br>is not helpful in an operational sense. Sometimes people simply do not agree, so you have to decice if a) nothing happens or b) one of the players is actually somewhat superior to the others. If you agree that a) Geo-TLD have public policy implications and b) the WSIS has delivered a kind of division of labor which notes the special responsibility of public authorities for public policy, then - in line with the GAC Principles you mentioned - the relevant local authority does actually have the final say.
<br><br>Michael<br><br clear="all"><br>____________________<br>Bertrand de La Chapelle<br><br>Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32<br><br>"Le plus beau métier des hommes, c'est d'unir les hommes" Antoine de Saint Exupéry
<br>("there is no better mission for humans than uniting humans") </blockquote></div>