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In a message dated 22/11/07 2:12:41, suresh@hserus.net writes:<BR>
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The statement above is inaccurate. A small minority of countries in Africa, the Arab world and the former Soviet Union can be said by normal criteria to have democratically elected governments. There are some 90 clearly non-democratic governments represented in the UN.<BR>
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The implication of that for I'net governance is the obvious one that transferring responsibility for cyberspace to a UN body would mean that it would be controlled in the interests of non-democratic states.<BR>
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Best regards, Rony Koven</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT><BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR>Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products.<BR>(http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)</HTML>