<div dir="ltr">Hi Milton,<div><br></div><div>I think that was good move from ICANN, I guess that they were expecting such response from ITU and maybe even wanted it ;) . it was a trap and ITU fall there miserably :) now people are talking mostly about "enhanced cooperation" and the no willingness of ITU. </div>
<div>and the response came just after ICANN board resolution <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-05aug10-en.htm#6">http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-05aug10-en.htm#6</a> about "international Dimension of ICANN" with the purpose to cooperate with international organizations.<br>
<br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Rafik</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/29 Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
ITU is an intergovernmental organization, and ICANN is neither governmental nor inter-governmental. They might as well ask for a seat on the UN Security Council.<br>
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We all know that the ITU and many of its key member states (China, the Arab states, Russia, etc.) support a purely intergovernmental model for Internet governance. Why should we be "shocked, shocked" at this?<br>
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However, if the U.S. govt succeeds in its current efforts to make GAC the veto authority over all ICANN policies, then perhaps it should qualify as an intergovernmental org sometime in the near future. ;-)<br>
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> not much in the way of "enhanced cooperation" in that letter is there?<br>
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