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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:#1F497D'>Ah, the ITU bogeyman again. A bit of history for those who
forgot it: ITU in 1997 lost their attempt to gain control of domain names (when
ISOC was their co-conspirator); from 2003-2005 it failed to get any recognition
of their role out of WGIG or WSIS; in 2009-10 they are rebuffed in the quest to
form a competing, alternative ipv6 address registry. And now we are supposed to
be paralytically afraid of having a meeting in NYC because that is what the ITU
wants? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>There were those who, in 2003, said that Internet governance
should be insulated from WSIS for the same reason. But we took the battle into
it and we pretty much won. Better to engage win than to avoid. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>More seriously, we need to stop obsessing about “ITU” as an
actor and focus instead on the nation-states who drive its agenda, and the conflict
between the intergovernmental system and the nongovernmental or
uni-governmental system behind ICANN. That is the real issue. Note also that
the USA, Europe and the business interests become very “governmental” and “intergovernmental”
when it suits their interests (ACTA, anyone? Cybersecurity?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>--MM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Sivasubramanian M
[mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com] <br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#333333'>This
is not a trivial issue of a choice in a tourism destination, but a question of
participation in a summit that sets the next course of Internet Governance. The
strategic implications of this move (to UN, NY) relates to ITU's business
ambitions for an enhanced role in Internet Governance. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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