<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Dear Parminder --<BR>
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Nobody has impugned the motives of the Indian government in this matter.<BR>
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The problem is how does one create a UN body that is not dominated by a majority of UN member states that are not working democracies. China, Russia and other countries that -- unlike India -- do indeed seek control over the Internet are bound to weigh very heavily in any such body. Consider, for example, the checkered history of the UN Human Rights Council.<BR>
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It is in that context that I advocate "leaving well enough alone," not out of any desire to perpetuate neo-colonialist domination. The present setup is indeed messy and theoretically most unsatisfactory. The problem is, what is in practice the real alternative ?<BR>
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Best regards, Rony Koven</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>