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Treaty making explained: http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/treaties.aspx<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:49:51 +1300<br>From: salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com<br>To: sana.pryhod@gmail.com<br>CC: governance@lists.igcaucus.org; ajp@glocom.ac.jp; declan@well.com; william.drake@uzh.ch<br>Subject: Re: [governance] WCIT melt down<br><br><br><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Oksana Prykhodko <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sana.pryhod@gmail.com">sana.pryhod@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
So, is this voting legitimate?<br></blockquote><div><br>I am actually not sure if the voting is legitimate. <br></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thank you very much for all your answers to my stupid questions!<br></blockquote><div><br>Your questions are not stupid. They help us stay informed. <br></div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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2012/12/13 Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Oksana Prykhodko <<a href="mailto:sana.pryhod@gmail.com">sana.pryhod@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Any word about Ukraine(<br>
>><br>
>> And one more question<br>
>> 77+33+8 =118<br>
>><br>
>> But there are 193 members of ITU?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Some probably did not fly there or were too tired from the Climate Change<br>
> talks or were busy with the UN Security Council meeting in North Korea - the<br>
> WCIT is one of the many interesting things happening at the same time.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2012/12/13 Adam Peake <<a href="mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp">ajp@glocom.ac.jp</a>>:<br>
>> > Hi Declan,<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Kenya held a public consultation (online and face to face meeting)<br>
>> > before WCIT, and carrying the consensus from that consultation to WCIT<br>
>> > meant it broke with the African block opinion. So the natural thing<br>
>> > to do is again consult on whether to sign or not. Good, it's a fine<br>
>> > example.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Adam<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Declan McCullagh <<a href="mailto:declan@well.com">declan@well.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >> Looks like CNET has an article up:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559034-38/u.n-summit-implodes-as-u.s-others-spurn-internet-treaty/" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559034-38/u.n-summit-implodes-as-u.s-others-spurn-internet-treaty/</a><br>
>> >> ...alliance of Western democracies including the United States, the<br>
>> >> United<br>
>> >> Kingdom, and Canada today rejected a proposed treaty over concerns it<br>
>> >> hands<br>
>> >> repressive governments too much authority over the Internet.<br>
>> >> "This conference was never meant to focus on Internet issues," said<br>
>> >> ambassador Terry Kramer, head of the U.S. delegation to the Dubai<br>
>> >> summit.<br>
>> >> "The Internet has given the world unimaginable economic and social<br>
>> >> benefit<br>
>> >> during these past 24 years -- all without U.N. regulation."<br>
>> >> Delegates from the Netherlands, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Poland,<br>
>> >> and<br>
>> >> the Czech Republic also said they could not sign the proposed<br>
>> >> International<br>
>> >> Telecommunication Union treaty, which is scheduled to be finished by<br>
>> >> tomorrow. Kenya's delegate appeared to take the same position, saying<br>
>> >> "we<br>
>> >> reserve our rights" to "go back home and do more consultations" before<br>
>> >> signing...<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> -Declan<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On 12/13/12 10:54 AM, William Drake wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> A number of governments are refusing to sign. First article I've seen,<br>
>> >>> will be many more<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-refuses-to-back-un-treaty-saying-it-endorses-restricting-the-internet/2012/12/13/ba497952-4548-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-refuses-to-back-un-treaty-saying-it-endorses-restricting-the-internet/2012/12/13/ba497952-4548-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> ***************************************************<br>
>> >>> William J. Drake<br>
>> >>> International Fellow & Lecturer<br>
>> >>> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ<br>
>> >>> University of Zurich, Switzerland<br>
>> >>> <a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br>
>> >>> <a href="http://www.williamdrake.org" target="_blank">www.williamdrake.org</a> <<a href="http://www.williamdrake.org" target="_blank">http://www.williamdrake.org</a>><br>
>> >>> ****************************************************<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
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