[governance] oversight

[Vittorio Bertola]

Il giorno lun, 17-10-2005 alle 21:06 +0900, Adam Peake ha scritto:
> Specifically, what should we say about a host 
> country agreement.  I think the question we need 
> to answer is what does ICANN need from a host 
> country agreement and why? 

It needs a host country agreement to prevent the country where it has
its seat from controlling the global root servers and other Internet
resources managed by ICANN, through its legislative powers. Also, the
HCA should prevent that country from discriminating access to those
global resources and to their administration, for example through
foreign trade regulations or visa requirements for meeting attendance.

> Could the US supply 
> such an agreement if immunities (from what?) were 
> guaranteed?

I think you have to ask this to the USG :-) If the question is "would we
accept that ICANN stays in the US, provided we get a reasonable HCA",
the answer is definitely yes.

> And then what language would we like 
> to see in the chair's paper? (1 or 2 sentences of 
> language for the paper.)

I'll give it a try, don't shoot at the piano player.

"We recommend that ICANN is shielded from unilateral interference by the
government of the country who hosts it, through appropriate
international law instruments such as a "host country agreement". Such
agreement should ensure that decisions taken by ICANN cannot be
overturned by the local government, and that all countries and
stakeholders have the opportunity to access the resources managed by
ICANN and to participate in its Internet Governance processes, without
being affected by the policies of the local government."
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

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