[governance] ICANN Delhi, Workshop: Update on Internet Governance

[Meryem Marzouki]

Le 12 févr. 08 à 17:38, Milton L Mueller a écrit :
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adam Peake [mailto:ajp at glocom.ac.jp]
>>
>> Markus suggests ICT and environment as a possible topic for the Delhi
>> IGF, he mentions comments by Fujitsu's chairman during the Rio
>> meeting (copied below.) This is going to be a key policy issue this
>> year: apparently came up in Davos, will be the subject of two ITU
>> meetings (as Izumi mentioned), a GIIC/WEF meeting, some talk it might
>> find its way into the OECD ministerial and perhaps G8.
>
> I know my cynicism will rankle many, but is this anything more than  
> yet
> another attempt to find a "safe" issue (like "access") that is both A)
> something no one can really disagree with and B) something the IGF has
> utterly no authority to do anything about?

No, it isn't more than this. And it will always be.. This year, ICT  
and environment is fashionable. Let's go for this, we wont be able to  
avoid this, so let's save our time and energy. They want ICT and  
environment, fine. But this has counterpart: we want physical  
infrastructure and we want DNS and other CI(Management)R. (and other  
issues, too:))

>   Why is it global IG and what
> can UN IGF do about it?

A lot, actually, but maybe not what is expected by those who propose  
this theme. We should have things to say on ICT and environment AND  
health. Especially when in India and some other countries people are  
dying from taking wasted computers to pieces. Milton, you may well  
have here the opportunity to say ranlke many by your aversion to  
taxation rather than cynicism:)) More seriously, this could also be  
an opportunity to enlarge the CS components interested in IGF and  
global IG.

Meryem____________________________________________________________
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