AW: [governance] Fall ICANN meeting in Cairo - Rights discussion

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

So we move to yet another forum...
Was the proposal approved?  Did it look like it was getting support?
Jacqueline
Kleinwächter wrote:
> BTW, 
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> in the recent IGF Consultations a representative from aother big country (not the US) has proposed that FOE should be discussed ONLY in the new Human Rights Council. The IGF should concentrate on "technical issues". 
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> wolfgang
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> Von: Milton L Mueller [mailto:mueller at syr.edu]
> Gesendet: Mo 26.05.2008 17:48
> An: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Jacqueline A. Morris; Robert Guerra
> Betreff: RE: [governance] Fall ICANN meeting in Cairo - Rights discussion
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jacqueline A. Morris [mailto:jam at jacquelinemorris.com]
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>> Hi all
>> This seems a little skewed.
>> From my reading of the recent discussion, it's not that those issues
>> are not of CONCERN to ICANN staff and the ALAC and others,
>> but rather it is not seen as part of ICANN's very narrow mission and
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> focus.
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> Perhaps Jackie you should read the GAC Policy Advice on new gTLDs.
> http://gac.icann.org/web/home/gTLD_principles.pdf
> And you should read the GNSO report on new gTLDs.
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/new-gtlds/
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> Both address freedom of expression issues. Both take the "wrong"
> position if you believe in freedom of expression. Anyway, no one who
> reads them can reasonably state that ICANN is confined to a "technical
> remit."
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>> This is IMO far more an issue for the IGF than for ICANN's
>> technical remit.
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> The idea that ICANN has only a technical coordinator's job is a myth
> that has been decisively refuted countless times.
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