[governance] UN SG's report on enhanced cooperation

[McTim]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:38 PM, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> Pl find enclosed the UN SG's report on Enhanced Cooperation. Nothing new
> here,


Nothing new?  Read the ITU section again, it's a bald power play (not
that that is new), but this is the first I have heard of, inter alia,:

• An improved governance framework could be formed, in which all
countries would have an equal say in Internet-related public policy
issues and in the management of critical Internet resources.

• An intergovernmental organization such as ITU has the necessary
mandate and hence could play a leading role in the creation of this
governance structure.

• The role and functions related to policies governing the
harmonized and global coordination of services for country-code
top-level domains (ccTLDs) should be assumed by a relevant
intergovernmental body with a mandate from Governments and experience
in providing such services so that concerns and interests of sovereign
States can be taken into account.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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