[governance] UN SG's report on enhanced cooperation

[Ian Peter]

Note the report is summarising ITU's submission (along with others), not
endorsing it.


On 14/11/09 6:55 PM, "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 


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