[governance] ICANN head warns against putting Internet addresses under UN control

[Imran Ahmed Shah]

Dear All,
 
Similar information was heard in September 2005 (some days before Tunisia meeting), with the reference of "UN's Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)" which is now called as UN's IGF/MAG. Some document was produced by the advisory working group at that time advocating some international control of the Internet but did not mentioned further detail that how these roles would be played. 
 
It has been relating with the UN and IGF but there was no clear policy or agenda was defined. However, ICANN was renewing MoU with US many times and once it was expiring in 2006, IGC has also proposed conditions for the expiration of MoU, which would not eliminate US Policy control over the root. IGC recommendations would de-nationalize the most political part of the US Political Oversight.
 
After the processes of MoU, “Affirmation of Commitments”, JPA and especially (after the) launching of IDN ccTLDs in Arabic Countries and Russia, (China's IDN ccTLD is also being approved with two different scripts), (it was seem to me that) all the issues has been resolved. 
 
But the sudden statement with the reference of Mr Rod Beckstrom is surprising. This issue may have been highlighted to produce a confidence to some countries but Mr Rod is very right that the "Multilateral state control could make ICANN less nimble" in the development process of new layers of the Internet with Local Languages on the globe (IDN ccTLDs/gTLDs). The ICANNians can explain the story that what is behind this issue and Professor Andrew A Adams may elaborate that what are the concern of the users which he mentioned and which may resolve (only and only) if ICANN is governed by UN.
 
 
Regards
 
Imran Ahmed Shah


ICANN head warns against putting Internet addresses under UN control

Posted by Andrew Adams:

This (Canadian) Globe and Mail article includes details of Beckstrom's recent
statements against UN oversight of ICANN.

http://tinyurl.com/38m78m2

Summary: UN oversight would make ICANN "less nimble" according to Beckstrom.

My opinion: could ICANN really be any less nimble given how glacial it is at
introducing innovative ideas? Perhaps more international oversight could
pressure ICANN into prioritising the real needs of users and less the
concerns of staff which may or may not coincide with user needs.

-- Professor Andrew A Adams
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan


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