[governance] ITU vs. ICANN

[John Curran]

> Bottom line, the provisions of the Plenipot are only binding upon states with the consent of the state.

You are correct in principle, but in practice treaties are rather 
complicated objects which exist to facilitate cooperation on matters
of shared interest.  I'm not going to make arguments on behalf of the 
ITU, but will note that states participate for a wide range of interests 
and hence overwhelmingly seek to comply with resulting recommendations
(so that they may in turn benefit from recommendations in other areas).  
While we may see the Internet as the most important topic of all, it is 
only one of many being discussed at the ITU Plenipotentiary meeting.  It 
is far better to educate states so that they can make good recommendations
than having to deal with bad recommendations after the fact...

/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN

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