[governance] ITU in Guadalajara

[Milton L Mueller]

Very useful post, Yrjö; thanks!
But it is really not that surprising in that ITU involves all state actors, not just the ones critical of ICANN, and also quite a few sector members (including ISOC) who are supporters of the U.S.-based, private sector-based regime. So these scenarios of an ITU "takeover" have always been lacking in credibility.
--MM


From: Yrjö Länsipuro [mailto:yrjo_lansipuro at hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 2:25 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [governance] ITU in Guadalajara

Dear all,

Since there were alarming reports on the list some weeks ago about what might happen at the ITU Plenipot in Guadalajara (trying to take over the GAC or to merge IGF with WSIS Forum...) I'm happy to report that such and similar proposals, that had indeed been made,  evaporated in the negotiation process and  that the outcome actually might open new avenues for "ITU's collaboration and coordination with other relevant organizations". Call for this was included in identical for   in all four internet-related resolutions, each with a footnote saying that these organizations include but are not limited to ICANN, ISOC, the RIR´s, IETF and W3C.  This is the first time to my knowledge that the name of ICANN appears in a ITU resolution, and the decision was preceded by a long and -at times - rather heated debate.

 This result was seen in Guadalajara as a harbinger of change in ITU's attitude towards today's realities, and a sign of the shrinking of the faction that has preferred not to acknowledge them. The deadlock was broken late during the last plenary after the Sectetary-General's  strong plea for more open attitude towards other players.

Best,

Yrjö


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