AW: [governance] RE: WSIS Forum 2011

[Lee W McKnight]

Did I say thirst for knowledge? 

Thirst for power is more like it.

ICTs & MDGs will be talked up at the General Assembly meeting in a week. Let's call it a hunch that there is a relationship between that, and the -otherwise odd- proposed move of WSIS action line forum 2011 to NYC.

You know that for OECD heads of state, their scorecard for economic competitiveness - the league table - is the OECD broadband rankings.  What's surprising about rest of world wanting in the game? It's 2010.

And yeah I saw that re China's top gun at UN - whom I am 'shocked, shocked!' to learn in his drunken heart of hearts, does not care for Yankee running dog imperialists.

Lee 
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From: William Drake [william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch]
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 4:27 AM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; Lee W McKnight
Subject: Re: AW: [governance] RE: WSIS Forum 2011

Hi Lee

On Sep 11, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Lee W McKnight wrote:

> ITU wants to be in NY - and UN HQ staff/diplomats agreed - because ITU wants visibility and UN diplomat types want to learn more about ICTs and development.
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> Because heads of state/UN ambassadors (finally) realize icts/bband/Internet are important for reaching Millennium Development Goals

Just wondering if you're basing this conclusion on anything in particular?  I'm skeptical that the ITU's move is driven by a thirst for ICT knowledge among the NY-based diplomatic community and heads of state, but I'm open to persuasion…

BTW, speaking of things moving to NY and such, I just stumbled on something that might be of interest,

http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/09/08/chinas_john_bolton

Best,

Bill
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