[governance] Russia’s insistence on U.N. control over the Internet could see collapse of global meet

[Mawaki Chango]

On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Fahd A. Batayneh <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>       [image: Return to frontpage] <http://www.thehindu.com/>
>>    News <http://www.thehindu.com/news/> » National<http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/> Published: December 9, 2012 00:46 IST | Updated: December 9, 2012 00:46 IST
>> Russia’s insistence on U.N. control over the Internet could see collapse
>> of global meet Shalini Singh
>>
>> It’s Russia, China, and Arab states versus E.U., U.S. and Japan; India is
>> silent
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> It's been widely disseminated that the "Arab States" are taking the
> position of China and Russia. While Arab States are 22 in total, it is only
> Saudi Arabia (major player), Tunisia, and Egypt (both to some extent) who
> are pushing for moving Internet control to the ITU. The rest of the 19 Arab
> States are just following the discussions with not much clear position
> (more like 'cheerleaders').
>
> (snip)
>> Arab States’ stance
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>> Meanwhile, Dubai as the Conference Chair and UAE as the host, are
>> increasingly getting nervous because of the Arab States’ stance, which is
>> perceived to favour the Russian and Chinese positions.
>>
>> Another reason for their nervousness is that a failed conference could
>> further hurt the UAE’s reputation on the issue of online freedom and free
>> speech.
>>
> This statement - IMHO - is far from reality. Since when did local hosts
> face the fear of failing and tarnishing their reputation when it comes to
> online freedom and free speech? Is the writer trying to say that Dubai was
> selected as the venue of WCIT-12 as means to ensure Arab States are on the
> same side as the USA, EU, and Japan? And besides, we all know that it is
> China and Russia who are the heavyweights, and to some extent Saudi Arabia.
>

Hi,

>
> Poor article... Or maybe poorly circulated information.
>

+1
mc

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> Fahd
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