[governance] WCIT melt down
Oksana Prykhodko
sana.pryhod at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 15:31:39 EST 2012
Any word about Ukraine(
And one more question
77+33+8 =118
But there are 193 members of ITU?
2012/12/13 Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp>:
> Hi Declan,
>
> Kenya held a public consultation (online and face to face meeting)
> before WCIT, and carrying the consensus from that consultation to WCIT
> meant it broke with the African block opinion. So the natural thing
> to do is again consult on whether to sign or not. Good, it's a fine
> example.
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com> wrote:
>> Looks like CNET has an article up:
>>
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559034-38/u.n-summit-implodes-as-u.s-others-spurn-internet-treaty/
>> ...alliance of Western democracies including the United States, the United
>> Kingdom, and Canada today rejected a proposed treaty over concerns it hands
>> repressive governments too much authority over the Internet.
>> "This conference was never meant to focus on Internet issues," said
>> ambassador Terry Kramer, head of the U.S. delegation to the Dubai summit.
>> "The Internet has given the world unimaginable economic and social benefit
>> during these past 24 years -- all without U.N. regulation."
>> Delegates from the Netherlands, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and
>> the Czech Republic also said they could not sign the proposed International
>> Telecommunication Union treaty, which is scheduled to be finished by
>> tomorrow. Kenya's delegate appeared to take the same position, saying "we
>> reserve our rights" to "go back home and do more consultations" before
>> signing...
>>
>> -Declan
>>
>>
>> On 12/13/12 10:54 AM, William Drake wrote:
>>>
>>> A number of governments are refusing to sign. First article I've seen,
>>> will be many more
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-refuses-to-back-un-treaty-saying-it-endorses-restricting-the-internet/2012/12/13/ba497952-4548-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ***************************************************
>>> William J. Drake
>>> International Fellow & Lecturer
>>> Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ
>>> University of Zurich, Switzerland
>>> william.drake at uzh.ch <mailto:william.drake at uzh.ch>
>>> www.williamdrake.org <http://www.williamdrake.org>
>>> ****************************************************
>>>
>>
>>
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