[governance] WCIT melt down

Thu Dec 13 15:39:26 EST 2012

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Oksana Prykhodko <sana.pryhod at gmail.com>wrote:

> Any word about Ukraine(
>
> And one more question
> 77+33+8 =118
>
> But there are 193 members of ITU?
>

Some probably did not fly there or were too tired from the Climate Change
talks or were busy with the UN Security Council meeting in North Korea -
the WCIT is one of the many interesting things happening at the same time.

>
>
> 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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