[governance] WCIT melt down

Oksana Prykhodko sana.pryhod at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 15:45:04 EST 2012


So, is this voting legitimate?

Thank you very much for all your answers to my stupid questions!

2012/12/13 Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com>:
>
>
> 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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>> >>
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