[governance] WCIT melt down

Grace Githaiga ggithaiga at hotmail.com
Thu Dec 13 15:51:57 EST 2012 

Treaty making explained: http://www.itu.int/en/wcit-12/Pages/treaties.aspx

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:49:51 +1300
From: salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
To: sana.pryhod at gmail.com
CC: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; ajp at glocom.ac.jp; declan at well.com; william.drake at uzh.ch
Subject: Re: [governance] WCIT melt down



On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Oksana Prykhodko <sana.pryhod at gmail.com> wrote:

So, is this voting legitimate?

I am actually not sure if the voting is legitimate.   




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

Your questions are not stupid. They help us stay informed.  




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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