[governance] WCIT melt down

[Lee W McKnight]

Just short of a 2/3rds majority in favor is not good.

In the land of 'global' treaties that's way too many objections.

Reservations treaties can live with; pre-emptive no's to big things like - Internet, or not....are another matter.

When is a standard not a standard? When...it's not.  Likewise for a not global treaty and a global net

My instant geopolitical analysis, assuming final yays and nays ratio remains <2/3rds favoring in final count: no matter how tired folks are on the ground in Dubai, it ain't over.

A Part III likely has to pop up again in x years to salvage anything for ITU, certainly in less than 24 years.

Or we are stuck with the status quo now augmented by half-Dead on Arrival 'ITRs'.

Some around current processes might find it amusing observing governments and ITU managing to.....well anyway. But it's not really that funny.

Any talk re what comes next from folks on the ground?

Lee
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From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of William Drake [william.drake at uzh.ch]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:14 PM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Adam Peake
Subject: Re: [governance] WCIT melt down

No alas, I had to get back to Geneva on a 3am flight this morning, am skyping with CS people on the ground.

vote 77 for, 33 against, 8 abstained


On Dec 13, 2012, at 8:05 PM, Adam Peake wrote:

> You are there, can you comment?  Many from delegations seem able to do so.
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> Thanks,
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> Adam
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> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 3:54 AM, William Drake <william.drake at uzh.ch> wrote:
>> A number of governments are refusing to sign.  First article I've seen, will
>> be many more
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>> 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
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