[governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms agency

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:declan at well.com]
> 
> If the ITU had kept references to the Internet out of the treaty (and
> meant it), 

[Milton L Mueller] Uh, they DID keep references to the internet out of the treaty. The only references to the internet were stuffed into a non-binding plenary resolution that did not really give the ITU any actual governance authority over anything. 

> what happened here that the ITU et al badly misjudged the situation and
> tried to call a bluff -- which actually wasn't one?
> 
[Milton L Mueller] For an understanding of "what happened here" so forthcoming IGP blog post.



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