[governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms agency

[John Curran]

On Dec 13, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

>> -----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. 

Milton is correct, in that some progress was made over the last week in
removing Internet-specific language from the revised ITR text... i.e. the 
language most hostile to the Internet was indeed dropped, but the "Internet 
Resolution" was added, and it directed Member States "to elaborate on their 
respective positions on international Internet-related technical, development 
and public-policy issues within the mandate of ITU at various ITU forums..."

While not giving the ITU any authority, per se, it does have Member States 
effectively acknowledging that there are (unspecified) Internet-related 
public-policy issues that fall within the mandate of ITU and which will 
be discussed at ITU fora.

FYI,
/John

Disclaimer: My views alone. Post-conference sleep deprivation may interfere
with my reporting, and in any case, multiple perspectives should be sought 
before evaluating the foibles of any multi-day wordsmithing and posturing 
event...




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