[governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms agency

[Carlos A. Afonso]

This addition to the preamble is fundamental -- and one of the reasons 
some of the big ones decided not to sign the treaty (some of them the 
very same who keep preaching "a free and open Internet to all"). Ask 
Cuba, for example, how important this insertion is for them.

Today Cuba is finally connected (this year!) via fiber thanks to 
Venezuela. The link is provided by REACCIUN, the academic network of 
Venezuela.

One of the chronic illnesses of the USA is the stupid impossibility of 
suspending the Cuba blockade. The other is the impossibility of 
prohibiting the sale of guns ("Bill of Rights"...)...

--c.a.

On 12/15/2012 02:16 PM, parminder wrote:
>
> On Friday 14 December 2012 11:44 PM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 05:21:06PM +0000, Milton L Mueller
>> (mueller at syr.edu) wrote:
>>
>>> Please cite any provisions in the new ITRs that are objectionable or
>>> dangerous
>> In the preamble:
>>
>> "These Regulations recognize the right of access of Member States to
>> international telecommunication services."
>
> Tapani, what is it that you find objectionable and dangerous in this....
> I would think that such a statement should be a obvious and necessary
> part on any treaty on global communication. It is such a basic
> statement...... parminder
>>
>> I was told that was what broke EU's back here, so to speak.
>>
>
>

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