[governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms agency

[Norbert Bollow]

Tapani Tarvainen <tapani.tarvainen at effi.org> wrote:

> On Dec 15 21:46, parminder (parminder at itforchange.net) wrote:
> 
> > >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...... 
> 
> My understanding is that that languate would imply narrowing
> UN-approved sanctions list (and in particular, force USA to give up
> part of its blockade against Cuba) and add an entirely new type of
> "state right" with unclear implications to UN language - not something
> that should be done without careful negotiation, certainly not by
> inserting a statement without vote at the last minute to a treaty.

How is "the right of access of Member States to international
telecommunication services" not simply an implication of existing
international human rights law, in particular the right of everyone
"to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds,
regardless of frontiers,... through any other media of his
choice"? (Article 19(2), International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm )

Greetings,
Norbert

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