[governance] Internet humbles UN telecoms agency

[McTim]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Tapani Tarvainen
<tapani.tarvainen at effi.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 04:42:44PM +0100, Norbert Bollow (nb at bollow.ch) wrote:
>
>> > > >"These Regulations recognize the right of access of Member States
>> > > >to international telecommunication services."
>
>> 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"?
>
> Because that is _human_ (individual) right, not _state_ right.


Correct, Many, many Member States objected to the notion of creating
an new international "human right" for States.


> I was told there was an attempt to insert similar language
> for _people_ or _citizens of every member states_,
> and that was rejected by Cuba &co.


that would have been the simple solution.


-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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