[governance] U.N. takeover of the Internet must be stopped, U.S. warns

[Robert Guerra]

+1 

In order to have a "host country" agreement, would require - if i'm not mistaken - the same type of legal status the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has. IOC isn't a terribly open and transparent organization.

We need more, not less transparency, openness and accountability at ICANN - not less.

regards

Robert

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On 2012-06-01, at 2:54 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:

> Can someone explain to me what a "host country agreement" accomplishes for Internet users and service operators?
>  
> My vague understanding of it is that from a legal perspective, such agreements can actually immunize the organization from various forms of legal accountability which, imho, is not something we want to do. For example, ICANN _should_ be subject to antitrust law; it _should_  be subject to the membership requirements of California public benefit law (and stop pretending that it doesn't have members).
>  
> And, those of you who want this to happen because California law is too remote and parochial for, say a villager in Zimbabwe, please explain to me how a host country agreement in Geneva is any more accessible to a villager in Zimbabw? The government of Zimbabwe, perhaps, but the people there?
>  
> This could just be my own ignorance of a what a host country agreement is, but please, let's make the rights and benefits it affords Netizens the standard here, not conformity to past intergovernmental patterns.
> --MM
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> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] on behalf of William Drake [william.drake at uzh.ch]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:07 AM
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> Subject: Re: [governance] U.N. takeover of the Internet must be stopped, U.S. warns
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>  
> On Jun 1, 2012, at 2:47 PM, Avri Doria wrote:
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> I personally beleive, and have believed for a long time, that it should have a host country agreement with an appropriate host country.
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> Me too, and we are waiting patiently here in Geneva.   But on the off chance that proves a tough sell in certain quarters, how about something more incremental: independent of the USG, with a host country agreement, in the US?  There's a few international organizations there that have these already…
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> Bill
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