[governance] FW: [IP] UN plans Internet governance amid outcry to defund ITU

[Lee W McKnight]

fyi.

All I got to say is - now that the ITU has Violet Blue and Steve Jobs from beyond the grave (see the comments on the Zdnet story) coming after them - well best of luck to my ITU friends getting through WTPF with their budget intact.

On the 'defund the ITU' petition itself, I would take that only slightly more seriously than the 'build the death star' petition which the White House recently declined to act on.

Lee
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[Note:  This item comes from friend Steve Goldstein.  DLH]

From: Steve Goldstein <steve.goldstein at cox.net<mailto:steve.goldstein at cox.net>>
Subject: UN plans Internet governance amid outcry to defund ITU | ZDNet
Date: January 16, 2013 8:36:02 AM PST
To: Hendricks Dewayne <dewayne at warpspeed.com<mailto:dewayne at warpspeed.com>>

UN plans Internet governance amid outcry to defund ITU
By Violet Blue
Jan 16, 2013
<http://www.zdnet.com/un-plans-internet-governance-amid-outcry-to-defund-itu-7000009882/>

A petition to de-fund the U.N.'s telecom arm emerges just as the ITU readies to hammer out internet governance plans at the World Telecommunication Information and Communication Technology Policy Forum meetings in February and May 2013.

The website De-fund the ITU surfaced on the January NANOG (North American Network Operators' Group) email list.

Its Whitehouse.gov petition De-fund the ITU demands the U.S. government stop its financial contributions to the ITU.

It comes after the ITU's recent attempt at internet governance and monetization through tolls at its WCIT-12 summit in Dubai last month.

The U.N. debacle prompted widespread internet outrage, an unprecedented unanimous U.S. House of Representatives vote in opposition, and refusal from 55 countries to sign the ITU's treaty.

No matter - as usual, the ITU has its own plans.

Five days ago ITU's Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré released the fourth and final ITU/WTPF-13 report outlining groundwork for internet governance (and internet regulatory topics) at upcoming meetings on February 6-8 and May 14-16.

Discussions at WTPF-13 will be based on this report and will serve as the sole working document of the Forum.

ITU re-defines "multistakeholder"

The ITU/WTPF-13 report explicitly includes the creation of "Global Principles for the governance and use of the Internet" and resolving issues pertaining to "use of Internet resources for purposes that are inconsistent with international peace, stability and security."

The Report explains the current multistakeholder model of internet governance is "under discussion" and acknowledges that members Cisco, U.K., U.S., and ISOC view the current governance of the Internet as "sufficient."

However, "with regards to international Internet-related public policy, the role of one stakeholder – Governments – has not been allowed to evolve."

For the Policy Forum, the ITU also has 64 "informal Experts" weighing in.

The "experts" are comprised mostly of Member State telecom representatives (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, others), plus individuals representing the interests and opinions of Verizon, Cisco Systems, British Telecom, the FCC, The Internet Society, ARIN, ICANN, and PayPal.

Who funds the ITU?

The website promoting the petition, defundtheitu.org<http://defundtheitu.org>, provides details and ITU funding summaries showing which countries contribute to the ITU and the tech companies (Member Sectors) that provide millions to continue the ITU (and its subgroups) respective missions.

According to The ITU’s 2012-2015 membership roll and dues one Contributory Unit is equivalent to CHF 318,000 (1 Swiss Franc equals $1.10).

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