[bestbits] [governance] Multistakeholder Roles and Responsibilities

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Thanks!  It is good to open e discussion on circled as it attracts a larger audience that is informed on these issues.  I thank you for taking the time to p your thoughts there, and to respond.

--srs (iPad)

On 27-Jan-2013, at 4:58, "Katim S. Touray" <kstouray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Suresh,
>  
> I just posted a response to your comments on my CircleID article.  Here's the link to my response:
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130122_much_ado_about_wcit_12_and_multi_stakeholderism/#9232
>  
> Thanks, and have a great weekend!
>  
> Katim
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 3:26 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>> Katim S. Touray [23/01/13 02:29 +0000]:
>> 
>>> As promised a few days ago, here's the link to my CircleID article on
>>> WCIT-12 and multi-stakeholderism:
>>> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130122_much_ado_about_wcit_12_and_multi_stakeholderism/
>> 
>> Thanks. There are a few issues here I would differ with.
>> 
>> Some of the problem here doesn't involve the fact that governments have a
>> role in internet governance - it involves an objection to the ITU allowing
>> scope creep into its mandate, to cover issues that more countries than just
>> the USA (so hardly "exceptionalism" or "unilateralism") have differed with.
>> 
>> As for Africa and its lack of participation in internet governance
>> structures, part of it has to do with capacity building for government,
>> industry and civil society stakeholders, while monopoly and competition
>> policy issues some due to geography, given africa's landlocked nature and
>> difficult terrain that makes slow and expensive satellite connectivity a
>> necessity, some due to government monopolies on the Internet and telecom,
>> while others can be laid to the door of various other factors, such as a
>> lack of stable government, cutting off the Internet to prevent opponents
>> from organizing themselves using it (as in Syria, and before that in
>> Qaddafi's Libya ..). 
>> I am afraid this can't all be blamed on US exceptionalism, and while there
>> is a substantial amount of aid in material, capacity building etc that can
>> be (and is) provided by local and international NGOs who set up ISP
>> exchange points, hold training workshops etc, a substantial local effort is
>> also needed before you will see the situation improve.
>> 
>> On the DoC / NTIA oversight of ICANN / IANA, it has been mostly hands off,
>> only stepping in where there have been cases where DoC appears to feel that
>> there are governance issues involved. Or have you seen them try to revoke
>> .cu, .sy, .kp just because Cuba, Syria and North Korea are in the state
>> department's OFAC blacklist of entities American firms are forbidden to
>> trade with?
>> 
>> I'll post the same thing on circleid to kickstart the discussion there.
>> 
>> thanks
>> suresh
>> 
> 
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