[governance] IGF Cancelled

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

I suppose the past terrorist incidents in Bali would have led to some sort
of classification in the UN system where a much higher level of security
arrangement is called for.

The number of UN bureaucrats attending the event aren't likely to change
substantially from previous IGFs.  So the one other possibility is that the
security requirements were ratcheted up and more sophisticated technology,
extra personnel etc would cost that much more.

Wild guessing of course, so might as well wait till Chengetai confirms
whether this is being canceled or it is just a rumor.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-
> request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Norbert Bollow
> Sent: 26 July 2013 14:27
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
> Subject: Re: [governance] IGF Cancelled
> 
> Ang Peng Hwa <TPHANG at ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
> 
> > According to third party sources I asked, ie not the Indonesians, one
> > major item that added to the cost is that the UN had apparently asked
> > for US$900k to fly personnel and security equipment for the event.
> 
> It will be rather disastrous not only for the IGF as an institution, but
also
> for Indonesia as a host country for international conferences, and also
for
> the UN from a PR perspective, if this is the end of the
> story: Canceling the IGF for reasons of a budget shortfall which is just a
> little larger than the ridiculously high amount that the UN is asking for
to
> fly in personnel and security equipment for the event.
> 
> I'm sure that a lot of people are right now thinking very hard about what
can
> be done to avert that disaster. Let's not give up hope for now.
> 
> Greetings,
> Norbert
> 
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